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Business

How the SEC and CFTC can Work Together at Golden Networking’s HFT Conference in New York City

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Golden Networking brings Tech2Trade Expo 2013 (www.Tech2TradeExpo.com), World’s Most Influential Alternative Investments Conference Series, including High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges,” New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (July 22, 2013) — As reported by Law360, Senate Democrats told Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) should streamline their cross-border swaps rules, saying “conflicting approaches” may create new risk in global financial markets.

“Creating an overly complicated compliance system for market participants will result in conflicting, duplicative or inconsistent rules that could foster new and unforeseen risks and lead to international regulatory arbitrage.”

The SEC has proposed its own international derivatives trading rules allowing for so-called substituted compliance in which European regulators can substitute their own rules if the SEC deems them comparable to the Dodd-Frank Act.

But the CFTC and its Chairman Gary Gensler have taken a tougher stance than the SEC in seeking to impose capital, reporting, margin and other rules on foreign firms with at least $8 billion in annual swaps trading volume. That effort has drawn the ire of European regulators and House Republicans, who say it could lead to regulatory confusion and fragmented markets.

“Unfortunately, to avoid uncertainty, the CFTC, SEC and international regulators need additional time to get on the same page and resolve their differences, and ensure that the world’s financial regulations are robust enough to stymie future risks posed to our economy.”

Senate Democrats have applauded the CFTC’s approach to extending oversight of the $700 trillion swaps market under Dodd-Frank to foreign subsidiaries of U.S. financial institutions. What the impact will be on HFT will be discussed at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), July 30th, part of Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City (http://www.Tech2TradeExpo.com).

Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will examine the speed trading industry from various angles, in an opened and unbiased environment highly conducive to networking. Topics to be discussed at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will include:

– Low Latency: How can Ultra-Low Latency be Achieved for High-Frequency Trading?
– Emerging Markets: How will Emerging Markets from Brazil to China Affect the Scope of High-frequency Trading?
– Robotic Markets: As High-frequency Trading Embraces Robotic Markets Worldwide, How Will Participants be Able to Find new Opportunities to Sustain Alpha Creation?
– Regulatory Impact: With High-frequency Trading in the Spotlight, how will New Regulations Change the Industry?
– The Future of HFT: How will High-frequency Trading Evolve in Ever-changing Technology and Regulatory Environments?

Tech2Trade Expo 2013, to be held in New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt, is the world’s most influential alternative investments forum for the hedge fund, high-frequency trading and derivatives communities. With dozens of practitioners, experts and regulators speaking in our programs, Tech2Trade Expo 2013 provides hundreds of investors, traders and portfolio managers with the key lessons, proven recipes and penetrating insights they are looking for to capture alpha in up and down markets.

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to download our Information Package or contact Golden Networking directly by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

Business

‘Is HFT Dead’ Industry Leaders to Discuss at High-frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City

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Golden Networking brings Tech2Trade Expo 2013 (www.Tech2TradeExpo.com), World’s Most Influential Alternative Investments Conference Series, including High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges,” New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (July 22, 2013) — According to Robert Anglos, HFT is still around, but is being done by fewer people. “There is, no doubt, numerous reasons but my take, as a HF trader, is that a lot of people that got in was when the markets were tanking and it was being touted as a ‘get rich quick’ approach to making money. When the reality set in most went away, just like small investors that lost a lot of money either did not come back or not as strong.”

Anglos is an HFT and admits there is some misconception of what most HFT do and where. “Generally we, and almost never for me, are we trading stock. We do not, and are not capable of moving the markets. We do have the ability to exploit and perhaps extend a movement when the markets are highly sensitive (probably the basis for the argument that HF traders help them get where they are going quicker).”

Trading is not investing, he said. “In many respects investing, in my view, is the equivalent of hope or taking advantage of a situation. In the old days you could buy AT&T, or its equivalent, and believe that it was going to appreciate until the end of time (and pay dividends). Keep this in mind only 1 in 100 people that try day trading make a living at it. Some make excellent money, but I wonder how many investment professionals that are at the same in their profession make at least as much. I have no statistics but I believe any of the senior execs at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan are making far more.”

