Bill Ackman, the billionaire hedge fund manager and founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said he has taken a “large notional short position” against the Hong Kong dollar, arguing it is “only a matter of time” before the currency’s peg to the US dollar breaks.In a Twitter post on Wednesday evening in the US, Ackman revealed that Pershing Square had a “large notional short position against the Hong Kong dollar through the ownership of put options”, which would pay off if the currency’s US dollar exchange rate crashes through the floor of its narrow trading band.
亿万富翁对冲基金经理、潘兴广场资本管理公司(Pershing Square Capital Management)创始人比尔•阿克曼(Bill Ackman)表示,他已建立了针对港元的“大量名义空头头寸”,并称港元与美元脱钩“只是时间问题”。