Angels dig in against ‘laughable’ investor test tightening


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

Angel investors are warning the local sector will be decimated and startups will suffer from a proposal to tighten sophisticated investor rules while blasting evidence from the corporate regulator pushing for the change as “laughable”.

On Thursday, groups representing angel investors stepped up their attack on a plan to make it harder for retail investors to access risky products such as private equity by increasing the threshold to qualify as …

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