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Halcyon plans public listing via blank check acquisition

March 14, 2008  



Halcyon Asset Management, which manages $11.5 billion, including $5.7 billion of hedge fund assets, plans go public by selling itself to Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Co., a special purpose acquisition vehicle (SPAC), also known as a "blank check" company.

Alternative Asset raised $414 million at $10 per share last August with...

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