Comments on Proposed Rule: Amending the "Accredited Investor" Definition

[Release Nos. 33-10734, 34-87784; File No. S7-25-19]

Submitted Comments

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Aug. 21, 2020 Andrew Vollmer, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Jul. 20, 2020 Jonathan Epstein, Executive Director, Defined Contribution Alternatives Association
Jul. 19, 2020 Kelly Wilson
Jul. 19, 2020 Gary M. Freedman
Jul. 15, 2020 Charles vK. Carlson President and Chief Investment Officer, Corbyn Investment Management, Inc., Michael J Fusting, CFA, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Corbyn Investment Management, Inc. and Michael J. Pulcinella, Trader & Investment Analyst, Corbyn Investment Management, Inc.
Jul. 10, 2020 Anthony Chereso, President & CEO, Institute for Portfolio Alternatives
Jun. 30, 2020 Bhavin Shah
Jun. 16, 2020 Carlo Passeri, Director of Capital Markets and Financial Services, Biotechnology Innovation Organization
May 27, 2020 Linda Hyde, American Association of Private Lenders
May 26, 2020 Andy Green, Managing Director of Economic Policy, Center for American Progress, et al
May 22, 2020 Robert E. Buckholz, Chair, Federal Regulation of Securities Committee, American Bar Association, Business Law Section
May 21, 2020 Kieran Byrn, CPA, CFA, CFP®
May 5, 2020 Ari M. Rubenstein, GTS
May. 4, 2020 James C. Allen, CFA, Head, Capital Markets Policy, CFA Institute
May 1, 2020 Brandon Andrews
May 1, 2020 David R. Burton, Senior Fellow in Economic Policy, The Heritage Foundation
Apr. 29, 2020 Robert R. Champion
Apr. 24, 2020 Stuart Kuzik
Apr. 22, 2020 Kamal Jafarnia, General Counsel, Artivest Holdings, Inc.
Apr. 15, 2020 Ben Lawrence
Apr. 15, 2020 Thomas Blank, General Counsel to The Association of Trust Organizations, Inc.
Mar. 21, 2020 Hiram Villalobos
Mar. 18, 2020 John A. Zecca, Executive Vice President, Nasdaq, Inc.
Mar. 18, 2020 Gail C. Bernstein, IAA General Counsel, Investment Advisor Association
Mar. 16, 2020 J. French Hill, Representative, Member of Congress, et al.
Mar. 16, 2020 Tyler Gellasch, Executive Director, Healthy Markets Association
Mar. 16, 2020 Gabriella Kusz, Senior Advisor, HLWG
Mar. 16, 2020 Bret C. Hester, TIAA
Mar. 16, 2020 Charles A. Sweet, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar. 16, 2020 Alvin Kressler, Executive Director and CEO, CMT Association
Mar. 16, 2020 Chris Netram, Vice President, Tax & Domestic Economic Policy, The National Association of Manufacturers
Mar. 16, 2020 Cynthia Lo Bessette, Chief Legal Officer, Fidelity Investments
Mar. 16, 2020 Jason Mulvihill, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, American Investment Council
Mar. 16, 2020 David M. Basel
Mar. 16, 2020 Lawrence Calcano, CEO, iCapital Network
Mar. 16, 2020 Lev Bagramian, Senior Securities Policy Advisor, Better Markets
Mar. 16, 2020 Maxwell R. Rich, Deputy General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Republic
Mar. 16, 2020 Brady Foster, Legal Intern; Theodore Ryan, Legal Intern; Michele Urbinati, Legal Intern; and Christine Lazaro, Director of the Securities Arbitration Clinic and Professor of Clinical Legal Education, St. John's University School of Law
Mar. 16, 2020 Gregory S. Fryer, Esq., Verrill Dana, LLP
Mar. 16, 2020 Mary F. Kane, CFA, Partner and Portfolio Manager and Lewis Collins, Partner and General Counsel, GW&K Investment Management, LLC
Mar. 16, 2020 Brett Palmer, President, Small Business Investor Alliance
Mar. 16, 2020 Henry Ward, CEO and Anthony Cimino, Head of Policy, Carta, Inc.
Mar. 16, 2020 Marty Margolis, Managing Director, PFM Asset Management LLC
Mar. 16, 2020 Clifford Kirsch, ARS, Coalition of Collective Investment Trusts
Mar. 16, 2020 Christine Lazaro, President, PIABA and Samuel Edwards, Executive Vice-President/President-Elect, PIABA
Mar. 16, 2020 Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, State of California, et al.
