ISE Announces Sponsorship of NYU's 2009 Derivatives Conference

by International Securities Exchange 04 Nov 16:34

NEW YORK, November 4, 2009 – The International Securities Exchange (ISE) is pleased to announce that it is a co-sponsor of Derivatives 2009: Looking Towards the Future. This important conference brings together leading academics and industry practitioners to discuss the changing derivatives environment and the lessons learned from the financial crisis. The event will take place at the Stern School of Business at New York University (NYU) on Friday, November 6, 2009.

Several notable academics and industry leaders will discuss the regulatory environment, trading practices and the long-term changes that are needed in the derivatives marketplace. The roster of renowned speakers includes Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes and Nobel Laureate Robert Engle.Darrell Duffie, a Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance at The Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, will present the keynote speech at the conference. For more information or to register for the conference, please visit http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/salomon/deriv.cfm?doc_id=101294. Video recordings of all sessions will be accessible at http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/salomon/deriv.cfm?doc_id=2005 following the conference.

About ISE
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) operates the world’s largest equity options exchange and offers options trading on over 2,000 underlying equity, ETF, index, and FX products. As the first all-electronic options exchange in the U.S., ISE transformed the options industry by creating efficient markets through innovative market structure and technology. Regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a member-owner of The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), ISE provides investors with a transparent marketplace for price and liquidity discovery on centrally cleared options products. ISE continues to expand its marketplace through the ongoing development of enhanced trading functionality, new products, and market data services. As a complement to its options business, ISE has expanded its reach into multiple asset classes through strategic investments in financial marketplaces that foster technology innovation and market efficiency. Through minority investments, ISE participates in the securities lending and equities markets. ISE also licenses its proprietary Longitude technology for trading in event-driven derivatives markets.

ISE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurex, a leading global derivatives exchange. Eurex itself is jointly owned by Deutsche Börse AG (Ticker: DB1) and SIX Swiss Exchange AG. Together, Eurex and ISE are the global market leader in individual equity and equity index derivatives. For more information, visit www.ise.com.

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