Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins has indicated that the commission is very close to issuing a proposal to seek public comment on allowing public companies to provide semi-annual reports.
This is part of his goal to “make IPOs great again,” and is in response to President Trump’s personal recommendation in September 2025 that the SEC revise the reporting rules so that public companies would not be required to report on a quarterly basis.
Speaking at the Economic Club of Washington on April 21, 2026, which marks his one-year anniversary as head of the SEC, Atkins said that there has been debate and change in the frequency of corporate reporting.
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