Charities 'missing out' by not investing abroad

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector, 21 May 2008

Charities should move investments abroad during the downturn in the UK economy, a charity investment specialist has said.

"Eleven of the 12 companies that reward investors with a return of more than 3.5 per cent are outside the UK," James Bevan, chief investment officer at not-for-profit investor CCLA, told Third Sector. "The UK economy is in serious trouble, but lots of the rest of the world is doing...

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