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Business, 10.05.2021 19:50 lunagio67

You are running an arbitrage-based hedge fund focusing on merger transactions. Company XYZ has just received a tender offer for $46 per share from the management of Acquisi Corp. For the past two weeks, XYZ's shares traded at around $31, but immediately after the tender offer the market price of those shares rose to their current level of $42. On the other hand, Acquisi Corp share price fell from $83 to $81 right after the announcement of the proposed takeover. Further, interest rates in the economy have recently risen from 2.5 percent to 3.2 percent based on renewed fears of inflation. a. Calculate the market's implied probability that the takeover will imately be successful.
b. Explain how you can use this information to decide whether you should take a long position or a short position in the stock of Company XYZ.

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