Toronto, November 7th 2006
More than 200 hedge fund industry professionals
will be wining, dining and mingling at the Sutton Place Hotel's exclusive
Stop 33 top-floor lounge this Thursday November 9 in support of Hedge Funds
Care Canada, the country's only philanthropy exclusively dedicated to the
treatment and prevention of child abuse.
Bay Street, Bloor Street and visiting Wall Street hedge fund high-rollers
will be partaking in a first-rate gourmet-gala evening of top-tier foods
prepared by the award-winning chefs of the Toronto International Film Festival
fave Sutton Place, with fine wines graciously donated by Halpern Enterprises,
which has been importing and representing fine wines and spirits for over 50
years.
Guests will be invited to cash in on Hedge Funds Care Canada's
second-annual "Diamond Rush" event, where a genuine one-carat custom-designed
diamond pendant by jewelers P&H Design worth US$15,000 will be hidden among
more than 100 cubic zirconium pendants, with one lucky guest wearing home the
real McCoy for a song.
Also driving home the need to fund organizations that focus on the
prevention and treatment of child abuse will be Toronto Midtown Saab, which
will be auctioning off a brand-new midnight black, fully loaded 2006 Saab Aero
Convertible, with all proceeds above reserve going to Hedge Funds Care Canada.
Adding to the elegance of the evening are the gracious efforts of our
local and international sponsors, which include: Arrow Hedge Partners, AIMA
Canada, BMO Capital Markets, Calyon Financial, CMC Markets, Citco, Credit
Suisse, Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Fulcrum Fund Administration,
Goodwood Inc., Hillsdale Investment Management, Mr. John Budzyna, HSBC,
MARHedge, Marret Asset Management, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, RBC Capital
Markets, Rosseau Asset Management, Scotia Capital Markets, Sprott Asset
Management, Salida Capital Management and TD Securities.
Funds raised go in support of Hedge Funds Care Canada, which was
established in 2004 as a way for the Canadian hedge fund community to give
back to local, frontline organizations that provide prevention services to
children and families who are at risk for abuse and/or neglect, and treatment
to children who have been victims of abuse.
Hedge Funds Care Canada is part of a larger alliance of hedge fund
industry professionals that comprise New York-based Hedge Funds Care, which
was established in 1998 by Rob Davis, a dedicated hedge fund professional
interested in giving back to protect children from abuse and neglect.
The group, which includes prime brokers, attorneys, accountants,
information providers, investors and managers, has raised approximately
US$15,000,000 through annual benefits in Toronto, New York, San Francisco,
Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Denver, London and the Cayman Islands, which has
been distributed to local, community-based nonprofits focused on providing
treatment and support to families in crisis, children who have been abused
and/or are in foster care.
Hedge Funds Care is proud to be the only business group solely devoted to
combating child abuse, and in eight years has made a powerful contribution to
saving children.
Because of the shame associated with child abuse, it remains a
dramatically under-resourced and rarely discussed problem.
More information about Hedge Funds Care can be found online at
www.hedgefundscare.org.
|
