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Hedge Fund Titans Cooperman, Laffont Continue Clash Over Monitise

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Mark Melin
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The tug of war over Monitise Plc (LON:MONI) (OTCMKTS:MONIF) is intensifying between those long the stock, such as Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors, and those short, which includes Tiger cub Philippe Laffont of Coatue Management, a hedge fund well known for its focus on technology stocks.

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As previously reported in ValueWalk, Monitise is a firm engaged in automating the banking process. Monitise Plc (LON:MONI) (OTCMKTS:MONIF) provides both online and mobile software solutions to encourage non-branch banking, which major banks in the UK have predicted will come to an end.

Technological displacement is frequently accompanied with volatility and the...

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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.