The SEC introduced a pilot program intended to simplify investor analysis and comparisons of public company financial statement data. The new program will organize data provided by companies into structured data sets which can be used for bulk downloads on the SEC’s website by investors. The SEC anticipates that such data sets will be expanded in 2015 to contain data in footnotes to the financial statements.

View examples of financial statement structured data sets.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve along with other regulatory agencies responsible for implementing the Volcker Rule added an additional question under the Volcker Rule Frequently Asked Questions page relating to metrics reporting and confidentiality under the Freedom of Information Act. The updated FAQs indicate that the agencies will maintain the confidentiality of the reported information to the extent permitted by law and encourages entities subject to Appendix A of the Volcker Rule to evaluate potential exemptions and ask for confidential treatment if appropriate, including under Exemption 4 of the FOIA, which exempts confidential trade secrets and commercial information from disclosure. 

View the updated Volcker Rule FAQs.