Charitable Giving
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Big-Business Philanthropy Up 4% in 2011
By Michael S. FischerThe largest U.S. businesses increased their charitable giving by a tepid 4% in 2011 and seem unlikely to pick up the pace in 2012, according to a new Chronicle of Philanthropy study of 166 large companies.
July 10, 2012
Morgan Stanley’s Hull Brothers Break Away to Launch Startup Via DynastyThe Hull brothers created bluepoint in late June after leaving MSSB, where they had been institutional consulting directors with nearly $4 billion in assets at Graystone Consulting.
July 10, 2012
LIBOR Manipulation May Have Spanned DecadesReports of decades-long LIBOR manipulation surfaced and a survey of Wall Street executives showed that many believe that misconduct is not just acceptable behavior, but a key to success.
July 09, 2012
Wealthy Clients’ Motivation Misunderstood by AdvisorsAdd to the challenges facing wealth managers the possibility that they are misperceiving the motivations of their affluent clientele, new research from Scorpio Partnership finds.
July 06, 2012
For Romney, avoiding risk means obscuring his own positions (Boston Globe)Mitt Romney has been very specific about what he would do if he won the election in November, but hes not giving any details on how he would get any of it done.
July 05, 2012
Vanguard Charitable Adds Investment Pools for International ExposureDonor-advised fund accounts in the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program can now gain international exposure through three new investment pools the provider introduced July 3.
July 05, 2012
Will 2013 See the Demise of Donor-Advised Funds?Charitable deductions are a hot topic in this years tax reform debates, but donor-advised funds have been singled out for potential elimination in 2013.
July 03, 2012
Real U.S. Job Creators Coming From Unexpected PlaceAs the United States faces the challenge of creating more employment nationwide, new jobs are coming from an unexpected place the 'positive-impact' sector, says a recent report from HIP Investor Inc.