Inquiry calls for new ‘sophisticated investor’ tests


Sophisticated investor rules should be overhauled to take into account knowledge and experience tests, a parliamentary committee has recommended in a bid to boost local capital investment.

The call to create new pathways for investors to qualify as wholesale investors comes months after the Albanese government walked back a controversial proposal to make it harder for retail investors to qualify.

Amid a fierce backlash from dozens of angel investors, venture …

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