Wall Street is awash in cash seeking a return. Effective 0% interest rates have stimulated new financial engineering ideas with relatively low risk, reviving the decades-old financing vehicle known as the SPAC, Tech Crunch writes. Part of the appeal involves reduced risk for SPAC sponsors and initial investors. Read more.
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