The Deal's Vipal Monga to Lead Discussion on Distressed Financial Assets at Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010

New York, NY, February 19, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The cascade of bank failures this year continues, with the most failures in nearly two decades. Does the trouble in the banking system from bad loans and the recession go even deeper than the number suggests? Are current regulations conducive to private investments? How to deal with the cross-support requirement, collateralizing risk among separate investments? Would the FDIC offer to share buyers' losses on the assets being transferred be enough to attract private equity buyers? GoldenNetworking.com once again brings together an exceptional faculty of top Business and Investing minds, who will provide the most up to date review of the complexities that arise investing in Distressed Financial Assets at its highly anticipated Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010, February 26th, in New York City.

Vipal Monga, moderator of the panel, is a Senior Writer for The Deal LLC, covering capital markets and Wall Street. He also pens the “Follow the Money” column in The Deal newsweekly, and directs The Deal’s award-winning web video program. Prior to joining The Deal, Mr. Monga was managing editor at Corporate Financing Week, where he also covered Wall Street. He also worked at Bridge News where held several beats from covering Canadian monetary policy to politics to asset management in the United States. He has also contributed freelance stories to several newspapers and magazines, such as Globe and Mail and The India Magazine and has appeared regularly on National Public Radio. Mr. Monga received a Bachelors of Arts degree in journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Participants in this panel include:
· Mr. Craig Noell, Managing Partner, Signature Capital Partners
· Mr. Josh Wolf-Powers, Founding Partner, Blue Wolf Capital Management LLC
· Mr. Ralph Deppisch, Managing Member, Luminous Ventures
· Mr. Seth Freeman, Chief Executive Officer, EM Capital Global Advisors LLC

Distressed Investing Leaders Forum 2010 is produced by GoldenNetworking.com (http://www.goldennetworking.com), the premier networking community for businessmen, entrepreneurs, professionals and diplomats, founded by former McKinsey consultant Edgar Perez. Upcoming Leaders Forums and Business Networking receptions include:
· High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour (http://www.HFTHappyHour.com), March 1st, 2010, New York City
· Hedge Funds Leaders Forum 2010, "Generating Alpha in Challenging Times" (http://www.HedgeFundsLeadersForum.com), March 18th, 2010, New York City
· Banking M&A Leaders Forum 2010, "Have Deal-Making Hit Bottom Yet?" (http://www.BankingLeadersForum.com), March 25th, 2010, Washington DC
· Venture Capital Leaders Forum 2010, "Setting the Stage for Transformational Change" (http://www.VCLeadersForum.com), April 16th, 2010, Boston, MA
· Real Estate Leaders Forum 2010 (http://www.RealEstateLeadersForum.com), April 22nd, 2010, New York City

Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact GoldenNetworking.com by sending an email to info@goldennetworking.com. GoldenNetworking.com has been frequently featured in the press, including a recent article in The New York Times, "GoldenNetworking.com Helps Job Seekers Make Overseas Connections" (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/nyregion/07network.html).

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