- Equity trading fees from today across the Group to be donated to charity
- Over £500,000 expected to be raised
- #LSEGCharityTradingDay
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) will today donate a day’s worth of equity trading fees from London Stock Exchange, Borsa Italiana and Turquoise – expected to be in excess of £500,000 – to charity.
Distributed through the LSEG Foundation, the money raised will help support a wide range of charities in the communities in which the Group operates. These include Friendship Works, a London-based youth mentoring organisation; In-Presa, a youth development charity based in Milan; UNICEF, a leading global charity supporting children, and Habitat for Humanity Sri Lanka, a housing charity working with communities in Sri Lanka.
To celebrate the occasion, representatives from the charities attended a Market Open Ceremony in London this morning, hosted by Xavier Rolet, CEO, LSEG. Also in attendance were representatives from The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, which is supported by LCH.Clearnet.
In Milan, Borsa Italiana hosted a visit to the Pinacoteca di Brera, the main public art gallery in the city to view Titian’s portrait of Count Antonio di Porcia and Brugnera. The painting has been newly restored using funds donated by the Foundation.
Xavier Rolet, CEO, LSEG said:
“We are thrilled to welcome our partner charities to open the London market today at the start of what we hope will be a buoyant day of trading. The support of our customers in helping to raise money for these important causes is key. Last year, we raised over £500,000 and we are confident that we will exceed that total today.”
Since launching the Charity Trading Day, trading fees totalling £1.5 million have been donated to more than 20 charities through the LSEG Foundation, which has donated over £3 million to charity since its launch in 2010.