Tag: event-driven strategies
Hedge Fund Inflows Boosted By Innovation
The passing of the JOBS Act by US Congress in 2012 brought all but the smallest US hedge funds under the regulation of the...
Carl Icahn – the Hyper Active ‘Vulture Capitalist’
Back in the heady days of Wall Street in the 1980s, hedge fund manager Carl Icahn made a name for himself as a ruthless...
Understanding Hedge Fund Strategies: Merger Arbitrage
By their very nature, arbitrage-based trading strategies require a very high skill level and tend not to yield massive profits, although some types of...
Understanding Hedge Fund Strategies: Event-Driven Strategies
Some hedge funds choose to focus on event-driven strategies. This involves event-driven managers seeking to profit from security pricing inefficiencies that can occur when...