NEW YORK – – October 29, 2026 -- Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASD: HURN) will join the S&P SmallCap 600 before the opening of trading on Tuesday, November 3, one day later than the Monday, November 2 date first announced.

S&P Dow Jones Indices moves the effective date after a special dividend ex-date announcement

S&P Dow Jones Indices set the original November 2 date in its October 22, 2026 press release. It revised the date because of a special dividend ex-date announcement tied to the Supernus merger.

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- SignalMarkets, a prediction markets platform affiliated with Crypto.com, has launched its financial prediction markets platform and will host Signal Summit 2026, a free election-night event on Tuesday, November 3, in Boston and online.

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- Bloomberg launched BQuant Assistant, a conversational AI coding assistant that lets Bloomberg Terminal subscribers write Python code and query financial data across more than 22,000 fields using natural-language prompts. The tool is built into both BQuant Desktop and BQuant Enterprise.

DALLAS – October 28, 2026 -- Kimberly-Clark Corporation extended the expiration of its exchange offers for any and all outstanding Kenvue Inc. notes, which cover up to $7 billion of new Kimberly-Clark notes, from 5:00 p.m. New York City time on October 27, 2026 to 5:00 p.m. on November 2, 2026.

All other terms of the exchange offers remain unchanged. Kimberly-Clark may extend the deadline further.

NEW YORK – October 28, 2026 -- AvePoint Inc. (NASD: AVPT) will replace LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE: LXP) in the S&P SmallCap 600, effective prior to the opening of trading on Monday, November 2, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced.

Brookfield and CPP Investment Board acquisition of LXP drives the index change

The swap follows the planned takeover of LXP Industrial Trust by Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. The deal is expected to close soon, pending final closing conditions.

New York – October 28, 2026 -- Cohen & Steers Total Return Realty Fund (NYSE: RFI) estimates it has distributed more than its income and capital gains, meaning part of its distribution payable on October 30, 2026 may be a return of capital.

Fund discloses payout sources under Section 19(a) notice

The notice breaks down the current distribution and the cumulative fiscal year-to-date distributions by source, per common share. The Fund states the amounts are estimates, are likely to change, and are not provided for tax reporting purposes.

Washington – October 28, 2026 -- Martis Capital, a private equity firm focused exclusively on middle-market healthcare, has been named to Inc.'s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list for the sixth consecutive year.

Martis is one of 14 healthcare-exclusive firms among 294 honorees

Inc. recognized 294 private equity firms, venture capital firms and lenders this year. Martis was one of only 14 healthcare-exclusive private equity firms on the list.

Cologne – October 27, 2026 -- DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft has committed its 100th ImpactConnect financing, a €5 million loan to KBE Tunisie, a subsidiary of Germany's KBE Group. The loan funds a new production site in Monastir, Tunisia.

Frankfurt am Main – October 27, 2026 -- KfW committed €225 million through its ERP Founder Loan – StartGeld in the first half of 2026, a 75 percent increase on the same period of 2025.

BOSTON – October 27, 2026 -- Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), a venture capital firm investing in climate technologies in North America and Europe, has appointed Aruna Ramsamy as Managing Partner to lead its European operations from London.