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IPOs this year slowed to a trickle after banner years in 2020 and 2021, when companies pushed through the pandemic and took advantage of an emerging world of remote work and play and an economy flush with government-backed funds.  Data

The SPAC craze was a goldmine for sponsors like “SPAC King” Chamath Palihapitiya and Howard Lutnick. They were early to the game and benefited from a bull market that bolstered the industry with investors eager to pay large premiums for

Insights from Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter inform this story about the roadblock the SPAC taking Donald Trump’s media venture public is running into: Its own investors. Read more from Ritter in this story from Bloomberg. 

Research insights collected by Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter helps inform this opinion piece from Chris Bryant about his unsympathetic feeling to the Meta shareholders’ plight.  “Nobody forced them to purchase Meta stock and founder hubris is a risk you

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter comments on the planned merger between Miami-based Digital World and Donald Trump’s media venture, and how investor confusion on SPAC rules has challenged the deal.  “There’s no rational reason why any shareholder should vote against

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares insights for this story on the Big Four accounting firms’ avoidance of audit work when SPACs became Wall Street’s favorite way to take companies public, leaving smaller outfits churning out hundreds of fast, cheap audits

A SPAC that counts former US House Speaker Paul Ryan as chairman became the latest vehicle to be bailed on by investors who want their money back. Executive Network Partnering Corp. saw roughly 95% of its investors opt to swap

Cordell Eminent Scholar Jay Ritter shares insights for this story on Nasdaq Inc. putting the brakes on the initial public offering (IPO) preparations of at least four small Chinese companies while it investigates short-lived stock rallies of such firms following their