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OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the leader of the No. 1 defense in the country, Ohio State University’s Caleb Downs has been named the 2025 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Winner. The announcement was made live tonight on The Home Depot College Football Awards on ESPN. Downs received the 2025 honor – given to the top defensive back in college football based on performance on the field, athletic ability and character – on behalf of the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, Jim Thorpe Association and presenti...

OAKVILLE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the recent press release dated December 12, 2025, Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. (“Harvest”) is pleased to provide additional updates to the filing of a preliminary prospectus with the Canadian securities regulators for the Harvest Premium Yield Canadian Bank ETF (“HPYB”) and the Harvest Premium Yield Enhanced ETF (“HPYE”). HPYB provides investors access to a Canadian Banks equity portfolio seeking long-term capital appreciation, on a levered basis,...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General American Investors Company, Inc. (NYSE: GAM), a closed-end investment company, announced that the price at which shares of its common stock will be issued to stockholders who elected to receive additional shares in payment of the 2025 year-end dividend and distribution on its common stock will be $58.745 per share. The issue price represents the average between the high and the low prices on the New York Stock Exchange on December 12, 2025, which was below the...

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FAIRHOLME FUNDS, INC. THE FAIRHOLME FUND (FAIRX) On December 12, 2025, the Fairholme Fund (NASDAQ: FAIRX) distributed an Ordinary Income dividend of $0.22209 per share to shareholders of record as of December 11, 2025. The Fairholme Fund’s Net Asset Value (“NAV”) was reduced by the total amount of the distribution. The Record Date, Ex-Dividend Date, Payable Date, and Cents-Per-Share are as follows: Distribution Type Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Cents-Per-Sha...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OFS Credit Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCCI) (“OFS Credit”, the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”), an investment company that primarily invests in collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”) equity and debt securities, today announced the following net asset value (“NAV”) estimate at November 30, 2025. Management’s unaudited estimate of the range of our NAV per share of our common stock at November 30, 2025 is between $5.01 and $5.11. This estimate is not a comprehensive statement...

VAUGHAN, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bausch + Lomb Corporation (NYSE/TSX: BLCO) (“Bausch + Lomb” or the “company”), a leading global eye health company dedicated to helping people see better to live better, today announced that it allocated a $2,802,125,000 tranche (the “Replacement Term Loans”) of new term B loans, the proceeds of which will be used to refinance all of its outstanding term B loans due 2031 (the “Third Amendment Term Loans”) and its outstanding term B loans due 2028 (the “First I...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Certain BlackRock closed-end funds (the “Funds”) announced distributions today as detailed below. Note: BlackRock Enhanced Large Cap Core Fund, Inc. (CII) declared its December distribution on 10/1/2025 with an Ex-Date of 12/22/2025 and Payable-12/31/2025. It also declared a special distribution on 11/14/2025 with an Ex-Date of 12/3/2025 and Payable- 1/16/2025. 10/1/2025 - Distribution Dates and Amounts Announced for Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds 11/17/2025 - Bla...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to C++ (Marginal) from B- (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “b+” (Marginal) from “bb-” (Fair) of Southern General Insurance Company (SGIC) (Atlanta, GA). The outlook of the FSR has been revised to stable from negative, while the outlook of the Long-Term ICR is negative. Concurrently, AM Best has withdrawn the Credit Ratings (ratings) as the company has requested to no longer...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blackstone Liquid Credit Strategies LLC, an affiliate of Blackstone Alternative Credit Advisors LP (collectively, and together with their affiliates in the credit-focused business of Blackstone, Inc., “Blackstone Credit & Insurance”), announced monthly distributions for the three listed closed-end funds it advises, Blackstone Senior Floating Rate 2027 Term Fund (NYSE: BSL), Blackstone Long-Short Credit Income Fund (NYSE: BGX), and Blackstone Strategic Credit 2027...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. (NYSE: TRTX) (“TRTX” or the “Company”) today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.24 per share of common stock for the fourth quarter of 2025. The dividend will be payable on January 23, 2026 to common stockholders of record as of December 26, 2025. ABOUT TRTX TRTX is a commercial real estate finance company that originates, acquires, and manages primarily first mortgage loans secured by institut...