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Latest SPAC News: SEC to reopen comment periods for some rules after tech glitch
U.S. SEC to reopen comment periods for some rules after tech glitch
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said it had reopened the public comment periods for 11 of its rulemaking releases, some of them viewed as controversial, due to a technical glitch that led to a number of comment letters being lost.
The affected releases include rulemaking on climate disclosure, SPACs, money market funds and short positions.
READTerms Tracker for the Week Ending May 17, 2024 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. SPACs managed to price their third IPO in the month of May this week with RF Acquisition Corp. II‘s $100 million offering. RF II’s IPO...
At the SPAC of Dawn While AST Spacemobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) had the SPAC market’s biggest leap yesterday, among de-SPACs that are trading above $10, it was oil and gas firm Sable Offshore (NYSE:SOC) that had the best outing. It finished up +14% and is gaining a further +2% in the pre-market to $14.30 this morning. This...
RF Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:RFAIU) announced the pricing of its $100 million IPO and its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “RFAIU”, Friday, May 17, 2024. The new SPAC intends to focus its target search on businesses in Asia within the deep technology sector, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing,...
AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) has been on +68% a tear off of its double-barreled announcement after hours yesterday that it signed a six-year commercial partnership with telecom AT&T (NYSE:T) and had beaten analyst expectations with its first quarter earnings. It has, in fact, been the best performer on the US markets throughout the afternoon outside of...
At the SPAC of Dawn Chinese auto conglomerate Geely (HK:0175) has occupied a not insignificant portion of recent SPAC dealflow as it has turned to the vehicles to spin off a series of subsidiaries. But, this week, it veered back to the traditional IPO path. The early returns on its move to bring EV brand...