SIGnet Beginners' Group Launch Meeting

Launch Meeting for New Beginners’ Group
Date: 15th September 2025
Time: 6:30pm

SIGnet is a national network of individual investor groups in the UK. Groups meet on a regular basis (in-person or online), typically monthly, to give individual investors the opportunity to socialise, discuss, and learn from each other. The main goal is to improve members’ knowledge and investment decision-making processes through free discussion and mutual education. Visit the  SIGnet website  for more information about SIGnet and how its groups operate.

We are launching a new virtual group for those in the early stages of their investing journey

This particular group will be structured as a course, aimed at those who are new to investing, to run for up to 10 months, starting in October 2025.

We will hold an initial Zoom meeting at 6:30 pm on Monday 15th September for you to find out more about this group.

The Beginners’ Group will cover the basics of how to select, buy and sell shares, bonds and collectives; and also how to structure a long term portfolio in a tax efficient way.

The Conveners will be Paul Fisher and John Calvert of the Leeds Originals and Veritas Groups. Both are keen investors and have been SIGnet members for over 25 years!

There will be 8 topics:

Shares
Bonds
Terms and Ratios
ISAs and SIPPS
Diversification
Investment Trusts, Unit Trusts (Funds), and Exchange Traded Funds (ETF)
Portfolio Theory
Charting

If you feel that you have a good understanding of the above topics already, you may like to consider our Intermediate group as an alternative.

Please register for this online meeting if you are interested in joining the new Beginners’ Group and would like to hear more about it. Even if you find you cannot join the meeting, registering will put you on the list to receive further details of the group, once available.

This launch meeting is open to anyone. If not already a member, you will need to  join SIGnet to attend subsequent meetings.

Places in the new group are limited. Priority goes to members who register for SIGnet within 5 days of the launch meeting and aren’t in other groups. Remaining spots will be given to SIGnet/Premium members on a first-come, first-served basis*. If the group is full, we’ll add you to a waiting list and may start another group if a volunteer Convener is available.

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Once you have registered you will receive an email notification, as well a reminder 1 day before the event starts. The email includes a link to add a calendar reminder for the meeting. We recommend that you do this.

*SIGnet members can join up to two groups if there are vacancies. Priority is given to those who haven’t reached their limit. To join more than two groups, please email your request to info@sharesoc.org for the Head of SIGnet’s attention.

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September 15, 2025

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Meeting Type/Venue:	In person meetings at a golf club near to the centre of Taunton.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	We meet on the first Monday of every month. Meetings start at 11am and break for lunch around 12.30 – 1pm. Meetings continue for around 1 hour after lunch, after which time members are welcome to stay on to socialise.

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Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are held online via Zoom.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Monthly on the 1st Tuesday of the month, from 6:30pm.

Group description:	The aim of this group is to share our investing ideas and experiences across all equity markets, brokers, websites and software to the benefit of us all. We do not discuss sums of money invested but may mention percentages gained and lost. We will rotate the chairperson who is responsible for creating, with member’s help, suitable agendas. We also rotate members to deliver a presentation, lasting between 15 and 45 minutes, on a topic of their choosing.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are held online via video conferencing.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Monthly on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, from 2-4pm.

Group description:	A small group whose primary interests are equity and Investment Trusts.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are online using Skype.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are held fortnightly on Tuesday mornings.

Group description:	We welcome anyone interested in investments regardless of their level of knowledge and experience.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are held in a function room of a pub in Beaconsfield New Town.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Monthly on the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6pm.

Group description:	Our group is interested in sustainable investing and our goal is to identify and evaluate businesses that will thrive through innovation and their transition to a ‘One Planet Economy’. By leveraging the skills of group members, we aim to deeply understand these businesses, particularly focusing on how they develop long-term valuable benefits for their customers. Each year, we plan to evaluate around seven businesses to identify opportunities where our valuation exceeds the market price. A successful outcome is defined as achieving a compound annual growth rate (CAGR), including dividends, of 10% over a decade.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Meetings are in-person in a pub near to Waterloo station in London.
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Meetings are bi-monthly on a Monday from 10:45am to 4:30pm. Members are expected to also pay for their own lunch which secures the group free use of a private room in the pub. The cost is expected to be £35-40 per person, per meeting, in addition to your SIGnet membership fee.

Group description:	All levels of experience welcome. A typical meeting agenda includes: – Macro Environment – Trades: Members review existing positions and identify securities with promising TA entry patterns or setups and with suitable risk/reward. Any security, long, short, futures, options may be considered. The convener takes actual positions in trades and maintains his own detailed ledger, accurately measuring performance of individual securities and cumulative activity. Members are notified by e-mail prior to the entries or exits that are decided upon. Following each meeting an updated copy of the ledger is circulated together with the next meeting agenda. Members may wish to maintain similar ledgers of their own but there is no obligation to do so. – Technical Analysis: Techniques and systems used in trades. Members can request discussion of particular aspects of TA.
Meeting Type/Venue:	Online via Zoom
Meeting Frequency/Timing:	The first Tuesday of every month from 7 to 9pm

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Meeting Frequency/Timing:	Monthly on Saturdays at 10am.

SIGnet Beginners’ Group Launch Meeting

We are launching a new virtual group for those in the early stages of their investing journey

Register for Meeting

EXISTING SHARESOC MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE: You must login prior to registering. This will also reduce the time it takes you to register. Click here for help on logging in.