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SEC Meets Music City Entrepreneurs
Chairman Jay Clayton and Division of Corporation Finance Director Bill Hinman were recently in Nashville at the 36 | 86 Entrepreneurship Festival, lending the SEC’s voice to exciting conversations about capital formation.
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SEC Chairman and Staff Take "Tell Us" Campaign to locations across the country
SEC officials are asking Main Street investors to “Tell Us” about their investor experiences.
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Don’t give your money to a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Find out if you’re dealing with a registered investment professional with a free simple search at Investor.gov. Before you invest, Investor.gov.

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Making Wall Street work for Main Street means getting your input. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to hear from you! We want your input on proposed rules and want to know what information is important to you, the investor.
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Investor Alerts & Bulletins

The SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issues Investor Alerts & Bulletins as a service to investors. Investor Alerts typically warn investors about the latest investment frauds and scams. Investor Bulletins tend to educate investors about investment-related topics including the functions of the SEC.

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Ombudsman

The Ombudsman will listen to your inquiries, complaints, and issues, review the information you provide, and help identify procedures, options, and resources. The Ombudsman is also available to clarify certain SEC decisions, policies, and practices, and serve as an alternate channel of communication between retail investors and the SEC.

We Facilitate Capital Formation

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Small Business

Check out our new Small Biz site, with info to help companies that want to raise capital.
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Crowdfunding Offerings

The SEC’s Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets provide a quarterly look at offerings that rely on the Regulation Crowdfunding exemption.

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Office of the Whistleblower

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Cybersecurity, the SEC and You

As markets grow more global and complex, so too are the threats to cybersecurity.

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Developer Resources

Check out updates on the SEC open data program, including best practices that make it more efficient to download data.

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Office of Structured Disclosure

The SEC's Office of Structured Disclosure is working to make financial reports more accessible and easy to use.