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China - A National Regulatory Framework For The Prc's Stock Markets Begins To Emerge, Benjamin R. Tarbutton
China - A National Regulatory Framework For The Prc's Stock Markets Begins To Emerge, Benjamin R. Tarbutton
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Securities Law's Dirty Little Secret, Usha Rodrigues
Securities Law's Dirty Little Secret, Usha Rodrigues
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Securities law’s dirty little secret is that rich investors have access to special kinds of investments—hedge funds, private equity, private companies—that everyone else does not. This disparity stems from the fact that, from its inception, federal securities law has jealously guarded the manner in which firms can sell shares to the general public. Perhaps paternalistically, the law assumes that the average investor needs the protection of the full panoply of securities regulation and thus should be limited to buying public securities. In contrast, accredited—i.e., wealthy— investors, who it is presumed can fend for themselves, have the luxury of choosing between …