Universities: Cambridge University and Colleges
Below is a list of the value of shares held by each university. The most recent figures generally refer to investments held in June 2008 in the top six UK-based arms exporting companies and the top eight American arms companies. The other figures mostly refer to shares held in March 2006 in the top seven US and UK arms companies at that time. The date of the information is provided in all cases.
The figures are taken from responses to Freedom of Information Act requests made to each university. Whilst the greatest care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of all the figures in this report, CAAT recognises the possibility of human error, and recommends that this fact be kept in mind when referring to the information.
There is an active university CAAT campaign group: Cambridge Students Against the Arms Trade.
University of Cambridge
Shares held directly or indirectly in arms companies, however further information withheld, the University claiming exemption under Sections 41 and/or 43 of the Act.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) ?
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
To verify information, email:
Ian Troupe,
Freedom of Information Officer
To register concerns, email:
Andrew Reid, Finance Director
Colleges
Christ's College
No direct arms company shares. Endowments invested with a number of managed funds, however no details of what is held within these funds.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £84m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
To verify information, write to: The Freedom of Information Officer, Christ's College, Cambridge, CB2 3BU.
To register concerns, email:
Dr R K Hinkley,
Bursar
Churchill College
Due to the hard work and campaigning of students at Churchill College, all its investments were moved to British Food Association and Abcam in January 2010! Congratulations to everyone involved.
Clare College
No direct arms company shares. All equity holdings (£27m) are in tracker funds and will include holdings in arms companies, however no details held.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £69m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Mr Donald Hearn, Bursar
Clare Hall
Clare Hall's endowment is invested in two charity funds, which are ethical and exclude companies who have a significant (over 5%) element of arms.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £13m
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Joanna Womack, Bursar
Corpus Christi College
No information on investments available - all investments in pooled funds. These may contain shares in arms companies.
College does not hold investments in conflict with aims of education, religion, learning and research.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £38m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Sue Ainger-Brown, Finance Manager
Darwin College
UK arms company shareholdings:
BAE Systems £115,004
GKN £83,880
Rolls Royce £139,075
Shares held directly and indirectly - figures above combined. Indirect investments through Cazenove UK Growth and Income Fund.
College does not have an ethical investment policy. Cazenove Socially Responsible Investment policy restricts investments in various industries including "avoidance of companies involved in the manufacture or sale of products or services for whole weapons systems, and strategic components of weapons systems where 5% or more of the company's turnover is related to military sales. This includes companies manufacturing military hardware and components essential to military systems. It does not include companies involved in manufacture of non-strategic components and services (e.g. engine parts)."
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £14.6m
Arms shares as % of total investments 2.3
Information refers to March 2008
Send an email to: Peter J Brindle, Bursar
Downing College
UK arms company shareholdings:
BAE Systems £85,870
Ethical investment policy excludes tobacco industry but not arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £16.8m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.5
Information refers to June 2008
To verify information, email:
Catherine Scorah,
Records Manager
To register concerns, email:
Susan Lintott,
Bursar
Emmanuel College
No direct shareholding in arms companies. Investments held in tracker funds and overseas equity markets; arms shares in these funds should be assumed, however no data held on the constituent holdings.
College does not have an ethical investment policy.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £111.9m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Dr Michael J Gross, Bursar
Fitzwilliam College
College holds no arms company shares.
College follows Charity Commission's advice on ethical investment. Excludes investments in arms companies trading with terrorists or with countries that the UK does not permit trade with.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £20m
Information refers to July 2006
Send an email to: C L Pratt, Bursar
Girton College
UK arms company shareholdings:
Cobham £318,450
Figures for direct investments only, indirect shareholdings managed by HSBC Investments. These may contain shares in arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £38m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.8
Information refers to June 2008
To verify information, email:
FOI Officer
To register concerns, email:
D Lowther,
Bursar
Gonville & Caius College
College invests in a number of managed funds but has no information on the shareholdings. These may contain shares in arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £127m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Julia Collins, Senior Bursar
Homerton College
College holds no arms company shares.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £30m
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Gale Bryan, Bursar
Hughes Hall
No investment information provided - investments managed by Cazenove.
College does not have an ethical investment policy. Cazenove Socially Responsible Investment policy restricts investments in various industries including "avoidance of companies involved in the maufacture or sale of products or services for whole weapons systems, and strategic components of weapons systems where 5% or more of the company's turnover is related to military sales. This includes companies manufacturing military hardware and components essential to military systems. It does not include companies involved in manufacture of non-strategic components and services (e.g. engine parts)."