Mar. 16, 2020 Kevin R. Keller, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, CFP Board; Lauren Schadle, CAE, Executive Director/CEO, FPA; and Geoffrey Brown, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, NAPFA
Mar. 16, 2020 Christopher Gerold, Chief, New Jersey Bureau of Securities, NASAA President
Mar. 16, 2020 Erik Rust, Director, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness
Mar. 16, 2020 Penny Somer-Greif, Chair and Gregory T. Lawrence, Vice-Chair, Maryland State Bar Association
Mar. 16, 2020 Dante Desiderio, Executive Director, NAFOA
Mar. 16, 2020 Aron Szapiro, Head of Policy Research, Morningstar, Inc.
Mar. 16, 2020 Anthony Chereso, President & CEO, Institute for Portfolio Alternatives
Mar. 16, 2020 Phoebe Papageorgiou, Vice President & Counsel, Trust Policy, American Bankers Association
Mar. 15, 2020 Tyler Yagman and Nicholas Bruno
Mar. 14, 2020 Steve Nelson, Chief Executive Officer, Institutional Limited Partners Association ILPA)
Mar. 13, 2020 William A. Jacobson, Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, and Director, Cornell Securities Law Clinic William A. Jacobson, Esq.,Clinical Professor of Law, Cornell Law School, and Director, Cornell Securities Law Clinic; Zachary Sizemore, Cornell Law School, Class of 2021; Cephas Chen, Cornell Law School, Class of 2020; Jay Lee, Cornell Law School, Class of 2021
Mar. 13, 2020 Mark D. Epley, Executive Vice-President & Managing Director, General Counsel, Managed Funds Association and Jiøí Król, Deputy CEO, Global Head of Government Affairs, Alternative Investment Management Association
Mar. 13, 2020 Jiaxin Na, Hofstra Law School Class of 2021
Mar. 13, 2020 Sean R. Walters, CAE, Chief Executive Officer Investments and Wealth Institute
Mar. 13, 2020 Michael Gargiulo
Mar. 13, 2020 Matthew J. Trudeau, Hofstra Law Class of 2020
Mar. 13, 2020 Riley T. MaudHofstra Law School Class of 2021
Mar. 13, 2020 Joseph Bonvouloir, ALTI LLC
Mar. 13, 2020 Sarah H. Moller, Hofstra University, Maurice A. Dean School of Law, Class of 2020
Mar. 12, 2020 Dorothy Donohue, Deputy General Counsel, Investment Company Institute
Mar. 11, 2020 William Nelson, Chief Compliance Officer, Mercer Advisors
Mar. 11, 2020 Aseel M. Rabie, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, SIFMA
Mar. 11, 2020 James E. Bowlus, Administrative Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Wilmington Trust, National Association
Mar. 10, 2020 Shaun Jolley
Mar. 9, 2020 Daniel D. Dolan, Jr., Managing Member, Dolan McEniry Capital Management, LLC and Roger S. McEniry, Managing Member, Dolan McEniry Capital Management, LLC
Mar. 9, 2020 Barbara Roper, Director of Investor Protection, and Micah Hauptman, Financial Services Counsel; Consumer Federation of America
Mar. 9, 2020 Kenneth J. Berman, Debevoise Plimpton LLP, on behalf of Private Investor Coalition
Mar. 9, 2020 Kevin S. Kim, Partner, Corporate and Securities, and Olivia Durnell,Associate Attorney, Corporate and Securities; Geraci LLP
Mar. 9, 2020 Patrick Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer, and Linda Smith, Chair Emeritus and Public Policy Chair; Angel Capital Association
Mar. 8, 2020 Mark Pond, Business Research Librarian, Spokane Public Library
Mar. 8, 2020 Adam Moehn, CFA
Mar. 6, 2020 Graham Gintz
Mar. 4, 2020 Kevin Gebert, Investment Analyst, Holualoa Companies
Mar. 3, 2020 Christine Sage, Chairman, Southern UTE Indian Tribal Council
Mar. 3, 2020 Melinda Schramm, Founder and Chairman, National Introducing Brokers Association
Mar. 3, 2020 James J. Angel, Associate Professor, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Mar. 1, 2020 Brian Belley, Founder and Managing Member, Crowdwise, LLC
Feb. 27, 2020 Brian Egan, Policy Director, National Association of State Treasurers (NAST), et al.
Feb. 26, 2020 David C. Damschen, Utah State Treasurer
Feb. 26, 2020 Corey Wangler, Sunpointe Investments
Feb. 23, 2020 Robert Hall
Feb. 23, 2020 Cody L. West
Feb. 21, 2020 Raymond Wu
Feb. 21, 2020 Howard Lichtman
Feb. 20, 2020 Brian Schreiner, Senior VP, Private Wealth Group, CMG Capital Management Group, Inc.
