SEC to crack down on blank check companies that overpromise gains to investors

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The SEC proposed a crackdown on blank-check companies known as SPACs. SPACs have no business operations — their only purpose is to acquire a private firm to then list on a stock exchange, allowing that firm to bypass a costlier initial public offering.

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed a crackdown on blank-check companies known as SPACs, looking to give investors the power to sue if they’re presented with too rosy a picture about future financial gains.

“If it quacks like a duck, and it SPACs like a duck, we should treat it the same,” SEC Chair Gary Gensler told reporters after the commission approved the proposal for aLawmakers and consumer advocates have increasingly raised alarms about the risks facing unwitting investors, particularly retail buyers who they worry might not be able to spot a bad deal on their own.

Still, this method of going public more quickly remains a viable option for some companies. Republican SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce warned in a dissenting statement that the proposal “seems designed to stop SPACs in their tracks.” SPACs would also need to disclose more about the entities that are putting together the deal, including their compensation and any conflicts of interest, according to. They would also have to give investors more information about what would happen to their shares if they follow through on the acquisition; SPAC insiders can often profit even when the final deal isn’t great for other shareholders.

 

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SPAC’s reduce cost of IPO and can reduce investment bank control of pricing. The big banks are feeling the loss of control and revenues. They don’t like competition from independent investment groups.

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