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Latest SPAC News: SPAC listings nudge Singapore IPO market to busiest in years, Wall Street banks pull back from Middle East SPACs on SEC clampdown, and Germany aims to make SPACs more attractive
SPAC listings nudge Singapore IPO market to busiest H1 in 5 years
The 3 recently listed SPACs have generated “strong interest” and raised a total of IPO proceeds of about S$528 million, leading Singapore’s IPO market to its busiest half year in five years, according to a PwC Singapore report released on Tuesday (Jun 28).
The listing of Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation marked the largest local IPO in the first half of 2022 after raising S$208 million, followed by Pegasus Asia and Novo Tellus Alpha Acquisition raising S$170 million and S$150 million respectively.
PwC noted that this highlights a positive trend of SPAC IPOs “successfully” making their debut on the Singapore Stock Exchange, after the SPACs came under a framework introduced by Singapore’s exchange in September 2021.
READWall Street Banks Pulls Back From Middle East SPACs on SEC Clampdown
Wall Street banks are rethinking their involvement in the listings of special purpose acquisition companies in the Middle East’s nascent market as new liability guidelines from US regulators chill the once red-hot industry.
Middle East SPAC sponsors such as Gulf Capital and Investcorp were initially in talks with Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp.respectively, but they are likely to rely on local banks to finalize the deal, according to people familiar with the matter. It’s unclear what role either US bank will play, if any.
READGermany wants to make shares, start-ups, IPOs and SPACs more attractive
Germany’s finance and justice ministers presented a plan on Wednesday to make the country’s financial markets more attractive to investors and improve access to capital for start-ups and growth companies.
The plan included provisions to lower the minimum capital requirement for an IPO to 1 million euros ($1.05 million) from 1.25 million now, and to increase the tax-free allowance for employee share ownership to 5,000 euros from 1,440 euros.
The plans would also aim to improve conditions for SPACs. The vehicles raise money in an IPO, put it in a trust and then aim to merge with a private company and take it public.
READSuper Group gets Ontario’s two-year iGaming licenses for Spin and three other online casino brands
As the Ontario iGaming and sports betting market prepares to enter its third month in activity, Super Group announced it has been approved to launch four online casino brands in the jursidiction, including its main gaming brand Spin. It is set to receive licenses for each from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).
The approved licenses are for Jackpot City, Royal Vegas, Rubin Fortune and Spin Casino, all owned by Super Group subsidiary Cadtree Limited. While many licenses in the market are for only one year, each of these will last two years, until June 2024.
Loss after tax for the first quarter of 2022 was €163.2 million (USD 174.6 million) compared to a profit of €38.6 million in the same period of the prior year. This result was affected by costs and adjustments related to the business combination with Sports Entertainment Acquisition Corporation (SEAH), a publicly-traded SPAC, and the following listing on the New York Stock Exchange on January 28.
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Cayson Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:CAPN) has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with boutique investment firm Mango Financial for $300 million in equity consideration. Hong Kong-based Mango provides a range of M&A and equity capital markets advisory services to clients considering listings in China and the US. The combined company is expected to trade on...
Trailblazer (NASDAQ:BLZRU) has filed for a $200 million SPAC to bring a first-time team to market with serial sponsor terms. The new SPAC is offering investors a 1/3 warrant in each unit and it is the first SPAC filed so far this month with 24 months on its initial transaction clock. All other July SPACs...
This week, we speak with Kyivstar CEO Oleksandr Komarov about the company’s $2.2 billion dollar combination with Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:CCIR). Few companies have been had to forge themselves in the flames recently quite like Ukraine’s leading telecom and digital services provider Kyivstar. Now, Kyivstar is not only telling that story but pitching it to...
At the SPAC of Dawn The market still has one full trading session before it adds Tuesday’s Core CPI reading and a variety of Fed comments to messaging it is already ingesting on US President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy. SPACs are meanwhile continuing on with business as usual, with Cayson (NASDAQ:CAPN) announcing the third...
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending July 11, 2025 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. One more IPO priced this week bringing July’s total to 8. However, there are still three more weeks left in the month so that number...