Feb. 19, 2020 Kevin King, CFA
Feb. 19, 2020 Daniel Hoeller, Real Estate Broker and Investor
Feb. 18, 2020 Tyler Page
Feb. 18, 2020 Billy Stern, Managing Partner, Stern Brothers Asset Management, LLC
Feb. 17, 2020 Kenton V. McCarthy, CEO, Vulcan Consultants, L.L.C. and Adjunct Professor of Finance at Arizona State University
Feb. 15, 2020 Stephen J. Inglis, CFA, CEO, InPortal
Feb. 14, 2020 Keith M. Williams, President, California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors
Feb. 14, 2020 Joe Horowitz, Managing General Partner, Icon Ventures
Feb. 14, 2020 David F. Freeman, Jr., Arnold Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Feb. 13, 2020 Fernando Sanchez
Feb. 13, 2020 William O'Malley, CFA, Income Research and Management
Feb. 13, 2020 Isaac Pino
Feb. 12, 2020 Thomas J. Metz. J.D., M.B.A., Chairman, CMTA Legislative Committee
Feb. 12, 2020 Joseph Carrabes, Amundi Pioneer Institutional Asset Management, Inc.
Feb. 11, 2020 Gerald M. Miller
Feb. 11, 2020 James Evans
Feb. 10, 2020 Jared Smith
Feb. 7, 2020 Mark Headrick, Financial Advisor, Dempsey Lord Smith, LLC
Feb. 7, 2020 Ashley Wunderlich, CFA
Feb. 7, 2020 Kurt Wunderlich, Client Development Advisor, Buckingham Strategic Wealth
Feb. 7, 2020 Jeffrey P Jacobson, Attorney, Securities Litigator
Feb. 7, 2020 Matthew L. Clark, State Investment Officer, South Dakota Investment Council
Feb. 6, 2020 Scott Laughlin, Investment Product Analyst, CrowdStreet, Inc.
Feb. 5, 2020 Neal Reasland
Feb. 4, 2020 Matthew Youngs
Feb. 3, 2020 Ted Earl
Jan. 31, 2020 Hal S. Scott, President; John L. Thornton, Co-Chair; R. Glenn Hubbard, Co-Chair, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation
Jan. 31, 2020 G. Philip Rutledge, Esquire, Partner, Bybel Rutledge LLP
Jan. 31, 2020 Dara S. Albright, President, Dara Albright Media
Jan. 29, 2020 George Humm
Jan. 28, 2020 Joseph Caruso
Jan. 26, 2020 Jason Weisz, Spencer Winston Securities
Jan. 24, 2020 Jeremy Frederick
Jan. 23, 2020 Kevin King, CFA
Jan. 23, 2020 Joshua A. Stockwell, University of Massachusetts
Jan. 23, 2020 Karl T. Muth, JD, MBA, MPhil, PhD, Lecturer, Northwestern University
Jan. 23, 2020 Marc Steinberg, Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University
Jan. 20, 2020 Nathaniel L. Hoopes, Executive Director, Marketplace Lending Association
Jan. 17, 2020 Jeff LaBerge, CEO and co-founder, Viaspace California.
Jan. 15, 2020 Robert R. Champion, President, MarketPlus Capital Company, LLC
Jan. 15, 2020 Chris Ludwig, Ludwig Klewer & Rudner PLLC
Jan. 15, 2020 Gerald A. Monroe, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
Jan. 14, 2020 Alexxander Medeiros
Jan. 13, 2020 Blake W. Delaplane, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review
Jan. 13, 2020 Alon Y. Kapen, Partner, Partner, Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Jan. 12, 2020 Evan McCracken
Jan. 11, 2020 Philip Todd Cochetti
Jan. 10, 2020 Josh Kelner
Jan. 10, 2020 Rudolf Langenbach
Jan. 10, 2020 Da Kui
Jan. 10, 2020 Daniel Dosch, Esquire
Jan. 9, 2020 James Muir
Jan. 9, 2020 Alex Naegele, Canlaw Corporation
Jan. 9, 2020 Alex Naegele, Canlaw Corporation
Jan. 9, 2020 Cortlandt Chalfant, Managing Member, Nexus Private Capital
Jan. 8, 2020 Steven P. Cariati
Jan. 8, 2020 Wiebke Zuch
Jan. 7, 2020 Alan Donenfeld, Founder and CEO, CITYVEST
Jan. 6, 2020 Greg Hansen
Jan. 6, 2020 Michael Hammer
Jan. 6, 2020 Alan Donenfeld, Founder and CEO, CITYVEST
Jan. 5, 2020 Barb Elwell
Jan. 3, 2020 William D. Sawyer
Jan. 2, 2020 Andrew Rea, Project Manager, Ikove Capital
Jan. 2, 2020 Rick Courtney, President, Brass Multifamily
Jan. 2, 2020 Tony Sparks
Dec. 31, 2019 Stephen Clossick
Dec. 30, 2019 Tim Parker
Dec. 30, 2019 Sam Moore
Dec. 30, 2019 Ruthlynn Edwards Black, CPA, CFE, Spain Price Reader & Thompson, P.C
Dec. 30, 2019 Eric O. January, CEO, Conduit Investment Advisors, LLC
Dec. 29, 2019 Kartheek Pulavarthi
Dec. 29, 2019 Al Hemmingsen, Chief Investment Officer, Parkland Management Company, L.L.C.
