For Immediate Release

Julia Petrova
Media Relations Coordinator
The Speed Traders
516-761-4712
jpetrovathespeedtraders.com
http://www.thespeedtraders.com
Edgar Perez, The Speed Traders, Presenting Workshop on
High Frequency Trading Strategies to Find Alpha, in
Jakarta, Indonesia
Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders, Will Lead The Speed Traders Workshop 2012, How High
Frequency Traders Leverage ProIitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX, in
Dubai, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Mexico City and Hong Kong
(December 1, 2011, New York) Edgar Perez will lead The Speed Traders Workshop 2012: How High Frequency
Traders Leverage ProIitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX
(http://www.thespeedtradersworkshop.com), in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 13, 2012. Mr. Perez, author oI The Speed
Traders, An Insider's Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is TransIorming the Investing
World (http://www.thespeedtraders.com), will reveal at The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Jakarta how high-
Irequency trading players are succeeding in the global markets and driving the development oI algorithmic trading at
breakneck speeds Irom the U.S. and Europe to India, Singapore and Brazil.
Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the Asian Iinancial crisis oI 199798. Against the US dollar, the rupiah
dropped Irom about Rp. 2,600 to a low point oI 14,000, and the economy shrank by 13.7. The Rupiah stabilized in
the Rp. 8,000 to 10,000 range and a slow but signiIicant economic recovery has ensued. However, political instability,
slow economic reIorm, and corruption slowed the recovery. Nevertheless, GDP growth averaged 5 between 2004
and 2006. The growth, unIortunately, was not able to make a widely real impact toward unemployment and poverty,
particularly due to the stagnant wages and rapid hikes in Iood, oil and gas price. Since 2007, however, with the
improvement in banking sector and domestic consumption, the national economic growth has been 6 annually and
this helped the country weather the 20082009 global recession. As oI 2010, an estimated 13.3 oI the population
was living below poverty line, and the unemployment rate was 7.1. Conversely, according to Asia Wealth Report,
Indonesia has the highest growth rate oI High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) predicted among the 10 most Asian
economies. By 2015, Indonesia will have up to 99,000 wealthy individuals with total wealth $478 billion. HNWI
means individuals with $1 million or more in investable assets excluding their primary residence.
The Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Jakarta opens the door to the secretive world oI high-Irequency trading, the most
controversial Iorm oI investing today; in the name oI protecting the algorithms they have spent so much time
perIecting, speed traders almost never talk to the press and disclose as little as possible about how they operate. The
Speed Traders Workshop 2012 Jakarta will reveal how high-Irequency trading players are succeeding in the global
markets and driving the development oI algorithmic trading at breakneck speeds Irom the U.S. and Europe to India,
Singapore and Brazil.
The Speed Traders, published by McGraw-Hill Inc., is the most comprehensive, revealing work available on the most
important development in trading in generations. High-Irequency trading will no doubt play an ever larger role as
computer technology advances and the global exchanges embrace Iast electronic access. The Speed Traders explains
everything there is to know about how today's high-Irequency traders make millionsone cent at a time. In this new
title, The Speed Traders, Mr. Perez opens the door to the secretive world oI high-Irequency trading. Inside, prominent
Iigures drop their guard and speak with unprecedented candidness about their trade. For more about The Speed
Traders, readers can visit its Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as the most popular online retailers, including
Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Borders, among others.
Mr. Perez, Adjunct ProIessor at the Polytechnic Institute oI New York University, is widely regarded as the
preeminent speaker and networker in the specialized area oI high-Irequency trading. He has been Ieatured on CNBC
Cash Flow (with Oriel Morrison), BNN Business Day with Kim Parlee, (with Gregg Greenberg), Channel NewsAsia
Asia Business Tonight and Cent & Sensibilities (with Lin Xue Ling), NHK World, iMoney Hong Kong, Hedge Fund
BrieI, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, TODAY Online
and Oriental Daily News. He has been engaged as speaker at Harvard Business School`s 17th Annual Venture Capital
& Private Equity ConIerence, High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 (New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Sao
Paulo, Singapore), CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute, Courant Institute oI Mathematical Sciences at
New York University (New York), Global Growth Markets Forum (London), Technical Analysis Society (Singapore),
TradeTech Asia (Singapore), FIXGlobal Face2Face (Seoul), 2nd Private Equity Convention Russia, CIS & Eurasia
(London), Middle East Hedge Funds Investors Summit 2012 (Dubai), among other global Iorums.
Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New
York City. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree Irom Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima, Peru (1994), a
Master oI Administration Irom Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master oI Business Administration Irom
Columbia Business School, 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.
Mr. Perez is one oI the great business networkers and motivators on the lecture circuit; he is available worldwide Ior
the Iollowing speaking engagements: Present and Future oI High-Frequency Trading, The Real Story behind the
"Flash Crash", Networking Ior Financial Executives, and Business Networking Ior Success.
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