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The panel will discuss the recent role of private equity firms asprominent investors in financial services companies, and what is required ofthem to do so successfully. Shasha Dai, Reporter, Dow Jones LBO Wire, willserve as the panel moderator The panel will also comprise Reed D Auerbach,partner & Co-CEO, McKee Nelson LLP; Richard W. Decker Jr., Chairman &Co-Founder, Belvedere Capital; William Doniger, Managing Director, FortressInvestment Group; and Randal K. Quarles, Managing Director, Global FinancialServices, The Carlyle Group. "Technology, globalization, convergence and consolidation are transforming thefinancial services industry," said Mr Bernstein.

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