Manuel P. Asensio

Manuel P. Asensio
Born (1954-12-30) December 30, 1954 (age 69)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)Financial analysts, hedge fund manager, investor
Known forFounder, Asensio & Company
Websitehttp://www.asensio.com

Manuel P. Asensio (born December 30, 1954, in La Habana, Cuba) is the founder, chairman and president of Asensio & Company, LLC an investment firm established in 1992.

Asensio is the recognized pioneer of activist short selling.[1]

He is the author of a book about his short selling work entitled Sold Short: Uncovering the Markets.[2]

  1. ^ Ljungqvist, Alexander; Qian, Wenlan (23 January 2014). "How Constraining Are Limits to Arbitrage? Evidence from a Recent Financial Innovation". National Bureau of Economic Research. doi:10.3386/w19834. S2CID 152901917. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ Asensio, Manuel (April 15, 2001). Sold Short: Uncovering Deception in the Market. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-38338-3.