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Reg rageJuly 2 2012

Can US equity On-Ramp get investors on board?

The US JOBS Act is intended to boost access to public equity markets for emerging growth companies. But it has yet to win the trust of investors.
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The Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups (JOBS) Act was passed by both houses of the US Congress in March 2012. It is the product of bipartisan efforts to address concerns that regulation, especially by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), was stifling the ability of so-called 'emerging growth companies' to stage initial public offerings (IPOs) in US markets.

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