In December 2024, the SEC published its semi-annual report to Congress regarding public and internal use of machine-readable data for corporate disclosures, in compliance with the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022 (FDTA) signed into law on December 23, 2022. The FDTA requires the SEC to submit this report to both the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives every 180 days through December 23, 2029, when the provision requiring the report concludes. Continue reading "SEC Staff Issues Semi-Annual Report to Congress..." »

The SEC has adopted amendments that would add to the revised filing and recordkeeping requirements the agency has been implementing for the past 20 years. The amendments require the electronic filing, submission, or posting of certain forms, filings, and other submissions that national securities exchanges, national securities associations, clearing agencies, broker-dealers, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants make with the SEC. Continue reading "SEC Updates the Submission of Certain Forms,..." »

The SEC has released its draft of the EDGAR® Filer Manual, Volume II: “EDGAR Filing” (Version 72) to prepare issuers for potential updates to the EDGAR system scheduled to be introduced in EDGAR Release 24.4 on December 16, 2024. Continue reading "SEC Publishes Current Draft EDGAR Filer Manual" »

On December 3rd, the SEC announced that the EDGAR Filer Manual (Volume I) General Information has been amended to reflect rule and form updates, the implementation of technical changes, and other minor edits adopted in its September 2024 rulemaking. For more details, please see the EDGAR Filer Access and Account Management final rule. The amendments are effective March 24, 2025. Continue reading "SEC Updates Volume I of the EDGAR Filer Manual" »

On November 15th, the SEC voted to approve new rules and amendments to enhance transparency requirements and provide additional investor protection in initial public offerings (IPOs) by special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and in future business combination transactions between SPACs and target companies (de-SPAC transactions). Continue reading "SEC Adopts New Rules to Increase Transparency..." »

On October 30th, the SEC provided guidance related to a technical issue identified in the Open-End Fund (OEF) taxonomy. To address the matter, the SEC has published an updated 2024Q3 version of the OEF taxonomy and the related updated taxonomy guide. Continue reading "SEC Releases Updated 2024Q3 Version of the..." »

The SEC has published the 2025 Peak Filing Volume Dates for EDGAR filings. To help filers avoid missing deadlines and to lessen online traffic around important filing dates, the SEC releases a filing schedule detailing when it expects to receive the highest volume of EDGAR filings. The 2025 Peak Filing schedule is now available on the SEC’s EDGAR Calendar webpage.

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XBRL US will present a webinar to familiarize issuers with the SEC’s rulemaking for public company cybersecurity disclosures, Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure, which was initially proposed in March 2022. The 60-minute virtual will take place on Wednesday, November 6, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. EDT. The event is free for the public to attend but registration is required. {expires: 2024-11-07} Continue reading "XBRL US to Host Webinar to Discuss SEC..." »

On September 27th, the SEC adopted rule and form amendments to streamline connections to and enhance the security of the EDGAR system while improving a filer’s access and ability to manage their EDGAR accounts. These revisions are related to certain technical updates to the EDGAR system, which are commonly referred to as EDGAR Next. Continue reading "SEC Adopts Rules to Improve EDGAR System, Opens..." »

On September 24th, the SEC’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) announced that it had concluded an assessment of how filers are tagging provision (benefit) for credit losses on income statements. Staff performed the assessment on Forms 10-K and 10-Q that have one or more custom tags for tagging the provision (benefit) for credit losses section of the income statement. Continue reading "SEC Provides Guidance for Proper Use of Custom..." »

On September 18th, the SEC published the draft of the 2025 updates to its reporting taxonomies, including updates within the annual review and update process for all SEC taxonomies accepted in the EDGAR system. The Draft 2025 Release Notes provide more information related to specific changes in the 2025 update. Continue reading "SEC Publishes 2025 Draft Taxonomies for Review..." »

The SEC recently adopted rules to amend Form N-4, the form currently used by most variable annuity separate accounts. As part of these changes, the registration, filing, and data transparency requirements that were adopted for registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) offerings have been broadened to the offerings of registered market value adjustment annuities (registered MVA annuities). Now the new elements needed to tag this information have been included in the VIP taxonomy because RILAs and registered MVA annuities are insurance products whose offerings are registered on Form N-4. Continue reading "SEC Publishes Draft of Updated 2024 Variable..." »

On August 28th, the SEC adopted rules to amend reporting requirements on Form N-PORT that would offer the SEC and investors with greater and more timely information about certain registered investment companies (funds). Form N-PORT reports provide the SEC and the public with important information about a fund’s portfolio holdings and related information to help evaluate a fund’s risks. These reports also promote efficacy in regulatory monitoring and oversight of the fund industry, which benefits fund investors. Continue reading "SEC Adopts Reporting Enhancements for Funds,..." »

On July 29th, the SEC announced that Form N-PORT Data Sets are now available for download. Form N-PORT is used by registered investment companies (apart from money market funds and exchange-traded funds organized as unit investment trusts) to report monthly portfolio holdings. The Form N-PORT Data Sets are extracted from the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) Form N-PORT-P submissions. The data is displayed unchanged from the “as-filed” submissions and in a flattened format to provide the public with easily accessible data from registrants. The data sets include only publicly available information from filings that have been disseminated by the SEC. Continue reading "SEC Releases Form N-PORT Data Sets for Download" »