{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a13c15d-181a-4a2e-a662-739d0e7f731a/664f902fa3951a0013fbf251?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Best Of: Inside a hedge fund disaster","description":"<p>This week, we’re revisiting an episode from last November, about a Wall Street saga that lost shareholders more than $10bn. In 2007, when Dan Och took his hedge fund public, he was making a bet that his company would stand the test of time. More than 15 years, a bribery scandal, and a feud with his protégé later, the FT’s Ortenca Aliaj and Sujeet Indap explain how things did not work out as planned.&nbsp;</p><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&nbsp;</p><p><strong>For further reading:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/b5326430-18c0-43a4-9fda-5ccc30707de1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sculptor Capital: grey areas cause grey hairs in messy bidding war</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/22403409-9725-4839-9a9d-faeaf95aa496\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fight over Sculptor hedge fund sale entwined in Daniel Och’s tax affairs</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/be169495-ae2d-44b4-a808-5c030347e177\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sale of Sculptor Capital on cusp of approval after hedge fund brawl</a></p><p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&nbsp;</p><p>On X, follow Ortenca Aliaj (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/OrtencaAl\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@OrtencaAl</a>), Sujeet Indap (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/sindap\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@sindap</a>) and Michela Tindera (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/mtindera07\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@mtindera07</a>), or follow Michela on LinkedIn for updates about the show and more.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/d6d62348-068f-4490-a827-1192ce16cd22\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p>","author_name":"Financial Times"}