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Shenzhen Stock Exchange Market Bulletin, 22 September, 2014, Issue 31

Date 23/09/2014

Last week, Shenzhen Component Index tumbled 1.2% to 8047.3 points. SME Index closed at 5440.3 points after losing 1.3%. ChiNext Index was down 1.6% to 1499.1 points. Total turnover for stocks and funds on SZSE was US$161.7 billion, or a 19.3% increase from the week before.
Remarks By US Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew On A Press Conference Call Regarding Announcement On Corporate Tax Inversions

Date 23/09/2014

“Comprehensive business tax reform that includes specific anti-inversion provisions is the best way to address these transactions. While that work continues, I have been urging Congress to pass anti-inversion legislation, which is the only way to close the door on these transactions entirely. Now that it is clear that Congress won’t act before the lame duck session, we are taking initial steps that we believe will make companies think twice before undertaking an inversion to try to avoid U.S. taxes.
US Treasury Announces First Steps To Reduce Tax Benefits Of Corporate Inversions - Unfair Practice Erodes The U.S. Tax Base

Date 23/09/2014

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a notice that takes targeted action to reduce the tax benefits of — and when possible, stop — corporate tax inversions. Companies are increasingly using the technique of inversion, whereby a U.S. based multinational restructures so that the U.S. parent is replaced by a foreign corporation, in order to avoid U.S. taxes. These transactions erode the U.S. tax base, unfairly placing a larger burden on all other taxpayers, including small businesses and hardworking Americans.
NZX Employee Share Plan - Team And Results

Date 22/09/2014

NZX Limited (“NZX”) advises that it has issued 519,222 NZX employee redeemable shares (“Restricted Shares”) pursuant to the terms of the NZX Employee Share Plan – Team and Results (the “Plan”).
Remarks Of US Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew On The Economics Of Climate Change Hosted By The Hamilton Project At Brookings

Date 22/09/2014

Thanks, Bob, for that introduction and for your strong leadership on the importance of combating climate change, and thank you to The Hamilton Project and Brookings for hosting this event, which focuses on a matter of great significance to our economy and our nation’s future.

SEC Announces Arrival Of New Administrative Law Judge

Date 22/09/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Jason S. Patil begins work at the agency this week as an Administrative Law Judge.
ISE Gemini® Reaches Daily Volume Milestone - Record Month-To-Date Market Share Exceeds 4.4 Percent

Date 22/09/2014

ISE Gemini® announced that it surpassed 900,000 contracts for the first time (actual: 948,609 contracts) in a single day on Friday, September 19. Month-to-date, ISE Gemini has an average daily volume (ADV) of 687,292 and an overall equity options market share of over 4.4 percent (excluding dividend trades), both new monthly records.
SEC: Wells Fargo Advisors Admits Failing To Maintain Controls And Producing Altered Document, Agrees To Pay $5 Million Penalty

Date 22/09/2014

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Wells Fargo Advisors LLC with failing to maintain adequate controls to prevent one of its employees from insider trading based on a customer’s nonpublic information. The SEC also charged Wells Fargo for unreasonably delaying its production of documents during the SEC’s investigation and providing an altered internal document related to a compliance review of the broker’s trading.
BMV Group To Neutralize All Its Corporate Events In 2014 - The Mexican Stock Exchange's ("BMV") Sustainability Strategy Includes The Neutralization Of Greenhouse Gases Produced By Its Corporate Events - The MEXICO2 Platform Grants The "Neutral Carbon" Stamp To Environmentally-Responsible Companies That Wish To Compensate The Emissions Produced By Their Corporate Events And Flights, Energy Footprints, Among Others

Date 22/09/2014

BMV Group was granted the "Neutral Carbon” stamp by the Mexican Carbon Platform, MEXICO2 for the neutralization of carbon emissions generated by its corporate events in 2014. This Group initiative sets a precedent to motivate other responsible companies and investors to look for environmentally-friendly goods and services, to achieve targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (gases the produce climate change) and to raise public awareness of the need to contribute to the fight against global warming.
Global Advisors Bitcoin Investment Fund PLC Deploys First Round Of Client Capital

Date 22/09/2014

Global Advisors Bitcoin Investment Fund (GABI) completed its initial offer period in early September. We are pleased to announce that following this successful launch; we have taken the first step to deploy the Fund’s assets into bitcoins. Recent price weakness has been observed and attributed to a series of factors. The withdrawal of UK banking services on the Isle of Man, issues with the NYDFS Bit-license, Russian Treasury comments and weakness in gold markets are elements which contributed to recent price weakness. We timed our entry to the bitcoin market accordingly. We believe the resulting entry point represents an opportune moment to initiate our first round of capital deployment.