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New promotions rules to affect EIS, crowdfunding and other ‘non-readily realisable securities’

New promotions rules to affect EIS, crowdfunding and other ‘non-readily realisable securities’

The FCA has announced that its proposal to restrict the retail promotion of unlisted equity and debt securities will go ahead.
The new rules will affect only direct offer financial promotions: those where the manner of responding to the promotion is specified or those including a form by which a response may be made.

New Zealand: Equity crowdfunding gets green light from the Minister – no individual investor caps

Equity crowdfunding gets green light from the Minister – no individual investor caps Cabinet has today approved the regulations for equity crowdfunding which will come into force on 1 April. Equity crowdfunding will allow businesses to raise up to $2 million from investors, via a licensed...

Banking without banks

By offering both borrowers and lenders a better deal, websites that put the two together are challenging retail banks.   continue reading...

Growthfunders crowdfunding platform is launched

  Growthfunders The North East’s first online equity crowdfunding platform has been launched to match ambitious entrepreneurs with great business ideas to a range of investors. The site has been launched by entrepreneurs Craig and Norman Peterson, who have a wealth of experience having supported entrepreneurs who are...

Ask an Angel: How to attract angel investors with crowdfunding campaigns

Since the signing of the JOBS Act in April 2012, there has been a lot of speculation as to how the angel and VC community will participate in crowdfunding and view businesses possessing heavily populated cap tables. Chris Camillo, an accomplished angel investor, author of...

The Decentralization of Finance: New Role For Gatekeepers

In a networked world where people can freely talk and transact with one another, it's inevitable that people will also freely fund one another. From our point of view at Indiegogo, it's just a matter of time until finance will become fully decentralized, just like...

Canadian securities regulators eye rules on crowdfunding

Canada's provincial securities regulators are looking to extend their jurisdiction to cover crowdfunding, the grass-roots form of fundraising being pursued by a growing number of start-ups and small ventures. The move is part of a broader plan to revise rules around who is qualified to invest...

Asia Weekly: Crowdfunding: How it works

Platforms help creators raise funds while giving small investors a wide range of opportunities Crowdfunding uses the power of large groups to generate capital for specific projects. The range of projects is limited only to the imagination of those who create them and the policies of...

SEC Urged to Scale Back 'Crowdfunding' Rules

Firms Warn Current Restrictions Will Serve as a Deterrent to Smaller Companies Washington - Startups and entrepreneurs are criticising proposed "crowdfunding" rules designed to ease their ability to reach large numbers of investors online, warning the current restrictions will deter smaller companies from using the financing...

Young Cadbury launches new property 'crowdfunding' site

The Cadburys are back in business – with not a chocolate in sight – after a new generation of the famous Birmingham family started a property crowdfunding firm. James Cadbury, the great, great grandson of George Cadbury, is following in his family footsteps by co-launching Property...