SEC Will Move to Overhaul Investor Disclosures, Atkins Says

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins

Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg

The Securities and Exchange Commission will move forward with plans to overhaul investor disclosure rules for publicly-traded companies, agency Chairman Paul Atkins said Friday.

The announcement comes the same week that President Donald Trump issued a social media post suggesting the SEC should move to semi-annual, rather than quarterly reporting.