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Newly Appointed Executive Markets Director, AMF, at World’s Most influential London HFT Conference

March 12, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

Golden Networking hosts the World’s Most Influential High-Frequency Trading Conference Series, High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, March 21 (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (March 12, 2013) — Philippe Guillot the newly appointed Executive Director of the Markets Directorate, Autorité des Marchés Financiers, will be speaker at upcoming, Golden Networking‘s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, March 21. The Markets Directorate is a new entity formed in 2011 to monitor the markets, infrastructures and market stakeholders. With a headcount of around 40, it reports to the Asset Management and Markets Directorate, run by Arnaud Oseredczuk. The AMF Markets Division monitors financial markets, infrastructures and market stakeholders.

According to Waters Technology’s Steve Dew-Jones, regulators are giving Mifid I-which increased competition-a vote of confidence, but are also highlighting the increased complexity and unintended consequences that followed the legislation. In this regard, Guillot says that “market microstructure is incredibly fragile and we do not know exactly what will happen when we change it.”

Mr. Guillot added: “If you take the minimum resting time proposition, this is something that is very harsh and there is no way back after you have done it because if you put it at 500 milliseconds, afterward it will be very difficult to say, ‘Oh, maybe we should have put it at 480 or 520.’ Look at what happened in Mifid I. If you decide to create competition, it’s very difficult to come back, and you have lots of unintended consequences.”

Mr. Guillot began his career in finance in 1987 at DKL James Capel (now HSBC), where he held various positions focused on financial markets. In 1991 he joined Enskilda Securities as a market maker, first in Paris then in London. In 1998 he moved to Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux in Paris, taking over as head of Facilitation, before being appointed Group Trading Director in 2006, in Paris then London.

Throughout all these years, Mr. Guillot has played an active role in numerous working groups and market authorities dealing with MiFID issues. He was a member of the Securities Trading Committee of the AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe), and represented Cheuvreux with the Regulated Markets and MTF (Multilateral Trading Facilities). Mr. Guillot holds a degree in private law from Paris XI University.

The AMF was established by the Financial Security Act of August 1st 2003, and was formed from the merger of the Commission des Opérations de Bourse (COB), the Conseil des Marchés Financiers (CMF) and the Conseil de Discipline de la Gestion Financière (CDGF). The objective in amalgamating these bodies was to improve the efficiency of France’s financial regulatory system and to give it greater visibility. The AMF also lends its support to financial market regulation at the European and International levels.

Mr. Guillot, 50, began his career in finance in 1987, at DKL James Capel (now HSBC), where he held various positions working on the markets. In 1991 he joined Enskilda Securities as a market maker, first in Paris then in London. In 1998 he moved to Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux in Paris, taking over as head of Facilitation, before being made Group Trading Director in 2006, in Paris then London. Throughout all these years Philippe played an active role in numerous working groups and market authorities dealing with MiFID issues. He was a member of the Securities Trading Committee of the AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe), and represented Cheuvreux with the Regulated Markets and MTF (Multilateral Trading Facilities).

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 contact Golden Networking by calling +1-414-FORUMS0 or sending an email to info@goldennetworking.net.

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Golden Networking
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Healthcare

Be Certified in hCG for Weight Loss with the IAPAM and Qualify for Special MedMal Program

March 12, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

The IAPAM is committed to educating physicians in the industry’s best practices for hCG for weight loss. In support of this commitment, the IAPAM offers the industry’s most comprehensive hCG training for physicians who want to add hCG and other medical weight management programs to their practices. The IAPAM’s hCG training covers all the latest advancements in Medical Weight Loss, including: hCG, B6/B12 injections, ketogenic diets, VLCD and LCD, meal replacements, prescription medications for weight loss, and laser assisted liposuction. Now, attendees at the IAPAM’s hCG Training also qualify for a special medical malpractice insurance program.

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – March 11, 2013 — Since February 2010, the International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM) has offered the most comprehensive hCG/Physician Weight Loss Training program. The IAPAM’s hCG Training is a response to the overwhelming interest by patients and physicians alike, in hCG and other weight management treatments. The IAPAM’s hCG Training is also the only hCG Medical Weight Management program in North America approved for a special medical malpractice rate for those who have attended and have been certified by the IAPAM. This medical malpractice coverage is not offered to any other hCG training program.

