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

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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 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.

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.

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
516-761-4712
jpetrova@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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Top 20 Finance and Investing Leaders to Join World’s Most Influential HFT Conference in London

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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 (February 7, 2013) — “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” is the theme of High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com) forum that will provide attendees in London (March 21) with the most up-to-date review of where this ever-changing industry stands and is going through an inspiring keynote speeches:

– New European Union Regulation of Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading under MiFID II.
Mr. Philippe Guillot, Executive Director of the Markets Division, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)

– Lessons to be Learned from the Flash Crash, BATS, Nasdaq and Knight Capital.
Mr. Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders and Knightmare on Wall Street

– What the Foresigh Report Tell us About the Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets.
Professor David Cliff, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol and Foresight Project Member of the Lead Expert Group on Algorithmic Trading

Plus 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
– Mr. Chris Skinner, Chairman, Financial Services Club
– Professor Daniel Beunza, Lecturer, London School of Economics
– Mr. Giovanni Beliossi, Managing Partner, FGS Capital
– Mr. Hendrik Klein, Head Portfolio Manager, Da Vinci InvestAG
– Mr. Hirander Misra, Chairman, Forum Trading Solutions
– Ms. Izabella Kaminska, Blogger, FT Alphaville
– Mr. Joseph Noss, Financial Stability, Bank of England
– 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. 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
– More to be announced

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.

Topics that will be discussed at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 include the movement toward emerging markets, which is increasingly attuned to the use of bots, and the regulatory environment, specifically how new technologies are changing the game, including a look at the upcoming regulatory changes in both sides of the Atlantic.

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.

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

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Foresight HFT Lead Expert Oliver Linton to Keynote High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London

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Golden Networking brings 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.info).

New York City, NY, USA (January 16, 2013) — Professor Oliver Linton, Chair of Political Economy at Cambridge University and Foresight Project Member of the Lead Expert Group on Algorithmic and High-Frequency Trading, will speak at Golden Networking‘s upcoming High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” (http://www.High-Frequency-Trading.info), March 21, forum that will provide attendees from all over Europe 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
– Mr. Chris Skinner, Chairman, Financial Services Club
– Mr. Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders
– Mr. Hirander Misra, Chairman, Forum Trading Solutions
– Ms. Izabella Kaminska, Blogger, FT Alphaville
– Dr. Magrino Bini, Statistical Arbitrage Portfolio Manager, Millennium Partners
– Mr. Philip Stafford, FT Trading Room Deputy Editor, Financial Times
– Mr. Philippe Guillot, Executive Director of the Markets Division, Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF)
– Mr. Sam Tyfield, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP
– Professor Walter Distaso, Professor of Financial Econometrics, Imperial College London

Professor Linton is a member of the Government Office for Science Foresight Lead Expert Group on The Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets. Their final report, published in 2012, sheds new light on technological advances which have transformed market structures in recent years. This independent and international study has involved 150 leading experts from more 20 countries to provide the best possible analysis on computer trading to date. 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 in the field and explored how computer generated trading in financial markets will evolve over the next 10 years. It assembled and analyzed evidence on the effect of HFT on financial markets looking out to 2022.

Professor Linton holds the Chair of Political Economy at Cambridge University, having previously held the post of Professor of Econometrics at the London School of Economics. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and of the British Academy. A former Professor of Economics at Yale University, he is the author of over one hundred articles in the areas of econometric theory and financial econometrics. Within financial econometrics he is interested in high frequency data and in low frequency panel data issues.

His research interests are nonparametric and semiparametric methods, particularly as applied to bandwidth choice and to efficiency comparisons between first order equivalent procedures, leading to examination of practical problems such as how to choose bandwidth, the curse of dimensionality, and how to obtain good approximations to the actual sampling variability of the estimators. He is also interested in financial econometrics. Professor Linton has also acted in a consulting or advisory capacity for (among others) Hargreaves Lansdown, Rio Tinto, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Royal and Sun Alliance and Concordia Asset Management.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “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.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.high-frequency-trading.info) 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

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‘End of the World’ Special for Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 London, New York City and Chicago

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Golden Networking brings the World’s Most Influential High-Frequency Trading Conference Series, High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, now in London (March 21), New York City (May 30) and Chicago (October 8) (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (December 14, 2012) — With the end of the Mayan calendar and, according to some, the end of the world looming next week, Golden Networking is speaking out against these doomsday predictions by offering an “End of the World” 50% OFF special to courageous attendees who register for High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 in London (March 21), New York City (May 30) and Chicago (October 8) by midnight December 21, 2012, using discount code ENDOFTHEWORLD. Furthermore, if unfortunately the planet looks like it is heading for an apocalyptic end, Golden Networking will immediately give a no-questions-asked refund for life in the world beyond.

“Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” is now the theme of High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.HFTLeadersForum.com), conference series that will provide attendees in New York, Chicago and London with the most up-to-date review of where ever-changing speed trading industry stands through inspiring keynote speeches and thought-provoking panels.

High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013, “Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges” (http://www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com) will provide the insights speed traders and investors 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 share with attendees the information they are looking for in an open and unbiased environment, highly conducive to the most efficient and effective networking.

