Update and clarify the Securities Act registration requirements for ABS offerings.
Codify interpretive positions that allow Exchange Act reporting tailored to ABS.
Provide disclosure guidance and requirements for Securities Act and Exchange Act filings that involve ABS.
Streamline and codify interpretive positions that permit the use of written communications in a registered offering of ABS in addition to the statutory prospectus.
For more information on Regulation AB, see the adopting release.
Note that the SEC has issued final rules for registered ABS known as Regulation AB II (Reg AB II). For details on Reg AB II, see Practice Note, Regulation AB II: Overview.