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Merger Arbitrage: How to Profit from Event-Driven Arbitrage by Thomas Kirchner

Merger Arbitrage: How to Profit from Event-Driven Arbitrage Thomas Kirchner ebook
Publisher: Wiley
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0470371978,
Page: 370

Event Driven - This scenario is triggered by corporate upheaval, whether it be a merger, sale of assets, some sort of restructuring or even bankruptcy. Merger Arbitrage - Many private investors have noticed that the stock of two companies involved in a potential merger or acquisition often react differently to the news of the impending action and try to take advantage of the shareholders' reaction. By James Williams – Athos Capital is a new merger arbitrage hedge fund founded by portfolio manager Matt Moskey, trader Erik Senko and former COO of Black's Link Capital, Fr. Designed correctly, these strategies can yield profit on either side of the entry points. The arbitrage fund, Paulson Enhanced, is up 10.5 percent while Paulson International is up almost 5 percent. A leading firm is looking to add a senior research analyst to their event-driven trading desk in London. Merger Arbitrage/Risk Arbitrage research analyst. Most smaller event-driven funds in Asia are skewed towards softer catalyst opportunities: the firms that tend to really focus on risk arbitrage in Asia are global funds looking to deploy assets to the region. Merger Arbitrage or relative-value strategy hedge funds which aim to profit off from mispricings while unsuccessful in others. Contrarily, Paulson Advantage and Advantage Plus are down 12.68 and 18.4 percent respectively. Surprisingly, John Paulson's merger arbitrage funds are returning better than his event driven strategies.