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8:15 am

Registration Opens — Welcome Coffee Break

The registration desk will remain open throughout the entire conference.

8:45 am

The Benefits Of Optionality — The Index For The 21st Century And Nasdaq-100 Index Options Growth sponsored by Nasdaq

This exclusive session is by invitation only.

10:00 am

Gourmet Coffee Station sponsored by Optiver

10:15 am

The Systematic Strategies Investor Forum — Perspectives And Opportunities sponsored by Macquarie

This exclusive session is by invitation only.

10:15 am

Opportunities In European Volatility Markets sponsored by Eurex

This exclusive session is by invitation only.

11:50 am

Women In Multi-Asset Networking Lunch

This exclusive session is by invitation only.

12:50 pm

EQDerivatives Opening Remarks

Laura Lalinde, chief executive officer, EQDerivatives
Kathrine Fiksdal, senior manager, content and investor relations, EQDerivatives

12:55 pm

Perspectives On Systematic Strategies

Yoni Epelbaum, director, equity structuring, Societe Generale

1:25 pm

From Crowding To Crypto — Tackling Multi-Asset Challenges In 2024

Moderator: Sara Pollock, director, multi-asset indices, S&P Dow Jones Indices

 

Panelists:

  • Elizabeth Burton, managing director and client investment strategist, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Shailesh Parmar, senior vice president and portfolio manager, Acadian Asset Management
  • Yesim Tokat-Acikel, managing director, portfolio manager, Principal Asset Management
2:10 pm

Fireside Chat — Effective Systematic Overlays And Income Strategies In The Tech Ecosystem

Moderator: John Black, head of index options, Nasdaq

 

Panelists:

  • Devang Gambhirwala,managing director and portfolio manager, PGIM Quantitative Solutions
  • Paul Kim, chief executive officer and co-founder, Simplify Asset Management
2:40 pm

Networking Break sponsored by Deutsche Bank

3:25 pm

Fireside Chat — Next Generation Of Volatility Products

Moderator: Rob Hocking, SVP, head of product innovation, Cboe

 

Panelists:

  • Annabelle Edon-Baldwin, chief revenue officer, SpiderRock
  • Tim Edwards, managing director, global head of index investment strategy, S&P Dow Jones Indices
  • Noel Smith, managing partner and CIO, Convex Asset Management

 

3:55 pm

Timing, Pricing And Trading — How To Harness Volatility In 2024

Moderator: Tim Brace, vice president, equity and index sales, Eurex

 

Panelists:

  • Robby Knopp, co-head of S&P options trading, Optiver US
  • Thorsten Koop, director, volatility and protection strategies, Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS)
  • Steve Richey, co-CIO, head of convexity alpha, QVR Advisors
4:40 pm

Bracing For The Storm: Three Steps To Anticipate Market Disruption

Julien Turc, head of the QIS lab, BNP Paribas

5:05 pm

What To Monetize, How To Diversify — Opportunities In QIS Investing

Moderator: Faheem Osman, managing director – global head of QIS structuring, Macquarie

 

Panelists:

  • Scott Hixon, portfolio manager and head of research, Invesco
  • Matthew Schwab, head of investor relations, Quantix Commodities
  • Ramon Verastegui, managing director, Kairos Investment Advisors
5:55 pm

Networking Reception sponsored by Beacon Platform

7:30 pm

Day One Concludes

9:05 am

Opening Remarks

Kathrine Fiksdal, senior manager, content and investor relations, EQDerivatives

9:10 am

Why Quant Credit Isn’t Like Quant Equity

Graham Rennison, executive vice president, PIMCO

9:40 am

The Continued Rise Of Option Income ETFs — Are They A Risk?

