Financial planners and financial advisors can help clients understand the investment and regulatory rules of equity crowdfunding
Starting May 16, companies can use crowdfunding to offer and sell securities to the investing public in the U.S.
Companies are required to distribute their securities through registered funding portals
Startups will be able to raise capital from ordinary retail investors online without a prospectus, subject to certain conditions, as of Jan. 26
Regulators should pay attention to the additional risks related to crowdfunding
Crowdfunding has not been tested in Canadian markets
New regime will expand ways for small companies to raise capital from a large number of investors online
The proposed exemption is designed to co-ordinate with crowdfunding blanket orders adopted by other provinces
The IOSCO board has endorsed plans to provide further guidance on crowdfunding, and to the administrators of financial benchmarks
The session will examine the startup exemption that aims to help small businesses raise capital from Internet funding portals