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Peltz Says He's Very Different From Ackman

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Mark Melin
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Activist hedge fund manager Nelson Peltz is very different from fellow activist William Ackman, just ask him.

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Peltz Says He's Very Different From Ackman

Peltz says Ackman is “very different”

Peltz is known to come from the old school that works to make changes to enhance the value of a stock price. When asked on stage if he was like Ackman, Peltz, who manages a long portfolio of nearly $5.7 billion, acknowledged he was “very different.”

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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.