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ZUG, Switzerland & SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Cardano Foundation, the independent, Swiss-based, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to advancing Cardano as a public digital infrastructure, today at TOKEN2049 announced that Cardano’s new programmable token standard, CIP-0113, is live on Cardano mainnet following extensive joint development efforts with Cardano community experts and completion of multiple independent security audits. Issuers of stablecoins, tokenised funds, bonds and other...

FRANKFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarketVector Indexes™ (“MarketVector”), a pioneer in continuous equity indexing specializing in thematic equity and digital assets, today announced that Paragon, a perpetual futures platform on Hyperliquid, has licensed the MarketVector™ US Listed Semiconductor 25 Continuous Index (MVCSMH) to underlie perpetual futures, bringing a custom 24/5 version of MarketVector’s flagship semiconductor benchmark to Hyperliquid for the first time. Developed for Paragon,...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Healthcare supply chain intelligence provider Symmetric today announced a strategic growth investment from Spectrum Equity, a growth equity firm focused on artificial intelligence, software, and data businesses. This marks the first institutional capital raised by Symmetric, which has been profitable since its founding in 2018 by Rich Kucera, TJ Dardet, Jon Boerner, and Ryan Kissell. Every hospital supply chain runs on an item master: a catalog as large as 500,000 r...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA is pleased to announce the assignment of preliminary ratings to 13 classes of BBCMS 2026-5C43, a $989.5 million CMBS conduit transaction collateralized by 43 commercial mortgage loans secured by 98 properties. The collateral properties are located throughout 26 MSAs, of which the three largest are New York (10.7% of pool balance), San Jose (9.9%), and Austin (9.6%). The pool’s three largest property type exposures are retail (22.5%), industrial (19.5%), and lodgi...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns a rating of BBB- with a Stable Outlook to the $100 million senior unsecured notes issued by South Street Securities Funding, LLC (“SSSF”) with a final maturity date of October 15, 2031. The purpose of the issuance is to refinance existing senior unsecured debt of $87.5 million that was scheduled to mature on December 30, 2026, and for general corporate purposes. SSSF is an intermediate holding company with its significant asset representing a common equit...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Andersen Group Inc. today announced that it identified and resolved a social engineering attack affecting one employee....

CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Waterous Energy Fund Management Corp. (the "WEF Manager"), in its capacity as manager of certain limited partnerships, including but not limited to, Waterous Energy Fund (US) LP ("Fund I US LP", and together with Waterous Energy Fund (Canadian) LP, Waterous Energy Fund (International) LP and Waterous Energy Fund II Aggregator LP and certain other entities managed by the WEF Manager, the "WEF Funds"), today announced that Fund I US LP has completed a share pass...

BOZEMAN, Mont.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FICO announced today that UWM is reaffirming its commitment to utilizing FICO Scores on all credit pulls across its broker lending operations....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that its board of directors has declared a fourth quarter 2026 common stock dividend of $0.5925 per share. The dividend will be payable on December 8, 2026, to shareholders of record as of November 3, 2026. About MetLife MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and affiliates (“MetLife”), is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset managemen...

LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UKG: What: UKG, the AI-first Workforce Operating Platform for HR, payroll, and workforce management, will put frontline workforce operations at the forefront of HR Tech 2026, with conversations and experiences focused on how organizations can better manage the complexity of work across people, locations, and shifts, in real-time. For CHROs and HR leaders, the frontline represents one of the largest opportunities to improve how the enterprise operates. At HR Tech...