Traders Magazine 0 Shares Adam Welham, head of European equity capital markets at Fidelity Management & Research, said the increase in listings by Special Purpose Acquisition Companies is potentially dangerous. Welham spoke on a panel, Global IPO Innovations – Why Now?, at UK FinTech Week on 19 April. He said the explosion of listings by SPACs in the US is the most extraordinary development in ECM in the last 20 years. “You’ve got this alternative route to an initial public offering which is potentially quite a dangerous development for a number of reasons,” he added. ��️"There are lots of reasons why it’s [direct listing] being pursued more. It’s a combination of price and transparency, and companies are trying to take a bit more ownership of the process.”