Investment strategies that concentrate on companies which are, or may be, subject to extraordinary corporate events such as restructurings, takeovers, mergers, liquidations, bankruptcies or other special situations. Event-driven strategies include merger arbitrage and distressed securities strategies with bonds or other debt instruments of distressed or bankrupt companies, as well as special situation strategies such as spin-offs, litigation or liquidations. The goal of event-driven strategies is to profit when the price of a security changes to reflect the likelihood and potential impact of the occurrence, or non-occurrence, of the extraordinary event.