As we reflect on 2023 and look toward 2024, it’s clear that the fintech industry is experiencing an unprecedented period of change in terms of regulatory proposals, technology and data. In this article, Eric Johnson, DFIN’s president of Global Investment Companies, shares his view on the key factors shaping the industry now.

SEC regulations and the rise of structured data

During the last few years, we’ve seen both the volume and the pace of SEC regulations increase exponentially, with no slowdown in the immediate future.

Listed closed-end fund shareholder reports dated June 30, 2024, may have to comply with more than one XBRL mandate

Currently, Form N-2 registrations that are filed pursuant to General Instruction A.2 must tag applicable prospectus disclosure items using inline XBRL (iXBRL), which are included in Form N-CSR using the Closed-End Fund (CEF) taxonomy.

In his new SecurityInfoWatch article, Craig Clay discusses the exponential growth in cyberthreats and how a partnership between the CEO and CISO holds the key to defeating those threats. Working together, they can master two essential components of an effective cybersecurity strategy, data management and risk mitigation, to defend the company’s critical assets.

In his latest article in Cybersecurity Insiders, Dannie Combs, Senior Vice President and CISO at DFIN, outlines three risk mitigation strategies to help organizations get a better handle on the latest security risks and threats to data. These include knowing and understanding your legal and regulatory obligations, maintaining a strong identity and access management (IAM) framework, and staying vigilant about security vulnerabilities in Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots.

Featured in Strategic CHRO, Dawnet Beverley, Executive Vice President of Global Capital Markets at DFIN, shares her insights on treating people with kindness in the workplace and how it can impact your employees and your business.

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In his new Law360 article, Craig Clay, President of Global Capital Markets at DFIN shares details about the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA), how it will help transform financial data regulatory reporting and compliance and support the growing adoption of key RegTech solutions, including artificial intelligence and machine learning.

DFIN sponsors this unique Equilar report that features both trends data, and insight driving these trends, on key issues that companies may face in 2023, including:

A very active SEC enacted significant new rules affecting director elections and executive compensation disclosure in 2022, and appears poised to enact new climate disclosure requirements in 2023.

If embraced and executed with care, these new regulatory requirements can elevate a company’s reputation in the eyes of investors and other stakeholders. Alternatively, they can expose a company, its executives and its board to unwanted scrutiny and risks.

Find out why its a bad idea to combine important security officer roles in the modern digital age where cybersecurity is of the utmost importance. Darren Wray shares key insights on CISO and Data Protection Officer roles and how they prioritize data security.