Pending authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority and the Charity Commission. This fund has not been launched and is not invested in by any client.

Strategy highlights

  • All investments screened against faith-consistent exclusions that seek to reflect Catholic Social Teaching principles
  • Directly invested in securities to ensure adequate transparency and reassurance to investors that ethical considerations are being addressed across the entire portfolio
  • Security selection driven by bottom-up proprietary research which incorporates consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, issues and opportunities
  • Independent advisory board will provide consultation and guidance to ensure that the Fund’s policy keeps pace with Catholic values

Strategy profile

Objective

The objective of the Fund is to achieve capital growth and income for charity investors, over the long term (5 years or more), while adhering to the Fund’s Catholic faith-consistent exclusions policy and by investing at least 70% of the Fund’s assets in a global portfolio of equities (company shares) and fixed-income securities.

Performance benchmark

The Fund will measure its performance against a composite index, comprising 75% MSCI AC World NR Index, 20% FTSE Actuaries UK Conventional Gilts All Stocks TR Index and 5% 7-day compounded SONIA, as a comparator benchmark (the ‘Benchmark’). The Fund will use the Benchmark as an appropriate comparator because, while it does not take Catholic values criteria into account, it includes a broad representation of the asset classes, sectors and geographical areas in which the Fund predominantly invests. The Fund is actively managed, which means the Investment Manager has absolute discretion to invest outside the Benchmark subject to the investment objective and policies disclosed in the Prospectus. While the Fund’s holdings may include constituents of the Benchmark, the selection of investments and their weightings in the portfolio are not influenced by the Benchmark. The investment strategy does not restrict the extent to which the Investment Manager may deviate from the Benchmark.
Char Catholic Values Fund for Charities brochure

Brochure

More detail on the strategy’s investment approach.

Investment team

The Newton Catholic Values Fund for Charities is managed by an experienced team. In-house research analysts are at the core of our investment process, and our multidimensional research platform spans fundamental, thematic, responsible investment, quantitative, geopolitical, investigative and private-market research to promote better-informed investment decisions.

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Bhavin Shah
Bhavin Shah

Portfolio manager, Mixed Assets Investment team

Alison El-Araby
Alison El-Araby

Portfolio manager, Charities Investment team

Hilary Meades
Hilary Meades

Head of Charities Investment

Simon Nichols
Simon Nichols

Portfolio manager, Global Opportunities team

Paul Flood
Paul Flood

Head of Mixed Assets Investment

Janice Kim
Janice Kim

Associate Portfolio manager, Mixed Assets team

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Tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in the future. Newton is not a tax expert and independent tax advice should be sought.

Your capital may be at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise and investors may not get back the original amount invested.

ESG can be one of many inputs into the fundamental analysis. Newton will make investment decisions that are not based solely on ESG analysis. Other attributes of an investment may outweigh ESG analysis when making investment decisions. The way that material ESG analysis is assessed may vary depending on the asset class and strategy involved. As of September 2022, the equity investment team performs ESG analysis on equity securities prior to their recommendation. ESG analysis is not performed for all fixed income securities. The portfolio managers may purchase equity securities that are not formally recommended and for which ESG analysis has not been performed.

Key investment risks

  • Objective/performance risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objectives.
  • Currency risk: This Fund invests in international markets which means it is exposed to changes in currency rates which could affect the value of the Fund.
  • Derivatives risk: Derivatives are highly sensitive to changes in the value of the asset from which their value is derived. A small movement in the value of the underlying asset can cause a large movement in the value of the derivative. This can increase the sizes of losses and gains, causing the value of your investment to fluctuate. When using derivatives, the Fund can lose significantly more than the amount it has invested in derivatives.
  • Changes in interest rates & inflation risk: Investments in bonds/money market securities are affected by interest rates and inflation trends which may negatively affect the value of the Fund.
  • Credit risk: The issuer of a security held by the Fund may not pay income or repay capital to the Fund when due.
  • Charges to capital: The Fund takes its charges from the capital of the Fund. Investors should be aware that this has the effect of lowering the capital value of your investment and limiting the potential for future capital growth. On redemption, you may not receive back the full amount you initially invested.
  • Counterparty risk: The insolvency of any institutions providing services such as custody of assets or acting as a counterparty to derivatives or other contractual arrangements, may expose the Fund to financial loss.
  • Faith-consistent exclusions risk: The Fund follows a faith consistent exclusions approach, which may cause it to perform differently than funds that have a similar objective but which do not follow faith-consistent exclusions when selecting securities.