Topics that will be discussed at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 include the movement toward emerging markets, every time more attuned to the use of trading robots, the regulatory environment, how new technologies are changing the game, including FPGA applications, and a look at the upcoming regulatory changes that no doubt will impact trading firms around the globe.

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:
Sangeeta Nandi
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
516-761-4712
snandi@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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Volatility Arbitrage Expert, Dr. Magrino Bini, at Golden Networking’s High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012 London

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Golden Networking brings the World’s Most Influential High-Frequency Trading Conference Series, High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012, now in London, December 12 (www.High-Frequency-Trading-Conference.com).

New York City, NY, USA (October 21, 2012) — Dr. Magrino Bini, expert on trading of volatility and statistical arbitrage strategies in equity and listed derivatives, will be joining the most influential high-frequency trading conference in the world, Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012 London, December 12. With insightful keynote speeches and highly regarded panels, everybody involved in high-frequency trading will gain inside knowledge at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012, How Knight Capital’s ‘Knightmare on Wall Street’ Could Transform the Regulatory Landscape and Impact Investors, Speed Traders and Brokers”.

Dr. Bini is a scientist/quant-trader/portfolio manager whose main areas of expertise lie in alpha generation via statistical arbitrage and volatility arbitrage strategies, and in the design of fully automated trading systems and execution algos. He has developed a range of novel predictive quantitative models for mid to high frequency trading of equities globally and listed equity options in the US, he has also collaborated to the design of in-house trading systems built from the ground up.

Dr. Bini has served as quantitative strategist at UBS and IV Capital and more recently as Portfolio Manager at Capstone and Millennium Partners. He holds a PhD from Imperial College London in Turbulence Modelling and a MSc in Aeropace Engineering from University of Pisa (Italy). His academic interests concentrate around portfolio construction, Bayesian statistics and filtering techniques, signal processing and dynamical systems with focus on robust control and system identification theories.

Topics that will be discussed at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012 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 FPGA applications, and a look at the upcoming regulatory changes that will definitely impact how speed traders capture alpha.

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012 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:
Sangeeta Nandi
Media Relations Coordinator
Golden Networking
516-761-4712
snandi@goldennetworking.net
http://www.goldennetworking.net

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High-Frequency Trading World’s Capital Moving to China with The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Shanghai and Hong Kong

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Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders, Speaker at The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Shanghai (August 1) and Hong Kong (August 4): How Algorithmic and 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, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Moscow, Ho Chi Minh, New York, Dubai and Chicago).

New York City, NY, USA (July 26, 2012) — The high-frequency trading world’s capital is moving to China this August with Mr. Edgar Perez, author of The Speed Traders, and former McKinsey & Co. consultant and New York University Adjunct Professor, presenting The Speed Traders Workshop 2012: How Algorithmic and High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX (http://www.TheSpeedTradersWorkshop.com), in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

As Mr. Perez will cover, high-frequency trading is the use of sophisticated technological tools to trade securities like stocks or options, and is typically characterized by several distinguishing features:

– Highly quantitative, employing computerized algorithms to analyze incoming market data and implement proprietary trading strategies.
– Investment positions are held only for very brief periods of time, from seconds to hours, and rapidly traded into and out, sometimes thousands or tens of thousands of times a day.
– No net investment position at the end of a trading day.
– Mostly employed by proprietary firms or proprietary trading desks in hedge funds and banks.
– Very sensitive to the processing speed of markets and of their own access to the market.

Top securities firms and traders from China, Hong Kong and Singapore trading at Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE), Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE), Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx), and Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), are joining these enlightening workshops, which display an agenda full of information and insights, as can be seen through the following sessions:

1. Understanding High Frequency Trading in Equities and other Asset Classes
– The need for speed and sophisticated computer programs in generating, routing, and executing orders
– Co-location and individual data feeds to minimize latency
– Time-frames for establishing and closing highly-liquid positions
– Review of the most important strategies: market making, trend following, value arbitrage and others

2. Key Enablers for High Frequency Trading
– Technological innovation: computing power, complex event processing, and low-latency bandwidth
– Shift to electronic trading and the rise of alternative trading systems
– In-depth look at strategies high frequency traders leverage to find alpha in equities, options, futures and FX
– The profitability of typical high frequency trading strategies and its evolution

3. Global Regulatory Overview: from the U.S. and Europe to China and Brazil
– Regulations in place before the “flash crash”
– Proposed regulatory initiatives after the “flash crash” in the U.S. and Europe, circuit breakers, limit up limit down and consolidated audit trail
– High frequency trading in Asia, from Japan, Singapore and India to Hong Kong and China
– Regulating speed trading to samba beats: Brazil and Mexico

4. The Future of High Frequency Trading
– Enhancing profitability: from equities to FX to cross-asset trading
– High frequency trading in the world: from the U.S. and Europe to China and Brazil
– Adding ammunition to the high frequency trader toolkit, FPGA, GPUs and enhanced technologies
– Turning the tables on high frequency trading: the transparency challenge for the buy-side

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), in Mandarin by China Financial Publishing House (2012) and currently being translated into Bahasa Indonesia and Portuguese. He 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, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Moscow, Ho Chi Minh, New York, Dubai and Chicago), and was Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he taught Algorithmic Trading and High-Frequency Finance. He contributes regularly to China’s International Finance News.

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 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.

Mr. 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, Mr. 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).

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.

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