This year’s IPO Report offers a detailed review of the IPO market and outlook, including a breakdown of IPOs by industry and the number of IPOs from the leading states over the past five years. We also take a look at the IPO...more
3/27/2025
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Capital Markets ,
Corporate Governance ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 8-K ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Mergers ,
Private Equity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reverse Mergers ,
Shell Corporations ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Venture Capital
On March 24, 2025, enrollment for EDGAR Next will open. All EDGAR filers, including existing reporting entities, Section 16 reporting persons, and Section 13 filers, are required to transition to the new system by September...more
On September 9, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against seven public companies for violations of certain whistleblower protections provided by Rule 21F-17 under the Securities...more
9/19/2024
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Dodd-Frank ,
Employment Contract ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Rule 21F ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies ,
Whistleblowers
Pessimism surrounding the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes, combined with subdued business and consumer confidence as well as geopolitical concerns, weighed heavily on the IPO market in 2023.
With 117 IPOs in 2023...more
On October 10, 2023, the SEC adopted long-awaited amendments to its beneficial ownership reporting rules under Regulation 13D-G. Most significantly, the amendments accelerate the filing deadlines for initial and amended...more
10/20/2023
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Business Ownership ,
EDGAR ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Final Rules ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Schedule 13D ,
Schedule 13G ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities Regulation
In May 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) amended its rules to significantly increase the disclosures public companies must make about repurchases of their equity securities. The recent amendments are the...more
5/23/2023
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Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Equity Securities ,
Insider Trading ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Repurchase Agreements ,
Repurchases ,
Required Forms ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Stock Options ,
Stock Repurchases
On May 3, 2023, in a 3-2 vote, the SEC adopted amendments to significantly increase the disclosure required about issuer repurchases of their equity securities that are registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....more
5/9/2023
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Closed-End Funds ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Foreign Issuers ,
Foreign Private Issuers ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 10-Q ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Required Forms ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation ,
Share Buybacks ,
Stock Repurchases ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
US Market Review and Outlook -
Stubbornly high inflation, rising interest rates and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with geopolitical tensions and concerns about the global economic outlook,...more
In December 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Exchange Act Rule 10b5-1, the rule that provides an affirmative defense to claims of insider trading for persons acquiring or disposing of...more
12/30/2022
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Affirmative Defenses ,
Amended Regulation ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Insider Trading ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation