The SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation has published its annual report which includes data on access to capital as well as policy recommendations. The Office is relatively new, created under the SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 – legislation… Read More
Recently, the annual report distilled from the SEC’s Small Business Forum was published. Once again, it outlined a series of requests for policymakers to enact to support smaller firms. The SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation led the forum. It is… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC), Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation has scheduled the 43rd Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. This gathering will occur with three virtual sessions April 16-18 from 1-2:30 p.m. ET. Several years ago, these… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the new Small Business Advocate – a role that has been vacant for some time now. The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation was created by legislation that was signed into law in 2016…. Read More
The SEC’s annual Small Business Forum took place earlier this year, and in recent days, the report from the gathering was published. The Forum has taken place for more than 40 years, and while the participants regularly provide good recommendations to the Commission, few will… Read More
The SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation has launched a new section of the Commission’s website outlining the “fundamentals of capital raising.” One of the main missions of the SEC is to facilitate capital formation for both smaller and larger firms. The… Read More
This past week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published its 41st annual Small Business Forum report, an effort to help guide the Commission on important issues facing small businesses and access to capital in the USA. While the SEC focuses most of its attention… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, is a relatively new entity at the SEC. The Advocate was created in recognition of the fact that smaller firms in need of growth capital too frequently get ignored by… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, has announced the creation of a capital raising navigator tool for firms seeking growth capital. A part of the SEC’s website, the tool covers the spectrum of options for entrepreneurs… Read More
Today, the Securities and Exchange (SEC) Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation delivered a report to Congress on the SEC’s 40th Annual Small Business Forum. The report, embedded below, recaps several meetings held in the past year (May) that shared front-line experience… Read More
The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation will host the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) 40th Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation in a virtual event this year in light of the ongoing COVID health crisis. This is the 40th… Read More
Recently, the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (OASB) shared a presentation outlining the performance of securities exemptions during 2020. The presentation reviewed the utilization of Reg D, Reg A+, and Reg CF as these are the main avenues to raise… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (OASB), has published its annual report and there is plenty of interesting information included in the document. The OASB is a relatively new entity having been mandated by Congress in… Read More
Later this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will update the definition of an Accredited Investor – a rule that has been in place for decades. An open meeting of the Commission is scheduled for Wednesday, August 26, 2020. The current rule allows individuals… Read More
Longtime Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staffer Sebastian Gomez Abero has been named Deputy Director of the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (OASB). Gomez Abero has been serving as Senior Advisor to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton. The OASB was created… Read More
Do you find the alphabet soup of securities exemptions confusing? Well, you are not alone. A more Machiavellian type would posit that exempt securities offerings were designed by lawyers knowing that the Hoi Polloi would be willing to pay top dollar to decipher the jumble… Read More
Earlier this week the SEC Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation announced a series of “virtual coffee breaks” to engage with the public to discuss updates, trends, and perspectives on how COVID-19 is impacting raising capital. The very first virtual gather is… Read More
This week, the SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee met at the Commission to discuss access to capital around the country. Multiple presentations were delivered on the state of access to capital including one by the Office of the Advocate for Small Business as… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, has scheduled a public meeting to discuss the state of access to capital for smaller firms. The “Capital Call” is described as being held similar to a public company’s earnings… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation, has published its inaugural report on the ability for small businesses in the US to access growth capital. The Advocate is a newly-formed sector of the SEC created by legislation… Read More
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