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Topic:  Is 2016 a “Make-or-Break” Year for Managed Futures?

 

During the financial crisis, managed futures enjoyed solid returns while equity markets plunged. As equity markets turn bearish in 2016, will managed futures have another run of out-performance, and if not, what will the future hold for this asset class?

 

Topic: What are the Sources of Return for CTA's and Commodity Indices

 

 

11:45 a.m. (check-in); event 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

 

(Seating is limited.  Please be sure to notify us if you need to cancel.)

 

 

 

She serves as a Research Associate at the EDHEC-Risk Institute (of Nice, France) and is a member of the North American Advisory Board for the London School of Economics.  Ms. Till is also a Solich Scholar at the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities (JPMCC) at the University of Colorado Denver Business School and is the Contributing Editor of the JPMCC’s Global Commodities Research Digest (GCARD),http://www.jpmcc-gcard.org.  In addition, she is the Co-Editor of “Intelligent Commodity Investing,” a bestseller for Risk Books (London).

 

In Chicago, Ms. Till is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Working Group on Financial Markets; is a Board Member of the Arditti Center for Risk Management at DePaul University; and serves on the steering committees of both the Chicago chapter of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association and the Chicago chapter of the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA).  In addition, she has provided seminars (in Chicago) to staff from the Shanghai Futures Exchange and the China Financial Futures Exchange.

 

 

Mr. Ashburn, is a 20-plus year veteran of the Chicago financial markets and joined JJLCO in 2011 to serve as a lead project manager for MarketsReformWiki, a database specifically dedicated to tracking and archiving of all information related to regulatory reform in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He was named editor-at-large later that year, and in 2014 added vice president, business development to his title.

 

As COO, Mr. Ashburn oversees the day-to-day operations of JJLCO's business units, including John Lothian News, John Lothian Productions and MarketsWiki Education. He also continues to lead the company's sales and business development efforts. As editor-at-large, he continues to lead MarketsReformWiki, and he also provides original content and editorial support for the JLN Managed Futures Newsletter and other John Lothian News properties.

 

In 2012 and 2013, he served as editor of Intelligent Risk, a quarterly publication of PRMIA, the Professional Risk Managers' International Association.  In 2016, Mr. Ashburn joined the steering committee of the Chicago chapter of the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA).