The SEC will be closed Tuesday, November 11th, in observance of Veterans Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process, or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of November 11th will be due the following business day. The FERC will also be closed in observation of Veterans Day. eForms will accept filings submitted on November 11th. Continue reading "Veterans Day" »

On October 31st, the SEC issued an order granting temporary exemptive relief from certain compliance dates for Rules 600(b)(89)(i)(F), 610, and 612, all adopted under Regulation National Market System (Regulation NMS). Due to recent events, the SEC deemed exemptive relief from the November 3, 2025, compliance date necessary in order to facilitate orderly market functions. Continue reading "SEC Issues Exemptive Order for Compliance Rules..." »

With the filing deadlines for November approaching, and with filers acclimating to the SEC’s EDGAR Next requirements, we strongly encourage users to submit filings prior to their deadlines to avoid any last-minute complications. November is a historically busy filing month. Given the high amount of traffic on the EDGAR System and the newness of EDGAR Next, filing as early as possible should facilitate a smoother process. Continue reading "Upcoming EDGAR Filing Deadlines" »

On October 14th, the EDGAR system was upgraded to Release 25.3 and now supports the updated Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Taxonomy. The updated SPAC Taxonomy is now available on the SEC’s website. For additional information, please visit the Standard Taxonomies webpage for a complete listing of supported standard taxonomies. Continue reading "SEC Announces 2025 Update to SPAC Taxonomy" »

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) staff will hold its monthly open meeting via webcast on ferc.gov on Thursday, October 16, 2025, beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. The staff will be addressing topics and matters including the following categories: administrative, electric, gas, hydro, and certificates. Continue reading "FERC to Hold Open Commission Meeting" »

On September 30th, the SEC announced that it is extending the compliance date for the amendments to the rules under the Securities Exchange Act that require the disclosure of order executions in national market system (NMS) stocks. The compliance date has been extended from December 14, 2025, to August 1, 2026. Continue reading "SEC Extends Compliance Date for Disclosure of..." »

The SEC will be closed Monday, October 13th in observance of Indigenous Peoples/Columbus Day. The EDGAR System will not receive, process or accept filings on this day. Filings with a due date of October 13th will be due the following business day. The FERC will also be closed in observation of Indigenous Peoples/Columbus Day. eForms will accept filings submitted on October 13th. Continue reading "SEC and FERC Closed October 13th" »

Amidst the current government shutdown, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance shares that activities will be extremely limited. More specifically, the Division will not be able to accelerate the effectiveness of registration statements. Continue reading "SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance Offers..." »

The SEC has announced updates to technical specifications related to XBRL and XML that correspond to EDGAR Release 25.3, which will be released October 13, 2025. Continue reading "EDGAR Release 25.3" »

On September 30th, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) published proposed GAAP Taxonomy Improvements for the proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU), Equity (Topic 505): Initial Measurement of Paid-in-Kind Dividends on Equity-Classified Preferred Stock. The proposed update was released both to provide authoritative guidance on how issuers should initially measure all aspects of the ASU and to allow for public review and comment. Continue reading "FASB Issues Proposed GAAP Taxonomy Improvements..." »

On September 30th, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff issued proposed technical and other conforming improvements for the 2026 GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy and the related release notes for public review and comment. Continue reading "FASB Releases Proposed Improvements for 2026 US..." »

On September 29th, the SEC adopted amendments to Rule 605 of the Securities Exchange Act, which requires disclosures for order executions in national market system (NMS) stocks. Under the rulemaking, Rule 605(a)(2) requires that every market center, broker, or dealer subject to Rule 605 reporting requirements produce a summary execution quality report. For more information, please see the Disclosure of Order Execution Information final rule. Per the amendments, Rule 605 requires reporting entities to provide the summary execution quality report on a website that is free and available to the public using the current versions of the CSV schema and the associated PDF renderer as published on the SEC’s website. Continue reading "SEC Issues 2025 Order Execution Summary (OES)..." »

On September 17th, the SEC approved rule changes by three national securities exchanges to adopt generic listing standards for exchange-traded products that hold spot commodities, such as digital assets. Consequently, the exchanges may list and trade Commodity-Based Trust Shares that satisfy the requirements of the approved generic listing standards without first submitting a proposed rule change to the SEC under Section 19(b) of the Exchange Act. Continue reading "SEC Adopts Generic Listing Standards for..." »

On October 1, 2025, fee rates applicable to most securities transactions will be set at $138.10 per million dollars pursuant to the Order Making Fiscal Year 2026 Annual Adjustments to Registration Fee Rates. This represents a decrease from $153.10 per million dollars during the previous fiscal year. The new fee rate will be applied to the registration of securities under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, the repurchase of securities under Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and proxy solicitations and specified tender offers under Section 14(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Continue reading "New SEC Filing Fee Rate Table Ready for Download" »