First Trust Merger Arbitrage Fund

Fund Profile

Fund profile

Tickers

VARAX, VARBX

Fund manager

Investment Managers Series Trust II

Total assets

$2.64 bn

Liabilities

$101.80 mm

Net assets

$2.53 bn

Number of holdings

397.00

Top 200 of 397 Holdings

As of Dec 2022

Security	$Holding	Balance	% of Fund	Category	Position	Country
MSILF Government Portfolio - Class Institutional USD INC	683.37 mm	683.37 mm principal	26.97	Short-term investment vehicle	Long	USA
STOR Store Capital Corp	79.34 mm	2.47 mm shares	3.13		Long	USA
HERA FTAC Hera Acquisition Corp	45.00 mm	4.45 mm shares	1.78	Common equity	Long	USA
HZNP Horizon Therapeutics Plc	42.33 mm	371.93 k shares	1.67	Common equity	Long	USA
SLAM Slam Corp	39.98 mm	3.96 mm shares	1.58	Common equity	Long	USA
AAC Ares Acquisition Corporation	39.65 mm	3.94 mm shares	1.56	Common equity	Long	USA
FPAC Far Peak Acquisition Corp	36.30 mm	3.62 mm shares	1.43	Common equity	Long	USA
LFG Archaea Energy Inc	33.09 mm	1.27 mm shares	1.31	Common equity	Long	USA
COUP Coupa Software Inc	31.15 mm	393.45 k shares	1.23	Common equity	Long	USA
WPCA Warburg Pincus Capital Corp I A	21.74 mm	2.15 mm shares	0.86	Common equity	Long	USA
QDRO Quadro Acquisition One Corp	21.55 mm	2.13 mm shares	0.85	Common equity	Long	USA
SLND Southland Holdings Inc	21.49 mm	2.12 mm shares	0.85	Common equity	Long	USA
MSDA MSD Acquisition Corp	21.35 mm	2.11 mm shares	0.84	Common equity	Long	USA
JWSM Jaws Mustang Acquisition Corporation	19.91 mm	1.97 mm shares	0.79	Common equity	Long	USA
HHLA HH&L Acquisition Co	19.80 mm	1.96 mm shares	0.78	Common equity	Long	Hong Kong
BYTS BYTE Acquisition Corp	19.45 mm	1.93 mm shares	0.77	Common equity	Long	USA
ESAC Esgen Acquisition Corp	16.96 mm	1.64 mm shares	0.67	Common equity	Long	USA
ROSS Ross Acquisition Corp II	16.89 mm	1.67 mm shares	0.67	Common equity	Long	USA
GVCI Green Visor Financial Technology Acquisition Corp I	16.13 mm	1.56 mm shares	0.64	Common equity	Long	USA
LGAC Lazard Growth Acquisition Corp I	15.52 mm	1.53 mm shares	0.61	Common equity	Long	USA
LEGA Lead Edge Growth Opportunities Ltd	15.38 mm	1.52 mm shares	0.61	Common equity	Long	USA
NRAC Northern Revival Acquisition Corp	15.04 mm	1.49 mm shares	0.59	Common equity	Long	USA
OLIT OmniLit Acquisition Corp	14.54 mm	1.41 mm shares	0.57	Common equity	Long	USA
YTPG TPG Pace Beneficial II Corp	14.37 mm	1.46 mm shares	0.57	Common equity	Long	USA
SVFA SVF Investment Corp	14.35 mm	1.42 mm shares	0.57	Common equity	Long	USA
APAC StoneBridge Acquisition Corp	13.98 mm	1.36 mm shares	0.55	Common equity	Long	USA
FWAC Fifth Wall Acquisition Corp III	13.84 mm	1.38 mm shares	0.55	Common equity	Long	USA
TBCP Thunder Bridge Capital Partners III Inc	13.76 mm	1.36 mm shares	0.54	Common equity	Long	USA
THAC Thrive Acquisition Corp	13.65 mm	1.32 mm shares	0.54	Common equity	Long	USA
NVSA New Vista Acquisition Corp	13.37 mm	1.33 mm shares	0.53	Common equity	Long	USA
KIII Kismet Acquisition Three Corp.	13.18 mm	1.32 mm shares	0.52	Common equity	Long	USA
RKTA Rocket Internet Growth Opportunities Corp	12.73 mm	1.26 mm shares	0.50	Common equity	Long	Cayman Islands
MBSC M3 Brigade Acquisition III Corp	12.63 mm	1.25 mm shares	0.50	Common equity	Long	USA
FTEV FinTech Evolution Acquisition Group	12.54 mm	1.24 mm shares	0.49	Common equity	Long	USA
NSTB Northern Star Investment Corp II	12.50 mm	1.24 mm shares	0.49	Common equity	Long	USA
SDAC Sustainable Development Acquisition I Corp	11.90 mm	1.18 mm shares	0.47	Common equity	Long	USA
PNTM Pontem Corp	11.87 mm	1.17 mm shares	0.47	Common equity	Long	USA
BYN Banyan Acquisition Corp	11.68 mm	1.14 mm shares	0.46	Common equity	Long	USA
QFTA Quantum Fintech Acquisition Corp	11.65 mm	1.16 mm shares	0.46	Common equity	Long	USA
ZING FTAC Zeus Acquisition Corp	11.44 mm	1.13 mm shares	0.45	Common equity	Long	USA
FMIV Forum Merger IV Corp	11.43 mm	1.14 mm shares	0.45	Common equity	Long	USA
NAAC North Atlantic Acquisition Corp	11.37 mm	1.12 mm shares	0.45	Common equity	Long	USA
PRBM Parabellum Acquisition Corp.	11.09 mm	1.09 mm shares	0.44	Common equity	Long	USA
PICC Pivotal Investment Corp III	11.07 mm	1.10 mm shares	0.44	Common equity	Long	USA
SCOB ScION Tech Growth II	11.02 mm	1.09 mm shares	0.43	Common equity	Long	UK
BWAC Better World Acquisition Corp	10.85 mm	1.04 mm shares	0.43	Common equity	Long	USA
PUCK Goal Acquisitions Corp	10.83 mm	1.08 mm shares	0.43	Common equity	Long	USA
EPHY Epiphany Technology Acquisition Corp	10.83 mm	1.07 mm shares	0.43	Common equity	Long	USA
CVII Churchill Capital Corp VII	10.79 mm	1.08 mm shares	0.43	Common equity	Long	USA
ACRO Acropolis Infrastructure Acquisition Corp	10.68 mm	1.08 mm shares	0.42	Common equity	Long	USA
BLUA BlueRiver Acquisition Corp	10.60 mm	1.05 mm shares	0.42	Common equity	Long	USA
Bridger Aerospace Group Holdings Inc	10.39 mm	1.03 mm shares	0.41	Common equity	Long	USA
FEXD Fintech Ecosystem Development Corp	10.25 mm	1.00 mm shares	0.40	Common equity	Long	USA
VAQC Vector Acquisition Corp II	10.04 mm	993.92 k shares	0.40	Common equity	Long	USA
DNAD Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp IV	10.01 mm	996.09 k shares	0.40	Common equity	Long	USA
CSTA Constellation Acquisition Corp I	9.98 mm	987.15 k shares	0.39	Common equity	Long	USA
EGGF EG Acquisition Corp	9.90 mm	993.13 k shares	0.39	Common equity	Long	USA
GXII GX Acquisition Corp II	9.87 mm	985.73 k shares	0.39	Common equity	Long	USA
MIT Mason Industrial Technology Inc	9.85 mm	985.73 k shares	0.39	Common equity	Long	USA
AURC Aurora Acquisition Corp	9.79 mm	970.39 k shares	0.39	Common equity	Long	UK
AVAC Avalon Acquisition Inc	9.59 mm	935.92 k shares	0.38	Common equity	Long	USA
ALTI Alvarium Tiedemann Holdings, Inc.	9.47 mm	941.47 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
GOGN GoGreen Investments Corp	9.43 mm	908.62 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
DNAB Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp II	9.42 mm	935.37 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
FTAA FTAC Athena Acquisition Corp	9.41 mm	931.15 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
PRSR Prospector Capital Corp	9.28 mm	918.80 k shares	0.37	Common equity	Long	USA
