New US Regulatory Developments Impacting Financial Marketplaces
New York, June 6, 2013 AEST (ABN Newswire) - On May 16, the SEC updated its Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations stating that the OTCQX and OTCQB marketplaces are now considered "established public markets" for the purposes of establishing a public market price when registering securities for resale in equity line financings on SEC Forms S-1 or S-3.
As a result, companies may use their OTCQX or OTCQB marketplace trading to complete an equity line financing registration statement, and no longer need to have a quote on FINRA's OTC Bulletin Board to be considered having an established public market.
OTC Markets Group Requests SEC to Expand Form 13(f) Reporting Requirements to Include all OTC Equity Securities.
OTC Markets Group has submitted a comment letter to the SEC requesting that the Commission expand the scope of Form 13(f) reporting requirements to include all equity securities traded on the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTC Pink marketplaces.
Under Section 13(f) of the Securities Exchange Act, institutional investment managers with over $100 million under management are required to file a quarterly report of their equity holdings in all exchange-listed securities, but there is no such reporting requirement for securities trading off a national securities exchange. As a result, there are over 9,400 companies that are unable to accurately determine which institutions hold their securities, with no available recourse. That includes over 2,500 foreign companies whose ADRs and foreign ordinary shares trade exclusively on the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTC Pink marketplaces, approximately 700 community banks, 3,800 SEC reporting companies and thousands of smaller U.S. companies.
About OTC Markets Group Inc.
OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX:OTCM) operates a financial marketplace for 10,000 United States and global securities through the broker of their choice. Through its OTC Link ATS, the Company directly link a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services for a spectrum of securities. the Company organizes these securities into three marketplaces to inform investors of opportunities and risks: OTCQX, the best marketplace with qualified companies; OTCQB, the venture stage marketplace with the United States reporting Companies; and OTC Pink, the open marketplace with variable Reporting companies. The OTCQX marketplace offers the informed and trading for the United States and global companies. The OTCQB marketplace offers informed trading for securities of smaller or developing companies that are reporting to a United States regulator (SEC, Bank, or Insurance). The OTC Pink marketplace offers trading in a spectrum of equity securities through any broker.
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