News & Analysis as of

Securities Regulation Accredited Investors Emerging Growth Companies

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Capital Formation Related Legislation Advances

In late May 2025, the House Committee on Financial Services (the “Committee”) held a full committee markup, during which the Committee successfully reported 25 bills to the House of Representatives (the “House”). The bills...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Small Business Capital Formation Committee Submits Accredited Investor Definition Recommendations to SEC

On May 1, 2024, the SEC Small Business Capital Formation Committee submitted its accredited investor definition recommendations to the SEC.  Currently, an investor may qualify as an accredited investor by meeting certain...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Accredited Investor Definition Recommended Changes

As we previously posted, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee met last week to consider changes to the accredited investor definition, which has become a political hot...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Report on Small Business Forum

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently published its report on the Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, which generates recommendations from participants that the SEC considers.  The...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Annual Report of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation published its annual report to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the U.S. Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the US House of...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Small Entity Compliance Guide on Testing the Waters

The SEC’s amendment to the test-the-waters provisions, extending the ability to test-the-waters to issuers that are not emerging growth companies (“EGCs”), is now effective. The guide summarizes the provisions of new Rule...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Report on 2019 SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation Released

The Securities and Exchange Commission released the report from the August 2019 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The Annual Forum provides an opportunity for market participants to meet and...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Testing the Waters for All – New Rule 163B Expands TTW to All Issuers: First Analysis

In this Lexis Practice Advisor Practice Note, we discuss new Rule 163B adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On September 26, 2019, the SEC extended the ability to test the waters to all issuers by...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Legal Update: Testing the Waters for All – New Rule 163B Expands TTW to All Issuers

On September 26, 2019, the US Securities and Exchange Commission extended the ability to test the waters to all issuers by adopting the highly anticipated new Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)....more

Ballard Spahr LLP

An In-Depth Look at SEC's Proposed 'Test-the-Waters' Expansion

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently voted to propose new Rule 163B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and amendments to Rule 405 (collectively, the Proposed Rule) promulgated...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

SEC Proposes to Expand “Test-the-Waters” to All Issuers

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

This week the SEC proposed to expand the “test-the-waters” accommodation—currently available to emerging growth companies (EGCs)—to all issuers, including investment company issuers. The proposed rule and related amendments...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

SEC Proposes to Expand “Test-the-Waters” Communications to all Issuers

The SEC has proposed new rules that would permit all issuers to solicit investor views about potential offerings to be taken into account at an earlier stage in the process than is the case today....more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

SEC Proposes to Expand “Test-the-Waters” Modernization Reform to All Issuers

The Securities and Exchange Commission took the long-awaited step of proposing rules for comment that would extend the ability to test the waters beyond emerging growth companies, or EGCs. ...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

SEC Proposes to Expand "Test the Waters" to All Issuers

Background On Feb. 19, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted to propose a rule and related rule amendments under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)...more

14 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide