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SEC Proposes Expansion of the Definitions of “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer”

SEC Proposes Expansion of the Definitions of “Accredited Investor” and “Qualified Institutional Buyer”

At the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) open meeting on December 18, 2019, the Commissioners approved proposed amendments to the definition of “accredited investor” under Regulation D under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “U.S. Securities Act”) and the definition of a “qualified institutional buyer” in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act. Commissioners Robert Jackson and Allison Lee both...