NEW YORK, May 4, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- As companies and even private equity firms have loaded up on debt over the past few years, experts have predicted a coming wave of defaults. Now, dozens of leading hedge funds, distressed debt firms, law firms, bankruptcy investors and turnaround specialists will be discussing their strategies for locating opportunities in the expected downturn at the Dow Jones Distressed Investment Forum at the Grand Hyatt in New York City on May 24.
The inaugural one-day event will provide a comprehensive view of the key indicators of troubled companies and offer a chance to meet and discuss the issues with the investors who are likely to be front and center once the downturn begins.
Among the highlights:
-- Individual, unscripted keynote discussions with notable investors
including Mark Holdsworth of Tennenbaum Capital Partners, Marc
Lasry of Avenue Capital Group, James Sprayregen of Goldman Sachs
and Christopher Suan of D.B. Zwirn & Co., about their respective
views on emerging distressed opportunities.
-- A dual keynote interview with leading distressed investors
Jeffrey Aronson of Centerbridge Partners and Stephen Kaplan of
Oaktree Capital Management, moderated by The Wall Street
Journal's Henny Sender.
-- An in-depth presentation by Standard & Poor's Managing Director
Diane Vazza about which areas and companies are ripe for a
turnaround.
Attendees will also gain insight from panel discussions on the triggers for the coming default wave, changes in bankruptcy law and more.
The Distressed Investment Forum immediately follows the eighth annual Private Equity Analyst Limited Partners Summit, a two-day event for institutional investors and private equity managers to glean the evolving investment strategies used by leading limited partners.
Sponsors of the Distressed Investment Forum include Nixon Peabody and Bayside Capital. For more information or to register, please call (866) 291-1800 or go to: http://distressedinvestmentforum.dowjones.com/.
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