The amount of money raised by SPACs in the past 12 months has topped US$120bil, going by Bloomberg data. The fever is spreading closer to home. Indonesia’s Gojek and Tokopedia are considering floating SPACs in the US, instead of taking an initial public offering route.
SPAC fever
SPECIAL purpose acquisition companies or SPACs are all the rage in the United States stock markets. While these cash shells have existed for decades on public markets there, a revival seems to be taking place.
The amount of money raised by SPACs in the past 12 months has topped US$120bil, going by Bloomberg data. The fever is spreading closer to home. Indonesia’s Gojek and Tokopedia are considering floating SPACs in the US, instead of taking an initial public offering route.
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