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Tag: SPAC

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Auditors Swept Up in SPAC Regulation

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Like other trendy investment vehicles that skyrocketed in popularity and then faced a sharp decline, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are seeing yet another indication that they are subject to the laws of financial gravity. New...

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New Intelligize Report Documents M&A Decline in 2022

Corporate mergers and acquisitions fell off dramatically in 2022, and activity doesn’t appear to be picking up anytime soon. That’s the key takeaway from The Intelligize M&A Report, a new study published today on dealmaking activity in...

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SEC Points to SPAC Crackdown with Proposed Rules

You could call it a SPAC attack. The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a series of new rules for special purpose acquisition companies – better known as SPACs – and their merger targets. If enacted, the proposal would make the...

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Delaware Court Decision Adds to SPACs’ Woes

Not so long ago, special-purpose acquisition companies – more commonly known as SPACs – were Wall Street’s next big thing. The blank-check entities unofficially became a fad around the time SPACs affiliated with celebrities such as Shaquill...

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What Does Gary Gensler Have Against SPACs?

The growth of special-purpose acquisition companies – commonly known as SPACs – represents one of the investing world’s biggest stories in recent years. According to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, initial public offe...

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