London, United Kingdom
Sir Alex Ferguson kicked off inter-dealer broker BGC's 3rd Annual Charity Day this morning to help raise funds for a number of charities including the Society for Multiple Sclerosis which he represented.
Sir Alex helped to complete a number of deals on the BGC trading floor. "The work BGC has been doing for the last two or three years is quite phenomenal. I admire that. But I am also here representing the Society for Multiple Sclerosis....I think that's a good cause. So that's basically why I'm here," he said.
The BGC Charity Day, which is held every year on September 11th to commemorate those lost in the world trade centre tragedy, has raised a total of USD 9 million for good causes over the last two years from the donation of its trading revenues from the day.
Commenting on the events of September 11th 2001, Sir Alex said, "I was travelling to Athens with the team at the time. My son was in the world Trade Center the day before - he worked for Goldman Sachs at the time. So when we arrived in Athens, I turned my phone on and my daughter-in-law phoned me and said 'Mark's okay...he's in Washington'. Of course when I went to the telly and saw the scenes, it was out of this world. You just couldn't understand it..."
Remarking on Manchester United's start to the season, Sir Alex said, "Well, I think we're slow to start, but that's not been unusual for us if you look at our history. Last year we got off the blocks straight away and won the League well. This year we've got a bit of ground to make up, but saying that we've got players coming back and I'm quite positive."
Commenting on the fitness of Wayne Rooney, Sir Alex revealed that his star striker is making good progress, "Well, he started training yesterday. He's doing some positive running, so hopefully that will bring him on a good bit. Obviously it's early days and we just have to see how he progresses through the training."
Further guests will be joining throughout the day including Joe Calzaghe, Amir Khan, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Frankie Dettori and Sir Steve Redgrave. A full list is attached.
BGC
BGC is a leading inter-dealer brokerage firm that was separated out from Cantor Fitzgerald in 2004. Since BGC's inception, the company has continued its long legacy of fundraising on behalf of a wide range of charitable causes. Last year's event raised USD 5m and it is hoped this year's event will surpass that figure.
BGC provides brokerage services to wholesale fixed income, interest rate, foreign exchange and derivatives markets worldwide, including unparalleled pricing and execution, as well as access to electronic trading services and technology support from eSpeed, Inc. (NASDAQ: ESPD), a leading developer of electronic marketplaces and trading technology.
It has offices in London, New York, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Milan, Nyon, Paris, Beijing (representative office), Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo Mexico City and Toronto.
BGC CHARITY DAY, TUESDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 2007 - CONFIRMED GUESTS IN
LONDON
From the world of boxing:
-- Joe Calzaghe
-- Steve Collins
-- John Conteh
-- Amir Khan
-- Frank Warren
From the world of racing:
-- Frankie Dettori
-- AP McCoy
-- Sir Peter O'Sullevan
-- Lester Piggott
-- Sir Michael Stoute
From the world of rugby:
-- Martin Bayfield
-- Kyran Bracken
-- Zinzan Brooke
-- David Cooke
-- Sean Fitzpatrick
-- Jeremy Guscott
-- Martin Johnson
-- Brian Moore
-- Mickey Skinner
From the world of football:
-- Alan Brazil
-- Kerry Dixon
-- Robbie Earle
-- Robert Green
-- Jimmy Hill
-- Glenn Hoddle
-- Sir Geoff Hurst
-- Jermaine Jenas
-- Martin Peters
-- Jamie Redknapp
-- David Seaman
-- Ian Wright
From the world of cricket:
-- Mike Atherton
-- Chris Cowdrey
-- John Emburey
-- Mike Gatting
-- Michael Holding
-- Nasser Hussain
-- Mark Nicholas
-- Mark Ramprakash
-- Phil Tufnell
-- Bob Willis
From the world of television and film:
-- Clare Balding
-- Manish Bhasin
-- Rory Bremner
-- Andrew Castle
-- Niamh Cusack
-- Camilla Dallerup
-- Chris Evans
-- Lisa Faulkner
-- Jason Flemyng
-- Nigel Havers
-- Tina Hobley
-- Hazel Irvine
-- Steve Rider
-- Fay Ripley
-- Andy Serkis
-- Anthea Turner
-- Clive Tyldesley
From the world of snooker:
-- Steve Davis
-- Lyndsey Hunter
-- Ding Junghai
-- Ronnie O'Sullivan
-- Neil Robertson
-- Jimmy White
From music, politics and sport:
-- Lindsay Armaou
-- Lee Anthony Brennan
-- Marlon Devonish
-- Ken Follett
-- Princess George Galitzine
-- Duncan Goodhew
-- Damon Hill
-- Michael Howard
-- Douglas Hurd
-- Nigel Mansell
-- Nick Mason
-- Christine Ohurugou
-- Kelly Pesticcio
-- Sir Steve Redgrave
-- Sir Tim Rice
-- Carol Thatcher
-- Daley Thompson
-- Sam Torrance
MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE:
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5489740
Source: Business Wire (Business Wire India)