Tagged: secondary markets

June 28, 2024 @ 8:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it has appointed the members of our advisory committee on secondary markets for the period June 2024 to June 2026. The UK Secondary Markets Advisory Committee supports the FCA’s work “in wholesale secondary markets in equities, fixed… Read More

September 29, 2023 @ 10:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ASMX Group PLC, a developer of digitally enabled secondary market trading technology, has reached a significant strategic agreement with MERJ Exchange. Under this agreement, ASMX is set to launch a digital trading solution “for companies to list traditional debt and equity securities, as well as… Read More

July 9, 2023 @ 11:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite small decreases, there was still a large number of investments and loans originated in May 2023, according to an update from European investment platform Bondora. Both were in the €19 million ballpark, which is still “some of the highest monthly amounts they’ve seen recently.”… Read More

February 19, 2023 @ 1:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In February, Addepar gained additional insight into the latest market moves in their Investor Sentiment Index and Q4 2022 Secondary Market Pricing Scorecard. Addepar is debuting a new portfolio search bar in Analysis and Reporting and “offering Addepar users access to the Global Industry Classification… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 3:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) has scheduled a meeting to discuss the topic of crowdfunded securities, under Reg CF and Reg +, and liquidity. The SBCFAC is a group of industry leaders that advise the Commission on… Read More

June 21, 2022 @ 11:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Secondary Market activity on Bondora increased for the first time since March 2022, “marking a turn in the tide.” It grew by 21.5% to €182,665 transacted. Manual transactions “remain the strongest category.” In May, all the categories increased, the team at Bondora noted. Portfolio Manager… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US venture capitalists had a “tremendous” year in 2021, as they were able to shatter all previous annual fundraising records, according to an update from Carta, a San Francisco based firm helping private and public companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership. As noted… Read More

October 24, 2021 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at P2P lender Robo.cash notes that the popularization of the secondary market in the European markets has surged considerably this year, exceeding the activity in 2020. As for Robo.cash, every month since 2020, the volume of secondary market transactions has “grown by an… Read More

October 21, 2021 @ 7:55 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

As LendKey celebrates $500 million in funded loans, there are plenty of other reasons to celebrate too, co-founder and CEO Vince Passione said. Passione said as the country is coming off a pandemic year there are plenty of encouraging signs. Education loans are bouncing back,… Read More

September 8, 2021 @ 3:17 pm By Kelsey Chase  |  

In 2010, venture capital investors poured $21.8 billion into startups. Fast forward a decade to 2020 when well over 500 “supergiant” funding rounds of $100 million+ were raised, totaling $142 billion. In early 2021, even as global economies fought to shake off the effects of… Read More

February 13, 2021 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Croatian peer to peer lender Robo.cash has revealed that it’s offering new interest rates “up to 12.7%” and has also updated its secondary market. The Robo.cash team confirmed that they’re offering a new product line with rates “ranging from 11% to 12.7%.” The P2P platform’s… Read More

July 12, 2020 @ 12:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ASMX, a blockchain-enabled secondary market platform, has confirmed that its upcoming launch was delayed due to an unexpected technical problem that is currently being addressed. ASMX’s solution aims to provide more liquidity for investors. The platform was scheduled to go live in March of this… Read More

May 17, 2017 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The SEC’s Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies (ACSEC) addressed questions about secondary market liquidity in Reg A+ securities last week at their meeting in DC.  The Committee members reviewed challenges and demands for facilitating secondary transactions. Providing liquidity is an important aspect of… Read More

January 26, 2016 @ 1:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PrivatEquity.biz, Israel-based secondary market trading arena, announced on Tuesday that it has launched its Global Provider Program. According to PrivatEquity.biz, the Global Provider Program aims to help mature private, pre-IPO high-tech companies to receive investments from both private and institutional investors in their regions through secondary… Read More

January 14, 2016 @ 4:37 pm By Georgia Quinn  |  

As discussed in part one, the SEC’s final Regulation Crowdfunding rules require thorough analysis to not fall prey to potential traps. While I firmly believe that we can make crowdfunding work regardless of the roadblocks set forth, it does not mean that we can afford… Read More

February 27, 2015 @ 3:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC has shared the agenda for the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Small & Emerging Companies.  This committee was recently re-animated by SEC Chair Mary Jo White.  The Committee provides insight and advice to the SEC on privately held small businesses and publicly… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 1:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

OTC Markets Group (OTC: OTCM), the US based marketplace that provides liquidity for over 10,000 over the counter securities, has published a round up of 2014 accomplishments. Cromwell Coulson, CEO of the company lauded the final results; “2014 has been a year of accomplishment with the… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

At the European Crowdfunding Convention last week in Paris, Dr. Christian Katz, CEO of Six Swiss Exchange, gave a presentation on the profound funding needs for the European economy.  The Six Swiss Exchange is the primary exchange in Switzerland.  It was the very first stock exchange… Read More