CHICAGO, IL -- August 24, 2016 -- Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) will host the 5th annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC) Europe, Monday, September 26 through Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at the Powerscourt Hotel in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Top traders, strategists and researchers will attend CBOE RMC Europe to discuss the latest products and strategies for managing risk, enhancing yields and lowering portfolio volatility. The conference features 16 sessions over three days, with presentations and discussions led by more than 30 highly regarded industry experts.
The CBOE RMC Europe keynote speaker will be Jim VandeHei, co-founder of POLITICO, the digital media company that has revolutionized the political journalism space, who will offer insights, analysis and predictions on the U.S. elections.
Some of the topics to be discussed include:
- "New Developments in Options and Volatility-Based Benchmarks"
- "Constructing/Deconstructing Volatility Risk Premia Strategies"
- "Real Money: Institutional Liabilities and How Options Strategies Can Help"
- "Implementing Long Volatility Exposures"
- "Implementing Systematic Short Volatility Strategies"
- "Hedging with VIX Options"
- "Global Volatility Trading Opportunities with a Focus on Europe"
- "Volatility and the Allegory of the Prisoners Dilemma"
- "The Evolution of Options Strategies on the Buy Side Trading Desk"
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 32nd annual CBOE RMC U.S. held in Bonita Springs, Florida, earlier this year. 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 32nd year in the U.S. this year. The conference also is held annually in Europe and Asia.
CBOE RMC is an educational forum dedicated to exploring the latest products and strategies for managing risk, enhancing yields and lowering portfolio volatility. CBOE RMC brings together top traders, investors, strategists and researchers, enabling participants to learn the state-of-the-art in portfolio management from highly regarded industry experts.
CBOE RMCs multiday 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 ranging 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 options and futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) and S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option. 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, Livevol options analytics and data tools, 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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