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Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced today the launch of Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust (NYSE:MSBT), an exchange-traded product (ETP) that seeks to track the performance of bitcoin. MSIM is the first U.S. bank-affiliated asset manager to offer a cryptocurrency ETP, and reflects a continued, firmwide focus by Morgan Stanley to develop digital asset solutions designed to meet evolving client demand. "We are proud to introduce MSBT to the marketplace and believe this new ETP aligns with long-term trends in financial innovation and serves to strengthen the range of investments we provide investors," said Ben Huneke, Head of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. "MSBT is an ex

Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has announced the appointment of 184 Managing Directors. The new Managing Directors are: Sahil Aggarwal Jason B. Lynch Meg Angeles-Dayrit Jon Mace Lauren Ares Paul Madenjian Sara Banelli Dave Magoloff Arjun Bathla Anthony Maiorano Michael Beilstein Steven Markarian Aditya Bhatla Paolo Mattiello Carolee Boles Lyndal May Gilbert Borrmann Kelly McCarthy William Boyle Cameron McCarthy Eric Bradbury Eric McConnell Lucy Callaghan Michael McGillen Gerard Campbell James McNichol Alessandro C

Strengthens Morgan Stanley's leadership position in private markets by enabling clients to better access and trade shares in private market companies Establishes an issuer-aligned model that combines deep expertise in cap table management with a scaled private shares marketplace Supports Morgan Stanley's efforts to deepen relationships with private market companies across the Integrated Firm Morgan Stanley today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire leading private shares platform, EquityZen. The acquisition enhances Morgan Stanley's distinctive private markets ecosystem that provides a full suite of services to private companies and their shareholders, including c

Morgan Stanley has announced the appointment of 173 Managing Directors. The new Managing Directors are: Andrea Alberti Jon LeBoutillier Andrew Arena Ben L. Lee Emma Atkins Dick Lee Mona Benisi Jason Lees Maria Berezhkova Benjamin Liberos Alison Bilger Uri Lichtenfeld Priya Bindra Daniel J. Lingeza Nathan Bishop Fan Liu Peter Boehm Sarah Lloyd-Johns Dan Bray Elly Lukenskaite Katalin Broz Mayank Maheshwari Shinya Bukawa Richard Mancusi Edward Bury Koren Maranca Ryuk Byun Lesley A. Matthews James Carroll Helen Mbugua-Kahuki Matt Cashia Mandy McClung Kendal Cehanowicz Felipe M

Funding to help accelerate growth of its ocean data services platform Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) announced today that the 1GT private climate equity strategy (1GT) participated in a €115 million fundraise for XOCEAN (company), a leading provider of ocean data to the offshore energy and civil hydrography sectors. 1GT participated in an investor consortium that includes S2G Ventures (S2G), Climate Investment (CI), and Crown Family's CC Industries (CCI). The investor consortium brings fit-for-purpose capital, diverse operational experience across the offshore value chain, and the strategic connectivity to accelerate the growth of XOCEAN's platform to meet the rapidly growi

Strategic investment is expected to accelerate Sokin's product growth plans and further global expansion Additional investors include Gary Marino, former CCO at PayPal who will join the Board, Mark Britto, former CPO at PayPal, and Aurum Partners, the investment fund affiliated with the owners of the San Francisco 49ers and other strategic LPs Existing investors include Rio Ferdinand, former England and Manchester United defender Investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital have acquired a stake in UK headquartered payments business Sokin, marking an exciting new chapter for the fast-expanding fintech firm. The acquisition will provide significant capital and accel

VANCOUVER, BC, June 4, 2024 /CNW/ - RESAAS Services Inc. ("RESAAS") (TSXV:RSS) (OTCQB:RSASF), a leading provider of technology solutions for the real estate industry, today announced the appointment of James Huang to the role of Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate at RESAAS. Mr. Huang previously served as President of eXp Commercial, where, since 2020, he started and grew their Commercial division. Prior to eXp Commercial, Mr. Huang was President of Sperry Commercial Global Affiliates, where he led the company's expansion across more than 20 states and into multiple co

New funding brings Morgan Stanley's total commitment to $50 million since the launch of its Alliance for Children's Mental Health in 2020 The American Academy of Pediatrics and Sesame Workshop join Alliance to help expand programming to early childhood care and workforce development Morgan Stanley today announced a $20 million commitment over the next five years to its Alliance for Children's Mental Health ("Alliance"), bringing the initiative's total funding to $50 million since its launch in 2020. The Alliance will strengthen its work delivering programming and research, advancing transformative solutions through the Innovation Awards, and driving more impact for kids of all ages.

