Gerova Financial Group Ltd, which traded under the ticker CIO, was a Special Purpose Acquisition Company incorporated as a foreign private issuer — evidenced by its 6-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the July 2008 submission under accession number 0001144204-08-039344. The vehicle targeted the financial services sector, with a focus that encompassed insurance and asset management. The company entered the public markets in the 2007–2008 timeframe amid the broader SPAC wave of that era, before ultimately facing significant regulatory scrutiny from the SEC related to alleged disclosure violations, which resulted in the company being delisted. For comprehensive data on Gerova Financial Group, its filings, and the full universe of SPAC transactions, sign up for SpacDesk.