The World of Business and Finance at your Feet with Golden Networking


Virtually no individual or company in any industry or country in the world that can't be reached through the extensive Rolodex of Golden Networking's founder, Mr. Edgar Perez, aptly referred as America's Ultimate Networker.

(June 15, 2011, New York) -- Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net) has quickly become the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and professionals, to experience what is new and next. They have been treated to exclusive industry-wide Leaders and Experts Forums, Experts Workshops, Business Receptions and Professional Nights, which have been featured in the business and financial press.

Golden Networking provides company owners and business executives a platform to expand their firms' revenues through global networking, introduction to key players and sponsorship of executive functions. There is virtually no individual or company in any industry or country in the world that can't be reached through the extensive Rolodex of Golden Networking's founder, Mr. Edgar Perez, aptly referred as America's Ultimate Networker (http://www.americasultimatenetworker.com).

Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree from Universidad Nacional de IngenierĂ­a, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma international honor society. He resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa. Mr. Perez has presented at Harvard Business School's 17th Annual Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference and at forums organized by Columbia Business School's Career Management Center and Alumni Club of New York. He is the author of The Speed Traders: An Insider’s Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, (http://www.thespeedtraders.com), recently published by McGraw-Hill Inc.

Golden Networking's functions draw hundreds of high-level attendees who cannot afford to miss these very selective learning and networking opportunities. Some of companies that have been represented in the past include ACTIV Financial, Advanced Wealth Solutions Group, LLC, AIG , AXA Equitable, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of NY Mellon, Barclays Capital, Bloomberg, L.P., Business Monitor International, Capital IQ, Citi, Credit Suisse, Dixie Asset Management, Equiventure Capital, LLC, Excalibur Holdings, Federal Reserve Bank of NY, GETCO, Goldman Sachs, Guggenheim Partners, Guggenheim Securities, HSBC, IBM, Infinity Capital, Investcorp, IO-Works, JPMorgan Chase, LEK Securities Corp., Lexden Capital, Liquidnet, Maquarie Capital, Mizuho Corp. Bank, Mohican Financial Management, LLC., Monolith Capital Partners, Moon Capital, Morgan Stanley, MPS Global Secutities, New York Life Insurance Co., Nobilis Capital , Oberon Securities, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Pavenham Capital, Renaissance Capital Partners, Rosenblatt Securities, Safra National Bank, Scarsdale Equities, LLC, Scythe Capital, Standard & Poor’s , State Street, SunGate Partners, Inc., Sunrise Securities Corp., Systematic Alpha, TD Bank, Thomson Reuters, Twin Capital Management LLC, and Westbrook Capital, LLC, among others.

Company executives, investment bankers, private equity and hedge fund managers, individual and institutional investors, and world experts are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to info@goldennetworking.net. Golden Networking has been frequently featured in the press, including recent articles in The Wall Street Journal, "Happy Hour for High-Frequency Trading", The New York Times, "Golden Networking Helps Job Seekers Make Overseas Connections", Los Angeles Times, "Speed-addicted traders dominate today's stock market", Reuters, "Revamp looms as trading experts huddle at SEC" and Columbia Business School's Hermes Alumni Magazine, "10 Under 10".

Contact:
Natalia Nuzhnova
Media Relations Manager
Golden Networking
516-761-4712

Maximize Your Impact and Profits with High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour


High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour (www.HFTHappyHour.com), June 14th, will Bring Together the most Influential High-Frequency and Quantitative Trading Audience for an Evening of Networking and Cocktails at Manhattan’s The Living Room, W Hotel in Times Square.

(June 15, 2011, New York) -- Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, http://www.HFTHappyHour.com, June Tuesday June 14, will bring together the most influential audience of high-frequency and quantitative trading professionals. High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, featured in The Wall Street Journal, has congregated high-frequency (and some low-frequency too) traders, quants, managers, investors and key decision makers for evenings of networking and cocktail every 2nd Tuesday for the last 15 months.

Participating as a sponsor of High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, New York City, is an excellent opportunity for firms to receive maximum exposure to an emerging industry in the intersection of finance and technology. Key sponsorship benefits include unequaled opportunities to reach key decision makers in the high-frequency trading community, direct exposure to 150-200 attendees, enhanced credibility and business opportunity with managers, head traders, advisors, consultants and individual and institutional investors, expanded marketing reach by tapping into Golden Networking’s database of over 10,000 alternative investment and 25,000 finance professionals in the New York Metro area, and direct exposure on Golden Networking’s website and the driving of additional, qualified traffic to sponsor’ site.

