Great SPAC Crash of 2022 Deepens as Investors Cash Out in Droves
The great SPAC crash is closing out the year in dramatic fashion as more shareholders prepare to cash out of the speculative-investing industry for good.
Financial Firms to SEC Over Proposal to Regulate SPACs: ‘Don’t Kill the Industry’
U.S. financial industry groups are pushing to water down a draft Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule aimed at reining-in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), arguing it could kill ...
Global Banks Flee the Monster SPAC Market They Helped Create
Just a few years after banks helped create a gargantuan market for blank-check companies, they're pulling away from the deals, afraid of the risks. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is ending its involvement ...
Factbox: 7 InsurTechs With Multibillion-Dollar Valuations
A number of insurtech startups are coming to market through blank-check companies. Here are valuations of several that have announced special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) plans. (Reporting by ...
SPACS, or Reverse Merger Companies, Raise Record $100B in 2021 So Far
Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACS) have raked in a record $100 billion through initial public offerings so far in 2021, data from Refinitiv showed, in what has been Wall Street's biggest ...
SEC Mulls New Guidance to Rein in Growth Projections for Reverse Merger Companies
U.S. securities regulator is considering new guidance to rein in growth projections made by listed blank-check companies, and clarify when they qualify for certain legal protections, according to ...
Ex-Allianz CFO Wemmer Is Launching a SPAC to Target Insurance Deals
Dieter Wemmer, a veteran insurance executive who was chief financial officer at Allianz SE, is launching a blank-check company to target deals in the sector where he worked for more than three ...
Insurers Overwhelmed by Demand for D&O Coverage for Reverse-Merger Companies
The SPAC boom is overwhelming a key player in the creation of a blank-check companies: insurers. Firms selling directors-and-officers liability policies for special purpose acquisition companies have ...
Jones Joins HSCM From SCOR to Expand InsurTech Group
Adrian Jones, the former leader of SCOR's P&C Ventures unit, has signed on with Hudson Structured Capital Management Ltd. to expand the asset manager's InsurTech and global reinsurance groups, ...