So apparently, HFT is still alive; perhaps the reports of its death are a bit premature. Perhaps not? Leaders will be discussing these issues at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City, July 30th, as part of Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City (http://www.Tech2TradeExpo.com).

Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will examine the speed trading industry from various angles, in an opened and unbiased environment highly conducive to networking. Topics to be discussed at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will include:

– Low Latency: How can Ultra-Low Latency be Achieved for High-Frequency Trading?
– Emerging Markets: How will Emerging Markets from Brazil to China Affect the Scope of High-frequency Trading?
– Robotic Markets: As High-frequency Trading Embraces Robotic Markets Worldwide, How Will Participants be Able to Find new Opportunities to Sustain Alpha Creation?
– Regulatory Impact: With High-frequency Trading in the Spotlight, how will New Regulations Change the Industry?
– The Future of HFT: How will High-frequency Trading Evolve in Ever-changing Technology and Regulatory Environments?

Tech2Trade Expo 2013, to be held in New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt, is the world’s most influential alternative investments forum for the hedge fund, high-frequency trading and derivatives communities. With dozens of practitioners, experts and regulators speaking in our programs, Tech2Trade Expo 2013 provides hundreds of investors, traders and portfolio managers with the key lessons, proven recipes and penetrating insights they are looking for to capture alpha in up and down markets.

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to download our Information Package or contact Golden Networking directly by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

Entertainment

El nuevo libro “Los gobernantes más locos de la historia” podrá ser descargado gratis

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En su último libro electrónico para Kindle de Amazon, el famoso autor e historiador Michael Rank describe a los líderes más excéntricos de todos los tiempos, desde el emperador Calígula hasta Kim Jong Il.

Moreno Valley, CA, July 20, 2013 – Pocas mezclas son tan tóxicas como el poder absoluto y la locura. Cuando nada se interpone entre los delirios de un líder y el llevarlas a cabo, todo tipo de extraños resultados son posibles.

Tanto si se trata del sultán Otomano Ibrahim I practicando tiro con arco en sus sirvientes de palacio y enviando de sus asesores para encontrar a la mujer más gorda del imperio para su esposa o el Presidente de Turkmenistán Turkmenbashi cambiar el nombre de los días de la semana con su nombre y la construcción de una estatua de oro de 80 pies que gira hacia el sol, los líderes enloquecidos han plagado la sociedad desde hace milenios.

Este libro se centra en las vidas de los diez personajes con las mentes más desequilibradas de la historia. Algunos sufrían de trastornos genéticos que los llevaron a la esquizofrenia, como el rey francés Carlos VI, que pensaba que era de cristal. Otros creían ser los representantes de Dios en la tierra y escribieron escritos religiosos que garantizan al lector llegar al cielo, incluso si eran casi analfabetos.

Sea cual sea su origen, estos gobernantes muestran que la política dinástica se aseguró de que un heredero legítimo siempre ascienda al trono – a pesar de su condición mental – y que el poder puede destruir una mente peor que cualquier enfermedad mental.

Para descargar en forma gratuita el libro en amazon.com, visita: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DY25CJK
Para descargar en forma gratuita el libro en amazon.com, visita: http://www.amazon.es/dp/B00DY25CJK

Contact:
Michael Rank
Michael Rank.Net
11773 Betula Circle
Moreno Valley, CA 92557
801-765-9400
michael@michaelrank.net
http://michaelrank.net

Business

AuraPortal´s New Website Was Created Using its Very Own Content Management

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The software provider’s Content Management program features SEO indexing and customized content creation, regardless of the site’s complexity.

Boca Raton, Florida, July 20, 2013 – AURA (www.auraportal.com), a global provider of Business Process Management (BPM) software, has announced the launch of its new website. The website is perfectly designed so that the user can discover with ease everything that AURA has to offer. AuraPortal’s Content Management module allows businesses to create advertisements, news articles, videos and documents – all in digital format.

