Seyfarth Shaw’s Corporate Department Sponsors Capital Markets Forum in New York
Fourth Annual State of the Capital Markets Forum featured high-level speakers and attracted more than 100 attendees

On Wednesday, October 5, Seyfarth Shaw’s Corporate Department sponsored a successful Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) Capital Markets Forum titled, "The New Normal - Credit Crisis Redux" at the Sentry Center in Midtown Manhattan. Partner Blake Hornick spearheaded the event and joined fellow panelists William Casperson of Oaktree Capital Management, Danny Rosenberg of Sterling Partners, Randy Schwimmer of Churchill Financial and Michael Zupon of Sound Harbor Partners in a discussion moderated by Steven Miller, Editor, Standard & Poors.

The panel discussed the following topics:

• the effects of the Sovereign Debt Crisis on the global debt capital markets
• the risk of a double dip recession and the subsequent implications for the capital markets
• Has the economic model that drove the long term boom from the 1980s to 2008 has broken down?
• What should we expect over the near term if global economies continue to struggle to provide sustainable growth, adequate income formation or accelerated employment?
• What impacts are low default rates having on the capital markets?
• How large is the "Wall of Maturities," and can it be fixed without a robust CLO market?