In our first Let’s Settle This poll late last month, we took the pulse of where SPAC watchers thought the overall market for fresh SPAC IPOs was headed on the eve of the Fed’s January 31 comments. ...READ MORE
SPACs have filed little business in the wake of the scores and gyrations of the Chiefs and Usher respectively last night (as accurately predicted by SPACInsider readers), but the week looks to pick up steam with four completion votes on the docket. ...READ MORE
Digital World Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DWAC) has added a $50 million PIPE made up of convertible notes that convert to units at $8 per unit bearing one common share and a half warrant. ...READ MORE
Flame (NYSE:FLME) tipped in an 8-K this morning that only 150,823 shares were redeemed by the deadline ahead of its February 12 vote to complete its combination with Sable Offshore, demonstrating that fundamental investors are still sticking to some SPAC deals. ...READ MORE
SPACInsider readers have spoken once again, and this time SPAC watchers are predicting an upset.
Respondents to the latest Let’s Settle This poll are predicting the Kansas City Chiefs to win or at least come within two once Super Bowl LVIII hits the final buzzer this weekend. ...READ MORE
With Nevada now in the rear view, former President Donald Trump appears to now be on a glide path for a third nomination to run for president on the Republican ticket. ...READ MORE
Any play in the commercial property market appears set to be a buy-low opportunity for some time as real estate lender New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) saw its bonds downgraded to junk and European and Asian banks show signs of the same contagion. ...READ MORE
With the quarter headed to the halfway point and the election season raging on, SPACInsider has a new question for readers.
Voters decision in the election itself is still a ways’ off, but, Let’s Settle This: Will Digital World (NASDAQ:DWAC) actually complete its combination with Trump Media & Technology Group this year? ...READ MORE
This week kicks off with a fair amount of SPAC activity on both ends of deals.
Three SPACs are set to hold extension votes today and this evening could see the pricing of 2024’s second SPAC IPO with Legato Merger Corp. ...READ MORE
Today marks by far the busiest day in the SPAC market since the SEC dropped the new rules as it is set to host four extension votes, three completion votes and even has a potential new SPAC IPO pricing on the docket. ...READ MORE
Power & Digital Infrastructure II (NASDAQ:XPDB) has added a $5 million PIPE to its combination with sustainable air conditioning company Montana Technologies, which has also committed to invest $10 million into a new joint venture. ...READ MORE
Should de-SPAC’d companies consider buying back their shares rather than making offers for their warrants? Abacus Life (NASDAQ:ABL) believes the answer is yes.
This week, we catch up with with Abacus Life Chairman and CEO Jay Jackson. ...READ MORE
The Fed’s announcement yesterday that it was in no hurry to cut rates slammed the market generally through the rest of the trading day, but things have picked back up in the early hours of Thursday. ...READ MORE
Morning SPAC News Roundup-readers have spoken! On the eve of the Fed’s press conference, we asked SPACInsider subscribers in this space to predict the number of SPAC IPOs in 2024. ...READ MORE
