Asset Allocation: Objectives, Implementation, Performance and Constraints
Managers of investment portfolios have a choice of numerous investment styles. A manager’s style could be “top down”, in which case he or she would
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From the Editor
We start the new volume with a survey of the duties and liabilities of directors of charities. The authors focusses on British Columbia law, but
The Political Purposes Doctrine in Canadian Charities Law
This article has been developed from a paper entered for The Philanthropist Award when the author was a student in the Faculty of Law at
Viewpoint: Crossing the Line from “Charitable” to “Political”
This edition of The Philanthropist contains Paul Michell’s excellent review of the origins and current status of the “political purposes doctrine”. Coincidentally, it appears at
Sexual Abuse By a Member of a Religious Organization: Obligations and Preventive Measures
Introduction Recent allegations of sexual abuse of children by religious advisors have led religious leaders of all denominations to ask themselves what preventive and protective
Recent Developments In Crown Agency Foundations
Introduction Readers of The Philanthropist will recall a 1993 article by Blake Bromley of Vancouver, entitled “Parallel Foundations and Crown Foundations”.! Mr. Bromley was instrumental
Viewpoint: Ontario’s Donation of Food Act
In June 1994 the Ontario legislature passed An Act Respecting the Donation of Food 1 • Little or no publicity accompanied the passage of this
Recent Legal Developments
The British Columbia Law Reform Commission has continued to be busy in matters affecting charitable organizations (see (1994), 12 Philanthrop., No.1, pp. 60-61). Its report,