
Neuberger Berman's managing director, Steve Eisman, shorted collateralised debt obligations to profit from the fall of the US real estate market in 2008. His bets against the housing market made him a legend on Wall Street.
Actor Steve Carrell depicted Eisman's journey during the global financial crisis in the movie "The Big Short." Movie producers had changed his name to Mark Baum for the award-winning film.