Muddy Waters Crashes Burford Capital’s Anniversary Party

The short-selling firm pranked one of its recent targets — and released a YouTube video documenting the stunt.

A still from a video featuring Carson Block of Muddy Waters Research (via YouTube)

A still from a video featuring Carson Block of Muddy Waters Research

(via YouTube)

When a company is in a short-seller’s crosshairs, sound advice is to avoid the spotlight.

That is, unless the goal is to be the topic of searing ridicule by Carson Block’s Muddy Waters in a popular YouTube video.

Case in point: Burford Capital, a U.K.

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