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Morning SPAC News Roundup: August 6, 2026

With broad positivity in Asian and European markets, US markets looked poised to extend their record highs in Thursday's session. Among the biggest de-SPAC winners in yesterday's session was specialty vehicle insurance firm Hagerty (NYSE:HGTY), which surged +15. More
Nicholas Alan Clayton·Aug 6

Morning SPAC News Roundup: August 4, 2026

July closed with a cleanup of some of the older vintages of SPACs. Six of the seven SPACs that liquidated in June and July first came public back in 2020 or 2021, and had spent four-plus years on extensions before finally handing cash back to holders. More
Kristi Marvin·Aug 4

Morning SPAC News Roundup: July 31, 2026

With redemptions coming in high in the first two completion votes this week, Digital Asset (NASDAQ:DAAQ) was slated to hold the week's third later today. But, it has instead opted to delay its special meeting by two weeks rather than force it during a week where the market has been balancing both AI worries and a parsing of the Fed's trajectory on interest rates. More
Nicholas Alan Clayton·Jul 31

Morning SPAC News Roundup: July 30, 2026

Throughout early 2026, one of the encouraging trends for SPACs had been lower redemption rates at close for business combinations. After a difficult 2021-2024 period where any final redemption tally below 90% felt like a minor miracle, it has been heartening to see many deals close with negligible redemptions and the averages have dropped. More
Nicholas Alan Clayton·Jul 30

Morning SPAC News Roundup: July 29, 2026

D-Day has arrived for what could be new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's first real movement on interest rates since officially taking office in May. Consensus expectations are for holding rates as is, but many expect a renewed hike could be in the cards eventually. More
Nicholas Alan Clayton·Jul 29

Morning SPAC News Roundup: July 28, 2026

This summer has had a lumpy pace of SPAC business but the clusters have been quite exciting. In both June and now July there have been streaks of five business combinations announced within a five-day period and and the last time SPACs went five-for-five like that before was March 2023. More
Nicholas Alan Clayton·Jul 28

Morning SPAC News Roundup: July 24, 2026

After a quiet week for major economic indicators, the US got a better-than-expected jobs figure yesterday with just 187,000 claiming initial joblessness. S&P will now add services and manufacturing PMI numbers to the mix this morning followed by new homes sales, which are expected to show an increase. More
Nicholas Alan Clayton·Jul 24