DHCA DHC Acquisition Corp	9.24 mm	916.63 k shares	0.36	Common equity	Long	USA
ONEM 1life Healthcare Inc	9.19 mm	549.85 k shares	0.36	Common equity	Long	USA
TETE Technology & Telecommunication Acquisition Corp	9.10 mm	883.50 k shares	0.36	Common equity	Long	Malaysia
TLGA TLG Acquisition One Corp	9.00 mm	889.74 k shares	0.36	Common equity	Long	USA
JUGG Jaws Juggernaut Acquisition Corp	8.96 mm	891.25 k shares	0.35	Common equity	Long	USA
CPTK Crown PropTech Acquisitions	8.95 mm	885.05 k shares	0.35	Common equity	Long	USA
SGII Seaport Global Acquisition II Corp	8.92 mm	874.18 k shares	0.35	Common equity	Long	USA
MDH MDH Acquisition Corp	8.79 mm	872.44 k shares	0.35	Common equity	Long	USA
IPVF InterPrivate III Financial Partners Inc	8.46 mm	837.24 k shares	0.33	Common equity	Long	USA
FZT FAST Acquisition Corp II	8.34 mm	833.29 k shares	0.33	Common equity	Long	USA
IRAA Iris Acquisition Corp	8.34 mm	827.34 k shares	0.33	Common equity	Long	Cayman Islands
Hammerhead Energy Inc.	8.24 mm	806.87 k shares	0.33	Common equity	Long	USA
LFAC LF Capital Acquisition Corp II	8.22 mm	801.08 k shares	0.32	Common equity	Long	USA
ENTF Enterprise 4.0 Technology Acquisition Corp	8.16 mm	793.34 k shares	0.32	Common equity	Long	USA
WEL Integrated Wellness Acquisition Corp	7.99 mm	774.53 k shares	0.32	Common equity	Long	USA
LCAA L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp	7.96 mm	787.99 k shares	0.31	Common equity	Long	Singapore
WPCB Warburg Pincus Capital Corp I B	7.80 mm	773.44 k shares	0.31	Common equity	Long	USA
CHAA Catcha Investment Corp	7.73 mm	766.12 k shares	0.31	Common equity	Long	Malaysia
PRPC CC Neuberger Principal Holdings III	7.73 mm	765.05 k shares	0.30	Common equity	Long	USA
LCW Learn CW Investment Corp	7.67 mm	759.04 k shares	0.30	Common equity	Long	USA
CTAQ Carney Technology Acquisition Corp II	7.62 mm	744.27 k shares	0.30	Common equity	Long	USA
FSNB Fusion Acquisition Corp II	7.55 mm	752.42 k shares	0.30	Common equity	Long	USA
JUN Juniper II Corp	7.46 mm	733.29 k shares	0.29	Common equity	Long	USA
MBAC M3 Brigade Acquisition II Corp	7.45 mm	743.81 k shares	0.29	Common equity	Long	USA
GHIX Gores Holdings IX Inc	7.44 mm	750.00 k shares	0.29	Common equity	Long	USA
CNDB Concord Acquisition Corp III	7.18 mm	704.61 k shares	0.28	Common equity	Long	USA
TETC Tech and Energy Transition Corp	7.12 mm	709.81 k shares	0.28	Common equity	Long	USA
MLAI McLaren Technology Acquisition Corp	7.02 mm	687.69 k shares	0.28	Common equity	Long	USA
DMYS dMY Technology Group Inc VI	7.02 mm	698.06 k shares	0.28	Common equity	Long	USA
EQHAW EQ Health Acquisition Corp.	7.00 mm	692.76 k shares	0.28	Common equity	Long	USA
HORI Emerging Markets Horizon Corp	6.95 mm	680.89 k shares	0.27	Common equity	Long	UK
GSQD G Squared Ascend I Inc	6.92 mm	685.20 k shares	0.27	Common equity	Long	USA
ABGI ABG Acquisition Corp I	6.83 mm	676.60 k shares	0.27	Common equity	Long	USA
PWUP PowerUp Acquisition Corp	6.75 mm	655.05 k shares	0.27	Common equity	Long	USA
LBBB Lakeshore Acquisition II Corp	6.74 mm	662.35 k shares	0.27	Common equity	Long	USA
