The Arbitrage Fund (ARBFX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
13.63
0.00 (0.00%)
Sep 16, 2025, 8:09 AM EDT
Fund Assets737.06M
Expense Ratio1.60%
Min. Investment$2,000
Turnover162.00%
Dividend (ttm)0.12
Dividend Yield0.89%
Dividend Growth-50.34%
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Ex-Dividend DateDec 18, 2024
Previous Close13.63
YTD Return5.66%
1-Year Return6.41%
5-Year Return18.42%
52-Week Low12.74
52-Week High13.64
Beta (5Y)0.10
Holdings108
Inception DateSep 18, 2000

About ARBFX

The fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies (both U.S. and foreign) that are involved in publicly announced mergers, takeovers, tender offers, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, liquidations and other corporate reorganizations. Equity securities include common and preferred stock. Merger arbitrage is a highly specialized investment approach designed to profit from the successful completion of mergers, takeovers, tender offers, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, liquidations and other corporate reorganizations.

Fund Family Arbitrage Fund
Category Event Driven
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol ARBFX
Share Class Class R
Index ICE BofA US 3-Month T Bill TR IX

Performance

ARBFX had a total return of 6.41% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 3.83%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

SymbolShare ClassExpense Ratio
ARBNXClass I1.35%
ARGAXClass A1.60%
ARBCXClass C2.35%

Top 10 Holdings

69.29% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC - Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government PortfolioMVRXX18.13%
State Street U.S. Government Money Market PortfolioGVMXX18.13%
Amedisys, Inc.AMED6.21%
Water Island Event-Driven Fund IAEDNX4.84%
ANSYS, Inc.ANSS4.54%
Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.EDR4.40%
Hydraulic Elements and Systems ADHES3.99%
Juniper Networks, Inc.JNPR3.68%
Springworks Therapeutics, Inc.SWTX3.03%
Frontier Communications Holdings LLCFYBR.8.75 05.15.30 144A2.36%
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Dividend History

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 18, 2024$0.12121Dec 19, 2024
Dec 14, 2023$0.24409Dec 15, 2023
Dec 15, 2022$0.44831Dec 16, 2022
Dec 17, 2020$0.88524Dec 18, 2020
Dec 19, 2019$0.27464Dec 20, 2019
Dec 13, 2018$0.15508Dec 14, 2018
Full Dividend History