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Management IG US Holdings, Inc. (“IG North America”) proudly announces its new headquarters in the Fulton Market district in downtown Chicago.
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- IG US Holdings, Inc. (“IG North America”) proudly announces its new headquarters in the Fulton Market district in downtown Chicago.
- To mark the brokerage firm’s commitment to Chicago, tastytrade will make a $600,000 investment in Greenwood Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to propelling Black and Latino college students into high-trajectory careers in financial services.
- Tastylive and tastytrade, subsidiaries of IG North America, were created in Chicago by the co-founders of thinkorswim, Tom Sosnoff and Scott Sheridan, and acquired by UK-headquartered IG Group for $1 billion in 2021.
- This strategic partnership between tastytrade and Greenwood Project signifies a shared commitment to driving positive change and creating pathways to success for underrepresented communities in the financial services industry.
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Education CHICAGO, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenwood Project, a leading non-profit dedicated to advancing diversity and inclusion in the financial industry, is proud to announce the appointment of Heidi Albert as Director of People and Culture.
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- CHICAGO, Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Greenwood Project, a leading non-profit dedicated to advancing diversity and inclusion in the financial industry, is proud to announce the appointment of Heidi Albert as Director of People and Culture.
- "I am extremely pleased to welcome Heidi Albert to Greenwood Project.
- Heidi's commitment and alignment with our core values were evident from our first interaction," said Kwesi Smith, Greenwood Project CEO.
- Heidi Albert comes to Greenwood Project with over 15 years of experience in business, finance and senior HR roles.
"We are thrilled to welcome Caroline Older to the Greenwood Project team.
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- "We are thrilled to welcome Caroline Older to the Greenwood Project team.
- Virgil Jones, appointed as Director of Growth and Operational Excellence, also brings over two decades of non-profit executive leadership experience.
- Greenwood Project is a non-profit organization that envisions a finance industry without barriers to entry or advancement.
- Greenwood Project is an exempt organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (EIN: 81-1990763)
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Cryptocurrency CHICAGO , July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenwood Project announced today that Kwesi Smith, CFA, former Board President and Global Research Analyst at William Blair, has been named Executive Director effective immediately.
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- CHICAGO , July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenwood Project announced today that Kwesi Smith, CFA, former Board President and Global Research Analyst at William Blair, has been named Executive Director effective immediately.
- Smith served as Greenwood Project's Board President while working as a Consumer Analyst on the Global Team for William Blair, a long-only fund focused on global growth equities.
- Kamara has served as a board member since 2020 and was active in creating the partnership between the Greenwood Project and Morgan Stanley.
- Greenwood Project helps our scholars develop the skills they'll need to succeed in a broad range of positions within financial services organizations," said Kwesi Smith.
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Facebook CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenwood Project announced today that it will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 3, 2022. Attendees will include Greenwood Project students, alumni, and staff alongside employees of Citadel and Citadel Securities.
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- CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenwood Project announced today that it will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 3, 2022.
- Attendees will include Greenwood Project students, alumni, and staff alongside employees of Citadel and Citadel Securities.
- This year, Greenwood Project significantly expanded its summer FinTech Institute, which serves students primarily from Chicago's South and West sides, with funding from Citadel and Citadel Securities.
- "Being able to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that our scholars will never forget."
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Black Their goal is to empower Black and Latinx communities to overcome generational cycles of poverty by introducing students to wealth-building career pathways through the intensive study of finance.
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- Their goal is to empower Black and Latinx communities to overcome generational cycles of poverty by introducing students to wealth-building career pathways through the intensive study of finance.
- Greenwood Project's focus on generational wealth through careers in finance traces back to its namesake.
- The Greenwood District of Tulsa, OK was once known as "Black Wall Street": A neighborhood where the Black community thrived amidst generations of racial animus.
- The goal of the program is to show students that coding and finance skills can lead to well-paying, in-demand jobs in the finance industry.
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Citadel CHICAGO, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenwood Project today announced a new partnership with Citadel and Citadel Securities to significantly expand its summer program for Chicago high school students.
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- CHICAGO, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenwood Project today announced a new partnership with Citadel and Citadel Securities to significantly expand its summer program for Chicago high school students.
- With funding from Citadel and Citadel Securities, The Greenwood Project will expand its summer FinTech Institute to serve 60 high school students in 2022, primarily from Chicago's South and West sides.
- "The Greenwood Project is excited to partner with Citadel and Citadel Securities to expand our High School FinTech Institute.
- Participants in The Greenwood Project's High School FinTech Institute will have opportunities to engage directly with Citadel and Citadel Securities team members through the curriculum and with on-site visits to the firms' global headquarters in Chicago.
