Guest Speakers
2013
Michele Gambera
UBS Global Asset Management
"Macroeconomics and Investment Returns"
Matt Thompson and Mike Thompson
Advocate Asset Management LLC
"Perspectives on Exchange - Trade Volatility"
Thaddeus Yasunaga
Investment Analyst, Busey Wealth Management, Inc.
"Portfolio Construction"
2012
Tom Knorring
Vice President of Business Development, CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC
"The Options Market"
Peter Carr
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co; LLC
"How to Forcast from Market Prices"
Erik Doeff
Director of Financial Engineering, Chicago Trading Company, LLC
"Financial Engineering at CTC"
Mike Lipkin
Market Maker, Katama Trading, LLC
"Boundary Conditions and Event-Driven Finance"
John W. Labuszewski
Managing Director of Research & Product Development, CME
"Pursuing Alpha with Equity Index Futures"
Michelle McCarthy
Chief Risk Officer and Managing Director, Nuveen Investments
“Risk Management for Asset Managers” & “The Evolution of Market Risk Measures and Limits”
Thaddeus Yasunaga
Investment Analyst, Busey Wealth Management
“Risk Budgeting and Portfolio Construction”
2011
Terry Belton
Managing Director, Head of Global Fixed Income and FX Strategy, JPMorgan
“Financial Engineering in Fixed Income Markets”
Mike Lipkin
Market-Maker, Options Trader Katama Trading, LLC
“Hard-to-Borrow Securities, Asset Bubbles and Volatility”
Adolfo Peña
Nephila Capital Limited
“CAT Bonds as an Asset Class and Their Portfolio Construction”
Jonathan Ross
Senior Software Engineer, IMC Financial Markets
"Pricing and Risk in High Frequency Trading"
Erik Doeff
Director of Financial Engineering, Chicago Trading Company
"Financial Engineering at CTC"
James P. Marzano
Founder and CEO, Metrixx
“Common Counterparty Clearing in the OTC Markets”
Peter Carr
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
“Optionality and Volatility”
Richard Sandor
Chairman & CEO, Environmental Financial Products LLC
“Good Derivatives”
John Goode
Chief Information Officer, Boston Options Exchange
“Navigating the Options Exchanges”
2010
Eric Taylor
Corporate Recruiter, Citadel
“A Panel Discussion with Citadel: The Importance of Technology in a Hedge Fund”
Eric Chern
Managing Director, CEO, Chicago Trading Company
“The Role of Market Makers in the Industry and their Evolution”
Anoop Adya
Head of Software Development, IMC Financial Markets
“The Importance of Technology in Trading”
Tom Bolt
Director of Performance Management, Lloyd’s of London
“Insurance Market Risk Management - The Lloyd's Example”
Melanie Rubino
Education Director, Wolverine Trading LLC
“The Importance of Market Micro-Structure in a Proprietary Options Market-Making Trader”
Rick McVey
CEO, MarketAxess
“Trading and Structure in Fixed Income Securities Markets”
Dale Rosenthal
Assistant Professor, Finance, UIC
“Micro-Market Structure in the Equities Market”
Oleg Movchan
CRO, VARA Capital
“Risk Management in Hedge Funds Large and Small”
Carl Thoma
CIO, Thoma Bravo
“Risk Management in a Private Equity Fund”
Richard Yamarone
“Economic Indicators – Where the Economy is Now and What to Look For in the Future”
Nick Ronalds
Executive Director, Futures Industry Association Asia
“The Rise of Chinese Futures and Linkages with OTC and Exchange-Traded Securities”