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SpeakUp Launches Sienna Insights, Giving Compliance Teams Instant Insight and Trends From Their Case Data
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #SpeakUp--SpeakUp today launched Sienna Insights, a new analytics product for ethics and compliance teams. Part of the Sienna AI suite, Sienna Insights gives compliance officers instant insight into their case data: not just what happened, but the trends and patterns behind it, contextualized to their program. The timing reflects a wider shift across the industry. Thomson Reuters Institute's 2025 C-Suite Survey found that time-consuming reporting tasks were the factor most freq
Eric Rabinowitz Joins Evercore as Senior Managing Director in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Evercore announced today that Eric Rabinowitz has joined the firm as a senior managing director in the healthcare investment banking group. He will be based in New York. “We are excited to welcome Eric to Evercore,” said Naveen Nataraj, co-head of Evercore’s U.S. investment banking business. “As healthcare companies navigate an increasingly dynamic environment, his expertise enhances our ability to help clients evaluate transformative opportunities and execute on thei
B Capital Closes Oversubscribed Ascent Fund III at $500 Million Hard Cap
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--B Capital, a global multi-stage investment firm, today announced the final close of B Capital Ascent Fund III, L.P. ("Ascent Fund III" or the "Fund") at its hard cap of $500 million in aggregate capital commitments. The Fund was oversubscribed and nearly doubled the size of its predecessor, B Capital Ascent Fund II, following strong support from both existing and new investors. The Fund will accelerate B Capital’s core mission to partner with extraordinary entrepreneu
Jensen Hughes Expands Southeast Asia Presence with Acquisition of HiLT
COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jensen Hughes, a global leader in fire & life safety, security and risk-based engineering and consulting, today announced the acquisition of HiLT Pte. Ltd. (HiLT), the leading fire protection engineering firm in Singapore. This acquisition strengthens the firm’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region and enhances its ability to support clients across demanding sectors, including transportation, energy storage systems and large-scale commercial and industrial dev
Upstart Publishes June 2026 Origination Volume
BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Upstart Publishes June 2026 Origination Volume
Walker & Dunlop Arranges $232 Million Financing for Workforce Housing Portfolio
BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walker & Dunlop arranged $232,352,000 in financing for a portfolio of five multifamily properties totaling 1,585 units across Arkansas and Florida.
Skillsoft Completes Sale of Global Knowledge Business, Advancing Focus on AI-Native Skills Management Platform
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Skillsoft (NYSE: SKIL), a leading AI-native skills management platform, today announced that it has completed the sale of its Global Knowledge business to an affiliate of Enduring Ventures. With the transaction complete, Skillsoft has a simplified portfolio focused entirely on its AI-native skills management platform. As AI changes which skills matter and how quickly they evolve, Skillsoft helps organizations track that shift and act on it. Skillsoft expects to maintain
Unum Group Announces $3.8 Billion Long-Term Care Reinsurance Transaction with Fortitude Re
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) announced today that its Unum Life Insurance Company of America subsidiary (“Unum America”) has entered into an agreement to cede to Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (“Fortitude Re”), on a coinsurance basis, certain individual long-term care (“LTC”) insurance policies representing $3.8 billion of statutory reserves in Fairwind Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Unum (“Fairwind”). At closing, Unum America will recapture t
Sofinnova Partners Announces Myricx Bio Agrees to Be Acquired by Novartis
PARIS & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sofinnova Partners, a leading European life sciences venture capital firm, today announced that its portfolio company Myricx Bio (“Myricx”) has reached agreement to be acquired by Novartis, for up to $1.5 billion including $1.1 billion cash upfront plus potential milestone payments. This marks Sofinnova Partners' seventh exit in three years. Myricx Bio is a UK-headquartered transatlantic biotech company focused on the discovery and development of a novel class o
