Hong Kong shares slide, Chow Tai Fook hammered;The Speed Traders Workshop

2012 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 shares tumbled on Thursday, underperforming Asian peers due to weakness in Chinaexposed consumer names as Chow Tai Fook Jewellery posted anaemic quarterly earnings, adding to fears that sluggish domestic demand will crimp profitability. Lacklustre turnover pointed to caution with a slew of Chinese economic figures still expected in the next few days, including second-quarter GDP data on Friday that is expected to show the weakest growth in at least three years. The China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong shed 1.9 percent. Onshore Chinese markets were mixed. The large cap-focused CSI300 Index inched up 0.1 percent, but the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.3 percent. 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.