TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp's <9984.T> Vision Fund is preparing to launch a blank cheque acquisition company and will outline plans in the next two weeks, a source familiar with the matter ...

Bill Ackman made headlines earlier this year when his hedge fund made $2.6bn from a bet on a credit market rout © REUTERS Ackman’s ‘blank cheque’ company looks ...

Churchill Capital Corp III, which raised $1.1bn in February, will merge with MultiPlan in one of the largest deals executed by a “blank cheque” buyout fund. The healthcare technology provider ...

Blank-cheque companies, as SPACs are also known, have already raised nearly US$100 billion globally in the first three months of the year, with the vast majority of listings on American bourses.