As these special magazine editions have shown, the answers to “What type of society do we want to build?” are many and various. Each contributor has different goals and priorities,...
A reflection on a panel discussion about the important and evolving role of professional advisors and the increasing focus on philanthropy. The reflections captured here are all the more relevant...
The definition of philanthropy as the altruistic love for mankind and its welfare has been around for centuries. And whilst its substance prevails, much has changed in the form of...
The Hoare family’s involvement in both banking and philanthropy began almost 350 years ago. The two strands were twinned at the very start and remain closely connected today. Our philanthropy...
There is no doubt that we are living in uncertain times. In early May of last year, when I was a panel member at the Philanthropy Impact Tax Update in...
The human rights space, and the community of philanthropists and institutions that support it, is as complex as the issues it seeks to tackle. In the last two decades, investment...
In early 2012, a three-year-old child called Amal* was brutally raped in a New Delhi slum by her neighbour. The rape left the child with horrendous internal wounds that would...
Download this article as a PDF. There are profound differences in how today’s young wealthy individuals and entrepreneurial figures approach their wealth management, with many of them showing a keenness...
Few seem to doubt that companies are better at making profit than charities are at having impact. Personally, having started my career advising multi-nationals, I question the assumption that business...
Download this article as pdf. Investment – by definition – is the acquisition of goods that are not consumed today but utilised in the future to create wealth. The level...
