ABC Arbitrage: directors' dealings · France · AMF

About ABC Arbitrage

ABC arbitrage is a French listed group on Euronext Paris, identified by ISIN FR0004040608 and ticker ABCA, and specialized in quantitative arbitrage strategies and alternative asset management. Founded in 1995 by Dominique Ceolin, who remains the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the group was built on a long-standing expertise in domestic arbitrage and market-risk management. Its business model is centered on designing, developing and deploying quantitative strategies aimed at capturing market inefficiencies, with performance that is highly dependent on volatility and market conditions. ABC arbitrage’s core business is built around two complementary activities: on one hand, investment and arbitrage services carried out by the parent company and its research and trading teams; on the other hand, fund management and investment vehicles operated through its licensed asset management subsidiaries. The group reports a presence in Paris, Dublin and Singapore, which gives it a multi-jurisdictional footprint and allows it to serve professional investors across different markets. Its structure includes an Irish trading company, an alternative investment fund manager licensed by the AMF in Paris, and an Asian management entity licensed in Singapore. The company is positioned as a niche player in the hedge fund and quantitative investing universe, with a focus on agility, statistical discipline and risk control. Its 2025 results, published in March 2026, showed higher operating revenues and improved profitability, supported by a more volatile market environment, which remains a key driver of the group’s activity. Management also highlights products such as ABCA Opportunities and ABCA Reversion, aimed exclusively at professional investors, as evidence of the group’s alternative asset management know-how. ABC arbitrage also stands out for its financial discipline and shareholder return policy. The group has maintained a quarterly dividend policy since 2019 and reports a long track record of positive half-year results, as well as structurally strong long-term returns on equity. This combination of quantitative expertise, selective geographic expansion and operational discipline makes ABC arbitrage a well-established name in the French specialized financial services segment.