RMC Programme

Updated as of July 2, 2024, all times shown in MT

Subject to change

Description Time Speakers
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Registration

7:00 AM - 8:00 PM 

Networking Breakfast

7:30 AM - 8:45 AM 

Pre-RMC Academic Summit
Invitation Only

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM 

Networking Lunch

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM 

Education Session: Digital 
Presented by MeetAmi, registration required

12:30 PM - 4:30 PM 

Pre-RMC Networking Reception

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM 

Pre-RMC Dinner (Casual)

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM 
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Registration

7:00 AM - 8:30 PM 

Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 

Off-Site Networking Activities
Sponsored by Cannondale Bikes

8:30 AM - 3:00 PM 

Pre-RMC Roundtable: RIAs
Invitation Only

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM 

RMC Video Interviews

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 

Pre-RMC Roundtable: Insurers
Invitation Only

11:00 AM - 1:30 PM 

Pre-RMC Roundtable: Product Design & Innovation
Invitation Only

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM 

Welcome Reception & Dinner
 - State of the Derivatives Markets

Star Gazing Sponsored by Morningstar 

5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Dave Howson, President, Cboe Global Markets

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Networking Breakfast

7:00 AM - 8:45 AM 

Registration

7:30 AM - 8:00 PM 

Welcome to RMC

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM

Sara Levin, Director, WallachBeth Capital

Opening Remarks

9:05 AM - 9:10 AM

Catherine Clay, Global Head of Derivatives, Cboe Global Markets

CASE STUDY
Global Macro: A Look through the Lens of an Election Year

9:15 AM - 9:45 AM 

PANEL
Hedging Reality: Are Traditional Measures of Volatility Too Slow in the 0DTE World?

9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Dennis Davitt, CEO, Millbank Dartmoor Portsmouth
• Gary Franklin, Global Wealth Solutions, Raymond James​​​​​​
Euan Sinclair, Hull Tactical

ANALYSIS
Optimizing Tax Treatments: What’s the Next Frontier for Derivatives Products?

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM 

Networking Break

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM 

PRACTICAL APPLICATION (i)
Debating Dispersion Implementations 

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Noel Smith, CIO, Convex Asset Management

Networking Lunch

12:05 PM - 12:45 PM 

CEO KEYNOTE PANEL
How Indexing Is Forging the Path For Innovative Investing

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Fiona Bassett, CEO, FTSE Russell
Ron Bundy, President, Morningstar Indexes
Dan Draper, CEO, S&P Dow Jones Indices
Caleb Silver, Editor-In-Chief, Investopedia

PRACTICAL APPLICATION (ii)

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM 

PRACTICAL APPLICATION (iii)
Navigating the Next Wave: Short-Dated Equity Options – Peril or Opportunity!

2:20 PM - 2:45 PM

• Gary Franklin, Global Wealth Solutions, Raymond James​​​​​​

IMPACTFUL INSIGHTS
The Options Institute 2023 Research Grant: A Review of Results

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Rob Hocking, Global Head of Product Innovation, Cboe Global Markets
Alexandra Szakats, Head of The Options Institute, Cboe Global Markets

Networking Break

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM 

WHITEPAPER
Quantitative Approach to Systematic Portfolio Management

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM 

ANALYSIS
Alt Assets: From Carbon to Crypto and Everything In-Between

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM 

Networking Cocktail Hour
Sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM 

Networking Dinner
Sponsored by Cboe

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM 

On-Site Networking Activity

10:00 PM - 11:59 PM 
Friday, October 18, 2024

Networking Breakfast

7:30 AM - 9:00 AM 

PANEL
Generative AI: Practical Applications for Trading and Investing

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM 

RMC Conversations: ETFs
Registration Required

9:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Click HERE for detailed agenda

Networking Lunch

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM 

RMC Conversations: ETFs
Registration Required

12:30 PM - 1:55 PM

Click HERE for detailed agenda

Thank You Remarks

1:55 PM - 2:00 PM 

Off-Site Networking Activities**
Sponsored by Cannondale Bikes

2:00 PM - 7:00 PM