Business and International Tax Blog

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) estimates that capital raised in 2019 in private offerings under Regulation D ($1.56 trillion) was larger than the $1.2 trillion raised in public offerings during the same period. In a recent move, the SEC provided further support of private capital markets by broadening the definition of who may qualify as an “accredited investor” under Regulation D. While the stated purpose of the revised definition is to “better align access to unregistered offerings with the financial sophistication required to assess an ...