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Speed Traders Workshop 2012 in Hong Kong
The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Hong Kong: How Algorithmic and High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX, August 4th, 2012. Hong Kong stocks have closed 0.13 per cent lower, reversing modest gains made earlier in the session on a positive lead from the United States and Europe. The benchmark Hang Seng Index gave up 25.78 points on Wednesday to close at 19,709.75 on turnover of HK$45.78 billion ($A5.76 billion). Chinese shares ended flat, edging down 0.08 per cent. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both A and B shares, lost 1.87 points to end at 2,227.32 on turnover of 52.4 billion yuan ($A8.10 billion). Mr. Perez is widely regarded as the preeminent speaker and networker in the specialized area of high-frequency trading. He is author of The Speed Traders, An Insiders Look at the New HighFrequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World (http://www.thespeedtraders.com), published by McGraw-Hill Inc. (2011) and currently being translated into Chinese, course director of The Speed Traders Workshop 2012, How Algorithmic and High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX (Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Seoul, and Kuala Lumpur), and founder of Golden Networking. Mr. Perez has been featured on CNBC Cash Flow (with Oriel Morrison), CNBC Squawk Box (with Geoff Cutmore), BNN Business Day (with Kim Parlee), TheStreet.com (with Gregg Greenberg), Channel NewsAsia Business Tonight and Cents & Sensibilities (with Lin Xue Ling), NHK World, iMoney Hong Kong, Hedge Fund Brief, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Valor Econmico, 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, CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University and Pace University, among other institutions. In addition, Mr. Perez has spoken at Harvard Business Schools Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference (Boston), HighFrequency Trading Leaders Forum (New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, London, Singapore), MIT Sloan Investment Management Conference (Cambridge), High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour (New York), Institutional Investors Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis Society (Singapore), TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face (Seoul), 2nd Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia (London), among other global forums. The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Hong Kong (http://www.TheSpeedTradersWorkshop.com),

will reveal how high-frequency trading players are succeeding in the global markets and driving the development of algorithmic trading at breakneck speeds from the U.S. and Europe to India, Singapore and Brazil. The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Shanghai kicks off a series of presentations in the worlds most important financial centers: Beijing, China, May 30; Jakarta, Indonesia, June 13; Mexico City, Mexico, July 27; Hong Kong, August 4, and Moscow, Russia, August 10.