arbitrageur
/ˌɑːbɪtraˈʒəː
/(also arbitrager /ˈɑːbɪtrɪdʒə/)
noun
A person who engages in arbitrage.Institutional shareholders including arbitrageurs traditionally do not respond to offers up until close to the deadline....
- This strategy tries to exploit the relative prices of the convertible bond and the stock: the arbitrageur of this strategy would think the bond is a little cheap and the stock is a little expensive.
- The King of financial arbitrage capitalism is the financial arbitrageur.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, from arbitrer 'give judgement', from Latin arbitrari (see arbitrate).