The SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation is hosting the 44th Annual Small Business Forum, an event for members of the public and private sectors to convene to discuss capital raising and develop suggestions for policy impacting emerging businesses and their investors. The forum will take place on April 10th, beginning at 1:00 p.m. ET., both in person and via live broadcast on sec.gov. {expires: 2025-04-11} Continue reading "SEC to Host its 44th Annual Small Business Forum" »

The SEC has released the Small Entity Compliance Guide, a resource developed to help small businesses in understanding and complying with EDGAR Next, the September 2024 rule and form amendments that enhance the security of the SEC’s EDGAR system and improve filers’ ability to access and manage accounts. EDGAR Next applies to all registrants who electronically submit filings on the EDGAR system. This includes entities such as issuers and filing agents as well as individuals, such as officers and directors subject to the requirements of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act. Continue reading "SEC Publishes Guide to Facilitate EDGAR Next..." »

On March 17th, the SEC announced that it has adopted amendments to Volume II of the EDGAR Filer Manual and related rules and forms. Continue reading "SEC Announces Adoption of Modified EDGAR Filer..." »

On March 17, 2025, the EDGAR System will be updated to Release 25.1. Continue reading "EDGAR Release 25.1" »

XBRL US’ Data Quality Committee (DQC) will host an online meeting for industry leaders to discuss plans to implement rules and guidance for public companies complying with the SEC’s XBRL requirements. The 2-hour meeting will take place on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, and will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. {expires: 2025-03-20} Continue reading "XBRL US Staff to Host Data Quality Committee..." »

On March 12th, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance released a group of Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs), which represent the Division's interpretations of the Securities Act Rules, Securities Act Sections, Regulation Crowdfunding, and Securities Act Forms. The staff’s release comprises a list that includes two new questions, 12 revised questions, and 10 withdrawn questions. Continue reading "SEC Issues Additional Compliance and Disclosure..." »

The SEC has announced that Variable Insurance Product (VIP) Data Sets are now available for registrants to download as of March 11, 2025. The VIP Data Sets provide the text and numeric information drawn from Forms N-3, N-4, and N-6 (the registration forms for variable annuity contracts and contracts offering Index-Linked Options and/or Fixed Options subject to a contract adjustment) filed with the SEC in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL). Continue reading "Variable Insurance Product Data Sets Now..." »

On March 3rd, the SEC announced that its Division of Corporation Finance will continue to facilitate capital formation by enhancing the accommodations available to companies for nonpublic review of draft registration statements. Please see the Division’s announcement, Enhanced Accommodations for Issuers Submitting Draft Registration Statements, on sec.gov. Continue reading "SEC to Further Facilitate Capital Formation for..." »

The SEC has announced that the Federal Reserve Bank Fedwire Funds service has rescheduled the single-day transition to the ISO 20022 message format from March 10, 2025 to July 14, 2025. The current Fedwire Application Interface Manual (FAIM) format now has a sunset date of July 13, 2025. The Fedwire payment instructions for filing fee registrants will be updated on sec.gov when the new format is launched. Continue reading "SEC Postpones Launch Date for New Filing Fee..." »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) will host a webinar to discuss 2025 GAAP and SEC reporting taxonomy improvements and an SEC data quality update. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, beginning at 1:00 p.m. (ET). {expires: 2025-04-09} Continue reading "FASB to Discuss 2025 GAAP and SEC Reporting..." »

The SEC is reminding filers that on March 24, 2025, the new EDGAR Filer Management dashboard will go live. In September 2024, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to EDGAR filer access and account management (EDGAR Next). EDGAR Next is designed to enhance the security of EDGAR, improve filers’ ability to manage their EDGAR accounts, and modernize connections to EDGAR. Continue reading "SEC Provides Filers with Resources to Prepare..." »

On February 25th, the SEC adopted rules under the Securities Exchange Act to extend by one year the compliance dates for Rule 17ad-22(e)(18)(iv)(A) and (B) (collectively known as the Trade Submission Requirement). The Trade Submission Requirement is designed both to mitigate the spread of risk to US Treasury securities covered clearing agencies (CCAs) and to bring the benefits of central clearing to more transactions involving US Treasury securities. Continue reading "SEC Extends Compliance Dates, Provides..." »

The SEC has released its draft of the EDGAR® Filer Manual, Volume II: “EDGAR Filing” (Version 73) to prepare issuers for potential updates to the EDGAR system scheduled to be introduced in EDGAR Release 25.1 on March 17, 2025. The SEC also issues this draft of the EDGAR Filer Manual seeking feedback from the filing community. Continue reading "SEC Publishes Current Draft for EDGAR Filer Manual" »

The SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets will hold an open meeting that will be available via webcast on sec.gov on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET. The meeting is free and open for the public to attend. {expires: 2025-02-27} Continue reading "SEC’s Division of Trading and Markets to..." »

The SEC will be closed Monday, February 17th in observance of Presidents’ Day/Washington’s Birthday. The EDGAR System will not receive, process, or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of February 17th will be due the following business day, Tuesday, February 18th. The FERC will also be closed in observance of the federal holiday. eForms will accept filings submitted on February 17th. {expires: 2025-02-18} Continue reading "Presidents’ Day" »