ENG322/793 Hedge Funds & M&A

ENG322/793 Hedge Funds & M&A

Multiple Choice

Are the following statement true or false?

• Hedge funds are so named because they protect against losses.

• Hedge funds use their investors' money as well as borrowed money.

• Hedge funds concentrate on making long-term investments.

• The fact that investors can make a profit from arbitrage shows that markets are not perfectly efficient.

Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentences.

1. I want to work in the mergers and ______________ department of an investment bank in

New York.

2. Beverage Partners Worldwide is a ___________ between the Coca-Cola and Nestle companies, making ready-to-drink teas and coffees.

3. After their ____________ Union Bank of Switzerland and Swiss Bank Corporation had combined assets of $600bn.

4. We started with a ___________ , buying all the stocks available on the stock exchange. That got us 15% of their stocks. Then we made a ________ , offering 20% abovet the

market price, and bought another 40% of the company

Multiple Choice

Match newspaper headlines with the following processes

1.

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

• forwar integration

• backward integration

• diversification

Multiple Choice

Match newspaper headlines with the following processes

1.

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

• forwar integration

• backward integration

• diversification

Multiple Choice

Match newspaper headlines with the following processes

1.

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

• forwar integration

• backward integration

• diversification

Multiple Choice

Match newspaper headlines with the following processes

1.

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

• forwar integration

• backward integration

• diversification

Multiple Choice

Match newspaper headlines with the following processes

1.

• horizontal integration

• vertical integration

• forwar integration

• backward integration

• diversification