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Article: Be not afraid of greatness.
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- Financial Advisor
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- August 6, 2009
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Byline: Lindsey White
Investors have no excuse to avoid charities as they can now make money and do a charitable donation at the same time
At a City lunch two years ago, just as the credit crunch was dawning, former Conservative cabinet minister the Rt Hon Lord Young of Graffham stood up and gave a speech. In it Lord Young, who is also the president of the Prince's Trust Patrons Network, challenged the City boys and girls present to come up with a way to do more for charity.
Most people made the usual suggestions but Campbell Fleming, JP Morgan's UK managing director, left the lunch with a seed of a new idea in his head.
He took this ...