What is an EDGAR agent? EDGAR is the Electronic Data-Gathering Analysis, and Retrieval System. This system is designed to handle the Securities and Exchange Forms that publicly held companies are required to file. What used to be done manually is now able to be done automatically online. Your Edgar agent collects, validates, indexes, accepts, and forwards appropriate forms that your company is required to submit.
EDGAR filings is a great boon for investors and companies. In the age of instant online access to nearly everything, companies did not want to wait for audit reports that took a long time for accountants to generate. With online agents, the reports are collected, synthesized, and accessible to companies and investors alike. Investors can quickly and easily view financial information of companies in which they are considering investing.
Companies are required to file these forms with the EDGAR database. Like many financial forms, these are long and complicated. Often companies don’t want to spend time on them when they have to run their businesses. The solution that companies find is to have a service prepare and file the appropriate forms for them....