“Unicorn” companies may lose their safe harbor protections

America’s safe harbor could be closing for “unicorn” companies, which currently aren’t required to provide investors with audited financial statements.

Driving the news: SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw, a Democrat nominated by former President Trump, said in a speech that regulators haven’t kept up with the private markets’ dizzying growth.

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