ShareSoc in the News

This page lists references to ShareSoc in the press and broadcast media.

Investors Chronicle, 30 Jan 2020, Why shareholders votes matter – Sirius Minerals

Cliff Weight, director at campaign group ShareSoc, highlights that this is currently a frustration for Sirius Minerals (SXX), which is unable to directly contact investors held in nominee accounts regarding the takeover bid from Anglo American (AAL). See https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/managing-your-money/2020/01/30/why-shareholders-votes-matter/ which is a fairly comprehensive review of the issues. “Individual shareholders can greatly assist in corporate governance, effective company engagement and holding directors to account,” says Mr Weight. Mr Weight says that private investors also tend to be “better than so-called professionals” at ...

Yorkshire Post, 27 Jan 2020, Sirius Shareholders Get Much Needed Forum

Ros Snowdon reports on the ShareSoc Sirius Shareholder Group: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/sirius-shareholders-get-much-needed-investor-forum-ros-snowdon-1-10223498

Investors Chronicle, 20 Jan 2020, Sirius to be acquired by Anglo

https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/shares/2020/01/20/anglo-to-snap-up-sirius-for-405m/ ShareSoc director Paul de Gruchy quoted saying “some shareholders had lost money they could not afford to lose” and “ShareSoc would look at whether shareholders were misled by Sirius marketing materials”.

The Times, 30 Nov 2019, How Fund Bosses Use Your Votes

ShareSoc member and former chairman Roger Lawson says: “The nominee system needs a total rewrite to reflect modern reality and restore shareholder democracy.” See https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fund-bosses-come-clean-on-how-you-use-our-votes-vb609kqhh

Reuters, 28 Nov 2019, Barclays Cuts CEO Pension Perks

Peter Parry comments on CEO pension payments: https://www.euronews.com/2019/11/28/barclays-joins-rivals-with-cuts-to-ceo-pension-perks

FT, 16 Nov 2019, Labour’s BT plans leave investors nervous

Our chairman is quoted by the FT, responding to Labour's broadband policy announcement. “The [Labour party] policy is fundamentally flawed,” Mr Northway said. “It will make the UK a no-go area for capital.” https://www.ft.com/content/90b1fdb2-0797-11ea-9afa-d9e2401fa7ca    

Daily Mail, 15 Nov 2019, G4S should be ejected from FTSE 4 GOOD index

Cliff Weight, director at non-profit investor group Sharesoc, said: 'These are unbelievably serious allegations. It is clearly time for them [G4S] to come out of the FTSE 4 Good index.' See https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-7686711/G4S-blacklisted-Norway-human-rights-concerns.html  

Financial Times, 25 October 2019, Join the Club!

ShareSoc director, David Stredder discusses Share Clubs: https://www.ft.com/content/b80aa8fa-ee65-11e9-a55a-30afa498db1b ShareSoc is keen to support share clubs.

Telegraph, 22 October 2019, FCA not reviewing their handling of Woodford

Mark Northway, chairman of retail investor group ShareSoc and himself a holder of stock in Woodford's Patient Capital Trust, said: "There is a suggestion the regulator was asleep at the wheel, and therefore there is an onus on them to be transparent about the process they went through and the timing." see https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2019/10/21/demands-treasury-review-watchdogs-handling-woodford-saga/  

Financial Times, 18 October 2019, Angry investors count the cost of Woodford collapse

David Stredder, a private investor and director of ShareSoc, is quoted in this extensive FT article on the Woodford saga.

FT Lombard column mention of ShareSoc

Lombard 1 Oct 2019  suggested ShareSoc may sue the Thomas Cook auditors. ShareSoc is always pleased to get a mention in the FT. However, the FT were a bit...

Evening Standard, 3 October 2019, Top shareholder body backs Burford’s legal action

...ShareSoc — a body which protects individual investors — said Burford is right to take its own legal action to find out who may have manipulated its stock, claiming the Financial Conduct Authority lacks the firepower and has no track record of prosecutions when it comes to so-called “spoofing and layering”... https://www.standard.co.uk/business/top-shareholder-body-backs-underfire-burfords-legal-action-over-spoofing-a4253096.html