SEC Commissioner Aguilar's Speech at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Forum on Small Business Capital Formation

SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar delivered a speech on small business capital formation at a forum intended to provide an opportunity to discuss how the environment for small business capital formation can be improved, consistently with investor protection and other public policy goals. The forum also covered exempt securities offerings, crowd funding and other related topics.

Commissioner Aguilar discussed the Commission's continuing interest in capital formation issues for small businesses, which Aguilar says are essential to sustain a strong economy. In particular, he asserted that good disclosure rules help to promote capital formation.

View speech in full here (links externally to SEC website).See also: Commissioner Paredes Remarks at the Forum.