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December 2008Surviving the PE Credit Crisis -- Where to Go, What to Do, Who to See Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package November 2008Where to Place Your Healthcare Investment Bets No Matter What They Do in Washington! Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package October 2008How Independent (aka "Fundless") PE Sponsors Are Winning in the Middle Market Footloose & Fund-Free Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Investing in Financial Services Companies Turning Hard Times Into Hard Profits Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package September 2008Fundraising for Private Equity Firms Tough Times Demand Fresh Tactics Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Mezz Finance for Today's Private Equity Deals How to Address the New Face of Junior Debt Find out more... July 2008Private Equity Summer PowWow Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Summer MasterForum & Cocktail Reception The Big Picture -- What's the Fate of Leveraged Deals? Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Investing in Retail & Consumer Deals How The Downturn May Create Exciting New Opportunities Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package June 2008Adding Value to P.E. Portfolio Companies Strategies for Improving Their Operations & Returns Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package MasterCast Creating A China Strategy to Add Value to Your Portfolio Companies Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Investing in Food and Beverage Companies How You Can Outperform Competitors Despite Rising Costs & Slumping Economy Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package May 2008Investing in Family-Owned Companies How to Turn Landmines into Gold Mines Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Smaller Middle-Market Deals The Bonanza in Today's Turbulent Economy Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Spring MasterForum & Cocktail Reception Five Private Equity Sages Discuss Where There Are Silver Linings in Recessionary Clouds Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package April 2008P.E. Investing in Distressed Companies How to Pick Out the Slightly Bruised Apples From the Truly Rotten Ones Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Energy-Sector Services & Products How Middle Market Private Equity Is Riding An Unexpected Expansion Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package March 2008Nuts & Bolts of Running a P.E or V.C Shop In Today's Demanding Environment Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package MasterCast (Webcast) on Real Estate Issues in Middle-Market P.E Deals Deal-Makers & Deal-Breakers Find out more... Mezzanine Finance Why P. E. Firms Are All of a Sudden Cozying up Again with Middle-Market Mezz Funds Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package February 2008Fundraising for P.E. & V.C. Firms Why Prospects Look Bright in 2008 Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package The Art of Building the Right Deal Flow How Middle-Market P. E. Firms Can Boost Their Origination Efforts Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package How More & More Fundless Equity Sponsors -- & Investors - Are Staking Claims in P.E.'s New Frontier Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package January 2008Traditional Media Companies New Opportunities for P.E. Investors In a Rapidly Evolving Industry Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package P.E. Investing in Middle-Market Restaurant Companies Sponsors Show Renewed Appetites As Valuations Come Back to Earth Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package November 2007MasterCast: The Art of Investing in Family-Owned Companies How to Successfully Win Their Hearts, Minds & Shares Find out more... October 2007Due Diligence MasterClass 25 Seasoned Experts Reveal Ways To Improve The Odds Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Investing in Middle-Market Medical Device Companies How You Can Benefit From the Consolidation Binge Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Investing in Healthcare Services Companies Which Sectors Are Getting Investors' Attention, Which Are Not? Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Mezzanine Finance MasterClass TURBULENCE IN THE CREDIT WATERS -- How Middle-Market Mezzanine Users Can Navigate Them
Find out more... September 2007Financial Services Companies Fresh Source of Dynamic Opportunities for Middle-Market P.E. Investors Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Fundless Equity Sponsors MasterClass How a New Breed of Investors -- & The Funds That Back Them -- Are Expanding Their Share of the P.E. Market Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package July 2007The Art of Investing In Family-Owned Companies How to Successfully Win Their Hearts, Minds & Shares Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Eighth Annual Private Equity Forum 2007 Find out more... June 2007Investing in Food & Beverage Deals Are P.E. Firms On The Cusp Of A Gold Rush?