These special medical malpractice insurance rates are not the only benefit to being certified by the IAPAM. The IAPAM’s program gives physicians “all the information and resources they need to start offering hCG and other medical weight loss treatments to their patients immediately upon returning to their practices,” emphasizes Jeff Russell, Executive Director of the IAPAM and one of the faculty presenting at the IAPAM’s hCG training.

Coupled with unsurpassed clinical and business intelligence, attendees will also receive a CD with resources like the IAPAM’s comprehensive hCG for Weight Loss medical history form, an informed consent form, waiting room presentations, staff phone scripts, job descriptions, etc. Equally, registrants receive the IAPAM’s hCG Physician Handbook and a sample of the IAPAM’s NEW Clean Start hCG Weight Loss Patient Kit, (http://iapam.com/aesthetic-resources/clean-start-weight-loss-program) which can be re-ordered and distributed to all hCG patients.

“Also, we not only cover hCG for weight loss, but B6/B12 injections, pharmacology, ketogenic diets, and VLCD/LCD meal replacement programs,” asserts Russell. “Through the development and delivery of this comprehensive and timely training, the IAPAM re-affirms its commitment to physicians, to provide the industry’s foremost aesthetic medicine and now medically supervised weight loss education. The IAPAM has long been recognized as the leading dermal filler and Botox training provider in North America, and now our hCG for Medical Weight Loss certification has also been recognized by a principal insurance provider.”

To register for the upcoming session of the IAPAM’s Physician hCG Weight Loss Training, please see http://www.iapam.com or contact the IAPAM at 1-800-219-5108 ext 708.

About the International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM)

The International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine is a voluntary global association of physicians and supporters, which sets standards for the aesthetic medical profession worldwide. The goal of the association is to offer education, ethical standards, credentialing, and member benefits to members around the globe. IAPAM membership is open to all licensed medical doctors (MDs), doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs), physicians assistants (PAs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and dentists (DDSs/DMDs). The IAPAM offers aesthetic medicine and hCG medical weight management programs, including: botox training, medical aesthetic training, laser training, physician hCG training, and aesthetic practice business training. Additional information about the association can be accessed through the IAPAM’s website (http://www.iapam.com) or by contacting:

Jeff Russell, Executive-Director
International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM)
1-800-219-5108 x708

Art

Luxury Apartment Community Chooses John R. Math Photography

March 11, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

John R. Math photography is pleased to announce that Cloud #15 was recently chosen for the 1717 Ridge Apartments, located in Evanston, IL.

Jupiter, Florida, USA – March 11, 2013 — John R. Math photography is pleased to announce that Cloud #15 was recently chosen for the 1717 Ridge Apartments, located in Evanston, IL.

The 1717 Ridge Apartments is a luxury 8 story, eco-centric, sustainable community. The developers choose Cloud #15 for their luxury development and they had the image enlarged to a size of 10′ x 4′, specifically to be a main feature for the building’s lobby. The developer of the 1717 Ridge Apartments is Atlantic Realty Partners, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia. Their website is http://www.1717evanston.com.

The image Cloud #15 was selected from Math’s “Cloud” series. The cloud series shows a varied and colorful group of abstract clouds that have been created by Math since 2006. Math states this about his series, “Clouds are an ever present, ever changing abstract environment, created by the ultimate artist, God. I am simply the conduit and recorder in presenting his art.”

Victoria Nicodemus, Project Coordinator for Chicago Art Source arranged and coordinated the sale and installation of the art for 1717 Ridge Apartments. Chicago Art Source provides a full range of corporate artwork services including art consultation, art acquisition, custom framing, installation and project management. The firm is located at 1871 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614. Their telephone number is (773) 248-3100 and their website is http://www.chicagoartsource.com.

About John R. Math Photography

John R. Math Photography is based in Jupiter, Florida. Mr. Math specializes in photographic abstracts and impressionistic landscapes. Living near the ocean, John also shoots horizons, seascapes and waves. He creates “Focus Images” which depicts the essence of a natural object or place. This essence may be a distinguishable element of an object or an overall feeling that one would derive from being subjected to that particular focus.

Mr. Math’s photographs have not been manipulated with any type of digital software or by any digital filter system or technique. His portfolio can be viewed here http://www.johnrmath.com.

