The power of persuasion
Article Abstract:
Charities may avoid investing in companies for ethical reasons, or they may prefer a more active approach and seek to influence the behavior of companies they have invested in. Investors cannot always assess all the activities of a company if it has diversified. They may rule out companies with a proportion of their turnover above a specific level from certain activities seen as undesirable. Some charities may seek to invest in companies that are seen as ethically resposnible.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1997
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Investment strategy: in devising their long-term investment strategy, should charities sacrifice income in favour of growth?
Article Abstract:
Charities have traditionally concentrated their equity investment on higher yielding shares, however this could have a material impact on performance. Higher yielidng shares performed badly between 1990 and 1992 although they have since recovered. Dividend income may not keep pace with amounts required for beneficiaries, but investing in higher yielding shares can be a useful contrarian discipline.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1995
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The way ahead for NHS trust funds: staff at NHS trusts have an arduous and long overdue task ahead of them: to review and rationalise the charities and administer them in line with charity law
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All charities must follow accounting and reporting requirements as implemented by the Charities Act 1993, and this also applies to trustees and staff of NHS charities. NHS charity funds total more than 1 billion pounds sterling and most are small and specific in their purposes. Financial staff will have to be kept informed of recent developments in registration and administration.
Publication Name: Investors Chronicle
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0261-3115
Year: 1995
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