The Panama Papers have exposed how some of the world’s most powerful people may have used offshore bank accounts and shell companies to conceal their wealth or avoid taxes. Helen Brown explains how the information was leaked and how an free, searchable database with over 320,000 offshore entities was created. She also discusses the ethical quandaries this data presents for prospect researchers:

https://www.helenbrowngroup.com/prospect-research-panama-papers/#more-6204

This MIT article discusses how the location stamps on Twitter posts make it easy to identify Twitter users’ homes, workplaces. An interesting read for the prospect development world as we discuss the best (and most ethical) ways to use information gleaned from social media in our research. 

http://news.mit.edu/2016/twitter-location-data-homes-workplaces-0517

Maverick Collective CEO Kate Roberts and her cofounder, the Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway decided that if the current model for philanthropy wasn’t working to lift girls out of poverty, they needed to create something new.

http://www.fastcompany.com/3058981/most-creative-people/how-a-princess-and-a-ceo-are-applying-the-vc-model-to-philanthropy

Some philanthropists are gambling that the larger the charitable contributions, the stronger the social impact on society:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/14/your-money/making-big-donations-to-change-the-world.html

"Prospect researchers are the best placed people in the non-profit sector to describe where a private life becomes public. But we had better get out there and get talking; our donors, our colleagues and our organisations need our guidance as we walk, together, along the edge of privacy."

http://factary.com/2016/05/the-edge-of-privacy/

Hedge funds lost money for their investors last year but the industry's top-paid managers had a banner year, with five earning more than $1 billion each in 2015:

http://www.institutionalinvestorsalpha.com/Article/3552805/The-2016-Rich-List-of-the-Worlds-Top-Earning-Hedge-Fund-Managers.html

Check out this book review on How Women Decide: What’s True, What’s Not, and What Strategies Spark the Best Choices, which explores the stereotypes that surround women's decisions and how their choices are perceived. #GoGirlResearch!

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/books/review/how-women-decide-by-therese-huston.html

Tiffany Dufu is the Chief Leadership Officer at Levo League, an organization dedicated to professional achievement and success. In honor of Mother's Day, Dufu explains what she learned from her mother about philanthropy. 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lillyknoepp/2016/05/06/what-i-learned-from-my-mother-about-the-power-of-giving/#41f4e31d3daa

Helen Brown Group Senior Researcher Tara McMullen shares some clues that can lead you down a path of discovery in your research:

https://www.helenbrowngroup.com/stumbling-toward-success/

Resident magazine featured this article on Sheila Rosenblum who oversees two all-female horse racing syndicates. A good read for insights into horse racing, with information on the cost to join a syndicate. 

http://resident.com/sheila-rosenblum-racing-straight-to-the-top/