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Defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are in one of their strongest funding positions in decades, and a record 95% of those with de-risking goals, up from 76% in 2019, ultimately intend to completely divest their pension liabilities. According to MetLife's 2026 Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) Poll, released today, PRT remains the key solution, with 88% of these sponsors considering a PRT solution with an insurer. The poll found an average funded ratio of 96%, with 36% of plans overfunded and 102% among plans with $3 billion or more in assets.

The Best One Yet (TBOY), the daily pop-business news podcast with over 150 million lifetime downloads, today announced two new franchises launching in partnership with Nasdaq.

Pacific Coast Energy Company (PCEC), a California-based energy company with more than 30 years of heavy crude experience, is pleased to announce strategic agreements with Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) relating to the rejuvenation and development of oil fields in the Delta and Cabimas blocks. Over the lifetime of the contracts, PCEC projects investing $3.5 billion in total capital.

First Trust Advisors L.P. ("First Trust"), a leading exchange-traded fund ("ETF") provider and asset manager, announced it has launched the FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Buffer & Resilient Income ETF (NYSE Arca: ACYB) (the “fund”).

Kyoto Fusioneering, Ltd. (“KF”) has begun a joint development program with Daido Steel Co., Ltd. to establish commercial manufacturing technology for low-activation vanadium alloy, one of three candidate structural materials for fusion blankets. Under the program the two companies have melted and forged a cumulative 200 kg of high-purity vanadium into round bars and plates and are now jointly evaluating the manufacturing and processing technologies required to produce these materials. Going forward, the companies will proceed toward the fabrication of a blanket mock-up, with a view to the future practical application of this material as a blanket structural material for fusion machines.

DarrowEverett LLP, a full-service law firm serving clients nationwide, has selected Laurel as its AI time intelligence platform and is rolling it out to every attorney and paralegal across its eight-office footprint. Laurel connects directly to the firm's practice management system, so timekeepers can review AI-drafted time entries and release them straight to billing, creating more time for high-value, client-focused work.

Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment insights, today launched Morningstar Direct AI, a reimagined, agentic software experience for its flagship platform. Live today for global users, Direct AI is designed to allow investment professionals to uncover insights, explore opportunities, and perform analysis that was previously fragmented across tools, dependent on institutional knowledge, or required considerable manual workarounds.

Bento Engine today announced the launch of its Model Context Protocol (MCP) layer, giving AI agents secure, real-time access to Bento’s compliant, multi-format content. Built for enterprise buyers, large RIAs, and other fintechs, Bento’s MCP allows wealth management firms to put Bento’s trusted content into agentic workflows without compromising regulatory, content, or brand standards.

Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released its monthly Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI), which analyzes the 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans.

Miach Orthopaedics, Inc., developer of the BEAR® Implant for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) restoration, today announced publication of new two-year results from the post-commercialization Bridge Registry, published in Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (KSSTA)1, demonstrating low ACL retear rates and excellent patient-reported outcomes in real-world clinical practice. Publication coincides with the milestone of more than 10,000 patients treated with the BEAR Implant in the U.S. since commercial launch.

Lenovo, the global technology powerhouse, today announced that its annual global innovation event will return to CES® 2027 in Las Vegas. Hosted at Sphere and part of the CES Keynote lineup, Tech World will bring together a visionary lineup of speakers and breakthrough innovations with a first-of-its-kind immersive technology and music experience.

Woodford Reserve is celebrating its 30th anniversary, marking three decades of setting the gold standard for super-premium American whiskey and pioneering modern bourbon tourism.

Outreach, the leading agentic AI platform for revenue teams, announced findings from The Total Economic Impact™ Of Outreach, a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Outreach. The study modeled the potential financial impact of Outreach for a composite organization representative of interviewed customers, finding 244% ROI, $19.2 million in benefits present value, and $13.6 million in net present value over three years, and payback in less than six months.

AgelessRx, the first-of-its-kind longevity care platform making proactive, evidence-informed care more accessible, today announced the launch of GHK-Cu Cream, a prescription copper peptide cream designed to support the repair and renewal processes that naturally change with age.

Nodal Exchange announced growth in its power, environmental and natural gas markets in September 2026. Nodal power futures volume for September was 280,616,790, a 31% increase from the month prior. Q3 traded power futures volume totaled 693,282,299. Nodal is the #1 power futures exchange in the U.S. with 1.431 billion MWh of open interest and ~ 55% market share as of the end of September 2026.

