United States Venture Exchange: Has The Time Come?

In recent years there has been increased interest in the idea of establishing a venture exchange or a venture market in the United States with less strict listing and regulatory rules to serve smaller and startup companies. The idea behind such an exchange is that a lighter-regulatory touch would encourage more small, start-up companies to use the public markets to raise capital, in part to replace commercial banks who have reduced lending to these companies, in part in response to regulatory capital requirements.This talk will address the opportunities and challenges such a venture market would face, as well as what such a market would need to offer investors, issuers, broker dealers and other parties in order for such a market to succeed.

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