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Marex Financial and Marex Carlton to Host Charity Day in Benefit of R Baby Foundation(TM) and Other Charities
All Brokerage Income Generated on February 28, 2007 to Be Donated to Charity
| Source: R Baby Foundation
NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- February 27, 2007 -- R Baby Foundation™, a charitable
organization dedicated to reducing the high level of infant mortality in
the United States, announced today that it is one of three charities
selected by Marex Financial and Marex Carlton ("Marex") to be a beneficiary
of Marex's first annual Charity Day, to be held February 28, 2007. Marex
will donate all brokerage income generated that day across its product
lines equally between three registered charities: R Baby Foundation™,
Make-A-Wish Foundation® UK, and The Greater London Fund For The Blind.
"We are incredibly honoured that Marex has included R Baby Foundation in
this incredible day of giving and are extremely grateful to them for the
donation to R Baby that will result," said Andrew Rabinowitz, co-president
of R Baby and chief operating officer of Marathon Asset Management. "We
wish Marex a particularly busy day on February 28, 2007 and would like to
thank all of their clients in advance for any support they are able to give
to help raise money for these very worthy causes."
ABOUT R BABY FOUNDATION
R Baby Foundation was established in 2006 to organize and fund efforts to
improve the outcomes of medical care for infants, particularly those who
contract certain viral infections. The R Baby Foundation is dedicated to
helping newborn babies, primarily in their first month, with often
misunderstood viral infections and other infectious diseases, receive the
highest quality of care and service through supporting education, research,
treatment, training, and life-saving equipment. R Baby is a 501(c)(3)
tax-exempt non-profit charitable organization. For more information about
R Baby Foundation please visit www.rbabyfoundation.org.
ABOUT MAREX FINANCIAL
MAREX Financial Limited is an independent Derivatives and Foreign Exchange
company offering a comprehensive coverage of the key global Commodities,
Financial Futures and Options and Foreign Exchange. MAREX Financial
Limited has a sole shareholder, the Marathon Special Opportunity Master
Fund Limited. This fund is managed by Marathon Asset Management LLC.
Marathon is a New York based alternative investment and asset management
company with over $7 billion in capital and approximately $12 billion in
assets under management.