SEC Will Move to Overhaul Investor Disclosures, Atkins Says (3)

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.

“It’s a good time to look at the whole panoply of ways that people get information, how it’s disseminated and what’s fit for purpose,” Atkins said during an interview on CNBC.

He noted that many investors get more information from earnings calls rather than the quarterly reports.

Paul Atkins, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), during a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Photographer: Nathan Howard/Bloomberg

Atkins echoed ...