Results for “Woodford campaign”

New podcast on trading and investing

Post Date: October 10, 2020

Like all the directors of ShareSoc, I am an active investor, and over the past couple of years have learned a lot being part of a chatroom with other investors…

Daily Mail, 24 Nov 2020, Roadside Recovery Firm AA Banks on £218m Private Equity Rescue

Post Date: November 24, 2020

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-8979017/AA-banking-218m-private-equity-rescue.html quotes ShareSoc Director Cliff Weight who questions whether PE funds opportunistically sell their assets at inflated prices: Cliff Weight, director of small shareholders campaign group ShareSoc, said the AA’s…

Teesside Gazette, 28 Nov 2020, Sirius Minerals campaigners hold ‘next steps’ meeting for shareholders

Post Date: November 28, 2020

…Meet for Sirius (ex) shareholders and others interested was highlighted by the Teesside Gazette in an article in its business pages on 28 Nov, see https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/sirius-minerals-campaigners-hold-next-19345400 ShareSoc was extensively quoted….

Investors Chronicle, 18 Dec 2020, ShareSoc mentioned in 2 articles

Post Date: December 21, 2020

Investors Chronicle (read by 30,000 subscribers ) has just given us two lovely name checks. This highlights the way that ShareSoc is increasingly seen as a powerful shareholder campaigning organisation…

ShareSoc and UKSA Response to FCA Consultation on Guidance for Insolvency Practitioners

Post Date: January 15, 2021

…would be required to resolve the case. Thanks to our campaign, we managed to avoid that outcome. Subsequent Special Administrations of SVS Securities and Reyker Securities have also been unsatisfactory,…

Policy and Campaigns – Progress Update Jan 2021

Post Date: February 5, 2021

…has been done in January 2021. We have been very active on many issues on behalf of members and all individual investors. Policy and Campaigns – January update to members…

Mail, 14 March 2021, SUPERMAN and #sharesocuk Support Shareholder Rights.

Post Date: March 14, 2021

It is good news that The Mail on Sunday MailOnline is supporting shareholders and shareholders rights. I get quoted…. Cliff Weight, director of investor campaign group ShareSoc, says wealth platforms…

AIM market statistics

Post Date: May 13, 2021

…be that fewer scandals than in the past have occurred. However ShareSoc is still campaigning hard to get better regulation of the AIM market, see https://www.sharesoc.org/campaigns/campaign-improve-aim-market/ Many investors in AIM…

Daily Mail, 2 May 2021, Aviva Investor Revolt

Post Date: May 2, 2021

The Daily Mail quoted ShareSoc Director Cliff Weight in its 2 May Aviva article https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-9535371/Aviva-faces-investor-revolt-preference-shares-scandal.html Aviva faces an investor revolt this week after angering shareholders by deciding not to…

Activists set their sights on underperforming AIM boards

Post Date: June 6, 2021

…with investors faced with such a litany of challenges, most boards of underperforming AIM companies have been left in peace by activists. Even where campaigns have been mounted they have…

Daily Mail, 26 August 2021, Fury at £100m bonus for the Sports Direct prince

Post Date: August 28, 2021

…in the Daily Mail: Cliff Weight, of small shareholders campaign group Sharesoc, also questioned why Murray was worth his enormous pay package. He raised concerns that Ashley would be able…

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