Help For Children (UK) Launches the 2025 Kilometres for Kids Half Marathon
This year’s challenge will be a multi-month collaborative endurance run culminating in a half marathon at Denbies Wine Estate in Surrey
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Active Investment Management Altruism
AlphaWeek's 'Giving Back' channel promotes the fund-raising and impact activities of charitable and non-profit organisations as well as the philanthropic activities of companies in the alternative investment industry.
ALTSO’s Rocktoberfest Series Raises $1m for Second Year in a Row
The Rocktoberfest events feature bands with ties to the asset and investment management industries and host thousands of dedicated advocates, 20+ bands, and 50+ leading financial institutions at events in New York and Chicago
A Leg To Stand On Announces 2024 Rocktoberfest Dates in New York City and Chicago
ALTSO's Rocktoberfest events raised approximately $1mn last year
Cornell University’s SC Johnson College of Business Partners With KKR To Launch Scholarship Program
The program offers a comprehensive four-year curriculum intended to provide enhanced support, resources, and opportunities to help bolster students’ skill set and experience
The PARAS’ 10 Team Rise to the Challenge for HFC UK
A group of 50 alternative investment professionals raised more than £100,000 in support of Help For Children’s mission to prevent and treat child abuse
Blackstone Charitable Foundation Commits $5mn to Five New Colleges in Florida
The committment is part of the Blackstone Charitable Foundation’s $40mn initiative to expand LaunchPad to higher-ed institutions that have a majority underrepresented population or are serving under-resourced communities
Blackstone Charitable Foundation To Provide Grant to Year Up
$3mn over three years will accelerate the growth of Year Up’s Career Accelerator
Man Group Extends Funding for Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance
Funding has been extended for a further five years until at least 2027
A Leg To Stand On's Rocktoberfest Events Return in Person to New York and Chicago
This year’s events will each feature two stages of live music performed by financial services industry professionals
Alternatives 4 Children Appoints Marjolijn Breeuwer and Peter Vermeulen as Directors
Together with their appointment, the governance structure of A4C has been simplified to a one-tier board
Riverside Company Portco Alter Pharma Builds Shelter for Displaced Ukrainian Civilians
The shelter aims to receive up to 60 people
Balyasny-Backed Nonprofit ATLAS Fellows Accepts 2022 Cohort; Secures Corporate Partnership
Launched in 2021, ATLAS seeks to build a new generation of leaders across the financial sector
VR Capital Group To Provide Over $1mn in Humanitarian Assistance to Ukraine
VR Capital has portfolio of holdings in excess of $1bn in Ukraine
CIFC Asset Management's Initiative for Change Makes Second Annual Donation
CLO Initiative for Change makes donations on an annual basis to different organisations dedicated to driving social, economic and environmental change
