plain language

SEC's new guidance for websites imminent

By Dominic Jones on July 28, 2008

THE US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is slated to consider publishing long-awaited new guidance governing how companies can use their websites to communicate with investors.
According to a notice, the commission will meet Wednesday to consider publishing the “interpretive release” that is expected to address a number of important issues that could set precedents for [...]

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged corporate reporting, corporate websites, disclosure, disclosure documents, Investor Relations, IR websites, online annual reports, plain language, proxy statements, quarterly reports, regulation fd, SEC, securities and exchange commission, usability requirements, web technology | 1 Response

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.

Posted in Investor Relations Blog | Tagged Bill Lutz, business, chairman arthur levitt, Chairman Chris Cox, Charles Schwab, chris cox, disclosure, e-proxy, EDGAR, ir department, ir departments, mandate, new york times, plain language, recommendation, retail investors, rutgers university, SEC filings, securities and exchange commission, stanford university, technology, us sec, XBRL | 4 Responses