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Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)
IPO
Grab considering secondary Singapore listing after US SPAC merger: sources
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April 16, 2021
IPO
Grab to list in New York in largest SPAC merger; listing to value Grab at US$35 bil
Singapore-based technology company Grab looks set to finalise its listing in New York, according to the Financial Times.
April 07, 2021
Global Economy
Hong Kong, Singapore mulling tighter frameworks for SPAC amid bubble fears
Hong Kong and Singapore are trying to get in on the boom in blank check company listings, while safeguarding investors from what some say is a bubble about to burst.
April 07, 2021
Global Economy
Briefs: Grab mulls US IPO, Singapore's GDP forecast for 2021, Biden's US$1.9 trillion Covid-19 bill
Quoteworthy: "Client demand is rising. We are regulated on what we can do. We continue to evaluate it ...
March 12, 2021
Global stocks
SPAC boom and SoftBank's mega-rally boost Masayoshi Son's billions
Few fortunes are as volatile as Masayoshi Son’s. The SoftBank Group founder was briefly richer than Bill Gates at the start of the century before tech stocks crashed.
March 05, 2021
Company in the news
One Championship mulling US SPAC deal
Asian mixed martial arts firm One Championship is considering options including seeking a listing in the US via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, according to people familiar wit
February 24, 2021
Company in the news
James Murdoch, Shankar weigh SPAC to acquire Asian media firm
James Murdoch’s investment company Lupa Systems LLC, and a former senior executive at The Walt Disney Co’s Asia unit are weighing a plan to raise funds through a special purpose acquisition company
February 09, 2021
Financially Savvy
The curious case of SPACs
The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered massive uncertainty in global markets and the US Federal Reserve responded by cutting interests rate to 0.25%.
January 15, 2021