2019 SPACInsider Underwriters League Tournament

Since it’s now officially Summer and we’re in the process of preparing to publish the new Second Quarter  and first half of 2019 League Tables, we thought we would have some fun and have an actual tournament for the Underwriters League.  It is a “League” after all, so let’s get competitive!

First off, the underwriter has to be a bookrunner or lead, but the winner is not a done deal…we’ve added scenarios to each day’s rounds that won’t make picking an underwriter as straightforward as you think…

All voting is completely anonymous (We take anonymity seriously. The settings prevent us from seeing who votes for what), so get going and make your picks on the SPAC SIXTEEN to see who be the ULTIMATE SPAC UNDERWRITER!!!

Round ONE Matches Round TWO Matches Round THREE Matches

Rules

This is a tournament of the top 16 underwriters of 2018 and YTD 2019 (as of June 21st) combined, based on SPAC deal volume sold and number of SPAC deals completed.  Each day will bring a new round of matches where a scenario is presented and you are asked to choose an underwriter.  Voting is open for 23 hours for each match (ending every night at 10:00PM ET and posting new matches at 11:00PM ET) and the winners move on to the next day’s round.  There is a bit of a twist though…

Twist

The winners of each day carry their votes forward through each round.  So for example, Underwriter A wins with 52 total votes in Round 1 and carries those votes through each successive round until the final match where it comes into play.

The final winner will ultimately be determined by total number of votes cast throughout the entire tournament, but to get to the final two, an underwriter HAS TO WIN their individual matches.

However, we will NOT be showing actual vote counts (only percentages), so by the time we get to the final round, you will not be able to tell who the winner is until we announce on Friday.

Rankings