Calastone backs fourth funds industry charity five-a-side tournament

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Architas, Invesco and Novia are among the financial services groups already signed up for the fourth annual Funds Industry Football Charity Shield in June.

The event, hosted by fund transaction network Calastone, has seen more than £35,000 raised in the first three years of the event, and this year sponsors Children in Crisis, which provides education to some of the world's poorest and conflict-affected countries. This year's tournament will take place at the London Soccer Dome on 5 June. Children in Crisis CEO Koy Thomson said: "It is brilliant that we are this year's recipient of the Funds Industry Charity Shield Tournament. Children in Crisis works tirelessly to educate children in some of the most remote, and war-torn countries. "...

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