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  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    News in-depthSpecial purpose acquisition companies
    Borrowed money funded share purchases by ‘Spac king’ Palihapitiya

    Blank-cheque company promoter was lent $200mn for marquee deals while touting ‘skin in the game’

  • Friday, 4 March, 2022
    Due Diligence
    The King of Spacs and Queen of stonks face reality Premium content

    Plus, Lazard poaches a top dealmaker

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    Virgin Galactic
    Spac promoter Chamath Palihapitiya steps down as Virgin Galactic chair

    Prolific backer of blank cheque companies departs board of Richard Branson’s space travel venture

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    The Top LineTom Braithwaite
    We are running out of good companies: list more frauds

    Ravenous investors need to be fed. Bring back Enron

  • Friday, 21 January, 2022
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    Spac kings lose their touch

    Of 11 deals completed last year by prolific sponsors only one added value

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    Chamath Palihapitiya Spac deal launches amid Uyghur controversy

    Tech investor’s blank-cheque deal with kidney biotech comes after he said ‘nobody cares’ about Uyghurs in China

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Virgin Galactic returns to planet earth

    What’s a $425m convert between friends eh?

  • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Chamath joins the Metromile low club

    How not to invest like Warren Buffett.

  • Friday, 17 September, 2021
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    Tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya: ‘I reserve the right to change my mind’

    The controversial ‘king of Spacs’ on his ‘long-term greedy’ approach — and the dangers of taking investing advice from Reddit

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
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    Spac promoter Palihapitiya seeks $800m to target biotech companies

    Launch comes as blank-cheque acquirers face fading investor interest

  • Friday, 14 May, 2021
    Due Diligence
    Meet the British Spac-man who is the yin to Chamath’s yang Premium content

    Plus, a lesson in bad bankruptcy cases from the National Rifle Association, and the scooter Spac with some curious revenue growth

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Clover Health under investigation by SEC after shortseller report

    Company that went public via a Spac last year acknowledges DoJ inquiry revealed by Hindenburg Research

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Hindenburg takes aim at Chamath’s Clover Health

    Ding ding ding.

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
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    We’re counting down our top-10 topics of the year

  • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    SPAC-man edges out of the space-flight SPAC space

    One $98m step for Chamath Palihapitiya, one giant question for the market.

  • Friday, 13 November, 2020
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    The investment product can generate a profit like nowhere else on Wall Street. DD digs into ‘the great 2020 money grab’

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