Barbara Roper, currently the Director of Investor Protection for the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), has joined the Securities and Exchange Commission as Senior Advisor to the Chair. In a public statement, the SEC said that Roper’s focus will be on issues relating to retail investor… Read More
It should be obvious to most everyone that the current definition of an Accredited Investor not only disenfranchises the vast majority of the population it is not really an effective proxy to evaluate an individual’s ability to assess risk and the opportunity affiliated with private… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially closed comments on its concept release regarding regulatory harmonization of securities offerings exemptions on September 24, 2019. But as in past cases, comments have continued to trickle in and we would not be surprised if more follow. That… Read More
Reg CF [Regulation Crowdfunding], the smallest of the three crowdfunding exemptions created by the bi-partisan JOBS Act of 2012, became officially actionable in May of 2016. In that time, hundreds of issuers have raised money on FINRA regulated “funding portals” taking advantage of the internet… Read More
The SEC Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) has set the date of its next meeting. IAC will be meeting at SEC HQ on Thursday, December 8, 2016 from 9:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. (ET). The meeting is open to the public and will be Live-streamed on the… Read More
The SEC Investor Advisory Committee met last week in Washington, DC. The periodic meeting was opened by Chair White who mentioned Title III retail crowdfunding specifically; “Regulation Crowdfunding becomes effective in May and funding portals can begin to register with the Commission later this month. … Read More
When Congress passed the JOBS Act lifting the ban on general solicitation in offerings under Rule 506 of Regulation D, it turned these so-called “private” offerings into potentially very public ones. Since Reg D offerings involving general solicitation can only be sold to “accredited” investors,… Read More
On July 10, thanks to the Dodd-Frank Act which mandated its reinstitution, the revived SEC Investor Advisory Committee met in a public forum to discuss certain securities law issues, including a subcommittee’s initial proposals on the definition of “accredited investor” (as defined in Section 501(a)… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission hosted a meeting of the Investor Advisory Committee yesterday where they tackled the very important issue of defining an “accredited investor”. Barbara Roper, the Chairman of the ‘Investor as a Purchaser Subcommittee’ closed the meeting without recommendations on altering the… Read More
The Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting was held last week on April 10th at the SEC. The agenda, previously published, indicated the IAC would address retail crowdfunding and review their recommendations as part of the rule making process. The meeting started with SEC Chair Mary… Read More
Bloomberg is reporting that newly minted SEC Chairman Mary Jo White is pushing to lift the ban on general solicitation. From the article… White, who became SEC chairman on April 10, has suggested the commission pass the existing plan without major changes and add additional protections later,… Read More
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