- finance/insurance sector
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2nd Annual Investing and Trading in Volatility
Examining practical approaches to implementing volatility into the portfolio
Event Date: 3-4 Apr 2008
Location: 'A Five Star Venue To Be Announced Shortly', UK
- key conference speakers
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Michael Wexler Chief Investment Officer, Maple Leaf Capital Peter van Kleef Capital Partner, Lakeview Capital Market Services Scott Jamieson Head of Structured Products , Aegon Asset Management Dr. P.J. van der Sluis Senior Portfolio Manager, GTAA Fund, ABP Investments Jason MacQueen , Alpha Strategies and Apollo Advisors Ltd
- key conference topics
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- Profiting from volatility in the current environment
- How to incorporate volatility within your portfolio
- Arbitrage volatility strategies
- Pricing challenges within a volatility portfolio
- Volatility forecasting: Methods, models, key results and remaining issues
- key conference features
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- Learn how to profit from volatility in the current market
- Understand how to incorporate volatility within your portfolio
- Ascertain how volatility can be used as a hedging tool
- Strategies and models explained
- who should attend the conference
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From Institutional Investors, Fund and Asset Managers and Hedge Funds:
Heads, Directors and Managers of:
Portfolio Management
Investment Strategy
Alternative Investments
Product Development
Quantitative Research
Structured Products
Equities
Derivatives
Trading
From Investment Banks:
Heads, Directors and Managers of:
Equity Derivatives Sales and Marketing
Quantitative Research and Analysis
Equity Derivatives Trading
Derivatives Products
From Exchanges and Brokers:
Heads, Directors and Managers of:
Volatility Futures
Equity Derivatives Product Sales and Marketing
Derivatives Products
Business Development
Together with Law Firms, Financial Regulators and Industry Associations
- the conference organisers
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marcus evans specialises in the research and development of strategic events for senior business executives. From our international network of 63 offices, marcus evans produces over 1000 event days a year on strategic issues in corporate finance, telecommunications, technology, health, transportation, capital markets, human resources and business improvement.
Above all, marcus evans provides clients with business information and knowledge which enables them to sustain a valuable competitive advantage and makes a positive contribution to their success.
- conference speakers
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Michael Wexler
Chief Investment Officer
Maple Leaf Capital
Peter van Kleef
Capital Partner
Lakeview Capital Market Services
Scott Jamieson
Head of Structured Products
Aegon Asset Management
Frank van Etten
Senior Investment manager
ING Investment Management
Max Butti
Strategic Development Director
Liquid Capital
Institutional Investor Case Study: Variance swapsTaron Ganjalyan
Portfolio Manager
Shell
Dr. P.J. van der Sluis
Senior Portfolio Manager, GTAA Fund
ABP Investments
Patrick Houweling
Senior Quantitative Researcher
Robeco Asset Management
Peter Schwendner
Head of Quantitative Research
Sal. Oppenheim
Dario Brandolini
Director, Quantitative Management Products
Allianz Global Investors Italia
Ser-Huang Poon
Professor of Finance, Manchester Business School
University of Manchester
David McMillan
Professor of Finance, School of Management
University of St. Andrews
Jason MacQueen
Alpha Strategies and Apollo Advisors Ltd
Luis De Juan
Head of Research
Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM)
Bertrand Delarue
Global Head of Product Engineering
BNP Paribas
- general enquiries
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Anne Flamant
Marcus Evans
11 Connaught place
London, W2 2ET
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 3002 3282
Fax: +44 (0) 20 3002 3016
Email: annefl@marcusevansuk.com
- sponsorship opportunities
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Nisha Vyas
11 Connaught Place
LONDON
W2 2ET
Telephone: +44(0)20 3002 3171
Fax: +44 (0)20 3002 3484
Email: nishav@marcusevansuk.com
- conference quote
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"“Explore the prominent challenges and practical solutions when considering the investment in and trading of volatility”"
“This conference will prove to be a significant development towards understanding the current market and the practical approaches to investing and trading in volatility in order to best equip investors with the knowledge to increase their risk adjusted returns. Within this bigger picture, market players will demonstrate their strategies and will explore the issue of volatility objectively, explaining when gains and losses can be made when investing and trading in volatility.”
