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CAPITAL STRUCTURE ARBITRAGE [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

An investment strategy that involves buying an undervalued security and short selling an overvalued security of the same firm.

OBS

[The] objective is to profit from the pricing inefficiency in the issuing firm’s capital structure with the expectation that the pricing disparity between the two securities will cancel out (converge).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Stratégie de placement qui consiste à acheter un titre sous-évalué et à vendre à découvert un titre surévalué de la même entreprise.

OBS

Cette stratégie combine l'achat d'un titre sous-évalué et la vente d'un titre surévalué en misant sur un rapprochement des deux cours.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

Credit derivatives can also be used for regulatory arbitrage, which is motivated by the one-size-fits-all capital charge structure imposed by national regulators according to the rules set out in the Bank for International Settlements "Capital Accord"(BIS 1988).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

Les dérivés de crédit peuvent aussi servir à des fins d'arbitrage réglementaire - on entend par là l'arbitrage induit par l'uniformité des normes de fonds propres imposées par les organismes nationaux de réglementation, conformément aux règles énoncées dans l'«accord sur les fonds propres» de la Banque des Règlements Internationaux (BRI, 1988).

Spanish

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