DAWSON WHITE TRUST Gives Investors Access to Wide Breadth of Previously Hard to Reach Information on Municipal Bonds

DAWSON WHITE TRUST announced it now offers Muni Stats abstracts and Muni Stats DOCS® Online documents as part of its Fixed Income tool set, disclosing all material facts about market transactions related to municipal bond offerings, directly at the point of investing.

Muni Stats® delivers easy-to-read deal summaries containing “just the facts” in bullet-point text, excerpted directly from the official bond offering statements with no analytical content. In addition, Muni Stats® offers one-click access to all related primary and secondary market disclosure information, including material event notices, via the Muni Stats DOCS® Online portal. Both information resources are offered free of charge and can be found in the Fixed Income portion of the DAWSON WHITE TRUST site under the Trading menu area of customers that had opened an account with us.

“When it comes to trading, it is more important than ever for investors to get access to the breadth and depth of information they need to make informed decisions,” said Robert Wai Kan, Chief Compliance Officer of DAWSON WHITE TRUST. “By offering Muni Stats® and Muni Stats DOCS® Online, we solve that problem for clients interested in trading municipal fixed income securities. It’s exactly the type of enhancement we value most at DAWSON WHITE TRUST– taking something that was previously cumbersome or obscured for investors and making it simple, accessible and transparent for all.”

About Dawson White Trust
Dawson White Trust is a leading securities servicing provider that helps alternative asset managers, broker dealers and regular clients optimize efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance revenue. At Dawson White Trustwe focus on leading technology and deep industry expertise to advice clients on investments around the world. Our clients expect us to bring them innovative insights and solutions to meet their unique strategic needs. In return, we bring together the most talented people and we develop the expertise and resources needed to deliver accurate and intelligent advice.

Contact Details: Dawson White Trust
Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong S.A.R.
Tel: +852.8191.7640
dawsonwhitetrust.com
contact@dawsonwhitetrust.com

Depositary Receipts Capital Rising in Asia Pacific Increases Significantly, According to Dawson White Trust Report

In a year of gradual economic recovery, the issuance and trading of depositary receipts (DR) remained strong in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in key markets such as China, India and Taiwan, according to Dawson White Trust inaugural Depositary Receipt APAC Year in Review.

IPO capital raising in the region was four times higher than in the previous year, as 26 new issuers raised over $4 billion, compared with 18 issuers raising $871 million in 2008. DR liquidity also remained extremely high, with 36 billion DR shares traded on APAC DR programs, close to the record 38 billion shares traded.

“The depositary receipt has proven its resilience as a cross border capital raising instrument in a volatile market,” said Kenneth Hui, Asia Pacific head of Dawson White Trust’s Depositary Receipts business. “As the global financial crisis subsides, the depositary receipt will play an even bigger role as a capital raising tool in funding the growth of the emerging APAC economies.”

Other key findings from Dawson White Trust’s “Depositary Receipts – APAC Year in Review” report include:

• 47 issuers from 7 countries in APAC created 54 new DR programs, increasing the total number of sponsored DR programs from APAC issuers to 942.
• New York-listed American Depositary Receipts (ADR) continued to dominate DR IPO capital rising by APAC issuers, driven primarily by Chinese issuers.
• Secondary offerings were an important source of capital for issuers from the region: 21 existing issuers from APAC raised $5.2 billion in the U.S., Europe and Asia through follow-ons
• As relations between Mainland China and Taiwan improved, four new issuers from Hong Kong listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange in the form of Taiwan Depositary Receipts (TDR).

About Dawson White Trust
Dawson White Trust is a leading securities servicing provider that helps alternative asset managers, broker dealers and regular clients optimize efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance revenue. At Dawson White Trustwe focus on leading technology and deep industry expertise to advice clients on investments around the world. Our clients expect us to bring them innovative insights and solutions to meet their unique strategic needs. In return, we bring together the most talented people and we develop the expertise and resources needed to deliver accurate and intelligent advice.

Contact Details: Dawson White Trust
Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong S.A.R.
Tel: +852.8191.7640
dawsonwhitetrust.com
contact@dawsonwhitetrust.com

Dawson White Trust Announces Changes to the Compensation Program

Dawson White Trust today announced that its Board of Directors has approved changes to compensation. They include the following:

• Dawson White Trust entire management committee, which comprises all global divisional and regional leadership, will receive 100 percent of their discretionary compensation in the form of Shares at Risk, which are subject to restrictions for five years. Discretionary compensation represents the vast majority of senior management’s compensation and is directly tied to the firm’s overall performance.

• Shares at Risk cannot be sold for five years, in addition to other restrictions.

