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Bucket Shops are Back

Post Date: January 24, 2020

I recently saw an advertisement on Twitter for a company, who shall remain nameless, offering to trade “fractional shares”. That means instead of buying a whole one share of...

Slater Investments Warns on Pay, and Flybe Bail-Out

Post Date: January 16, 2020

Slater Investments has issued a warning to companies of their “dissatisfaction with the framework of directors’ remuneration in most public companies”. Slater Investments run a number of funds managed...

Objections to Pay at Diploma and the Cost of Zero Carbon

Post Date: January 16, 2020

My previous blog post covered the subject of criticism by Slater Investments of many current pay schemes. That at Diploma (DPLM) is a typical example. But at their Annual...

New Year Share Tips – Are They Worth Following?

Post Date: January 11, 2020

It’s that time of year when financial magazines and newsletters analyse their past share tip performance and give their New Year tips. Are the tips worth picking up or...

Directors’ and Fund Managers’ Pay is Excessive

Post Date: January 8, 2020

On the latest data, the pay of FTSE-100 CEOs has fallen slightly. A report from the CIPD and High Pay Centre notes that the average pay has fallen from...