Companies represented at High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour in the past included ACTIV Financial, Advanced Wealth Solutions Group, LLC, AIG , AXA Equitable, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bank of NY Mellon, Barclays Capital, Bloomberg, L.P., Business Monitor International, Capital IQ, Credit Suisse, Dixie Asset Management, Equiventure Capital, LLC, Excalibur Holdings, Federal Reserve Bank of NY, GETCO, Goldman Sachs, Guggenheim Partners, Guggenheim Securities, Infinity Capital, Investcorp, IO-Works, JPMorgan Chase, LEK Securities Corp., Lexden Capital, Liquidnet, Maquarie Capital, Mizuho Corp. Bank, Mohican Financial Management, LLC., Monolith Capital Partners, Moon Capital, Morgan Stanley, MPS Global Secutities, New York Life Insurance Co., Nobilis Capital , Oberon Securities, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., Pavenham Capital, Renaissance Capital Partners, Rosenblatt Securities, Safra National Bank, Scarsdale Equities, LLC, Scythe Capital, Standard & Poor’s , State Street, SunGate Partners, Inc., Sunrise Securities Corp., Systematic Alpha, TD Bank, Thomson Reuters, Twin Capital Management LLC, and Westbrook Capital, LLC, among others.

For more details about the benefits provided to sponsors, firms are welcome to download the Sponsorship Package, from http://goldennetworking.net/upload/archivos/High-Frequency%20Trading%20Happy%20Hour%20-%20Sponsorship%20Package.pdf. High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Golden Networking has compiled the insights of top experts and industry practitioners and produced DVD Video Packages for its Leaders and Experts Forums, including:

- High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 DVD Video Package, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World", http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com
- High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop DVD Video Package, "Practical Implementation of High-Frequency Trading Strategies", http://www.HFTExpertsWorkshop.com
- 2nd China Leaders Forum DVD Video Package, "Is the Chinese Dragon Poised for Global Dominance or Economic Implosion?", http://www.ChinaLeadersForum.com
- Distressed Investing Experts Forum 2010 DVD Video Package, "Analyzing and Valuing Distressed Companies, Securities and Real Estate", http://www.DistressedInvestingExpertsForum.com
- Derivatives Leaders Forum 2010 DVD Video Package, "Strategies for Increasing Profits under an Evolving Regulatory Framework", http://www.DerivativesLeadersForum.com
- High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2010 DVD Video Package, "Innovating and Profiting from High-Frequency Trading in 2010 and Beyond", http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com
- Hedge Funds Leaders Forum 2010 DVD Video Package, "Generating Alpha in Challenging Times", http://www.HedgeFundsLeadersForum.com
- High-Frequency Trading Experts Forum 2010 DVD Video Package, "Starting and Running a High-Frequency Trading Operation", http://www.HFTExpertsForum.com
- Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010 DVD Video Package, "Extraordinary Opportunities Investors Cannot Afford to Pass", http://www.DistressedInvestingLeadersForum.com
- China Leaders Forum 2009 DVD Video Package, "Addressing the Challenges Posed by the Present Wave of Chinese Globalization", http://www.ChinaLeadersForum.com
- Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2009 DVD Video Package, "The Most Comprehensive Guide for Any Investor in Distressed Assets", http://www.DistressedInvestingLeadersForum.com

Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to info@goldennetworking.net. Golden Networking has been frequently featured in the press, including recent articles in The Wall Street Journal, "Happy Hour for High-Frequency Trading", The New York Times, "Golden Networking Helps Job Seekers Make Overseas Connections", Los Angeles Times, "Speed-addicted traders dominate today's stock market", Reuters, "Revamp looms as trading experts huddle at SEC" and Columbia Business School's Hermes Alumni Magazine, "10 Under 10".

Contact:
Natalia Nuzhnova
Media Relations Manager
Golden Networking
516-761-4712

Last-Minute High-Frequency Addition to J.P. Morgan 2011 Summer Reading List for Billionaires


Recently Released J.P. Morgan 2011 Summer Reading List Drastically Improved with The Speed Traders: An Insider's Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, Published by McGraw-Hill Inc.

(June 15, 2011, New York) -- Entering its second decade, the J.P. Morgan Summer Reading List had become a highly anticipated resource for billionaire clients. Attempting to indeed reflect the diverse enthusiasms of their global clients and provide recommendations to captivate the attention of the most discerning reader, this year’ list has been improved with the addition of the most inspiring insights on the new high-frequency trading phenomenon that is transforming the investing world provided by The Speed Traders, from author Edgar Perez.