ClinPro Trials (CPT), The Compliance CRO™, today announced its independent clinical compliance assessment service for biopharmaceutical sponsors, boards, and investors.

CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, today announced the final speaker lineup and agenda for its fifth annual CAIS Alternative Investment Summit (“CAIS Summit” or “the event”), the industry’s marquee gathering of financial advisors and alternative asset managers, taking place October 12–15 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California.

Ichor Holdings, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ICHR), a leader in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of critical fluid delivery subsystems and components for semiconductor capital equipment, will announce third quarter 2026 results on Monday, November 2nd, 2026.

Increase today announced an integration with Spade, which provides real-time merchant data for card transactions. Card transactions on Increase now include an enrichment record from Spade with the merchant's name, legal name, logo, website, phone number, store location, and an industry category up to four levels deep.

Credit Union of Denver (C∙U∙D), Colorado's oldest state-chartered credit union, announced its partnership with Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST), the leading artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace, to expand access to affordable personal loans for consumers while delivering a fast, convenient digital lending experience.

Transcripta Bio, an AI-powered drug discovery company focused on neurological and neuromuscular disease, and Synfini, Inc., an agile AI foundry for small-molecule drug discovery, today announced results from a research collaboration that has produced a validated-quality lead candidate directed at MSH3, a gene increasingly understood to drive the somatic repeat expansion that paces the progression of Huntington’s disease. The companies reached the milestone in a matter of weeks.

First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a premier provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions and the leader in the digital transformation of its industry, today announced that it will host a conference call to discuss its third-quarter 2026 earnings results on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, at 11 a.m. EDT.

F5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today announced enhanced cloud-native network functions and new observability capabilities that help service providers modernize critical network services as they move from virtualized infrastructure to Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures.

As the holiday season approaches, PeriShip is calling on companies that ship perishable goods — including specialty foods, seafood, meats, produce, floral products, and pharmaceuticals — to begin peak-season preparations now to avoid costly delays, spoilage, and customer dissatisfaction.

First Washington Realty (“FWR”), a vertically integrated, institutional real estate investment firm focused on high-quality grocery-anchored and necessity-based shopping centers, today announced the sale of two fully leased, Publix-anchored shopping centers – Airpark Plaza and The Shoppes at Quail Roost – to Publix Super Markets, Inc (“Publix”). Both shopping centers are in Miami, Florida.

Allvue Systems, LLC ("Allvue"), a leading technology provider for private capital markets, today unveils its next generation of agentic and Model Context Protocol (MCP) capabilities at Allvue Access 2026, demonstrating its continued commitment to making private markets transparent, efficient, and connected.

Peyton AI® today launched an AI-powered triage platform for medical negligence claims, built to help law firms, malpractice insurers and hospital risk teams learn in minutes whether a case merits further investment, a call that typically takes months of record review and an initial expert report.

Registered investment advisors (RIAs) increasingly view international and emerging markets exposure as essential to client portfolios and prefer active ETFs to access those markets, according to a new survey commissioned by William Blair Investment Management.

O’Reilly, a knowledge company delivering the expertise that drives business outcomes, today announced the launch of Expert Intelligence, an organization-wide suite of tools that grounds enterprise AI in O'Reilly's deep repository of practitioner knowledge and calls on job-specific agent skills to generate actionable guidance for real-world work, verified through citations from named authors.

Rivercell, a Paris-based biotechnology and AI company building its own data infrastructure on how human cells respond to any treatment and training a world model of the cell that can predict those responses, today announced a $25 million seed round led by HV. HCVC, Alven and Bpifrance Digital Venture also participated in the round, which will fund the scale-up of Rivercell’s proprietary data generation platform, the expansion of its wet lab in Paris (a lab working with chemicals and biological samples), and the launch of its AI Virtual Cell program. Being indication-agnostic, Rivercell's world model can drive groundbreaking discovery across any cell behavior that leads to disease because it learns the underlying rules of how human cells respond to drugs and genetic changes, not the features of a single disease.

Alchemer, a global leader in customer experience and feedback intelligence, today released its 2026 Fan Experience Report Card for Sports Venues and Teams, revealing that fans remain enthusiastic about live sports but want teams and venues to make the experience surrounding the game more predictable and easier to navigate. The study of 1,064 U.S. fans who attended a professional or college sporting event in the past 12 months examined four critical parts of the game-day experience: ticket value, the venue experience, technology and fan feedback.

