Forward 2026

Financial Markets and Regulation Partner and Co-Chair Carl Kennedy will serve as a panelist for the “Market Design and the Integrity Burden in Prediction Markets” session at Forward 2026 on Thursday, April 23, starting at 2:55 p.m. ET.

This panel brings together leading legal and market structure experts to examine how event contracts should be evaluated prior to listing. The panel will provide perspectives on regulatory interpretation, contract design risk and the boundaries of innovation. Discussion topics include:

self-certification and the listing of event contracts on regulated venues;
assessing whether contracts are susceptible to manipulation;
contract design, settlement mechanisms, and event definitions;
pre-trade safeguards, including participant restrictions and position limits; and
the emerging ecosystem of surveillance, identity verification, and integrity monitoring technologies.