Moderator:  Jason Roelke, head of institutional derivatives sales, Citadel Securities

 

Panelists: 

  • Gavin Filmore, chief revenue officer, Tidal Financial Group
  • Corey Hoffstein, co-founder and chief investment officer, Newfound Research
  • Matt McFarland, senior vice president, Vest Financial
  • Jay Pestrichelli, co-founder and managing director, ZEGA Financial
10:20 am

A Macro Approach — EM To DM

Moderator: David Lutz, senior vice president, HKEX

 

Panelists:

  • Michael Green, portfolio manager and chief strategist, Simplify Asset Management
  • Vishnu Kurella, founding portfolio manager, Volar Capital Management, A Millennium Platform Company
  • Zhiwei Ren, portfolio manager and managing director, Penn Mutual Asset Management
10:55 am

Networking Break

11:30 am

Overcoming Misconceptions In Volatility Investing

Anthony Morris, global head of quantitative strategies, Nomura

11:55 am

Digital Assets — The End Of The Beginning, Not The Beginning Of The End

Moderator: Elinor Comlay, managing editor, EQDerivatives

 

Panelists:

  • Derek Devens, managing director, Neuberger Berman
  • Paul Eisma, Independent
  • Hamiz Mushtaq Awan, partner, Plutus21 Capital
12:20 pm

Analyzing Convexity And Volatility Quant Strategies

Pierre Trecourt, co-founder, PremiaLab

12:45 pm

Networking Lunch

1:55 pm

Not Your Grandma’s Annuities — An Interactive Session

  • Braj Agrawal, managing trader/portfolio manager, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
  • Kun Qiu, co-head of investment solutions, Security Benefit
  • Phon Vilayoune, founder and CEOr, Veta Investment Partners
2:30 pm

Designing Tail Hedging And Defensive Portfolios

Moderator: Anna Fortus, executive director, US pension, endowment and foundation derivatives sales, JPMorgan

 

Panelists:

  • Madeleine Choi, senior investment analyst – strategy and allocation, UPS Group Trust
  • Alexandru Grigorescu, director of investment, American Red Cross
  • Mayank Gupta, quantitative researcher, alternative risk premia, Fidelity Investments
3:05 pm

Networking Break

3:30 pm

Fireside Chat: Tomorrow’s Markets Today — Navigating The Future Of Equity Derivatives

Moderator: Paul Woolman, executive director, global head of equity index products, CME Group

 

Panelists:

  • Matt Glazier, senior vice president, Prudential
  • Ram Kelkar, principal and managing director, Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC
4:00 pm

Meat On The Bone — Can Position Transparency Add Value For Managing QIS Portfolios

Alejandro Bonilla, chief executive officer, LumRisk
Farouk Jivraj, portfolio manager and head of alternative risk premia, Fidelity Investments

4:25 pm

Why Option Traders Should Think Like Poker Players

Chris Jacobson and Chris Murphy, co-heads of derivative research, Susquehanna Financial Group

4:45 pm

Future-Proofing — Portfolio Construction Strategies For 2024

Moderator: Dhvani Gupta, managing director and global head of QIS cross-asset volatility structuring, Barclays

 

Panelists:

  • Samuel Hikspoors, managing director – portfolio construction, risk and research, Trans-Canada Capital
  • Tim Jones, senior director of risk management, UTIMCO
5:20 pm

Global EQD 2024 Concludes

Kathrine Fiksdal, senior manager, content and investor relations, EQDerivatives

Global EQD 2024

Join cross-asset derivatives and quantitative peers to discuss innovations in portfolio construction, tail risk investing, relative value trading and portfolio diversification at the ninth annual volatility, multi-asset and systematic investing forum at Global EQD 2024 at The Wynn, Las Vegas in May.
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Join cross-asset derivatives and quantitative peers to discuss innovations in portfolio construction, tail risk investing, relative value trading and portfolio diversification at the ninth annual volatility, multi-asset and systematic investing forum at Global EQD 2024 at The Wynn, Las Vegas in May.

Tap into new approaches in fixed income, currencies and commodities through systematic implementation and learn about fresh developments in structured investments and hedging. Portfolio managers, traders and investors will take the stage to provide key insights and strategies in the current macro and liquidity environment.

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