Tagged: regulations

February 2, 2015 @ 5:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today (February 2nd) the Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee will be having a hearing to discuss LB226 sponsored by Senator Colby Coash from Lincoln, Nebraska.  The bill puts Nebraska on the roster of the growing number of stats that are pushing forward with their own intrastate… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

BOP Consulting and Equity Crowdfunding Platform ShareIn Poised to Offer Combo UK / China Portal An English translation of draft policy for equity crowdfunding in China has made its way to the pages of BOP Consulting (see below).  Following a period of research and consultation… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 5:23 pm By Alessandro M. Lerro  |  

    The equity crowdfunding market has been slow to take off in Italy largely due to intrinsic limitations with the environment and regulations. But Italy is pivoting once again and adapting to the new world of capital formation. Just 18 months after having enacted (first… Read More

January 28, 2015 @ 3:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Potential rules guiding investment crowdfunding will go to the full House for a vote in Virginia next week.  The legislation has been released by the Commerce and Labor Committee and will now take the next step towards becoming law.  The bill was sponsored by Del…. Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

It appears that Colorado wants to improve capital formation for small companies as well.  The Centennial state is preparing to introducing legislation that will facilitate crowdfunding by authorizing on-line intermediaries to match Colorado investors with a Colorado based business that wishes to sell securities to… Read More

January 26, 2015 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently the Financial Conduct Authority (FC) has been reviewing promotional practices of peer to peer lenders in the UK. This event was shared in a recent report from the FT which posed the question will the FCA clamp down on advertising practices utilized by P2P lenders… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As many Crowdfund Insiders know, when The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey, the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of alternative finance in Europe was initiated. This benchmarking survey, which closed on 6 January 2015,  seeks to capture the size,… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 10:14 am By Therese Torris  |  

  The 28 countries of the European Union are a very long way from offering a homogeneous regulation environment for crowdfunding. This is particularly true of equity crowdfunding which touches on multiple heavily regulated areas of finance such as investment advice, securities trading, retail banking… Read More

January 16, 2015 @ 6:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider reported yesterday that Massachusetts, a state known for its leery stance to investment crowdfunding, released “emergency regulations” thus becoming the next state to have legalized crowdfunding in lieu of federal rules.  We now have a copy of the actual exemption (embedded below) to compare… Read More

January 16, 2015 @ 12:26 pm By Anthony Zeoli  |  

In late December of last year, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) launched, what it refers to, as its Electronic Filing Depository (EFD) system. The EFD system is designed to allow users to submit certain required “blue sky” notice filings in connection with exempt… Read More

January 15, 2015 @ 9:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a report from a local Media General TV station, Secretary of the Commonwealth William F. Galvin was quoted stating that Massachusetts has “adopted a crowdfunding exemption”.  While regulations were not readily available a Crowdfunding tips document was posted on the Secretary’s web site (embedded… Read More

January 14, 2015 @ 6:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

The state of Minnesota is next on the list of states determined to take matters into their own hands as Federal regulations continue to be mired in parochial politics and timid rulemaking. A crowdfunding bill was introduced into the legislative process today in St. Paul…. Read More

January 9, 2015 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

GrowthCapitalist, part of the MarketNexus Media group, organized a small gathering just prior to the SEC Small Business Capital Formation event in Washington, D.C. last November.  The event was held at the National Press Club and several well known names from the investment crowdfunding world… Read More

January 5, 2015 @ 7:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Paul Niederer, founder of the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board (ASSOB) and crowdfunding protagonist, has tackled the global regulatory regimes around the world as they attempt to create rules for the new forms of finance. Niederer criticizes most approaches stating: “The [regulatory] implementation balance to… Read More

December 29, 2014 @ 6:31 am By Jenna Cohen  |  

With reports that the final rule-making dates for Titles III and IV of the JOBS Act have been pushed back once again (potentially as late as October 2015), it’s as if the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dropped a giant piece of coal in our… Read More

December 27, 2014 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Australian Member of Parliament and Secretary to the Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher published an interesting missive earlier this month on the importance of crowdfunding and why politicians should care.  Published in the Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice the statement is clear… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 5:40 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of the JOBS Act, the SEC has proposed amendments that addresses Title V and Title VI of the Act.  The revised rules relate to the thresholds for registration, termination of registration, and suspension of reporting under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. The SEC will… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), an advocacy group based in Brussels, has published their annual report reviewing crowdfunding regulations in Europe, the United States, Israel and Canada. “Since we have started our work in 2012 and especially since our first edition of this paper in… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 9:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today at the offices of the SEC the Advisory Committee on Small & Emerging Companies held their first meeting in quite some time.  The appointed pro-bono group is convened at the invitation of SEC Chair Mary Jo White. This diverse gathering of professionals is… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 7:30 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

As 2014 comes to a close, this is the time of year when all good journalists look back at the year’s events, and then look forward – typically with a list of bold predictions for the year ahead.  For those of you focused on small… Read More