UK Shareholders’ Association
@ukshareholders.bsky.social
Leading independent organisation representing the interests of individual shareholders in the United Kingdom
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) proposed in March 2025 increasing the standard deposit protection limit from £85,000 to £110,000, and the Temporary High Balance (THB) protection from £1 million to £1.4 million. Will it happen on the 1st December? www.macroglobal.co.uk/blog/regulat...
FSCS Updates 2025: Depositor Protection Changes & SCV Readiness
Are you ready for FSCS 2025? Understand the new limits, THB complexities, and SCV reporting demands and how SCV Alliance v25 keeps you ahead.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) proposed in March 2025 increasing the standard deposit protection limit from £85,000 to £110,000, and the Temporary High Balance (THB) protection from £1 million to £1.4 million. Will it happen on the 1st December? www.macroglobal.co.uk/blog/regulat...
London ranks highly in Europe’s Long-term Growth Champions based on “their their ability to innovate and the willingness of their high-growth companies to be candid with financial information.” www.ft.com/content/9b6d...
FT Ranking: Europe’s Long-term Growth Champions
The ranking highlights companies with sustained revenue growth between 2014 and 2024
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October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
London ranks highly in Europe’s Long-term Growth Champions based on “their their ability to innovate and the willingness of their high-growth companies to be candid with financial information.” www.ft.com/content/9b6d...
Turning a punitive business threat into an opportunity www.swatch.com/en-gb/what-i.... 39% US tariffs on Switzerland is the new selling point.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Turning a punitive business threat into an opportunity www.swatch.com/en-gb/what-i.... 39% US tariffs on Switzerland is the new selling point.
A way of opening up audit competition, something the CMA reviewed way back in 2018? www.frc.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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See also www.uksa.org.uk/news/2019/09....
Response to Initial Consultation on Recommendations by the Competition and Markets Authority | UKSA
Peter Parry and Cliff Weight have written a joint response on behalf of the UK Shareholders’ Association (UKSA) and the UK Individual Shareholders’ Society (ShareSoc). This has been submitted to the C...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A way of opening up audit competition, something the CMA reviewed way back in 2018? www.frc.org.uk/news-and-eve...
See also www.uksa.org.uk/news/2019/09....
See also www.uksa.org.uk/news/2019/09....
Light at the end of the tunnel? www.ft.com/content/a1a8...
Private capital listing plans stoke hopes of a London IPO revival
Almost a dozen firms preparing UK flotation of a portfolio company in next 12 months
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September 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Light at the end of the tunnel? www.ft.com/content/a1a8...
Are we, the people, like governments? Too short-term in our thinking? Or is the symbiotic relationship between the cost of living and geopolitical disruption making us want to have bigger 'easy access' savings pots 'just in case'? www.ft.com/content/37af...
UK savers have more than £614bn in excess cash
Money that could be channelled into investments earning higher returns jumps by a third since 2022
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September 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Are we, the people, like governments? Too short-term in our thinking? Or is the symbiotic relationship between the cost of living and geopolitical disruption making us want to have bigger 'easy access' savings pots 'just in case'? www.ft.com/content/37af...
Is the FCA partly to blame for a slowing down in fintech? Is the approval process too burdensome on startups? www.cityam.com/exclusive-fc...
FCA approves just 6 e-money licence applications in 9 months
Not a single authorised electronic money institution licence was granted by the Financial Conduct Authority in the fourth quarter of 2024.
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September 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Is the FCA partly to blame for a slowing down in fintech? Is the approval process too burdensome on startups? www.cityam.com/exclusive-fc...
How do we make London listings more attractive? Is it the need for deeper liquidity and a broader investor base? Is the City ”a market defined only by consolidation at the top rather than a healthy pipeline of new entrants”? www.cityam.com/london-finte...
London fintech eyes IPO as Klarna’s listing puts pressure on the City
UK card reader firm SumUp is weighing a stock market listing that could value it at up to $15bn (£11.04bn)
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September 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
How do we make London listings more attractive? Is it the need for deeper liquidity and a broader investor base? Is the City ”a market defined only by consolidation at the top rather than a healthy pipeline of new entrants”? www.cityam.com/london-finte...
