Securities
Jan. 23, 2014
JOBS Act: getting the little guy to the big leagues
While the act has lessened the burden of going public, the strength of the capital markets and of those companies going public is primarily responsible for the swell in IPOs. By Thomas Hopkins and Melika Martin
2013 was one of the most active years for initial public offerings since the 2008 financial crisis. Leading technology companies, including Twitter, Tableau Software and Rally Software, have either filed to go public or completed IPOs.
Among other changes, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, enacted with bipartisan support in April 2012 in an effort to boost the U.S. economy, relaxes some of the rul...
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