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The First Crowdfunding Investment Contracts in the US

The first crowdfunding investment offerings in the US include six types of investments: common stock, preferred stock, interest-bearing loans, revenue-sharing arrangements, convertible debt, and future equity. My recent article, ...

19 October 2016

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Regulating Equity Crowdfunding in Hong Kong: Appreciating Anglo-American Experiences and Recognizing Local Conditions

As a result of the 2008 financial crisis, major credit providers such as banks have become increasingly cautious about making loans for worthy investment projects, particularly to small and medium...

11 October 2016

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Kong Shan John Ho

Learning Through Crowdfunding

In our recent paper, we develop a framework that highlights the economic rationale for the existence and success of reward-based crowdfunding platforms.Reward-based crowdfunding reflects a consumer-producer relationship rather than...

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New Equity Crowdfunding Rules Leave US Investors Vulnerable to Abuse

In my recent paper, my analysis of recent exemptions to US securities law under the CROWDFUND Act, which allows for limited public solicitation of equity crowdfunding, reveals a...

12 September 2016

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UK's FCA and PRA Response in Relation to Peer to Peer Lending

This post comes to us from Clare Hughes, Jo Owens, Chris Busby, and Geraint Thomas, all lawyers at Eversheds.The House...

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Regulating Equity Crowdfunding in India

In the wake of financing shortages resulting from the global financial crisis in 2008, crowdfunding emerged as an alternative capital raising mechanism, particularly for start-up companies. As an attractive alternative...

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Umakanth Varottil

ICYMI - European Commission Publishes Crowdfunding Report

As part of its Action Plan on building a Capital Markets Union, the European Commission recently published a Staff Working Document entitled "Crowdfunding in the EU Capital Markets Union". The report,...

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Australia’s Fintech Future

This post comes to us from Scott Farrell (Partner) and Shannon Finch (Partner) at King & Wood Mallesons.FinTech (a combination of “Finance” and “Technology”) is one of the key...

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King & Wood Mallesons

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