As insurance claims outsourcing company Quindell PLC (LON:QPP) (OTCMKTS:QUPPF) comes under attack from short sellers, Robert Burrow, a director of the Company, speaks with his actions, not activist investor words. Burrow purchased 150,000 ordinary shares, and he and his family interests now own a total of 15,925,000 ordinary shares in the London-based firm.
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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