AuraPortal has been distinguished with great advantage over its competitors by Ovum in its Decision Matrix (2011) report and by other renowned analyst firms.

The module is seamlessly integrated with the BPM, so that any company can create its own digital information to gain a complete, tailor-made Content Management program without having to recruit a specialist.

One important application of the Content Management program is the construction of a website, no matter its complexity. As an example, the AuraPortal website has been developed using its own Content Management program.

AuraPortal has taken into account the integration with internet search engines (for example, Google) and has included an automatic Sitemap Creation system which indexes all the desired words in the internal indexes of these search engines to allow rapid location by internet users.

About AURA (http://www.auraportal.com)
AURA is a global BPM (Business Process Management) software provider delivering a solution that creates, without the need of IT programming, Business Process Workflow Execution Models. AuraPortal is 100% Web-based, and is complementary to existing ERP and CRM systems.

AURA has a presence in 40 countries with more than 300 customers including, among others: Toyota, General Motors, Pemex (Petroleos Mexicanos), Carrefour, ArcelorMittal, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Danone, Sodexo, Kimberly-Clark, Yamaha, Eletrobras, Royal KPN, Bristol-Myers Squibb, etc., as well as many Government Agencies and Departments in several countries. All of these customers benefit from maintenance contracts.

Its headquarters are in Europe (Spain and Holland) with an executive branch in North America (Florida). It also has offices in several countries and a vast network of partners who locally attend customers throughout the world.

What the Top Experts Say About Auraportal BPMS:
OVUM: In the “Product Quality” category, AuraPortal has obtained the highest score (9 points), situating itself clearly above the next best vendor on a scale of 1 to 10. (Decision Matrix on BPM Vendors 2011, OVUM – Datamonitor Group).

GARTNER: “AuraPortal is the example of next-generation BPMS”. (Magic Quadrant, 2007, 2009, Gartner).

TEC: “AuraPortal solutions have been designed for organizations of different sizes and sectors”. (2013, TEC Technology Evaluation Centers).

BPTRENDS: “AuraPortal is one of the most complete and advanced BPMS solutions on the market backed up by a financially strong company with a large number of satisfied customers of all sizes that have been working with the product for several years”. (BPM Suites Report 2010, BPTrends).

IDC: “In Customer references, AuraPortal has a strong ease of implementation and ease of use (from both IT and business user perspectives)”. (MarketScape: Business Process Platforms, 2011, IDC).

BLOOR: “Bloor particularly like the way AuraPortal has integrated business rules into the process definition process”. (2011, Bloor).

Contact:
John Charles
AuraPortal
400 Trade Center
Woburn, MA 01801-7472
978-808-6340
john.charles@auraportal.com
http://www.auraportal.com

Education

National Laser Institute Med Spa Launches “New Skin For A New School Year” Program To Combat Teen Acne.

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National Laser Institute, a worldwide leader in cosmetic laser education and treatment, announced that it is launching “New Skin For A New School Year” program using the groundbreaking BBL Therapy in their Scottsdale and Dallas Medical Spas.

Scottsdale, AZ, July 19, 2013 – National Laser Institute, a worldwide leader in cosmetic laser education and treatment, announced that it is launching “New Skin For A New School Year” program using the groundbreaking BBL Therapy in their Scottsdale and Dallas Medical Spas.

Broad Band Light (BBL) Therapy targets severe, deeply inflamed breakouts that can feel like bacteria filled hard or soft spots right under your skin. No prescriptions, no steroids, no messy ointments; just a series of 9 treatments over a 6 week period will put you on the path to beautiful skin.

Louis Silberman, NLI’s co-founder and CEO commented on their latest procedure, “Teen acne is not only a physical problem but for millions of teens is an emotional and social problem that we are excited to help solve. Our New Skin For A New School Year will greatly reduce the physical and emotional scars associated with teen acne. We look forward to offering this groundbreaking treatment at prices families can afford.”

