| What is a merger without a bit of arbitrage? Ask Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group. Pentwater Capital Management this week became the first big merger arbitrage fund to disclose a position in BG, after Shell’s $70 billion cash-and-stock deal to buy the U.K. oil and gas company.
But with the deal not slated to close until early next year, and requiring approval from several regulators, other arbitrage funds will likely move slowly in putting on trades, especially with few obvious counter-bidders..........................................Full Article: Source
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