Billabong

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.

Shares of Billabong and Quiksilver, the surfwear industry's biggest labels, surged to records in 2007, then crashed. A young, ambitious player has hopes of reviving the salty dream.

Oaktree Capital Management LP may consider combining bankrupt surfwear retailer Quiksilver Inc. with Billabong International Ltd.

BoF compiles the most important professional moves of the week.

Surfwear label Billabong’s journey from a backyard on Australia’s Gold Coast to a $3.2 billion public company culminated in its shares losing 99 percent of their value. Money manager Sebastian Evans is betting on a comeback.