The SEC has focused its attention on the growing number of companies going public through transactions with SPACs, and the regulator’s latest comments — calling into question the purported legal advantages SPACs provide private companies seeking to go public — has some investors worried that new SPAC deals could soon grind to a halt, MarketWatch reports. Read more.
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