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 >>
T+1: No Victory Until Affirmations Reach 100%
As many teams in North America canceled their weekly T+1 transition meetings, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has called on the U.K. to trigger its own implementation. Top of the list of lessons to learn from North America’s transition, Gensler said, is setting a date. “Until you do that, it is a lot… Read More >>
FICC Launches Calculator for U.S. Treasury Clearing
The DTCC’s Fixed Income Clearing Corp. (FICC) is launching an interactive, public-facing calculator, dubbed the Capped Contingency Liquidity Facility (CCLF), to help financial services firms comply with SEC requirements to come for expanded U.S. Treasury clearing, officials say. The “novel tool simulates estimated CCLF obligations associated with FICC GSD [Government Securities Division] membership,” officials say…. Read More >>
U.S. Treasury Clearing Rules Jolt Firms Into Action
Clearing is coming the U.S. Treasury market and buy- and sell-side firms are beginning to get the message. New SEC clearing rules for the U.S. Treasury market, which take effect next year and in 2026, will spur more sell-side firms to offer Treasury clearing via prime brokerage, agency clearing, and futures commission merchant (FCM) services… Read More >>
Chatbots Are On FINRA’s Compliance Radar
(Applications and systems that use artificial intelligence (A.I.) technologies such as chatbots are on the radar of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the self-regulatory organization for U.S. broker-dealers. The regulator has issued guidances, updates, and alerts about the subject noting the “benefits for investors include enhanced access to customized products and services, lower costs,… Read More >>
Should the GAO Audit the CFTC?
Caroline D. Pham, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner, started the Open Meeting on May 10 with a bang — she wants the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate the CFTC because she thinks the regulator has expanded its jurisdiction without a proper mandate, and, as a consequence, has strayed far from its… Read More >>
T+1 is Stealing the Spotlight from Securities Lending
(Editor’s note: This past October, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 10c-1a in an effort to increase the “transparency and efficiency of the securities lending market,” according to the SEC. The new rule required the reporting of “specified information about securities loans to a registered national securities association (RNSA)” by 2026. The new rule… Read More >>
SEC Report Offers Useful Stats On Trillions of Dollars
The SEC mostly taketh when it comes to data, regulatory forms, and ongoing reports. But every once in a while the regulator giveth as far as key data about trillions of dollars flowing through the securities industry. In particular, SEC staff has just released a new report, “Registered Fund Statistics,” that is based on “aggregated… Read More >>
FINRA Is Closely Watching for Inaccurate CAT Reporting
The controversial Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT), which has already been fending off lawsuits and industry pushback, has had “instances of millions if not billions of late or inaccurately reported order events,” says Bill St. Louis, executive vice president and head of enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). The need to stay on top… Read More >>
