Merger arbitrage is widely considered one of the principal areas of hedge fund investment. While the investment process of merger arbitrage is generally known, less information exists, at least in the practitioner community, as to academic research as to the basis for various merger activity as well as to the...
RYE, N.Y. -- The Board of Trustees of The Gabelli Global Deal Fund (NYSE:GDL) (the "Fund") declared a $0.40 per share cash distribution payable on December 17, 2008 to common shareholders of record on December 12, 2008. The total distributions since inception from the Fund equate to $2.80 per share....
Clients Benefit from Instant Access to Transaction Data and Information NEW YORK -- Wall Street Access, a New York-based independent securities firm that provides clients with institutional brokerage, securities research and wealth management services, today announced that it has launched a new, web-based merger arbitrage information service that...
Company to Embark Upon Aggressive Partnership and Merger and Acquisition Strategy SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinobiomed, Inc. ("Sinobiomed", or "the Company") (BULLETIN BOARD: SOBM) is pleased to announce that Brent Suen has joined the Company as Director of Strategic Development. Mr....
NEW YORK & HONG KONG -- The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) today announced that Aaron Nieman will be launching Blackstone Altius Advisors, a new event-driven strategy focusing on opportunities in the Asia Pacific region. A global, highly experienced investment team will be headquartered in Hong Kong, with additional professionals based...
RYE, N.Y. -- GAMCO Investors, Inc. and AXA Enterprise Funds announced today that GAMCO's Gabelli Funds, LLC was approved by shareholders as investment advisor to the Enterprise Mergers and Acquisitions Fund (the "Fund"), a Fund that GAMCO helped launch and has sub-advised since February 28, 2001. The GAMCO portfolio management...
RYE, N.Y. -- The Board of Trustees of The Gabelli Global Deal Fund (NYSE:GDL) declared a $0.40 per share cash distribution payable on December 17, 2007 to common shareholders of record on December 12, 2007. The total distributions from the Fund amount to $1.20 per share for 2007. ...
Given their name, hedge funds might be expected to prosper in any market conditions. Recent experience proves that this is not the case Chris Dillow Hedge fund managers' claims that they can make money in any market conditions have been refuted. ...
RYE, N.Y. -- The Board of Trustees of The Gabelli Global Deal Fund (NYSE:GDL) declared a $0.40 per share cash distribution payable on September 24, 2007 to common shareholders of record on September 14, 2007. The Fund intends to make regular quarterly cash distributions of all or a...
Och-Ziff, the US hedge fund that came to prominence in the UK when it backed Malcolm Glazer's bid for Manchester United, is planning to sell up to $2bn ([pound]1bn) of shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The hedge fund, with about $26.8bn under management, said it is going public...
performance Funds of hedge funds biased towards equity related strategies were the top performers over the first quarter, statistics have shown. According to Standard & Poor's, special situations, merger arbitrage and long/short equity hedge funds delivered the best returns,...
NEW YORK -- Credit Suisse Index Co., Inc., today released its latest industry commentary, Event Driven for All Seasons, disclosing that the Event Driven hedge fund strategy, which includes the Distressed, Multi-Strategy and Risk Arbitrage sub-sectors, was the top performing sector over the past 12 months, returning 15.62%. The sector...
RYE, N.Y. -- The Board of Trustees of The Gabelli Global Deal Fund (NYSE:GDL) declared a $0.40 per share initial cash distribution payable on June 25, 2007 to common shareholders of record on June 15, 2007. The Fund intends to make regular quarterly cash distributions of all or...
Byline: Jemima Whyte May 13, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Hedge funds tend to be depicted as aggressive operators with a short-term perspective. The funds stay in the background of high-profile mergers and their motivations on a trade...
Emerging markets specialist Fabien Pictet and Partners has hired Michael Bourke as the investment manager of its 395 fund. The fund, named after the separation of the Roman Empire in AD 395, invests in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and African equities. ...
Byline: Mayur Shetty Mar. 22--MUMBAI, India -- As surging deposit rates and the March-end battle for deposits among banks gives rise to arbitrage possibilities,HDFC is tightening its scrutiny of requests for premature withdrawals. There has been speculation that if...
CHICAGO -- Spooz, Inc. (OTC: SPZI) is excited to announce the formation of a proprietary trading division to generate additional revenue for the company. The new division will employ Fractalz3[TM] technology, acquired in the Tetrahex merger last year, to exploit short-term market anomalies using statistical arbitrage models. The Statistically Weighted...
hedge funds London & Capital has added five more funds to its pool of hedge fund investments, known as Global Fund of Hedge funds. Managed by Magnus Olsson, the portfolio includes a new Special Opportunities segment, enhancing the company's ability...
Byline: aaron elstein Peter Lobravico, 32, is vice president for risk arbitrage sales and trading at Wall Street Access Corp., a research and trading firm that advises institutional investors betting on the likelihood of corporate mergers. data machine Mr. Lobravico is...
Marlin & Associates, (M&A), the New York andWashington, DC-based investment boutique banking advisory and consultingfirm, today announced that Byron Raco has joined the firm from JPMorganChase & Co.'s Business Services team, where he helped establish the groupandinitiate coverage on a number of companies. Prior to JPMorgan Chase, Byronhad experience...
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