An industry recognized for its reliable relationships as well as its timely utilization of information deserves a global forum that enhances cooperation and assists in promoting advanced industry knowledge.

In a year when the economy has taken a downturn, strong partnerships and finding access to precise information means success for your teams.

For 22 years, IIR's Private Placements Industry Forum (PPIF) has used its resources to create a truly transparent atmosphere that enables this success.

Attended by the entire spectrum of the private placements industry, PPIF provides a platform for discussion, collaboration and review. We have expanded a few things this year to accommodate the changes in the national as well as the global economy.

NEW for 2009

The Issuer Roundtable - Listen to issuers from several industries give firsthand accounts of debt placements in the privates market. Learn what they think about your industry. Discuss and interact with them over topics such as relationship management, valuation, closing, origination, and much more. 

Workouts in a Distressed Year - A panel on streamlining amendments, working with covenants and assessing needs and solutions for negotiating in distressed industries in the US, Canada, China, Australia, and Western Europe.

The distressed economy has been the story this year and it will continue to be the story next year, as banks undergo liquidity crises and issuers who previously might have gone to bank loans and other lines of funding turn more readily to private placements investors.

Continuing a New Tradition

Foreign Issuance Symposium - More sessions on valuation methodology, issuers perspectives, investor's strategies, new regulations and more in Australasia, North America and Europe.

Relative Value - Investors and arrangers discuss the different approaches to relative value within and outside the industry. Discussions on NAIC methodology and ratings agencies, as well as how valuation is approached in the public vs. privates market.

Expand Your Network and Deepen Professional Relationships

Without the private placements industry, small and medium enterprises - even large finance and industrial conglomerates and the responsible leaders who manage them -- could not find the capital they need to grow and plan for the future.

This growth and responsibility would not happen without a consistent atmosphere of open discussion and networking opportunities. We've gone out of our way to create the best platform for your global business so that you can go out of your way to keep this industry thriving.

I look forward to seeing you in Boca Raton in January 2009.

Douglas Crets
Director, Private Placements Industry Forum
646 616 7627