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Over the past two decades, the SEC has tried to make it easier for early-stage companies to raise capital, and for main street investors to access those opportunities, by expanding registration exemptions. Regulation...more
This amendment builds on FINRA’s recent willingness to relax the prohibition on the use of projections and targeted returns in the marketing materials broker-dealers deliver to institutional investors and qualified...more
The Increasing Investor Opportunities Act (IIOA), introduced on November 19, 2020, by U.S. Representative Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), aims to expand closed-end fund participation in private funds. The IIOA, among other things,...more
In setting forth its rationale, FINRA observed that private placement retail communications reviewed by AdReg have “revealed significant and pervasive” violations of FINRA Rule 2210. On October 28, 2020, the Financial...more
In June of this year, the SEC issued a concept release that reviews the framework for exempt offerings, including several exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 that facilitate capital raising. The...more
Several firms, including Investment Company Institute, BlackRock, Fidelity and Franklin, commented to the SEC concept where retail investors could gain greater exposure to growth-stage private companies through pooled...more
BROKER-DEALER - SEC Requests Public Comment on Improving Private Security Offering Exemptions - On June 18, the Securities and Exchange Commission requested public comment on ways to simply harmonize and improve the...more
The SEC posted its new, much anticipated concept release seeking public comment on ways to harmonize and streamline the patchwork universe of private placement exemptions and “to expand investment opportunities while...more