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Entries tagged "SPACs"Bulldog's Goldstein's harsh words for corporate boardsPhillip Goldstein, a principal at hedge fund Bulldog Investors, was the keynote interview at The Deal's M&A Outlook 2009 conference Tuesday. The colorful head of Bulldog focuses on small caps, SPACs and has been involved in about 30 proxy fights over the past few years. ... SPAC IPOs take off in EuropeThe IPO market may be closed for business in the U.S., but new offerings from special purpose acquisition companies are surging in Europe, as investors are seeing blank-check companies as the perfect place to put money during a bear market. ... SPACs and private equity have a meeting of the mindsThe parade of SPAC IPOs may have slowed to a crawl in 2008, but those special purpose acquisition companies already out looking for acquisitions are finding that the private equity firms they once saw as competition are providing a place to put their money.... Previewing The Deal: Week of May 12, 2008This week's edition of The Deal is really designed for the deal junkies among us. First, our cover by Vyvyan Tenorio focuses in on SPACs, so-called blank-check or special purpose acquisition companies. SPACs have been a hot number over the last few years, particularly in the IPO market, but there remain some issues and doubters. ... Shell gameSPAC IPOs have flourished, but recently, liquidations have mounted and a logjam of SPACs has piled up, giving pro and con players reason to wonder whether these are growing pains or something worse. SPAC offerings go blank in AprilHas the market's mania for special purpose acquisition companies run out of gas? Judging by the number of new blank-checks going public in April, that may be the case. ... Price, management important to SPAC successA Wednesday afternoon panel at Morgan Joseph & Co.'s Inaugural SPAC conference discussed the factors that make certain vehicles successful. ... Pappas: SPAC purchase prices more than doubleTina Pappas, a managing director of investment banking at Morgan Joseph & Co., led off the Wednesday afternoon session of Morgan Joseph's Inaugural SPAC conference with a review of how special purpose acquisition companies are faring in the current M&A market. ... SPAC vets expound the virtues of their asset classThe opening panel at Morgan Joseph & Co.'s Inaugural SPAC conference featured a group of special purpose acquisition company veterans taking a look at the benefits of the asset and the current state of the marketplace. ... Lou Holtz on SPACs, footballCollege football legend Lou Holtz kicked off Morgan Joseph & Co.'s Inaugural SPAC conference on Wednesday at The Pierre Hotel in New York City.... Top tagsYou have executed a tag search on Dealscape. On the left,you will find a comprehensive list of stories tagged "SPACs." Below are the most-popular tags for Dealscape. On the right of the page you will find a search box to dig deeper into our content.
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