The team has been developing their entrepreneurial competences during the last 15 years by creating and developing a banking subsidiary dealing with arbitrage and equity derivatives.
They have been trading in this type of arbitrage throughout Europe, in the United States and to a lesser extent in Asia. They also supervised operations in New York and in Singapore.
The management team has developed over a number of years an expertise in three main sectors of finance.
- Merger arbitrage in Europe and the United States. This type of arbitrage has a double approach. An in-depth analysis and a multi- criteria model which facilitates decision making. It also uses a historical data base with more than 500 indicated strategies of Mergers and Acquisitions in which the team has had previous trading positions.
- Index arbitrage takes advantage of the price differences between stock index futures and underlying stocks. (This is more commonly known as basis arbitrage). The team intervened in this type of arbitrage with the stock market indexes and sector indexes traded throughout Europe.
- Re-financing and Short Selling. Numerous implemented strategies require Short Selling that is necessary for uncorrelated fund performances compared to the reference index. The management team has an extensive network of lenders dealing in securities in Europe as well as in the United States which allows them to have the best refinancing options for their positions and to optimize their operation.
Moreover, the team has a very extensive experience handling derivatives, notably within the framework of managing risks or in relation to the initiation of trading operations.
Finally, the team is totally involved in the development of their computer software tools which are used for the servicing of portfolio management and risks management.
They have been trading in this type of arbitrage throughout Europe, in the United States and to a lesser extent in Asia. They also supervised operations in New York and in Singapore.
The management team has developed over a number of years an expertise in three main sectors of finance.
- Merger arbitrage in Europe and the United States. This type of arbitrage has a double approach. An in-depth analysis and a multi- criteria model which facilitates decision making. It also uses a historical data base with more than 500 indicated strategies of Mergers and Acquisitions in which the team has had previous trading positions.
- Index arbitrage takes advantage of the price differences between stock index futures and underlying stocks. (This is more commonly known as basis arbitrage). The team intervened in this type of arbitrage with the stock market indexes and sector indexes traded throughout Europe.
- Re-financing and Short Selling. Numerous implemented strategies require Short Selling that is necessary for uncorrelated fund performances compared to the reference index. The management team has an extensive network of lenders dealing in securities in Europe as well as in the United States which allows them to have the best refinancing options for their positions and to optimize their operation.
Moreover, the team has a very extensive experience handling derivatives, notably within the framework of managing risks or in relation to the initiation of trading operations.
Finally, the team is totally involved in the development of their computer software tools which are used for the servicing of portfolio management and risks management.
