(Vienna) Drinking punch for a good cause: the “Wiener Börse Punsch” has been a fixed date in the calendar of the Austrian financial community for over two decades. The charitable nature of the event is also a tradition, and this year it once again supported the education and integration initiative "START-Stipendien" with a donation campaign. At yesterday's 21nd edition of the evening event, over 600 guests gathered in the courtyard of Palais Caprara-Geymüller, headquarter of the Vienna Stock Exchange, in a pre-Christmas atmosphere.
In addition to the donations from the community, Management Board members Christoph Boschan and Andrea Herrmann presented the Vienna Stock Exchange with a cheque for EUR 10,000 to the social fund. Katrin Bernd, Managing Director of “START-Stipendien”, was delighted: "With this generous donation, Vienna Stock Exchange is supporting the START social fund and thus directly helping numerous young people. The fund enables unbureaucratic and quick help in financial emergencies – whether it's for housing, health or school and education. "
About the "START"-Stipendien
The non-profit organisation "START-Stipendien" supports committed young people from low-income families with a history of migration. The aim of "START" is to strengthen the scholarship holders' development opportunities and open up new prospects through support, counselling and guidance. Vienna Stock Exchange has been supporting the initiative for many years.
Photo gallery of the event including press photo of the donation handover
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About the Vienna Stock Exchange
As the central infrastructure provider in the region, Wiener Börse AG opens doors to global markets. It operates the stock exchanges in Vienna and Prague. Listed companies benefit from maximum liquidity there, and as the market leader it offers investors fast and inexpensive trading. Wiener Börse collects and distributes price data and calculates the most important indices for a dozen markets in the region. Thanks to its unique know-how, the national exchanges in Budapest, Ljubljana and Zagreb also rely on the IT services of the Vienna Stock Exchange. In addition, it is involved in other energy exchanges and clearing houses in the region.
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