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In Search Of Balance: A Critical Review Of Private Placement Regulations Of The United States And South Korea, Daeil Kim

Maurer Theses and Dissertations

Two main objectives of the securities offering regulation are to protect investors from frauds and to facilitate capital formation. Balancing these two objectives is a difficult task particularly for the private placement regulation. The primary focus of this study is to assess whether the current private placement regulations of the United States and South Korea are properly balancing these two objectives.

First, this study broadly reviews securities offering regulations and the historical developments of the private placement regulations of the United States and South Korea, and compares the current regulations of both countries. For the U.S. private placement regulation, this …