SPACs – special-purpose acquisition companies – are the latest rage in finance. They are firms designed to help another go public by going around the traditional IPO process to raise funding, and The Wall Street Journal estimates that so far this year, five new SPACs are formed daily. Wharton Finance Professor Nick Roussanov talks to Dan Loney about understanding SPACs, and his recent LinkedIn Live event talking about the issue.
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Understanding SPACS: Wharton Finance Professor Explains
An explanation on how SPACs work, why they've experienced spectacular growth and the pros and cons of investing in them
April 21, 2021
• 12 min listen
Updated: April 22, 2021
An explanation on how SPACs work, why they've experienced spectacular growth and the pros and cons of investing in them
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