Carpe today released its second annual Online Fraud Insights Report, analyzing insurance claims fraud activity across its platform in the United States. The report found that from 2024 to 2025, fraud referral rates declined across disability (-1.7%), workers’ comp (-0.7%), and auto (-0.4%). Carpe also found its modeled value of contradictory alerts increased from $230.6 million in 2024 to $263.8 million in 2025 across its platform, based on reported outcomes from carriers. The data suggests that even as the frequency of fraud may be decreasing, the severity and cost of those claims continue to drive substantial losses for insurers and claimants.

A customer asks their distributor whether a Siemens communication module, part number 3RW5950-0CH00, works with a 3RW52 soft starter, and the distributor turns to AI to find out. Claude, with web search turned on, said yes all three times it was asked. The verified answer is no. The module belongs with the 3RW55 series, and an order placed on that answer ships a part that doesn’t fit the equipment it was bought for.

Aera Technology, the decision intelligence leader, today announced AeraHUB 26 NYC, its annual global summit taking place October 27–28, 2026, at Pier Sixty in New York City. Leaders from Alcon, Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, Avantor, ExxonMobil, Kerry Group, AstraZeneca, Sol de Janeiro, Bristol Myers Squibb, and more will share how they are using decision intelligence to accelerate decision-making, optimize operations, and create business value.

Avenue Z, a digital marketing, PR and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO/GEO) agency that specializes in AI search visibility, today released a new AI Visibility Index (AIVx) Report with findings across five B2B technology categories: RegTech, InsurTech, MarTech, HealthTech, LogisticsTech.

Cryptocurrency is becoming part of how many Americans think about building wealth, according to Charles Schwab's 2026 Modern Wealth Survey. The annual survey examines Americans' perspectives on saving, spending, investing and wealth.

Sheridan Capital Partners (“Sheridan” or “SCP”) today announced the successful closing of Sheridan Capital Partners Fund IV (“Fund IV”) at its hard cap with $1.1 billion of total institutional capital commitments.

Alchemer, a global leader in customer experience and feedback intelligence, today released The 2026 Stadium Scorecard, ranking 20 of America’s sports venues. The select Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Football League (NFL) venues were ranked based on an analysis of 6,238 Google reviews. The scorecard goes beyond star ratings to examine what fans say about their experiences with stadiums, from staff and parking to food, value, entertainment and atmosphere.

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today opened the NTT DATA AI Factory Munich, a real-world environment where clients can test how their AI applications will perform at scale before they invest in broad deployments. Unlike a traditional AI demonstration or innovation lab, the AI Factory Munich operates within a live data center environment (NTT Global Data Centers' Munich 2 Data Center), allowing clients to evaluate AI workloads against the infrastructure, security, data, governance and operational requirements they will face in production.

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI) has launched SignalLab, a platform that brings research-backed, methodology-governed signals across multiple investment domains together with the tools that teams need to test and deploy them at scale.

Brevet Capital (“Brevet”), a leading alternative credit, specialty finance and asset-backed finance firm, today announced a partnership with Navis Wealth Advisors, LLC (“Navis”), an independent family office wealth management firm based in Rye Brook, New York. The partnership provides Brevet’s EB-5 investors and their families direct access to the Navis American Onboarding Process (“AOP”), a personalized framework designed to help foreign nationals understand and navigate the U.S. financial system as they establish their lives in the United States.

Bamboo Rose, a leading end-to-end solution provider for product development and supply chain management, today announced that premium global cycling apparel brand MAAP is adopting Bamboo Rose TotalPLM™ end-to-end to support its next phase of global growth. By bringing planning, design, product development, sourcing, and order management together on a single AI-native platform, MAAP will give its teams a single connected source of truth from concept to production.

The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) today announced the release of the third chapter of its Building Better Broadband: Accelerating Designs & Securing Permit Approvals guide, continuing its effort to give broadband providers, engineering firms, and deployment teams practical guidance for moving fiber projects from planning through construction.

Endeavor Catalyst today announced the final close of Endeavor Catalyst Fund V, an oversubscribed $320 million fund that brings the firm's total assets under management to more than $850 million.

Wyze today announced a new Pro AI add-on that puts Wyze Stories, the multi-camera AI feature introduced on Sept. 1, within reach of any Wyze household for $4.99 per camera per month. Until now, Wyze Stories was available only through the $19.99/month Cam Unlimited Pro plan. Stories groups footage from multiple cameras into a single event and sends one descriptive notification instead of one per camera.

