SEC: Regulators

One of the few new SEC rules for 2026 just got pushed back 18 months

The Commission decides to extend the compliance deadline for the de minimis exception from swap registrations from Nov. 8, 2026 to May 8, 2028

RCW asked some industry pros for their best guesses of what you're likely to run into this year

These are the new rules that are due to take effect this year

Rule 30–5(g)(8) will enable the IM director to authorize the issuance of orders under the Advisers Act to grant, deny, and revoke confidential treatment of ...

"Trading platforms and market participants need to be able to operate under the certainty of clear market structure rules that facilitate fair and orderly markets ...

"This statement provides clarity about the Division’s views to broker-dealers seeking to provide custody services to their customers"

"This statement addresses any broker-dealer that carries crypto asset securities for customers, including broker-dealers that conduct a traditional securities business"

"This technology makes it possible to balance the government’s interest in deterring threats to our national security and the American public’s interest in privacy. But ...

"We should be mindful of not permitting a regulatory framework that creates an omnipotent financial surveillance system that instills the fear of constant monitoring in ...