UChicago Finance Professor, Yuri Balasanov, Speaks at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum Chica

Feb. 5, 2013 - PRLog -- Golden Networking brings the World’s Most Influential High-Frequency Trading Conference Series, High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago, October 8 (http://www.HFT-Leaders-Forum.com)

(January 31, 2013, New York) Mr. Yuri Balasanov, Professor of Financial Mathematics at the University of Chicago, will be among other high-profile panelists at Golden Networking‘s upcoming High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 Chicago (http://www.high-frequency-trading.info), "Strategic and Tactical Insights for Investors, Speed Traders, Brokers and Exchanges", October 8, forum that will provide attendees in Chicago 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.

Yuri Balasanov is the Head of Trading Research at Toji Trading Group, as well as the President and founder of Research Software International. He serves as Faculty at The Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics and Program on Financial Mathematics at the University of Chicago.

Toji Trading Group specializes in proprietary trading in futures, options on futures and forward contracts on major exchanges around the world. Research Software International has provided consulting services for the financial industry for more than 20 years. The Stevanovich Center for Financial Mathematics of the University of Chicago advances the understanding of the increasingly complex world of financial markets by integrating mathematics, statistics, and economics.

Yuri has worked in financial industry since 1991. He has been teaching Financial Mathematics at the University of Chicago since 1997. Yuri has served as a leading quantitative researcher at Chicago Research and Trading, Bank of America, and Ritchie Capital Management. He has more than 10 years of experience as a quantitative trader and risk manager. He has held the positions of chief investment officer at Lotsoff Capital Management and AQ Strategies.
Prior to becoming an industry practitioner, Yuri taught at the Moscow State University, Russia, where he also received his Master's degree in Applied Mathematics and Ph. D. in Probability and Statistics.

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

Topics that will be discussed at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2013 (http://www.high-frequency-trading.info) 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.HFT-Leaders-Forum.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.