Contact: Scott Kelly, Black Dog Promotions, 480-206-3435, scott@blackdogpromotions.com

About National Laser Institute’s Medical Spa:
National Laser Institute’s Medical Spa is North America’s leading center for cosmetic lasers and medical aesthetics. They are equipped with the world’s top laser machines, technologies and products. Clients come to their spas not only from Phoenix and Dallas, but also across the United States because of their reputation for performing advanced expert treatments and producing expert results. NLI’s physicians, nurses, aestheticians and certified laser technicians treat each one of their clients with the utmost professionalism, courtesy and kindness. Learn more by visiting www.nlimedspa.com.

Contact:
Scott Kelly
Black Dog Promotions
9920 S. Rural Rd., Ste 108
Tempe, AZ 85284
480-206-3435
scott@blackdogpromotions.com
http://www.blackdogpromotions.com

Entertainment

Stacy Smith is Crowned Ms. International™ 2013

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Using her crown for a purpose to make a difference in her community and across America.

Costa Mesa, CA, USA (July 19, 2013) — Stacy Smith representing Colorado was crowned Ms. International™ 2013 on June 23 in Southern California in a contest hosted by the Ms. America® Pageant. She also received the “Woman of Distinction” award at the pageant during the Special Awards ceremony.

Smith overcame dozens of contestants vying for the coveted title of Ms. International™ 2013 – a demonstration of her experience, grace and allure. The Ms. International™ 2013 title is part of the special awards of the Ms. America® Pageant system. This prestigious title must not only represent the pageant but also the Ms. America® fans as well. National and international internet users voted her in as the “Judges and People’s Choice” award on the Ms. America® Pageant website. The contestant with the most Internet votes and Good Luck Wishes ads, combined with scores from the Judges receives the prestigious title of Ms. International ™ 2013! “I am truly grateful and humbled to have received the honor of Ms. International™ 2013, this is an exciting opportunity!”

Ms. International™ 2013, Stacy Smith was born in San Luis Obispo on February 14th, 1983 to parents Janet Trimmer and Patrick Smith. Since Stacy could walk she has always enjoyed performing in front of an audience, beginning at home with her parents and two brothers, Ryan and Jason. Developing from this, she soon discovered her passions in life to be beauty, dance, and charity work through volunteering.

Stacy has a background of more than 20 years in performing in dance recitals throughout the world. From these experiences, she gained the confidence and maturity to progress into modeling and acting. After attending the University of Idaho and graduating with a major in Journalism Mass Media and a minor in Dance Choreography, she decided to enroll in cosmetology school. Immediately finding this the perfect fit for her, upon graduation she began to professionally apply these skills and founded in 2011 her own company, OC Hair and Makeup where she manages a team of stylists working with brides and undertaking numerous formal events. It is through this high level of artistic ability and dedication that OC Hair and Makeup http://www.OCHairandMakeup.com has been voted the #1 Beauty Service of Orange County of 2013 by theknot.com.

Throughout her community, Stacy is known as a strong leader who enjoys giving back to those around her. She has dedicated herself to her charity of choice, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy. This lifelong commitment began at an early age as her older brother Ryan was unfortunately born with the disease, and Stacy works hard to get the community involved to raise awareness and to find a cure.

Not only does Stacy lead by example, but she is also a working mom with a four-year-old son named James, and even though she has an abundance of responsibility, she always makes time for her son to give him the love and care that he needs to grow up to be a healthy, educated individual and the best reflection of all that is good in her.

Ms. International 2013 first runner-up was Robin Griffin, Ms. California Coast; second runner-up was Stephanie Mills, Ms. New England; third runner-up was Tes Scanlon, Ms. Maryland and fourth runner-up was Malinda Koncar, Ms. Pennsylvania.

