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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

SEC Proposes Rule on Disclosures About Guaranteed Securities

The Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a rule on Financial Disclosures about Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities and Affiliates Whose Securities Collateralize a Registrant’s Securities. The Commission is looking for comment on this proposal within 60 days of October 2, 2018, the date of publication of the proposal in the Federal Register. The proposal […more]

Sunday, September 30, 2018

The coming data revolution in public finance.

Axios Advisors’ Triet Nguyen published an article on how financial data standards can impact municipal reporting: The “stodgy” municipal market is on the verge of a Big Data revolution, driven by rising support for adoption of iXBRL, a machine-readable financial reporting standard, and an increasing need for ESG-related data. Read the full article.

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Friday, September 28, 2018

House Passes Grants Reporting Efficiency & Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Grants Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act (H.R. 4887). A Senate version (S. 3834), introduced by Senators James Lankford (OK) and Michael Enzi (WY), was passed by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

SEC Commissioner Stein on Data & Technology

On September 27, 2018, SEC Commissioner Kara Stein gave a speech at Georgia State University School of Law titled “From the Data Rush to the Data Wars: A Data Revolution in Financial Markets” which focused on the importance of data and technology. Below is an excerpt from the speech. “Slowly but surely, the Commission is […more]

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Friday, September 21, 2018

XBRL US Comments on Financial Stability Board Thematic Peer Review on the LEI

XBRL US submitted a comment letter to the Financial Stability Board, in response to their Thematic Peer Review on Implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). Feedback from stakeholders was invited to gauge awareness and implementation, as well as challenges and impediments to adoption of the LEI around the world. According to the Global LEI […more]

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Monday, September 17, 2018

CFA Institute Publishes Position Paper: Data and Technology

The CFA Institute publication Data and Technology: Transforming the Financial Information Landscape discusses the benefits of structured data to all parties in the financial reporting supply chain, including companies, auditors, regulators, and investors. This paper addresses the consumption of that structured data, including which data are available and how data are being consumed, and refutes the claim […more]

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

XBRL US Comments on Government Effectiveness Advanced Research (GEAR) Center

XBRL US comments on Government Effectiveness Advanced Research (GEAR) Center, a proposed public/private partnership, “re-imagining possibilities for how citizens interact with the Government; rethinking the delivery of citizen services and data; reforming core processes.”

Thursday, September 6, 2018

The Calcbench Insider: September 2018

In this issue:

  • Leasing Costs Extravaganza
  • Q&A on Financial Data Quality
  • Geeking Out on the Filings
    Cost of revenue and SG&A update Q2
    Who is exposed to Turkey?
Friday, August 31, 2018

SEC Emphasizes Data Quality in EDGAR Release 18.3

The SEC has released a draft of the EDGAR Filer Manual (EFM) to reflect changes in the new EDGAR Release 18.3 which is scheduled to be published October 1, 2018. An update to the EFM test suite will be published soon with new test cases. While a number of changes have been made to the […more]

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Monday, August 20, 2018

Financial Stability Board Peer Review on LEI Solicits Marketplace Feedback

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is conducting a review on implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). The objective of the review is to evaluate the progress made by FSB members – both national authorities and international bodies – in response to the G20 Leaders’ 2012 call for “global adoption of the LEI to support […more]


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