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AN IMPORTANT NOTE: On June 22, 2021, Hadari Oshri –Marc Lubaszka’s business partner– filed a civil harassment restraining order (CHRO) against Investor News reporter Aitana Vargas to stop the publication of her investigative series “A Special Report: The Harrowing Impunity of White-Collar crime,” and any subsequent installments or future media coverage. On August 3, 2021, Vargas filed an anti-SLAPP...

Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted amendments to require certain documents filed by investment advisers, institutional investment managers, and certain other entities to be filed or submitted electronically. The amendments also make technical amendments to modernize Form 13F and enhance the information provided. The amendments are intended to promote efficiency, transparency, and operational resiliency by...

Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission this week announced that it has extended the public comment period on the proposed rulemaking to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors until June 17, 2022. The SEC also announced that it will reopen the comment periods on the proposed rulemaking to enhance private fund investor protection and on the...

Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a virtual event on April 28 along with the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and the AARP to examine the latest challenges and issues affecting the senior investor community. The Older Investor Roundtable will include panel discussions geared toward older investors, consumer advocates, and financial professionals nationwide as topics...

Washington D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 58 soliciting entities, 11 impersonators of genuine firms, and one bogus regulator. The SEC’s list of soliciting entities that have been the subject of investor complaints, known as the Public Alert: Unregistered...

Washington D.C., March 21, 2022 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rule changes that would require registrants to include certain climate-related disclosures in their registration statements and periodic reports, including information about climate-related risks that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on their business, results of operations, or financial condition, and certain climate-related financial statement metrics...

The tsunami has all but ended in a defeat for many investors and companies. There is finally good news for equity investors. The JOBS Act 3.0 The jobs act 1.0 and 2.0 delivered a disruption to investing and helped propel small businesses into multimillion-dollar companies.  The great rush of Reg. A and Reg. D and  Equity Crowdfunding seems to have...

SEC’s Investment Rule Updates and Cannabis Fundraising Recently the SEC updated its rules to simplify the patchwork of regulations to help companies in fundraising mode. This matters to cannabis companies of all types, especially those that want to utilize the available federal exemptions in their securities offerings. In the SEC’s own words, “These amendments will promote capital formation and expand investment opportunities while...

Regulation D Explained: What Are Regulation D Offerings in Real Estate Crowdfunding? Real estate crowdfunding, or the practice of funding a real estate investing venture by raising a small amount of money from a large number of people, typically over the internet, has been gaining in popularity over recent years. To that end, investors who hope to use this method to get...

How to market an IPO Successfully with a Digital Marketing Campaign. Companies need to let retail investors know that they are going public. Many companies hire Investor Relations companies that fail to reach the mark. Building a company from the ground up, legal fees, and waiting to get approval for your Initial Public Offering means that the marketing company you hire...