Another SPAC With Magnetar Ties Hunts for a Merger Partner

A SPAC sponsored by Magnetar has filed IPO plans just two weeks after the hedge fund firm’s first blank-check company this year announced a merger agreement.

Steven Taub December 22, 2020

Eric Scheyer and Michael Morgan

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Hedge fund firm Magnetar Capital’s second blank-check company this year is seeking to raise capital for a sustainable deal. Star Peak Corp. II — a special purpose acquisition company with ties to Magnetar’s MTP Group — said in a December 18

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