GMFI Aetherium Acquisition Corp	6.61 mm	651.50 k shares	0.26	Common equity	Long	USA
MSAC Medicus Sciences Acquisition Corp	6.57 mm	655.09 k shares	0.26	Common equity	Long	USA
PTOC Pine Technology Acquisition Corp	6.46 mm	639.11 k shares	0.25	Common equity	Long	USA
RFAC RF Acquisition Corp	6.45 mm	638.05 k shares	0.25	Common equity	Long	Singapore
LDHA LDH Growth Corp I	6.19 mm	614.28 k shares	0.24	Common equity	Long	USA
CITE Cartica Acquisition Corp	6.13 mm	594.13 k shares	0.24	Common equity	Long	USA
CCV Churchill Capital Corp V	5.98 mm	601.46 k shares	0.24	Common equity	Long	USA
EOCW Elliott Opportunity II Corp	5.85 mm	580.00 k shares	0.23	Common equity	Long	USA
TIOA Tio Tech A	5.83 mm	577.17 k shares	0.23	Common equity	Long	Germany
OCEA Ocean Biomedical Inc.	5.79 mm	556.57 k shares	0.23	Common equity	Long	USA
THCP Thunder Bridge Capital Partners IV, Inc.	5.75 mm	573.00 k shares	0.23	Common equity	Long	USA
SLVR SilverSPAC Inc	5.69 mm	567.64 k shares	0.22	Common equity	Long	USA
COOL Corner Growth Acquisition Corp	5.68 mm	564.15 k shares	0.22	Common equity	Long	USA
APGB Apollo Strategic Growth Capital II	5.62 mm	560.49 k shares	0.22	Common equity	Long	USA
SVFB SVF Investment Corp 2	5.56 mm	551.10 k shares	0.22	Common equity	Long	USA
AVHI Achari Ventures Holdings Corp I	5.55 mm	543.57 k shares	0.22	Common equity	Long	USA
IBER Ibere Pharmaceuticals	5.48 mm	542.85 k shares	0.22	Common equity	Long	USA
FIAC Focus Impact Acquisition Corp	5.40 mm	530.64 k shares	0.21	Common equity	Long	USA
LHC Leo Holdings Corp II	5.35 mm	529.87 k shares	0.21	Common equity	Long	USA
NUBI Nubia Brand International Corp	5.33 mm	496.51 k shares	0.21	Common equity	Long	USA
CFFS CF Acquisition Corp VII	5.28 mm	517.75 k shares	0.21	Common equity	Long	USA
DGNU Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp III	5.23 mm	530.61 k shares	0.21	Common equity	Long	USA
BFAC Battery Future Acquisition Corp	5.16 mm	502.77 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
SMAP SportsMap Tech Acquisition Corp	5.13 mm	501.96 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
SCMA Seaport Calibre Materials Acquisition Corp	5.10 mm	496.23 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
FINM Marlin Technology Corp	5.08 mm	501.71 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
ARRW Arrowroot Acquisition Corp	5.05 mm	502.28 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
EVE EVe Mobility Acquisition Corp	5.02 mm	487.00 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
RCAC Revelstone Capital Acquisition Corp	5.02 mm	500.00 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
FCAX Fortress Capital Acquisition Corp	5.01 mm	495.99 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
FRXB Forest Road Acquisition Corp II	4.96 mm	494.25 k shares	0.20	Common equity	Long	USA
PLAO Patria Latin American Opportunity Acquisition Corp	4.91 mm	475.00 k shares	0.19	Common equity	Long	Cayman Islands
DRAY Macondray Capital Acquisition Corp I	4.81 mm	472.12 k shares	0.19	Common equity	Long	USA
FACA Figure Acquisition Corp I	4.77 mm	474.82 k shares	0.19	Common equity	Long	USA
