Regulations and Law

Shareholder Democracy

15 Jun 2017 / Shareholder Democracy

It’s Getting More Difficult to Vote

It’s certainly getting more difficult to vote of late, and I am not talking about voting at General Elections but just for resolutions at the General Meetings of…

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Company News

28 May 2017 / Company News

RBS Potential Settlement: Where’s the Justice?

It seems that the major players in the RBS Action Group have accepted the latest RBS offer. See http://files.constantcontact.com/2fe662f5101/de78446f-b327-4d5e-9eee-5fcd584c7e8c.pdf This has, in effect, enabled RBS to bully the…

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Company News

5 May 2017 / Company News

Rolls-Royce – Audits Investigated and AGM

Yesterday (4/5/2017) I attended the Rolls-Royce (RR.) Annual General Meeting in Derby. In former years they used to hold the meetings in London but it’s been Nottingham and…

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General News

2 May 2017 / General News

Banks and Bank Credit Card Accounting

It’s going to be exciting week next week for RBS and Lloyds Bank shareholders with both AGMs on Thursday in Scotland – we expect to issue a report on…

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General News

2 May 2017 / General News

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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Company News

27 Apr 2017 / Company News

Why Companies Don’t Get Struck Off, and Maven VCT5

I have had two listed companies in my last 25 years of investing, that delisted and then became worthless. But the directors refused to put them into liquidation…

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General News

26 Apr 2017 / General News

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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General News

18 Apr 2017 / General News

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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Shareholder Democracy

18 Apr 2017 / Shareholder Democracy

Voting Your Shares – ISAs

One of our Members has responded to our previous note on voting your shares held in nominee accounts and in particular ISAs by saying that when he requested…

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ShareSoc

15 Apr 2017

Letter in the FT on Pre-Packs

The Financial Times published a letter from me on Pre-Pack administrations and their abuses today – see: https://www.ft.com/content/f9d55388-2109-11e7-b7d3-163f5a7f229c . More will be in the latest ShareSoc Informer Newsletter…

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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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General News

3 Apr 2017 / General News

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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