The FERC has announced that the eForms Accepted Filings RSS feed was updated to support the performance of the eForms system. RSS feed subscriptions are limited to 650 current filings. Continue reading "FERC Releases Updates to eForms Refresh" »

On August 26th, the SEC adopted two amendments to Exchange Act Rules 21F-3 and 21F-6. These rules regulate the SEC’s whistleblower program, which was established in 2010. The first rule change expands the circumstances in which the SEC is allowed to pay whistleblowers for their information and assistance in connection with non-SEC actions in additional circumstances. The second rule affirms the SEC’s authority to consider the factors as well as the dollar amount of a potential award to increase an award but not to lower an award. Continue reading "SEC Modifies Whistleblower Rules to Encourage..." »

On August 25th, the SEC announced that it has approved amendments to implement the pay versus performance provision as required by Congress in the Dodd-Frank Act. Under the newly adopted rules, registrants are required to disclose information about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid by a registrant and the registrant’s financial performance.

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On August 26th, the SEC announced that the fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities with the SEC will be $110.20 per million dollars, an increase from $92.70 per million dollars in the previous fee rate advisory. The change in the fee rate will be effective October 1. Continue reading "SEC Publishes Fee Rate Advisory #1 for Fiscal..." »

The SEC has announced that, in conjunction with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), it is proposing amendments to Form PF that would revise reporting requirements for all filers and large hedge fund advisers. Form PF is the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds. This includes those also registered with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator (CPO) or commodity trading adviser (CTA). Continue reading "SEC, CFTC Announce Proposed Amendments to..." »

The SEC has proposed new rules to enhance conditions regarding governance throughout all registered clearing agencies by decreasing the probability that conflicts of interest may impact the board of directors or another governing body of a registered clearing agency. Continue reading "SEC Announces Proposed Rules to Enhance..." »

On August 15th, the SEC updated the EDGAR system to Release 22.2.2 which will now support the 2022Q3 supplemental US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy and 2022Q3 supplemental SEC Reporting Taxonomy (SRT). The 2022Q3 supplements to the US GAAP Financial Reporting Taxonomy and SRT are comparable to supplements that the Financial Accounting Standards Board published on its website on August 2, 2022. Continue reading "SEC Announces XBRL Taxonomy Update" »

On August 2nd, the SEC announced that the Form 13F Data Sets are now available for download. The Form 13F Data Sets provide the securities holding information required of institutional investment managers under Section 13(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The securities holding information is also made accessible to the public in structured Form 13F filings with the SEC. The data is extracted from the XML-based section of public Form 13F submissions made in the SEC’s EDGAR system. Continue reading "SEC Announces Public Availability of Form 13F..." »

The SEC’s Division of Investment Management will hold a meeting via webcast on sec.gov to discuss and consider whether to propose amendments to Form PF to amend reporting requirements for all filers and large hedge fund advisers. The meeting is free, open for the public to attend, and will take place on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. ET. {expires: 2022-08-11} Continue reading "SEC Staff to Hold Open Meeting to Discuss..." »

The FERC’s Office of Public Participation (OPP) will host a webinar to discuss how the public, including consumers and consumer advocates, may file official comments using FERC’s eFiling and eComment online applications. The seminar is intended to boost public interaction with the FERC’s processes and decision-making by providing the fundamentals of participating in the commenting process. {expires: 2022-08-31} Continue reading "Office of Public Participation to Host Webinar..." »

The SEC has announced that its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee will hold a remote meeting to discuss matters related to the rules and regulations impacting small and emerging companies and their shareholders under the federal securities laws. The free webcast will take place on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. The event is open to the public and will be presented live on sec.gov. For additional information on this meeting, please contact Vanessa A. Countryman from the Office of the Secretary at (202) 551-5400. {expires: 2022-08-03} Continue reading "SEC Announces Next Meeting of the Small..." »

On July 13th, the SEC announced that it is proposing updates to Exchange Act Rule 14a-8, the shareholder proposal rule under which companies that are subject to the federal proxy rules must include shareholder proposals in their proxy statements, subject to certain procedural and substantive requirements. Continue reading "SEC Announces Proposed Amendments to..." »

XBRL US will host a webinar to discuss the latest features of the XBRL Filed Data add-in, the XBRL API, and other resources that users may employ to explore the expansion of standardized financial data reported in XBRL structured data language. The online seminar will take place on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET. The one-hour event is open for the public to attend at no cost, but registration is required. {expires: 2022-07-28} Continue reading "XBRL US to Host Webinar: Tools and Techniques..." »

The Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission has announced that its upcoming meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 20 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET. The Task Force meetings are free for the public to attend via webcast, and registration is not required. Interested parties may submit comments related to the proceedings by following the instructions on the FERC website. {expires: 2022-07-21} Continue reading "FERC Announces Upcoming Meeting of the Joint..." »

The SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance will hold a meeting via webcast on sec.gov to discuss and consider whether to adopt amendments to the proxy rules governing proxy voting advice. The Division will also consider whether to propose amendments to revise certain substantive bases for exclusion of shareholder proposals under the SEC’s shareholder proposal rule (Rule 14a-8). {expires: 2022-07-14} Continue reading "SEC Staff to Hold Open Meeting to Discuss Proxy..." »