Universities: Greater London
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.
Birkbeck, University of London
Investments held in various tracker funds. No information provided on whether these funds include arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £13m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2008
To verify information, email:
Katharine Bock,
FOI Officer
To register concerns, email:
Peter Westley,
Director of Finance
Brunel University
No arms company shareholdings. This university does not invest in equities.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £9m
Information refers to June 2006.
To verify information, email:
Mary Liddell,
Information Access Officer
To register concerns, email:
Tony Holloway,
Director of Finance
City University
No direct arms company shareholdings. This university only holds shares indirectly. These pooled/tracker funds include BGI Sterling Liquidity Funds (£45.275m) and BGI ChariTrak UK Equity Accumulation Fund (£3.269m)- which may contain arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £41m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2006.
To verify information, email:
Andrew Kinglake,
Head of Information Compliance (0207 040 4000)
To register concerns, email:
Patrick O'Donnell,
Director of Finance
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Funds invested in various tracker funds. No information provided whether these include arms companies.
Information refers to 2005.
Send an email to: Terry Hefford, Director of Finance
Goldsmiths, University of London
UK arms company shareholdings:
GKN £633
US arms company shareholdings:
General Electric £1,450
Shares held through COIF, a charitable investment fund. COIF's ethical investment policy means it 'aims to avoid companies whose main business is armaments'. The University is in the process of updating its ethical investment policy in time for the start of the new (2008) academic year.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £906,957
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.23
Information refers to July 2008
Send an email to: Godwin To, Treasury Accountant
Greenwich University
No arms company shareholdings.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £50m
Information refers to July 2006.
Send an email to: Reginald Daly, Director of Finance
Imperial College, University of London
No shares held directly in arms companies. Half the university's investments are held in a UK equity fund - these contain various tracker funds (UK FTSE All Share Index Tracker, M&G Charifund, etc) which will include arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £210m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to May 2008
To verify information, email:
Martin Thomson,
Freedom of Information Officer
To register concerns, email:
Andrew Murphy,
Director of Finance
King's College, University of London (KCL)
UK arms company shareholdings:
GKN £16,983
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £110m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.02
Information refers to June 2008.
To verify information, email:
James Allison,
Legal Compliance Officer
To register concerns, email:
Steve Ryland,
Director of Finance
Kingston University
No arms company shareholdings.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) 0
Information refers to June 2006.
Send an email to: Lesley Diston, Deputy Financial Controller
London Metropolitan University
No direct arms company shareholdings. Undisclosed pooled/tracker funds, some in Managed Portfolio Fund with New Star Asset Management, may contain arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £3m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2006.
To verify information, email:
John McParland,
FOI Officer
To register concerns, email:
Pam Nelson,
Director of Finance
London School of Economics and Political Science
No direct arms company shareholdings. Undisclosed pooled/tracker funds, the College invests £16m of endowed donations in BGI Caritrak UK Equity Index Fund which may contain arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £37m
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2006.
To verify information, email:
Rachael Maguire,
Records Manager
To register concerns, email:
Mike Ferguson,
Director of Finance Division
London South Bank University
No direct arms company shareholdings. Undisclosed pooled/tracker funds, HSBC managed funds: the Common Fund for Growth and the Common Fund for Income. Confirmed investment in BAE and possibly for other UK quoted companies listed.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £655k
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to June 2006.
To verify information, email:
Kate Kwafo-Akoto,
Director of Archives, Records and Information Access.
To register concerns, email:
Richard Flatman,
Financial Director
Middlesex University
No arms company shareholdings.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) 0
Information refers to August 2006.
Send an email to: David Woodcock, Financial Controller
Queen Mary, University of London
UK arms company shareholdings:
GKN £142,000
Cobham £25,620
Shares held as part of endowment fund.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) ?
Arms shares as % of total investments ?
Information refers to March 2005
Send an email to: Fiona Mulholland, Head of Financial Accounting
Royal Veterinary College, University of London
UK arms company shareholdings:
BAE Systems £94,189
US arms company shareholdings:
General Electric £15,898
Shares held indirectly via pooled funds managed by BLK UK Dynamic and BLK Overseas. College investments are exclusively covered by such pooled funds, therefore no arms company shares held directly.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £7.5m
Arms shares as % of total investments 1.5
Information refers to December 2007
To verify information, email:
Simon Jackson,
FOI Officer
Director of Finance
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
No direct arms company shareholdings. Undisclosed pooled/tracker funds, may contain arms companies.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £22m
The University is in the process of writing an Ethical Investment Policy.
Information refers to March 2006
To verify information, email:
Peter Garrod,
Data Management Officer
To register concerns, email:
Graeme Appleby,
Director of Finance
School of Pharmacy, University of London
No arms company shareholdings.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £174k
Information refers to April 2005
Send an email to: Julian C. Axe, Clerk to the Council
St. George's, University of London
BAE Systems £25,200
Rolls Royce £10,980
GKN £5,760
VT Group £3,240
QinetiQ £8,100
Shares held indirectly through Cazenove Capital.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £4m
Arms shares as % of total investments 1.3
Information refers to July 2006
To verify information, email:
John Duffy,
Director of Administration
To register concerns, email:
Mark Bery,
Finance Director
Thames Valley University
No arms company shareholdings.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £400k
Information refers to July 2006
Send an email to: Frances Turko, Deputy University Secretary
University of Roehampton
No arms company shareholdings.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £38k
Information refers to July 2006
To verify information, email: Tony Haworth, Corporate Information Manager
University College, University of London (UCL)
Cobham £869,825
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £92.3m
Arms shares as % of total investments 0.9
Information refers to June 2008
To verify information, email:
David Booth,
Interim Records Manager
To register concerns, email:
Alison Woodhams,
Finance Director
Westminster University
No arms company shareholdings.
Total Assets Invested (all shares) £1m
Information refers to July 2008
To verify information, email:
Simon Lock,
Records Manager
To register concerns, email:
Phil Harding,
Finance Director
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