Partner Gretchen Passe Roin will speak and Special Counsel Megan O’Flynn will co-chair PLI’s Understanding Financial Products 2026, a program offering timely guidance on how evolving regulatory, market, and technological developments are reshaping financial products. The event will explore emerging opportunities in the sector as well as the challenges facing practitioners and clients.

Gretchen Passe Roin will join the panel “Public Funds: Structure, Regulation, and Key Compliance” at 9:15 a.m. The discussion will cover key regulatory obligations for registered investment companies, including governance, disclosure, liquidity requirements, and the role of advisers and service providers within the registered fund ecosystem.

Megan O’Flynn will co-chair the program and moderate the panel “Virtual Asset/Cryptocurrency Product Fundamentals” at 1:30 p.m. This session will provide an overview of cryptocurrency and other digital asset products, including decentralized finance, regulatory approaches and emerging enforcement trends.

Megan O’Flynn will also participate in the panel “Hot Topics Related to Financial Products and the Emergence of Novel Financial Products” at 3:15 p.m. This panel will examine current regulatory and market developments, with a focus on innovative offerings such as AI driven financial products and event contracts.