From the NY Post: Ronald Weiland realized he’d made a bad bet in 2008, when he
lost his $1 million nest egg trading shares of drug company Elan. What he
didn’t know then was that the cards were stacked against him. Weiland now believes that he and other
investors were played by Steve Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors when the hedge fund
giant — acting on information from a former trader accused of insider trading —
abruptly dumped its huge long position in Elan and Wyeth and started shorting
both stocks.
“They had information that I didn’t have access to,” said
Weiland, a 53-year-old former consultant for Arthur Andersen. “It’s totally a
matter of seeing very wealthy people being able to game the system.”
The big trading swing that netted $276 million for SAC and
led to the arrest of former trader Mathew Martoma has also landed the firm in
hot water. Elan investors have filed at least two lawsuits against SAC,
accusing the firm of costing them millions, and several class-action law firms
are looking to tee up more….
Wait, wait…there’s more at http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/chirping_mad_over_sac_ed_nest_egg_91JM3dZfP6cwjn2YTojy0L
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