CBOE Holdings, Inc : CBOE Hosts 28th Annual Risk Management Conference, March 11 - 13 in Bonita Springs, Florida

CHICAGO, February 16, 2012 - The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) will host its annual Risk Management Conference from Sunday, March 11 through Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, Florida.

Now in its 28th year, CBOE's Risk Management Conference (RMC) is the most sophisticated event of its kind, providing end-users of equity derivatives with an educational forum to explore the latest policies, trends and techniques in risk management.

RMC is uniquely focused on ways to manage volatility and risk exposure and enhance yields through the practical application of financial derivatives. Sessions on this year's agenda include:

• "Today's Volatility Environment and What to Do About It"
  
• "Options-Based Strategy Benchmarks"
  
• "Technical Versus Fundamental Drivers of Volatility"
  
• "How to Manage Tail Risk and Add Alpha"
  
• "Dispersion and Correlation Trading: What Worked, When, Why and How?"
  
• "Cross Asset Volatility"
  
• "Options Pricing Theory Revisited and the Impact on Long-Dated Index Options"

The conference is tailored to financial professionals including pension plan sponsors, portfolio and mutual fund managers, investment advisors and consultants, hedge fund managers, insurance professionals and corporate financial executives.

Among 30 risk management practitioners presenting at RMC are:

• Mitch Boraz, Senior Consultant, Asset Consulting Group
  
• Krag "Buzz" Gregory, Equity Derivatives Strategist, Goldman Sachs
  
• Steve Karasick, Senior Portfolio Manager, Allstate Investments, LLC
  
• Marko Kolanovic, Global Head of Derivatives and Delta One Research, J.P. Morgan
  
• Jon Loflin, Portfolio Manager, Overland Advisors
  
• Pav Sethi, Chief Investment Officer, CEO, Gladius Investment Group
  
• Marc-André Soublière, CFA, VP Fixed Income and Derivatives, Air Canada Pension Investments

Registration and hotel information, a schedule of events and sessions, and a roster of speakers are available at www.cboermc.com. Please inquire about discounts for qualified end-users and complimentary registration for journalists.

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) is the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), C2 Options Exchange and other subsidiaries. CBOE, the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education. CBOE offers equity, index and ETF options, including proprietary products, such as S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option, and options on the CBOE Volatility Index (the VIX Index). Other products engineered by CBOE include equity options, security index options, LEAPS options, FLEX options, and benchmark products such as the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (BXM). CBOE's Hybrid Trading System incorporates electronic and open-outcry trading, enabling customers to choose their trading method. CBOE's Hybrid is powered by CBOEdirect, a proprietary, state-of-the-art electronic platform that also supports C2 Options Exchange (C2), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), CBOE Stock Exchange (CBSX) and OneChicago. CBOE is home to the world-renowned Options Institute and www.cboe.com, named "Best of the Web" for options information and education. CBOE is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with all trades cleared by the OCC.

CBOE Media Contacts:
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