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Tag Archives: private placements
The Misplaced Logic of Dodd-Frank: Protecting the Ordinary Investor by Redefining the Accredited Investor
Many of you are still reeling from the impact of the worldwide collapse of the financial markets in 2008. And most of us have rightfully observed that following one of the greatest debacles in financial history, no one has gone … Continue reading
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SEC Extends Comment Period for JOBS Act Rule 506 Proposed Rulemaking – Is the SEC About to Pivot?
September 23, 2013 kicked off an historic period in federal securities laws. For the first time in 80 years companies would be allowed to publicly solicit investors in unregistered private placements so long as all of the investors were accredited. … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, Congressman Patrick McHenry, crowdfundinsider, equity crowdfunding, final SEC rules, Form D, general solicitation, Guzik and Associates, JOBS Act, Milken Institute, private placements, proposed rules, proposed SEC rules, regulation d, Rule 506, samuel guzik, SBA office of Advocacy
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IT’S THE JOBS ACT, STUPID!
Still Time to Comment on SEC’s Proposed Regulation D General Solicitation Rules? On July 10, 2013, the SEC issued its final rules allowing general solicitation and advertising in unregistered private placements, provided all of the investors were accredited, effective September … Continue reading
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Preparing for (Regulation) D-Day – September 23, 2013
“The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have sav’d my life.” Henry the Fourth, William Shakespeare, Part I, Act 5, scene 4. * * * * * As featured in CrowdfundInsider on September 17, … Continue reading
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Tagged accredited investors, advertising, candace klein, Crowdfunding, ellenoff grossman and schole, final SEC rules, general soliciitation, JOBS Act, Ohio Division of Securities, private placements, regulation d, Rule 506, samuel guzik, SoMoLend
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SEC Regulation D and Rule 506 – Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
On July 10, 2013, the SEC issued proposed rules to amend Regulation D. The rules, if adopted, would place significant conditions on the use of new Rule 506(c) promulgated under the JOBS Act. Rule 506(c), as will be in effect … Continue reading
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Equity Crowdfunding and The Road Not Taken – What Congress Could Learn From Kansas
It’s pretty easy to make a case against equity crowdfunding: Startups are risky investments – most will fail, and investors will lose their money. Crowdfunding will be a magnet for fraud, drawing phony and exaggerated investment schemes. The goal of … Continue reading
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Equity Crowdfunding – The Road Ahead at the SEC and Beyond
Equity crowdfunding, hoped by many to be a promising new vehicle for capital formation for startups and other early stage companies, has yet to become operational under the JOBS Act – waiting on the SEC to promulgate proposed and final … Continue reading
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Final and Proposed SEC Rules Allowing General Solicitation are Out – Crowdfunding Rules for Non-Accredited Investors to Follow-And So Too Should Caution
On July 10, 2013, the SEC released final SEC rules, effective in September 2013, which will allow general solicitation and advertising in unregistered debt and equity offerings so long as all of the purchasers are accredited investors and the issuer … Continue reading
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SEC Issues Final JOBS Act Regulations Allowing Public Solicitation of Investors in Private Placements Under Rule 506 of Regulation D; New Proposed Regulations Regulating Rule 506 Private Placements Also Issued for Public Comment on July 10, 2013
On April 5, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), making sweeping changes to federal laws regulating capital formation. One of the more significant changes to existing law was a directive to the … Continue reading
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Equity Crowdfunding – Google and the Venture Capitalists Are Taking Notice
While the wait continues for SEC regulations for equity crowdfunding under the JOBS Act, Google and the Venture Capitalists are getting their foot in the door with crowdfunding portals targeting accredited investors. Continue reading
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