Introduces Eight-Member Slate with Deep Experience in Governance, Finance, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Strategic Transformations, Transportation and the Railroad Sector Proposes Jim Barber, a Proven Transportation Network Leader and Former Executive at UPS, as CEO and Jamie Boychuk, a Career Railroader and Former Executive at CSX, as COO Introduces "Network of the Future" Strategy Offering Path to Significant Value Creation Releases Presentation Entitled "The Case for Leadership, Safety and Strategy Changes at Norfolk Southern" That is Downloadable at www.MoveNSCForward.com Ohio-based Ancora Holdings Group, LLC, its affiliates and the other participants in its solicitation (

SolMicroGrid, an Energy-as-a-Service microgrid company focused on commercial and industrial ("C&I") end markets, announced today the appointment of Kirk Edelman as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Kirk joins SolMicroGrid following recent senior executive roles at Safari Energy, a solar-focused renewables developer focused on C&I end markets, and Verdagy, a green hydrogen company. SolMicroGrid continues to be backed by Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, part of Morgan Stanley Investment Management. John Moon, Head of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, said, "We are delighted to be partnering with Kirk Edelman as the next CEO of SolMicroGrid. He brings years of senior executive exp

Morgan Stanley has announced the appointment of 155 Managing Directors. The new Managing Directors are: Ben Adubi       Judy Lai Meenu Arora       David Lazar Edouard Aubin       Maximilien Lefranc Samith Nandan Balwalli       Alisha Lehr Alyson Barnes       Marcello Lo Re Dana Baron       Rowena Mallaghan Neha Begwani       Alex Manz Mehdi Belhachmi       Meta Marshall Gaia Benitez       Steve Matthews Katarzyna (Kat) Zofia Bereznicka-Mello       Elise McAlevey Ann-Marie Birns       Dennis McCabe Luke Boeg       Angela McCann

Andy Saperstein to be Co-President and Head of Wealth and Investment Management; Dan Simkowitz to be Co-President and Head of Institutional Securities The Board of Directors of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) today announced that Co-President Edward (Ted) Pick will become the Firm's Chief Executive Officer, effective January 1, 2024. James Gorman will become Executive Chairman. Mr. Pick will also join Morgan Stanley's Board of Directors at that time. The Firm also announced that Co-President Andy Saperstein will become the Head of Wealth and Investment Management, and that Dan Simkowitz will become Co-President of the Firm and the Head of Institutional Securities. Mr. Gorman announced at the F

Morgan Stanley has announced the appointment of 184 Managing Directors. The new Managing Directors are: Jacques C. Adrien, Jr. Kyle Lee Ashish Agarwal Sabrina Lee Kelly L. Anderson William Leicht Maryam Arakelian David A. Levinson Grant Badura Sophie Li Jason Barrett Hilary Liebenstein Michael Baruffi Francesco Ligato Brian Beck Jan Lindenau George Bezerianos Michael Little Nishil Bhagani Ruben Lusinyants Douglas Bloom Michael MacCarthy Megan Brewer Mrinalini MacDonough Martin Brodka Devon R. Maggio Breno Nascimento Brown-Leão Pawan Maharshi Ed Buecker Ian Mahoney Brian B

Morgan Stanley has announced the appointment of 199 Managing Directors. The new Managing Directors are: Angus Aboud Francesca Mandelli Rekha Agrawal Subhash Mangipudi Adeel Ahmad Jamie Martin Youssef Ajdir Daniel Mayer Aizaz Akhtar Lisa McBreen Betanya Aklilu Alison McGovern Srinivas Alladi Michael R. McLaughlin Daniel J. Allard Alex Meditz Jan Ashauer Rohan Mehra Rowan Bailey Rodrigo Maldonado Matthew Ball Manoj K. Menon Scott Barry Christopher Metli Sharon A. Bauer Jun Miyatsu Alberto Bertani Atul Modi Hemang Bhojani Will Mollard Malabika

