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The Changing Standard for an Accredited Investor

As financial reform has made its way through Congress there have been several proposed changes to the standard of what it takes to be an accredited investor. In 1982, the SEC prescribed the standard in Rule 501 of Regulation D: 5. Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person’s [...]

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Accredited Investors under the Restoring American Financial Stability Act

Accredited Investors under the Restoring American Financial Stability Act

One of the surprises in the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 is that it proposes to raise the standard for being an accredited investor. Section 412 of the bill would require the SEC to increase the dollar thresholds to be qualified as an accredited investor. Section 413 would require the GAO to study [...]

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