Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders: An Insider’s Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World, Published by in English by McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011), Mandarin by China Financial Publishing House (2012) and Bahasa Indonesia by Gramedia (2012).

New York City, NY, USA (June 3, 2013) — Edgar Perez, author of The Speed Traders and the forthcoming Knightmare on Wall Street (http://www.KnightmareonWallStreet.com), is the Opening Keynote Speaker at the Emerging Markets Investments Summit, June 3rd 2013, at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel in Poland (http://www.emisummit.com). Mr. Perez will address the audience on “Leveraging Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX”, areas included in his ongoing research on high-frequency and algorithmic trading in both developed and emerging markets.

The Emerging Markets Investments Summit is the premium forum bringing elite buyers and sellers together. As an invitation-only event taking place behind closed doors, the summit offers institutional investors and emerging market fund managers and consultants an intimate environment for a focused discussion of key new drivers shaping institutional asset allocations.

Developed via a profound dialogue with key market players and our extensive proprietary research, the Emerging Markets Investments Summit programme offers indispensable insights on:

– Exploring the Unexplored – Delving into high-yield asset classes in frontier markets to attain exponential returns and establish a stronghold on resources.
– African Safari – Venturing into the world’s most attractive emerging continent to reap opportunities across a wide spectrum of asset classes.
– Identifying the 2013 Gems – Pinpointing the most lucrative markets to accumulate maximum returns for your portfolio and gain a competitive advantage to fellow investors.
– Riding the Bull, Surviving the Bear – Feeling investor appetite to understand in which way markets will sway and how asset and stock prices will be affected.
– Tackling Overvaluation – Making a precise assessment on the actual market value of commodities, currency, real estate and other investments to avoid purchasing inflated assets.
– Considering Geopolitical Risks – Amassing intrinsic and reliable data on geo-political factors affecting markets of interest to make solid investment decisions.
– Exposure in the Red Zone – Minimising over-exposure to perilous ventures and increasing investment in high-yield asset classes for profitable and balanced portfolio performance.

Perez is widely regarded as the preeminent global expert in the specialized area of high-frequency trading. He wrote 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), in Mandarin by China Financial Publishing House (2012) and Bahasa Indonesia by Gramedia (2012). The Speed Traders (http://www.TheSpeedTraders.com) quickly became the most comprehensive, revealing work available on the most important development in trading in generations; The Speed Traders explains everything there is to know about how today’s high-frequency traders make millions, one cent at a time.

Perez is also course director of 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), seminars provided in Sao Paulo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Kiev, New York, Beijing and Shanghai. He was Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he taught Algorithmic Trading and High-Frequency Finance. Perez contributes regularly to The New York Times and China’s International Finance News.

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 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, 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.

For more information about Perez and The Speed Traders, readers are invited to visit his website http://www.TheSpeedTraders.com or follow him on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/TheSpeedTraders), Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/in/EdgarPerez), Twitter (http://twitter.com/MrEdgarPerez) and Weibo (http://www.weibo.com/EdgarPerez). For speaking engagements, requests can be submitted to jpetrova@thespeedtraders.com.

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