5/10/2022 12:39:01 PM Global banks flee the monster SPAC market they helped create By Sarah Wolter Their pullback follows an intense boom in the vehicles over the past couple of years, as financiers, politicians and celebrities piled...
3/30/2022 6:14:04 PM SEC proposes new disclosure requirements for SPACs By Sarah Wolter The proposed rule would hold SPACs and the companies they acquire to similar standards as traditional IPOs, SEC officials said. Under the...
10/14/2021 12:07:20 PM Some investors find stability in SPACs By Sarah Wolter Shares of special-purpose acquisition companies have lost their luster for those who recently saw them as a ticket to fast riches. That...
9/28/2021 5:28:06 PM After early investors flee SPAC deals, day traders rush in By Sarah Wolter Investor withdrawals were minimal early in the year as SPAC shares soared, but have risen with many blank-check companies trading below...
4/22/2021 2:12:53 PM SPAC transactions come to a halt amid SEC crackdown, cooling retail investor interest By Sarah Wolter Just last month, special purpose acquisition companies celebrated a head-turning milestone by breaking their 2020 issuance record in just...
4/16/2021 2:59:08 PM SPAC hot streak put on ice by regulatory warnings By Sarah Wolter Investors are cooling to one of the hottest bets on Wall Street as new regulatory scrutiny of special-purpose acquisition companies cuts...
3/25/2021 1:18:55 PM SEC kicks off probe Into $220b SPAC market By Sarah Wolter The SEC's enforcement division is seeking information from several Wall Street banks on fees, volumes and internal controls in SPACs,...
3/3/2021 11:11:48 PM Britain to ease listing rules to buttress London after Brexit By Sarah Wolter Britain will modernize its listing rules to attract more high-growth and “blank cheque” SPAC company flotations to London, Finance...
2/2/2021 8:57:06 PM GameStop day traders are moving into SPACs By Sarah Wolter Before 2020, trading in SPACs was muted when they made their debut on public markets. Now, shares of blank-check companies almost always...
10/1/2020 2:19:50 PM Stock market SPACs are here to stay, says NYSE’s Stacey Cunningham By Sarah Wolter Cunningham notes that the trends that led to the popularity of the SPAC predated the pandemic (and hopefully will outlast it)....
10/1/2020 12:34:27 PM The first blank-check ETF makes its trading debut By Sarah Wolter Concerns remain over whether the SPAC market is large enough to support an ETF portfolio, even after a record-breaking year that has seen...