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Business

Edgar Perez, High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London Debunks Yuri Milner’s Wishful Thinking

March 11, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

New York City, NY, USA (March 9, 2013) — Mr. Edgar Perez, author of The Speed Traders and the forthcoming Knightmare on Wall Street and keynote speaker at Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, March 21, gives Facebook, Wikipedia and Google’s dominant positions only ten years, before new entrants steal their crowns and establish new ways to do business.

In an interview at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, Yuri Milner, the Russian investor whose early bet on Mark Zuckerberg’s firm made him a billionaire, had said companies like Facebook, Google and Wikipedia would still exist a century from now because their services gain momentum the more people use them. “All three have amazing network effects,” said Milner, the co-founder and chief executive officer of DST. “Chances are that those are long survivors.”

Milner has long believed that the internet would develop into a “global brain”, which is often described as an intelligent network of individuals and machines, functioning as a nervous system for the planet Earth. He also has envisaged that the advent of the Internet of things and ever increasing use of social media and participatory systems such as Twitter, Facebook, and Wikipedia would increase our collective intelligence.

Richard Foster, the Creative Destruction author referred by Forbes as The Wizard of Innovation and speaker at China Leaders Forum, was in the 80s in a search for “the excellent company”, the all-seeing, all-knowing, all-wise company that made all the right moves in advance, and that made more money for its shareholders than any of its competitors. This was the permanent outperformer stock, the really good deal, he said. Foster looked at 4,000 companies over 40 years; he concluded there was no such company, and there never had been such a company! No company had been able to outperform the market for any substantial length of time. (GE once came as close as any, but didn’t do any better than the overall market index, Foster reflects). Somehow the market, managed by nobody in particular, was performing better than all the brains on the planet.

Why is it that no company can outperform the markets for a long time? Foster thinks there are several reasons, but the most important is something called legacy cost. All companies have legacy costs, which are created the moment a company makes a commitment of time or resources to a particular course of action. And when a company is challenged to do something new, to take a new course of action, it has a hard time abandoning its legacy costs. Companies argue that the incremental cost of making a slight improvement to an existing product or service is much better than the full cost of developing something new from scratch. In doing so, the company attempts to optimize between the old and the new. This takes the decision making power away from the customer, and it’s a bad direction to go in. Markets, however, just charge on ahead with the new, because new entrants don’t have any legacy costs to deal with, says Mr. Perez.

Just last week, Facebook’s new News Feed made some welcome cosmetic changes. But it didn’t go very far in addressing the social network’s deeper issues. Fortune’s Kevin Kelleher talks about the vulnerabilities Facebook is facing since it went public. Facebook is facing more powerful competitors and two important yet sometimes contradictory mandates, to create a service that will engage its users, and to make money that will satisfy investors; Facebook’s presentation played down those facts. How intrusive these ads strike users will depends on the algorithms Facebook designs to insert them in feeds.

So while Facebook’s new news feed makes some cosmetic fixes that users are likely to welcome in time, they don’t go very far in addressing rising competition from newer social networks and the uneasy balancing act between users and advertisers. Those are the legacy costs Foster refers too, which new entrants that will grow into becoming new leaders never face. Legacy costs never stopped Wikipedia and Google from dethroning leading institutions called Britannic Encyclopedia and Yahoo!

For Mr. Perez, to think that new companies will take a century to remove Facebook, Wikipedia or Google from their leadership positions is no more than wishful thinking; these firms have at most 10 years to milk their cows and make the big decision: change or die. While Milner appears not to have a vested interest in Wikipedia or Google, he might as well start cashing in on his already wildly profitable Facebook bet. Somebody in some garage is already building a better mousetrap, Mr. Perez concludes.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” (http://www.HFT-Leaders-Forum.com) will bring insights for investors and speed traders who need to protect and refine their competitive advantage in a world dominated by algorithmic and high-frequency trading. Recognized practitioners, regulators, experts, and strategists will return to High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 to provide attendees with the information they are looking for in an open and unbiased environment, highly conducive to the most efficient and effective networking.

Mr. 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).

Mr. 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.

Mr. 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, Mr. 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.

Mr. Perez has been engaged to present to the 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 (Shanghai) and Pace University (New York), among other public and private institutions. In addition, Mr. Perez has spoken at a number of global conferences, including CME Group’s Global Financial Leadership Conference 2012 (Naples Beach, FL), 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).

Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Mr. 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. Mr. Perez resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.high-frequency-trading-conference.com) 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 contact Golden Networking by sending an email to info@goldennetworking.net.

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

Business

Azul Systems to Sponsor HFT Leaders Forum 2013, Most Influential High-Frequency Trading Conference

March 9, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

New York City, NY, USA (March 9, 2013) — Azul Systems, the award-winning leader in Java runtime scalability, announced its sponsorship of the most influential high-frequency trading conference in the world, Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London, March 21. Anyone interested or involved in high-frequency trading will be able to gain inside knowledge at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com) “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges,” which brings insightful keynote speeches and highly regarded panels.

As part of its support for the conference, Mr. David Mills, Director, EMEA, Azul Systems, will be joining the panel “Low Latency: How to achieve Ultra-Low Latency for High-Frequency Trading”. As high-frequency trading moves towards multi-asset classes running multi-legged strategies demanding even faster execution, the panel will look at ultra-low latency performance technologies. How will architectures evolve to meet the latency challenge? How will wireless, cloud and big data technologies play in the speed race? How technology can enable modern applications to minimize latency while managing high throughput?

Azul Systems (http://www.azulsystems.com) delivers standards-based, low latency performance solutions for applications written in Java. Ideal for financial trading, messaging and CEP, Big Data, gaming and eCommerce, Azul’s technology is proven to improve both average and worst case response times for even the most demanding applications. Azul’s Zing JVM is the only solution that makes very large in-memory datasets practical for Java and eliminates the need for JVM tuning.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.High-Frequency-Trading.info) “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” will bring insights for investors and speed traders, who need to protect and refine their competitive advantage in a world dominated by algorithmic and high-frequency trading. Recognized practitioners, regulators, experts, and strategists will return to High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 to provide attendees with the information they are looking for in an open and unbiased environment, highly conducive to the most efficient and effective networking.

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

Entertainment, Music

Psychedelic Rock Band Cosmic Punch To Release Debut CD “Clay Pit Road” On April 16th

March 9, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

Alternative Psychedelic rockers Cosmic Punch will release Clay Pit Road, their debut CD for Sunset Records on April 16.

New York, NY, USA (March 08, 2013) — On Clay Pit Road, you can hear thick, colorful bass lines that synchronize with a heavy yet melodic guitar sound with some great harmonies creating a loud sound. Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Juan “Punchy” Gonzalez in the Mango, Florida area, the rest of CD (Drums, etc.) was recorded at the world famous Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Featuring Ryan Michalski on vocals, coupled with Juan Gonzalez, they make up Cosmic Punch, quintessential psychedelia rock music for the modern era. The full length nine (9) song CD entitled Clay Pit Road, is now being set for an April 16, 2013 release date with Sunset (Records).

Cosmic Punch’s enticing fusion of genres has been called “neo-psychedelia” and the band’s abstract reach with some heavy rock influences and an natural grooves to drift towards modern day psychedelia with its accessible lyrics on every song, it is a mind-expanding sound throughout the entire CD. The duo grew up listening classic rock, surf rock, grunge rock, alternative rock and anything with psychedelic melodies! The CD has something for all music fans with its hints of grunge, much like Tripping Daisy’s sound back in that early 90s era. And then add to it some heavy guitars, incredible harmonies, with a surf rock vibe and you get what is a big sounding psych band with some unique touches in every song, that should keep the band around for many albums and for a long music career.

Overall, Cosmic Punch’s debut album is a colorful collaboration by musicians Ryan Michalski and Juan “Punch” Gonzalez. The full length CD recording of their brand new album will be I stores on April, 16th, and the first music video is “Walk Away” which can be viewed online at the web site now, and the music video is being shown on the on the label’s (Sunset Records) web pages before it can be seen at all major outlets that show music videos (MTV, Music Choice, FUSE, more).

And the entire Clay Pit Road track listing is as follows:

1.) One Man Pop Band
2). How Do I
3). You’re Great
4.) Join the Party
5.) The Long Slow Road
6.) The First Time
7.) International Nerd Holiday
8.) Walk Away
9.) Bring You Down

The label (Sunset Records), has also already begun working the first few singles to radio stations (DJ Fresh / Brooklyn DJ Factory and DJ Anthony Gelo at SideTracks & Bar None, and more) all over the world for play, and to various news outlets (Ringmaster, Sunset Daily, Nike Talk Magazine, and more). Plus, the label is pushing this release (In Stores on April 16th) to major radio outlets all over the world (Modena Radio City at Radio Mela, Maurizio Santi in Gonnosfanadiga, Italy, DJMGee at Alando Palais in Wallenhorst, Germany, and more).

