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Tonight in NYC - Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest celebrates rock and roll and the industry`s dedication to helping others by raising money for charity ALTSO

Thursday, October 16, 2008

From the Opalesque team: The chance to unwind and listen to good music in the name of an excellent cause couldn’t have come at a better time. “I think people are looking for a good reason to decompress with all that has happened (and continues to happen) and this event gives them a chance to do so and it also acts as a much needed reminder of one of the most important things in life and that is helping others,” Mead Wells, Co-Founder and Treasurer of ALTSO and President and CEO of Octagon Asset Management, told Opalesque.

ALTSO stands for A Leg To Stand On, and their mission is to help transform the lives of children with limb disabilities in developing countries by offering them physical capabilities to access the opportunities, and self esteem earned through education, work, and mobility.

Rocktoberfest will take place at: 6:00pm The Hammerstein Ballroom 311 West 34th street in New York City (entrance on 8th Ave, by the New Yorker hotel for this event)

The event, which is in its fifth year has swelled to include an audience of approximately 1,000 hedge fund industry participants. The size of that audience is a testament to the hedge fund industry’s dedication to charitable causes. ”I think everyone is looking forward to a night of fun where hedgies can let loose with other hedgies and put the markets behind them for a little while knowing that it all goes to help disabled children in developing......................

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