Find out more... Investing in Consumer & Retail Deals Why Smart P.E. Is Jumping In Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package May 2007Nuts & Bolts of Managing Your P.E. Firm Best Practices For Your Back Office Find out more... Fundraising for PE & VC Firms Winning Strategies for Experienced & Emerging Managers Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Mid-Spring's Eve Private Equity Party For Our Friends in the Private Equity, Buyouts, & Hedge Fund Communities Find out more... April 2007Fundless Equity Sponsors How You Can Buy Companies Without Having Your Own Private-Equity Fund Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package March 2007The Art of the Smaller Deal How Smaller Middle-Market P.E. Funds Can Outperform the Great Big Ones Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package February 2007Third Annual West Coast Mezzanine Finance MasterClass Despite Challenges, Mezz Thrives-- Learn New Strategies, New Firms, Best Deals Find out more... MasterClass Restaurant Industry P.E. Deals Where Investors Should Place 2007 Bets -- Latest Deal Opportunities & Newest Trends <br> Find out more... January 2007MasterClass on Buyouts in the Media Industry Middle-Market Heat Beneath the Mega-Market Hype Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package November 2006MasterClass on Buying Out & Expanding Medical Device & Product Companies Where is the Smart P.E. Money Hunting? Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Private Equity Acquisition Financing Summit 2006 In Partnership with Practising Law Institute Find out more... MasterClass on Second Lien Borrowing How You Can Find the Most Attractive Second-Lien Deals in 2007?? What New Twists are Hedge Funds Offering to Make Their Deals More Competitive?? How Do You Compare Terms on Second-Lien Deals?? 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Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Second Annual MasterClass on Smaller Middle-Market Buyouts -- How You Can Outperform Your Competition This end of the market is red hot, competition is intense, multiples are on the rise. So where are funds finding attractively-priced deals? How are they still giving their LPs great returns? Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package February 2006Third Annual West Coast MasterClass on Mezzanine Finance The competition is intense … how are smart investors benefiting from all this new money? Find out more... January 2006Second Annual MidWinter's Eve M&A and Buyouts Party Meet lots of good people in m&a and buyouts…Don't miss our mid-winter party ... it's the place to be ... Find out more... 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October 2005Second Lien Lending Update Dynamic changes are afoot in the second lien market -- Learn how to get the best deal & to bulletproof the terms you negotiate Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package September 2005Third Annual Mezzanine Finance MasterClass Learn the latest trends, strategies, & deals in mezzanine finance, as well as best practices in structuring transactions Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package June 2005Private Equity Valuations What GPs & LPs Need To Know To Survive Today's New World Of Scrutiny Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Second Lien Lending Why the Second Lien Market is Staying So Hot, & How You Can Benefit from the Competition It's GivingHedge Funds, Mezz Fund & Senior Lenders Find out more... May 2005Fundraising for Private Equity Firms Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package March 2005Morning Forum: Middle-Market Buyout Investing How Audax Evolved Its Game Plan & Why That Led to Bigger Success Find out more... Mastering Small Company Buyouts How Niche Funds Are Getting Great Returns Find out more... Fundraising for Hedge Fund Managers Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Food Industry Buyouts Best Practices for Private Equity & Hedge Fund Managers Find out more... February 2005Morning Forum: Acquisitions in China How Private Equity Firms Are Doing Successful Deals Find out more... Second Annual West Coast Reverse Mergers Summit Find out more... Second Annual West Coast Mezzanine Finance MasterClass Find out more... A Midwinter's Eve Annual M&A and Buyouts Party Find out more... January 2005Second Lien Lending Why the Second Lien Market is Staying So Hot, & How You Can Benefit from the Competition It's Giving Traditional Mezzanine & Senior Financiers Find out more... November 2004Morning Forum: The Complex World of Second Lien Lending A Senior Hedge Fund Manager Defines the Terms of this Competitive Alternative to Traditional Mezzanine Find out more... Third Annual SBICs MasterClass The New Realities... Operating Your SBIC in Today's Environment Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Third Annual How to Find a Company to Buy And Close the Deal on Your Terms Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package October 2004Morning Forum: The Coming Boom in Private Equity Opportunities Now that Institutions are Returning to the Market: How to Benefit from the Rising Optimism Find out more... Second Annual Reverse Mergers Summit 18 Leading Experts Offer Insights into Best Practices for Doing Reverse Mergers Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package Fundraising for Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds Find out more... September 2004Second Annual Mezzanine Finance MasterClass Find out more... July 2004Morning Forum: The BDC Boom A Pioneer's View of the Pros & Cons — & What the Future May Hold Find out more... Second Annual A Midsummer Night's Eve M&A and Buyouts Party
Newest Trends in PIPEs Find out more... | Purchase Audio Package May 2004Fundraising for Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms Best Practices for Follow-On & Startup Funds Find out more... Morning Forum: Today's Debt Market What Dealmakers Must Know About Structuring, Pricing & New Products Find out more... Senior Lending Returns Rebirth of a Market & What it Means for LBO Dealmakers Find out more... April 2004Morning Forum: Why Investing in Smaller Middle-Market Buyouts has Become So Hot Find out more... March 2004Spin-Offs, Spin-Outs & Carve-Outs How to Successfully Structure Them Find out more... February 2004Mezzanine Investing Latest Trends, Strategies and Deals in Mezzanine Investing & Best Practices in Structuring Transactions from the Country's Most Seasoned Specialists Find out more... Reverse Mergers — Viable Alternative to IPOs? Pros & Cons of Using a Reverse Merger to Take Your Company Public & Why This Technique is Enjoying a Renaissance Find out more... January 2004How to Take Public Companies Private... & Why Find out more... Morning Forum: M&A Crystal Ball for 2004 & Beyond Where are Middle-Market Dealmakers Going to Find the Best Opportunities? Find out more...
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