Despite the ongoing winter blues for much of the country, agency-only broker BTIG and celebrities are preparing to brighten up Wall Street.
In what is now in its 12th year, BTIG has scheduled its annual Commissions for Charity Day for Tuesday, May 13.
CLICK HERE for Slideshow of Last Year’s Event
The annual BTIG Commissions for Charity Day is an event where celebrity participants join BTIG sales traders as brokers in an effort to raise money for a variety of charities. Clients who call into the broker to execute or place an order they often speak to a celebrity, such as an athlete, model or other famous person who provides them trading color and coverage.
“BTIG’s Commissions for Charity Day provides our clients and employees with a unique opportunity to work in collaboration with celebrity guests to affect meaningful change,” said Steven Starker, co-founder of BTIG. “The dedicated work of the charities that BTIG’s Commissions for Charity Day supports and of all those involved in Charity Day, re-inspires us with renewed enthusiasm for the event every year.”
The event takes place in BTIG’s New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and London offices.
Celebrities that have participated in past Commissions for Charity Day events include: Michael J. Fox, Michael Strahan, Matt Dillon, Joe Girardi, Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira, Tom Coughlin, Rex Ryan and Eli Manning in New York City; Ronnie Lott, Joe Morgan, Marshawn Lynch and Vida Blue in San Francisco; Marcus Allen and Tony Gonzalez in Los Angeles; and Mike Gatting OBE, Chris Tarrant OBE, Brian Conley, Aled Jones MBE and Sinitta in London.
Last year, BTIG donated over $4 million to more than 170 nonprofit organizations. While the charities supported are nominated by BTIG clients, the firm encourages clients to select child-focused charities. This year’s nominees include, among many others:
– Project Sunshine – http://www.projectsunshine.org/;
– St. Mary’s Healthcare System for Children – http://stmaryskids.org/;
– The First Tee of San Francisco – http://www.thefirstteesanfrancisco.org;
– The Jackie Robinson Foundation – http://www.jackierobinson.org/; and
– Year Up – http://www.yearup.org/.
BTIG’s first Commissions for Charity Day in 2003 raised funds for three charities. Over the past eleven years, Commissions for Charity Day has grown into an international event, with BTIG US, London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia offices participating. More than $28 million in commission profits have been donated to hundreds of charitable organizations around the world since the inception of the event.
