US SEC proposes rules to improve small, mid-sized companies' access to public markets
By Neil Roland ( May 19, 2026, 20:56 GMT | Insight) -- The US Securities and Exchange Commission issued the two central planks of its draft rule package intended to provide incentives to small and medium-sized companies to go public and stay that way. “Public markets are the anchor of American capital formation because they combine liquidity, transparency, price discovery, and accountability in a way that private markets cannot fully replicate,” SEC Chair Paul Atkins said in a statement Tuesday. ”Public companies are also important investment opportunities for millions of Americans.”The US Securities and Exchange Commission issued the two central planks of its draft rule package intended to provide incentives to small and medium-sized companies to go public and stay that way....
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