Latest Blog Posts & Research
September 28, 2024 - Merger arbitrage is an investment strategy that capitalizes on the spread between a company’s current share price and the consideration paid for its acquisition in light of an announced merger transaction. The merger risk premium— or the spread between the acquisition price…
September 21, 2024 - Coming into the Federal Reserve's first rate cut since March 2020, investors and economists were reading the tea leaves for one key question: 25 or 50? The central bank put an exclamation point on the undertaking on Wednesday, choosing to "break the…
September 14, 2024 - According to the S&P Dow Jones Indices SPIVA (S&P Indices Versus Active) Scorecards, which regularly evaluate the performance of active mutual funds against their respective benchmarks, more than 90% of actively managed large-cap equity mutual funds underperform the benchmark index over the long…
Latest Media & Press Releases
Sept. 16, 2024 - Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc., ("Accelerate") today announced the Q3 and September 2024 cash distributions for Accelerate Exchange Traded Funds ("Accelerate Funds"), summarized below, that are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ('TSX"). The ex-dividend date for the distributions will be September 27,…
September 12, 2024 - Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc. ("Accelerate"), a leader in alternative investment solutions, is pleased to announce that the Accelerate Absolute Return Fund (TSX: HDGE) has been shortlisted in the HFM US Performance Awards 2024 in the Alternative Risk Premia category. "We are thrilled that…
Aug. 19, 2024 - Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc., ("Accelerate") today announced the August 2024 cash distributions for Accelerate Exchange Traded Funds ("Accelerate Funds"), summarized below, that are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ('TSX"). The ex-dividend date for the distributions will be August 30, 2024. All…
Latest Podcasts
On today’s show we welcome special guest, Whitestone REIT CEO Dave Holeman. Whitestone REIT is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that primarily owns, operates, and redevelops retail community-centered properties in Texas and Arizona. On the show we discuss: The thesis behind Whitestone’s focus…
On today’s show we welcome special guest, Meteora Capital Founder and CIO Vik Mittal, his second time on the podcast. Meteora Capital is an investment firm specializing in SPAC-related instruments in both public and private companies. On the show, we discuss: What has happened in…
AI in Investing with Stanford AI Researcher Dr. Mohammad Rasouli July 16, 2024 - On today’s show, we welcome special guest, Stanford AI Researcher Dr. Mohammad Rasouli. Mohammad helps funds to realize the benefit of artificial intelligence for alternative asset investment by providing AI education and…