For the last half-decade or so, the last thing any CEO wanted to was to see their company’s name in print alongside Hindenburg Research. If the firm had you in its crosshairs, things were about to get ugly and very,

Hindenburg Research's founder Nathan Anderson announced on Wednesday he would disband the firm whose short reports on companies typically led to sharp plunges in the stock prices, and in some cases, investigations by authorities.

Hindenburg Research, known as a corporate muckraker, is shutting down after completing its investigations. Major cases include the Adani Group and Nikola Corporation.