SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Explore Modernizing Market Access

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 10 a.m. at the SEC's headquarters, 100 F Street, NE, Washington D.C., which will be open to the public and streamed live on SEC.gov. According to the SEC, the committee will build on ideas from its prior meeting to explore ways to modernize public market access, encourage IPOs, and support small public company capital formation, including modernizing the IPO process and considering regulatory reforms such as certain recently proposed SEC rulemakings. The SEC states that members will hear from SEC staff in the Division of Corporation Finance on recent relevant rulemakings, as well as from Daniel Zinn, General Counsel and Chief of Staff of OTC Markets Group, and Sue Washer, a biotechnology consultant and former CEO of Applied Genetic Technologies Corporation, who will share their experiences and views. The SEC notes that the committee provides advice and recommendations on rules, regulations, and policy matters relating to small businesses, and directs the public to the committee webpage for more information and the full meeting agenda.

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