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Will SAC's Name Change Be A Panacea For The Beleaguered Firm?

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Mark Melin
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When a firm enters a guilty plea to securities fraud, perhaps it’s time to change the company name.  Such could be the case with the name change of SAC Capital Advisers to Point72 Asset Management.

Will SAC's Name Change Be A Panacea For The Beleaguered Firm?

Letter to employees answers two questions

In a letter to employees on Tuesday reviewed by the New York Times,  SAC, named for billionaire hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen, will change its name and likely remain in the same location.  The new name, Point72 Asset Management, is a play on the firm’s address, 72 Cummings Point...

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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.