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Regulations and Law

2 May 2017 / Regulations and Law

Open-Ended Property Funds – Our Views

ShareSoc has now submitted our response to the consultation by the FRC on “Illiquid Assets and Open-Ended Investment Funds”. This follows on from the problems experienced last year…

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Regulations and Law

26 Apr 2017 / Regulations and Law

Finance Bill and Tax Changes

When a General Election is called, with the imminent prorogation of Parliament when all Bills that are passing through Parliament are effectively abandoned, the Government has to rush…

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ShareSoc

22 Apr 2017

Shorting Shares – An Example of Motives

One of the most peculiar stories in the last week was the revelation that the attack on the Borussia Dortmund football team’s bus was not a terrorist attack…

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Nominee Accounts

18 Apr 2017 / Nominee Accounts

A General Election – What Should Be In the Manifestos?

There is to be a General Election on the 8th June in case you have not heard. That has the unfortunate consequence on freezing Government business, with the…

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Corporate Governance

5 Apr 2017 / Corporate Governance

Hard Hitting BEIS Report on Corporate Governance and Pay

The BEIS Commons Select Committee have today published a strongly worded report on Corporate Governance after its recent hearings on the subject. Here are some of the key…

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Regulations and Law

3 Apr 2017 / Regulations and Law

Response to FSCS Consultation

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) pays out if you have lost money as a result of an authorised financial services firm going bust or otherwise being unable…

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Corporate Governance

2 Apr 2017 / Corporate Governance

FT Article on RBS and Shareholder Committees

The Financial Times have published an article under the headline “Investors fight RBS snub to shareholder committee move”. It covers the battle by ShareSoc to get the Royal…

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Company News

29 Mar 2017 / Company News

A Divorce Invoked and a Marriage Cancelled

Spring may be in the air but love is definitely not. As expected, Mrs May has issued a letter to the EU invoking Article 50. So the Brexit…

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Company News

10 Mar 2017 / Company News

Employee Directors at Sports Direct

It seems that controversial company Sports Direct (SPD) are likely to become the first UK public company to have a worker on their board. They plan to appoint…

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Nominee Accounts

3 Mar 2017 / Nominee Accounts

Government Action on Dormant Accounts

The Government has today reported that as much as £2 billion is sitting idle in dormant accounts such as share trading accounts, ISAs, pensions and insurance products. That…

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Taxation

28 Feb 2017 / Taxation

AIC Press Release on VCTs

To follow on from my last blog post, another interesting press release from the AIC today was that on the performance of Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). That’s particularly…

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Corporate Governance

28 Feb 2017 / Corporate Governance

AIC Response to Green Paper

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) have published their response to the Government’s Green Paper on Corporate Governance. One recommendation contained therein is that “The AIC also recommends…

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