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" »

On September 17th, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted to extend the date for investment advisers to comply with the February 2024 amendments to Form PF, the confidential reporting form used by certain private fund advisers. Continue reading "SEC, CFTC Extend Form PF Compliance Date" »

On September 19th, SEC Chair Paul Atkins shared with CNBC that the agency will propose a rule change that would end quarterly earnings reporting. This announcement follows President Trump’s call to switch quarterly earnings reports to a semiannual schedule. The SEC has determined that the proposed change to the current rules would be a beneficial action to take, and if the rule change is approved, companies would be able to decide whether to switch to semiannual or stay with the quarterly schedule. Continue reading "SEC to Propose Rulemaking Regarding Trump’s..." »

The Securities and Exchange Commission, in conjunction with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), will host a public roundtable to discuss regulatory harmonization efforts and to establish more sound and competitive US markets. The event is open to the public to attend via webcast on the SEC’s website, but registration is required. The roundtable takes place on Monday, September 29, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET. Continue reading "SEC, CFTC to Hold Joint Roundtable on..." »

On September 16th, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) staff released proposed technical and other conforming enhancements for the 2026 SEC Reporting Taxonomy and the related release notes for review and comment. The proposed taxonomy improvements mainly include deprecations of elements because of infrequent use in practice or superseded guidance. Continue reading "FASB Publishes Technical and Other Conforming..." »

On September 12th, the SEC published draft updates to the upcoming 2026 XBRL taxonomies for public comment. The Draft 2026 Release Notes provide more information related to specific changes in the 2026 update for all XBRL taxonomies currently supported by the EDGAR system. Continue reading "SEC Publishes 2026 Draft Taxonomies for Review..." »

The SEC's Divisions of Examinations, Investment Management, and Trading and Markets will hold a series of three compliance outreach events to discuss the 2024 adoption of amendments to Regulation S-P. The events will be geared toward each registrant type and scheduled according to compliance deadlines published in the Regulation S-P rule amendments. The first webcast will take place on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. ET. The event is open for the public to attend via webcast on the SEC's website. Though not required for this event, prior registration is preferred. Continue reading " SEC Announces Series of Compliance Outreaches..." »

The SEC has released EDGAR 25.2.2, which incorporates requirements for EDGAR Next, the SEC's security, access, and account management improvements made to the EDGAR system. Enrollment in and compliance with EDGAR Next is now necessary to file on the EDGAR system. To be in compliance, filing entities must be enrolled in EDGAR Next by December 19, 2025, or have had their Form ID application for EDGAR access granted on or after March 24, 2025. Continue reading "EDGAR 25.2.2 Released" »

The SEC's Division of Trading and Markets will present a roundtable to discuss trade-through prohibitions in the National Market System stock and listed options markets. The meeting is free and open for the public to attend via livestream on sec.gov. A recording of the discussion will be available following the event. The event takes place on Thursday, September 18, 2025, beginning at 9:15 a.m. ET. Continue reading " SEC Staff to Host Roundtable on Trade-Through..." »

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) staff will hold its monthly open meeting via webcast on the FERC website on Thursday, September 18, 2025, beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. The meeting is open for the public to attend. The staff will be addressing topics and matters related to the following categories: administrative, electric, and hydro. Continue reading " FERC to Hold Open Commission Meeting" »

The SEC's Investor Advisory Committee will hold an open meeting via webcast on sec.gov that will take place on Thursday, September 18, 2025, beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET. The meeting is free and open for the public to attend. The meeting will cover committee matters, including subcommittee reports and approval of previous meeting minutes. Continue reading " SEC Staff to Hold Investor Advisory Committee..." »