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Latest SPAC News: SPAC marketing heavily curtailed in draft bill, SEC subpoenas Circle Financial, and VMG Partners taps Goldman Alumna Kapoor to lead new SPAC
SPAC Marketing Heavily Curtailed in Democrats’ Draft Bill
The SPAC boom has House Democrats mulling an aggressive response: largely ban Wall Street from marketing blank-check companies to retail investors.
The proposal was posted on the House Financial Services Committee’s website ahead of Tuesday hearing featuring Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, signaling topics that lawmakers intend to ask him about.
The bill cracking down on SPACs would only allow brokers and money managers to recommend blank check companies to accredited investors. Marketing such shares to smaller investors would be barred unless SPAC sponsors give up the promote.
READSEC Subpoenas USDC Stablecoin Backer Circle
Circle Financial disclosed on Monday that it is under investigation by the U.S. SEC.
Circle, a key supporter of the USDC stablecoin, said in a regulatory filing that it received an “investigative subpoena” from the SEC’s Enforcement Division in July. That subpoena requests “documents and information regarding certain of our holdings, customer programs and operations,” the filing said.
Private Equity Firm VMG Taps Goldman Alumna Aarti Kapoor to Lead SPAC
Private equity firm VMG Partners hired former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker Aarti Kapoor to lead a new SPAC effort, according to Bloomberg.
The San Francisco-based firm, known for its investments in beverage maker Spindrift, nut-butter specialist Justin’s and KIND snacks, is working with advisers including Credit Suisse Group AG and Moelis & Co. on an IPO of its first SPAC.
READProCap Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:PCAPU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC to hunt for a fintech or financial services target. The new S-1 filing was BTIG’s second of the week after a two-month break, bringing its 2025 new SPAC filings to five and the bank has so far managed to IPO five SPACs as well....
MSM Frontier Capital Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:MSMUU) has filed for a $225 million SPAC to search for a infrastructure target in Africa. The new SPAC will head out on this expedition with a trust that is not overfunded and units that each contain one right to a 1/8 share. It will also have 24 months to...
At the SPAC of Dawn This action-packed week in SPACs comes to an end with three more SPACs launching their IPOs, bringing it to nine on the week. And, the crypto strategy that SPACInsider noticed becoming increasingly popular among de-SPACs earlier this year has continued to gain steam. This week, edtech firm Classover (NASDAQ:KIDZ), fresh...
Cartesian Growth Corporation III (NASDAQ:CGCT) announced the pricing of its upsized $240 million IPO and its shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “CGCT”, Friday, May 2, 2025. The new SPAC intends to combine with a closely held private company ready to make the jump to being a market-leading transnational...
Cantor Equity Partners II, Inc. (NASDAQ:CEPT) announced the pricing of its upsized $240 million IPO and its shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “CEPT”, Friday, May 2, 2025. The new SPAC intends to combine with a target in the financial services, healthcare, real estate services, technology, or software industries....