So, SPACs Are Dead Meat? Not a Chance
The craze for the blank check outfits might have dwindled, due to the SEC, but they’re still a good investing choice, our symposium panelists say.
SPACs have gotten spanked lately, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warning about them and the once-energetic crowd of new ones shrinking.
But the slowing of the craze over special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) is a good thing because it allows investors to better evaluate them, culling out the best, according to a panel on the subject at
“SPACs are here to stay, although at a lower volume,” said Ronald Temple, co-head of multi-asset and head of US equity at Lazard Asset Management, who termed the reduction in SPAC issuance a “healthy” development.
April 8, 2021
Pandemic Exacerbating US Wealth Disparity
Mansco Perry, Carlos Rangel, and Tim Recker comment on the widening of the wealth gap creating both risks and opportunities for asset owners.
An already wide gap in wealth disparity among Americans was only magnified and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a panel discussion at
The panel, which was moderated by
Chief Investment Officer managing editor Christine Giordano, included Carlos Rangel, CIO of W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Mansco Perry, executive director and CIO of the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI); and Tim Recker, CIO and treasurer of The James Irvine Foundation.
March 11, 2021
CIOs to Speak on Survival of the Fittest, the K-Shaped Recovery, Private Equity, and Private Credit March 16 and 17
Register now to attend four not-to-miss panels.
The COVID-19 remote environment doesn’t mean you have to stop networking and learning from your peers. In fact, now you can invite your entire investment office to tune into panels where CIOs will be sharing their wisdom on everything from the survival of pension plans to the effects of wealth disparity, private equity, and private credit.
On March 16 at 2 p.m. EDT, top-performing CIOs in private credit and private equity
Molly Murphy of the Orange County Employees Retirement System (OCERS) and