A blank check company is a publicly traded company created for the purpose of buying or merging with another company or companies. For reasons explained below, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, were big business in 2021 when everyone from lifestyle mogul Martha Stewart to politicians like Paul Ryan was investing in them. Also known as blank ...

Pawliczek, Andrea; Skinner, A. Nicole; Zechman, Sarah L. C. Signing Blank Checks: The Roles of Disclosure and Reputation in the Face of Limited Information. Accounting Review. Mar2024, Vol. 99 Issue 2 ...

Over the trailing year, you have likely witnessed the rise of shell firms as a medium to take private enterprises public. Market analysts often use the term “reverse merger” to describe this ...

Fallout from the coronavirus has fueled a fresh wave of interest in an unusual investment vehicle with a shaky reputation: the blank-check company. Blank-check companies are essentially big pools of ...

A study of the language used in disclosures and the role of celebrity investors shines light on obscure financial instrument. Want to see a doubles match with André Agassi and Steffi Graf as teammates ...