Ex-SPACs Face Hellish Battle to Avoid the Abyss: Chris Bryant

April 14, 2023, 3:30 AM UTC

When Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month, the satellite-launch firm joined more than half a dozen businesses that went public during the “Everything Bubble” of 2020-2022 only to run out of money this year.

Once, hurrying to join the stock market by merging with a listed special purpose acquisition company seemed like a good way to raise heaps of cash and for insiders to get rich. But SPACs have become a poisoned chalice, above all for the retail investors who went along for the ride.

Ex-SPACs still standing are having to adopt a variety of ...

Learn more about Bloomberg Tax or Log In to keep reading:

Learn About Bloomberg Tax

From research to software to news, find what you need to stay ahead.

Already a subscriber?

Log in to keep reading or access research tools.