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SEC Announce EDGAR Upgrade and Removal of Support for earlier versions

Staying with the US, on 17th July, the SEC upgraded the EDGAR system with the release of version 17.2. This latest version no longer provides support for the 2015 US GAAP financial reporting taxonomy, 2013 COUNTRY taxonomy, 2014 CURRENCY taxonomy, or the 2015 EXCH taxonomy. Please see the SEC website for a complete listing of currently […]

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The Inline XBRL viewer by SEC

Still not sure what Inline XBRL is or why its important for securities regulators and business registrars, or indeed anyone that wants to produce a report unique to their organisation that can still be read broadly? Have a look at this short video from the SEC, which demonstrates just some of the capabilities of Inline XBRL, in […]

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XBRL in the US

Just as the world is shifting to wholesale reliance on digital structured data, there remains an effort within the US Congress to exempt smaller US companies. We believe that would harm transparency, hurting investors and small companies alike.

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XBRL International responds to SEC Proposals

XBRL International has responded with a range of suggestions to the SEC’s call for comments on its proposals to shift to Inline XBRL.

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New SEC Chair Confirmed

The U.S. Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm attorney Jay Clayton to head the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Mr Clayton has a long career as a Wall Street attorney, including as a Partner in the prominent law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. At his confirmation hearing Mr Clayton indicated that his work would include a […]

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iXBRL proposals receive high profile backing

The SEC is seeking input on its proposals to switch from XBRL to iXBRL for financial statement filings for companies and mutual funds. The practical impact of this change would include a shift from “dual” filing, in which an HTML financial disclosure is filed as well as a separate XBRL document. Instead a single Inline […]

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Canada to run Webinar for FPIs

With around 300 SEC issuers in Canada (companies that have raised money on US markets) it is significantly impacted by the new IFRS FPI rules published by the SEC. XBRL Canada will hold a webinar on 24 May to help local firms understand the requirements to prepare XBRL or iXBRL versions of their accounts from […]

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OFR Speaks Out on Regulatory Burden

OFR Speaks Out on Regulatory Burden. The spirit of the founding US Treasurer, Alexander Hamilton, seems alive and well at that agency.  At the recent Financial Data Summit held in Washington, the Director of the Treasury’s Office of Financial Research, Dick Berner described the importance, to that agency, of reducing regulatory burden, describing the way […]

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Comments Inline Please

On 28 February the SEC proposed a rule to mandate the use of Inline XBRL for public company reporting. The intention is to improve the quality of the data, benefit investors, market participants and other data users, and also to decrease over time the costs involved in preparing the data for submission to the regulator […]

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Setback for Bitcoin?

To underline the point made in the previous article, this week the SEC rejected an application to create the first bitcoin-backed exchanged trade fund or ETF. The application came from the sometimes controversial Winklevoss twins, which may or may not have had anything to do with the result. Based on the SEC’s decision, it seems unlikely that […]

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