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31 Mar, 2021
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Rebecca Isjwara
Singapore plans to have more stringent rules with a stronger emphasis on governance than in the U.S. for blank-check companies that seek a listing on the Asian financial center's exchange.
Singapore Exchange Ltd. started a public consultation on March 31 for a regulatory framework for listing special purpose acquisition companies, which are skeleton organizations that launch with the intention of buying and reverse merging with a private company. Under the proposed rules, investors in these companies won't be allowed to cash out as soon as the SPAC merges with a private entity, and sponsors won't be allowed to vote on a business combination, two key departures from the regulation in the U.S.