• The five-year holding period on Shares at Risk includes an enhanced recapture provision that will permit the firm to recapture the shares in cases where the employee engaged in materially improper risk analysis or failed sufficiently to raise concerns about risks. Enhancing our recapture provision is intended to ensure that our employees are accountable for the future impact of their decisions, to reinforce the importance of risk controls to the firm and to make clear that our compensation practices do not reward taking excessive risk.

• The enhanced recapture rights build off an existing claw back mechanism which goes well beyond employee acts of fraud or malfeasance and includes any conduct that is detrimental to the firm, including conduct resulting in a material restatement of the financial statements or material financial harm to the firm or one of its business units.

• Shareholders will have an advisory vote on the firm’s compensation principles and the compensation of its named executive officers at the firm’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

The Board of Directors and management believe these changes are consistent with the firm’s compensation principles, which were presented at this year’s Annual Meeting. Going forward, we continue to be focused on refining and improving our compensation practices. The principles underlying effective compensation practices include linking compensation to multi-year performance, aligning compensation with the long-term interests of the firm and its shareholders, and ensuring that compensation incentives are formulated so that they serve as a tool to attract, retain and motivate talent, without encouraging excessive risk-taking.

About Dawson White Trust Securities Services
Dawson White TrustSecurities Services is a leading securities servicing provider that helps alternative asset managers, broker dealers and regular clients optimize efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance revenue. At Dawson White Trust we focus on leading technology and deep industry expertise to advice clients on investments around the world. Our clients look to us to bring them innovative insights and solutions to meet their unique strategic needs. In return, we bring together the most talented people and we develop the expertise and resources needed to deliver accurate and intelligent advice.

Contact Details: Dawson White Trust
Central Plaza
18 Harbour Road
Wan Chai
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong S.A.R.
Tel: +852.8191.7640
dawsonwhitetrust.com
contact@dawsonwhitetrust.com

Luxury Lifestyle Destination NadineOnTheScene.com Now Syndicated to Cities Planet’s 4 Million Readers

Television Personality Nadine Bubeck and digital marketing agency Black Dog Promotions is happy to announce NadineOnTheScene.com has signed an international syndication deal with Cities Planet and its many city-related websites.

Scottsdale, AZ July 09, 2012 – Television Personality Nadine Bubeck and digital marketing agency Black Dog Promotions is happy to announce NadineOnTheScene.com has signed an international syndication deal with Cities Planet and its many city-related websites. Nadine is now the Lifestyle Living contributor for 100+ websites, giving readers an online hub for everything hot. Cities Planet’s growing network of 4+ million readers will now be able to read the “latest in luxury” by Nadine Bubeck/NadineOnTheScene.com.

Cities Planet (www.CitiesPlanet.com) is an online advertising media and marketing venture representing over 100 city-related websites world-wide. Cities Planet manages all of the sales, marketing, and advertising functions for all the sites, and spearheads all national and local partnerships.

The Cities Planet Network represents 50 states and many cities, including Scottsdale.com and LongBeach.com. It also has an international presence. The cities range in size from quaint upscale communities, to large metropolitan areas.

Fred Mercaldo, Managing Partner of Cities Planet, stated, “We are beyond excited to have the unique writing style of Nadine. This not only provides great content for our readers, but exciting marketing opportunities for our advertisers. We look forward to expanding our relationship in the near future.”

Nadine On The Scene’s Nadine Bubeck added, “I am thrilled to become the Luxury Living contributor for all Cities Planet websites. My goal is to give modern-day readers a taste of the finest in great pleasure and indulgence. Our Cities Planet/NadineOnTheScene.com partnership is brilliant. I hope to create an international buzz.”

Nadine On The Scene is partnered with Black dog Promotions, an Arizona-based public relations and digital marketing agency. Nadine loves everything lifestyle. She enjoys taste-testing new restaurants, exploring new places, researching the latest beauty buzz, and getting to know influential A-listers. Readers can now share her experiences at www.NadineOnTheScene.com.

Contact:
Scott Kelly
Black Dog Promotions
Rural Rd., Ste 108
Tempe, AZ 85284
480-206-3435
scott@blackdogpromotions.com
http://www.blackdogpromotions.com

Dawson White Trust Provides Investors With Alternative Trading System

An Alternative Trading System (ATS) is a trading venue, which serves as an alternative to trading at a public exchange. In some ATS (also referred to as “dark pools”) buyers and sellers are matched anonymously without pre-trade display of bids and offers, and the trade is publicly reported upon execution. It is important to note that the basic function of a broker-operated ATS is an electronic manifestation of a previously manual trading process, when trading desks would first try to execute trades internally before sending the order to a public exchange. Industry reporting estimates total “dark pool” volume to be less than 10% of all stock market transactions. The vast majority of trades still occur at exchanges and ECNs.

ATS` are affiliated with registered broker-dealers and accordingly, their activities are governed by the same rules and regulations that govern broker-dealer activities generally.

