On March 6th, the XBRL US Domain Steering Committee, approved and posted a new XBRL US reference document for a 30-day review period, the Taxonomy Approval Metrics & Process (TAM).

On February 12th, the SEC released a notice to N-CEN and N-PORT filers to remind them of the temporary final rule which requires funds in larger fund groups (for example, fund groups with $1 billion or more in net assets) to maintain in their records the information that is mandated to be included in Form N-PORT in lieu of filing this form via EDGAR. The temporary final rule applies until April 1, 2019. Of key importance, the information the funds in larger fund groups maintain in their records will be subject to examination by the Commission. New Forms N-PORT and N-CEN were adopted by the SEC on October 13th, 2016 in an effort to enhance transparency and modernize reporting requirements for registered investment companies.

On January 25th, the SEC’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) introduced its Diversity Assessment Report for Entities Regulated by the SEC, which is designed to help regulated entities conduct voluntary self-assessments of diversity policies and practices.

The SEC’s Office of Financial Management Filing Fees announced the release of the web-based Registration Fee Estimator 1.2. Included in this release are all effective fee-bearing form types.

The SEC announced on December 8th, 2017 that filing Form N-PORT on the EDGAR system will now not become mandatory until April 2019 for larger fund groups and April 2020 for smaller fund groups. However, these groups should still prepare and maintain N-PORT information in their records and make it available to the SEC upon request. This decision to modify Form N-PORT’s filing requirements comes as the agency continues its previously announced review and uplift of its EDGAR and other systems.

To aid filers avoid missing deadlines and reduce congestion around busy important filing dates, the SEC provides an anticipated peak filing schedule. Peak EDGAR filing times are estimated using historical data. The 2018 schedule is now available from the SEC.