#sec

The SEC requested public comment on novel ETFs after U.S. ETF assets grew from $4T in 2019 to more than $12T at the end of 2025. The comment period runs for 60 days after Federal Register publication.

Two SEC/CFTC requests dated June 18 put swaps definitions and security-based swap reporting into a 60-day Federal Register comment window. The review targets Title VII interpretive lines, mixed swaps, novel products, and reporting calibration across SEC and CFTC markets.

The SEC proposed rescinding Regulation NMS Rules 611 and 610(e), removing the trade-through prohibition and locked/crossed-quote restrictions for NMS stocks, with comments due 60 days after Federal Register publication.

Anthropic has confidentially filed a draft S-1 with the SEC, giving it an IPO option after review. The move follows a $65B Series H and a $965B post-money valuation, putting Claude’s economics closer to public scrutiny.

The SEC proposed rescinding its 2024 climate-disclosure rules in full, opening a 60-day comment period after Federal Register publication. The action would remove greenhouse-gas, climate-risk and severe-weather disclosure mandates from registration statements and annual reports if finalized.

The U.S. SEC formally proposed on May 5, 2026 allowing public companies to substitute semiannual 10-S filings for traditional quarterly 10-Q reports. The Trump-backed rule change is optional — companies could still file quarterly — but opens a public comment period before a possible vote in 2026–2027.

The SEC issued a conditional exemptive order on April 15 allowing eligible customers to cross-margin cash U.S. Treasury positions cleared at FICC with Treasury futures cleared at CME. The market-structure change extends a tool previously available only to clearing members.