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Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) In Lobbying Frenzy, Works On 'All Star Line-Up'

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Mark Melin
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In a sign of the times, Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is defending itself from fraud charges by pulling together an “all star” lineup of Hispanic lobbyists to combat the lobbying efforts of activist investor Bill Ackman.

Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) In Lobbying Frenzy, Works On 'All Star Line-Up'

Public battle to talk down a company

As previously reported in ValueWalk, Ackman, head of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital which has a $1.1 billion bet against Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), has engaged in a rather public battle to talk the price of the stock down.  He has compared Herbalife to a pyramid...

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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.