ShareSoc in the News

Collective Investments

14 Mar 2021 / Collective Investments

Mail, 14 March 2021, Extensive ShareSoc press coverage in Mail newspapers

Mark Northway, ShareSoc Chair, is quoted extensively in this article for new investors. The Mail on Sunday and Daily Mail is doing a good job at informing its…

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Corporate Governance

14 Mar 2021 / Corporate Governance

Mail, 14 March 2021, SUPERMAN and #sharesocuk Support Shareholder Rights.

It is good news that The Mail on Sunday MailOnline is supporting shareholders and shareholders rights. I get quoted…. Cliff Weight, director of investor campaign group ShareSoc, says wealth…

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ShareSoc

10 Mar 2021

Investment Week, 10 Mar 2021, Woodford investors ‘must be prepared to go all the way to trial’

The Woodford webinar organised by ShareSoc and Mello Events was featured on Investment Week on 10/03/21 https://www.investmentweek.co.uk/news/4028303/woodford-investors-prepared-trial Woodford investors ‘must be prepared to go all the way to…

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Collective Investments

10 Mar 2021 / Collective Investments

Mail, 10 March 2021, Shareholder rights campaign featured on This is Money

ShareSoc’s chairman Mark Northway wrote an exclusive article for This is Money on 10/03 highlighting the importance of shareholders exercising their rights. Click here to read the article…

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ShareSoc News

5 Mar 2021 / ShareSoc News

Portfolio Adviser, 5 March 2021
Press coverage of Leigh Day Letter Before Action

A ShareSoc news item by Cliff Weight, Director. Portfolio Adviser carries a detailed report on Leigh Day sending its Letter Before Action (LBA) to Link in relation to…

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ShareSoc News

4 Mar 2021 / ShareSoc News

FT, 4 March 2021
Private investors lose out in corporate bids

A ShareSoc news item by Cliff Weight, Director Private investors lose out in corporate bids- Takeover Panel must change rules to compel companies to disclose acquisition approaches sooner…

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ShareSoc

24 Feb 2021

Investors Chronicle, 23 Feb 2021, Platform services creak with customer surge

https://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/news/2021/02/22/platform-service-creaks-with-customer-surge/ Investors Chronicle wrote up the chronic service problems of the platforms and included this quote from Cliff Weight of ShareSoc: Cliff Weight, director of individual investors campaigning…

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Brokers

24 Feb 2021 / Brokers

Telegraph, 23 Feb 2021, How to use your broker to hold your investments to account

The Telegraph wrote a useful article about AGMs and voting. see https://www.telegraph.co.uk/investing/shares/use-broker-hold-investments-account/ It was headed How to use your broker to hold your investments to account But the…

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ShareSoc

17 Feb 2021

FT, 17 Feb 2021, Neil Woodford’s relaunch plan prompts calls for independent inquiry

The Woodford interview in the Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/02/13/exclusive-neil-woodford-launch-comeback-fund-says-sorry-did/ has generated an enormous amount of media coverage including this excellent coverage for ShareSoc in the FT. https://www.ft.com/content/3c029f46-3cb4-4a74-a4cc-b74c3fe687df Neil Woodford’s relaunch…

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ShareSoc

15 Feb 2021

The Times, 15 Feb 2021, Investors left to fly blind on bid approaches

Lord Lee, Patron of ShareSoc was quoted extensively in this article in The Times about his concerns regarding disclosures surrounding takeovers. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/investors-left-to-fly-blind-on-bid-approaches-n6xlc2vv5 This was the second article in…

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ShareSoc

12 Feb 2021

Daily Mail, 12 Feb 2021, Lord Lee locks horns with Takeover Panel

Lord Lee, Patron of ShareSoc is quoted extensively in this article in the Daily Mail about his concerns regarding disclosures surrounding takeovers. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9254913/Lord-Lee-locks-horns-Takeover-Panel.html   ShareSoc are fully aligned…

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ShareSoc

8 Feb 2021

Daily Mail, 8 Feb 2021, Legal battle to win compensation for savers in Woodford’s flagship fund kicks off after crucial insurance and financial backing is secured

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9234205/Neil-Woodford-fund-savers-begin-legal-battle-compensation.html. This article explains the key milestones that have been achieved and refers to ShareSoc : More than 3,000 people have signed up to the case, which is…

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