After Strong 2016, Merger Arb Hedge Funds See Rise In Assets

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Mark Melin
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Merger Arbitrage Hedge Funds

Arbitrage strategies have seen the largest growth year to date, according to a Eurekahedge report, as merger arbitrage Hedge Funds often engaged in buying and selling around mergers and acquisitions outperformed the general hedge fund industry in 2016. As the strategy looks to potentially fewer arbitrage opportunities, Eurekahedge considers the weak correlations between the S&P Merger Arbitrage Index relative to its better performing version. Merger Arbitrage Hedge Funds basics With assets under management in the arbitrage strategy up 6.33% year to date yet strategy returns only up 1.99% over the same period, the strategy that is often based on the…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.