A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is formed to raise money through an initial public offering (IPO) to buy another ...

They then merge with that target, which allows the target to go public while avoiding the much longer IPO process. At that point, the entity usually is no longer known by the SPAC moniker ...

What is the difference between a SPAC and an IPO of an operating company? A SPAC is formed from capital raised in a traditional IPO. As a publicly-traded entity, a SPAC must satisfy Nasdaq’s ...

SPAK is the first SPAC ETF to ever hit the market, launching in September 2020. This is a great ETF for investors who want exposure to the entire IPO market. The ETF is passively managed ...

The companies that will use SPACs are expected to consist of those which aren’t prime candidates for traditional IPOs, according to Mark Schwartz, Ernst & Young’s Americas IPO and SPAC ...

Special purpose acquisition companies came to dominate IPO issuance at times in 2021. Citigroup extended its leadership in an asset class long core to the bank, making it IFR’s SPAC IPO House of the ...

WeWork is merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, SPAC, in a deal that values it at $9 billion including debt, the company said Friday. The merger with the BowX Acquisition Corp. SPAC ...

Private space stations are coming, and at long last, it looks like investors are going to get a chance to invest directly in one of the companies leading this movement. It wasn't long before other ...

This tidal wave is due to a combination of low interest rates, big public-market valuations, and large financial incentives for SPAC sponsors ... guidelines of an IPO. "One advantage of SPACs ...

Because the details remain confidential, we know little about this new space IPO. However, here is what we do know. Denver-based Voyager Technologies has about 1,000 employees working in the ...