The long–short fund seeks to profit from the market inefficiencies that may arise as a result of such corporate events as asset divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, special dividend payments, and share repurchases. The fund utilizes software that searches news sources to identify target companies that are then analyzed by the firm’s analysts.
Q. In the analysts’ discussion about Fund B’s potential investments, the point that is most accurate relates to:
- reorganization opportunities.
- positions in distressed companies.
- acquisitions in a consolidating industry.
C is correct. Fund B fund seeks to profit from the market inefficiencies that may arise as a result of corporate events. It can hold either long or short positions in the acquiring and target companies as appropriate to produce a profitable position. This would be true even in consolidating industries as long as it believed that a market inefficiency existed.
什么叫consolidating？
