January 24, 2020
As more companies adopt formal frameworks, we examine who should be involved in governance strategies, the evolving nature of such structures and the main benefits. Corporate governance frameworks offer to formalize a ...
January 22, 2020
It is now time for foreign private issuers to prepare their annual reports on Form 20-F. For companies with a calendar year-end, the Form 20-F must be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) by ...
January 20, 2020
There were 38 transactions filed with the SEC last week.
January 17, 2020
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, the SEC is closed Monday January 20, 2020. No filings can be received. Files submitted after 5:30 pm ET, Friday, January 17, 2020 will receive a filing date of Tuesday, ...
January 15, 2020
As companies grapple with how to handle the coming requirements of the ESMA ESEF mandate, it’s hard not to look at the upfront burden of the change and think, “What’s in it for us?” Here’s the answer: The ESEF mandate ...
January 13, 2020
There were 33 transactions filed with the SEC last week.
January 10, 2020
In testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, SEC Chair Jay Clayton described progress on the agency's FY 2019 initiatives. Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-ID) also provided several ...
January 09, 2020
In a Toppan Merrill webinar, three experts from different markets sectors discussed XBRL’s success story: Emily Huang, CEO and co-founder of idaciti (which makes tools for analyzing structured data) explained how Inline ...
January 06, 2020
There were 20 transactions filed with the SEC last week.
January 03, 2020
With proxy and reporting season preparations in full swing, demands on time are high and resources might be limited, so we focus our reminders on new and changed disclosure items that might otherwise be easy to overlook.
January 02, 2020
Under rule 206(4)-2 of the Advisers Act, otherwise known as the Custody Rule, it is a fraudulent practice for a registered investment adviser to have custody of client funds or securities, unless the adviser takes ...
December 30, 2019
There were 38 transactions filed with the SEC last week.
December 26, 2019
In a Toppan Merrill webinar broadcast, three experts from different markets sectors discussed XBRL’s success story: Mike Willis, Assistant Director of the SEC’s Office of Structured Disclosure. Emily Huang, CEO and ...
December 20, 2019
In observance of the Christmas Holiday, the SEC is closed Tuesday, December 24, 2019 and Wednesday, December 25, 2019. No filings can be received. Files submitted after 5:30 pm ET, Monday, December 23, 2019 will ...
December 17, 2019
A quick introduction to our ESEF expert: This new blog series features Bartek Czajka, Director of XBRL Consulting Services at Toppan Merrill. Bartek is one of the foremost experts on XBRL, having created the majority ...
December 16, 2019
There were 42 transactions filed with the SEC last week.
December 12, 2019
Formal corporate governance frameworks are well- entrenched among large companies: every respondent to our survey said their company had a formal corporate governance framework, and 84% said their company has had ...
December 09, 2019
There were 28 transactions filed with the SEC last week.
December 06, 2019
As more companies adopt formal frameworks, we examine who should be involved in governance strategies, the evolving nature of such structures and the main benefits. Corporate governance frameworks offer to formalize a ...
December 04, 2019
The SEC Division of Economic Risk and Analysis (DERA) is the linchpin for the SEC’s ever-growing use of structured data and data analytics. DERA was created in 2009, when the SEC was just beginning to require filers to ...
