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CLSA

Active in SPAC underwriting from Jun 20, 2018 to Jun 20, 2018.

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Mandates

1

0 bookrun

Deal volume

$261M

gross proceeds, full credit

Disclosed allocation

$25.0M

units × $10 unit price

Live vehicles

0

searching or announced

Completion rate

100%

1 closed vs 0 liquidated

Mandates

Every SPAC IPO this house was named on, newest first, with the role the cover page credited and the units the underwriting agreement assigned.

SPACRoleStatusIPODeal sizeAllocation
Repay Holdings CorpRPAYUnderwriterCompletedJun 20, 2018$261M$25.0M

Analyst questions

CLSA and SPACs, answered

The questions a desk actually asks about a bank's blank-check franchise, answered from CLSA's own mandates rather than from generic explainer copy.

Which SPACs has CLSA underwritten?

CLSA appears on the underwriting syndicate of 1 special purpose acquisition company IPO in our index, including Repay Holdings Corp (RPAY). The full list, with the role credited on each cover page, is in the mandates table on this page.

How many SPAC IPOs has CLSA book-run?

We have not indexed a book-running credit for CLSA; every mandate on record is a co-manager or syndicate position. Bookrunner status is read from the prospectus cover, so a blank can also mean the cover did not separate the roles.

How much SPAC capital has CLSA underwritten?

$261M of gross proceeds across every offering CLSA was named on. That is the conventional league-table measure, which credits the full deal to each syndicate member. The narrower figure is its own allocation: $25.0M, being the units the underwriting agreements assigned to CLSA specifically, priced at the $10 standard SPAC unit.

What is the largest SPAC IPO CLSA has worked on?

Repay Holdings Corp (RPAY), which raised $261M in Jun 2018. CLSA was credited as a syndicate member on that offering.

Which CLSA SPACs completed a business combination?

1 of the SPACs CLSA underwrote closed a combination: Repay Holdings Corp. Closing means the vehicle filed a current report reporting completion of the acquisition. That is an outcome, not a return.

Which CLSA SPACs are still looking for a target?

CLSA has no live SPAC mandates in our index; every vehicle it underwrote has either closed a deal or wound up.

What is CLSA's SPAC completion rate?

100%. Of the 1 vehicles CLSA underwrote that have already resolved, 1 closed a business combination and 0 liquidated. The market-wide figure is 59.5%, so CLSA sits above it. SPACs still searching are excluded, because an unfinished clock is not a result. The rate measures the vehicles, not the bank: a syndicate has no control over whether a sponsor finds a target.

Which CLSA SPAC performed best after its merger?

Measured against the $10.00 the units were sold at, the only baseline every SPAC shares, the strongest of CLSA's closed deals currently is Repay Holdings Corp (RPAY) at $4 a share. Treat that as a snapshot, not a return: it ignores dividends, splits, warrant exercise and anything that happened in between, because historical price series are not part of our data. For a proper total-return comparison use your market-data provider with the post-merger tickers.

Which sponsors does CLSA work with most?

Thunder Bridge (1 deal). Sponsor franchises are resolved from the sponsor entity named in each prospectus, so repeat issuers group together even though every vehicle is a separate legal entity.

Which banks does CLSA share SPAC syndicates with?

Most often I-Bankers Securities (1), Chardan (1) and Cantor Fitzgerald (1). Syndicate composition is read from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section, so these are co-appearances on the same offering, not a commercial relationship we have any other visibility into.

When did CLSA start underwriting SPACs, and is it still active?

Its first SPAC IPO in our index priced Jun 20, 2018 and the most recent Jun 20, 2018. It has no live vehicles at present.

What size of SPAC does CLSA typically underwrite?

The average offering it has been named on raised $261M, against a range from $261M to $261M. Deal size is a reasonable proxy for where a house sits in the market: the bulge bracket concentrates on larger trusts, the SPAC specialists on smaller ones.

Which sectors do CLSA's SPACs target?

Financial Services (1). Mandates are read from charter language in the prospectus and are often deliberately broad. Many SPACs reserve the right to pursue any industry, in which case no sector is tagged at all.

Where do CLSA's SPACs list?

Nasdaq (1). Listing venue is taken from the exchange record on the registrant's SEC profile.

How many of CLSA's SPACs liquidated?

None in our index. Either its vehicles closed a deal or they are still inside their combination window.

Where does this CLSA data come from?

Every figure is read from filings the registrants made with the SEC. Syndicate membership and role come from the prospectus cover and the underwriting section of each IPO prospectus (Form 424B4); outcomes come from the filing record: a current report announcing completion, or a delisting notice ending a liquidation. Nothing here is sourced from press coverage or from CLSA itself.

Compiled by the SPACListing research desk

Last reconciled Oct 16, 2026

Every figure on this page is read from documents the registrants filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, principally IPO prospectuses (Form 424B4), current reports (Form 8-K), delisting notices (Form 25-NSE). Nothing is sourced from press coverage, from the companies themselves, or from a third-party aggregator. Where a filing does not disclose something, the field is left blank rather than estimated.

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