Keynotes from Blackstone Group Chairman & Other Industry Luminaries, New 'Alternative Strategies' Agenda Track, Kick-Off Gala Among Highlights of North America's Foremost Private Equity Event, Sept. 16-17 at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Private equity continues to face uncertainty in the credit markets, a challenging deal-making environment and rapid globalization. The senior executives of AlpInvest Partners, The Blackstone Group, CalPERS, First Reserve Corporation, Goldman Sachs & Co., Madison Dearborn Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures and Thomas H. Lee Partners will address key issues affecting the asset class at the Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst Conference, September 16 and 17 at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. Register, learn more or request a press pass at http://peaconference.dowjones.com/. Now in its 15th year, the Private Equity Analyst Conference is the only forum that brings together upward of 1,000 senior executives and private equity professionals for two days of networking and comprehensive examinations of private equity's changing dynamics. It features a multi-track, multi-industry agenda with over 120 premier thought leaders discussing the most critical issues in institutional investing, buyouts, venture capital, fundraising, distressed investing and -- for the first time -- "alternative strategies" such as PIPEs, real estate and infrastructure. Keynote interviews include: -- Volkert Doeksen, CEO & Managing Partner, AlpInvest Partners -- William Macaulay, Chairman & CEO, First Reserve Corporation -- Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman & CEO, The Blackstone Group The conference includes an all-star panel of top investors and fund managers discussing how to make money in private equity in the current economy, with executive insights from: -- Michael Dutton, Portfolio Manager, CalPERS -- Paul Finnegan, Co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners -- Richard Friedman, Global Head, Merchant Banking, Goldman Sachs & Co. -- Jay Hoag, General Partner, Technology Crossover Ventures -- Scott Sperling, Co-president, Thomas H. Lee Partners Prominent leaders from three separate investment disciplines offer their views of "The Road Ahead." Offering the mega buyout perspective will be John Megrue Jr., CEO of U.S. operations for Apax Partners. Steven Klinsky, the founder and CEO of New Mountain Capital, will offer the view from the middle- market buyouts space and David Rimer, the co-founder of Index Ventures, will represent venture capital Political junkies won't want to miss Jerry Seib, Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal, detail what to expect in the last month of the presidential and congressional elections. Another addition to this year's event is a Kick-Off Gala for Conference attendees and speakers starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, at the Waldorf=Astoria. Platinum sponsors of this year's Conference are KPMG LLP and State Street. Gold sponsors are DLA Piper; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP; and Proskauer Rose LLP. Silver sponsors include American Capital; AIG Highstar Capital; Coller Capital; FdG Associates; Garnett & Helfrich Capital; Industry Ventures; Korn/Ferry International; Nair & Co.; NYSE Euronext; and Tatum. The Hall of Fame sponsor is Paul Capital Partners. To register, learn more or request a press pass for the 2008 Private Equity Analyst Conference, visit: http://peaconference.dowjones.com/ or call (866) 291-1800. ABOUT DOW JONES Dow Jones & Company (http://www.dowjones.com/) is a News Corporation company (NYSE: NWS, NWS.A; ASX: NWS, NWSLV; http://www.newscorp.com/). Dow Jones is a leading provider of global business news and information services. Its Consumer Media Group publishes The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch and the Far Eastern Economic Review. Its Enterprise Media Group includes Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Factiva, Dow Jones Client Solutions, Dow Jones Indexes and Dow Jones Financial Information Services. Its Local Media Group operates community-based information franchises. Dow Jones owns 50% of SmartMoney and 33% of STOXX Ltd. and provides news content to radio stations in the U.S. DATASOURCE: Dow Jones & Company CONTACT: Adam Wade of Dow Jones Financial Information Services, +1-415-439-6666, ; or Jon Schubin, , or Mary Beth Kissane, , both of Walek & Associates for Dow Jones & Company, +1-212-590-0529 Web site: http://www.dowjones.com/ http://www.newscorp.com/ http://peaconference.dowjones.com/

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