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The future value of money was a question highlighted by a Government decision yesterday. The discount rate to be applied to awards to road accident victims and others,…
Read moreI commented previously on the FCA’s Asset Management Market Study, which suggested there was weak competition in this market. Needless to say, most asset managers do not seem…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is reviewing open ended funds that invest in such illiquid assets as property and infrastructure. It also potentially affects investments in private equity,…
Read moreIn my last blog post I criticised the suggestion in the UK Government’s Green Paper that perhaps dual share structures should be permitted so that we could develop…
Read moreWhat next now that we are committed to Brexit? Well first we need an “industrial strategy” to help us develop a new place in the world and possibly…
Read moreShareSoc has today issued the following press release: The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has rejected a requisition to implement a Shareholder Committee. ShareSoc will not permit this…
Read moreThe Supreme Court has decided to reject the Government’s appeal which means they cannot invoke Article 50 to leave the EU without an Act of Parliament. Will that…
Read moreAlliance Trust Savings, one of the more popular investment “platforms” for retail investors, is to raise some of its charges, while reducing others, effective from the 1st February…
Read moreThere has been agreement within the EU on the final form of the Shareholder Rights Directive. What follows is the press release issued by Better Finance (a body…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreAccording to a Commons statement issued by the BEIS Government Department, Companies House has decided not to remove company records after six years as previously proposed (and even…
Read moreThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing to clamp down on CFDs (contracts for difference) and similar financial products such as binary bets. CFDs are complex financial products…
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