NEW YORK, Dec. 18, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- With private equity fund raising in 2006 nearing $200 billion, leading private equity professionals including Dixon R. Doll of DCM-Doll Capital Management, Brent R. Nicklas of Lexington Partners, Lawrence M. Schloss of Diamond Castle Holdings, Sheryl Schwartz of TIAA-CREF and Jeffrey Walker of CCMP Capital Advisors will discuss what lies ahead in 2007 for the private equity industry at the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Outlook Conference, Jan. 30 and 31, at the Grand Hyatt in New York.
The 8th annual event-the preeminent annual industry gathering that provides a first look at what factors will most influence the private equity market in the coming year-also features The Wall Street Journal's Assistant Managing Editor and Columnist Alan Murray in a keynote role discussing the outlook from the nation's capital.
Also discussing the nation's economic outlook along with adding a global perspective will be former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, now chairman of Cerberus Capital Management, who will be interviewed on-stage by The Wall Street Journal's Gregory Ip.
Another keynote will feature William Conway, managing director of The Carlyle Group. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal's Henny Sender, Mr. Conway will talk about the current state of the private equity industry and the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for mega buyout firms like Carlyle.
Henry Cornell, managing director, of Goldman Sachs, also will be interviewed by Ms. Sender, providing perspective about the role of investment banks in the current private equity deal-making climate and discussing Goldman Sachs' upcoming deployment of its own private equity fund.
The state of the venture capital and buyout industries latest strategies will also be reviewed in a joint keynote interview with Silver Lake Partners Glenn Hutchins and Greylock Partners Bill Helman.
In addition, Merrill Lynch's North American economist David Rosenberg will tackle the economic risks ahead in a keynote interview with Mr. Ip.
The Private Equity Analyst Conference is sponsored by Goodwin Procter.
For more information or to register, contact (866) 291-1800, or view the complete agenda at: http://peaoutlook.dowjones.com/.
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