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EDHEC: Amaranth bets were too large

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Following the recent meltdown of the large American multi-strategy fund Amaranth, research institute EDHEC has examined the anatomy of Amaranth’s downfall and has concluded that too large bets were made in relation to the fund’s capital base.

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