Invest in worker-owned firms to boost your returns

Worker ownership may sound like a revolutionary idea. But actually it’s a good way to boost capitalism – and returns for investors, says David Thornton.

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Corporate communications are awashwith clichs.A particularly hoary example appears at the bottom of nearly every chairman's statement I've ever read: "Our people are our greatest asset". It's often very clear that this polite nod to the workers is little more than window dressing.

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David Thornton is a small cap share expert with over 30 years’ experience in the investment world. He was an equity fund manager at Henderson Global Investors for 17 years, and in 2006 he launched the Matrix New Europe Fund, investing in equities throughout Eastern Europe, Russia and Turkey.