SEC Publishes Its 2026 Rulemaking Agenda

The SEC’s 2026 rulemaking agenda and statement of regulatory priorities recently went public as part of the federal governments overall 2026 Regulatory Plan.

The agenda lists 38 potential SEC rulemakings and reflects Chairman Atkins’s broadly deregulatory orientation, with proposals aimed at: cutting compliance burdens, facilitating capital formation, revitalizing public markets to “Make IPOs Great Again,” widening retail access to private markets, and building a crypto framework. As expected, many of the pending proposals are anticipated to reshape the disclosure, proxy, capital-raising, and governance rules that public companies live by.

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