AGC News and Press, Altimeter Growth Corp. From 03/11/21

Grab Holdings Inc. is in talks with a SPAC associated with Altimeter Capital Management to take Southeast Asian ride-hailing company Grab public in a deal that would value the company at as much as $40b.It wasn't known which Altimeter SPAC vehicle Grab was in discussions with, according to a ...

Brad Gerstner, who runs hedge fund Altimer Capital and has his own SPAC, said there needs to be a "massive shakeout" of the SPAC world."These are sponsors that have no business bringing companies public and they are companies that have no business being in the public markets," Gerstner said i...

Altimeter Capital is a $16 billion investment firm run by Brad Gerstner and has an impressive track record investing in technology stocks. I expect that Brad Gerstner will focus on a high-quality SPAC target because it is important to his reputation that the company succeeds after the...

Gold investments are having a great week by any standard and a much better week than equities. The safe haven precious metal could maintain this strength for as long as the Federal Reserve Bank is intent on holding rates at zero. The Fed’s intentions were made public on Wednesday as Chair...

NEW YORK, Aug. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund (NYSE: AVK), Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund II (NYSE: AGC), and Advent/Claymore Enhanced Growth & Income Fund (NYSE: LCM), each a closed-end fund (together, the &#x...

NEW YORK, Aug. 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund (NYSE: AVK), Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund II (NYSE: AGC), and Advent/Claymore Enhanced Growth & Income Fund (NYSE: LCM), each a closed-end fund (together, the &#x...

For the inaugural issue of The Chemist's CEF Report (September 2016), describing the background and rationale of the Report, please click here . This edition uses data taken from the close of July 3, 2018. Previous editions of the Report can be searched using the keyword "cefrep". Method...

I've been striving for years now to find a fair and objective means of testing the relative merits of: the HYI strategy of investing in investments such as CEFs, BDCs, mREITS and MLPs which pay high dividends or distributions - typically over 8% per year. the DGI approach to investing in...

The Weekly CEF Roundup will be put out at the start of each week to summarize recent price movements in closed-end fund [CEF] sectors in the last week, as well as to highlight recently concluded or upcoming corporate actions on CEFs, such as tender offers. Most of the information has been so...

Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund (NYSE: AVK ) to merge with Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund II (NYSE: AGC ) and Advent/Claymore Enhanced Growth & Income Fund (NYSE: LCM ) to provide potential benefits to common shareholders, including lower op...