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Tag: SPACs

The Great SPAC Liquidation

Not so long ago, everybody couldn’t wait to get a piece of special purpose acquisition companies, more commonly known as SPACs. The hoopla enticed celebrities such as media mogul Jay-Z, tennis star Serena Williams and even former President...

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SPACs’ Woes Mount

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Furbys. The Spice Girls. Flash mobs. You could argue that special purpose acquisition companies – more commonly referred to as SPACs – have enjoyed a longer shelf life than most notable fads. Nevertheless, signs point to SPACs going the way...

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The Biggest Stories of Gary Gensler’s Year One at the SEC

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Gary Gensler celebrated his first full year on the job as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the SEC had a business-friendly reputation under predecessor Jay Clayton, Gensler was billed as a reformer. In addition to deali...

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Legal Entanglements Have SPACs Feeling Frosty

Legal Entanglements Have SPACs Feeling Frosty

Legal Entanglements Have SPACs Feeling Frosty

With temperatures continuing to soar across the United States, winter still seems awfully far away. But as Axios pointed out in a recent newsletter, it’s starting to get chilly in the world of special purpose acquisition companies, better k...

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Five Things to Know About the SEC’s Regulatory Agenda

Five Things to Know About the SEC’s Regulatory Agenda

Five Things to Know About the SEC’s Regulatory Agenda

The annual release of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulatory agenda is typically a dry affair in which the agency rehashes priorities with which close observers are already familiar. Not so this year, as a change in the White H...

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