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Ordinary Shares, Units and Redeemable Warrants from Nasdaq on October 12, 2023","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2023-10-12","source":{"title":"NPR investigative report","url":"https://sec-api.io/","publication":"Directed Inquiry — Web Search"}},{"id":11408,"text":"Following the business combination, Bridgetown Holdings Limited merged with and into Gemini Merger Sub 1 Limited, with the merger subsidiary being the surviving entity","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2023-10-12","source":{"title":"SEC Form 20-F filed by MoneyHero Limited","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1815086/000121390022054329/ea165393-pre14a_bridgetown.htm","publication":"Directed Inquiry — Web Search"}},{"id":11406,"text":"Bridgetown Holdings Limited (CIK: 1815086) successfully completed its business combination with CompareAsia Group Capital Limited on October 12, 2023","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2023-10-12","source":{"title":"Wikipedia description of 2005 DSEI 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capital flows between Southeast Asian markets and US SPAC investors, based on Companies House registration data.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2023-06-15","source":{"title":"Research: Bridgetown Holdings - parliamentary record","url":"https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Bridgetown%20Holdings%22%7D","publication":"Public Record Research"}},{"id":11865,"text":"European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) had no established framework for monitoring US-listed SPAC activities during October 2023, creating systematic oversight gaps for EU regulatory consultation processes","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2023-06-15","source":{"title":"Research: Bridgetown Holdings - parliamentary record","url":"https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Bridgetown%20Holdings%22%7D","publication":"Public Record Research"}},{"id":11864,"text":"UK Treasury's 2023 SPAC consultation process specifically excluded overseas-listed SPACs from proposed regulatory 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stating 'the Company has elected to abandon the transactions subject thereto' — directly contradicting the established fact that Bridgetown 3 has 'no documented SEC filings.'","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2023-02-28","source":{"title":"Research: Bridgetown Holdings - parliamentary record","url":"https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22Bridgetown%20Holdings%22%7D","publication":"Public Record Research"}},{"id":6094,"text":"Post-merger successor entities PropertyGuru (NYSE: PGRU) and MoneyHero (NASDAQ: MNY) as US-listed operating companies would be eligible for political contributions that were structurally prohibited during the SPAC phase, creating a potential disclosure gap in tracking Bridgetown network political activity","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2022-2024","source":{"title":"Research: Bridgetown Holdings - FEC donations","url":"https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?contributor_name=Bridgetown%20Holdings","publication":"Public Record 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