This collection of books, specifically chosen to appeal to the tastes and preoccupations of the wealthy, was like a virtual book club for billionaires or, as described by The Wall Street Journal, a plutocrats’ box-set designed to be read on the sun deck of their Feadship off the Amalfi coast, or in the quiet shade of their Hamptons hammock. By including The Speed Traders (http://www.TheSpeedTraders.com), J.P. Morgan Summer Reading List fulfills its promise to take readers near and far and, ultimately, expand the senses and the mind.

The Speed Traders, http://www.TheSpeedTraders.com, written by Edgar Perez and published by McGraw-Hill Inc., is the most comprehensive, revealing work available on the most important development in trading in generations. High-frequency trading will no doubt play an ever larger role as computer technology advances and the global exchanges embrace fast electronic access. The Speed Traders explains everything there is to know about how today's high-frequency traders make millions-one cent at a time.

Mr. Perez is widely regarded as the pre-eminent networker in the specialized area of high-frequency trading. He is the founder of Golden Networking and host of High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour business receptions in New York City, which have drawn the world's top industry practitioners. He has organized high-frequency trading forums (http://www.hftleadersforum.com) and workshops (http://www.hftexpertsworkshop.com), as well as conferences on subjects as diverse as hedge funds, derivatives, private equity, distressed investing, and China, attracting thousands of executives and professionals in the world's major business centers. Mr. Perez has presented at Harvard Business School's 17th Annual Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference and at forums organized by Columbia Business School's Career Management Center and Alumni Club of New York.

Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citi, a senior consultant at IBM, and a consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree from Universidad Nacional de IngenierĂ­a, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma international honor society. Mr. Perez resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.

Mr. Perez is one of the great business networkers and motivators on the lecture circuit; he is available worldwide for the following speaking engagements: Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading, The Real Story behind the "Flash Crash", Hedge Funds Issues and Challenges, Networking for Financial Executives, and Business Networking for Success.

Contact:
Natalia Nuzhnova
Media Relations Coordinator
The Speed Traders
516-761-4712

Vietnamese forestry investment incentives lauded by AAA


The Vietnamese government has been lauded by Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA) for the steps they have taken to encourage foreign private investment in the nation's forestry sector.

Boston, MA, United States - June 15, 2011 -- The Vietnamese government has been lauded by Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA) for the steps they have taken to encourage foreign private investment in the nation's forestry sector.

The forestry department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has implemented a number of measures in recent years to encourage investors to trust their money to the sustainable and environmentally sound private investment that is developing in the nation's abundant and lucrative forests.

The head of planning for the forestry department, Nguyen Nghia Bien, said that they have undertaken a number of initiatives to draw attention to forestry investment, including offering tax exemptions to businesses that invest in reforestation and wood processing projects in targeted areas.

"In addition, investors have received low-interest loans, support for transportation and personal income tax exemptions," he explained.

Despite their efforts, however, the country is still struggling to gain ground in the forestry investment industry from foreign parties. Recent figures pointed out that crucial foreign investors only accounted for 1.2 per cent of the total forestry industry.

Duong Van Coi, from the Forest Research and Planning Institute, said that while there had been investment in certain areas concerning the forestry industry – chiefly in wood processing – little international attention had been paid to sustainable forestry and afforestation.

"The investment trend could result in unsustainable development as most of the wood processed in the country is imported or illegally exploited from prohibited forests," Mr Coi. "Policies encouraging private sector to invest in forestry would create materials for wood processing and more stable development."

Private and foreign investment in the forestry sector has increased, with the former recently surpassing State investment, he noted. Last year, total investment in the sector reached VND704 trillion (US$33.5 billion), with VND278 trillion ($13.2 billion) coming from the domestic private sector, VND245 trillion ($11.6 billion) from State sources, and VND181 trillion ($8.6 billion) from foreign investment.

AAA analysis partner, Anthony Johnson, said that foreign investors were missing a trick by not putting their money into alternative assets such as sustainable forestry. Mr Johnson suggested that fund managers consider recommending impact investing as a great option for those interested in something different. Impact investing involves making investments in projects based in emerging markets and developing countries. This investment helps to provide much needed funding to local businesses, who can then use this cash injection to expand and grow – generating returns for the investors.

The beauty of alternatives,” added Mr Johnson, “is that they do not follow the same trends and patterns as traditional investments – so are less affected by the same economic factors as equities, for example."

Contact:
Anthony Johnson
Alternative Asset Analysis
71 Commercial St
Boston, MA 02109-1320
Tel: 617-898-6317