By Ansh Chaudhary
A proposal recently released by securities regulators is garnering attention from investors and companies alike, The Wall Street Journal reports. Hoping to boost the number of public companies, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) new provision would allow all companies to talk to investors privately before beginning the initial public offering ((IPO)) process. Previously, the 2012 JOBS Act allowed only smaller, emerging companies to follow this process.
Since 1990, the number of public companies has fallen by about 50%, according to The Wall Street Journal. The proposal to make it