New
York City, NY, USA (January 21, 2013) -- Edgar Perez, author of
The Speed Traders, made the case for real-time regulation of
financial markets at CME Group's Global Financial Leadership
Conference (GFLC). The GFLC is an exclusive event that brings
together decision-makers from the world's leading financial
institutions to discuss emerging geopolitical trends, debate critical
economic issues and provide perspectives on future developments in
the financial marketplace.
On
the panel titled 'Evolving Capital Market Dynamics: Volatility,
Liquidity and High Frequency Trading,' Perez joined moderator Michael
Mackenzie, Financial Times U.S. Markets Editor and fellow panelists
Daniel Coleman, GETCO Chief Executive Officer, Jeff Jennings, Credit
Suisse Global Head of Listed Derivatives, and Richard Prager,
BlackRock Global Head of Trading and Capital Markets.
During
the discussion, Perez advocated for the availability of real-time
information that would allow regulators to see everything occurring
in the markets, no matter how quickly the order information is being
posted and transactions are occurring. This would require significant
commitments to invest in both human capital and information
technology, but the investment is worthwhile: it is vital for
regulators to level the playing field of high-frequency trading,
concluded Perez.
Keynote
speakers for the GFLC included Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin
Group, and Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State (2005-2009).
Additional featured speakers include Madeleine Albright, former U.S.
Secretary of State; James Carville, Political Strategist; Richard
Kauffman, Senior Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy; Ted Koppel,
award-winning journalist; John Lipsky, First Deputy Managing
Director, IMF (2006-2011); Karl Rove, former U.S. Deputy Chief of
Staff to President George W. Bush; and Jimmy Wales, Founder,
Wikipedia, and 2012 Fred Arditti Innovation Award Recipient.
Additional information about the conference can be found at
http://www.gflc.com.
Perez's
first book, The Speed Traders, An Insider's Look at the New
High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing
World (http://www.TheSpeedTraders.com),
published in English by McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011), Mandarin by China
Financial Publishing House (2012), and Bahasa Indonesia by Kompas
Gramedia (2012), provides "a clear and informative read that
can be useful to both seasoned industry professionals and those who
are only exploring the financial industry" and has confirmed him
as the preeminent global expert in the specialized area of
high-frequency trading. Perez has led The Speed Traders Workshop
2012, How High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to
Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX
(http://www.TheSpeedTradersWorkshop.com),
Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Kiev, New York,
Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, and was Adjunct Professor at the
Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he taught
Algorithmic Trading and High-Frequency Finance. He contributes
regularly to The New York Times and China's International Finance
News and Sina.
Perez
has been interviewed on CNBC Cash Flow, CNBC Squawk Box, BNN Business
Day, CCTV China, Bankier.pl, TheStreet.com, Leaderonomics, GPW Media,
Channel NewsAsia Business Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities. In
addition, Perez has been featured on Sohu, News.Sina.com, Yicai,
eastmoney, Caijing, ETF88.com, 360doc, AH Radio, CNFOL.com, CITICS
Futures, Tongxin Securities, ZhiCheng.com, CBNweek.com, Caixin,
Futures Daily, Xinhua, CBN Newswire, Chinese Financial News,
ifeng.com, International Finance News, hexun.com, Finance.QQ.com,
Finance.Sina.com, The Korea Times, The Korea Herald, The Star, The
Malaysian Insider, BMF 89.9, iMoney Hong Kong, CNBC, Bloomberg Hedge
Fund Brief, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dallas
Morning News, Valor Econômico, FIXGlobal Trading, TODAY Online,
Oriental Daily News and Business Times.
Perez
has been engaged to present to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (Washington DC), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities
Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York
University, University of International Business and Economics
(Beijing), Hult International Business School (Shanghai) and Pace
University (New York), among other public and private institutions.
In addition, 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), 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).
Perez
was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a
strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. 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.
Perez resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa
and hustle dancer.
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