SPAC has been very hot in the past 4-5 years and shut down this year given new sec regulation. It was similar to how Michael Milken created the lev fin market. What's the next product that IB will focus on? ESG linked market?
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No because ESG is a meme and even Blackrock has already started to drop the concept
Did you compare SPACs to the creation of the modern day leveraged finance market?
If I was going to pick a spot to play now it would be in the market for retail focused alternative investment vehicles. Get smart on the ‘40 act.
Think this makes sense…I’ve seen a few companies make plays but guess at their scale/lack of balance sheet/less brand recognition, it may have been tough.
Every large firm and a lot of UMM guys are building these businesses. BCRED wasn’t the first but everyone has seen the success and is looking to replicate it.
ESG based financial service products has been called out by WSJ almost on a weekly basis for months now. Not a big fan of the current SEC management.
I don't think this is next, or even will be big in the near future, but DAO advisory/consulting/sponsoring could be big one day. It's one of the greater use cases of blockchain I have come across. The concept is great, just need to flesh out the application of it.
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