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US Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell Delivers Remarks At The Criminal Division's Cybersecurity Industry Roundtable

Date 29/04/2015

Thank you, Attorney General Lynch, for taking the time today to be here with us.  I know that you have to leave.  We are truly honored that you joined us.       

I would also like to thank my law enforcement partners around the table for their participation today including: John Carlin, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, and Luke Dembosky, one of his deputies; David Hickton, U.S. Attorney of the Western District of Pennsylvania; Jim Trainor, Acting Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division; and Stuart Tryon, Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service’s Criminal Investigative Division.

US Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks At The Criminal Division's Cybersecurity Industry Roundtable

Date 29/04/2015

Thank you, Leslie [Caldwell], for that very kind introduction, and thank you all for being here this morning.  While I’m eager to talk about the important cyber security issues you’ve come here to discuss, I’d first like to address the ongoing situation in Baltimore and the actions that we here at the department are taking to address it.  I have been in direct contact with officials in Maryland, including the Governor and I have directed this department to provide any assistance that might be helpful in restoring calm and resolving the unrest that broke out across the city. I also want to express my deepest condolences to the family of Freddie Gray. The Civil Rights Division and the FBI are already conducting a full and independent investigation into the tragic death of Mr. Gray.  And both the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the Community Relations Service have been working to defuse tensions as that process continues.  Vanita Gupta, head of the department’s Civil Rights Division and Ronald Davis, director of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office), are meeting with faith and community leaders in Baltimore and they visited a police officer last night who remains hospitalized after being injured in the conflict.  They told me he seemed to be in good spirits and I want to convey my best wishes for his speedy recovery.

Remarks Of US Treasury Under Secretary For International Affairs Nathan Sheets At The Center For Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) On The Upcoming 2015 Strategic And Economic Dialogue (S&ED)

Date 29/04/2015

It’s a great pleasure to be here among so many proponents of economic engagement with China.  I know many of you have devoted a good deal of your careers to this endeavor.  In particular, Matt, the work that you and CSIS have done over the years has been enormously helpful as we try to improve our strategies and tactics for engaging with China bilaterally and multilaterally.  In that context, I will focus my remarks today on an important mechanism for this engagement, the Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED).

SEC Proposes Rules To Require Companies To Disclose The Relationship Between Executive Pay And A Company’s Financial Performance - Rules Would Provide Greater Transparency And Better Inform Shareholders

Date 29/04/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose rules to require companies to disclose the relationship between executive compensation and the financial performance of a company.  The proposed rules, which would implement a requirement mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act, would provide greater transparency and allow shareholders to be better informed when they vote to elect directors and in connection with advisory votes on executive compensation.

Dr Patrick Strange To Join NZX Board Of Directors

Date 29/04/2015

NZX is pleased to announce Dr Patrick Strange has accepted an invitation to join the NZX Board of Directors. Patrick’s appointment is effective 1 May 2015 and will be subject to confirmation by NZX shareholders at NZX’s Annual Meeting to be held on 21 May.

SEC Proposes Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Rules Regarding Activity In The U.S. - Rules Would Provide Increased Transparency And Enhanced Oversight

Date 29/04/2015

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose rules governing the application of certain requirements to security-based swap transactions connected with a non-U.S. person’s dealing activity in the United States.  The rules require a non-U.S. company that uses U.S. personnel to arrange, negotiate, or execute a transaction in connection with its dealing activity to include that transaction in determining whether it is required to register as a security-based swap dealer. 

Statement At Open Meeting On Cross-Border Security-Based Swap Rules Regarding Activity In The United States, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar, April 29, 2015

Date 29/04/2015

Thank you, Chair White.

And thanks to all of the staff who worked so hard to develop this thoughtful proposal.

The rulemaking before us today represents another key step in the Commission’s ongoing effort to implement Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, which gives the Commission regulatory oversight of the security-based swap market. Each time the Commission gathers to vote on a Title VII rulemaking, we highlight the complexity of the security-based swap market and the difficulty of crafting rules to effectively regulate its products and participants. This difficulty and complexity is nowhere more evident than in the subject matter of today’s rulemaking, the application of our rules to the personnel of non-U.S. persons located in the United States.

Statement On Proposed Rule On Pay Versus Performance, SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein, April 29, 2015

Date 29/04/2015

I want to begin by thanking the staff for all their hard work on this proposed rule.  I would particularly like to thank Eduardo Aleman, Felicia Kung and Jenny Riegel from the Division of Corporation Finance, and Tara Bhandari and Walter Hamscher from the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA). 

OTCGH'S EOXLIve Reaches 43% Of Natural Gas Options Market Volume

Date 29/04/2015

OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH), the leading independent commodities interdealer broker, announced today that on April 28, 2015 its EOXLive platform represented 43 percent of options volume on the NYMEX Henry Hub natural gas benchmark. The volume represented 26,725 contracts.

CFTC Swaps Report Update

Date 29/04/2015

CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.