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CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Touchstone Investments (“Touchstone”), known for its Distinctively Active® mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs), announced today that its Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund (TARBX) has received a 2025 LSEG Lipper award in the Alternative Credit Focus Funds category for its 5-year performance (out of 21 funds and 75 share classes). Established in 2015 and sub-advised by a subsidiary of Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) (“Ares”), the Touchstone

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $SLXN #biotech--PESG Research releases a report covering Silexion Therapeutics’ (NASDAQ: SLXN)* latest developments: Silexion, a clinical-stage biotechnology company recently delivered potentially transformative preclinical data for its SIL204 therapeutic candidate. The latest findings represents a critical milestone in the fight against KRAS-driven cancers, particularly pancreatic cancer, showcasing significant potential in addressing one of oncology's most challenging targets. The

MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, today announced the appointment of Stephanie Cohen to its Board of Directors. Cohen serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Cloudflare, a leading cloud connectivity company, enhancing the security, performance, and reliability of websites and applications for millions of global clients including large brands, small businesses, nonprofit organizations and government

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Jack Welch Management Institute at Strayer University (JWMI) was recognized by Poets&Quants as one of the top 10 online MBA programs for 2025.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Fintech--VRGL, a leading Client Acquisition and Investment Proposal Management solution, is excited to announce the launch of its enhanced capabilities for Custom Investment Classification and Reporting. This powerful new suite of capabilities is designed to help financial advisory firms better streamline their exact investment proposal and reporting requirements, communicate their unique investment strategies and styles, align to existent client reporting, strengthen client rel

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medalist Partners, an investment management firm that specializes in securitized credit and asset-based private credit, has again been recognized for strong risk-adjusted performance with two 2025 Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards. The LSEG Lipper Fund Awards, granted annually, highlight funds and fund companies that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance relative to their peers. Medalist Funds received awards in the following categories:

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--North Sky Capital (“North Sky”) proudly celebrates its 25th anniversary, marking a quarter-century of success in private markets investing. Since its founding in 2000, North Sky has built a strong track record of delivering attractive financial returns alongside positive social and environmental outcomes in key industries such as energy, infrastructure, transportation, agriculture, education, technology and healthcare. Over the years, North Sky launched the first i

DISTRIBUTED-WORK-MODEL/SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cash App Begins Roll Out of Afterpay’s Pay Over Time Offering at Hundreds of Thousands of Merchants

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--QXO, Inc. (NYSE: QXO) announced today that it is extending its all-cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (Nasdaq: BECN) for $124.25 per share. The tender offer, which was scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on March 14, 2025, will remain open until 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on March 18, 2025. Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the depositary and paying agent for the tender offer, has reported

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Engine Capital LP (together with its affiliates, “Engine” or “we”), which owns approximately 2.5% of Parkland Corporation’s (TSX: PKI) (“Parkland” or the “Company”) outstanding shares, today issued the following statement: Given its track record of indefensible behavior, we were not surprised to see the Board suddenly announce a review of strategic alternatives – something it vehemently opposed previously – just two months before the 2025 Annual Meeting. The fact that

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to a new report from Modern Health, a leading global workplace mental health platform, the American workforce is grappling with surging levels of stress, low mood, and seeking more workplace mental health benefits. In a survey of 1,000 full-time U.S. employees commissioned to understand the state of mental health across America's workforce at the start of 2025, 75% report experiencing some form of low mood, largely driven by politics and current events,

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aldaron Partners (“Aldaron”) and True Wind Capital (“True Wind”) today announced that they have partnered to acquire DCM Services, LLC (“DCMS” or the “Company”), the industry leader in estate and specialty account recovery solutions. For more than 25 years, DCMS has established itself as an industry leader by providing comprehensive account resolution solutions to businesses in financial services, healthcare, automotive, retail, telecommunications, and utilities.

TUPELO, Miss. & HATTIESBURG, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renasant Corporation (NYSE: RNST) (“Renasant”) and The First Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE: FBMS) (“The First”) jointly announced today that they have received all necessary regulatory approvals to complete the proposed merger of The First with and into Renasant, and the related merger of The First’s wholly owned subsidiary, The First Bank, with and into Renasant Bank, Renasant’s wholly owned subsidiary. Renasant and The First previously announced t

NEW YORK & FRISCO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brighton Park Capital (“Brighton Park”), an investment firm focused on entrepreneur-led, growth-stage companies in software and healthcare, today announced a growth investment in HITRUST, the leader in information security assurance for risk management and compliance. This investment will support HITRUST's continued expansion and innovation in cybersecurity and information risk assurance amid growing global concerns about cyber threats and regulatory c

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Delfi, a machine-learning risk management platform for financial institutions, announced the launch of Delfi Essentials, a new free service designed to give all U.S. financial institutions easily accessible balance sheet and risk management decision-making technology historically available only to the largest banks. Delfi Essentials delivers value through enabling rapid decision-making for balance sheet composition and management. Essentials’ speed and no-cost of entr

MADRID--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AI--Adara Ventures, the European venture capital firm specialising in early-stage deep tech investments, today announced the first close of its fourth flagship fund, AV4, targeting €100 million in capital commitments. This new fund reinforces Adara’s commitment to delivering strong returns in strategic sectors, including cybersecurity, applied AI, digital infrastructure, hardware components, digital health, and space. “We are immensely proud to announce the successful first

NEW YORK & TEL AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #tech--Perion Network Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: PERI), a leader in advanced technology solving for the complexities of modern advertising, announced today its adoption of Unified ID 2.0 (UID2). The identifier allows advertisers to target the right audiences effectively across devices without compromising user trust. Powering the tool through global advertising technology leader The Trade Desk, Perion’s adoption of UID2 emphasizes the Perion One strategy and r

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Banc of California, Inc. (NYSE: BANC), the parent company of wholly owned subsidiary Banc of California, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $150 million of the company’s common stock. The repurchase authorization expires in March 2026. Purchases may be made in open-market transactions, in block transactions on or off an exchange, in privately negotiated transactions or by other means as determined by the company’s man

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FBRT) (“FBRT” or the “Company”) today announced its Board of Directors declared a first quarter 2025 dividend of $0.355 per common share. The dividend is payable on or about April 10, 2025, to common stockholders of record as of March 31, 2025. The Board of Directors also declared a first quarter 2025 dividend on its convertible Series H Preferred Stock in an amount equal to the as-converted common dividend amount. FBRT’s Board o

SHORT HILLS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Appaloosa LP (“Appaloosa”), which manages funds holding a more than 7% economic interest in SES S.A. (“SES” or the “Company”), today issued the following statement in response to the SES Board of Directors’ (the “Board”) March 14, 2025 announcement. “The satellite industry is evolving rapidly and, as the SES Board’s announcement makes clear, even glacial change at SES requires strong shareholder advocacy. The initial steps the SES Board is taking to modernize