About Sunset Records
Creating a legacy for rock n roll artists, alternative music artists and pop rock artists, Sunset Records started to release new material in June of 2008, as a subsidiary of the Sunset Distribution Company. Headed by Chairman and Founder Don Lichterman, Sunset has signed and released music across a wide range of rock, pop, alternative, metal and soundtracks. Artists Include Federal Moguls (DJ Q-Ball (Bloodhound Gang)), Down From Zero, House On The Hill (#1 in Funk at MTVs Our Stage TWO (2) times in 2011/2012), Richtaste (Produced by Pat Aeby (Krokus), The Boy From Space (Produced by Fran Ashcroft (Dandy Warhols, Gorillaz), Joe Atman, Fisher, Cosmic Punch, Ryan Michalski and more signings coming soon!

Contact:
Jane Ackerman Brown
Sunset Records
410 Park Avenue
15th Floor, Suite 1530
New York, NY 10022
646.670.8589
E-Mail Contact
http://sunsetdistribution.wix.com/sunsetrecords#!cosmic-punch/c1y9c

Uncategorized

The Future of Computer Trading According to Her Majesty’s Foresight Report with Professor Dave Cliff

March 8, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

New York City, NY, USA (March 8, 2013) — “What the Foresight Report Tell us About the Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets” is the topic of closing keynote speaker professor Dave Cliff, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol and Foresight Project Member of the Lead Expert Group on Algorithmic Trading, at the most influential high-frequency trading conference in the world, Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, March 21 (http://www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

Advances in technology continue to transform how our financial markets operate. The volume of financial products traded through computer automated trading taking place at high speed and with little human involvement has increased dramatically in the past few years. For example, today, over one third of United Kingdom equity trading volume is generated through high frequency automated computer trading while in the US this figure is closer to three-quarters.

The new two-year Foresight study The Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets – An International Perspective, sheds new light on technological advances which have transformed market structures in recent years. The independent and international study has involved 150 leading experts from more 20 countries to provide the best possible analysis on computer trading to date. The aim of this project is to make a significant contribution to the challenges computer-based trading brings in the coming years and capitalize on the opportunities it has to offer.

It assembles and analyses evidence on the effect of HFT on financial markets looking out to 2022. A High Level Stakeholder Group, comprised of senior individuals from relevant institutions, provided strategic oversight for the project and advised on the key issues to be addressed.

Sponsored by Her Majesty’s Treasury, the project was led by the Government Office for Science under the direction of the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Sir John Beddington. It has involved leading experts, among them, Professor Cliff, member of the computer science team at the University of Bristol and Director of the UK Large Scale Complex IT Systems Initiative. Professor Cliff is the inventor of the seminal “ZIP” trading algorithm, one of the first of the current generation of autonomous adaptive algorithmic trading systems, which was demonstrated to outperform human traders in research published in 2001 by IBM.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com) “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” will bring insights for investors and speed traders, who need to protect and refine their competitive advantage in a world dominated by algorithmic and high-frequency trading. Recognized practitioners, regulators, experts, and strategists will return to High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 to provide attendees with the information they are looking for in an open and unbiased environment, highly conducive to the most efficient and effective networking:

– Professor Alex Preda, Professor of Accounting, Accountability and Financial Management, King’s College

– Ms. Arlene McCarthy, Vice Chair – Economics and Monetary Affairs Committee and Draftsperson, Market Abuse Directive, European Parliament

– Mr. Axel Pierron, Sr. VP, Securities & Investments, Celent

– Ms. Carol Clark, Sr. Policy Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

– Mr. Chris Skinner, Chairman, Financial Services Club

– Professor Daniel Beunza, Lecturer, London School of Economics

– Professor Dave Cliff, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol

– Mr. David Mills, Sales Director EMEA, Azul Systems

– Mr. Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders

– Mr. Giovanni Beliossi, Managing Partner, FGS Capital

– Mr. Hirander Misra, Chairman, Forum Trading Solutions

– Ms. Izabella Kaminska, Blogger, FT Alphaville

– Professor Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, Lecturer, London School of Economics

– Dr. Magrino Bini, Statistical Arbitrage Portfolio Manager, Millennium Partners

– Mr. Philip Stafford, FT Trading Room Deputy Editor, Financial Times

– Professor Philip Treleaven, Director, PhD, Centre in Financial Computing, UCL

– Mr. Philippe Guillot, Executive Director of the Markets Division, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

– Mr. Sam Tyfield, Partner, Vedder Price, P.C.

