Real Estate Crowdfunding Stays Hot as RealtyShares Raises $10M

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, April 8 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS RealtyShares Raises $10M in Series A Round — RealtyShares, a real estate crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, announced yesterday that it’s raised $10 million in a Series A round from Menlo Ventures and General Catalyst Partners. The company has …

Broad group of public interest and labor organizations applaud the Dept. of Labor’s push to protect Americans’ retirement savings

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Financial Reform Newsletter September 24, 2014   Broad group of public interest and labor organizations applaud the Dept. of Labor’s push to protect Americans’ retirement savings: Millions of hardworking Americans who have spent years saving for retirement are receiving financial guidance from professional advisers who are not obligated to act in …

Broad group of public interest and labor organizations applaud the Dept. of Labor’s push to protect Americans’ retirement savings:

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

Financial Reform Newsletter September 24, 2014   Broad group of public interest and labor organizations applaud the Dept. of Labor’s push to protect Americans’ retirement savings: Millions of hardworking Americans who have spent years saving for retirement are receiving financial guidance from professional advisers who are not obligated to act in …

Reviving the small cap IPO market with Reg A Crowdfinanced Offerings

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Exclusive Invitation In December 2013, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to propose rules updating the framework to the existing Regulation A offering. As mandated by Title IV of the JOBS Act, the SEC’s proposed rules would raise the Reg A offering threshold from $5 million to $50 million in …

Waters Statement on SEC’s Final Rules on Money Market Funds

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                              July 23, 2014                                                                                                                                                                                       Follow us on Twitter: @FSCDems                                                                                                                                                                                        Waters Statement on  SEC’s Final Rules on Money Market Funds WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval of its long awaited rules for money …

BETTER MARKETS: Attention on the 4th anniversary of the landmark Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) resumes

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

Financial Reform Newsletter July 23, 2014     Attention on the 4th anniversary of the landmark Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) resumes: Better Markets’ new poll on voters’ unhappiness with the pace and extent of financial reform continues to get broad coverage: Check out this terrific editorial by Bloomberg News on …

Waters Calls on Hensarling to Protect Investors, Fund SEC Exams

Jay OwenSRI/ESG News

For Immediate Release                                                                                                                                              July 11, 2014                                                                                                                                                                     Follow us on Twitter: @FSCDems                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Waters Calls on Hensarling to Protect Investors, Fund SEC Exams WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citing the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) “abysmal” number of annual investment advisor examinations, the top …

IEX HIRES FORMER SEC HEAD OF DIVISION OF TRADING AND MARKETS

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News

IEX HIRES FORMER SEC HEAD OF DIVISION OF TRADING AND MARKETS IEX today announced that John Ramsay, until recently the Acting Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets, is joining the company as its Chief Market Policy and Regulatory Officer. In this role, he will …

Clean power was on the rise in the U.S., even before President Obama’s carbon rules aimed to accelerate the trend

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity

Latest Headlines   Tall Neighbor Coming to Arizona Desert Community : AltEnergyStocks.com Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:25 PM PDT Tall Neighbor Coming to Arizona Desert Community : AltEnergyStocks.com Tall Neighbor Coming to Arizona Desert Community Posted: 16 Jun 2014 07:21 AM PDT by Debra Fiakas CFA The citizens of a …