The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) will host the 31st annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC), from Wednesday, March 4 through Friday, March 6, 2015, at the Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad, California.
Top traders, strategists and researchers are expected to attend this year’s RMC to discuss the latest products and strategies for managing risk exposure, enhancing yields and lowering portfolio volatility. This year’s conference features 17 sessions, with presentations from more than 30 leading risk management practitioners. Strategy discussions are typically overlaid with examples of actual trades and real-market applications.
Some of the topics to be discussed include:
- “Volatility of Volatility”
- “Risk Premia and Volatility Selling Strategies”
- “Leveraging Cross-Asset Volatility Dynamics in Forecasting and Trading”
- “Correlations Between Stocks and Between Sectors”
- “Trends in Institutional Options and Volatility Product Usage”
- “Backtesting: A Practitioner’s Guide to Assessing Strategies and Pitfalls”
- “Art of Hedging”
- “Evolution of Options Strategies on the Buy Side Trading Desk”
This year’s keynote speakers include:
- Dean Curnutt, CEO, Macro Risk Advisors: “Steroids, Credit Growth and the Derivatives Blow Up Hall of Fame”
- Krag “Buzz” Gregory, Equity Derivatives Strategist, Goldman Sachs: “Volatility Around the World”
- Zachary Karabell, President, River Twice Research; contributing columnist to Reuters, The Atlantic, Slate, The Washington Post, Time and The Wall Street Journal: “How Leading Indicators Can Be Misleading, and How to Better Interpret Risks and Opportunities”
Registration and hotel information, a schedule of events and sessions, and a roster of speakers are available at www.cboermc.com. The website also features video interviews and social media highlights from the CBOE RMC U.S. held in Florida last March and CBOE RMC Europe held in Ireland last September. Please inquire about discounts for qualified end-users and complimentary registration for financial journalists.
During the upcoming conference, the website will provide live updates from CBOE RMC, including blogs from each of the sessions and all of the conversation and photos on Twitter tagged with #CBOERMC.