However, with easier access to capital comes increased risk on the Issuer to verify
the status of Accredited Investors...
Not exact matches
Until now,
investors had been able to declare that they meet the U.S. requirements for being
accredited, but as
of Monday, they will need to have a third party, such as an accountant or lawyer, vouch for their
accredited status.
Those wishing to «generally solicit or generally advertise» must take «reasonable steps» to verify the
accredited status of their
investors.
The catch is this: if you advertise or otherwise «generally solicit,» you will have a newly - invented1 and heightened burden to verify the
accredited investor status of your purchasers.
There has been a lot
of uproar about new rules requiring additional steps to verify
accredited investor status (i.e. checking...
3rd Party Verification — A written certification from a permitted third party (e.g. CPA, attorney, registered broker - dealer or investment advisor) attesting to the
accredited status of the
investor.
Using the number
of accredited investors in the US as a proxy, that is only 12 million people in a nation
of 300M + who could participate in «fintech IPOS» and the financial background
of these people is much closer to 1 %
status.
Investors must have a U.S. bank account and an
accredited investor status by having net worth that exceeds $ 1 million, excluding the value
of their primary residence, or income that exceeds 200,000 in each
of the last two years.
Also, reaching this threshold is one
of the ways to attain «
accredited investor»
status in some provinces (such as Ontario), which gives you access to specialized investments like hedge funds that bypass some
of the regulatory requirements and protections
of mainstream investments (which means you need to do more
of your own due diligence in assessing risk).
Eligibility to participate in a private offering made pursuant to the Regulation D exceptions to U.S. Securities laws (mostly the»33 Act and»34 Act) governing public offerings
of securities that often require someone to be an «
accredited investor» does not depend upon the immigration
status or citizenship
of the
investor.
«Given the large interest in the KODAKCoin ICO and the steps that we need to take to verify the «
accredited investor»
status of each interested
investor, we expect this process to take several weeks.»