– Mr. Stuart Theakston, Head of Research and Automated Trading, GLC

– Dr. Tommi A. Vuorenmaa, Head of Research & Trading, Valo Research and Trading

– Mr. VJ Angelo, Director, Global Markets Exchange Group

– Professor Walter Distaso, Professor of Financial Econometrics, Imperial College London

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

Business

Global HFT Expert Edgar Perez, Keynote Speaker at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London

March 8, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

New York City, NY, USA (March 8, 2013) — Mr. Edgar Perez, author of The Speed Traders and the forthcoming Knightmare on Wall Street, will keynote Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, March 21, forum that will provide attendees in London with the most up-to-date review of where this ever-changing industry stands through an inspiring keynote speeches and thought-provoking panels with leaders in the field:

– Professor Alex Preda, Professor of Accounting, Accountability and Financial Management, King’s College

– Ms. Arlene McCarthy, Vice Chair – Economics and Monetary Affairs Committee and Draftsperson, Market Abuse Directive, European Parliament

– Mr. Axel Pierron, Sr. VP, Securities & Investments, Celent

– Ms. Carol Clark, Sr. Policy Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

– Mr. Chris Skinner, Chairman, Financial Services Club

– Professor Daniel Beunza, Lecturer, London School of Economics

– Professor Dave Cliff, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol

– Mr. David Mills, Sales Director EMEA, Azul Systems

– Mr. Giovanni Beliossi, Managing Partner, FGS Capital

– Mr. Hirander Misra, Chairman, Forum Trading Solutions

– Ms. Izabella Kaminska, Blogger, FT Alphaville

– Professor Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, Lecturer, London School of Economics

– Dr. Magrino Bini, Statistical Arbitrage Portfolio Manager, Millennium Partners

– Mr. Philip Stafford, FT Trading Room Deputy Editor, Financial Times

– Professor Philip Treleaven, Director, PhD, Centre in Financial Computing, UCL

– Mr. Philippe Guillot, Executive Director of the Markets Division, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

– Mr. Sam Tyfield, Partner, Vedder Price, P.C.

– Mr. Stuart Theakston, Head of Research and Automated Trading, GLC

– Dr. Tommi A. Vuorenmaa, Head of Research & Trading, Valo Research and Trading

– Mr. VJ Angelo, Director, Global Markets Exchange Group

– Professor Walter Distaso, Professor of Financial Econometrics, Imperial College London

Topics that will be discussed at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.HFT-Leaders-Forum.com) include the movement toward emerging markets, every time more attuned to the use of bots, the regulatory environment, how new technologies are changing the game, including a look at the upcoming regulatory changes that no doubt will be precipitated by Knight Capital’s trading glitch.

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

Business

FT Alphaville Dynamo Reporter, Izabella Kaminska, at World’s Top High-Frequency Trading Conference

March 8, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

New York City, NY, USA (March 8, 2013) — Popular financial blogger Izabella Kaminska, FT Alphaville, is joining the most influential high-frequency trading conference in the world, Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges”, March 21, forum that will provide attendees in London with the most up-to-date review of where this ever-changing industry stands through an inspiring keynote speeches and thought-provoking panels with leaders in the field:

Ms. Kaminska, who was described by Business Insider as a “dynamo reporter covering energy, central banks, ETFs, and market structure”, joined FT Alphaville in October 2008, which was of course the best time in the world to become a financial blogger. Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP’s internal magazine. She has also worked as a reporter on English language business papers in Poland and Azerbaijan and was a Reuters graduate trainee in 2004.

For one week in 2003, and one week only, she traveled on her own initiative to Kabul to report on Afghanistan’s emerging business and banking industry. She stayed with mercenaries, which was cool. She later sold the piece to a business magazine, which was also cool. The experience, however, taught her the valuable lesson of risk/return trade-offs.

