TMA Distressed Investing Conference Draws More Than 450 Restructuring Professionals

(TMA International Headquarters)

CHICAGO — The 2012 Turnaround Management Association Distressed Investing Conference begins today at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas with a reception co-hosted by the Commercial Finance Association, an international trade association for the asset-based lending and factoring industries.

The conference developed especially for professionals involved in the acquisition and disposition of distressed assets ratchets up to full gear Thursday with education sessions led by top-level corporate restructuring experts from prominent turnaround, financial advisory and investment firms. Bankruptcy attorneys, business professors, company presidents and a bankruptcy judge also contribute to panels.

Highlights include the Turnaround Capital Forum, a dedicated venue for those looking to finance deals and capital providers, including private equity and hedge fund executives, debt investors, lenders, investment bankers and consultants. In the keynote presentation, award-winning journalist and Fox Business Network host Stuart Varney offers his perspective on the current global credit crisis and explains why he remains optimistic.
 
The agenda includes:

Thursday, January 19
• 8:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Lenders Battling Over a Melting Ice Cube: Delphi’s Emergence from Chapter 11
• 2 - 3 p.m.
Distressed Investing: Strategies and Tactics
• 3 - 4 p.m.
Follow the Money – The Ultimate Investor’s Perspective
• 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
You May Be the Smartest Guys in the Room, but Do You Really Know How to Create Value?

Friday, January 20
• 9 - 10 a.m.
Capital Markets 2012 – Still Going Strong or a Victim of the Overall Economy?
• 10 - 11 a.m.
Current Legal Developments and the Impact on Private Equity and Hedge Funds
• 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Maximizing Business Value and Asset Recoveries: Putting Everything on the Table

Chicago-based TMA, turnaround.org, a global industry group representing corporate restructuring specialists, has more than 9,000 members in 49 chapters.