Video of crowning can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BEp7UkxgoE&feature=player_embedded

To schedule an appearance for 2013 Ms. America®, please contact the pageant at: MsAmericaPageant@aol.com or call 949.679.8888.

About the Ms. America® and Ms. International™ Pageant
Richard Simon from Houston, Texas founded The Ms. America® Pageant in 1997. The first pageant was held on December 4, 1997 at the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas. Contestants competed representing their state in the pageant. Susan Jeske from Colorado was crowned the first Ms. America® – http://www.SusanJeske.com. Ms. Jeske became the owner of the pageant in 1999. The pageant is for women 26 years of age and up who are single, divorced or married and is a registered federal trademark with the USPTO in Washington DC since February 2000. The pageant was created to empower women across the nation, celebrate their accomplishments, encourage involvement in community service, honor and advance the status of women and to use the “crown for a purpose” to make a difference across the nation and around the world. For more information visit: http://www.MsAmericaPageant.com.

The first Ms. International™ 2010-11 is Amanda Delgado; Deana Molle’ was crowned Ms. International™ 2011-12 and Ms. International™ 2013 is Stacy Smith.

Follow Ms. America®:
Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/MsInternationalPageant
Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/MsAmericaPageant
Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/MsAmerica

Pageant Contact:
Ms. America® Pageant
Susan Jeske – CEO
Phone: 949.679.8888
E-Mail: MsAmericaPageant@aol.com
Websites: http://www.MsAmericaPageant.com / http://www.SusanJeske.com

Business

URALCHEM has registered its calcium nitrate in accordance with REACH requirements

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URALCHEM has registered its anhydrous calcium nitrate with the European Chemicals Agency in accordance with the European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006), which deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH).

Moscow, Russia (July 18, 2013) — URALCHEM has registered its anhydrous calcium nitrate with the European Chemicals Agency in accordance with the European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006), which deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH). This registration allows the company to seamlessly deliver the product onto the EU market.

Anhydrous calcium nitrate Ca(NO3)2 is a new product for the company and was launched at the company’s plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk. Currently, calcium nitrate is widely used as an additive in concrete and construction mixes, as a constituent of process fluids in the petroleum industry and as raw material for the chemical industry.

The product can also be used as fertilizer. It contains nitrate nitrogen and calcium in the best form for absorption by plants. Among the useful properties of calcium is its ability to increase the strength of cell walls. Use of calcium nitrate increases the yield by 10-15% and significantly improves consumer quality of vegetables and fruit. It also stimulates root development, especially the development of root hairs. Calcium nitrate aids the formation of membranes and strengthens cell walls of plants; it stimulates enzyme activity and metabolism; it also promotes photosynthesis and speeds up the transportation of hydrocarbons and nitrogen assimilation in plants. Usage of the product increases plants’ resistance to environmental stress factors as well as fungal and bacterial diseases.

“Compliance with the requirements of the REACH regulation is a necessary condition for the supply and turn over of chemical substances on the EU market. URALCHEM is closely following developments in this area, and strictly complies with all requirements concerning circulation of chemicals in the EU”, commented Tatiana Rozarenova, Head of Customers and Regulators Department at URALCHEM.

Today, the REACH regulation is one of the most complex technical regulations in the European Union. In 2010, URALCHEM registered 27 substances according to the requirements of the regulation and became one of the first Russian manufacturers in the chemical industry to submit data on its products to the European Chemicals Agency.

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PR department
URALCHEM, OJSC
Tel: +7 (495) 721 89 89
E-Mail: pr@uralchem.com
Web: http://www.uralchem.com

URALCHEM, OJSC is one of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate fertilisers in Russia and the CIS with production capacities of over 2.5 million tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 2.8 million tonnes of ammonia, 0.8 million tonnes of MAP and DAP, 0.8 million tonnes of complex fertilisers and 1.2 million tonnes of urea. URALCHEM, OJSC is the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the world and number one in Russia, the second largest producer of nitrogen fertilisers in Russia. Key production assets of URALCHEM, OJSC include Azot Branch of URALCHEM, OJSC in Berezniki, Perm Region; OJSC Minudobrenia, Perm; MFP Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works, OJSC Branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Kirov region; Voskresensk Mineral Fertilisers, OJSC in Voskresensk, Moscow region.

Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of URALCHEM. We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions. We do not intend to update these statements and our actual results may differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, the achievement of anticipated levels of profitability, growth, cost and synergy of our recent acquisitions, the impact of competitive pricing, the ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and licenses, the impact of developments in the Russian economic, political and legal environment, financial risk management and the impact of general business and global economic conditions.

Business

SEC Enforcement Issues in the World’s Most Highly Sophisticated Market Structure at HFT Conference

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Golden Networking brings Tech2Trade Expo 2013 (www.Tech2TradeExpo.com), World’s Most Influential Alternative Investments Conference Series, including High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges,” New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (July 18, 2013) — Mary Jo White, the recently named chairman of the Securities and Exchanges Commission, had the opportunity to highlight the new priorities for the agency. Enforcement and high-frequency trading figured prominently in the brief to-do-list she presented to members of the Senate Banking Committee.

Further strengthening the enforcement function of the SEC, fair but also bold and unrelenting, was top of mind in her presentation. Investors and all market participants, she said, needed to know that the playing field of the markets was level and that all wrongdoers, individual and institutional, of whatever position or size, would be aggressively and successfully pursued by the SEC. Strong enforcement, she noted, was necessary for investor confidence and was essential to the integrity of financial markets. Proceeding aggressively against wrongdoers was not only the right thing to do, but it also would serve to deter the sharp and unlawful practices of others who must be made to think twice, and stop in their tracks, rather than risk discovery, pursuit, and punishment by the SEC.

The SEC needed, she added, to be in a position to fully understand all aspects of today’s high-speed, high-tech, and dispersed marketplace so that it could be wisely and optimally regulated, which meant without undue cost and without undermining its vitality. High frequency trading, complex trading algorithms, dark pools, and intricate new order types raised for her many questions and concerns. Were they problematic for retail and non-institutional investors? Did they result in unnecessary volatility, or create an uneven playing field? Or did these modern-day features bring benefits such as efficiency, price reduction, and healthy competition to our markets? Did they do all of these things? The experts and studies to date, she claimed, had not been consistent or definitive in their observations and findings about whether and to what extent harm was caused by the current market structure and practices. There must be a sense of urgency brought to addressing these issues to understand their impact on investors and the quality of the markets so that the appropriate regulatory responses could be made. Finally, chairman White committed herself to work not only to ensure that the SEC had the cutting-edge technology and expertise necessary to enable it to keep pace with the markets and its responsibilities to monitor, regulate, and enforce the securities laws, but also to see around the corner and anticipate issues.

To further elaborate on SEC enforcement issues in the world’s most highly sophisticated market structure, Robert Cohen, Assistant Director of Market Abuse Unit, Division of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, will keynote High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), July 30th, as part of Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City (http://www.Tech2TradeExpo.com).

Cohen joined the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2004. He has been involved in significant enforcement actions involving investment advisers and companies, insider trading, market manipulation, public company accounting and financial disclosure violations. Currently, he is responsible for supervising investigations of large-scale market conduct. Prior to joining the SEC, Cohen was in private practice and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alexander Williams, Jr., United States District Court for the District of Maryland. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he served on the Law Review, and received a B.S. from Cornell University.

Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will examine the speed trading industry from various angles, in an opened and unbiased environment highly conducive to networking. Topics to be discussed at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will include:

– Low Latency: How can Ultra-Low Latency be Achieved for High-Frequency Trading?
– Emerging Markets: How will Emerging Markets from Brazil to China Affect the Scope of High-frequency Trading?
– Robotic Markets: As High-frequency Trading Embraces Robotic Markets Worldwide, How Will Participants be Able to Find new Opportunities to Sustain Alpha Creation?
– Regulatory Impact: With High-frequency Trading in the Spotlight, how will New Regulations Change the Industry?
– The Future of HFT: How will High-frequency Trading Evolve in Ever-changing Technology and Regulatory Environments?

