The Deal Announces Annual Dealmaking Outlook Event

NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deal, TheStreet's (NASDAQ:TST) institutional business, today announced details of its annual forecasting event, The Deal Economy: Predictions & Perspectives for 2015. Held on December 4, the invitation-only event will gather some of the most influential members of the deal community for a series of discussions on the key trends and issues confronting dealmakers in 2015. This year will mark the event's first time being held at NASDAQ MarketSite and there will be a live simulcast available online for free.

"At The Deal Economy, we'll assess how developments in the deal making world affect executives going into 2015 along with some emerging trends on Wall Street," said Jeffrey Kanige, Editor in Chief of The Deal. "Everything is on the table and open for discussion from activism, which has dominated 2014 headlines, to the crackling tension in private equity to dynamics beyond our borders and impact of political factors overseas."

Sessions will include: "Sense of the Markets: International Tension and Competition," a discussion of developments beyond our borders; "Industry Insights: Private Equity Update," a look at the tension of PE in a low rate environment; a one-on-one conversation with Delaware Supreme Court Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr.; an activist panel that will assess how activist investors dominated 2014 headlines and a "Corporate Dealmaker Update" panel featuring corporate and business development executives.

Participants include: Brian A. Bernasek, The Carlyle Group; Scott L. Bok, Greenhill & Co., Inc.; James J. Cramer, CNBC and TheStreet, Inc.; John Diggins, Platinum Equity; John Doherty, Verizon Ventures; Gregg H. Feinstein, Houlihan Lokey; Spencer Fleischer, Friedman, Fleischer & Lowe; Mark Frackt, BuzzFeed; Richard M. Jeanneret, EY; Leon Kalvaria, Citigroup; R. David Kelly, Teacher Retirement System of Texas; Paul L. Kessler, Bristol Capital Advisors, LLC; Richard Lashley, PL Capital; Brandon Lower, William Blair; Susan McDonough, Cisco Systems; Richard McPhail, The Home Depot, Inc.; James A. Mitarotonda, Barington Capital; Robert A. Profusek, Jones Day; Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management; Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr., Delaware Supreme Court; Joseph A. Sullivan, Legg Mason; Mary Thistle, Cubist Pharmaceuticals; Brian Walsh, Saguenay Strathmore Capital; Glenn W. Welling, Engaged Capital; Andy West, McKinsey & Company and Kelly M. Williams, J.D., GCM Grosvenor.

Supporting underwriters for The Deal Economy include Ernst & Young, Pepper Hamilton, William Blair, McKinsey & Company, Jones Day, Houlihan Lokey, W. P. Carey and RR Donnelley Venue.

Follow @TheDealNewsroom for updates on the event and use hashtag #tdeevent to join the conversation.

For press tickets to The Deal Economy, please contact Emily Scheer (212.321.5521; [email protected]).  For information on how your organization can underwrite the event, please contact Emily Newman at 212.321.5565 ([email protected]).

About The Deal
The Deal, a business unit of TheStreet, has been serving corporate dealmakers, advisers and institutional investors the most sophisticated analysis of the deal economy since 1999. Our transaction information service, The Deal Pipeline, is powered by a newsroom of senior journalists who offer proprietary research and reporting across M&A, bankruptcies, auctions and financings. It includes a breaking news service, First Take; daily and weekly sector newsletters; The Daily Deal, a 2x daily report of the day's top stories; a research center with over a decade's worth of intelligence and a database of over 100,000 deals; and an iPad & iPhone app. Our marketing & media services group produces the industry's leading forecasting event, The Deal Economy, held annually in New York City in addition to industry webcasts and integrated marketing programs. For more information, visit www.thedeal.com.

CONTACT:
Emily Scheer
212.321.5521
[email protected]

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