Associated Capital Group operates as diversified financial services and investment management business with three core pillars of operations; a principal strategies group which invests the firms proprietary capital in new and existing businesses; an asset management business that emphasizes event driven value and
merger arbitrage oriented alternative investment portfolios for institutions and high net worth investors; and institutional research services business, publishing research as Gabelli & company, and was founded in 1976.
A diversified financial services and investment management business, Associated Capital operates with three core segments; a principal strategies group that invests its proprietary capital in new and existing businesses; an asset management business that emphasises event driven value and
merger arbitrage oriented alternative investment portfolios; and institutional research services business, publishing research as Gabelli & Company.
Event-Driven (credit,
merger arbitrage and special situations funds)
Lastly,
merger arbitrage remains another attractive strategy.
The
merger arbitrage premium on BHI was so high for a long time that it was apparent the markets were very skeptical about antitrust authorities allowing the merger to move forward in the first place.
Different hedge funds might try to profit from
merger arbitrage, buying distressed securities, dealing in derivatives such as futures contracts and options, focusing on bond market opportunities and so on.
The Paris Court of Appeal is to rule on the appeals filed by Charity & Investment
Merger Arbitrage Fund (CIAM) and the Association for the Defense of Minority Shareholders (ADAM) on 29 April 2014.
08 per cent in August, while
Merger Arbitrage and Special Situations saw narrow declines of -0.
There are now a half dozen ETFs based on hedge fund investing strategies such as
merger arbitrage, relative value or macro/emerging markets marketed by Index IQ and Credit Suisse.
Thirty-six of the additional options are from the ProFunds Group, which specializes in leveraged and inverse funds; from Rydex, two funds with a relative-strength strategy; Eaton Vance's floating-rate income fund designed to soften the impact of rising interest rates on bond portfolios; and The Merger Fund, devoted exclusively to
merger arbitrage.
New York-based
merger arbitrage shop, Glazer Capital Management recently announced the launch of a higher leverage version of its Glazer Onshore Fund.
The new indices are Liquid Alternative Beta Index, Event Driven Liquid Index and
Merger Arbitrage Liquid Index.
