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Information Issues On Wall Street 2.0, Elizabeth Pollman
Information Issues On Wall Street 2.0, Elizabeth Pollman
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Billions of dollars have flooded new online marketplaces for trading private company stock. These marketplaces stand poised to become important, lasting features of the private company world as they provide a central meeting place for buyers and sellers and potentially increase the liquidity of private company stock. Increased liquidity is particularly important to investors in start-up companies, as these companies have faced longer periods of time before going public or being acquired. The new marketplaces also raise significant information issues, however, that threaten their legitimacy and efficiency. This Article is the first to examine these information issues — lack of …