We'll be back at the SEC again in a few weeks for their annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation (ye olde GBFSBCF). There we listen to panels in the morning, and have breakout sessions in the afternoon where recommendations are developed and presented....
In the United States, folks in regulated industries such as telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, public companies, energy companies and the like face a risk every day. That is the risk that the regulator will decide to look into whether they might have done something wrong. It might...
Several recent articles are suggesting that "the jury is still out" on whether Regulation A+ will indeed usher in a new era of small, cost-effective IPOs. We all knew there would be, as my late sailor father used to say, a shakedown cruise as with...
Hostess Brands LLC, which makes the iconic Twinkies, cupcakes, Ding Dongs and others, is going public by merging with a public "shell" vehicle known as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. Current owners Apollo Global Management and others will give up control but retain...
Sometimes they listen! The SEC today releases a proposal that would increase the number of companies eligible to be "smaller reporting companies." SRCs get the benefits of reduced disclosure over other public companies. Two years of financial statements instead of three, for example. Currently you...
I have now had a chance to read the 23-page, very well-written, clear and concise DC Circuit court opinion on the Reg A+ challenge brought by two states. The ruling started with a brief history of securities law, how it started with the states but...
Last week the SEC proudly announced the completion of its rulemaking obligations under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012 and the mini-JOBS Act 2.0 tacked onto the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The last rules had to do with implementing the...
As the thermometer hits 79 today here in NY, the IPO market also seems to be thawing out of a long winter. Last week the BATS stock exchange went public and saw a 21% bump in its first day of post-IPO trading after raising about...
The PIPEs Report last week tells us that equity lines of credit are making somewhat of a comeback. What are these? Kind of what they sound like - instead of a debt line, an investor agrees to give you money for stock anytime you want,...
According to Crowdfund Insider, spring will be a key season for the lawsuit brought by two US states to challenge the SEC rules adopted under the Regulation A provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. On April 14, final oral arguments...