New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/19/2011 -- Professor Craig Brown is Financial Economist at NUS Business School. His subfields of interest are financial intermediation, corporate finance, international finance, and political economy. His current research interests are the development and regulation of financial institutions, the interaction between politics and finance, investments in marketable securities by non-financial corporations, and the effects of analyst optimism on financial outcomes. His research appears in The Quarterly Journal of Economics and The Review of Financial Studies.

Professor Brown holds a BA from Rutgers University, in addition to an MPP and PhD from the University of Michigan. He lives in Singapore and likes to play golf and tennis when he is not doing research and teaching his corporate finance course at the National University of Singapore.

High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Singapore is produced by Golden Networking (http://www.goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Upcoming Golden Networking's Forums and Business Receptions include:

• Private Equity Happy Hour New York (http://pehappyhour.com), October 19, New York

• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour Hong Kong (http://hfthappyhourhongkong.eventbrite.com), October 27, Hong Kong

• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour Singapore (http://hfthappyhoursingapore.eventbrite.com), October 27, Singapore

• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour London (http://hfthappyhourlondon.eventbrite.com), November 3, London

• Hedge Funds Happy Hour New York (http://www.hfhappyhour.com), November 8, New York City

• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour New York (http://www.hfthappyhour.com), November 8, New York City

• The Speed Traders Workshop 2011 Singapore, "The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading" (http://thespeedtradersworkshopsingapore.eventbrite.com), November 13, Singapore

• High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Singapore, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumsingapore.eventbrite.com), November 13-15, Singapore

• The Speed Traders Workshop 2011 Hong Kong, "The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading" (http://thespeedtradersworkshophk.eventbrite.com), December 12, Hong Kong

• High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Hong Kong , "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumhongkong.eventbrite.com), December, 12-14, Hong Kong

• The Speed Traders Workshop 2011 Sao Paulo, "The Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading" (http://thespeedtradersworkshopsaopaulo.eventbrite.com), February 1, 2012, Sao Paulo

• High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Sao Paulo, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumsaopaulo.eventbrite.com), February 1-3, 2012, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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