SEC Throws Another Wrench into Wall Street’s SPAC Machine April 13, 2021 By Ben Bain, Heather Perlberg, Gillian Tan and Crystal Tse U.S. regulators are throwing another wrench into Wall Street’s SPAC machine by cracking down on how accounting rules apply to...
Chinese Insurtech Waterdrop Faces Regulatory Pushback on Planned IPO: Sources April 12, 2021 SHANGHAI/HONG KONG – Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc. is receiving pushback from domestic regulators on its planned U.S....
SEC Warns SPACs Aren’t a Way to Avoid Securities Laws April 9, 2021 By Ben Bain The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has a fresh warning for the booming SPAC market: Blank-check companies aren’t an end-around...
Indian Insurtech Policybazaar Plans Mumbai IPO April 7, 2021 By Baiju Kalesh Indian online insurance platform Policybazaar is planning to file a draft prospectus as soon as next month for its Mumbai...
SPAC Mania Anxiety Grows; Bankers, Regulators, Insurers Try to Keep Pace April 1, 2021 By Gillian Tan, Ben Bain, Heather Perlberg and Crystal Tse Anxiety is growing that the wellspring of special-purpose acquisition companies, a 2020s echo of the dot-com mania of the 1990s,...
Hong Kong Developing SPAC Framework – But Lack of D&O Insurance Could Be Issue March 31, 2021 By Kiuyan Wong Hong Kong is expected to have its own blank check company listing framework ready in June for public feedback and...
SPACs Have Rocketed in U.S. but Europe Has Moved More Slowly. Here’s Why. March 29, 2021 By Supantha Mukherjee and Anirban Sen STOCKHOLM — “I get an email almost every morning from some SPAC seller telling me to do a SPAC with...
SEC Starting to Inquire About Risk Management of Blank Check IPOs: Reuters March 25, 2021 By Chris Prentice The U.S. securities regulator has opened an inquiry into Wall Street’s blank check acquisition frenzy and is seeking information on...
Insurtech Root Hit With Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging Negligence, Omissions in IPO Filing March 24, 2021 By Susanne Sclafane With shares of Root Inc. trading at less than 50 percent of the late October 2020 IPO price of $27...
Ryan Specialty Group Prepares for IPO March 16, 2021 Specialty insurance broker Ryan Specialty Group has filed a proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public...