Liquidnet announced today that it was voted the #1 Best Adoption
Friendly Workplace in America by the Dave Thomas Foundation for
Adoption. Liquidnet received this top ranking for medium sized
businesses, which are defined as businesses with 101-1000 employees.
“Liquidnet is pleased to receive this award as it demonstrates our
ongoing commitment to our employees,” said Jeri Medrea, Liquidnet’s Head
of Global Talent Engagement. “We believe in providing a comprehensive
benefits package to all of our employees, and our adoption benefits are
a key component of what we offer. We take great strides in ensuring that
our employees have a quality of life that is second to none. In doing
so, we are able to foster a culture that is unique, and attract and
retain a world class workforce of dedicated employees,” concluded Medrea.
Rankings for the Best Adoption Friendly Workplace are determined by an
analysis of a company’s adoption benefits — financial reimbursement and
paid leave — available to employees who adopt. Liquidnet offers its
employees a maximum of $15,000 in financial assistance, and up to two
weeks paid leave.
“When my wife and I decided to adopt we had no idea at the time how
involved it would be with paperwork, evaluations and cost. Liquidnet’s
Adoption Assistance Program was a big help alleviating a lot of the
financial stress so we could focus our energy on what was most
important: our beautiful baby girl,” said Ilya Gutman, a member of
Liquidnet’s Development group.
“We continue to see increases in the number of companies establishing
and enhancing adoption benefit policies. Even with today’s tough
economy, we found that companies are dedicated more than ever to
providing competitive benefits packages to help their employees when
they adopt,” said Rita Soronen, executive director of the Foundation.
“It is one benefit that employers can add without negatively impacting
the bottom line.”
About Liquidnet
Liquidnet is the world’s institutional marketplace that facilitates
institutional equities trading for institutional investors worldwide. By
giving buy-side traders a first look at a global natural liquidity pool
averaging approximately 8.2 billion shares per day (for the quarter
ended March 31, 2009). Liquidnet consolidates and delivers the
institutional equities market directly to the desktops of 582 buy-side
trading firms (as of March 31, 2009). Institutional investors use the
Liquidnet marketplace to enhance the quality and speed of trade
execution, gain price improvement for their trades, and, ultimately,
lower overall trading costs. Launched in 2001, Liquidnet now trades in
29 equity markets across five continents. Participation in the Liquidnet
marketplace is open to all market participants who can meet criteria
designed to preserve the integrity of the platform. Liquidnet is
headquartered in New York with offices in London, Toronto, Tokyo, Hong
Kong, Sydney and Singapore. Additional company information is available
online at www.liquidnet.com.
About the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is a non-profit public charity
dedicated to dramatically increasing the number of adoptions of foster
care children in North America. Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy’s and an
adopted child, created the Foundation in 1992 in support of the vision
that every child will have a permanent home and a loving family. The
Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption focuses on increasing foster care
adoption awareness while supporting model adoption service programs and
is committed to ensuring that adoption from the foster care system in
streamlined, affordable and accessible to any family wanting to adopt.
To learn more about the Foundation’s work, go to www.DaveThomasFoundationforAdoption.org.
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U.K. Financial Services Authority and is a member of the London Stock
Exchange. Liquidnet Canada Inc. is a member of IIROC and a member of
CIPF. Liquidnet Asia Limited is regulated by the Hong Kong Securities
and Futures Commission as a licensed dealer and a provider of automated
trading services pursuant to the Securities and Futures Ordinance and is
regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a Recognised Market
Operator. Liquidnet Japan Inc. is regulated by the Financial Services
Agency of Japan and is a member of JSDA/JIPF. Liquidnet Australia Pty
Ltd. is a licensed corporation under the Corporations Act of Australia,
AFSL number 312525.