NYSE's SPAC move: Misguided?
We've spoken a lot about the rise of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs. They were all the rage over the past few years, as more top investment banks got involved with them. They were fees to be had, of course. But the deal environment has worsened obviously, and that is making it hard for some SPACs to invest their newly raised funds. Share prices have been under pressure, and there is speculation that some SPACs may have to return funds. So it is interesting to read, in Traders Magazine, that the NYSE's marketing has paid off: A SPAC will move to the Big Board from the Amex. That would mark a first. Some might say the NYSE's marketing efforts are too late, but perhaps the time to make a push is when things are at a trough.
For more:
- here's the Traders Magazine article
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