U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

A public livestream will examine how to modernize the IPO process and broaden access to U.S. public markets, with the SEC’s Small Business Advisory Committee focused on smaller issuers.

The SEC will host a July 13, 2026, 2 p.m. livestream on modernizing IPOs and broadening public market access, co-led by the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and the Division of Corporation Finance. The session is a signaling event, with concrete policy direction hinging on any data requests, guidance, or rulemaking steps that follow.

The SEC’s Office of Municipal Securities refreshed its Registration of Municipal Advisors FAQs to sharpen how municipal advisor registration and recordkeeping apply in practice. The move signals supervisory focus and has operational implications for advisors and issuers.