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Futures & Options Course/ Series 3 Exam
When: July 27-28, 2010
Where: New York, NY
Who: Institute for Financial Markets, a nonprofit foundation and affiliate of the FIA Full Info: www.theIFM.org
Details:Our two-day course provides a strong foundation in the fundamentals of market theory and industry practice and goes into greater detail about the markets and products. The course covers topics such as trading theory and functions; margins, offset, settlement, delivery; option premiums, exercise, assignment and settlement: orders; hedging; spreading; strategies and calculations. Compliance rules and disclosures also are reviewed. The program includes two textbooks and requires about 4 hours of advance study before attending the course. Series 3 exam candidates will complete additonal self-study with materials provided as well as practice and refine test-taking skills on market knowledge and regulation before sitting for the actual exam using IFM's Series 3 PassMaster, a Web-based tutorial and simulated test program.
Who Should Attend:This course is geared to who needs an in-depth understanding of futures and options markets including market-users; compliance, IT and Ops staff; exchange and clearinghouse staff; regulators; policy-makers and Series 3 Exam candidates.
Treasury Futures Basis: Beyond the Risks
When: July 29, 2010
Where: New York City
Who: Institute for Financial Markets, a nonprofit foundation and affiliate of the FIA Full Info: www.theIFM.org
Details: This half-day course explores why one note or bond is "cheaper" than another. When yields move up or down enough to make a new security cheapest to deliver, the volatility of the various serial contracts will change too - necessitating changes to your spread ratios. This is important to understand even for a speculator who has no intention to ever make or take delivery. See website for course outline.
Who Should Attend:Anyone who holds, handles, trades debt instruments would benefit from this course. Attendees include new entrants to fixed income markets, finance analysts, junior research analysts, portfolio managers and traders, compliance managers, regulators, operations and systems staff or those with differing backgrounds such as equity professionals.
Making Sense of Credit Default Swaps(or CDS)
When: August 18, 2010
Where: New York City
Who: Institute for Financial Markets, a nonprofit foundation and affiliate of the FIA Full Info: www.theIFM.org
Details:This one-day course will provide an overview of the CDS markets – estimated at $40-$70 trillion in notional value – and how market participants use this product to express a view on a credit, or to hedge an undesirable credit risk. See website for course outline.
Who Should Attend:Asset managers, hedge fund managers, firm and exchange staffs, and regulators.
Is Algorithmic Trading within Your Grasp?
When: August 18-19, 2010
Where: New York City
Who: Institute for Financial Markets, a nonprofit foundation and affiliate of the FIA Full Info: www.theIFM.org
Details: This course provides a top-down approach to algorithmic trading, including the business planning for launching algorithmic trading operations, identification of target markets and trading styles for algorithmic trading, designing trading strategies and their algorithmic components. The program also explores testing and deploying these strategies with integrated risk controls, information technology infrastructures to run algorithmic trading operations, life cycles of algorithmic trading solutions, project management for starting algorithmic trading, business strategies to keep the competitive edge in algorithmic trading. See website for course outline.
Who Should Attend: Traders, trading desk directors, institutional portfolio managers, asset allocation specialists, high net worth managers, hedge fund managers, analysts, risk managers and regulators.
Introduction to Treasury Futures: Factoring the Risks
When: August 19, 2010
Where: New York City
Who: Institute for Financial Markets, a nonprofit foundation and affiliate of the FIA Full Info: www.theIFM.org
Details: This half-day course provides the foundation to understand how the cash and futures markets are connected, and how to guard against interest rate volatility. See website for course outline.
Who Should Attend:Anyone who holds, handles, trades debt instruments would benefit from this course. Attendees include new entrants to fixed income markets, finance analysts, junior research analysts, portfolio managers and traders, compliance managers, regulators, operations and systems staff or those with differing backgrounds such as equity professionals.
Futures & Options Course/ Series 3 Exam
When: August 25-26, 2010
Where: New York, NY
Who: Institute for Financial Markets, a nonprofit foundation and affiliate of the FIA Full Info: www.theIFM.org
Details:Our two-day course provides a strong foundation in the fundamentals of market theory and industry practice and goes into greater detail about the markets and products. The course covers topics such as trading theory and functions; margins, offset, settlement, delivery; option premiums, exercise, assignment and settlement: orders; hedging; spreading; strategies and calculations. Compliance rules and disclosures also are reviewed. The program includes two textbooks and requires about 4 hours of advance study before attending the course. Series 3 exam candidates will complete additonal self-study with materials provided as well as practice and refine test-taking skills on market knowledge and regulation before sitting for the actual exam using IFM's Series 3 PassMaster, a Web-based tutorial and simulated test program.
