BMO GAM outlines 'Around the World' challenge for CASCAID

Follows 2017 Reliant Robin challenge

Jayna Rana
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After the success of its Reliant Robin challenge, which raised £165,000 for Cancer Research UK in 2017, BMO Global Asset Management has returned with the Around the World challenge to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital as part of the CASCAID charity initiative.

For this year's challenge, the firm's ten-strong multi-manager team will attempt to travel around the "world" by car in just three days. A number of towns and villages across the UK share a name with other locations around the world, such as Moscow, New York and Sydney. While these cities are on different continents, their UK counterparts are near Glasgow, Newcastle and Crewe respectively. The team will set off in three cars, bought for no more than £750 each and drive a total of around 2,000 miles, between Friday 28 and Sunday 30 June. This comes after the team's Rob Burdett and G...

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