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    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      Digital World Acquisition Corp
      Trump Spac pays $15,000 a month for office in Caribbean home

      Agreement between blank-cheque company and interim chief executive’s group also covers administrative help

      The Truth Social network logo is seen on a smartphone in front of a display of former US president Donald Trump
    • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
      LexMergers & Acquisitions
      Arrival/Spac: desperate companies need desperate financial engineering Premium content

      EV maker is nowhere near its targets and has burnt through nearly all its cash

      An employee works on the chassis of a prototype electric van at the Arrival facility in Banbury, UK
    • Monday, 10 April, 2023
      Europe’s biggest Spac to be wound up

      Shell company backed by Bernard Arnault and Jean Pierre Mustier fails to find suitable target

      A collage of photos of Jean Pierre Mustier, Bernard Arnault and the Pegasus Europe logo
    • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
      Due Diligence
      Chamath Palihapitiya learns there’s no such thing as free money Premium content

      Plus, the Hollywood rise of Ari Emanuel and venture capital dries up in Silicon Valley

      Due Diligence logo
    • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
      Donald Trump
      Trump media Spac dismisses CEO and confronts delisting threat

      Digital World Acquisition terminates Patrick Orlando amid ‘unprecedented headwinds’

      Donald Trump’s Truth Social media platform on a phone
    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA
      Casino boss spins wheel yet again in race to save supermarket empire

      Jean-Charles Naouri pursues deal with former franchisee as he races to salvage group

      A woman walks in front of a Casino supermarket in the city of Caen, northwestern France
    • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
      EO Charging
      UK EV charging start-up raises new funds after Spac collapse

      EO agrees lower valuation after dropping reverse merger deal last year because of market slump

      An EO Charging station
    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Geely to float arm of carmaker Lotus via $5.4bn deal with Spac vehicle

      Division of sports car group planning electric SUVs will list on Nasdaq this year

      The Lotus Evija electric hypercar
    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Football
      New Olympique Lyonnais owners plan Spac listing

      US multi-club business’s move would be a first for the football sector

    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
      The special purpose acquisition company fallout is going to be spac-tacular

      Hail Mary passes coming

    • Thursday, 29 December, 2022
      Lex
      Financial trends: more whacks for Spacs in 2023 Premium content

      There have been far too many special purpose acquisition companies chasing too few deals

      Chamath Palihapitiya
    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Jeanne Lanvin SA
      Luxury group Lanvin shares surge in New York listing

      Fosun-owned fashion business climbs 36% as it seeks to turn round flagging fortunes

      Models walk the runway at a Lanvin fashion show
    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Spacs confess to accounting weaknesses as year-end audits loom

      49% of a sample of companies that went public in the cash shell boom had material flaws

      A Nikola electric truck at a launch event
    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Circle Internet Financial Inc
      Crypto group Circle ends $9bn deal to go public through Bob Diamond’s Spac

      Collapse of tie-up follows FTX bankruptcy and other crises in the sector

      Circle and USD coin logos
    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Executive Pay
      US companies face backlash for bypassing investors on top pay

      Growing number have ‘evergreen’ provisions allowing them to award stock despite downturn

      The 23andMe headquarters in Sunnyvale, California
    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Tech start-ups shun Singapore and Hong Kong for US Spacs

      Blank-cheque companies in Asian financial hubs show little results

      Buildings are illuminated at dusk in the central business district of Singapore
    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
      Digital currencies
      What’s a $1.8mn private jet bill between Spac friends?

      Austerity, bitcoin-style

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Regrets from a Spac disaster Premium content

      Plus, the FTX bankruptcy hearing kicks off in a messy fashion and Société Générale’s next boss ploughs ahead with a new strategy

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      LexDigital health
      Babylon/telehealth: strong medicine needed to recover from Spac setback Premium content

      Harsh response from investors is a sign of wider reappraisal of digital health market

      A nurse on a tablet screen in a hospital
    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      Lex
      Grindr: low free float disguises an unpopular Spac matchup Premium content

      Investors in the dating app’s merger partner have plenty of reasons to swipe left over the deal

      Person in exotic costume dances outside the New York Stock Exchange
    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      Technology sector
      Gay dating app Grindr soars on stock market debut

      Price rise supercharged by widespread share redemptions before Spac merger

      Grindr logo displayed outside New York Stock Exchange
    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      News in-depthDue Diligence2 min
      The story behind Spacs’ spectacular fall from grace | FT Due Diligence

      Ortenca Aliaj explains how the craze for special purpose acquisition vehicles turned out to be shortlived

    • Tuesday, 25 October, 2022
      Electric vehicles
      Lithium miner to create US-listed company as shortages hit electric cars

      Australia-listed European Lithium will merge with Sizzle Acquisition

      Drilling at a European Lithium site
    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      Flexjet
      Chelsea FC owner to take Flexjet public in Spac deal

      NetJets rival to merge with blank-cheque company led by Todd Boehly as demand for high-end travel grows

      A Flexjet craft
    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Former Rusal chief launches London’s first mining Spac

      Artem Volynets’ venture will seek to invest in critical metals such as cobalt and copper

      Artem Volynets
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