38th Annual Government-Business Forum

The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation hosted the SEC’s annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, where members of the public and private sectors gathered to provide feedback to improve capital-raising policy.

View a recording of the event.

Policy Recommendations

On December [12], 2019, the Commission delivered the 2019 Small Business Forum Report to Congress. The report summarizes the 38th annual Forum proceedings, including the recommendations developed by participants for changes to improve the capital-raising framework and the Commission’s responses to those recommendations. 

Remarks from SEC Officials

• Chairman Jay Clayton
• Commissioner Hester M. Peirce
• Commissioner Elad L. Roisman
• Martha Legg Miller, Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation

Transcript

• 38th Annual Small Business Forum

Additional Materials

• Press releases
  • SEC Announces 2019 Government-Business Forum to Be Held in Omaha
  • SEC Announces Agenda and Panelists for 2019 Small Business Forum in Omaha
• Sunshine Act Notice
• 2019 Forum Program
• SEC.gov Recap: Small Business Capital Formation in the Silicon Prairie and Beyond

Reports and materials from prior forums are also online.