Charity multi-asset funds

Our two charity funds provide exposure to a wide range of asset classes, while looking to optimise capital growth and income within their respective risk profiles. The Rathbone Core Investment Fund for Charities and the Rathbone Active Income and Growth Fund are designed to meet long-term investment objectives of UK charities*. Committed to our philanthropic tradition, our funds adhere to an ethical investment policy, screening and excluding investments that do not meet our ethical criteria.

RATHBONE CORE INVESTMENT FUND

The fund's objective is to achieve long term capital growth and a level of income while employing a total return approach. The fund's management fees are exempt from VAT.

Client suitability: investors should be medium risk charities, seeking to achieve long-term returns generated from a mixture of capital growth and income, with lower levels of volatility than equity markets. This means that they should be able to commit money to these investments for a minimum of five years, or longer if necessary.

Ethical investment policy: the fund will not invest directly in companies manufacturing tobacco or tobacco products, or companies that derive more than 10% of their revenues from the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, armaments, gambling, high interest rate lending or pornography.

Date launched: 3 October 2016

For more information, please contact Gareth Pearl on 020 7399 0016 or email gareth.pearl@rathbones.com

Gareth Pearl

Investment director

Gareth Pearl

Investment director

Gareth is an Investment Director who manages portfolios on behalf of charities and other not-for-profit organisations. Gareth joined Rathbones in 2015 from Quilter Cheviot. Prior to this, he graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2012 with a BA (Hons) degree in Politics. He is a member of Rathbones’ Portfolio Construction Committee and Engagement Committee.

Gareth is a Chartered Fellow of the CISI (FCSI) and obtained the Masters in Wealth Management in 2014. He has passed the CISI Professional Assessment in Sustainable and Responsible Investment. He has attended the Cass Business School “Charity Investment – Theory and Practice” course, the leading investment course for charities in the UK. Gareth is a governor of a primary school in East London.

Gareth is an Investment Director who manages portfolios on behalf of charities and other not-for-profit organisations. Gareth joined Rathbones in 2015 from Quilter Cheviot. Prior to this, he graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2012 with a BA (Hons) degree in Politics. He is a member of Rathbones’ Portfolio Construction Committee and Engagement Committee.

Gareth is a Chartered Fellow of the CISI (FCSI) and obtained the Masters in Wealth Management in 2014. He has passed the CISI Professional Assessment in Sustainable and Responsible Investment. He has attended the Cass Business School “Charity Investment – Theory and Practice” course, the leading investment course for charities in the UK. Gareth is a governor of a primary school in East London.

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Rathbone Active Income and Growth Fund

The fund’s objective is to achieve a total return of between 3% and 4% above the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over a rolling five-year period. The fund has a targeted risk budget of two-thirds of the volatility of global equities as measured by the MSCI World Equity index. In short the fund seeks to achieve equity-like returns with less than equity risk, together with a sustainable income yield. The fund’s management fees are exempt from VAT.

Client suitability: investors should be medium risk charities, seeking to achieve long-term returns generated from a mixture of capital growth and income, with lower levels of volatility than equity markets. If equities go down, investors might expect drawdowns typically of as much as two-thirds of equity market falls or possibly more in extreme market events. This means that they should be able to commit money to these investments for a minimum of three years, or longer if necessary.

Ethical investment policy: the fund is subject to certain ethical investment constraints and will aim not to have any direct exposure to companies that generate more than 20% of their turnover from tobacco, gambling, high interest rate lending or pornography.

Date launched: 9 July 2012

For more information, please contact James Codrington on 020 7399 0006 or email james.codrington@rathbones.com

James Codrington

Investment director

James Codrington

Investment director

James is an investment director, joining Rathbones from Barings where he was head of charities for nine years. He focused upon absolute return mandates and managed the Targeted Return Common Investment Fund, one of the fastest growing charity funds in recent years. James previously worked at Deutsche Asset Management, Lazard Brothers and Teather & Greenwood, all in charity investment roles. From 1988 to 1994 he served in the British Army.

James has an MA (First Class) in Modern History from Oxford University, has written numerous articles on absolute return in the charity press and is a regular speaker at charity events and investment conferences.

James is an investment director, joining Rathbones from Barings where he was head of charities for nine years. He focused upon absolute return mandates and managed the Targeted Return Common Investment Fund, one of the fastest growing charity funds in recent years. James previously worked at Deutsche Asset Management, Lazard Brothers and Teather & Greenwood, all in charity investment roles. From 1988 to 1994 he served in the British Army.

James has an MA (First Class) in Modern History from Oxford University, has written numerous articles on absolute return in the charity press and is a regular speaker at charity events and investment conferences.

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