SPAC

THE SHARPE EDGE

A (dual) class act to follow in SGX’s path to dual listings

"A Nasdaq listing will accelerate our mission to build the ‘Finternet’ for underserved consumers and SMEs across Africa and Asia,” says group CEO Dennis Ng.

Singapore digital infrastructure company EFGH to pursue US listing via Spac

In April, tearoom chain Chagee debuted on the Nasdaq after raising US$411 million in the biggest IPO of a Chinese firm in the US this year.
NEWS ANALYSIS

Chinese firms set for record US listings, undeterred by geopolitics

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick was the former chairman and chief executive officer of Cantor Fitzgerald, which leads the pack of Spac IPO bookrunners this year, underwriting around a dozen transactions. The company is now chaired by his son Brandon.

Spacs are back. What could go wrong this time?

Group CEO Sebastian Toke (left) and group chairman Jacky Choo of GCL Asia.

Singapore video game company’s Nasdaq listing values it at US$1.2 billion

The de-SPAC deal offers little relief for a stalled market, as 13 other SPACs await listings amid Hong Kong's stricter rules impacting liquidity and demand.

Hong Kong’s first de-Spac listing still leaves sector in limbo

Sentiment today indicates more bulls in the market ahead.
COMMENTARY

Gauging sentiment is crucial, and there are hard and easy ways to do it

Lionsgate had last year agreed to spinoff its studio in a deal valued at about US$4.6 billion, including debt, to create a new public firm for its film and television assets, which include about 18,000 titles.

Lionsgate Studio raises PIPE amount to US$225 million ahead of closing SPAC deal

Palihapitiya says SPAC slowdown separated 'wheat from chaff'

Palihapitiya says SPAC slowdown separated 'wheat from chaff'