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Merger Arbitrage

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Merger Arbitrage
In the context of hedge funds, a style of management that involves the simultaneous purchase of stock in a company being acquired and the sale of stock in its acquirer.

Merger Arbitrage
A strategy in which a hedge fund buys shares in two companies that are in the process of merging and sells the shares after the merger is complete. Merger arbitrage can be profitable because stock prices often decline in the process of a merger because of the possibility that the merger negotiations will fail. They then go to a higher price after the merger is complete. Because this phenomenon is so consistent, the hedge fund using merger arbitrage effectively makes a riskless profit.


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Richard Royden joins from JP Morgan and has 20 years finance experience in equities, derivatives and investment banking that includes running HSBC's equity derivatives and relative value businesses in New York, and more recently he headed the European merger arbitrage group at UBS as well as co-founded UBS' Alternative Capital Group in 2006 that provided investment banking coverage for hedge funds.
Founded in 1949, Mutual Series has a long history as deep value investors with a very distinct style, searching aggressively for investment opportunities in undervalued stocks, merger arbitrage situations, corporate reorganizations and distressed securities.
HBOS is at a 25% discount to the Lloyds TSB bid, in large part due to the absence of merger arbitrage activity, we feel.
 
 
 
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