Risk arbitrage is an investment strategy used to profit from pricing gaps in stock takeover deals. Learn how it works, its mechanisms, and criticisms.

The headwinds of rising rates, price volatility and increased global regulatory scrutiny appear to be fading—and market sentiment is getting brighter. In merger arbitrage, arbitrageurs purchase a ...

Utilizing all-stock transactions in energy sector mergers is not a novel phenomenon, but rather a cyclical strategy that has ebbed and flowed with market conditions and industry dynamics. The trend ...

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), the parent company of Apartments.com and Homes.com, announced its intention to acquire Matterport (NASDAQ: MTTR), a virtual tour software platform, for an enterprise value ...

Merger arbitrage has been one of the top-performing strategies of 2006. Paulson & Company is a leading light in merger arbitrage, with well-honed skills in both long and short strategic approaches to ...

First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”) announces the First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (NYSE Arca: MARB) (the “Fund”), a series of First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III (the “Trust”), will change its ...

WHEATON, Ill., January 27, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. ("FTA") announces the First Trust Merger Arbitrage ETF (NYSE Arca: MARB) (the "Fund"), a series of First Trust ...