investment Archives

Jan 17, 2025

New governance principles launched to guide charities’ investment decisions

The set of principles launched yesterday (16 January) to help charity leaders and trustees when making decisions about their investments.

Nov 21, 2024

The value of charities’ investable assets has stabilised and, in some cases, improved over the last 12 months, research from…

Jun 04, 2024

Analysis of 2022 data from The Charity Commission suggests that a significant portion of charity assets could be sitting idle,…

Apr 05, 2024

In a letter published today in the Financial Times, Big Society Capital, Big Issue Invest and 34 other organisations are…

Mar 28, 2024

Forty nature projects from across Scotland are part of a first cohort to take part in a new programme aimed…

Sep 12, 2023

Investment into tackling social issues in the UK grew to £9.4 billion in 2022, according to Big Society Capital figures,…

Aug 01, 2023

Published today (1 August 2023), the guidance has been updated to make it clearer and to help trustees make the…

Jul 05, 2023

The Chartered Institute of Fundraising has published a guide to making the case for fundraising investment, aimed at senior leaders,…

Jun 09, 2023

Charity Bank achieved a record financial result in 2022, with a profit of £2.7mn – and is reinvesting all of…

Nov 15, 2022

Many high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) and wealthy families want a more value-led approach to their wealth, especially the younger generation but…

Oct 07, 2022

With the squeeze on giving coming from multiple directions, foundations and charities need to unlock investment capital and be digital…

Aug 26, 2022

Friends Provident Foundation announced this week that its impact investment allocation has increased to a third of its endowment –…