Congratulations to Credit Suisse!
Credit Suisse is the 2018 SPACInsider Underwriters League Tournament Champion!
As winner, you will be receiving the SPACInsider Underwriters League Champion Award, sponsored by Refresh Creations
This is just a mock-up, since Refresh Creations was awesome enough to get involved at the last minute, but we will be sending the final version to Credit Suisse in the next two weeks once complete.
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Credit Suisse beat out fifteen competitors to take home the prize with a grand total of 443 votes throughout the competition.
First Place: Credit Suisse
Second Place: Cantor Fitzgerald
Third Place: B.Riley FBR
It’s been an incredible first half of 2018 for SPACs and we expect the second half of the year to be just as busy. Considering how heavy the SPAC IPO calendar has been this year, we anticipate running another Tournament for the Legal League at the end of 2018 and then another annual Underwriters Tournament in June of 2019.
*As a reminder, we will be publishing our second quarter and first half of 2018 League Tables next week, so check back for results.
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