Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun risk_arbitrage

1 sense of risk arbitrage

Sense 1
risk arbitrage, takeover arbitrage -- (arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of money)
       => arbitrage -- (a kind of hedged investment meant to capture slight differences in price; when there is a difference in the price of something on two different markets the arbitrageur simultaneously buys at the lower price and sells at the higher price)