YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT PRIVATE PLACEMENT OFFERINGS FOR THE SECURITIES INDUSTRY ESSENTIALS (SIE) EXAM
Thinking of taking the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam? Then make sure that you study the characteristics of Private Placements and Private Offerings because you are likely to see questions about these topics on the SIE exam. How do I know this? FINRA list these topics In its Content Outline for the SIE Exam in Section 1.4, entitled Offerings.
Bob Eder in his SIE guide, Study for the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam, discusses Private Placements and Offerings in detail. Here is a sample of Bob Eder's discussion:
Rule 506
Under Rule 506 of Reg. D, there
is no dollar limit on the size of the private offering. Moreover, there may not
be more than 35 investors. In addition, Reg. D allows an unlimited number of
accredited investors, generally those with sizeable assets or income. In a Rule
506 offering, all purchasers, accredited or non-accredited, must be
knowledgeable and sophisticated investors, meaning that they are both familiar
with investing and that they are also able to evaluate the risks inherent. If
the issuer plans to allow only accredited investors, the issuer may make a
public solicitation and even advertise the offering, but it must carefully
verify that there are no unaccredited investors in the group.
Here is the link to FINRA's Content Outline for the SIE Exam. See the references to Private Placements and Offerings in FINRA's Content Outline, Section 1.4.
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