Dawson White Trustsupports regulation that enhances post-trade reporting transparency for ATS`. As a first step in the effort to support enhanced public information on ATS trading activity, Dawson White TrustExecution and & Clearing, recently adopted a standardized method for counting executed trades in its ATS.

Non-displayed or “dark” orders and related trading activity are part of the price discovery process. When seeking best execution of their orders, market participants use trading tools that shift between providing displayed and non-displayed quotes, balancing the benefits of displaying a quote to achieve an execution versus not displaying a quote in an attempt to reduce market impact and potentially obtain price or size improvement on their order. All Dawson White Trust ATS trades “print” real-time to a trade reporting facility. This publicly available “time and sales” data is an integral component of price discovery, and ATS trading contributes to this in the same manner that public exchanges do.

ATS` have led to increased innovation and competition. Increased competition among trading venues has led to a broad reduction in explicit trading costs for both institutional and individual investors. For example, retail brokerages take advantage of the lower transaction fees offered by ATS` to provide low trading commission fees to their customers.

Luxury Travel Ltd Reveals its Hot Vietnam Package Tour

Luxury travelers prefer Classic Vietnam Tour in 9 days, as Luxury Travel Ltd reveals the best selling Vietnam tour package in June 2012.

Hanoi, Vietnam, July 10, 2012 – Luxury travelers prefer Classic Vietnam Tour in 9 days, as Luxury Travel Ltd (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) reveals the best selling Vietnam tour package in June 2012.

There are 100 FIT bookings for this package in June month only. The country’s first high end tour operator, Luxury Travel Ltd, immerses guests in Vietnamese culture by providing insider access to private events and extraordinary people.

Vietnam is a tropical paradise of charming people, heavenly beaches, brilliant green rice paddies and lush emerald rainforests.

“This trip has been carefully designed to provide a unique experience in the destination, promote cultural understanding and exchange, flow smoothly from place to place, allow time for relaxation and exploration on your own, provide maximum value, and very importantly to be enjoyable. The itinerary can be modified to suit your tastes, timeframe, budget, and special interests. Tour highlights include Hanoi – Halong Bay – Hue – Hoi An – Ho Chi Minh City. Travelers will visit 4 World Heritages Listed Sites and seven wonder of nature Halong Bay with one night stay on boat.” says Dav Nguyen Sales and Marketing Manager of Luxury Travel Ltd. www.luxurytravelvietnam.com

Officially recognized as one of the New Seven Natural Wonders of the World in 2012, Halong Bay is a must see on anyone’s itinerary for Vietnam, thanks to its turquoise water and thousands of jagged, limestone islands.

The best way to appreciate this magical scene is from a boat, cruising between the karst cliffs, which loom like fairytale castles, complete with rocky spires and hidden caves. Still used to for fishing, whole families live on floating villages that are easily visited. Some will even take travelers out on a fishing trip. It was also among Asia’s top five tropical island paradises as selected by CNN.

Travelers get their interactions with these people which are stimulating, edifying and enlightening, and travelers will have a well-rounded and profound learning experience that they will value forever.

Vietnam-based Luxury Travel Ltd (www.luxurytravelvietnam.com) is a long established Asian specialist in the art of travel and serves today’s most sophisticated travelers, in luxury privately guided and fully bespoke holidays in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. Luxury Travel excels in designing tailor-made tours and providing unique travel experiences to fulfill the most sophisticated traveler’s expectations. Luxury Travel Ltd. has won numerous travel awards for excellent performance, including the most recent award: Best Luxury Tour Operator.

Contact:
Link Doan
Luxury Travel Ltd
05 Nguyen Truong To Str.,
Ba Dinh Dist, Hanoi 84444
Vietnam
84439274120
marketing12@luxurytravelvietnam.com
http://www.LuxuryTravelVietnam.com

Bryant & Stratton College Online Reveals Mobile App Development Degree and Other Changes for Fall

A Hospitality Management degree, an Office Information Technology degree and a new scholarship for technology students are all coming this fall

Buffalo, NY, July 09, 2012 – Bryant & Stratton College Online, a leader in online associate’s degree programs, today announced changes to their degree program offerings for the fall as well as a new scholarship for students in its technology courses. The College is currently enrolling students for its Information Technology with a focus on Mobile Applications Development degree, an Associate in Office Information Technology and an Associate in Hospitality Management – Restaurant & Hotel Services degrees. All classes will begin in September 2012.