TCVA TCV Acquisition Corp	4.71 mm	466.10 k shares	0.19	Common equity	Long	USA
KRNL Kernel Group Holdings Inc	4.70 mm	465.84 k shares	0.19	Common equity	Long	USA
APEN Apollo Endosurgery Inc	4.70 mm	471.26 k shares	0.19	Common equity	Long	USA
GEEX Games & Esports Experience Acquisition Corp	4.65 mm	452.29 k shares	0.18	Common equity	Long	USA
USCT Tkb Critical Technologies 1	4.64 mm	450.00 k shares	0.18	Common equity	Long	USA
TWLV Twelve Seas Investment Co II	4.62 mm	458.32 k shares	0.18	Common equity	Long	USA
SZZL Sizzle Acquisition Corp	4.56 mm	442.35 k shares	0.18	Common equity	Long	USA
CPAR Catalyst Partners Acquisition Corp	4.51 mm	447.00 k shares	0.18	Common equity	Long	USA
AKIC Sports Ventures Acquisition Corp	4.47 mm	441.81 k shares	0.18	Common equity	Long	USA
DNZ D and Z Media Acquisition Corp	4.34 mm	432.43 k shares	0.17	Common equity	Long	USA
DSAQ Direct Selling Acquisition Corp	4.34 mm	421.43 k shares	0.17	Common equity	Long	USA
IQMD Intelligent Medicine Acquisition Corp	4.29 mm	417.65 k shares	0.17	Common equity	Long	USA
VSAC Vision Sensing Acquisition Corp	4.29 mm	414.80 k shares	0.17	Common equity	Long	USA
PBAX Phoenix Biotech Acquisition Corp.	4.29 mm	417.69 k shares	0.17	Common equity	Long	USA
SUAC ShoulderUp Technology Acquisition Corp	4.27 mm	419.02 k shares	0.17	Common equity	Long	USA
ENER Accretion Acquisition Corp	4.25 mm	421.93 k shares	0.17	Common equity	Long	USA
AENT Alliance Entertainment Holding Corp	4.22 mm	414.92 k shares	0.17	Common equity	Long	USA
VHNA Vahanna Tech Edge Acquisition I Corp	4.18 mm	406.59 k shares	0.17	Common equity	Long	USA
ACQR Independence Holdings Corp	4.18 mm	414.02 k shares	0.16	Common equity	Long	USA
BRIV B Riley Principal 250 Merger Corp	4.02 mm	403.50 k shares	0.16	Common equity	Long	USA
FSRX FinServ Acquisition Corp II	4.02 mm	400.30 k shares	0.16	Common equity	Long	USA
SCUA Sculptor Acquisition Corp I	3.96 mm	385.72 k shares	0.16	Common equity	Long	USA
FRSG First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp	3.94 mm	391.81 k shares	0.16	Common equity	Long	USA
FLAG First Light Acquisition Group Inc	3.92 mm	385.00 k shares	0.15	Common equity	Long	USA
PGSS Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corp	3.87 mm	376.82 k shares	0.15	Common equity	Long	Cayman Islands
SPKB Silver Spike Acquisition Corp II	3.82 mm	378.20 k shares	0.15	Common equity	Long	USA
FRON Frontier Acquisition Corp	3.79 mm	376.35 k shares	0.15	Common equity	Long	USA
FICV Frontier Investment Corp	3.79 mm	376.68 k shares	0.15	Common equity	Long	USA
PANA Panacea Acquisition Corp II	3.79 mm	375.55 k shares	0.15	Common equity	Long	USA
ANAC Arctos NorthStar Acquisition Corp	3.78 mm	374.63 k shares	0.15	Common equity	Long	USA
MKTW Marketwise Inc	3.75 mm	363.17 k shares	0.15	Common equity	Long	USA
TOAC Talon 1 Acquisition Corp	3.72 mm	358.64 k shares	0.15	Common equity	Long	USA
RRAC Rigel Resource Acquisition Corp	3.65 mm	354.65 k shares	0.14	Common equity	Long	USA
TCVA TCV Acquisition Corp	3.64 mm	351.64 k shares	0.14	Common equity	Long	Switzerland
