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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lazard Asset Management is pleased to announce that Robert Forsyth has joined the firm as Managing Director and Global Head of ETFs. Based in New York, Mr. Forsyth will drive the development and expansion of Lazard’s active ETF platform. “Lazard has been a leading provider of active strategies for decades, helping clients diversify their portfolios by accessing insight-driven products that seek to generate alpha,” said Evan Russo, CEO of Lazard Asset Management. “We a

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--Everlaw, the cloud-native investigation and litigation platform, announced the appointment of legal veteran Gloria Lee to the position of Chief Legal Officer (CLO), effective immediately. As the company’s legal strategist, Lee advises Everlaw’s executive leaders and Board of Directors to drive business growth while mitigating risk. She leads the legal department and is responsible for all legal, regulatory, and privacy issues across the company. Lee brings over

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Janus Henderson Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Janus Henderson Investors, today celebrates its 30th anniversary. Since 1994, the Foundation has made positive and lasting impacts on communities worldwide by contributing over US$48 million to strategic partnerships, volunteering, and charitable causes. While the Foundation has always focused on education and first offered four-year college scholarships to at-risk youth, its mission has evolved into investing in

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pathward's Brittany Kelley is one of The Most Influential Women in Payments: Next.

HADDONFIELD, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--True, global executive talent platform, announced their acquisition of Paradigm Search, known for placing elite engineering and product leaders.

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #ActiveMinds--The Hartford, a leading provider of employee benefits, and Active Minds, a leading mental health nonprofit organization, are expanding their partnership to bring the award-winning Send Silence Packing® exhibit to more than 100 U.S. college and university campuses in 2024 and 2025. Announcing the expanded partnership during National Suicide Prevention Month, Active Minds released new data that shows 76% of Send Silence Packing attendees supported their own well-

PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX), the global commerce platform that simplifies the business of running a business, today announced that its board of directors has authorized an amended share repurchase program under which up to an additional $1.0 billion worth of WEX’s common stock may be repurchased, expanding the total authorization to $2.05 billion through December 31, 2025. “This is yet another important milestone in the execution of our balanced capital allocation fra

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scott+Scott Attorneys at Law LLP (“Scott+Scott”), an international securities and consumer rights litigation firm, is investigating whether the leadership of Acadia Healthcare Company, Inc. (“Acadia Healthcare”) (NASDAQ: ACHC) breached their fiduciary duties to Acadia Healthcare and its shareholders. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE Scott+Scott is investigating whether members of the Acadia Healthcare board of directors or senior management failed to manage Acadia Healthcare

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #5G--Adtran today announced its new Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) commitments. The company aims to achieve net-zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2048, aligning with the global objective of limiting warming to 1.5°C to mitigate the most severe impacts of climate change. Adtran’s newly approved commitments include a 74.5% reduction in absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2032 and scope 3 emissions by 40% within the same timeframe

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #autoindustry--The auto dealership buy/sell market experienced an all-time record in the first half of 2024, with 204 completed dealership transactions representing 381 franchises sold, according to the just-released Second Quarter 2024 Blue Sky Report® by Kerrigan Advisors. At this rate, transaction activity is nearly double pre-pandemic levels and annualizing at 760+ franchises sold, a new industry milestone. This heightened activity was largely driven by an increase

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scienaptic AI, a New York-headquartered, leading AI-powered credit underwriting platform, announced that its Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO) has received strategic equity investments from six of its credit union clients. The CUSO is driven by a coalition of visionary credit unions—ELGA Credit Union, Wildfire Credit Union, 4Front Credit Union, CoVantage Credit Union, Credit Union of Colorado, and People Driven Credit Union—representing a presence across Michig

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Madryn Asset Management (“Madryn” or the “Firm”), a leading alternative asset management firm that invests in innovative healthcare companies specializing in unique and transformative products, technologies, and services, today announced that Dr. Rochelle Walensky has joined the Firm as a Senior Advisor. Dr. Walensky is a highly accomplished and distinguished healthcare professional who possesses extensive experience spanning the public sector and academia. Prior to j

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The AI-powered, all-in-one finance and HR suite, finally, today announced that it has closed a $50M Series B from PeakSpan Capital and $150M credit facility from Encina. The new capital follows the company’s $95M Series A in 2022 and additional $10M capital injection in February of this year, bringing total funds to date to $305M. Since its Series A, finally has shown annual revenue growth of 300%. The Series B will supercharge finally’s explosive growth journey. finally

BOZEMAN, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $FICO--FICO (NYSE: FICO): Highlights: The FICO® Educational Analytics Challenge expands to include students from Morehouse College, Bowie State University, and Delaware State University, with more HBCUs to participate in the spring semester. For the 2024-25 school year, the real-world analytics challenge will focus on financial fraud detection, helping students identify anomalies and fraud features leveraged in a real-time fraud detection model. Students will learn how

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifth Third Wealth Advisors®, a multi-custodial registered investment advisory firm, today announced surpassing $2B in assets under management (AUM) less than six months after announcing it had reached the $1B AUM mark. According to independent research*, Fifth Third Wealth Advisors now ranks among the top 500 independent RIAs in the US. “2024 has been a dynamic year for Fifth Third Wealth Advisors with strong growth in teams and assets under management,” said Eric

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a leading platform for transformative learning experiences, today launched Skillsoft Compliance Suite, a new offering within the company’s compliance training solution that transforms how organizations develop the competencies needed to identify and mitigate business risk. Compliance Suite delivers several new features headlined by Dynamic Content, enabling learning administrators to easily deliver risk-based training programs tailored to each em

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities, today announced an expansion of its decade-long partnership with BlackRock to seamlessly integrate MarketAxess credit trading protocols, pricing and data into BlackRock’s Aladdin® order execution management system (OEMS). This announcement builds on the MarketAxess and BlackRock partnership in Open Trading and MarketAxess analytics that began in

HOBOKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #NICE--NICE (Nasdaq: NICE) today announced that the Pinal County (Arizona) Attorney’s Office will be deploying NICE Justice digital evidence management, one of the AI-powered solutions in NICE’s Evidencentral platform, to streamline justice and provide better service to the community. Pinal County is home to half a million residents, making it the third-most populous county in Arizona. The cloud-based NICE Justice solution digitally transforms how district attorneys and

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The suit alleges defendants issued false statements concerning ZoomInfo business and prospects, resulting in its stock trading at inflated prices.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #banking--Credit Benchmark, a leading provider of credit risk data and analytics, today launched Credit Risk IQ, a new online portal allowing users to access over 5,000 free monthly industry- and sector-level reports. These reports provide in-depth analyses on evolving macro credit trends to help market participants better identify and manage risk and capital. Credit Risk IQ allows users to access: Credit indices that track credit risk across various industries, sectors and sub