Bill Lutz

SEC unveils IDEA — and that's all it is for now

By Dominic Jones on August 19, 2008

I’VE BEEN following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) moves around eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for the past few years and I’m confused about why they chose now to announce that they will be launching a new database to host XBRL for companies and mutual funds.
The only real news at the conference, which I [...]

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SEC seeks to "blow up" forms-based system

By Dominic Jones on June 25, 2008

THE US Securities and Exchange commission has launched a study that could lead to the scrapping of its 75-year-old system that requires companies to file disclosures on prescribed forms like 10Ks, Form 4s and DEF 14As.

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