Event Profile

CAIA Vancouver: Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Investors

Date(s):
September 12, 2018
Note:
All times listed are in local time
Venue:
Four Seasons Hotel
791 W Georgia Street
Vancouver, BC  
Fee(s):
This event has a fee
Description:

Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Investors

presented in partnership with Vancouver Securities Traders Association

Featuring speaker: Russell Rhoads, CFA
Director, Global Derivatives at Cboe Global Markets

Join us on Thursday, March 15th, for a discussion centered on the rise of the cryptocurrency markets. Russell Rhoads will cover the emergence of bitcoin and blockchain technology, as well as touch on recently launched derivatives based on bitcoin. Finally, we will look beyond bitcoin and take a dive into the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets.

Agenda
3:30pm
Registration
4:00pm Presentation 
5:15pm Networking Reception 
 
Time and Date
Thursday, March 15, 2018
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Location
Four Seasons Hotel
Garibaldi Room
791 W Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC V6C 2T4

Fees
CAIA members: complimentary
VSTA members: complimentary
CAIA candidates: USD15
Non-member Guests: USD20

 
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Thank you to our generous sponsor:
 
 
 
 

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Organization: CBOE Global Markets


Russell Rhoads, CFA, is Director, Product Advancement, Global Derivatives at Cboe Global Markets. His career before joining Cboe included positions at a variety of firms including Highland Capital Management, Caldwell & Orkin Investment Counsel, Balyasny Asset Management, and Millennium Management. He is a financial author and editor having contributed to multiple magazines and edited several books for Wiley publishing. He is the author of six market related books including Trading VIX Derivatives, Option Spread Trading, Trading Weekly Options, and Options Strategies for Advisors and Institutions. He authored material to be included in Level II of the CFA program and material for the CMT designation. In addition to his duties at Cboe, he is an adjunct instructor at Loyola University. He is a double graduate of the University of Memphis with a BBA ('92) and an MS ('94) in Finance and also received a Master's Certificate in Financial Engineering from the Illinois Tech in 2003. Russell is currently pursuing a PhD from Oklahoma State University with an expected graduation date in the Summer of 2018.