Japan brokerages donating shareholder perks to help kids in poverty

Japanese securities firms are donating the food and beverage gifts they receive as shareholder perks through their trading activities to nonprofit organizations to support children living in poverty amid inflation.The Japan Securities Dealers Association started the program in 2020, and around 2,300 donations had been made by March this year.Under the program, a list of shareholder perks is presented to registered organizations channeling the goods to recipients each week and the organizations then convey their requests to the securities firms. As of April, 61 companies and 48 organizations…READ FULL ARTICLE