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Extension of Compliance Dates for Electronic Submission of Certain Materials Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS Report
The Securities and Exchange Commission published this final rule in the Federal Register on September 10, 2025. It took effect on September 10, 2025.
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What the agency says
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is extending by twelve months the compliance dates for certain of the rule amendments the Commission adopted on December 16, 2024, regarding the electronic submission of certain materials under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") and amendments to the FOCUS Report (Form X-17A-5), a periodic financial and operational report filed by broker-dealers and security-based swap dealers.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-17402
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule; extension of compliance dates
- Agency
- Securities and Exchange Commission
- Published
- September 10, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 10, 2025
- Dates
- Effective Date: This release is effective September 10, 2025. The effective date for the Commission release adopted on December 16, 2024, which is entitled "Electronic Submission of Certain Material Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; Amendments Regarding the FOCUS Report", remains March 24, 2025.
- Docket
- Release Nos. 33-11386; 34-103877; IC-35738; File No. S7-08-23
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 3235-AL85
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 17 CFR 202; 17 CFR 232; 17 CFR 240; 17 CFR 249
- Pages
- 5
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