Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald will pay a $6.75 million fine to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for making misleading statements regarding two special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that it controlled.

SPACs are entities with no business operations that are formed for the purpose of buying companies through an initial public offering (IPO).

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