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The Securities and Exchange Commission has posted a draft EDGAR manual. The changes outlined in the draft manual, if approved, are scheduled to take effect on December 17, 2018 and January 28, 2019 for non-rule based changes or on the rule effective date for changes related to SEC rules. See SEC Final Rules posted on […more]
XBRL US announced today that RDG Filings, a full service XBRL preparation and provider of disclosure management tools, has renewed their membership in the XBRL US Center for Data Quality for 2019. The Center for Data Quality is an industry-driven collaborative with a mission to address the public’s concerns about the quality and usability of […more]
The gruesome (and grueling) days of painful re-keying of data may be coming to an end. Could data standards be the magic bullet? The National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) has been touting the value of financial data standards for several years now. Why data standards? Because they are a proven tool to eliminate […more]
The Securities and Exchange Commission published a rule proposal on “Updated Disclosure Requirements and Summary Prospectus for Variable Annuity and Variable Life Insurance Contracts” that would require the use of Inline XBRL. The proposal notes: “We are proposing to require the use of the Inline XBRL format for the submission of certain required disclosures in […more]
XBRL US submitted a letter in response to the SEC’s Request for Comment about the Fund Retail Investor Experience. Thanks goes to our members who joined a short-term working group to discuss and prepare the letter. The letter explains the benefits of data standards and in particular, how they benefit retail investors: “While few retail […more]
SEC Commissioner Kara Stein gave an address to the Council of Institutional Investors named “Improving Information for Investors in the Digital Age”. Here are some notable quotes from the Commissioner: …Just a few weeks ago, a group of institutional investors, asset managers, state treasurers, and others petitioned the SEC. They asked the Commission to require […more]
SEC Launches Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub). The FinHub will serve as a resource for public engagement on the SEC’s FinTech-related issues and initiatives, such as distributed ledger technology (including digital assets), automated investment advice, digital marketplace financing, and artificial intelligence/machine learning. FinHub activities include: 1) Provide a portal for industry and the public […more]
IFRS Foundation Proposes Updates to IFRS Taxonomy 2018, Requests Comment During a Public Review. The Proposed Update includes common reporting practice for disclosure requirements in IFRS 13, such as: 1) sensitivity of fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs; and 2) quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used in fair value measurement. The public comment […more]
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On October 5, Marc Joffe of the Reason Foundation published an article on Financial Reporting Standards Can Foster Municipal Market Disruption in the Financial Revolutionist. Below is an excerpt from the article: “While fintech start-ups are disrupting many financial markets, the US municipal bond market has been largely left behind. As a result, the $3.9-trillion muni […more]
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