Investment Strategies
Our assets under management are generally invested on a multi-strategy basis, across multiple geographies, although certain funds and other vehicles are focused on specific sectors, strategies, or geographies. Our primary investment strategies are:
| Strategy | Description |
|---|---|
| Convertible and Derivative Arbitrage | Convertible and derivative arbitrage investing takes advantage of price discrepancies between convertible and derivative securities and the underlying equity or other security. These investments may be made at multiple levels of an entity's capital structure to profit from valuation or other pricing discrepancies. |
| Credit | Credit includes a variety of credit-based strategies, such as high-yield debt investments in distressed businesses and investments in bank loans and senior secured debt. Credit also includes providing mezzanine financing and structuring creative capital solutions. |
| Long/Short Equity Special Situations | Long/short equity special situations consist of fundamental long/short and event-driven investing. Fundamental long/short investing involves analyzing companies and assets to profit where we believe mispricing or undervaluation exists. Event-driven investing attempts to realize gain from corporate events such as spin-offs, recapitalizations and other corporate restructurings, whether they are company-specific or a result of industry or economic conditions. |
| Merger Arbitrage | Merger arbitrage is an event-driven strategy that involves multiple investments in entities contemplating a merger or similar business combination. This strategy seeks to realize a profit from pricing discrepancies among the securities of the entities involved in the event. |
| Private Investments | Private investments encompass investments in a variety of special situations that seek to realize value through strategic sales or initial public offerings. |
| Structured Credit | Structured credit involves investments in residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities. This strategy also includes investments in collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). |