Non-US residents restricted from US IPO participation

💸 moneysocial problemSingle report ●●●●● severity 3/5

Brokerage platforms often require US residency to participate in US market IPOs, leading to questions about why this restriction exists.

Who's affected: Non-US residents interested in participating in US IPOs.

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What people do today

Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

A platform that aggregates international investors to meet institutional minimums for IPO access
A regulatory advocacy group focused on standardizing cross-border retail investor access to IPOs
A brokerage service specifically designed to facilitate compliant IPO participation for non-US residents

“you must be a U.S. resident with an active, eligible brokerage or IRA account”

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