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Recent SEC Review of Accredited Investor Definition

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently released a staff report reviewing the definition of "accredited investor" in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act), as required at...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Review of the Accredited Investor Definition Under Dodd-Frank

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On December 14, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a staff report on the definition of accredited investor, examining the current status of the accredited investor pool and discussing several...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

On the right track: Securities & Exchange Commission adopts rules to streamline private offering exemptions

On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) voted to adopt final amendments (the Amendments) to “simplify, harmonize, and improve certain aspects of the exempt offering framework.” The Securities Act...more

Morgan Lewis

SEC Adopts Amendments to Accredited Investor Definition

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 26 adopted amendments (Amendments) to the “accredited investor” definition, which is one of the principal tests for determining who is eligible to participate in certain...more

Jones Day

SEC Expands Accredited Investor and Qualified Institutional Buyer Categories

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The Situation: The term "accredited investor" under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act") is used to establish the eligibility of investors to participate in offerings conducted under the most frequently used private...more

Gray Reed

SEC Expands Definition of Accredited Investor

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On August 25, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” in Rule 501 promulgated under Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. Historically,...more

Hogan Lovells

More investors to be accredited under amended SEC rules

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On August 26, the SEC amended its rules under the Securities Act of 1933 to expand the definition of “accredited investor” used for determining eligibility to invest in certain securities offerings exempt from Securities Act...more

Robinson & Cole LLP

SEC Adopts Amendments to “Accredited Investor” Definition

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On August 26, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to amend the definition of “accredited investor” in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities Act) to add new categories...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Amends Definitions of "Accredited Investor" and "Qualified Institutional Buyer"

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to its current rules under the Securities Act of 1933 relating to the definitions of an "accredited investor" and a "qualified institutional buyer." The amendments...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

SEC Revises Accredited Investor Standard

- Amendments to the "accredited investor" definition expand the categories of persons eligible to participate in private placements under Regulation D to include (i) individuals with certain professional licenses (Series 7,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

SEC Broadens ‘Accredited Investor’ Definition to Give More Investors Access to Private Offerings

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The Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3-2 last week to adopt amendments to the “accredited investor” definition, one of the tests the SEC uses to determine eligibility to invest in unregistered private offerings of...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

New Accredited Investor Rules Will Expand Eligibility for Private Fund Investments

On August 26, 2020, the SEC adopted several changes to expand the definition of an “accredited investor.” For the first time, a new category will enable natural persons to qualify as accredited investors based upon their...more

Allen Matkins

Securities & Exchange Commission Modernizes The Definition Of "Accredited Investor"

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On August 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) adopted modernizing amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (Rule 501(a)) to add new categories of qualifying...more

Sullivan & Worcester

SEC Proposes Amendments to Definitions of “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer”

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed on December 18, 2019 amendments to, among other things, its current rules under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") relating to the definitions of...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

SEC Proposes Update to Accredited Investor Definition that Would Make Private Markets Available to More Investors

On December 18, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D (Reg D) under the Securities Act of 1933 (Securities...more

Hogan Lovells

SEC proposes rules to expand and clarify "accredited investor" definition

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Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules to expand and clarify the definition of "accredited investor" under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. Among other things, the rules would open...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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

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

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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

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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

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Regulation D Battlefield Heating Up as Acting Chairman Piwowar Suggests Doing Away with Concept of Accredited Investors

On the same day that President Trump signed an Executive Order instructing federal agencies to create task forces designed to identify regulations for potential elimination, Michael Piwowar, Acting-Chairman of the Securities...more

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