SEC Takes 'First Steps' in Atkins' Push to Boost IPOs

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SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has spent a year promising to “make IPOs great again.” Today he began to turn the talk into action, proposing two rules designed to make the public markets more attractive to smaller companies.

The measures, which are aimed at relaxing disclosure mandates and making it easier to raise capital, are a bit technical and less likely …