Flock blog
Reading regulatory filings, sourced and dated.
Plain-English guides to the public filings Flock tracks: 13F reports, NSE and BSE shareholding patterns, bulk and block deals, and FII/DII flows. Every claim links to its source. Research, not advice.
13F API: pulling SEC fund holdings as structured data
What a 13F API should return: decoded holdings, quarter-over-quarter changes, filing dates on every row, and webhooks. Plus the lag no API can remove.
Shareholding pattern API: NSE and BSE data as JSON
What a shareholding pattern API should return: quarterly promoter, FII, DII and public holding per stock, with ISIN mapping and the filing date on every row.
Stock filing alerts India: which filings to alert on
Which stock filing alerts are worth setting up in India: exchange announcements, insider and SAST disclosures, and holder overlaps. What each one can tell you.
What is a poison pill? (2026)
A poison pill is a shareholder rights plan a board adopts to dilute an acquirer who crosses a set ownership threshold. Here is how one works. Not advice.
What is a proxy contest? (2026)
A proxy contest is a fight for shareholder votes to elect directors against the board's slate. Here are the SEC filings, deadlines, and rules. Not advice.
Proxy contest vs tender offer: the difference
Proxy contest vs tender offer: one seeks votes to change the board, the other buys shares from holders. Different filings and deadlines. Not advice.
What is Regulation FD? (2026)
Regulation FD is the SEC rule against selective disclosure: material nonpublic information given to analysts or funds must go public too. Not advice.
Regulation FD vs SEBI material event disclosure
Regulation FD vs material event disclosure: the US rule levels selective leaks, SEBI LODR Reg 30 compels disclosure on a clock. Both compared. Not advice.
What is say-on-pay? (2026)
Say-on-pay is the shareholder advisory vote on executive pay required by SEC Rule 14a-21. Here is how often it runs and where to read the result. Not advice.
What is a golden parachute? (2026)
A golden parachute is pay an executive receives on a change of control. SEC rules require it to be tabled in the deal proxy and put to a vote. Not advice.
Say-on-pay vs golden parachute vote
Say-on-pay vs golden parachute vote: one is the recurring vote on executive pay, the other a deal-specific vote on change-of-control pay. Not advice.
What is a Form BD filing? (2026)
Form BD is the SEC application a firm files to register as a broker-dealer. Here is what it discloses, the 45-day clock, and how to look a firm up.
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