Tagged: sec

December 12, 2016 @ 4:30 pm By Anthony Zeoli  |  

2016 brought with it many developments in the crowdfunding industry, most notably the introduction of the long-awaited Title III crowdfunding. While admittedly not all crowdfunding legislation passed  was as influential, there have been significant strides made to improve existing securities regulations and to continue prying… Read More

December 12, 2016 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Enforcement Director Andrew J. Ceresney will depart the agency by the end of the year. Ceresney has been with the SEC for four years as the head of SEC Enforcement – the largest division of the… Read More

December 11, 2016 @ 6:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016 or HR 3784 passed the Senate on Friday (December 9, 2016) as part of a last-minute legislative push before Congress adjourns for the holiday season. The bill passed the House earlier this year meaning the bill will… Read More

December 6, 2016 @ 5:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced the departure of Keith Higgins, the Director of SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance. Higgins, having joined the SEC in June of 2013, will depart in early January. Higgins has been deeply engaged with Dodd-Frank rulemaking, the FAST… Read More

December 6, 2016 @ 3:04 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School Karen Gordon Mills along with VP of Strategy at Fundera, Brayden McCarthy, have recently posted a working paper on SME lending. Mills is also the former Administrator of the Small Business Administration – a post she held during the Obama administration just… Read More

December 5, 2016 @ 2:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Utilization of the updated securities exemption colloquially called Reg A+ continues to gain traction. A form of crowdfunding that has been described as a Mini-IPO type offering due to the scaled disclosure, reduced cost and the option to immediately trade shares, Reg A+ is an… Read More

December 1, 2016 @ 4:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NextGen Crowdfunding announced on Thursday it is launching a new Indiegogo Equity Crowdfunding Tracker, called Indiegogo Crowdfunding Watch, This feature will track investor commitments through the crowdfunding platform. Sharing details about the new tracker, Dr. Richard Swart, Chief Strategy Officer at NextGen Crowdfunding, stated: “Indiegogo’s entrance into… Read More

December 1, 2016 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC Advisory Committee on Small & Emerging Companies (ACSEC) has scheduled a conference call for its next public meeting. The December 7 meeting of ACSEC will begin at 11:00 a.m. ET and live audio will be available on the SEC’s website.  According to the… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Funding Wonder Crowd, LLC, a small business lending platform operator, announced on Wednesday it was approved by FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) as a licensed Regulation Crowdfunding Portal. Sharing details about the new crowdfunding platform, Michael Mildenberger, CEO of Funding Wonder, stated: “Funding Wonder is… Read More

November 23, 2016 @ 3:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

The final rule updates to Rules 147 and 504 have finally hit the pages of the Federal Register. Now the countdown begins for the rules to become actionable. The amendments to Rule 147 and new Rule 147A are designed to facilitate capital formation, including through… Read More

November 22, 2016 @ 2:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Monday Stephen Luparello, Director of the Division of Trading and Markets, will leave the agency by the first of the year.  Luparello was named director of the office in February 2014, and the organization stated he played a… Read More

November 21, 2016 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC has announced the agenda for the December 8 meeting of its Investor Advisory Committee (IAC).  At this forthcoming meeting, the IAC will discuss investor protection priorities for the New Year. It also will hear an update on the Commission’s response to the rulemaking… Read More

November 20, 2016 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

As a growing number of nations around the globe embrace the potential of Fintech to provide superior services to consumers, businesses and the under-banked, one country stands out as lacking in leadership in the evolution of finance. The US has been the epicenter of financial… Read More

November 18, 2016 @ 3:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

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

November 18, 2016 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

At the SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation yesterday (November 17, 2016), David Feldman a securities attorney with Duane Morris, delivered a brief update on Regulation A+ as created by Title IV of the JOBS Act of 2012.  This updated securities exemption became actionable… Read More

November 18, 2016 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

At the Annual SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation SeedInvest, a prominent US based investment crowdfunding platform, delivered an update to the Commission and forum participants.  SeedInvest is a full stack investment crowdfunding platform. They work with issuers looking to raise capital under Reg… Read More

November 16, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By Samuel Guzik  |  

With a new administration set to take the reins of power in the White House in January 2017, not to mention a new, Republican appointed Chair of the SEC in the offing, when it comes to the interests of small business’s access to capital, many… Read More

November 15, 2016 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC has had a busy week. First, the Commission held its first Fintech Forum, as suggested by Commissioner Piwowar, indicating its growing interest in financial technology disruption. This morning, SEC Chair Mary Jo White testified before the House Financial Services Committee regarding the SEC… Read More

November 15, 2016 @ 11:44 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  Indiegogo, the trend-setting international crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to fruition, has launched a new equity crowdfunding portal with MicroVentures allowing anyone to invest in startups and growing companies. By utilizing new equity crowdfunding regulations that took effect in May, the new service provides… Read More

November 15, 2016 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Outgoing SEC Chair Mary Jo White will be testifying today (November 15, 2016) before the House Financial Services Committee. White announced her intent to depart the Commission at the end of the Obama’s administration yesterday (November 14th).  The somewhat routine hearing is entitled; “Examining the… Read More