Market regulation · 23/11/2012

SEC Adopts New Rule for Business and Industrial Development Companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission is introducing a new standard for credit-worthiness in debt securities purchased by business and industrial development companies relying on an Investment Company Act exemption, replacing a reference to credit ratings removed by the Dodd-Frank Act.

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