SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Discuss IPO Modernization and Regulation Crowdfunding
The SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee is set to meet on October 27, 2026, at 10 a.m. to continue work on IPO modernization and to discuss regulation crowdfunding policy. Both notices point to the same scheduled committee session and the same two topics.
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Users who follow SEC capital formation policy, including small businesses and market participants watching committee agenda items, will see a scheduled October 27 meeting at 10 a.m. that keeps IPO modernization and crowdfunding policy on the docket. That means the next visible step is the committee session itself, not a finished rule or policy change.
In practice, the agenda keeps the committee in discussion mode on the same two topics rather than showing a completed outcome. What remains in place is the existing committee process, with the October 27 meeting serving as the named forum for those talks.
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