In case you missed it, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted “rule and form amendments” late last month that the SEC says will improve the security of its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, otherwise known as the venerable EDGAR platform. The improvements cover the access and management of filers’ accounts and have been… Read More >>
EDGAR Now Supports IFRS, Security-Based Swap Taxonomies
The SEC has upgraded the popular public database of financial information and operations of public companies, the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval, or EDGAR, to support more industry-relevant taxonomies. EDGAR Release 24.2, released on July 1, “now supports the 2024 version of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) taxonomy and now accepts the Security-Based… Read More >>
Broadridge Buys CompSci to Add SEC Filing Features
Broadridge Financial Solutions will be expanding its range of services for regulatory filings and disclosure for public companies and funds with the acquisition of provider CompSci Resources, maker of a Web-based, collaborative platform for SEC disclosure preparation, officials say. CompSci’s Transform platform for eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) tagging and Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and… Read More >>
SEC Acts to Prevent Another Cyber-Attack
The SEC has unveiled a five-point response “going forward” after a 2016 hacker attack on its EDGAR system. EDGAR, or the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, makes SEC filings by corporations, funds, and individuals accessible via online search, the commission says, and the 2016 cyber intrusion, during an “EDGAR test filing accessed by… Read More >>