Question: Amaranth Advisors: Burning Six Billion in Thirty Days (Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation Case 908N03-PDF-ENG, Harvard Business Publishing). The case provides students with
(1) a deeper understanding of commodity futures markets in general and of natural gas markets in particular,
(2) an introduction to hedge funds and an insight into the largest hedge fund collapse in history, and
(3) an introduction to such concepts as liquidity risk, value-at-risk, spread trades, and the use of derivatives.
Mylan Lab's Proposed Merger with King Pharmaceutical (Harvard Business School Case 209097-PDF-ENG). The case considers how hedge funds and other investors may use derivatives to separate votes from shares and the legal, moral, and economic implications of this ability.
Rogue Trader at Daiwa Bank (A): Management Responsibility under Different Jurisprudential Systems, Practices, and Cultures (University of Hong Kong Case HKU442-PDF-ENG, Harvard Business Publishing). The case examines the importance of complying with regulations in the context of a major foreign bank operating in the United States.