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NEW YORK and CHICAGO - October 19, 2015 - One of the
most unique charity benefits in the hedge fund
industry, A Leg To Stand On's (ALTSO's) Hedge Fund
Rocktoberfest - NYC, raised nearly $500,000 last
Thursday thanks to the generous support of major
sponsors and nearly 1,400 attendees from the
Tri-State finance, business and hedge fund
communities. Industry leaders and gifted musicians
performed live rock and roll and acoustic music at
Capitale to raise funds for ALTSO, which provides
free treatment to children who have lost their limbs
in traumatic accidents or suffer from congenital
disabilities. The 4th Annual
Rocktoberfest - Chicago
will take place this Thursday October 22 at City
Winery will unite approximately 400 Midwest industry
executives in further support of ALTSO’s mission.
“The kindness and generosity of our sponsors,
industry executives and volunteers has already made
it possible for ALTSO to transform the lives of over
13,500 children in 20 countries since the charity’s
inception. Our 12th Annual Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest
last week in New York, and our 4th Annual
Rocktoberfest this Thursday in Chicago, will enable
us to treat nearly 2,000 more children with limb
disabilities in the developing world next year. I
continue to be grateful to all of ALTSO’s wonderful
rock stars,” said C. Mead Welles, founder of hedge
fund Octagon Asset Management in New York. Welles
founded ALTSO in 2002 with Dr. Dinesh Patel, Chief
of Arthroscopic Surgery at Massachusetts General
Hospital and is an Associate Clinical Professor at
Harvard Medical School.
“100% of the net proceeds raised at the Hedge Fund
Rocktoberfest events in New York, and later this
week in Chicago, will be allocated to ALTSO's life
changing programs in Latin America, Asia and Africa.
Societe Generale is proud to join with our peers
throughout the finance industry to empower ALTSO’s
vital mission of providing kids who suffer from
congenital disabilities, or have lost their limbs in
traumatic accidents, with free access to prosthetic
limbs, orthotic devices, mobility aids, corrective
surgery and rehabilitation,” said Francois
Barthelemy, Head of Global Capital Markets for the
Americas of Societe Generale.
Rocktoberfest 2015 sponsors include CME Group, Drury
Capital, Societe Generale, Intercontinental Exchange
(ICE), Lyxor Asset Management, Credit Suisse, Wells
Fargo, Trading Technologies, EY, Cowen Prime
Services, Back In The Game Therapy, Felice, Globe
Tax, INTL FCStone, KPMG, MKP Capital, Talan, RFA
(Richard Fleischman & Associates), Broadridge, ABN
Amro Clearing, CBOE, Eurex Exchange, NASDAQ, Geneva
Trading, Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) and
others.
To register for Rocktoberfest - Chicago this
Thursday, October 22
please click here.
For more information on the charity, watch this
2014 recap video
and visit ALTSO's website at
altso.org.
About ALTSO
A Leg To Stand On
("ALTSO") is a non-profit organization providing
free orthopedic care including prosthetic limbs,
orthotic devices, mobility aids, corrective surgery
and rehabilitative care to children in the
developing world. Its mission is to offer children
who have lost their limbs in traumatic accidents or
suffer from congenital disabilities the physical
capabilities to access the opportunities and
self-esteem earned through education, work and
mobility.
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For organizational and media inquiries, please
contact: Gabriella Mueller; Executive Director,
212.683.8805,
gmueller@altso.org
or: Mitch Ackles; Hedge
Fund PR; 646.657.9230;
mitch@hedgefundpr.net
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