NEWS

wpe68b4667_05_06This page contains news from ShareSoc that is of interest to private investors including all of our past press releases and responses to consultations (look under “Latest News”).  The latest announcements are at the top of the list.  The right hand side of the page also shows our latest Blog posts (with a link to our full blog) for more topical news and comment and our recent Twitter tweets can be seen below. Our regular newsletters (see Newsletters) also contain some news items and more in-depth analyses. Don’t forget to join ShareSoc, if you have not already done so, so that you can receive those newsletters when they are issued.

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Latest News

FCA DP23-2 Improving the UK regime for asset management

Joint response from UKSA and ShareSoc 22 May 2023  One of the key roles of ShareSoc is to represent the interests of individual investors and we do this by...

Shareholder Democracy

  Currently every single Investor campaign and all grass-roots shareholder action groups are massively hindered by the barricades that stand between them and actually contacting other shareholders. Shareholders’ contact...

PRU – Prudential plc Information and Vote Guidance 2023

AGM:  25 May 2023 Proxy deadline:  23 May 2023 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance....

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Latest Blogs

BP Shareholder Meeting 19 April 2023 – Report

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. I attended the BP shareholder meeting on 19 April, held at the BP Head Office...

Home REIT – A Personal Viewpoint

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. Initial Period  Home REIT (HOME) appeared to offer rather an attractive proposition. It was intended...

KPMG settles with Carillion liquidators over £1.3bn audit negligence claim

The views expressed in this article are those of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. Another fudge. No-one is going to jail for this disaster. Examples need...

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Recent AGM Reports

RIT Capital Partners (RCP) AGM 2023

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc.  Introduction  I travelled to London today, 26th April, to attend the RCP AGM. Given that...

Baronsmead VCT AGMs 2023 and VCT Prospects

Today (1/2/2023) I attended the two Baronsmead VCT AGMs (BMD and BVT) via a Zoom webinar, partly because of the train strikes today but partly because I did not...

JPMorgan Global Growth AGM 2022

Yesterday I attended the Annual General Meeting of JPMorgan Global Growth and Income Plc (JGGI). This is a global investment trust as the name implies and the meeting was...

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Latest Newsletters

ShareSoc Informer – Issue 123

In this issue: Another step on the journey to shareholder democracy, Top-yielding funds and investment trusts: the risks and rewards, Proposals on limiting ISAs, Campaigns and Policy update, Conference...

ShareSoc Informer – Issue 122

In this issue: Sterling weakness the bright spot in an investment annus horribilis, Thematic ETFs: which look a good bet for the next decade, The problem with novel income...

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