Merger Arbitrage: How to Profit from Global Event–Driven Arbitrage

The Ultimate Guide to Risk Arbitrage Fully Revised and Updated for Global Investors

Merger Arbitrage: How to Profit from Global Event–Driven Arbitrage, Second Edition is the newly revised, authoritative guide to the ins and outs of the explosive merger arbitrage hedge fund strategy.

Designed with the serious investor in mind, this expanded edition sheds light on the most important issues in the field worldwide, with an international collection of examples illustrating the practical realities of mergers and the ways the best in the field are profiting from these event–driven transactions. Brand–new coverage in this much–needed update includes:

A relevant, global perspective on this specialized approach to investing A thorough examination of the United Kingdom′s Code on Takeovers and Mergers and similar regulations in other countries An expanded toolkit of knowledge and techniques for entering the global market with a distinct advantage

In a global marketplace of volatility and unpredictability, investors need a cornerstone of low risk and high–probability returns in their portfolios, and Merger Arbitrage, Second Edition has the perfect way to get it.

THOMAS F. KIRCHNER is a portfolio manager of the Quaker Event Arbitrage Fund, a mutual fund that uses merger arbitrage as one of its investment strategies.