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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA releases its recap of Opal Group’s European CLO Summit, held at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square on 6 October 2026. The conference brought together collateralised loan obligation (CLO) market participants who discussed the strong European issuance and investor demand, alongside tighter transaction economics, limited primary loan supply, and increasing credit dispersion. Panellists generally described underlying credit fundamentals as broadly stable, but n...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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. The funded status of the Milliman 100 PFI plans rose by $19 billion during September after discount rates rose 47 basis points (bps) during the month, up to 6.47%, and shaved $54 billion off plan liabilities. This more than offset disappointing investment returns of -2.21% for t...

PARK CITY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Snowsports Industries America recently released their 2026 participation report....

SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veros’ Q3 2026 VeroFORECAST projects U.S. home prices will rise just 1% over the next 12 months, despite mortgage rates above 7%, and weak sales....

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA releases its recap of Opal Group’s European Private Credit & ABF Summit, held at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square on 5 October 2026. The conference brought together market participants to discuss the performance and outlook for European private credit, the continued expansion of asset-based finance (ABF), and the growing use of fund finance, rated structures, and significant risk transfer (SRT) transactions. Panellists generally described underlying p...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA releases its latest 12 Things in Credit report, highlighting timely credit market themes drawn from our weekly podcast, 3 Things in Credit, hosted by KBRA’s Chief Market Strategist, Van Hesser. Among the wide-ranging topics Van discusses in this issue are the recovery in oil exports, the effects of real rates approaching 3%, and the signal to credit markets of the underreported correction in equities’ multiples Each Friday, the podcast covers three Things impacti...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE, concluded a six-day visit to the United Arab Emirates last week, from September 29 to October 4. The program included a keynote at LIVEX 2026 at ADNEC and meetings with five senior UAE officials on economic development, community development and coexistence. The visit was spearheaded by H.E. Badr Al Olama, Director General of the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) and H.E. Yousef Al Otaiba, UAE Ambassador t...

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Homegrown Financing, Inc. (“Homegrown”), a revenue-based growth capital provider for multi-location brick-and-mortar brands, today released the Brick & Mortar 2036 Report, an 11-trend forecast of what will decide which Main Street operators are still growing a decade from now. The report pairs Homegrown's proprietary portfolio data with research on the operators already proving each trend out, most of them brands with fewer than 100 locations. The report starts fro...

TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JD Power: Brand loyalty has held strong amid affordability challenges and economic volatility in 2026....

WESTLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Schwab Trading Activity Index™ (STAX) increased to 58.92 in September, up from its score of 57.50 in August. The only index of its kind, the STAX is a proprietary, behavior-based index that analyzes retail investor stock positions and trading activity from Schwab’s millions of client accounts to illuminate what investors were actually doing and how they were positioned in the markets each month. “The STAX score in September reflected sentiment that was more...