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2024
Venture capital
New venture capitalists in South Korea announced a 40% cut in financing.
2024
Mark Flannery
Became the Bank of America Eminent Scholar professor emeritus at the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida.
July 1 2024
Capital gain
Implementation of a new tax policy for listed securities, introducing a flat 15% capital gains tax rate for assets acquired on or after this date.
May 2024 ABN Amro agreed to purchase Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe from Fosun International for 672 million euros ($730 million), with some business units like alternative investment fund management and fund administration services excluded from the acquisition.
January 24 2024
Special-purpose acquisition company
The SEC unveiled new comprehensive rules for Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), introducing clarifications to enhance regulatory transparency and integrity. The new rules refined criteria for forward-looking statements, redefined 'blank check company', and required more detailed disclosures on board votes and potential dilutive impacts.
2023
Special-purpose acquisition company
SPAC market faced challenges with only 31 IPOs, raising $3.8 billion with an average IPO size of $124.1 million, and 98 mergers completed.
2023 Seedcamp closed its largest fund to date, Fund VI, raising €166 million for startup investments.
2023
Venture capital
End of a period showing a 30% increase in venture capital for greentech companies in the EU, despite downturn in other sectors.
March 2023
Financial mismanagement
Silicon Valley Bank experienced a major run-and-fall scenario, causing widespread customer panic and requiring government intervention due to significant losses from liquidating debt securities.
2022
Special-purpose acquisition company
SPAC market significantly shrank, with only 86 SPAC IPOs compared to 613 in 2021, and total funds raised dropping to $13.4 billion from $162.5 billion.
2022
Special-purpose acquisition company
Elizabeth Warren released a report exposing how Wall Street insiders were using SPACs in ways that harmed investors, and called for new regulations to prevent abuse.
2022
Special-purpose acquisition company
Sharp decline in SPAC IPOs, dropping to 86 IPOs raising $13.431 billion.
2022 Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe (HAL) begins a new phase of its corporate history, potentially signaling organizational changes or strategic developments.
2022 Moved to the University of Cambridge, appointed as Leverhulme International Professor of Neuroeconomics at the Faculty of Economics.
2022
Financial mismanagement
A review of Silicon Valley Bank revealed a fundamentally flawed business model based on incorrect assumptions about interest rates.
2022
Venture capital
The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector closed approximately 50% of Canada's venture capital deals, with Life Sciences accounting for 16% of the deals.
2022
Venture capital
Singapore recorded $5.5 billion Singapore dollars in startup investments up to Series B rounds, representing a 14% increase by volume and 45% increase by value.
2022
Venture capital
Venture capital investing in the United States reached $209.4 billion, marking the second-highest investment year in history.
2022
Venture capital
Singapore ranked seventh in the Global Innovation Index.
2022
Venture capital
Switzerland invested CHF 4 billion in venture capital, with half of the total amount directed to ICT and Fintech sectors, and 21% invested in Cleantech.
December 1 2022
Special-purpose acquisition company
Study cut-off date revealing American-listed SPACs that merged between July 2020 and December 2021 had an average share price of $3.85, a 60% drop from the standard $10 per share.
March 18 2022
Special-purpose acquisition company
Aquila Acquisition Corp launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), experiencing a 3% share price decline in the two weeks following the debut.
2021
Corporate debt bubble
Full impact of new financial regulations from the Financial Stability and Development Committee is expected.
2021
Supply chain finance
Evergrande Group, the second largest Chinese real estate company, defaulted after using risky supply chain finance-like financial products to manage funding gaps.
2021
Golden share
The Economist and Reuters reported the Chinese government's golden share investment in ByteDance, highlighting the government's strategy of corporate stake acquisition.
2021
Financial mismanagement
The Federal Reserve issued six citations to Silicon Valley Bank for severe weaknesses in its risk management practices.
2021
Venture capital
Start of a period that saw a 30% rise in venture capital for greentech companies in the EU, driven by policies from the European Green Deal.
2021
Venture capital
South Korea reached a peak of US$10 billion in venture capital investments.
2021
Venture capital
Data revealed that female founders received only 2% of venture capital funding in the United States, highlighting significant gender disparity in VC investment practices.
2021
Venture capital
Over AUD $10 billion was invested into Australian and New Zealand startups across 682 deals, representing a 3x increase from the previous year.
December 2021
Special-purpose acquisition company
End of a studied period showing SPAC merger performance, with 613 SPAC IPOs and $162.5 billion in funds raised.
March 2021
Special-purpose acquisition company
Lord Hill prepared a report for the Chancellor of Exchequer recommending changes to London company listing rules to make them more favorable to SPAC listings, including reducing the percentage of public share offerings from 25% to 15%.
March 31 2021
Corporate debt bubble
Commercial Paper Funding Facility established by the Federal Reserve ceases purchasing commercial paper.
March 12 2021
Corporate debt bubble
CNBC published a short video discussing the corporate debt/bond bubble
January 2021
Special-purpose acquisition company
75 SPACs were launched in the first month.
January 1 2021
Venture capital
At the beginning of 2021, Bulgaria had 18 venture capital and growth equity firms operating in the local market, with total funding for technology startups exceeding €200 million.
2020
Financial modeling
ModelOff Financial Modeling World Championships concluded, marking the end of its annual competition series.
2020
Special-purpose acquisition company
SPACs experienced significant proliferation during the 'everything bubble', a period of economic expansion between 2020 and 2021.
2020
Supply chain finance
Supply chain finance market expected to grow at approximately 10% per annum.
2020
Examinership
CityJet sought examinership, utilizing the Irish legal process to protect the company from creditors and potentially restructure its financial obligations.
2020
Golden share
During Xi Jinping's administration reform period, the Chinese government used strategic share acquisitions to increase golden share holdings in various companies.
2020
Venture capital
Australian and New Zealand startups received $3.1 billion in venture capital investments.
2020
Venture capital
Primo Space, the first Italian Venture Capital Fund, was launched by Primomiglio SGR, initially closing €58 million out of a target €80 million and focusing on Space investing.
2020
Venture capital
Female-founded companies achieved their highest recorded level of venture capital investment, raising 2.8% of total capital investment.

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