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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued a new investor alert called Private Placements—Evaluate the Risks before Placing Them in Your Portfolio to caution investors that investing in private placements is risky and can tie up their money for a long time. A private placement is an offering of a company’s securities that is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is not offered to the public at large. Many private placements are offered pursuant to Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. In general, you must be an “accredited investor” to invest in a private placement.
“Investors should understand that many private placement securities are issued by companies that are not required to file financial reports, and investors may have problems finding out how the company is doing. Given the risks and liquidity issues, investors should carefully assess how private placements fit in with other investments they hold before investing,” said Gerri Walsh, FINRA’s Senior Vice President for Investor Education.
FINRA is advising investors that if they are provided with a private placement memorandum or other offering document, they should carefully review it and make sure that statements by their broker are consistent with it.
Private Placements contains a series of tips to help investors determine if a private placement is right for them, including the following.