Spac
NBA star Kevin Durant starts $200m Spac for sports, food or crypto
Kevin Durant is listed as the Spac’s co-chief executive officer
European Spac market thaws with £125m Disruptive Capital listing
The first European blank cheque company since July has been priced
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Spacs take a backseat as traditional IPOs boom globally in second quarter
Second quarter was busiest for IPOs in 20 years
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Zaoui brothers plan €300m European blank cheque company
$4.4bn Spac IPOs have landed on European exchanges in the second quarter of 2021
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Car retailer Cazoo to list in New York after merger with Spac
The online car retailer said the deal valued it at $7bn
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Listings review author Lord Hill says it would be ‘a very big call’ for UK to ignore Spacs market
Hill said he was 'not a cheerleader for Spacs'
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Meet the high-flying bankers riding the Spac wave
Garth Ritchie, Gary Cohn and Tidjane Thiam are among banker bigwigs who have jumped into the trend for blank cheque companies, or Spacs
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Goldman Sachs CEO says the Spac boom is not ‘sustainable’
Spacs, or blank cheque companies, have surged to unprecedented levels as the pandemic upends markets
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Former Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam lining up $250m Spac with JPMorgan
The bank pitched the Spac idea to Thiam, with the products surging in popularity amid the Covid-19 pandemic
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Ex-Barclays chair Makram Azar increases Spac to $300m amid surging demand
It is the latest example of high-profile financiers launching Spacs this year amid a surge in demand for the products during the pandemic
Banks rake in record $3.4bn in fees as Spac frenzy lures Shaquille O’Neal, Playboy
The money earned in 2020 through Spacs amounts to 48% of total US IPO proceeds
Former Barclays Europe chair Makram Azar unveils $250m Spac
The new fund is the latest in a long line of Spacs launched during the pandemic
Billionaire Charles Ergen seeks to raise $1bn through Spac
Deutsche Bank is the sole bookrunner on the deal in which CONX is offering 100 million units at $10 each
