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Two crossed lines that form an X . It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Evan Ratner is a SPAC portfolio manager at Easterly Alternatives. Easterly Alternatives
Evan Ratner is a portfolio manager specializing in SPAC investing at Easterly Alternatives.
He started investing in SPACs in 2007 and witnessed how they have evolved into a feeding frenzy.
He shared the key to finding attractive SPACs, including three blank-check companies on his radar.
Evan Ratner never thought he d see the SPAC boom of 2020. SPACs used to be a backwater as a way for guys to easily raise pools of capital, said Ratner, who started investing in Special Purpose Acquisition Companies in 2007. The so-called blank-check companies are created solely to raise capital through an initial public offering and acquire an existing firm.