What s Next for SPACs
With prices, mood, interest, IPO valuation, and deal valuations all coming down, SPAC investors are asking what comes next.
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SPACs joined Tuesday s tech selloff with the average price of a pre-deal SPAC hitting $9.90 that s 10 cents below NAV. It s ironic that in a SPAC market that is much more rational (and tradable) than during peak SPAC earlier this year investors have lost much of their enthusiasm.
Volume across the board has gone down for SPACs with an
average daily volume dropping from 580,000 in February dropping to 104,000 in April. In some ways this is good as the higher volumes were partly a sign of some irrational SPAC exuberance, but at these levels investors will be very worried about efficiently pricing as they get in / out of SPACs.
Dyal, Owl Rock Merge via SPAC to Form Asset Manager Giant
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Neuberger Berman’s Dyal Capital Partners and direct lender
Owl Rock Capital Partners have agreed to merge via a blank check company, forming a new alternative asset manager overseeing $45 billion.
The firms which will create a newly formed entity named Blue Owl Capital Inc. will go public through a combination with
Altimar Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company backed by
HPS Investment Partners, according to a statement. The merged company is expected to have a market capitalization of about $12.5 billion.
Douglas Ostrover, co-founder of Owl Rock, will serve as chief executive officer of Blue Owl, which will focus on direct lending and capital solutions for general partners, the statement said. Dyal co-founder
Owl Rock, Dyal Capital to merge in $12 billion deal
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Owl Rock Capital Group and Dyal Capital Partners, both based in New York, are coming together to form a new publicly traded investment firm.
Owl Rock Capital Group and Neuberger Berman Group s Dyal Capital Partners announced Wednesday that they have agreed to merge.
The two firms will combine with a special purpose acquisition company, Altimar Acquisition Corp., to form a publicly traded alternative investment firm, Blue Owl Capital Inc., according to an SEC filing.
Altimar is sponsored by alternative investment firm HPS Investment Partners.
The deal valued at about $12.2 billion and includes a combined $1.5 billion commitment from ICONIQ Capital, CH Investment Partners, $6.8 billion Koch Companies Defined Benefit Master Trust, Wichita, Kan, the Federated Hermes Kaufmann Funds and Liberty Mutual Investments.