Leaders of Canada’s alternative investment industry and broader financial community will be gathering on 17 November for the 13th annual HFC Canada Benefit – a fundraising evening organised by Hedge Funds Care Canada/Help for Children. Canada’s top financial organisations will
Research and analytics firm MPI has published an assessment of Ivy League endowments’ 2016 FY Performance. The firm writes that asset allocation remains the largest determining factor in endowment performance. “Commodities and Emerging Markets, each of which suffered respective losses due
Henry Swieca, founder of investment firm Talpion Fund Management and co-founder of hedge fund Highbridge Capital Management, is pledging USD1 million to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans. Swieca's pledge is directed to the Cost of Victory gallery in the upcoming
100 Women in Hedge Funds’ (100WHF) annual London Gala raised more than GBP500,000 in support of SkillForce, a charity that seeks to transform the lives of young people through motivational mentoring and education programmes delivered mostly by ex-services personnel. The
100 Women in Finance (100WF), formerly 100 Women in Hedge Funds, in association with Prince Harry’s patronage of 100 Women in Finance’s Philanthropic Initiatives, will partner with WellChild in 2017. WellChild is the national charity working to ensure the best
More than 200 Canadian hedge fund and financial services industry professionals and supporters gathered at The Story’s Building in Toronto on 17 November for the 13th annual “Open Your Hearts to the Children” gala. The special fundraising evening organised by
Equity brokerage Aviate Global is to donate hundreds of thousands of pounds of trading commissions earned on 24 November 2015, to War Child, a charity that helps children around the globe affected by armed conflict. The fundraising event, now in
Hedge Connection, the alternative investment platform connecting investment managers with asset allocators, has selected five charities to benefit from The Pitch, a “Shark Tank” style asset allocation competition. Each competing investment manager will donate to one of the five
ICAP’s is holding it’s latest Charity Day – the single biggest annual fundraising event in the financial sector – on 3 December, when ICAP staff, customers and suppliers come together to raise money for a host of charities. More than
Throughout December, Bougeville Consulting will be collecting stationery items from hedge fund clients and contacts within the financial services industry. This is part of the firm’s seasonal appeal, aiming to bring what it collects – pens, writing paper, old laptops
