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UK investment trusts demand voting rights for all shareholders By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 00:05 BST, 7 April 2025 e-mail View comments The UK's investment trust industry has launched a campaign to make it easier for shareholders to vote on issues affecting their companies. Sector body the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) will announce today a petition calling on the Government to change the law so investment platforms are compelled to provide shareholders with the ability to vote on matters proposed at company meetings. Currently, state investment platforms may pass on voting rights to shareholders but are not compelled to do so.
'All shareholders must be able to vote – it's their fundamental right,' said AIC boss Richard Stone. Applying pressure: The UK's investment trust industry has launched a campaign to make it easier for shareholders to vote on issues affecting their companies RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Chancellor told: Rule out pensions grab in autumn Investment trusts should be left out of looming City rules..
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