Alpine Merger Arbitrage Fd.S EUR H/  IE00BG7PPX77  /

The investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund aims to achieve this by utilizing a merger arbitrage strategy. This strategy involves investing in a globally diversified portfolio of companies which are involved in, or which are linked to, merger and acquisitions. The Fund shall primarily gain exposure to the global equity securities of the companies, either directly or indirectly via derivatives. Also due to the nature of the strategy, and to a limited extent, the Fund may also receive other instruments including corporate bonds, private stock, warrants and rights, etc. The Manager of the Fund is not constrained by a benchmark. The Fund may invest in emerging markets, but no more than 20% is expected. The Fund may invest in other funds, but only up to a limit of 10% of NAV. The Fund will take long and short exposures which is typical of a merger arbitrage strategy. The Fund may invest invest in financial derivative instruments (which are contracts between two or more parties whose price is determined upon the future performance or outcome of a particular underlying asset or group of assets). These are used to achieve indirect eposure to a market, to achieve syntheic shorting, and are also used to managerisk. These financial derivative instruments may include, but are not limited to equity swaps, contracts for difference (CFDs), forwards and futures. Please refer to the supplement of the prospectus for more information.

The investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The Fund aims to achieve this by utilizing a merger arbitrage strategy. This strategy involves investing in a globally diversified portfolio of companies which are involved in, or which are linked to, merger and acquisitions. The Fund shall primarily gain exposure to the global equity securities of the companies, either directly or indirectly via derivatives. Also due to the nature of the strategy, and to a limited extent, the Fund may also receive other instruments including corporate bonds, private stock, warrants and rights, etc. The Manager of the Fund is not constrained by a benchmark. The Fund may invest in emerging markets, but no more than 20% is expected. The Fund may invest in other funds, but only up to a limit of 10% of NAV. The Fund will take long and short exposures which is typical of a merger arbitrage strategy.