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Merger Arbitrage
20 posts
Corey Hoffstein: Merger Arbitrage Isn’t Just for Institutions Anymore — Here’s How You Can Use It
Listen on The Move Forget what you thought about merger arbitrage — it’s no longer out…
July 10, 2025
Navigating Volatility: The Case for Tactical Alpha
In today's volatile markets, alternative investments are key for diversification, resilience, and returns, but they demand expertise to navigate. Ash Lawrence, Head of AGF Capital Partners and Scott Radke, CEO and Co-CIO of New Holland Capital discuss...
Fragile Convictions, Fortified Portfolios: PICTON’s Playbook for a Market Built on Hope
“We don’t think it’s a bull market... we think it’s very prudent to focus on much better diversification within portfolios.” — David Picton, President & CEO, PICTON Investments
July 9, 2025
Turning the Page: Why 2025 May Be the Year Merger Arbitrage Steps into the Spotlight
Strategic Resilience in 2024: Playing Defense to Win "If you were to summarize it in one word, it…
May 28, 2025
Merger Arbitrage Advantage: Delivering Durable, Uncorrelated Return Streams
Introduction: Understanding the Opportunity in Merger Arbitrage Merger arbitrage—a subset of event-driven investing—represents a distinctive opportunity for portfolio…
April 3, 2025
Riding the Edge of Chaos: Why Advisors Must Embrace the New Era of Diversification
There’s an old saying in investing: past performance is no guarantee of future results. It’s a phrase so…
March 18, 2025
The World is Evolving. So Too Must Portfolio Construction.
Rethinking Portfolio Construction: Why 40/30/30 is the Key to Balance Since 1950, the investment portfolio has remained largely…
March 10, 2025
Antitrust Angst
by Shannon L. Saccocia, CFA, Chief Investment Officer—Private Wealth, Neuberger Berman Does the retention of the Biden-era M&A…
February 27, 2025
Merger Arbitrage: The Stars Could Be Aligning
by Scott Schefrin and Eugene Smit, AllianceBernstein Is an M&A boom brewing? There’s a shift underway in the…
February 13, 2025
Fortifying Portfolios in Uncertain Times: Lessons from Picton Mahoney
In equity and bond markets increasingly punctuated by volatility and unexpected economic events, the traditional investment framework is…
January 7, 2025
The Seven Pillars of Resilient Portfolios – Revisiting Picton Mahoney’s BARBELL Framework
In a rapidly evolving investment landscape, where traditional stock and bond strategies often falter under the weight of…
January 2, 2025
Women & Alts: A Global Perspective with Barbara Stewart
Listen on The Move In this episode of Insight is Capital, Pierre Daillie welcomes Barbara Stewart, CFA,…
November 27, 2024
Picton Mahoney Q4/24 Investment Review & Outlook: Soft-Landing Odds Improved, But Largely Priced In
by David Picton, President and CEO, & Team, Picton Mahoney Asset Management Will An Asset Bubble and/or Inflation…
October 20, 2024
The Art of Patient Diversification: Lessons from Meketa and Mutiny
Investing is a balancing act, a constant tension between risk and reward, fear and greed, offense and defense. Two distinct voices in the investment world
September 28, 2024
Taming Volatile Markets: “In times of crisis, all correlations go to 1”
Mutiny Fund’s Jason Buck likes to say, “I can show you a picture of a snake, but if I throw a snake in your lap, you’re gonna have a very different reaction.” It’s a quote he loves, coined originally by Jason Zweig.
August 26, 2024
Picton Mahoney Q3 Update: "The Fed is in a Sticky Situation: Will it Cause the Bull Run to Come Unglued?"
As we are one month into the third quarter, it's critical to assess the current market position and…
August 2, 2024