Tech2Trade Expo 2013, to be held in New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt, is the world’s most influential alternative investments forum for the hedge fund, high-frequency trading and derivatives communities. With dozens of practitioners, experts and regulators speaking in our programs, Tech2Trade Expo 2013 provides hundreds of investors, traders and portfolio managers with the key lessons, proven recipes and penetrating insights they are looking for to capture alpha in up and down markets.

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to download our Information Package or contact Golden Networking directly by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
+1-414-FORUMS0
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

Business

Lessons to be Learned from Flash Crash, BATS, NASDAQ & Knight Capital at HFT Conference in New York

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Golden Networking brings Tech2Trade Expo 2013 (www.Tech2TradeExpo.com), World’s Most Influential Alternative Investments Conference Series, including High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges,” New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (July 18, 2013) — Shell-shocked from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, retail investors have been welcomed to the post-2008 world by a string of structural hiccups that has further eroded confidence in the safety and soundness of the increasingly-complex capital markets. According to FOX Business, with the Flash Crash and the Facebook fiasco still within view, the latest challenge to investor confidence came last August in the form of a software glitch at Knight Capital Group that caused the market maker to take a stunning pretax loss of $461 million and launch a frantic search for a lifeline. The aftermath has investing professionals concerned about the ongoing retreat of retail investors and grasping for potential solutions to restore confidence in the system.

“We’ve seen enough of these computer mistakes since the Flash Crash that it makes you wonder the impact of computer trading on the market,” Robert Steven Kaplan, a professor at Harvard and former vice chairman at Goldman Sachs (GS), said. Darrell Duffie, a finance professor at Stanford, also said the Knight Capital incident could “raise concerns that the May 6 Flash Crash risks still exist.”

If nothing else, the Knight Capital trading glitch underscores the complexity of today’s capital markets, which have become increasingly dominated by complicated trading algorithms. “Consumers don’t understand markets any longer so they increasingly distrust our stock markets and are withdrawing,” David Weild, a senior advisor at Grant Thornton and former vice chairman at the Nasdaq Stock Market, wrote. “Deregulation stimulated competition but in extremis: The computer arms race that ensued, enabled by the SEC, has introduced a level of complexity and behaviors that is undermining investor confidence.”

Lessons to be learned from Flash Crash, BATS, NASDAQ and Knight Capital incidents are at the heart of the keynote speech Edgar Perez, author of The Speed Traders and the forthcoming Knightmare on Wall Street, will give to attendees at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 New York City (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), July 30th, part of Tech2Trade Expo 2013 New York City (http://www.Tech2TradeExpo.com).

Perez is widely regarded as the preeminent global expert 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 in English by McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011), published in Mandarin by China Financial Publishing House (2012), and Investasi Super Kilat: Pandangan Orang dalam tentang Fenomena Baru Frekuensi Tinggi yang Mentransformasi Dunia Investasi, published in Bahasa Indonesia by Kompas Gramedia (2012).

Perez 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, 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 to The New York Times and China’s International Finance News and Sina Finance.

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 globally featured on FXFactor, Columbia Business, OpenMarkets, 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 at the Council on Foreign Relations, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University (Kiev), Quant Investment & HFT Summit APAC 2012 (Shanghai), 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 (London and Shanghai) and Pace University (New York), among other public and private institutions. In addition, Perez has spoken at a number of global conferences, including Emerging Markets Investments Summit 2013 (Warsaw), CME Group’s Global Financial Leadership Conference 2012 (Naples Beach), 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).

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.

Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will examine the speed trading industry from various angles, in an opened and unbiased environment highly conducive to networking. Topics to be discussed at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 will include:

– Low Latency: How can Ultra-Low Latency be Achieved for High-Frequency Trading?
– Emerging Markets: How will Emerging Markets from Brazil to China Affect the Scope of High-frequency Trading?
– Robotic Markets: As High-frequency Trading Embraces Robotic Markets Worldwide, How Will Participants be Able to Find new Opportunities to Sustain Alpha Creation?
– Regulatory Impact: With High-frequency Trading in the Spotlight, how will New Regulations Change the Industry?
– The Future of HFT: How will High-frequency Trading Evolve in Ever-changing Technology and Regulatory Environments?

Tech2Trade Expo 2013, to be held in New York City, London, Chicago, Singapore and Frankfurt, is the world’s most influential alternative investments forum for the hedge fund, high-frequency trading and derivatives communities. With dozens of practitioners, experts and regulators speaking in our programs, Tech2Trade Expo 2013 provides hundreds of investors, traders and portfolio managers with the key lessons, proven recipes and penetrating insights they are looking for to capture alpha in up and down markets.

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to download our Information Package or contact Golden Networking directly by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to information@goldennetworking.net.

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Software, Technology

Zevrix Updates ArtOptimizer for Adobe Illustrator CC Compatibility

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Zevrix Solutions announces ArtOptimizer 2.7, a compatibility update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe Illustrator. ArtOptimizer allows to reduce Illustrator link size and speed up processing by automatically eliminating excess image data and performing essential image adjustments. The software lets users save gigabytes of disk space, accelerate file output and cut costs through faster processing. The new version makes ArtOptimizer compatible with Illustrator and Photoshop CC.

Toronto (ON), Canada — Zevrix Solutions announces the release of ArtOptimizer 2.7, a compatibility update to its workflow automation solution for Adobe Illustrator. ArtOptimizer lets users reduce Illustrator link size, accelerate output and reduce production costs by automatically eliminating excess image data and performing essential image adjustments. For example, with just a click of a button users can:

-scale images to match their dimensions in Illustrator,
-change their resolution to 300 dpi,
-convert all RGB images to CMYK,
-merge layers or delete hidden ones,
-run a Photoshop Action on each image.

In order to eliminate excess image data, ArtOptimizer automatically scales the images in Photoshop to match their dimensions in Illustrator, changes resolution according to the target resolution specified, and reimports images to Illustrator at 100%. As a result, the size of Illustrator job can be reduced dramatically – some jobs can shrink in size by half and more.

The new version makes ArtOptimizer compatible with the recently released Illustrator and Photoshop CC featured as part of Adobe Creative Cloud. The update is free for the licensed users of ArtOptimizer.

ArtOptimizer can dramatically benefit the workflows of service providers, printers, ad agencies and publishing houses:

–Save gigabytes of disk space.
–Accelerate document output to printer and PDF.
-Save endless hours – and even days – of optimizing images manually.
-Save valuable time transferring jobs to outside sources.
-Cut costs through faster processing.

Zevrix also makes the LinkOptimizer software, a similar tool to optimize links in Adobe InDesign documents.

Pricing and Availability:
ArtOptimizer can be purchased from the Zevrix Solutions web site for US$119.95, as well as from authorized resellers. Trial is also available for download. ArtOptimizer is available for Mac OS X 10.5-10.8, a Universal Binary, and works with Adobe Illustrator CS3-CC.

About Zevrix Solutions

Located in Toronto, Canada, Zevrix Solutions provides productivity solutions for Adobe Creative Suite software, PDF and graphic file diagnostics, as well as Microsoft Office on Mac OS. Zevrix Solutions is dedicated to helping professionals achieve more while doing less through automating their everyday tasks, producing error-free documents, saving disk space and cutting production costs. For more information, visit http://www.zevrix.com.

Contact:
Leo Revzin
Owner
Zevrix Solutions
105 McCAUL St, Suite 301
Toronto Ontario M5T 2X4 Canada
858-206-0607
media@zevrix.com
http://www.zevrix.com