NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Deal, a
business unit of TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST), today announced an
impressive line-up of speakers for its 16th annual Deal Economy
Conference, which forecasts the outlook for M&A and dealmaking
in the coming year. Taking place at New
York City's Essex House on November
29, 2018, this invitation-only event will bring together
industry experts and influential members in the deal community to
discuss the key transaction trends, challenges and opportunities
that will confront dealmakers in 2019.
"Dealmaking of all shapes and sizes continues to proliferate.
Though much of the megadeals of yesteryear are behind us, steady
pace has kept dealmaking near all-time levels," said Michael Brown, Co-Editor of The Deal. "From
activist investors pushing for change at the world's largest
companies to private equity getting creative with their massive
piles of dry powder to regulators changing the way they view deals;
the M&A landscape remains as exciting as it is
challenging."
The full-day program includes keynote interviews and panel
discussions with prominent executives in business and investment,
including:
- Darren Abrahamson,
Managing Director, Bain Capital Private Equity
- Rachel Bhattacharya,
Director, Corporate Finance, Strategic Initiatives, Investor
Relations, General Motors
- James J. Cramer, Founder,
TheStreet, Inc.; Host, "Mad Money with Jim
Cramer" & Co-Anchor, "Squawk on The Street," CNBC
- Stewart Glendinning,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Tyson Foods
- Jelena Guzenko, Director,
Mergers & Acquisitions, Siemens
- Lori Heinel, Executive
Vice President, Deputy Global Chief Investment Officer, State
Street Global Advisors
- Helena Morrissey, Head of
Personal Investing, Legal & General Group
- Edward Richards, Vice
President, Corporate Business Development, The Lubrizol
Corporation
- John Zieser, Chief
Development Officer and General Counsel, Meredith Corporation
For more information about The Deal's 16th annual
Deal Economy Conference and the full roster of speakers and topics,
please visit thedeal.com/denewyork. Follow the social conversation
via @TheDealNewsroom and #DealEconomy.
Supporters of The Deal Economy conference include Pepper
Hamilton, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, W. P. Carey Inc.,
Morrison Foerster, MacKenzie Partners, Inc., Seal Software and
Cahill Gordon & Reindel. For
information on how your organization can participate, please
contact Jonathan McReynolds at
212.321.5259 (jmcreynolds@thedeal.com).
Members of the deal community who are interesting in attending
may apply for an invitation here.
The conference will be covered by The Deal and is open to
outside media.
About The Deal
The Deal (www.thedeal.com) provides
actionable, intraday coverage of mergers, acquisitions and all
other changes in corporate control to institutional investors,
private equity, hedge funds and the firms that serve them. The Deal
is a business unit of TheStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ: TST, www.t.st), a
leading financial news and information provider. Other business
units include TheStreet (www.thestreet.com), an unbiased source of
business news and market analysis for investors and BoardEx
(www.boardex.com), a relationship mapping service of corporate
directors and officers.
Contact: Nicole Harris,
212-321-5567, nharris at thedeal.com
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