European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Jesús is an Insight Provider (Event-driven) on the Smartkarma network, where he looks across sectors at opportunities arising from securities mispricing (both credit and equity), share classes, bid announcements, prospective bids, and special situations. He has served as Economic and Business Advisor at the Spanish Congress in Madrid. Prior to that, he has worked in the City of London: as a Credit Analyst at Bloomberg; Event-driven associate at former boutique European Research; and doubled as Special Situations and Equity-linked VP (convertible bonds) at Merrill Lynch. Jesús has an MBA from the London Business School, a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics from the Complutense University in Madrid, and a BA (Hons.) in Law from U.N.E.D., also in Madrid.

Event-Driven

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<li>The rights issue is fully underwritten and should bolster the balance sheet. This is akin to a placing by market volume. There are arbitrage opportunities (although not limitless borrowing available).</li>
<li>The arbitrage is a long position on a synthetic put. Rights will trade up to 17:30 on 3 May.</li>
<li>The new shares coming is a giant block compared to the existing shares outstanding. There may be a wave of selling from 4 May, and the shares should drop then.</li>
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The rights issue is fully underwritten and should bolster the balance sheet. This is akin to a placing by market volume. There are arbitrage opportunities (although not limitless borrowing available).
The arbitrage is a long position on a synthetic put. Rights will trade up to 17:30 on 3 May.
The new shares coming is a giant block compared to the existing shares outstanding. There may be a wave of selling from 4 May, and the shares should drop then.


Tecnicas Reunidas Sa

Rights Arbitrage