Spacs take aim for UK presence
Spac spat probe hits wall of silence
Special purpose acquisition companies are being listed in increasing numbers in the US and in the UK, and are attracting the attention of investment banks, mutual funds and now regulators. They are essentially cash shells. Maybe, then, this isn’t a serious market but rather one best left to hedge funds. Helen Avery tries to find out more but encounters a marked reluctance among those involved to go on the record.
“WHO WOULD HAND over millions of dollars to a management group of a publicly listed company that does nothing, has no firm business strategy, has no assets and might never have any assets?” ponders a London-based hedge fund manager. The answer? Some of the world’s most respected hedge fund managers and largest mutual funds.
Since August 2003, 50...
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