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This blog gives you the latest topical news plus some informal comments on them from ShareSoc’s directors and other contributors. These are the personal comments of the authors and not necessarily the considered views of ShareSoc. The writers may hold shares in the companies mentioned. You can add your own comments on the blog posts, but note that ShareSoc reserves the right to remove or edit comments where they are inappropriate or defamatory.

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Don’t Panic: Why Staying the Course is Key Amidst Market Uncertainty

  Following the recent market turbulence surrounding President Trump’s 'Liberation Day' and the imposition of new Tariffs, I received a thought-provoking email from the investment firm Y-Tree. Their perspective was so useful that I wanted to share and expand on some of those ideas with fellow ShareSoc members. As background, you might also find my previous blog on asset allocation helpful. In our investing lifetimes we will inevitably experience cycles of rising and falling growth, interest rates, and taxation. These cycles lead to ...

Barclays plc Company Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 7th May 2025 Proxy deadline: 5th May 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 7th May 2025 AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against four of the resolutions. Readers should make their own ...

BAE Systems plc Company Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 7th May 2025 Proxy deadline: 5th May 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 7th May 2025 AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against six of the resolutions. Readers should make their own ...

HSBC Holdings plc Company Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 2nd May 2025 Proxy deadline: 30th April 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 2nd May 2025 AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against four of the resolutions and three to be ...

GSK plc Company Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 7th May 2025 Proxy deadline: 5th May 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 7th May 2025 AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against three of the resolutions. Readers should make their own ...

London Stock Exchange Group plc Company Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 1st May 2025 Proxy deadline: 29th April 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 1st May 2025 AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against three of the resolutions. Readers should make their own ...

Anglo American plc Company Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 30th April 2025 Proxy deadline: 28th April 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 30th April 2025 AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against two of the resolutions. Readers should make their own ...

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Company Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 1st May 2025 Proxy deadline: 29th April 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 1st May 2025 AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against two of the resolutions and to consider two ...

Aviva plc Company Information and Vote Guidance 2025

AGM: 30th April 2025 Proxy deadline: 28th April 2025 ShareSoc provide this added value voting information service for Full Members only, providing background information on leading companies and AGM vote guidance. Below are links to the: 1. Stockopedia summary report. 2. Minerva Vote recommendations for the 30th April AGM based on their standard template. 3. Minerva detailed research report for the AGM. Summary of voting issues at this year’s AGM  The Minerva report highlights various issues and recommends voting against five of the resolutions. Readers should make their own voting ...

Urgent appeal for sponsorship from the Flybe Shareholder Group

Flybe shareholders have waited long enough – please help us finally uncover the truth This solicitation is published by ShareSoc on behalf of the Flybe Shareholder Group and publication thereof does not represent an endorsement of the proposed action. For further information readers can contact the action group via their CrowdJustice page.  In early 2019, upbeat statements by Flybe’s leadership were followed by a dramatic collapse in the value of its shares, wiping out investors and prompting urgent questions which remain unanswered.   Hosking ...
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