​Caxton, Artemis, Arrowgrass, PIMCO, Man AHL, Salient Join Global EQD Vegas

Vishnu Kurella, partner at Caxton Associates, Christopher Cole, founder and CIO of Artemis Capital Management, Naren Karanam, partner at Arrowgrass Capital Partners, Jason Goldberg, portfolio manager at PIMCO and Russell Korgaonkar, director of investment strategies of Man AHL are among the thought leaders that will speak at Global EQD 2018, the Volatility & Alternative Risk Premia Forum, on May 23-24 at The Wynn Las Vegas. Registration is now open at www.eqderivatives.com/global-eqd. The full agenda will be released at the end of March. Day 1 of Global EQD 2018 will focus on volatility as an asset class. Sessions will feature the leading portfolio managers and traders active in volatility trading, with topics including a deep dive in to the market selloff in early February and whether it was a warm up act for what’s to come, the PnL attribution for volatility-based managers, and how risk recycling has evolved over the last 12 months. Day 2, which is focused on alternative risk premia, will include presentations on crisis risk offset and the many colours of CAPE, as well as panels on machine learning and the opportunities ahead in risk premia. Confirmed speakers at Global EQD 2018 include AQR Capital Management’s Roni Israelov, Headwaters Solutions’ Matt Rowe and Salient Partners’ Ben Hunt who will return as the conference keynote speaker. Sellside speakers are listed on www.eqderivatives.com/global-eqd. Further fund manager and investor speakers will be announced next week.