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How we do it?

A donation into The Rotary Investment Fund will be invested – and not turned into a grant immediately and thereby spent.

By investing the donations, it’s our goal to reate financial value that will enable Rotary paying out grants year after year in the future.

Investments will be made into equity of companies characterised by

•       Strong competitive positions

•       Stable growth in earnings per share

•       Focus on the creation of shareholder value 

•       Growth in underlying market

•       Stable and high Return on Capital Invested 

•       Stable dividend pay-out

•       Low debt

The shares will be highly liquid and publicly listed – thereby they are easy to trade – while the intention are to invest long term. The intention is not to gain short term trading profits.  

History indicates that the value of such a portfolio of such high-quality companies increases, while it generates a continuous flow of dividends.

Investment criteria

RIF invests with the objective of creating value over the long term and wish to create a portfolio of shares in strong companies characterized by

 

• Strong and unique competencies and thus barriers to competition

• Strong position in markets characterized by growth

• High ROIC (return on invested capital)

• Dividend paying - possibly combined with share buybacks

 

On this background, RIF has initiated activities and invested in the following shares: Current investments

Rotary Investment fund growth curve

Join us in our common goal

Contribute to our investment fund which enables us to do greater good, not today, but year after year.

Contribute to our investment fund as a member enables us expand our network.