Microsoft-Activision deal gives merger speculators a new darling

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Hedge funds that earn returns speculating on precarious acquisitions were handed a gift this week when Microsoft Corp agreed to buy 'Call of Duty' maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash.The transaction will require antitrust approval in the United States as well as other major jurisdictions i

Hedge funds that earn returns speculating on precarious acquisitions were handed a gift this week when Microsoft Corp agreed to buy"Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in cash.

This infers a 57per cent chance of the deal closing, based on Activision's closing share price of $65.39 before the deal was announced. For some investors, Aon's scuttled $30 billion acquisition of Willis Towers Watson as the U.S. Justice Department sued to block the deal hurt returns.

 

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