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In Memoriam, The ShareSoc Web Site Replaced

Just a few words to welcome the new ShareSoc web site - still at www.sharesoc.org of course. The old one was basically knocked up by me using the Serif WebPlus software in a few days when ShareSoc was first founded at the end of 2010 and it has lasted a lot longer than could reasonably have been expected. Although quite a lot of content was added over the years, the structure and functionality remained pretty much unchanged. So it was certainly time for ...

How To Make Money on Losers, and the Monitise Bid

After the takeover bid was announced yesterday for Monitise (MONI) at 2.9p per share (valuing the business at £70m when it was once worth £1 billion, I thought I...

It’s Getting More Difficult to Vote

It’s certainly getting more difficult to vote of late, and I am not talking about voting at General Elections but just for resolutions at the General Meetings of companies we own. This seems to be a particular problem with Capita Registrars. Here’s some examples: Whitbread: As a personal crest member, I am on the register and expect to be sent an annual report and proxy voting form (and at least the latter on paper). But no longer it seems. Whitbread ...

RBS payout may trigger other group litigations

RBS £200m payout could lead to similar group litigation brought by small investors in other companies. You may recall that investors alleged that RBS had misled them over the...

RBS case shows why trust must be rebuilt in business

Letter in the FT from ShareSoc Director Cliff Weight on why the SFO, CPS and/or BEIS should be given more resources and told to pursue problem cases much more...