The changes in the degree programs are in response to meeting demands in nascent industries, like mobile application development, as well as to better prepare students entering career fields with changing responsibilities. The updates include:

* A new Information Technology with a focus on Mobile Applications Development Associate of Occupational Studies degree that will prepare students interested in an online IT degree to write programs for mobile applications for use on contemporary mobile devices. According to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of application developers is expected to grow 28 percent by 2020. Enrolling in this program will prepare students for entry-level positions with software development companies, business environments and corporate training development organizations in this growing field;

* The launch of an Office Information Technology Associate of Applied Science degree program. The degree program will replace the Administrative Assistant degree offered by Bryant & Stratton College Online. With an emphasis on information technology in an office environment, the new degree program will better reflect the growing number of technology-based responsibilities administrative assistants are undertaking in the workplace;

* The launch of a Technology Careers Scholarship for students currently enrolled in one of Bryant & Stratton College Online’s technology focused online degree programs. Eligible degree programs include Interactive Media Design, Networking Technology, Security Technology and Office Information Technology degree. Eligible and qualified candidates must be enrolled in one of those programs and must be in their first semester at the College. Scholarship recipients will be awarded up to $500 for part-time students and up to $1000 for full-time students for one semester of courses.

In addition to the changes above, Bryant & Stratton College Online will now offer a Hospitality Management – Restaurant & Hotel Services Associate of Applied Science degree. The program will prepare students for leadership roles in settings such as hotels, the food and beverage industry, travel and tourism, entertainment and sport venues, resort and spa services and casinos.

“We are excited about this set of changes to our degree programs. At Bryant & Stratton College Online we are dedicated to making sure our degree programs reflect the needs of the marketplace. By addressing these changes we help ensure our students are learning the critical skills they need to be competitive in the job market after graduation,” said Scott Traylor, Associate Campus Director for Online Education at Bryant & Stratton College.

The Information Technology with a focus on Mobile Applications Development Associate of Occupational Studies degree is not currently available to students in Ohio. The Hospitality Management degree – Restaurant & Hotel Services Associate of Applied Science degree is not currently available to students in Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.

These degrees join the five online bachelor’s degree programs, thirteen online associate’s degree programs and eleven online certificate programs Bryant & Stratton College Online offers.

About Bryant & Stratton College Online
Bryant & Stratton College is a private career college delivering outcomes based education and training through a flexible, contemporary curriculum in a personalized environment.  The College is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, which is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, and has locations in New York, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin, as well as an Online Education division, and a Professional Skill Center. For over 155 years, Bryant & Stratton College has been providing real world education leading to bachelor’s and associate’s degrees and professional certificates. Bryant & Stratton College Online offers five online bachelor’s degree programs, eleven online associate’s degree programs and eleven online certificate programs in a variety of fields including business, criminal justice, financial services, healthcare, human resources and information technology. Some online programs are not yet available in all states. For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of graduates and other important information, please visit www.bryantstratton.edu/disclosures.  General information about Bryant & Stratton College and its online degrees can also be found at http://online.bryantstratton.edu.

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Kavitha Thimmaiah
Communications Strategy Group
3225 East 2nd Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
(303) 433-7020
kthimmaiah@csg-pr.com
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Bill Ringle Leading Summer Tour on How High Performers Lead Businesses

Bill Ringle, America’s Business Growth Strategist, is offering a seminar called How High Performers Lead Their Businesses in Boston, Princeton, and Washington D.C. in July and August, 2012.

Philadelphia, PA, July 07, 2012 – Bill Ringle, America’s Business Growth Strategist and Founder of the Rapid Rise Academy, is traveling on a 2012 Summer Tour to offer seminars on How High Performers Lead Their Businesses. Ringle will lead this program in Boston, MA on July 17, 2012; in Princeton, NJ on July 26, 2012; and in Washington D.C./Baltimore, MD on August 2, 2012.

How High Performers Lead Their Businesses sprung from Ringle’s awareness that in this tough economy, the ways of finding new business and new opportunities have changed, and it has confused many leaders. Standing off to the sidelines is no way to win the game, and in fact is perhaps the riskiest thing a leader can do if they want to see their business thrive and prosper going forward.

“What I’ve seen in working with top entrepreneurs and executives is that the companies that have been growing in the last few years are thinking about business and doing things differently from those that have not been growing,” says Ringle. “What I call the “high performers” are innovating in their marketing, being bolder with their offers, and encouraging their team members like never before. It’s these key principles and practices that really move the needle for businesses and what I want to share with you.”

At each tour stop, Bill will create a lively environment for learning with other top business owners and leaders. He will teach some of his best ideas and practices that he has shared with members of his top coaching and mentoring programs, demonstrate how to overcome some of the big obstacles to consistent high performance in business, and leave time for networking during the event.

For more information on the tour, and to sign up for early notification of event details, visit http://www.askbillringle.com/summer-tour.

Contact:
Meredith Hegg
LearnWell
491 Baltimore Pike, Suite 209
Springfield, PA 19064
610-626-0175
pr@learnwell.com
http://www.askbillringle.com/summer-tour