SPAC

SPACs can reverse listings decline with SEC help SEC's SPAC threat needs more firepower SPACs give Wall Street another slice of the pie PAINTING BY NUMBERS Blackstone's SPAC foray puts price on convenience Bill Ackman bests Goldman Sachs in SPAC race Perella Weinberg deal boosts SPAC credibility SPACs are one good scrub away from respectability Dan Loeb deal reveals good and bad of SPACs WeWork finally dons office-appropriate attire... SPAC artists, known as sponsors, and their early investor patrons are super-eager to find corporate targets as soon as possible after their own initial public offerings make them flush with cash. The huge incentives to get deals done have at times encouraged the absurd, like a blank-check company associated with tennis star Serena Williams - named Jaws Spitfire Acquisition - purchasing a 3D printing firm... GRAFFITI Celebrity SPACs are buyout firms' poor cousin Buyout shops make SPACs pass the parcel besties Robo-suit SPAC paints dystopian financial..

Also known as: de-SPAC, SPACs