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First Trust Global Funds PLC UK Regulatory Announcement: Net Asset Value(s)

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  Funds Date TIDM ISIN Code Shares in Issue Currency Net Asset Value NAV/per Share First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy UCITS ETF 06.10.2026 QCLN.LN IE00BDBRT036 1,950,002.00 USD  37,902,364.32   19.437  ...
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First Trust Expands Its Autocallable Income ETFs with ACYB

WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Trust Advisors L.P. ("First Trust"), a leading exchange-traded fund ("ETF") provider and asset manager, announced it has launched the FT Vest Laddered Autocallable Buffer & Resilient Income ETF (NYSE Arca: ACYB) (the “fund”). ACYB is an actively managed ETF that seeks to provide investors with distributions while providing reduced downside risk to equity markets. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by entering into swap agreements and/or option cont...
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Kyoto Fusioneering and Daido Steel Begin Joint Development to Establish Manufacturing Technology for Vanadium Alloy Structural Materials

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kyoto Fusioneering, Ltd. (“KF”) has begun a joint development program with Daido Steel Co., Ltd. to establish commercial manufacturing technology for low-activation vanadium alloy, one of three candidate structural materials for fusion blankets. Under the program the two companies have melted and forged a cumulative 200 kg of high-purity vanadium into round bars and plates and are now jointly evaluating the manufacturing and processing technologies required to produce th...
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Graeme Downie MP's 'Putin Tax': CyberCube Models 1-In-20 Odds of £3.3bn Cyber Hit

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CyberCube, the leading provider of cyber risk analytics's data and modelling feature in a new report published today by Graeme Downie MP, with Dr Dominic Reed, 'The Putin Tax: Estimating the Economic Cost of Russian Hostile Activity Against the United Kingdom'. The report describes itself as the first attempt to measure the economic burden of Russian hostile activity on the UK, from cyber-attacks and sabotage to threats against critical infrastructure. With a foreword f...
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DarrowEverett Selects AI Time Intelligence Platform, Laurel, to Free up Lawyers’ Time for Client-Focused Work

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DarrowEverett LLP, a full-service law firm serving clients nationwide, has selected Laurel as its AI time intelligence platform and is rolling it out to every attorney and paralegal across its eight-office footprint. Laurel connects directly to the firm's practice management system, so timekeepers can review AI-drafted time entries and release them straight to billing, creating more time for high-value, client-focused work. DarrowEverett chose Laurel after a rigorous...
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Morningstar Launches Direct AI, an Agentic Platform Built on Independent Insights

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morningstar, Inc., a leading provider of independent investment insights, today launched Morningstar Direct AI, a reimagined, agentic software experience for its flagship platform. Live today for global users, Direct AI is designed to allow investment professionals to uncover insights, explore opportunities, and perform analysis that was previously fragmented across tools, dependent on institutional knowledge, or required considerable manual workarounds. "AI and agents...
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晨星推出「Direct AI」——以獨立投資洞見驅動的代理式平台

芝加哥--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(美國商業資訊)-- 領先的獨立投資研究供應商晨星公司(Morningstar, Inc.)今日推出其旗艦平台全新升級版本「晨星 Direct AI」。Direct AI 現已向全球用戶開放,為用戶帶來嶄新代理式(Agentic)使用體驗。該平台旨在協助專業投資人士發掘投資洞見、探索市場機會並進行分析,將過去分散於各種工具、依賴組織內部知識,或需要耗費大量人工來解決的工作流程整合至單一平台。 「人工智慧與智能代理的價值,取決於驅動它們的數據品質,」晨星 Direct 平台總裁 Scott Brown 表示。「透過 Direct AI,我們將獨立研究、數據及洞見的完整内容融入客戶工作流程的智能代理中,進一步推動我們『賦能投資者取得成功』的使命。」 除了全新基于浏览器的介面外,Direct AI 初期還推出了三款專為客戶最重視的關鍵任務而設的智能代理 : 「產品開發代理」能協助資產經理人優化產品定位與上市決策。透過晨星的資金流向數據與類別分析,它協助解答諸如「哪些晨星類別需求強勁但競爭有限?」以及「同類產品耗時多久才達到 10 億美元資產規模?」...
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Bento Engine Launches MCP Layer, Giving AI Agents Direct Access to Compliant Advice Content

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bento Engine's Model Context Protocol (MCP) layer gives AI agents secure, real-time access to Bento’s compliant, multi-format content....
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First Trust Global Funds PLC UK Regulatory Announcement: Net Asset Value(s)

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  Funds Date TIDM ISIN Code Shares in Issue Currency Net Asset Value NAV/per Share First Trust Global Equity Income UCITS ETF 06.10.2026 FGBL.LN IE00BYTH6121  529,791.00 USD  52,867,272.43   99.789  ...
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Milliman analysis: Surging discount rates lift corporate pension funded ratio to 114.5% during September

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...