SPAC, Crackle, Pop

SPAC - Special Purpose Acquisition Company – is one of 2020’s top capital markets headlines. After growing in popularity over the last few years, this year they have skyrocketed as a route for companies to go public – to about half of all U.S. IPO volume. Why is a product that has been around for years something we are reading about weekly now? And how did these SPACs evolve over the past decade? Jefferies’ experts Scott Skidmore and Tina Pappas connect the dots - sharing everything you need to know about how SPACs work, why they’re popular, and whether they’re here to stay.

Featuring: 

- Scott Skidmore is Jefferies Head of US Capital Markets
- Tina Pappas is Jefferies Managing director of Equities and Capital Markets