The Central Finance Board
of the Methodist Church
Deposit Fund
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* A.E.R. as at 24 April 2022
A cash fund offering a competitive rate of interest designed specifically for Methodist churches and charities.
Our Mission
Our mission, alongside the Church, is to seek practical solutions which combine Christian ethics and investment returns. We therefore aim...
- to provide a high quality investment service seeking above average returns
- to follow a discipline in which the ethical dimension is an integral part of all investment decisions
- to construct investment portfolios consistent with the moral stance and teachings of the Christian faith
- to encourage strategic thinking on the ethics of investment
- to be a Christian witness in the investment community
News
Statement on Russian Investment
The Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church believes that for both ethical and fiduciary reasons, Russian securities should not form any part of our clients’ investment portfolios. Read more →
Annual Conference on Ethics and Investment
Our annual conference on ethics and investment was held virtually again this year on 14 December. Watch the recordings →
Ethics
Climate Emergency
COP26, the United Nations Climate Change conference was held in Glasgow in October 2021. A new global agreement, the Glasgow Climate Pact, was reached at the summit, which sets the agenda for climate change over the next decade. Included in the pact was an agreement by countries to “phase out” the use of coal, and further emissions reduction targets. Rev Dr Andrew Harper, our Head of Ethics, was at COP26 and represented the CFB/Epworth at a panel discussion on what the Methodist Church is doing on the climate emergency.
... Continue reading →Modern Slavery
As part of the Find it, Fix it, Prevent it initiative on modern slavery, we attended a roundtable hosted by CCLA and the Home Office. The event facilitated investment organisation to feed into the UK Government’s review of their 2014 Modern Slavery Strategy. Later in the quarter, we met with Intercontinental Hotels Group to discuss recent work it has been doing to strengthen its human rights due diligence in its recruitment practices, including implementing a checklist to help drive responsible recruitment practices.
... Continue reading →Epworth Investment Management
Our sister organisation Epworth Investment Management provides our investment services to non-Methodist churches and charities.