Did Ackman Campaign Contributions Influence NY AG To Pursue Herbalife? – ValueWalk Premium
Bill Ackman
16Apr

Did Ackman Campaign Contributions Influence NY AG To Pursue Herbalife?

As hedge fund manager Bill Ackman sunk into a thick steak at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in midtown Manhattan last June, he looked at the information-hungry hedge fund managers at the table and painted a picture of Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) as a company soon to be in trouble with the government. Ackman’s “prophecy” turned correct this winter, when regulators and the New York Attorney General announced regulatory . . .

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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