Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017

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The Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 is an Australian law that established a regulatory framework to enable and govern equity crowd-sourced funding for companies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of the Parliament of Australia
Australian federal statute
aimsTo balance capital raising with investor protection
facilitate access to capital for small businesses
promote innovation in business financing
amends Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001
Corporations Act 2001
appliesTo unlisted public companies meeting eligibility criteria
associatedRegulator Australian Securities and Investments Commission
country Australia
enables equity crowd-sourced funding by companies
excludes donation-based crowdfunding
reward-based crowdfunding
focusesOn small and medium-sized enterprises
start-up companies
governs advertising of crowd-sourced funding offers
conduct of licensed crowd-sourced funding intermediaries
offer documents for crowd-sourced funding
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
language English
legalForm Act
legalSystem common law
partOf Australian corporate regulatory framework
providesFor disclosure requirements for crowd-sourced funding offers
eligibility criteria for companies using crowd-sourced funding
investment caps for certain investors
investor protection measures in crowd-sourced funding
licensing of crowd-sourced funding intermediaries
region Australia-wide
regulates crowd-sourced equity funding
crowd-sourced funding intermediaries
offers of shares through crowd-sourced funding platforms
regulatoryFrameworkFor crowd-sourced funding
relatedConcept capital raising by small issuers
crowdfunding
fintech regulation
sector corporate law
financial services law
shortTitle Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 self-link
subjectMatter corporate fundraising
financial markets regulation
securities regulation
typeOfFunding equity-based crowd-sourced funding

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Corporations Act 2001 amendedBy Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017
Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 shortTitle Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Act 2017 self-link