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Interactive Data and GOAL offer global service to support clients throughout securities class actions lifecycle22 September 2009, 2:43 pm
Information from Interactive Data’s class actions service together with Goal’s solution can provide support throughout the entire lifecycle of a securities class action 
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27 July 2009, 10:42 am
UK pension funds have recently spearheaded class actions lawsuits against high profile multi-nationals. Should all schemes follow their lead? asks Matthew Craig
After suffering substantial investment losses at companies hit hard by the credit crunch, a number of UK pension funds have revealed their involvement in class actions aimed at winning compensation.
The Northern Ireland Local Government [...]
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17 July 2009, 10:55 am
US — UK and European pension funds will be included as members of a consolidated class action against Royal Bank of Scotland, after a court ruling knocked them out of the running to be co-lead plaintiffs.
The complaint filed yesterday by law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll include UK schemes Merseyside Pension Fund and North [...]
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10 February 2009, 2:01 pm
A study by GOAL Group into unreclaimed funds resulting from the settlement of securities class actions in the US.
Management Summary
Filings for securities class actions are on the rise again in the US
Total securities class action settlements in 2007 are down on 2006, but the average settlement rate is [...]
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10 November 2008, 2:07 pm
A study by GOAL Group into unreclaimed funds resulting from the settlement of securities class actions in the US
Management Summary
In the wake of the financial markets crisis, filings for securities class actions are on the rise again in the US
Average settlement values are [...]
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10 December 2005, 2:10 pm
A GOAL Report on losses sustained by UK private investors through unreclaimed withholding tax on cross border securities
Key Findings
- UK private investors are missing out on almost a quarter of a billion pounds (£251m) because they do not reclaim tax on dividends from their foreign securities. This represents a loss of around 13-14% of overall [...]
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10 August 2003, 3:12 pm
The Second Interim GOAL Report on losses sustained through unreclaimed withholding tax on cross border securities.
Examining the proportion of the $6 billion global losses incurred by US, UK, German, Japanese, Dutch, French, Swiss, Luxembourg and Italian investors.
Key Findings
- Largest losses from unreclaimed withholding tax on cross-border securities in the last year, were incurred by US [...]
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