SPAC IPO and Equity Capital Markets activity continued to grow in Q4, capping off a busy 2021. Issuance in both pockets of the market increased year over year, setting high water marks for 2022. 

In Q4, SPACs raised a total of $31 billion in capital from IPOs across 210 transactions. The volume of proceeds raised from SPACS in 2021 increased 99% from 2020, and total transactions jumped 69% year over year.

The global equity capital markets continued to grow for the second consecutive year, with the $1.05 trillion in 2021 issuance representing a 17% year-over-year increase. Equity market issuance rose in all regions last year except for Latin America, which saw a 30% year-over-year drop in gross proceeds in 2021.

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