The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold its annual forum on small business capital formation on Nov. 20, 2008. SBE Council President & CEO Karen Kerrigan will co-moderate the opening roundtable panel: “Small Business Capital Formation and the Credit Crises,” 9:15 a.m. ET. Panel participants will provide an update on access to credit and capital with regards to bank lending, venture capital, alternative forms of financing, the SBA loan program and other issues.
You can view the agenda, register for the event, or tune into the webcast live at www.sec.gov. Webcast participants can send questions in real time.
The SEC forum will focus on the impact of recent capital market events on small business capital formation in the United States. In particular, the participants at the forum will consider the small business impact of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, ways to eliminate or reduce impediments in the capital-raising process for smaller companies, and the effects of mark-to-market accounting on small businesses.
The full forum includes roundtable discussions and breakout group sessions where participants will work together to formulate specific policy recommendations. The recommendations will be considered by the Commission and also will be sent to Congress and referred to other government agencies if they involve matters other than the federal securities laws.
This is an opportunity to ask questions of practitioners such as venture capitalists, bank lenders, and business finance experts as well as government officials from the SBA, Treasury Department and Federal Reserve. The event is a public forum so please participate! The webcast makes it easy for you to do so. Again tune in live at 9:00 a.m. ET at www.sec.gov.
Karen Kerrigan
President & CEO
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