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Category: SEC

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The SEC Rethinks What—and How Often—Public Companies Must Disclose

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The SEC is floating some of the biggest changes to its regulatory framework in two decades, all aimed at the same goal: making it cheaper and less burdensome to be a public company. The most eye-catching piece asks a question that would hav...

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Can the SEC Close the Barn Door on Climate Rules?

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On May 29, the SEC formally proposed rescinding its climate-related disclosure rules—the “Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” finalized back in March 2024. Those rules were among the Gensler-era SEC...

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Agencies Say “Ask Again Later” on Authority Over Prediction Markets

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Here’s a question that might be fun to bet on over at Kalshi or Polymarket: which regulator will oversee prediction markets this time next year—the CFTC or the states? Or maybe: will the SEC approve a prediction market-based ETF in 2026? Cu...

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Five Potential Impacts of Semiannual SEC Reporting

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If you don’t run a public company, the idea of shifting from quarterly to semiannual financial reporting may sound like a classic case of a solution in search of a problem. There was nothing obviously broken about the system that generated...

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SpaceX Goes Where No Issuer Has Gone Before

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Elon Musk has never had much patience for corporate governance conventions, and SpaceX’s anticipated IPO only underlines the point. According to a Reuters report, SpaceX’s bylaws would require shareholders to “irrevocably and unconditionall...

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