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Left for dead, volatility is back! The tranquil markets of 2017 seemed unshakeable until last month when volatility came roaring back from all-time lows. Please join us for an insightful discussion in which moderator Ben Samild (Director, Debt & Alternatives, Future Fund) will invite Dan Stone, co-founder and Portfolio Manager of Ionic Capital Management, to pull back the curtain on this obscure corner of the market. Concepts like skew, term structure and forward starting volatility will be demystified by the experts.

Presenter:
Daniel Stone, Co-Founder, Ionic Capital Management

 

Daniel Stone is one of the co-founders of Ionic, where he focuses on managing the firm’s interest rate, currencies and credit strategies for the Volatility Funds. He has 20 years of experience managing relative value arbitrage and long volatility strategies across multiple asset classes. Mr. Stone was formerly a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager in the US and European Volatility and Credit Arbitrage Group at Highbridge Capital Management. He joined Highbridge in 1996 where he traded convertible bonds and equity, interest rate and credit derivatives. Mr. Stone earned an AB in Economics magna cum laude from Harvard College.

 

Ben Samild, Director, Debt & Alternatives, The Future Fund

 

Ben Samild joined the Future Fund as a Director in October 2013 after a 10 year career in the hedge fund industry, and four years as Head of Investment Strategy at Industry Super Fund LUCRF Super. Ben completed a six year undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne majoring in behavioural finance, psychology and history. After University he was employed as a research fellow within the Psychology department where the work of his group was supported from investors in the United States. These investors later employed the group to run a systematic global macro hedge fund. Ben completed a Masters in Applied Finance while leading the research at the Connecticut-based hedge fund.

 

A light lunch will be provided.