NEW YORK – October 30, 2026 -- Hanwha Investment & Securities, a financial affiliate of Fortune Global 500 company Hanwha, has adopted the Chainlink data standard and Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) as the official oracle and interoperability infrastructure for its global real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform.

Oakland – October 30, 2026 -- McKay Brothers is introducing wireless transport services that connect U.S. futures and equity markets with AWS cloud hubs in Columbus, Ohio (us-east-2) and Ashburn, Virginia (us-east-1). The company says each route will offer the lowest commercially available transport latency.

SAN FRANCISCO – October 29, 2026 -- Corgi Insurance has secured a three-year deal to insure the United Premier Soccer League (UPSL), covering more than 900 Member Clubs and approximately 37,000 registered players, coaches and officials nationwide.

European Union – October 29, 2026 -- The Council of the European Union has confirmed Carlo Comporti as the next Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), effective 1 November 2026. ESMA announced the appointment in the latest edition of its Spotlight on Markets newsletter, which covers September and October 2026.

NEW YORK – October 29, 2026 -- Broadridge has made Kalshi event contracts tradable through the front ends and APIs of its CQG unit. Access also extends to more than 1,700 buy-side clients on the NYFIX network through the CQG-NYFIX integration.

Raleigh – October 29, 2026 -- CAPTRUST Financial Advisors has added Pacific Sage Partners (PSP), an Edmonds, Washington-based wealth management firm that advises on approximately $1.1 billion in client assets.

Eight-person PSP team under founder Mark Anderson moves into CAPTRUST

PSP is led by founder and CEO Mark Anderson and has eight team members. The firm has built its business around a holistic approach to wealth management. As with previous CAPTRUST transactions, PSP will adopt the CAPTRUST brand.

Leuven – October 29, 2026 -- SettleMint has integrated its Digital Asset Lifecycle Platform (DALP) with IBM Digital Asset Haven, giving financial institutions, governments and other regulated organizations a single environment for tokenized asset issuance, custody and transaction controls. The integration is available now.

Las Vegas – October 29, 2026 -- Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) named Beazley, Definity and RCIS winners of its 2026 Innovation Awards at its Connections conference. The wins include Beazley's consolidation of more than 200 marketable products and Definity's first production agentic AI tool for claims intake.

Beazley consolidates 200-plus products on a Guidewire Cloud platform

Lloyd's syndicate and global specialty insurer Beazley implemented Guidewire PolicyCenter and BillingCenter with Capgemini. The European solution was delivered in approximately eight months.

Richmond, Va. – October 29, 2026 -- Markel Insurance has agreed to retrocede $2.3 billion of run-off reserves to Enstar under an adverse development cover (ADC) reinsurance agreement. The deal also gives Markel $1.2 billion of protection against reserve deterioration. Markel Insurance is the insurance arm of Markel Group Inc. (NYSE: MKL).

RICHMOND – October 29, 2026 -- Markel Group Inc. (NYSE: MKL) reported third-quarter adjusted operating income of $707 million, up 14% from $621 million a year earlier, as its insurance and industrial units improved profitability.

Operating revenues rose 6% in the quarter and 2% year to date. Operating income, which includes market movements in the equity portfolio, was $383 million for the quarter and $1.7 billion for the nine months.