SEC plunges deeper into disclosure reform
Improving, modernizing, and perhaps even simplifying the SEC’s disclosure regime has long been the Holy Grail of securities law. And while help may be on the way with the SEC’s new Concept Release, reports Joe Mont, plenty of debate is sure to follow.
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