White House Reviewing SEC Bid to Ease Share-Offering Disclosures

The White House is reviewing new US Securities and Exchange Commission rules that would make it easier for companies to go public or raise capital by easing disclosures for new offerings and speeding up the registration process.

According to the SEC, one proposal would overhaul offering rules to “modernize the shelf registration process,” which could allow more companies to issue securities faster in order to take advantage of favorable market conditions.

Another proposal would expand the availability of simplified filing requirements currently only permitted for emerging growth companies — new issuers with total gross revenue under $1.235 billion. Those companies ...