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Corporate Stewardship

24 Apr 2026 Corporate Governance

RTC Group – a case study in shareholder activism

RTC faces two shareholder resolutions at its AGM on 27th May. Key takeaways for investors: The Resolutions (10 and 11): to appointment two independent NEDs to provide oversight and separate the CEO/Chair roles. The Financials: RTC is debt-free with a £3.9m cash pile, yet trades at a significant P/E discount to its peers. The…

Corporate Governance

Laggard

6 Nov 2025 Corporate Governance

Socially Useful Frenkel Topping (FEN): Another Opportunistic Takeover and Delisting

Another week, another blatant example of the chronic undervaluation of UK small-cap companies, leading to a lowball takeover, that forces long-term individual shareholders out at a lowball valuation. The AIM market, it…

Corporate Governance

6 Nov 2025 Corporate Governance

2026 FRC Stewardship Code – A significant improvement

The UK Stewardship code, which sets out the core principles of effective stewardship and transparency for asset owners and asset managers, has just had a major overhaul. The revisions follow on from a consultation in early…

Corporate Governance

27 Aug 2025 Corporate Governance

A Regulatory Catastrophe: The FCA and the Woodford Fund Debacle

24 August 2025 The aftershocks of the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF), once a titan of the UK’s retail investment scene, continue to reverberate through…

Collective Investments

20 Dec 2024 Collective Investments

Activist Intervention in Investment Trusts and Shareholder Democracy

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. Saba Capital may be able to force changes due to shareholder apathy and disenfranchisement…

Corporate Governance

1 Nov 2024 Corporate Governance

The Future of Smaller Company Capital Markets in the UK

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. New Financial Report Launched On 17th October, I attended the launch of New Financial’s…

Corporate Governance

12 Feb 2024 Corporate Governance

How Boards Should Operate

This article reflects the opinions of its author, Cliff Weight, and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. ShareSoc member Barry Gamble’s letter to the FT Black Box thinking and…

Meetings for Investors

24 Oct 2023 Meetings for Investors

M&S Shareholder Rights Petition: A Postmortem

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. With 4,292 signatures, the M&S petition failed to meet the threshold The M&S Shareholder…

Regulations and Law

12 Oct 2023 Regulations and Law

Burford and Woodford compared

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. Different approaches from SEC and FCA The Burford and Woodford cases highlight different US…

Company News

3 Oct 2023 Company News

RBS/NatWest: Has the leopard changed its spots?

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. Farage Fiasco forces CEO’s resignation; governance concerns at NatWest Dame Alison Rose stood down…

Company News

26 Apr 2023 Company News

BP Shareholder Meeting 19 April 2023 – Report

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. I attended the BP shareholder meeting on 19 April, held at the BP Head…

Company News

21 Jan 2022 Company News

Paul Myners Obituary and BHP Unification Meetings

The views expressed in this article are those of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. Lord Myners has died at the age of 73. He had…

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