1 term paper topics in corporate finance course 4110 risk arbitrage us financial markets supreena narayanan roll number 80293 tutor prof peter hogfeldt 2 acknowledgements i would like to thank for his timely guidance valuable suggestions and confidence me which helped contribute making this success also the library administration their suitable references 3 abstract analyses first section deals with understanding mechanism is followed by second another genus of ie takeovers third provides a solution case study on fourth effects stock market returns business conditions merger acquisition trend regulatory fifth final summarises analysis made earlier sections note future trends activities associated are more pronouncedly decreased down