News Release For Immediate Release

CBOE RISK MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE MARCH 4 – 6, 2015 Top Institutional Derivatives and Volatility Traders to Gather in California for 31st Annual CBOE RMC

CHICAGO, IL, January 26, 2015 – The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) will host the 31st annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC), from Wednesday, March 4 through Friday, March 6, 2015, at the Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad, California.

Top traders, strategists and researchers are expected to attend this year’s RMC to discuss the latest products and strategies for managing risk exposure, enhancing yields and lowering portfolio volatility. This year’s conference features 17 sessions, with presentations from more than 30 leading risk management practitioners. Strategy discussions are typically overlaid with examples of actual trades and real-market applications.

Some of the topics to be discussed include:  “Volatility of Volatility”  “Risk Premia and Volatility Selling Strategies”  “Leveraging Cross-Asset Volatility Dynamics in Forecasting and Trading”  “Correlations Between Stocks and Between Sectors”  “Trends in Institutional Options and Volatility Product Usage”  “Backtesting: A Practitioner’s Guide to Assessing Strategies and Pitfalls”  “Art of Hedging”  “Evolution of Options Strategies on the Buy Side Trading Desk”

This year’s keynote speakers include:  Dean Curnutt, CEO, Macro Risk Advisors: “Steroids, Credit Growth and the Derivatives Blow Up Hall of Fame”  Krag “Buzz” Gregory, Equity Derivatives Strategist, Goldman Sachs: “Volatility Around the World”  Zachary Karabell, President, River Twice Research; contributing columnist to , The Atlantic, Slate, , Time and : “How Leading Indicators Can Be Misleading, and How to Better Interpret Risks and Opportunities”

Registration and hotel information, a schedule of events and sessions, and a roster of speakers are available at www.cboermc.com. The website also features video interviews and social media highlights from the CBOE RMC U.S. held in Florida last March and CBOE RMC Europe held in Ireland last September. Please inquire about discounts for qualified end-users and complimentary registration for financial journalists. -- more --

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During the upcoming conference, the website will provide live updates from CBOE RMC, including blogs from each of the sessions and all of the conversation and photos on Twitter tagged with #CBOERMC.

About the CBOE Risk Management Conference The annual CBOE Risk Management Conference (RMC) is the premier financial industry conference designed for institutional users of equity derivatives and volatility products. Now in its 31st year in the U.S., the conference is also held annually in Europe and beginning in 2015, Asia.

CBOE RMC is an educational forum dedicated to exploring the latest products, trading strategies and tactics used to manage risk exposure, enhance yields and lower portfolio volatility. CBOE RMC brings together top traders, strategists and researchers, enabling participants to learn the state-of- the-art in risk management from true experts in the field.

CBOE RMC’s three-day agenda covers a variety of concepts, challenging attendees to think differently about how they manage positions, employ hedging techniques, utilize equity derivatives, and model and trade volatility. Topics -- ranging from basic derivatives applications to advanced trading concepts -- are current and relevant. Strategy discussion is overlaid with examples of actual trades and real-market applications. See www.cboermc.com for additional information.

About CBOE CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) is the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) and other subsidiaries. CBOE, the largest U.S. options exchange and creator of listed options, continues to set the bar for options and volatility trading through product innovation, trading technology and investor education. CBOE Holdings offers equity, index and ETP options, including proprietary products, such as S&P 500 options (SPX), the most active U.S. index option, and options and futures 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 Holdings is home to the world-renowned Options Institute and www.cboe.com, the go-to place for options and volatility trading resources. CBOE is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), with all trades cleared by the OCC.

Media Contact: Analyst Contact: Gary Compton Debbie Koopman (312) 786-7612 (312) 786-7136 [email protected] [email protected]

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Agenda and speakers may be subject to change.

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