Special Purpose Acquisition Companies“SPACs” also known as blank check companies are duly registered public limited companies, formed to raise capital in an Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) with the purpose of using the proceeds to acquire one or more unspecified companies, businesses or assets (target companies) to be identified after the IPO. Spacs have been used
USING SIDE POCKETS FOR ILLIQUID FUND ASSETS Hedge funds are a type of mutual funds that employ hedging techniques to minimize risk. There are no laws or rules that apply specifically to hedge funds in Nigeria. They are administered by professional investment managers and are not widely available to the public in that their investors