Balyasny-Backed ATLAS Fellows Opens Applications for 2022 Summer Cohort
Inaugural 2021 student cohort hosted 17 students
Giving Back
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.
VIA AM Launches Carbon Neutral Share Class To Support Katingan Mentaya Project
The Katingan Mentaya Project aims to protect and restore 157,875 hectares of peatland ecosystems on the island of Borneo in Indonesia
A Leg To Stand On Partners With Declared Goods and FUGA Distribution
The partnership comes only months after ALTSO announced they would be starting their own record label to raise awareness for its mission
Resolute Capital Partners Donates 30 Tablets to Eddy House and Kids Kottage
Both organizations support at-risk and underprivileged youth in the Reno, Nevada area
Blackstone LaunchPad To Expand to Nine Colleges of the City University of New York
By September, Blackstone LaunchPad will be available to over one million students at 45 schools in the U.S. and Ireland and will increase its program to 75 campuses over the next five years
New Book From Man Group Senior Execs Shines a Light on Risk Management
Strategic Risk Management: Designing Portfolios and Managing Risk makes the case for how a variety of quantitative techniques can be integrated at the investment strategy level to reduce the severity of equity market drawdowns
CIFC Launches Philanthropic Initiative in Connection With CLO Transactions
CLO Initiative for Change is a philanthropic program dedicated to supporting organizations driving social, economic or environmental change
Redhedge Invests in Henley Royal Regatta Crew To Allow Them To Compete
Investment to enable athletes to race again at the highest levels of the competition without the financial burden that comes with preparing for the competition
KKR Relief Effort Awards Third Round of Grants
The grants are awarded through its KKR Small Business Builders (SBB) and KKR Grants programs
SteelEye Recruits Harrington Starr for Third Edition of RunningForALTSO
The initiative began in June 2020 as a way to support A Leg To Stand On, the U.S. and U.K. mobility charity
KKR Supports 87 More Small Businesses and Non-Profits in Second Round of COVID-19 Relief Grants
The $50mn KKR Relief Effort was created by KKR and its employees last year to support those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting economic dislocation
New Evaluation of KickStart Money Programme Reveals Benefits of Online Teacher Training Pilot
8 in 10 developed an understanding of good practice for financial education after the programme, an increase in understanding of 66%
Legendary Ventures Partners With Girl Scouts of the USA
he program provides girls with the opportunity to reach their full potential via mentorship with public and private institutions
State Street Partners With Impetus To Support Disadvantaged UK Youth
Over the course of this three-year partnership, $900,000 will be provided in funding to two charities who are playing a fundamental role in supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds
"SPACs For Good" Pledge Announced by IBIS Capital Co-Founders
Pledge is an invitation to other SPACs founders and sponsor teams to pledge a minimum of 1% of their founders shares (or $1mn worth of shares) as a grant to support endowments and non for profit initiatives
