Ackman Makes It A Threesome In Valeant, Allergan Relationship

Mark Melin

Published onApril 23, 2014

Updated on May 13, 2021

What is clear in William Ackman’s recent incarnation of the dating game is that he is blazing trails with a new activist hedge fund strategy: legal insider trading that leverages his growing "tough guy" reputation.

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Ackman is the relationship’s third wheel

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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.

Ackman Makes It A Threesome In Valeant, Allergan Relationship

Ackman is the relationship’s third wheel

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