Compliance into the Weeds: Quarterly Reporting Discussion

Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. In this episode, Matt Kelly and I take a very deep dive the implications from President Trump’s tweet on Friday, August 17^th about quarterly financial reporting by public companies.

Some of the highlights from this podcast are:

1. What was the reason behind the tweet?
2. Is this simply an attempt to require less transparency in financial reporting?
3. Would a longer financial reporting cycle allow companies to plan to the longer term?
4. Would this negatively impact short-sellers?

We unpack of all these points and consider the SEC’s response going forward.

For more reading: see Wall Street Journal Article, “The End of Quarterly Reporting? Not Much to Cheer About”.

See NYT Dealbook article, “Trump Asks S.E.C. to Study Quarterly Earnings Requirements for Public Firms”.