We all need sound financial awareness at all stages of our lives. Angela Rayner and professional footballers were not immune to inappropriate financial decision-making. Neither are we. www.uksa.org.uk
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September 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We all need sound financial awareness at all stages of our lives. Angela Rayner and professional footballers were not immune to inappropriate financial decision-making. Neither are we. www.uksa.org.uk
Still unsure about the need for improving business resilience? Ask Jaguar Land Rover. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666301...
Cyber attackers damage Jaguar Land Rover production | Computer Weekly
Jaguar Land Rover reports a cyber-attack has “severely disrupted” its vehicle production and retail operations, recalling similar attacks on other prominent British brands this year.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Still unsure about the need for improving business resilience? Ask Jaguar Land Rover. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666301...
Business resilience – can Brydon’s 2017 review help Government help companies to achieve this? www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
The cyber security bill must go further to truly protect the UK economy
We can no longer ignore the major gap in our cyber protections.
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September 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Business resilience – can Brydon’s 2017 review help Government help companies to achieve this? www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Making shareholding digital is fine but Government has ignored Step 1: ensuring beneficial owners in nominee accounts are included in the share registers. That has led to issues in the ‘preferred solution’ from the Digitalisation Task Force, shareholder rights erosion www.uksa.org.uk/news/2025/08...
UKSA continues to fight for the right outcomes from Digitisation Taskforce. | UKSA
Shareholder democracy is not an optional extra for a healthy economy.UKSA’s view is that the Technical Group must ensure that the manner in which the recommendations are implemented does not erode the...
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August 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Making shareholding digital is fine but Government has ignored Step 1: ensuring beneficial owners in nominee accounts are included in the share registers. That has led to issues in the ‘preferred solution’ from the Digitalisation Task Force, shareholder rights erosion www.uksa.org.uk/news/2025/08...
“Heavyweight investors want profits and the inconvenient truth is that Big Oil’s short-term gains accrue from fossil fuels.” But are retail investors seeking greener goals as “by and large [we all] want products and services that are affordable”? www.ft.com/content/765c...
Why getting to net zero will take more than peer pressure
Either governments will need to spearhead decarbonisation or markets will have to take over in the main
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July 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“Heavyweight investors want profits and the inconvenient truth is that Big Oil’s short-term gains accrue from fossil fuels.” But are retail investors seeking greener goals as “by and large [we all] want products and services that are affordable”? www.ft.com/content/765c...
Spice up your life with a Crypto Spac. Especially as Bitcoin is now so expensive. www.ft.com/content/6da2...
Crypto-Spacs put a risky investment in a riskier wrapper
Fusing these together is a bold choice but the acquisition vehicles have a reputation for burning fortunes
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July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Spice up your life with a Crypto Spac. Especially as Bitcoin is now so expensive. www.ft.com/content/6da2...
UK Shareholders’ Association has responded to various consultations from government and regulators. Link: www.uksa.org.uk/page/policy-...
July 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
UK Shareholders’ Association has responded to various consultations from government and regulators. Link: www.uksa.org.uk/page/policy-...
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What will it take to make British investors buy British stocks? https://on.ft.com/3G8gLqO | opinion
What will it take to make British investors buy British stocks?
Brits seem to be using the rally as yet another opportunity to sell
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June 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
What will it take to make British investors buy British stocks? https://on.ft.com/3G8gLqO | opinion
HSBC explores axing in-person AGM amid frustration with cost and protests
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HSBC explores axing in-person AGM amid frustration with cost and protests
Virtual-only meeting would save expense of leasing a venue and hiring security personnel
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April 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
HSBC explores axing in-person AGM amid frustration with cost and protests
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How can EU financial markets ensure that retail investors receive real value for their money (VfM)?
The second panel at “Towards a Savings & Investment Union” conference will explore how VfM can become a guiding principle in the design, distribution, and supervision of financial products.
The second panel at “Towards a Savings & Investment Union” conference will explore how VfM can become a guiding principle in the design, distribution, and supervision of financial products.
March 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
How can EU financial markets ensure that retail investors receive real value for their money (VfM)?
