We are aware that many Northern Rock shareholders are being targeted via scams to purchase their shares. The scammers are very good at mimicking genuine companies to gain your trust. You can read more about this type of scam on the FCA website here. 

Board focus will be forced to change and, at last, boards will be unable to escape responsibility for internal control, assurance and resilience.

But surely directors should be taking responsibility for these already.  If not, why not? 

Small but significant adjustments to the UK’s Code of Corporate Governance it will mean a big win for shareholders.

UKSA has responded to the interim report of the Digitisation Taskforce. The report is a big step forward, and UKSA has replied extensively to the questions asked. But it fails to confront the systemic weaknesses that often force individual investors to abdicate their ownership responsibilities in favour of intermediaries.

Scanning for sanctions – a necessary due diligence activity?  Paul Malone says ‘yes’.   And managing the consequences can be challenging.

There’s a drive to make UK stock markets more attractive. Changing the listing rules will not necessarily make them so.