Hot Off the Presses – Link to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Proposed “Regulation Crowdfunding”

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally released its long awaited proposed rules for equity Crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act.  Today’s proposed rules comes with a 90-day comment period which start from the date they are printed in the Federal Register.   That means equity Crowdfunding could become a reality by Q1 of 2014.

Why is Saskatchewan Seriously Considering Equity Crowdfunding?

Dean Murrison, Director of the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority, the Saskatchewan securities regulator,  is quoted in a news article on why Saskatchewan is seriously considering equity crowdfunding, where he is quoted as saying, “There’s lots of other work being done on crowdfunding among the Canadian Securities Administrators and we’re participating in that … But we […]

Saskatchewan Getting Ready to Legalize Equity Crowdfunding

 October 7, 2013, the Saskatchewan Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority (the FCAA) published a framework for a proposed Saskatchewan-only equity Crowdfunding exemption (the Proposed Exemption) and requested public feedback with a comment period ending on November 6, 2013. Although the FCAA originally published a concept equity Crowdfunding proposal in July 13, 2013, it has now been […]