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February 08
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A
selection of articles from the issue are featured
below.
To
view the contents page from this issue, click the
link below. To open this page you will need acrobat
reader. If you need to download this, click here
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Full
contents of the February 2008 issue |
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This
year sees the introduction of the charitable
incorporated organisation, a brand new organisational
structure introduced in the Charity Act 2006.
Emily Ford investigates what the new structure
entails, and asks if anyone can be bothered
to convert |
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The
e-auction appears to be, on the surface, an
effective means of reducing procurement costs.
However, this is not necessarily the case,
finds Peter Davy, and when charities providing
services become that cost to be reduced, questions
need to be asked |
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As
the baby boomer generation begins to pass
from this world, vast amounts of money will
potentially become available through legacies.
If charities want to take advantage of this,
though, they need to get on the ball now,
says Peter Davy |
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Duncan
Jefferies examines the potential of online
accountancy software, both to improve an
organisation’s financial reporting,
and to significantly cut down on waste
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As
recent government data loss fiascos have
demonstrated, keeping your information secure
is of the highest priority. David Adams
asks if third party, web-based data management
is an effective way of doing this, or if
it carries its own risks
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Supplement
: Investment quarterly
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First
quarter
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Western
economies are flirting with recession and
stock markets threaten to sink – conditions
that hedge funds typically benefit from. Graham
Buck asks whether charity trustees should
overcome their qualms and learn to love them |
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For
charities with considerable foreign holdings
in their investment portfolios, currency overlay
is an option for hedging currency risk, while
potentially increasing returns. But it’s
not an option for everyone, finds Sandra Haurant |
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