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Perhaps you’ve heard of SPACS, or special-purpose acquisition companies, as an alternative to IPOs. They are, in some respects, easier than IPOs — but there are pitfalls for investors, too.

With a standard IPO, the company is hoping to price its shares at a certain level, but the wild swings of the market will have its say with price as well. SPAC acquisitions are pre-negotiated.

U.S.-listed special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, have raised $40.4 billion so far in 2020, compared with $13.5 billion during the whole of 2019, according to data provider Dealogic.

Investors who bought into a special-purpose acquisition company that took a healthcare-services company public last year in an $11 billion deal have suffered steep losses. Promoters of the SPAC ...

The company has $518 million to spend from its IPO, likely on a software or fintech company. TPG Pace Tech has $450 million in a hunt for tech companies while TPG Pace Beneficial Finance has $350 ...

Last week, a stockholder in three special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs” – Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, Ltd. (“PSTH”), GO Acquisition Corp. and E.Merge Technology ...