Treasury Dept Official Neel Kashkari to Keynote 2008 Wharton School Finance Conference

Business Wire, Oct 29, 2008

Wharton Alumnus Leading Govt's Troubled Asset Relief Program to Help Lead Day-long Discussion of Global Industry Trends

PHILADELPHIA -- Neel Kashkari, the Treasury Dept. official recently announced as heading up the Office of Financial Stability including the Troubled Asset Relief Program, will join other policy and decision makers from government, institutional and corporate levels at the ninth annual Wharton Finance Conference on Nov. 7, 2008. The conference, organized by students of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, will be held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City.

The Wharton Finance Conference, whose theme is "Finance: Past, Present and Future," will include panel discussions on such issues in finance as corporate finance, commodity markets, investment banking and career trends. Participants can look forward to a conglomeration of the best minds in business and a myriad of intellectual and practical debates.

Keynote speakers at the Wharton Finance Conference 2008 include:

* Neel Kashkari (Wharton MBA alumnus), Interim Assistant Secretary of the State for Financial Stability and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Economics and Development, United States Department of the Treasury

* Paul Calello, Chief Executive Officer Investment Banking, Credit Suisse

Other scheduled conference participants include:

* Stephen Munger, Co-Chairman of Mergers & Acquisitions, Morgan Stanley

* Michael Weinstock, Co-Portfolio Manager and Co-Founder, Monarch Alternative Capital LP

* Gary D. Howe, Managing Director and Co-Head of FIG Americas and Head of North American Banks, UBS Investment Bank

* Paul Pepe, Head, Americas Corporate Finance Group, Merrill Lynch

* Peter Norley, Managing Director, Credit Suisse

The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania -- founded in 1881 as the first collegiate business school -- is recognized globally for intellectual leadership and ongoing innovation across every major discipline of business education. The most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world, Wharton bridges research and practice through its broad engagement with the global business community. The school has more than 4,700 undergraduate, MBA, executive MBA, and doctoral students; more than 10,000 annual participants in executive education programs; and an alumni network of more than 84,000 graduates.

Further information on the conference can be found at: www.whartonfinanceconference.com

Members of the media are invited to attend, but pre-registration is required.