The second panel at “Towards a Savings & Investment Union” conference will explore how VfM can become a guiding principle in the design, distribution, and supervision of financial products.
The second panel at “Towards a Savings & Investment Union” conference will explore how VfM can become a guiding principle in the design, distribution, and supervision of financial products.
Retail investors take on hedge funds in Europe’s answer to ‘meme stock’ mania (gift link)
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Retail investors take on hedge funds in Europe’s answer to ‘meme stock’ mania
Small traders have piled in to defence companies targeted by short sellers, in an echo of 2021’s GameStop trade
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March 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Retail investors take on hedge funds in Europe’s answer to ‘meme stock’ mania (gift link)
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BETTER FINANCE welcomes the @ec.europa.eu Commission ’s communication on the Savings and Investments Union (#SIU) and the accompanying draft report by MEP @aurorelalucq.bsky.social, which seeks to strengthen citizens’ wealth and enhance the economic resilience of the European Union.
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March 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
BETTER FINANCE welcomes the @ec.europa.eu Commission ’s communication on the Savings and Investments Union (#SIU) and the accompanying draft report by MEP @aurorelalucq.bsky.social, which seeks to strengthen citizens’ wealth and enhance the economic resilience of the European Union.
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What happens when “economic ownership” shifts from shareholders to bondholders? www.ft.com/content/59f8...
Regulator accused of letting hedge funds control Thames Water
Allegation comes as utility waits for Court of Appeal decision over £3bn emergency loan
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March 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What happens when “economic ownership” shifts from shareholders to bondholders? www.ft.com/content/59f8...
For many who are 'just about managing', maybe 'certainty' overrides 'return'? www.cityam.com/savers-love-...
Savers love Cash ISAs - but their safety comes at a price
Cash ISAs are the slow and steady option for tax-free saving, and these savers mostly knowingly shun the higher returns of Investment ISAs.
www.cityam.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For many who are 'just about managing', maybe 'certainty' overrides 'return'? www.cityam.com/savers-love-...
Genuine change or just moving the deckchairs on to one deck?
Payment Systems Regulator to be subsumed by the FCA. www.databreachtoday.com/uk-abolishes...
Payment Systems Regulator to be subsumed by the FCA. www.databreachtoday.com/uk-abolishes...
UK Abolishes Payment Systems Regulator to Streamline Regs
The U.K. government late Tuesday abolished its Payment Systems Regulator, a move aimed at reducing business complexity and supporting the Labour government's
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March 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Genuine change or just moving the deckchairs on to one deck?
Payment Systems Regulator to be subsumed by the FCA. www.databreachtoday.com/uk-abolishes...
Payment Systems Regulator to be subsumed by the FCA. www.databreachtoday.com/uk-abolishes...
FCA drops plan to ‘name and shame’ more UK companies under investigation after “big backlash from the City.”
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FCA drops plan to ‘name and shame’ more UK companies under investigation
Financial regulator says it will scrap new public interest test after backlash from the City and government officials
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March 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
FCA drops plan to ‘name and shame’ more UK companies under investigation after “big backlash from the City.”
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How big the carrot, how small the stick to make the UK look attractive “when the Treasury finds itself with a dwindling number of levers to stimulate growth”? A blunt tool, maybe, but it was a strong incentive to deter companies “against financial misconduct”.
How big the carrot, how small the stick to make the UK look attractive “when the Treasury finds itself with a dwindling number of levers to stimulate growth”? A blunt tool, maybe, but it was a strong incentive to deter companies “against financial misconduct”.
Regulator will drop plans to ‘name and shame’ UK companies
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is set to shelve plans to “name and shame” companies under investigation for breaking rules.
www.cityam.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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How big the carrot, how small the stick to make the UK look attractive “when the Treasury finds itself with a dwindling number of levers to stimulate growth”? A blunt tool, maybe, but it was a strong incentive to deter companies “against financial misconduct”.
How big the carrot, how small the stick to make the UK look attractive “when the Treasury finds itself with a dwindling number of levers to stimulate growth”? A blunt tool, maybe, but it was a strong incentive to deter companies “against financial misconduct”.