This note introduces the concept of risk or merger arbitrage. Risk arbitrage is an investing method that tries to cash in on announced transactions relating ti merger, spin-off, acquisition, liquidation and restructuring of companies. Arbitrageur is trying to create a risk-free return on the simultaneous purchase and / or sale of assets that are part of the announced transaction. In this paper, we describe the main types of transactions, and methods to assess their cost-effectiveness. "Hide
by Chris K. Anderson, Aravind Suni 26 pages. Publication Date: October 09, 2009. Prod. #: W04340-PDF-ENG
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