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Taiwan Futures Exchange Newsletter- September Newsletter

Date 18/09/2014

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Perseus Telecom Earns INC.500 2014 Ranking - Extends Thanks To Team, Customers And Partners - Global Network And Managed Services Provider For Financial Markets, Multimedia, Ecommerce And Gaming Joins The Entrepreneurial Elite With Microsoft, Zappos, Intuit, Jamba Juice, Zipcar, Clif Bar, Vizio, Oracle, Yelp, Pandora, Timberland, Dell, Linkedin And Zillow

Date 18/09/2014

Perseus Telecom, an Irish company and leading provider of high-speed global connectivity, High Precision Time™ and Market-to-Market networks, announced today the company has been named in the 2014 INC.500 Fastest Growing Companies exclusive list of privately held companies. The 2014 INC.500 is the most competitive crop in the list's history. The average company on the list achieved a monumental three-year growth of 516%. The INC.500 is an annual ranking of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the United States, introduced in 1982. 

ASX Offers To Invest In Yieldbroker

Date 18/09/2014

ASX and Yieldbroker today announced that ASX has made a binding proposal to Yieldbroker’s shareholders to acquire a 49% shareholding in Yieldbroker for a total of $65 million. This would make ASX a significant investor alongside ANZ, CBA, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Macquarie, NAB, RBC, RBS, Toronto Dominion, UBS and Westpac.

CalPERS Names Ted Eliopoulos Chief Investment Officer

Date 18/09/2014

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today announced that Ted Eliopoulos has been selected as CalPERS Chief Investment Officer (CIO), permanently assuming responsibility for leading the investment office at the nation's largest public pension fund. Eliopoulos currently serves as CalPERS' Interim Chief Investment Officer.

Whatever Happened To Promoting Small Business Capital Formation? - SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2014

Date 18/09/2014

Thank you, David [Burton], for that introduction. I appreciate all that the Heritage Foundation in general, and David in particular, are doing to focus attention on key issues in the capital markets, and I am honored to have the opportunity to be here today.

CalPERS Outlines Plan For Financial Markets Principles - Guided By Beliefs, System Will Focus On Risk, Governance, And Transparency

Date 18/09/2014

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has outlined plans to engage in policy discussions around derivatives, housing finance, and credit rating agencies as part of its renewed focus on risk, governance, and transparency in the financial markets.

Collaboration, Cooperation And Oversight, SECChair Mary Jo White, 2014 SRO Outreach Conference Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2014

Date 18/09/2014

Thank you, Drew.

Good morning everyone. It is a pleasure to see such a great turnout for our third annual SRO Outreach Conference.

US Attorney General Holder Remarks On Financial Fraud Prosecutions At NYU School Of Law

Date 17/09/2014

Thank you, Professor [Jennifer] Arlen, for those kind words – and thank you all for being here.  It’s a privilege to be at New York University this afternoon.  And it’s an honor to stand with so many judges, U.S. Attorneys, and prominent leaders in the field of corporate compliance and enforcement – as well as the law students, faculty members, administrators, staff and alumni who make this institution such a remarkable place.

CFTC Approves Final Rule And Proposed Rule At Its Open Meeting Today

Date 17/09/2014

Today the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved a Final Rule and a Proposed Rule at an Open Meeting, as follows:

With a unanimous vote, the CFTC approved the Final Rule on Exclusion of Utility Operations-Related Swaps with Utility Special Entities from De Minimis Threshold for Swaps with Special Entities.

Remarks by US Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General For The Criminal Division Marshall L. Miller At The Global Investigation Review Program

Date 17/09/2014

Thank you, for that kind introduction.  As a born and bred New Yorker, it is a pleasure to be back in my hometown. 

I want to focus my comments today on how we in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice are addressing criminal conduct when it takes place at corporations and other institutions.  I’ll begin with a short discussion about our evolving approach to such investigations.  Then, I’ll turn to our thought process in deciding how to resolve charges against corporations with criminal exposure – or whether to bring criminal charges at all.