Charity Investment

Good practice, case studies, expert advice and tips for charity finance professionals on investment management for charities.

James Brooke-Turner, finance director of the Nuffield Foundation,

Long view pays dividends

James Brooke Turner of the Nuffield Foundation says charities should set a strategy and stick to it

Squeezing the most out of your money

With interest rates historically low and inflation relatively high, it is a struggle for many charities to maximise their income. As part of our Third Sector Extra on investment, Patrick McCurry reports on how organisations can make their assets work...

Bewick's swans: Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust icons

Should committees take the decisions?

Setting up a specialist sub-committee to handle a charity's investments can take the pressure off trustees with limited financial knowledge. But what are the risks of excluding most of the board from the process?

New York Stock Exchance: US charities have recently become more risk-averse

Time for a more aggressive approach?

Some UK charities are shifting their investment portfolios from cash to equities in the hunt for higher returns; so why are their counterparts across the Atlantic moving in the opposite direction?

Finance: The weather's bad, but it could be worse

The value of charity investments fell by billions in 2008 but, as David Ainsworth reports, not everyone has been plunged into crisis

Projects funded by, left, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

Charitable foundations find options squeezed

Recession is forcing foundations and trusts to re-examine their investments. John Plummer reports on the implications for grant-giving

Lucy MacDonald, chief investment officer for global equities, RCM UK and Jeremy Beckwith, chief investment officer, Kleinwort Benson

Home or away?

We asked two investment managers to make the case for investing abroad and for sticking within the UK

Charity Finance Skills Zone

Expert advice and tips in specialist areas

Let me count the ways that charities can boost income

It's important to match income strategy against risk, says John Hildebrand of Rensburg Sheppards

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