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RBS in the firing line as ShareSoc renews campaign

…Scotland – As last year, ShareSoc will be requisitioning a resolution for a Shareholder Committee at the 2018 RBS AGM – This year’s resolution addresses the trivial legal objections previously…

FRC Corporate Governance Consultation and FCA Consultation on Competition

The FRC has launched a consultation on the Corporate Governance Code. https://www.frc.org.uk/consultation-list/2017/consulting-on-a-revised-uk-corporate-governance-co The FCA has launched a Consultation on Competition https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/corporate/our-approach-competition.pdf ShareSoc will most likely be making a joint response…

RBS Campaign Update 10 – 161 forms submitted, press release issued and huge media coverage

…discussion at the AGM. Last year they told us their Board decision on 30 January, after their January Board meeting. Cliff Weight Director, ShareSoc and RBS Shareholder Committee Campaign co-ordinator…

ShareSoc Requests Investigation into the Affairs of Blancco Technology Group

Press Release 101 – ShareSoc Requests Investigation into the Affairs of Blancco Technology Group ShareSoc (the UK Individual Shareholders Society) is requesting the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Financial…

Regulation of shareholder action groups following the debacle of the RBS case

Regulation of shareholder action groups following the debacle of the RBS case (see http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-5266449/Demand-probe-RBS-Shareholders-Action-Group.html ). As regards the suggestion that such groups be “regulated”, I do not see how that…

Beaufort Client Campaign

…the interests of investors Campaign Updates Update 1 10th May 2018 – Campaign Progress and Voting Recommendations: https://www.sharesoc.org/sharesoc-news/beaufort-client-campaign-update-1/ Update 2 19th May 2018 – Outcome of PwC client and creditors’…

Shareholder Rights

…general meeting is going to happen, and do not receive circulars, voting forms and annual reports. And many platforms make it difficult and expensive for investors to get this information….

Conviviality

Press Release 103 – Joint Press Release from UKSA and ShareSoc Conviviality Asset managers need to think again why they missed the warning signs. Shares in the wholesaler and distributor…

ShareSoc demands fair treatment for Beaufort clients

Press Release 104 – ShareSoc demands fair treatment for Beaufort clients The liquidation of Beaufort Securities on the FCA’s instruction is targeting the ring-fenced property of thousands of UK private…

Beaufort Client Campaign: Update 1

…held, whereby votes are counted in accordance with the scale of assets held by each client voting. It is essential that appropriate candidates are elected to the committee, who will…

May 2018

Editorial, RBS – ShareSoc Letter to the Prime Minister, Persimmon, RBS AGM Voting Recommendations, Remuneration and Campaign Update, Revised Governance rules for AIM Companies, Beaufort Administration, Intercede and the Mello…

Update on Boardroom Battle at Petropavlovsk

The deadline for voting at the Petropavlovsk AGM on the 29th June (proxy votes need to be in by 27th June) is approaching fast. For those of you who are…

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