The Invest Act cleared the lower chamber with strong bipartisan support, but critics worry about opening up access to opaque, ...

Accredited investors are individuals and entities that are allowed to trade high-risk financial products that are not registered with the SEC and are subject to less regulation than publicly traded ...

Last week the SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee held a meeting to discuss the definition of an Accredited Investor. This definition decides who can, and who cannot, access ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulatory agenda during the current leadership has changed little since it was first revealed in 2021. One item that has been near the top of the list is Reg ...

Two bills seeking to widen the pool of investors who can invest in private equity passed the House last week by voice vote. The Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act, H.R. 835, ...

State securities regulators ask lawmakers to vote no on bill expanding private market access, citing investor risks ...

House lawmakers have passed several bills on a bipartisan basis in recent weeks aimed at broadening the pool of accredited investors eligible to participate in private markets, but not everyone agrees ...

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An investor advocate is warning that expanding the pool of people who can invest in private offerings without appropriate safeguards will harm the investing public. In a Nov. 15 letter to Rep. Scott ...

Bipartisan bill creates sweeping changes for RIAs, expands accredited-investor rules and eases capital-formation barriers.