Dec. 29, 2019 Seth Haymes
Dec. 26, 2019 Matthew M. Peterson
Dec. 23, 2019 Samuel
Dec. 23, 2019 Ryan L. Doyal, CPA
Dec. 23, 2019 Ben Thompson
Dec. 22, 2019 Luke Denlinger
Dec. 22, 2019 Trevon Crump
Dec. 21, 2019 Walter Pisary
Dec. 21, 2019 Leonard A. Grover, Founder/CEO, FinToolbox (Screener.com)
Dec. 21, 2019 Gordon Hodge
Dec. 21, 2019 Guenadi Jilevski
Dec. 20, 2019 Omar Plummer
Dec. 20, 2019 Christy Logan
Dec. 20, 2019 Davis Treybig
Dec. 20, 2019 Marc Steinberg, Radford Professor of Law, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University
Dec. 20, 2019 Amrik Mann
Dec. 20, 2019 Michael Penn Smith
Dec. 20, 2019 Mark R. Maisonneuve
Dec. 20, 2019 Joseph Peter
Dec. 20, 2019 Patrick Poole
Dec. 19, 2019 Thomas Englis, Associate, Clearvision Ventures
Dec. 19, 2019 Karen Salay
Dec. 19, 2019 Mike L.
Dec. 19, 2019 Michael Bernstein, Sr. Investment Analyst, Gaustad Stein
Dec. 19, 2019 Timothy E. Messenger
Dec. 19, 2019 Bruce A. Wallick
Dec. 19, 2019 Timo Muro
Dec. 19, 2019 Bryan Cane
Dec. 19, 2019 Dar'shun Kendrick
Dec. 19, 2019 Michael Seng
Dec. 19, 2019 Easan Katir, Managing Member, Cube Point LLC
Dec. 19, 2019 Paul Brodsky
Dec. 19, 2019 Max Harker, Adjunct Professor, BYU-I
Dec. 19, 2019 Hunter Todd
Dec. 19, 2019 Stuart
Dec. 18, 2019 Chris Lakumb
Dec. 18, 2019 Malcolm Douglas
Dec. 18, 2019 Seyed Arab
Dec. 18, 2019 Sean Mortensen
Dec. 18, 2019 Daniel Morgan
Dec. 18, 2019 Einar Vollset, General Partner, Tinyseed.com
Dec. 18, 2019 Scott Smiley
Dec. 18, 2019 Rafay H. Farooqui, Chief Executive Officer, SAF Financial Securities LLC
Dec. 18, 2019 Ryan Carpel
Dec. 18, 2019 Robert Miller
Dec. 18, 2019 Ben Peterman, CAIA® (Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst)
Dec. 18, 2019 Matt Langford, Senior Manager of Financial Reporting, InvenTrust Properties Corp.
Nov. 20, 2019 Tron Black
Oct. 23, 2019 Senators John Thune, John Barasso, M. Michael Rounds, and Michael B. Enzi, U.S. Senate

Meetings with SEC Officials

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Aug. 6, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Elad L. Roisman regarding an August 6, 2020, discussion with representatives of the Angel Capital Association
Jul. 8, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Chairman Clayton regarding a July 8, 2020, telephone conference with representatives of the CFA Institute
Jul. 6, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Elad L. Roisman regarding a June 30, 2020, discussion with representatives of the CFA Institute
Jun. 30, 2020 Memorandum from the Division of Corporation Finance regarding a June 30, 2020, telephone conference with representatives of the CFA Institute
Jun. 17, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Chairman Clayton regarding a June 17, 2020, telephone conference with representatives of the Institute for Portfolio Alternatives
Mar. 30, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Chairman Clayton regarding a March 26, 2020, meeting with representatives of Managed Funds Association
Mar. 26, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Elad L. Roisman regarding a March 26, 2020 meeting with representativs of MFA
Mar. 26, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce regarding a March 26, 2020 meeting with representativs of MFA
Mar. 26, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce regarding a March 26, 2020 meeting with representativs of MFA
Jan. 21, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Elad L. Roisman regarding a January 21, 2020, meeting with representatives of Private Investor Coalition
Jan. 21, 2020 Memorandum from the Division of Corporation Finance and the Division of Investment Management regarding a January 21, 2020, meeting with representatives of Private Investor Coalition
Jan. 15, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Elad L. Roisman regarding a January 15, 2020 meeting with representatives of the Bond Dealers of America
Jan. 14, 2020 Memorandum from the Office of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce regarding a January 9, 2020, meeting with representatives of SeedInvest and Circle