Top Five Press Highlights


Week beginning Monday 19 October 2009


  1. The People’s Daily News reports that Chen Fashu, regarded as China’s Bill Gates, is setting up his own foundation with over $1billion in assets...:
    http://bit.ly/1v3Z2Y
  2. …whilst the China Daily views Mr. Fashu’s move as an attempt to avoid allegations of tax fraud:
    http://bit.ly/AcHTz
  3. In an apparent snub to current and recently-retired African leaders, the committee for the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has declined to make the $5million award this year:
    http://bit.ly/71uLH
  4. Prince William partners with 100 Women in Hedge Funds in a philanthropy drive, reports FINalternatives:
    http://bit.ly/UU7QN
  5. The Economist’s Matthew Bishop argues for a new social contract for Wall Street, under which its firms are far more generous in their philanthropy:
    http://bit.ly/3r1Yb2

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