Sen. Warren Backs SEC’s Tougher SPAC Plan to Curb ‘Scams and Fraud’

Elizabeth Warren is coming out in support of the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules to regulate blank-check companies, urging more protections for individual investors who can fall prey to Wall Street, Bloomberg reports. 

In a letter to SEC Chair Gary Gensler on Friday, the Massachusetts senator said she backed the agency’s proposals for SPACs, “which will level the playing field for retail investors and prevent Wall Street insiders from perpetuating scams and fraud to line their own pockets.” Read more.

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The Treasury Department and IRS decided it was neither necessary nor appropriate to adopt special rules for SPACs in the proposed regulations. As a result, SPACs are generally subject to the rules in the same manner as other taxpayers.