Bill Ackman to wind up SPAC, return US$4bil. to investors

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NEW YORK: Billionaire investor William Ackman, who had raised US$4 billion in the biggest-ever special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), told investors he would be returning the sum after failing to find a suitable target company to take public through a merger.

The development is a major setback for the prominent hedge fund manager who had initially planned for the SPAC to take a stake in Universal Music Group last year when these investment vehicles were all the rage on Wall Street.