Connect Media, a privately held media company based in Los Angeles and the nation's largest provider of commercial real estate news, today announced it has acquired RENTV.com, a commercial real estate (CRE) news site founded in 1998. The acquisition also includes The REview video tool, the CRE Talk podcast and RENTV conferences. Connect Media founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ceniceros will serve as CEO of the combined company. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCSG) today announced that it acquired NEXDINE Hospitality (“NEXDINE”), a privately held leader in dining and hospitality service management, with a strong presence in the senior living market.

Digitate, a leader in Agentic AIOps, today announced a wave of 2026 momentum toward its vision of Autonomous IT: new analyst recognition, a landmark Microsoft partnership, and expanded ecosystem reach.

Imply today unveiled its expanded vision for the security information and event management (SIEM) market, with Imply Lumi providing the data platform for the agentic SIEM. Imply is bringing modern data architecture to security teams facing growing data volumes, rising costs and new demands from AI-driven investigations, while preserving the SIEM tools and workflows they already depend on.

Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET), a leader in AI fabric networking, today announced its open Ethernet rack-scale portfolio to power high-density scale-up and scale-out AI infrastructure. Engineered in partnership with leading compute technology companies such as AMD, Arm, Broadcom, d-Matrix, Meta, Microsoft, and Qualcomm, see quotes here, this effort leverages the Ethernet for Scale-up Networks (ESUN) initiative. With this set of platforms, Arista extends Ethernet into scale-up domains with liquid-cooled racks built for extreme density, power, and thermal demands, supporting up to 144 accelerators per rack and even more via cross-rack architecture. The result is an open, standards-based alternative to proprietary compute islands, enabling cloud titan operators to scale AI infrastructure with their preferred architecture.

Cargill is expanding its renewable electricity portfolio in the United States through solar and wind projects in Oklahoma and South Dakota. By focusing on regions where it operates, the company is working to reduce emissions from how food is produced and processed while supporting more resilient and efficient operations.

Planet DDS today announced it has surpassed 100 integration partners on DentalOS®, its platform for multi-location dental groups and DSOs, including 15+ newly added partners. The additions span AI and analytics, revenue cycle management, patient financing, scheduling, imaging, communications, and managed IT services.

Ingevity Corporation (NYSE: NGVT) announced today that it will release its third quarter 2026 earnings after the stock market close on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.

Three Corners Connector celebrated the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) announcement of projects selected for potential funding under the Speed to Power through Accelerated Reconductoring and other Key Advanced Transmission Technology Upgrades (SPARK) program. The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services applied for up to $250 million in federal funding under the SPARK program with Three Corners Connector as a subrecipient, to support the execution of the Three Corners Connector transmission line. DOE has selected this project to proceed with negotiations toward a final award.

The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) today announced that its Fiber for Breakfast series will celebrate its 300th episode on Wednesday, October 14, with special guest Arielle Roth, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Stablecore, the platform enabling community and regional banks to offer stablecoins, tokenized deposits and digital asset products, today announced its official endorsement from the Montana Bankers Association, the professional organization enriching Montana’s banks as they provide capital to businesses and households, forge relationships in local communities and support economic growth across the state.

AlphaCore Wealth Advisory ("AlphaCore"), a leading independent wealth advisory firm, today announced the addition of Blue Rock Financial Group ("Blue Rock"), a Sussex County, Delaware-based wealth management firm. The addition strengthens AlphaCore's growing Mid-Atlantic presence following its acquisition of SPC Financial, whose team helped launch AlphaCore Tax Services in November 2025.

Arcesium, a leading global financial technology provider to the investment industry, today announced an integration with MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), a leading electronic trading platform for fixed income securities, to provide investment firms with seamless data solutions across the fixed income trade lifecycle. With the integration of MarketAxess CP+™ and TraX® market data into Arcesium’s Aquata® and Opterra® platforms, hedge funds, institutional asset managers and capital markets firms can now connect front-to-back workflows and improve data accuracy across investment and operational processes.

Voyager Technologies (NYSE: VOYG) appointed Patrick Yarborough as vice president, Investor Relations, effective immediately, bringing more than a decade of capital markets, investor communications and corporate development experience to the company.

Incubeta, a marketing outcomes agency powered by AI, released its latest report, “Tomorrow’s World: The 2027 Marketing Outlook,” which outlines how marketers should adjust their strategy as AI agents influence consumer behavior. The report describes that 60% of informational queries are now resolved within the search interface itself and without the user ever going to the brand’s domain, highlighting the shifting demands associated with zero-click searches.

