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Independent Investment Trust (IIT) AGM Report 2019

Post Date: March 21, 2019

…Whilst investment trust managers, such as Neil Woodford, Nick Train, James Anderson and Terry Smith, are better known and much better resourced than Mr Ward, his impressive long-term investment performance…

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June 2019

Post Date: June 14, 2019

Editorial, Woodford Equity Income Fund Liquidity Management, Woodford Equity Income Fund Suspension, Mello Trust and Funds Event, ShareSoc AGM, Supermarket Winners and Losers, GoGompare AGM, Accesso Technology AGM, AB Dynamics…

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Market Crashes and Burford Capital

Post Date: August 7, 2019

…June 12th – see https://www.sharesoc.org/blog/corporate-governance/paying-illegal-dividends-burford-capital-woodford-patient-capital-trust-and-zero-carbon-objective/. You can see Carson Block of Muddy Waters describing some of the issues in a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEBV6rXbqJ8 or you can read the full report…

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Burford Capital, Goals Soccer Centres, Carillion, and Why Numbers Are Not Important

Post Date: August 7, 2019

…With so many public companies available for investment why take risks where the accounts may be suspect or the management untrustworthy? One criticism of Neil Woodford is that his second…

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Evening Standard, 8 August 2019, Hargreaves Lansdown Chiefs get £200m Dividend

Post Date: August 8, 2019

ShareSoc’s chairman raises a quizzical eyebrow in this article: https://www.standard.co.uk/business/hargreaves-lansdown-chiefs-get-200m-dividend-despite-woodford-saga-a4208651.html…

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Are VCTs Worth the Risks, and 40-Year Mortgages?

Post Date: October 14, 2019

…than the important factors. Those who bought into the Woodford funds will know the latter syndrome well. If you’re interested in VCTs, you might find it worthwhile to join ShareSoc’s…

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GB Group, Patisserie Holdings, FRC Stewardship Code and Halma

Post Date: October 27, 2019

…funds and trusts have been declining. Is this due to currency effects or the realisation that “star” fund managers such as Neil Woodford cannot be relied upon? Others are just…

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Winning The Loser’s Game – It’s Like Tennis

Post Date: December 31, 2019

…be wiped out. Well at least I avoided those two and also avoided investing in any of the Woodford vehicles last year. To return to the loser’s game theme, many…

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Miton UK Smaller Companies Fund In Decline

Post Date: February 1, 2020

…sell some of the relatively illiquid shares to meet redemptions. That drives the share prices down. This is similar to the problem Woodford had but in a slightly different form….

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Scottish Mortgage Investment Policy and LSE RNS Announcements

Post Date: June 1, 2020

…support it? Bearing in mind the travails of Neil Woodford where the funds he managed had large numbers of unlisted holdings, is it wise one has to ask? Personally, I…

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SJP and Hargreaves Shares Crash as FCA Consumer Duty begins to bite

Post Date: October 25, 2023

…price at Hargreaves has been worse. Hargreaves problems not only extend to fees, but also to its Wealth Lists and its promotion of Woodford Funds. The FCA has been looking…

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The Pros and Cons of Shareholder Litigation

Post Date: September 25, 2024

  A key element of ShareSoc’s mission is to ensure fair treatment for individual investors. We often campaign when investors are misled, or their funds are misappropriated. There are two…

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