H Partners and Six Flags

by Robin Greenwood and Michael Gorzynski

Abstract

Rehan Jaffer, the founder of hedge fund H Partners, is considering what to do with his investment in Six Flags. H Partners had invested a significant amount of the firm's capital in the senior bonds of U.S.-based Six Flags, following that company's bankruptcy filing.

Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Private Equity; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Bonds; Investment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States;

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Greenwood, Robin, and Michael Gorzynski. "H Partners and Six Flags." Harvard Business School Case 211-090, March 2011. (Revised from original March 2011 version.)

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