BTIG To Hold 9th Commissions for Charity Day
New York – March 8, 2011 – BTIG LLC, a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading and related brokerage services, will hold its 2011 Commissions for Charity Day on Wednesday, April 27.
The Annual Commissions for Charity Day has raised more than $15 million from equity, fixed income and derivative trading commission profits over the last eight years to support various nonprofit organizations. This year’s annual celebrity-filled event will support several organizations that deal with important issues facing children, including:
- A Little HOPE – www.alittlehope.org
- All Stars Helping Kids – www.allstarshelpingkids.org
- Autism Speaks – www.autismspeaks.org
- Deafness Research Foundation – www.drf.org
- Jacobs Cure – www.jacobscure.org
- St. Jude’s Hospital For Children – www.stjude.org
- Starlight Foundation – www.starlight.org
Michael J. Fox, Nick Swisher, Eli Manning, Steve Schirripa, Sean Avery, John McEnroe, Joe Girardi, Justin Tuck, Johan Santana, Tom Coughlin, Bode Miller, Reggie Jackson, Joe Namath, Mark Messier, and NYSE Euronext CEO Duncan Niederauer are among the celebrities who will be attending this year’s Commissions for Charity Day in BTIG’s New York office in support of the event and their charitable foundations. In addition, Ronnie Lott, Joe Morgan, and Tony Gonzalez will be in BTIG’s San Francisco office, and Marcus Allen in the Los Angeles office.
This is the first year BTIG will be rolling out Commissions for Charity Day internationally in its offices in Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and London.
About BTIG
BTIG LLC is a premier institutional brokerage and fund services company. BTIG continues to build its global franchise around a broad and experienced group of professionals who are leaders and experts in their respective fields. Founded in 2002, BTIG, including through its affiliates, employs more than 400 professionals in five different countries. BTIG serves customers from all over the world and offers services in 11 areas: Equity Trading, Fixed Income, Futures Trading, Convertible Securities, Equity Derivatives, Prime Brokerage, Outsource Trading, Direct Market Access, Capital Markets, Equity Research and Corporate Access. BTIG has ten domestic offices: New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Greenwich, Red Bank, Norwalk and Orinda. The firm also has four overseas affiliates: London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Sydney.
BTIG LLC is a member of FINRA and SIPC
BTIG Australia Limited ACN 128 554 601 is a member of ASIC and ASX
BTIG Hong Kong Limited, Exchange Participant of SEHK, licensed and regulated by the SFC
BTIG Ltd is a member of the LSE and is authorized and regulated by the FSA
BTIG Singapore Pte. Ltd is registered and licensed with MAS
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