As one of Wall Street's most popular annual events, Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest features bands whose members work in the hedge fund and finance industry. All of the five bands scheduled to perform on the main stage at this year's event are competing to raise the most for ALTSO; vying for the lead currently are JAM Partners and The Cause.

"I'm extremely grateful to everyone who has given," says C. Mead Welles, co-founder of ALTSO and managing partner of New York hedge fund Octagon Asset Management. "What we do has such a big impact on these children's lives and it costs so little to do so much." ALTSO improves the lives of children with limb disabilities in emerging countries by providing free surgeries and prosthetic limbs.

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