Institutional Derivatives, Volatility Traders Meet
in Geneva, Switzerland, September 28-30
CHICAGO, IL, August 19, 2015 -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) will host the 4th annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC) Europe, from Monday, September 28, through Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at the InterContinental Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland.
Top traders, investors, strategists and researchers will attend CBOE RMC Europe to discuss the latest products and strategies for managing risk, enhancing yields and lowering portfolio volatility. This years conference features 16 sessions, with presentations and discussions led by 37 highly regarded industry experts.
Keynote speakers at CBOE RMC Europe include Edward Chancellor, financial historian, author and investment consultant, a former member of GMOs Asset Allocation team, and a columnist for Financial Times and Institutional Investor; and Paul Donovan, global economist, UBS, who is responsible for formulating and presenting the UBS Investment Research global economic view.
Some of the topics to be discussed are:
- The Consequences of Extraordinary Monetary Policy a Historical Perspective on the Current Environment
- New Benchmark Indices & Research on Fund Use of Options-Based and Volatility-Based Strategies
- Cross-Region and Cross-Asset Volatility Analysis for Investing and Hedging
- Harvesting Volatility Risk Premium as Volatility Starts to Turn
- More Value to Long-Dated Options Than Meets the Eye
- Correlations Between Stocks and Between Sectors
- Weeklys Options and Futures that Expire on a Weekly Basis
- Vanilla but Not Boring: Fixed-Strike Option Strategies
Registration and hotel information, a schedule of events and sessions, and a full roster of speakers are available at www.cboermcEurope.com. The website also features video interviews and social media highlights from the 31st annual CBOE RMC U.S. held in Carlsbad, California, in March. Please inquire about discounts for qualified end-users and complimentary registration for financial journalists.
During the conference, CBOEs website will feature live updates from CBOE RMC, including blogs from each of the sessions, and relevant conversations and photos posted on Twitter tagged #CBOERMC.
About the CBOE Risk Management Conference
The annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC) is the premier financial industry conference designed for institutional users of equity derivatives and volatility products. CBOE RMC marked its 31st year in the U.S. this year. The conference also is held annually in Europe and, for the first time, in Asia in 2015.
CBOE RMC is an educational forum dedicated to exploring the latest products, trading strategies and tactics used to manage risk exposure, enhance yields and lower portfolio volatility. CBOE RMC brings together top traders, strategists and researchers, enabling participants to learn the state-of-the-art in risk management from true experts in the field.
CBOE RMCs three-day agenda covers a variety of concepts, challenging attendees to think differently about how they manage positions, employ hedging techniques, utilize equity derivatives, and model and trade volatility. Topics, which range from basic derivatives applications to advanced trading concepts, are current and relevant. Strategy discussions are overlaid with examples of actual trades and real-market applications. See www.cboermc.com for additional information.*
About CBOE
CBOE, the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options and volatility trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education. CBOE Holdings offers equity, index and ETP options, including proprietary products, such as S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option, and options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (the VIX Index). Other products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, Weeklys options, FLEX options, and benchmark products such as the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM). CBOE Holdings is home to the world-renowned Options Institute and www.cboe.com, the go-to place for options and volatility trading resources.
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* Agenda and speakers may be subject to change.
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