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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Bill Ackman's Big Short of Herbalife
Vandebroek, Tom; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Simon, JanCase SM-1611-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyThis case describes how hedge fund activist Bill Ackman took a $1 billion short position on the shares of the nutrition company Herbalife. Ackman is convinced that Herbalife's business model is essentially a pyramid scheme, rendering it unsustainable as well as illegal. The case describes his arguments and the evidence he builds on. Other hedge fund titans soon took the opposite position on Herbalife, possibly because they fundamentally disagree ...Starting at €8.20
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Interest rate swaps pricing - Exercises
Martínez Abascal, EduardoExercise FE-32-EFinanceThese problems are intended to give the student an opportunity to practice with the fixed income mathematics and also to give some exposure to international bond markets. The problems are based on the information containned on FN-314, Exhibit 2, Tables 12 to 15, from the Wall Street Journal Europe (WSJE) and the Finacial Times (FT).Starting at €8.20