Total Assets Invested (all shares) ?
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to August 2006
Send an email to: N E Taylor, Bursar
Jesus College
College investments are managed by Partners Capital Investment Group as a pooled fund. No investment code has been implemented that excludes arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £70m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
To verify information, email:
Susan Sneddon,
Modern Records Manager
To register concerns, email:
Stephen Barton, Senior Bursar
King's College
No investment details provided, investments held in tracker funds through Schroders fund managers
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £92m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
To verify information, email:
Dr Patricia McGuire,
FOI Officer
To register concerns, email:
Martin Reavley,
First Bursar
Lucy Cavendish College
Has an ethical investment policy which excludes direct shareholding in arms companies, but investments also held in pooled funds. These may contain shares in arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £9.5m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to:
Karen Davies,
FOI Officer
To register concerns, email:
David Carter,
Bursar
Magdalene College
UK arms company shareholdings:
BAE Systems £177,000
GKN £89,200
Direct shareholdings provided, no information held about shareholdings of pooled funds. These may contain shares in arms companies.
Investment managers expected to avoid involvement in organisations clearly ignoring responsible standards in dealing with employees, environment and communities in which they operate. This does not exclude arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £17.1m
Arms shares as % of total investments 1.6
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Steven Morris, Senior Bursar
Murray Edwards College (formerly New Hall)
UK arms company shareholdings
GKN £66,641
Rolls Royce £80,965
US arms company shareholdings:
General Electric £129,243
Direct shareholdings provided, no information held about shareholdings of pooled funds. These may contain shares in arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £42m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.7
Information refers to July 2008
Send an email to: Nicholas Wright, Bursar
Newnham College
No shares held directly in arms companies. Investment portfolio contains tracker funds which may include them.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £55m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Ian Du Quesnay, Bursar
Pembroke College
No shares held directly in arms companies. No information provided on shares held indirectly.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £54m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Chris Blencowe, Bursar
Peterhouse
No direct arms company shareholdings. Investments held in Global and FTSE100 tracker funds, which will contain arms company shares.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £110m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Richard Grigson, Senior Bursar
Queens' College
UK arms company shareholdings:
BAE Systems £468,116
Holding as part of endowment fund.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £53.5m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.9
Information refers to June 2008
To verify information, email:
Freedom of Information Officer
To register concerns, email:
Jonathan Spence,
Senior Bursar
Robinson College
No arms company shareholdings.
College has a Socially Responsible Investment policy.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) ?
Arms shares as % of total investments 0
Information refers to August 2006
Send an email to: David Kerr, Senior Bursar
Selwyn College
No arms company shareholdings.
College holds no investments in tobacco, companies which produce torture devices or with a long record of selling weaponry to repressive regimes.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £22m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0
Information refers to August 2006
Send an email to: Mr Nick Downer, Bursar
Sidney Sussex College
US arms company shareholdings:
General Electric £50,000
No direct shareholdings in arms companies. GE shares held as part of their investment in the North America Fund of the Barclay's Global Investors Index Selection
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £37m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.13%
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Nick Allen, Bursar
St. Catharine's College
No direct arms company shareholdings. Also invests in pooled funds but no information held about shareholdings. These may contain shares in arms companies.
College does not invest in tobacco or companies which derive more than 15% of their total income from sale of weapons or armaments.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £32m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to August 2006
Send an email to: C M C Crawford, Senior Bursar
St. Edmund's College
No arms company shareholdings.
College does not have an ethical investment policy.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £5m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Simon Mitton, Treasurer
St. John's College
UK arms company shareholdings:
GKN £3,824,000
US arms company shareholdings: General Electric £6,969
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £335.4m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.1
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Chris Ewbank, Senior Bursar
Trinity College
UK arms company shareholdings:
BAE Systems £2,196
Rolls Royce £6,599
US arms company shareholdings:
KBR £8
Northrup Grumman £12,520
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £859m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.002
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Rory Landman, Senior Bursar
Trinity Hall
UK arms company shareholdings:
Qinetiq £167,729
Rolls Royce £538,242
VT group £475,125
Shares held in the Trinity Hall endowment fund. Pension fund holdings held in USS or CCFPS portfolios.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £84m
Arms shares as % of total investments 1.4
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Paul Ffolkes Davis, Bursar
Wolfson College
UK arms company shareholdings:
Rolls-Royce £11,522
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £8.6m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.13
Information refers to June 2008
Send an email to: Christopher Lawrence, Bursar
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