ANZU Anzu Special Acquisition Corp I	3.62 mm	358.81 k shares	0.14	Common equity	Long	USA
PMGM Priveterra Acquisition Corp	3.59 mm	357.28 k shares	0.14	Common equity	Long	USA
MTVC Motive Capital Corp II	3.58 mm	349.77 k shares	0.14	Common equity	Long	USA
VLAT Valor Latitude Acquisition Corp	3.58 mm	355.64 k shares	0.14	Common equity	Long	USA
BNNR Banner Acquisition Corp	3.46 mm	343.17 k shares	0.14	Common equity	Long	USA
ROSE Rose Hill Acquisition Corp	3.46 mm	334.19 k shares	0.14	Common equity	Long	USA
TWNI Tailwind International Acquisition Corp	3.39 mm	336.34 k shares	0.13	Common equity	Long	USA
MEKA MELI Kaszek Pioneer Corp	3.28 mm	328.72 k shares	0.13	Common equity	Long	USA
BSAQ Black Spade Acquisition Co	3.22 mm	321.40 k shares	0.13	Common equity	Long	Hong Kong
PLMI Plum Acquisition Corp I	3.22 mm	319.14 k shares	0.13	Common equity	Long	USA
DMAQ Deep Medicine Acquisition Corp.	3.17 mm	308.33 k shares	0.13	Common equity	Long	USA
TRON Corner Growth Acquisition Corp 2	3.15 mm	306.36 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
ATAK Aurora Technology Acquisition Corp	3.11 mm	304.43 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
PEPL PepperLime Health Acquisition Corp	3.09 mm	302.21 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
XFIN ExcelFin Acquisition Corp	3.06 mm	300.00 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
NSTC Northern Star Investment Corp III	3.03 mm	301.15 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
BACA Berenson Acquisition Corp I	3.01 mm	299.83 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
GTAC Global Technology Acquisition Corp I	2.97 mm	288.48 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
ERES East Resources Acquisition Co	2.92 mm	287.20 k shares	0.12	Common equity	Long	USA
ITQ Itiquira Acquisition Corp	2.91 mm	288.31 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
ACAB Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp II	2.90 mm	284.63 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
VII 7GC & Co Holdings Inc	2.90 mm	288.51 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
LVRA Levere Holdings Corp	2.89 mm	286.63 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	Cayman Islands
BNIX Bannix Acquisition Corp	2.84 mm	274.91 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
FACT Freedom Acquisition I Corp	2.81 mm	277.89 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
ICNC Iconic Sports Acquisition Corp	2.79 mm	270.54 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	UK
BITE Bite Acquisition Corp	2.77 mm	275.48 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
STRE Supernova Partners Acquisition Co III Ltd	2.72 mm	270.02 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
BOCN Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp	2.71 mm	263.46 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
KVSA Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co	2.67 mm	268.23 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA
NETC Nabors Energy Transition Corp.	2.67 mm	259.80 k shares	0.11	Common equity	Long	USA