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...As Owen Walker reports, investment banks suffered a second consecutive year of plummeting fees as dealmaking and public listings dried up, leaving Wall Street trying to protect profit margins by reducing...
...Within five years of setting up BSC, Mr O’Donohoe moved on for a brief stint as a senior adviser at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which gave him his first taste of working in development, before taking...
...“It can be quite an addictive endeavour,” says Joanna Walker....
...But other entities such as the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are experimenting too. So are many family offices....
...“In my youth when someone was making bold claims we used to say, ‘That’s Johnny Walker talking,’” he said. “And that is Johnny Walker talking.” Then after a homily on Bosnia, he headed for bed....
...This is not a company, it is a private foundation — the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation....
...The $41bn Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to which Mr Buffett has promised to donate much of his wealth, is their main vehicle for venture philanthropy, impact investing, or call it what you will....
...The author is deputy director for special initiatives at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
...Mr Fairey is to join the Legal & General board next month as Sir David Walker and James Strachan prepare to step down as directors....
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