Parishioners - Catholic Community Fund

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Help us serve you better

Are you looking for competitive interest rates and an opportunity to contribute to your community? Opening an investment account with us will enable you to achieve both these goals.

Parishioners are the bedrock of our church. Your investment in the Catholic Community Fund helps us build pre-school, primary school and secondary school infrastructure that promotes collaborative learning, as well as supporting our pastoral mission and charitable work.

Your support is greatly appreciated by countless families who benefit from such projects.

“I would encourage anyone to invest with the CCF. I am so proud of the work they do, it’s why I have been supporting them for so long,” Barry Corbett.

Term Investments

Term Investments offer members of the community the opportunity to make an ethical investment supporting the Diocese. Members can choose a three, six or 12- month term and receive a fixed rate of interest.

Notice Saver

Notice Saver offers members of the community an account with no fixed term and competitive interest rates. There is a requirement of 31 days’ notice to withdraw.

CDPF Limited, a company established by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, has indemnified the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Development Fund for the Catholic Community Fund ABN 59 728 447 508 (Fund) against any liability arising out of a claim by investors in the Fund. In practice, this means your investment is backed by the assets of the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese. Money invested with the Fund is used to support the charitable works of the Catholic Church. This is achieved by providing a return on your investment that enables us to provide low-cost funding to assist Catholic organisations, including Catholic schools.

Accordingly, we are required by law to tell you that your investment with us is not comparable to those with banks, finance companies or fund managers.

The Fund is not regulated by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) nor has it been examined or approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) because we have been granted exemptions.

Under these exemptions, we are required by law to tell you that:

you will not receive the benefit of the financial claims scheme or the depositor protection provisions in the Banking Act 1959 (Cth);
investments that the Fund offers are not subject to the usual protections for investors under the Corporations Act (Cth) or regulation by ASIC;
there is a risk that you may not get any of your money back from us;
investments that the Fund offers are intended to attract investors whose main investment objective is to support our charitable work;
we have an identification statement which contains information about us which may be viewed at www.myccf.com.au/regulatory/
the Fund does not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence but the Fund has entered into an intermediary authorisation with CDFMN AFSL Limited ABN: 74 623 033 830, AFSL No. 504182 to issue and deal in debentures.