On January 29th, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) jointly extended the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF. Adopted on February 8, 2024, this is the confidential reporting form for certain SEC-registered investment advisers to private funds, including those that also are registered with the CFTC as commodity pool operators (CPOs) or commodity trading advisers (CTA). Continue reading "SEC, CFTC Announce Extension of Form PF..." »

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has released for public review and comment proposed GAAP Taxonomy Improvements for the proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) on Topic 818, Environmental Credits and Environmental Credit Obligations, along with related release notes. Continue reading "FASB Staff Releases Proposed GAAP Taxonomy..." »

In December 2024, the SEC published its semi-annual report to Congress regarding public and internal use of machine-readable data for corporate disclosures, in compliance with the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022 (FDTA) signed into law on December 23, 2022. The FDTA requires the SEC to submit this report to both the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives every 180 days through December 23, 2029, when the provision requiring the report concludes. Continue reading "SEC Staff Issues Semi-Annual Report to Congress..." »