Edgar
Perez, Author, The Speed Traders, Speaker at The Speed Traders
Workshop 2012 Shanghai: How Algorithmic and High Frequency Traders
Leverage Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options,
Futures and FX, June 6.
(July
05, 2012 - New York, USA) -- Top securities firms from China,
Hong Kong and Singapore trading at Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE),
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE), Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE),
Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx), and
Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), are joining Mr. Edgar Perez, author
of The
Speed Traders, and former McKinsey & Co.
consultant and New York University Adjunct Professor, tomorrow
Wednesday June 6 for The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Shanghai: How
Algorithmic and High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies
to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX, the first seminar
of its type in the mainland, to be held at Hult International
Business School.
High
frequency trading has become the most talked about trend in the
investing world and in China. The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE)
recently published a Chinese-language report identifying high
frequency trading as an area where market participants will see
upcoming regulation. The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Shanghai will
reveal how high-frequency trading players are succeeding in the
global markets and driving the development of algorithmic trading at
breakneck speeds from the U.S. and Europe to India, Singapore and
Brazil. The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Shanghai kicks off a series
of presentations in the world’s most important financial centers:
Jakarta, Indonesia, June 13; Mexico City, Mexico, July 27; Hong Kong,
August 4, and Moscow, Russia, August 10. More information can be
found at http://www.TheSpeedTradersWorkshop.com.
Mr.
Perez is widely regarded as the preeminent speaker in the specialized
area of high-frequency trading. He is author of 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.
(2011) and currently being translated into Chinese, Bahasa Indonesia
and Portuguese. He is course director of The Speed Traders Workshop
2012, How High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to
Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX (Hong Kong, Sao
Paulo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Kiev, Beijing), and was Adjunct
Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where
he taught Algorithmic Trading and High-Frequency Finance.
Mr.
Perez has been featured on CNBC Cash Flow (with Oriel Morrison), CNBC
Squawk Box (with Geoff Cutmore), BNN Business Day (with Kim Parlee),
TheStreet.com (with Gregg Greenberg), Channel NewsAsia Business
Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities (with Lin Xue Ling), NHK World,
iMoney Hong Kong, Hedge Fund Brief, The Wall Street Journal, The New
York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor Econômico, The Korea Herald,
FIXGlobal Trading, The Korea Times, TODAY Online, Oriental Daily News
and Business Times.
Mr.
Perez has been engaged to present to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant
Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University and Pace
University, among other public and private institutions. In addition,
Mr. Perez has spoken at a number of global conferences, including
Harvard Business School’s Venture Capital & Private Equity
Conference (Boston), High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York,
Chicago, London), MIT Sloan Investment Management Conference
(Cambridge), Institutional Investor’s Global Growth Markets Forum
(London), Technical Analysis Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia
(Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face (Seoul) and Private Equity
Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia (London).
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 IngenierÃa,
Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN,
Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master of Business Administration from
Columbia Business School, New York, with a dual major in Finance and
Management (2002). He belongs to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society.
Mr. Perez resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished
salsa and hustle dancer.
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Relations Coordinator
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Speed Traders
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