Sky-high tech start-up valuations and investing in tech unicorns are apparently on the mind of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Speaking at Stanford Law School near Palo Alto, CA, SEC Commissioner talked risk management and issued a strident warning about often inconsistent valuation methods “that may be ethereal or overinflated.” Tech unicorns a concern of SEC, as deceptive financial information hurts all, Mary Jo White tells Stanford Law students With SEC Enforcement Division Director Andrew Ceresney in tow, White expressed concern regarding proper investor disclosure. Even sophisticated investors, attracted by potentially higher yielding but riskier investments in tech start…
SEC's Mary Jo White Draws Laughs While Addressing Tech Unicorns, Troubling Valuations
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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