SEC Prepares Plan to Curb Company Reporting, Investor Proposals

Companies aiming to report less information to their investors and more easily deflect shareholder proposals are likely to get help from the SEC in 2026.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing rule updates that would give companies more flexibility on their disclosures and the shareholder resolutions considered at annual meetings. The agency is aiming to release proposals in the coming months.

President Donald Trump also has pushed the SEC to let companies give investors semiannual reports instead of quarterly ones and to curb firms that guide shareholder voting at companies’ annual meetings. A December Trump executive order for proxy ...