Investment information and policies

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Dear St Edmund Hall,

This is a request for information through the Freedom of Information Act.

1. What was the total market value of the institution's endowment funds and any other investment portfolios on 22 October 2018? If you are going to provide this information through your annual accounts, can you provide the specific page with the relevant figure highlighted.

2. On 22 October 2018, were the institution's endowment funds and any other investment portfolios managed directly by the institution, or indirectly by (an) external fund manager(s), or a combination of both?

3. If the institution uses external fund manager(s) to manage any endowment funds or other investment portfolios, please provide the name of each fund manager used, along with the % of the total endowment funds that they were managing on 22 October 2018. If the institution uses several fund managers, please list each fund manager name separately along with the % of the institutions total endowment and investment portfolio that they manage.

4. Does the institution invest directly in companies?

5. If the institution invests directly, please provide the details of what the institution invests in (by way if endowment or other investment portfolios), including the full names of each company invested in, and the market value invested in each company on 22 October 2018?

Please provide this information in a spreadsheet format.

6. If the institution holds investments through an external fund manager, please provide the investment portfolio for that manger from 22 October 2018, including the market value for each of their investments?

Please use a spreadsheet to provide the information and please use the format shown in this example: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...

7. Does the institution have an ethical investment policy, or similar? If so, please state if it is publicly available, and provide a web link. If it is not publicly available, please provide a copy.

Please could you confirm the receipt of this request?

Yours faithfully,

J Clarke

St Edmund Hall College Office, St Edmund Hall, Oxford

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Dear J Clarke,

 

Thank you for your email. Please find the College’s response below.

Additionally, those who compiled the response below would like to ask who
has requested the information and if possible, to what end it might be
used.

Sincerely,

 

 

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St Edmund Hall is a Registered Charity, no. 1137470

 

 

 

 

1.What was the total market value of the institution's endowment funds and
any other investment portfolios on 22 October 2018? If you are going to
provide this information through your annual accounts, can you provide the
specific page with the relevant figure highlighted. Value of Investments
at 28^th Sept 2018, £77 million.

2. On 22 October 2018, were the institution's endowment funds and any
other investment portfolios managed directly by the institution, or
indirectly by (an) external fund manager(s), or a combination of both? 94%
indirectly by external managers through funds (not segregated accounts),
circa 2% of portfolio invested in property directly managed by the
College, 4% cash.

3. If the institution uses external fund manager(s) to manage any
endowment funds or other investment portfolios, please provide the name of
each fund manager used, along with the % of the total endowment funds that
they were managing on 22 October 2018. If the institution uses several
fund managers, please list each fund manager name separately along with
the % of the institutions total endowment and investment portfolio that
they manage.
Oxford University Endowment 64%

MFG Global Fund 14%

Colchester Global Bond Fund 5%

JP Morgan EM Opportunities Fund 5%

Heronbridge UK Equity Fund 4%

College directly managed property 4%

Charities Property Fund 2%

Cash 1%

4. Does the institution invest directly in companies? No

5. If the institution invests directly, please provide the details of what
the institution invests in (by way if endowment or other investment
portfolios), including the full names of each company invested in, and the
market value invested in each company on 22 October 2018?

Please provide this information in a spreadsheet format.

6. If the institution holds investments through an external fund manager,
please provide the investment portfolio for that manger from 22 October
2018, including the market value for each of their investments?
Circa 95% of the portfolio is invested in regulated funds that are open to
other investors and do not disclose their portfolio contents to investors.

Please use a spreadsheet to provide the information and please use the
format shown in this example:
[3]https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...

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│ │& Planet │
│ │ │
│ │docs.google.com │
│ │ │
│ │Sheet1 │
│ │[6]www.SarasinReports.co.uk.│
│ │Copyright © Sarasin and │
│ │Partners Consolidated │
│ │Portfolio Valuation Grouped:│
│ │University of xxxxx │
│ │Portfolios Consolidated │
│ │Portfolio Valuation as at: │
│ │31-Jul-15 Security,% │
│ │of,Current market value as │
│ │at,Gross │
│ │Portfolio,31-Jul-15,Yield │
│ │£,% Government Bonds STATES │
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7. Does the institution have an ethical investment policy, or similar? If
so, please state if it is publicly available, and provide a web link. If
it is not publicly available, please provide a copy. St Edmund Hall does
not have currently have an ethical investment policy.

 

 

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