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SEC Sets Nov. 9 Roundtable on Machine-Understandable Data
The SEC will hold a public roundtable on Nov. 9 about machine-understandable financial data, super intelligence and related risks and costs. Fourteen panelists from firms including BlackRock, JPMorganChase, Meta and Google will discuss mark
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Fourteen panelists from firms including BlackRock, JPMorganChase, Meta and Google are set to discuss how markets use machine-understandable data at a Securities and Exchange Commission roundtable on Nov. 9. The SEC announced the event on Oct. 19, framing it around how market participants use the data with what the agency calls “Super Intelligence,” alongside related risks, costs and possible ways the Commission could support its use.
Two panels put market use and risk on the agenda
The event’s first panel, scheduled for 9:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Eastern, asks how markets use machine-understandable data and SI. Its seven panelists include BlackRock’s Global Head of Applied Innovation Erik Roth, S&P’s Dan Bennett, and Raghu Murali of JPMorganChase, alongside academics and representatives from PwC, Hudson Labs and Two Sigma.
A second panel, running from 1 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., turns to two questions: what risks and costs the SEC should consider, and how the Commission could better facilitate the technology. Its participants include Meta Chief Accounting Officer Aaron Anderson, Google Customer Engineering Manager Rajat Gupta, Workiva’s Anna Kwok and Better Markets’ Evan LeFlore. SEC staff, industry representatives, academics and an accounting-assurance firm will therefore share the agenda, though the announcement does not describe a proposed rule or a specific policy outcome.
SEC says it wants feedback, not a rulemaking vote
Joshua White, the SEC’s Chief Economist and Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, described the session as a way to gather feedback on public and market use. “Feedback from market participants will give the SEC staff insight on how the market and investing public are using machine-understandable data for SI solutions and inform the SEC staff on how the Commission can better facilitate SI,” White said.
The event notice emphasizes discussion of use, risks and costs; it does not announce new requirements for companies filing financial information or market participants using automated systems. That leaves practical questions—such as which data formats or safeguards deserve attention—to the panels and the agency’s subsequent work. The SEC has not announced what, if any, action it might take after hearing from participants.
Public webcast does not require registration
The roundtable is scheduled at SEC headquarters, 100 F Street N.E. in Washington, D.C. The press release gives the program’s hours as 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern; the event page lists check-in beginning at 8 a.m., followed by opening remarks at 9 a.m. and a data-sets-and-usage presentation at 9:15 a.m.
In-person attendance requires registration and may be limited, with visitors subject to security checks. The SEC says it will stream the event live, and viewers do not need to register for the webcast. The second panel’s central question is also the one the agency has yet to answer: how should the SEC facilitate machine-understandable data while accounting for its costs and risks?