A Place for Mom, the nation’s leading senior care advisory platform that has guided millions of families through the aging journey, today released its 2026 Next Generation of Senior Living Report. Based on a survey of U.S. adults ages 60 to 90, the report examines what older adults want from senior living and where they question whether communities will meet their expectations.

FS Vector, a leading strategic consulting firm for companies innovating in financial services, today announced the promotions of Max Sherman and Jasper Sneff Nanni to Partner, and Evey Guo to Managing Principal.

Small business owners increasingly want the tools they use to run their businesses to work together and be managed in one place. In recent Chase research, 89% of business owners said they would find it valuable to manage payroll within the same platform they use for business banking and payments, highlighting growing demand for a more connected business experience. Additionally, 37% said meeting payroll put pressure on cash flow over the last six months, underscoring how closely payroll is tied to the broader financial health of a business.1

LastPass, the secure access solution that helps organizations and users work, move faster, and stay protected, today announced the initial offering of a secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) that provides consumers with enhanced online privacy, more secure public Wi-Fi use, and fast service connections. LastPass VPN is available through the new LastPass Plus offering, which also includes the company’s industry-leading password manager. With LastPass Plus, customers can extend trusted credential protection to their browsing activity, all without deploying a new account, application, or vendor.

RealManage, one of the country’s leading community association management companies, today released The Visibility Gap, its 2026 Insights Report based on survey responses of over 900 board members, developers, and committee members across 38+ states. The report examines how association boards and other community stakeholders are managing financial pressure, technology adoption, operational complexity, and resident expectations.

As financial institutions adopt AI and other data-driven technologies, transparent communication about data use can be an important part of maintaining customer confidence. Abrigo, a leading provider of compliance, credit risk, lending and data analytics solutions for U.S. financial institutions, surveyed consumers about how they borrow, what they expect from lenders and how they feel about technology and AI in the lending process.

TEN (Transportation Equipment Network), the largest full-service trailer lessor in North America, renting, leasing, financing, and maintaining semi-trailers, has appointed Daniel Incandela as Chief Marketing Officer.

Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR) today announced it will release third quarter 2026 results after market close on October 28, 2026 and will host a business review conference call that day at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time. The conference call will be webcast on Aurora’s investor relations website at ir.aurora.tech. A replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days following the call.

Uploadcare, used by more than 10,000 teams globally, today announced new brand and strategic positioning as “the infrastructure behind every file,” better reflecting its role as the foundational layer developers rely on to upload, store, transform and deliver images, video and documents at scale.

Nashville Soccer Club today announced a multi-year partnership with SeatGeek, the technology company that has put data at the center of the live event experience from day one, as the club's Official Ticketing Partner. Beginning in 2027, SeatGeek will power ticketing for Nashville SC at GEODIS Park and for Huntsville City Football Club, its MLS NEXT Pro affiliate, at Wicks Family Field at Joe Davis Stadium.

Regions Bank on Wednesday announced the launch of its Materials and Infrastructure Group, a specialized Corporate Banking team serving clients that manufacture and distribute materials used in building products, infrastructure, packaging and other specialty material related industries.

Clinisys, a global leader in laboratory informatics, today announced the expansion of its innovation portfolio with integrated document intelligence capabilities in Clinisys™ Laboratory Solution (CLS), helping laboratories capture, govern, search, and activate information across scientific and operational workflows while advancing Clinisys's vision of connected laboratory intelligence.

New York Life today announced that Meghan Shea will become head of Group Benefit Solutions (GBS), effective Jan. 1, 2027. GBS provides workplace benefits solutions to employers and their employees. Shea will report to Alain Karaoglan, executive vice president and head of New York Life’s Strategic Businesses. She will succeed Scott Berlin, who will retire from New York Life on Dec. 31, 2026, following more than 36 years of service.

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will progressively switch the raw material used for its proprietary all-aluminum DiASil Cylinder from conventional virgin aluminum to recycled aluminum alloy. Once the switch has been completed for all products using DiASil Cylinders (scheduled for 2030), the transition is expected to reduce CO₂ emissions by approximately 47,000 tons annually (estimate).

HPE (NYSE: HPE) today announced the first four of its HPE ProLiant Gen13 Servers powered by 6th Generation AMD EPYC™ Server processors. The new systems expand compute, memory, and I/O capabilities to help enterprises accelerate agentic AI and inference, analytics, virtualization, simulation, and modeling while strengthening security, simplifying operations, and providing reliability across distributed IT environments.