iQoncept – stock.adobe.com Deal Watch: IPOs Give Way to SPACs for Another Week
SPACs continue to be a preferred method for going public in 2021.
December 13, 2021 at 03:52 PM
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For the second consecutive week, Deal Watch found no traditional IPO listing in the previous seven days, at the tail end of a year that saw a record number of IPOs.
But maybe not completely surprising. SPACs have also had a record year for number and value, and as the year winds down it appears that companies wanting to go public have decided that the less invasive SPAC process is the way to go.
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