Who Should Attend:This course is geared to who needs an in-depth understanding of futures and options markets including market-users; compliance, IT and Ops staff; exchange and clearinghouse staff; regulators; policy-makers and Series 3 Exam candidates.
31st Buergenstock Meeting
When: Sept. 8 to 11, 2010
Where: Interlaken, Switzerland
Who: Swiss Futures & Options Association
Full info: www.sfoa.org
Details: The 2010 conference will take place from Sept. 8 to 11, 2010, again at the Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa, a resort that has proven to be a great meeting place during the last two conferences.
4th Annual Derivatives World Russia
When: Sept. 22, 2010
Where: Moscow, Russia
Who: FOW
Full info: www.fowevents.com
Details: Now in it's forth year, FOW's Derivatives World Russia is the most established and respected derivatives conference in Moscow. Attracting 300 participants each year, with support from NAUFOR and NFEA, at FOW's conference industry experts examine the important developments in this exciting market.
Derivatives World Asia 2010
When: Sept. 29 to 30, 2010
Where: Singapore
Who: FOW
Full info: www.fowevents.com
Details: FOW's Derivatives World Asia has been the flagship derivatives event in the Asia-Pacific region for over 15 years; attracting 800-1,000 delegates each year. It offers a complete update on the derivatives market and unique forum for senior decision makers to come together to debate, discuss and do business.
5th Annual FIA and OIC New York Equity Options Conference
When: Oct. 4-5, 2010
Where: New York, NY
Full info: www.futuresindustry.org/2009-ny-equity-options-conference
Details:
The Options Industry Council and the Futures Industry Association have partnered to coordinate the fourth New York Equity Options Conference. Last year, more than 350 delegates representing more than 138 firms attended, including representatives from brokerage firms, funds, exchanges, regulatory organizations, law firms, service organizations, and members of the press.
FIA Treasury Market Forum
When: Oct. 5, 2010
Where: New York, NY
Full info: www.futuresindustry.org/fia-treasury-market-forum
Details:
After nearly two decades of stability, fixed income risk is back in both size and degree. The economy is in recession, government spending is up massively, Treasury auctions are larger and more frequent, inflation fears are back, the Fed has added quantitative easing to its monetary policy arsenal, and price volatility in the fixed income markets has returned to levels not seen in well over 10 years. This program will cover the growing role of Treasury futures as a risk-shifting mechanism for all participants in the fixed income market, including primary dealers, corporate borrowers, bond investors and the Treasury Department.
FIA Asia Derivatives Conference 2010
When: Oct. 12-14, 2010
Where: St. Regis, Singapore
Full info: www.futuresindustry.org/asia
Details:
FIA is pleased to continue the Asia Derivatives conference for 2010. The past five events have taken place in Beijing, Mumbai, Taipei, Tokyo and Singapore. The event focuses on the futures and options industry in the Asia-Pacific region, featuring information exchange sessions as well as panel discussions with industry leaders from around the region.
Who should attend:
- Executive-Level Managers
- Other High-Level Decision Makers
- Other Senior Staff
FIA Expo 2010 - 26th Annual Futures & Options Expo
When: Nov. 2-4, 2010
Where: Chicago, IL
Full info: http://www.futuresindustry.org/expo
Details:
Expo, held each fall in Chicago, is the largest futures industry event in the world. More than 5,000 people visit the exhibit hall that showcases the latest products and services. Seminars address brokerage issues, trading systems and strategies, and operations and technology.
Boca 2011 - 36th Annual International Futures Industry Conference
When: March 15-18, 2011
Where: Boca Raton, Florida
Full info: http://www.futuresindustry.org/expo
Details:
Each spring the FIA hosts its annual meeting in Boca Raton, Florida where industry leaders from around the world gather to discuss current issues and exchange ideas. Public policy leaders including Senators and Congressmen, regulatory officials, and Congressional staff are an integral part of the program.