Today she prefers to report from the mean streets of Geneva, Switzerland – a notorious European risk-aversion zone. Everything she knows about economics stems from a childhood fascination with ancient economies, specifically the agrarian land reforms of the early Roman republic and the coinage and price stability reforms of late Roman emperors. Her favorite emperor is one Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian.

She studied Ancient History at UCL, and has a masters in Journalism from what was then the London College of Printing. And yes, she is also a second-generation West London Pole (who likes mushroom picking, bigos and pierogi). She can be followed in Twitter @izakaminska.

Media Contact:
Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
516-761-4712
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

Entertainment, Music

Fisher Gets Funked Up at Sunset!

March 8, 2013 staronepr Leave a comment

Sunset (Records) is set to release the funk rock and jazz influenced debut Fisher CD, The Fligumwompf Satchel!

New York, NY, March 07, 2013 — Fisher is not only one of the accomplished musicians in the funk rock music scene today; he is also one of the deepest thinking musicians when it comes to his craft. The debut album by Fisher has been available on a minimal level, by the band, and the label (Sunset Records) has begun to set up this debut full length CD, for a worldwide release to stores and outlets distributed to by the Indie record label.

On April 9th, the popular Philadelphia rocker releases The Fligumwompf Satchel CD which is a jazz, funk, rock based album recorded with some of the top music artists in the Philly area. His (Fisher) band has a horn section with Chris Aschman on Trumpet, Ian O’Beirne on Saxophone and Jerred Antonacci and Paul Arbogast both play Trombone, along with other veteran players like drummers Andy Meyer and Roy Cole, bassists James Cooper and Kevin McLaughlin (Concord Road), keyboardists Terry DeAngelo and Anam Owili Eger and then Brian Tobianski plays on Synths and Percussion for the band and ensemble that worked on the CD. Fisher enhances the classic jazz and funk music scene today. The debut album is an upbeat collection of seven (7) original songs that are already being worked to radio (College, Funk). “Motown” has already begun getting spins at WXPN and “Furry Leverage,” “Talkin'” and “Havin A Time” have also been getting tracked airplay on radio, along with plays at clubs in Brooklyn and again, all over the world (DJ Fresh / Brooklyn DJ Factory, DJ Alex at Sabaku no Bara in Japan, Modena Radio City, DJ Anthony Gelo, SideTracks at Bar None, DJMGee at the Alando Palais in Germany and more).

What is an improvisational album produced by Brian Tobianski, and was recorded over a period of ten days at an Ohio based recording studio and production facility. The goal for the label (Sunset Records) is to keep things fresh, new and alive with this bright sounding album. The bands influences are with bands like Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown and Parliament, with hints of connectivity to the likes of Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Burning Spear and even an classical Indian and world music sound. The label’s commitment to the overall sense of direction and sound is evident by the freshness, and upbeat feel from the first song to the last one on the CD.

The album comes with a very special bonus “Rehearsal Recording” of the “Waves and Walls” song, and fans of funk-jazz-rock will be very excited to add this new CD to their collections. The band is setting up live dates (Recently played The Blockey, World Music Cafe, more) to play for the Philadelphia area fan base.

The Fligumwompf Satchel CD Track list:

1. Talkin’

2. Furry Leverage

3. Snowlock

4. Waves and Walls

5. Motown

6. Havin’ A Time

7. Spider Freak

About Sunset Records:
Creating a legacy for rock n roll artists, alternative music artists and pop rock artists, Sunset Records started to release new material in June of 2008, as a subsidiary of the Sunset Distribution Company. Headed by Chairman and Founder Don Lichterman, Sunset has signed and released music across a wide range of rock, pop, alternative, metal and soundtracks. Artists Include Federal Moguls (DJ Q-Ball (Bloodhound Gang)), Down From Zero, House On The Hill (#1 in Funk at MTVs Our Stage TWO (2) times in 2011/2012), Richtaste (Produced by Pat Aeby (Krokus), The Boy From Space (Produced by Fran Ashcroft (Dandy Warhols, Gorillaz), Joe Atman, Fisher, Cosmic Punch.

Contact:
Jane Ackerman Brown
Sunset Records
410 Park Avenue
15th Floor, Suite 1530
New York, NY 10022
646.670.8589
jane.brown@sunsetdistributioncompany.com
http://sunsetdistribution.wix.com/sunsetrecords#!fisher/c2374