Hong Kong, February 07, 2014 -- /EPR NETWORK/ -- Event raises nearly $1.8 Million since its inception
Members of Asian Futures Trading Group community (staff, clients and industry representatives) gathered for the Annual Energy Meeting in support of People in Need®, the Hong Kong organization for people who need a helping hand. The Meeting raised approximately $230,000.
We'd like to thank the energy industry for coming out in force last night and across the years to the Energy Meeting in support of this important charity, said Sarah Whitmore, Director of Energy Department at Asian FTG. We're proud to announce that the total money rose from all the events total nearly $1.9 million, providing much needed support to People in Need and families it helps.
Each year the aim is to make the Meeting an uplifting, out-of-this world experience, and this year's theme transported guests to future. The ballroom was cloaked in black and white, with bright stars and green lasers adding to the evening's mystique. Greeters dressed as Jedi knights welcomed the approximately 600 guests.
All proceeds from the Energy Meeting will support People in Need's wide-ranging initiatives, including: research; and the People in Need Helping Hands endeavor, a program of volunteers that tackles home re-design development projects necessary to facilitate any special needs.
We are delighted that People in Need® are again the beneficiary charity of the Energy Meeting. The fundraising at the event over the years has been tremendous and continues to give us an amazing boost in our work to help and support people who need a helping hand, would like to thank everyone involved in the Energy Meeting, said People in Need® Chief Executive Dan Wu-Jin.
Asian Futures Trading Group offers the latest in order entry technology coupled with 24-hour execution and clearing on exchanges worldwide. Clearing more than 100,000 client accounts, the firm provides a full range of services to the industry's largest global network of introducing brokers (IBs) and to commercial, institutional, international and individual clients. These include more than 200 IBs and many of the world's largest financial, industrial and agricultural institutions.
Asian FTG Asian Futures Trading Group - has been established in July 2003 by a team of financial professionals and IT/Technology experts. Starting with August 2013 Asian FTG has lunched the new website, www.asian-ftg.com. The new website was launched in order to keep close to our clients and be up to date with the latest developments in the industry.
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