As the “Me Too” movement was getting off the ground this past fall, an activist hedge fund campaign was underway to oust the president of Cedar Realty Trust (NYSE:CDR) a Port Washington, NY-based Real Estate Investment Trust that owns and operates nearly $670 million in primarily shopping malls located in the Washington DC to Boston beltway. While the dispute with the activist hedge fund, Snow Park Capital Partners, has been settled, what remains is a sexual harassment lawsuit that is approaching a pivotal moment in court. [activistinvesting] A Brooklyn judge will soon decide if a sexual-harassment and pay-discrimination lawsuit filed by…
With Activist Campaign Settled, Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against Cedar Reality Trust Continues
Mark Melin
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.