Edgar Perez in London and Kiev Previewing Knightmare on Wall Street, the Knight Capital Story

Edgar Perez, Author, 'The Speed Traders, An Insider's Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World' and Course Director, The Speed Traders Workshop 2013, Previewing 'Knightmare on Wall Street' in London and Kiev.

New York City, NY, USA (April 15, 2013) -- Edgar Perez, 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), spoke at High-frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London (http://www.HFT-Leaders-Forum.com) and Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (http://kneu.edu.ua), and offered a preview of his forthcoming book Knightmare on Wall Street (http://www.KnightmareonWallStreet.com).

Knight Capital was one of the companies whose fortune had risen as U.S. regulators made a series of changes in the structure of financial markets over the last 15 years. On Wednesday August 1, 2012, 9:30am, right after the markets opened for the day, the firm would issue an unprecedented number of erroneous orders into the market. What followed after this shocking announcement were rounds of conversations with a number of players that had smelled blood and were ready to pick up the pieces, if not stopped by an unprecedented frantic telephone activity in an industry where everybody knows everybody. Knightmare on Wall Street is the behind-the-scenes story of this epic event; it will provide a comprehensive account of what took to elevate Knight Capital to the cusp of the investing revolution of the late 1990s and what almost brought down the firm.

Edgar Perez's first book, The Speed Traders. 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 Ingeniería, 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.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
The Speed Traders
516-761-4712

The Mobile Design and Development Firm Stanfy Enters US Market of Native App Development

Stanfy, a mobile UI/UX design and development firm, enters US market to bring experience of ultimate native iOS and Android application development and join international tech community in the USA.

San Francisco, CA, USA (April 15, 2013) -- The Stanfy team started developing mobile applications about five years ago, when the iOS and Android platforms began to expand globally. However, their roots in software development go back to 2005 and Java-based backends. The company was originated in Ukraine by three co-founders, at that time the students of the leading technical university. At the moment Stanfy is a team of more than 30 people with a research and development office in Kyiv, Ukraine and a management and sales office in San Francisco.

Stanfy's strongest fields of expertise are mobile strategy consulting, mobile UI/UX design and native development of business applications for iOS and Android. Most of the mobile apps created by Stanfy, were made for e-commerce, seed or A/B funded social startups, popular media services with 1B daily users, mobile carriers and leading movie theatres. Clients’ geography is vast enough: USA, Western and Eastern Europe countries, Australia, Russia and Ukraine.

Clients admit Stanfy's deep understanding of mobile users and their behaviors, passion for beauty and high quality development. Best Agile practices and Lean philosophy also are an inseparable part of Stanfy team values, which is confirmed with numerous clients’ testimonials. "I have found Stanfy to do excellent work on mobile application development. Our experience has been in iOS and Android. Stanfy is reliable and provides excellent project management services, along with creative, thoughtful advice. I have been very happy with the work quality and the spirit of cooperation at Stanfy." - Brian Cavanaugh (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brian-cavanaugh/15/870/614), President & Founder at Klox Inc.

Charged with the spirit of innovation, the Stanfy team is excited to join the advanced US tech community of mobile developers to transform original ideas into cutting-edge mobile products. "Entering the US market is a big challenge for our team. We are really excited to deal with new opportunities, meeting new clients, and work on innovative products", stated Stanfy CEO and Co-founder Paul Bashmakov.

Currently Stanfy is proceeding with US market integration finding new customers and partners. Mobile market environment is changing rapidly, so company's main goal is to foresee users trends and apply them to their mobile solutions.

About Stanfy

Stanfy (http://www.stanfy.com) is a San Francisco based design and development team with R&D office in Ukraine focused on Android and iOS applications. Stanfy works with the leading companies, innovators and startups to create outstanding mobile experience for its customers. The company has a strong presence at the mobile market, and since 2009 has released more than 60 iOS and Android apps for its customers all over the world.

Media Contact:
Maria Tereschenko
Stanfy
964 Eddy St
San Francisco, CA 94109, USA
+4152165213