ARB vs CCEF
AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF against Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF: cost, size, returns, what they hold and how much of it is the same.
Fee gap
—
same fee
1-year return gap
4.7 pts
ARB is ahead
Larger fund
CCEF
$34M
Side by side
| ARB | CCEF | |
|---|---|---|
| Fund | AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF | Calamos CEF Income & Arbitrage ETF |
| Issuer | AltShares | Calamos |
| Category | Merger Arbitrage & Event | Merger Arbitrage & Event |
| Expense ratio | — | 3.19% |
| Assets | — | $34M |
| Average daily dollar volume | $735K | $118K |
| Listed | May 7, 2020 | Jan 12, 2024 |
| FrenzyCap score | — | 20 |
| 1-month return | +0.3% | −3.3% |
| 3-month return | +1.4% | −3.3% |
| Year to date | +3.4% | −1.3% |
| 1-year return | +3.7% | −1.0% |
| 30-day volatility | 9.7% | 9.2% |
| Worst drawdown, 1 year | −2.1% | −8.3% |
| Trailing 12-month yield | 0.42% | 8.35% |
| Holdings | — | 54 |
| Top 10 weight | — | 31.3% |
| Look-through P/E | — | — |
| Holdings vs fair value | — | — |
| Holdings above 200-day average | — | — |
| Net flow, latest 3 reported months | — | +$2.2M thru Jul 2026 |
| 30-day implied volatility | — | — |
| Holdings as of | as of Jul 31, 2026SEC filing |
Returns are price returns and exclude distributions. Flows are each fund's own latest reported months and may not cover the same period.
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Fund data comes from each fund's SEC filings and issuer disclosures and is shown with the date it is as of. SEC portfolio and flow filings become public about 60 days after the period they cover. Nothing here is investment advice; see Terms.