CASCAID charity initiative raises £300,000 in just three months

For Cancer Research UK

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CASCAID, the asset and wealth management industries-led initiative to raise £1m for Cancer Research UK, has achieved nearly a third of its target after less than three months.

The latest contributions came via sponsorship of Investec's UK fund manager Simon Brazier and a number of his colleagues, who scaled a series of mountains in South Africa earlier this month. Upcoming CASCAID events include a 24-hour darts marathon featuring Chelsea Financial Services' managing director Darius 'Bullseye' McDermott next month. You can sponsor him here In June, OMGI's chief executive Richard Buxton iswill lead a midnight walk around the City of London to raise funds, while M&G's Jim Leaviss will take part in a unique version of Mastermind at Investment Week's Funds to Wa...

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