CHICAGO, Aug. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fast Radius, Inc. ("Fast Radius"), a cloud manufacturing and digital supply chain company, today announced the appointment of Prithvi Gandhi as Chief Financial Officer. Gandhi has more than 25 years of leadership experience within finance, most recently serving as Interim CFO at Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), a global Fortune 500 building and industrial materials company. During his seven-year tenure at Owens Corning, he also held the roles of VP, corporate strategy and financial planning and VP, corporate development. Prior to Owens Corning, Gandhi worked in financial leadership roles for Dover Corporation (NYSE:DOV) and Zebra Technologies Corporation

LONDON and NEW YORK, April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DirectBooks™, the capital markets consortium founded to optimize global financing markets, today announced the launch of Euro and Sterling Investment Grade deal announcements on the DirectBooks platform. The DirectBooks platform launched in Q4 2020 with deal announcement functionality for U.S. Dollar Investment Grade issuances globally, with a common set of structured deal data and document access for institutional investors. As part of its European expansion, DirectBooks also announced the appointment of Duncan Phillips as

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Morgan Stanley has announced the appointment of 171 Managing Directors. The new Managing Directors are:1 Toks Afolabi-Ajayi Argie Agrapides Nicholas Albicelli Thomas Allen Raju Alluri Oskar Arnoldsson Nikhil Awasthi Jay Bacow Lavanya Balakrishnan Krystal Barker Buissereth Dmitriy Barskiy Angelin Baskaran Matteo Benedetto Joshua Birbach Lindsay Bofman Laurence Bortner Matt Brandt Nicholas Brice Jim Burns Natasha Bushueva Sharon Cannon Derrick Cao Jodyann Carlucci Henrique Carneiro Prashanth Challa Ren Chen River Chien Kelly Chin Zlati Christov Monica Cirillo David Cohodes Mike Connor Justin G. Craig Michael Daly Saba Danish Mark Dimilia Kalli Dircks Robert

WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pandion Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PAND), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics designed to address the unmet needs of patients living with autoimmune diseases, today announced the appointment of Katina Dorton, J.D., M.B.A., to Pandion’s board of directors and as chair of the audit committee. Ms. Dorton assumes the position of chair of the audit committee from Christopher Fuglesang, Ph.D., J.D., who will continue to serve as a member of the board and audit committee. Mitchell Mutz, Ph.D., resigned from the Company’s board on December 2, 2020. “Ms. Dorton brings to Pandion over two decades of financial expe

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AlphaTrAI, Inc. a venture-backed, technology-driven asset management firm, today announced the expansion of its Advisory Council to include Dan Kreuter, Founding Partner of the Gladstone Group and Founder of DAK Associates, as well as Erik Rannala, Founder and Managing Partner of Mucker Capital, a leading venture capital firm. The AlphaTrAI Advisory Council is a select panel of technology, institutional investing, asset management and wealth management experts that provide strategic guidance to the company's executive leadership team as it seeks to modernize classic approaches to asset management to be more dynamic, responsive and precise. In a rela

NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AmeriVet Securities, Inc (AVI), a service-disabled veteran-owned broker-dealer and Minority Business Enterprise announced today that Jim Glascott, Senior Advisor at AVI, has been appointed to the firm's Board of Directors, effective immediately.  Mr. Glascott brings 32 years of experience in Capital Markets and Investment Banking to the AVI board. In addition, he has a personal connection to the service-disabled veteran-owned firm. His father, John Glascott, Jr., served in the Korean War in 1951 as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. At one point during his time in Korea, his platoon was subjected to enemy mortar and artillery fire, sufferi

MANASSAS, Va., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RangeForce, provider of the first and most advanced cloud-based cybersecurity training platform and cyber range, today announced that Niloofar Razi Howe has joined its board of advisors. A 25+-year investor, executive, and entrepreneur in technology and a top influencer in national security and cybersecurity, Howe was most recently chief strategy officer and senior vice president of strategy and operations at RSA. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Recorded Future, Morgan Stanley US Banks, and Pondurance. She is also a Senior Fellow at New America and serves on a number of US Government advisory boards. “

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altria Group, Inc. (Altria) (NYSE: MO) is participating today in the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer and Retail Conference. Billy Gifford, Altria’s Chief Executive Officer, and Sal Mancuso, Chief Financial Officer, will host virtual meetings with investors to discuss Altria's business fundamentals. 2020 Full-Year Guidance Altria reaffirms its guidance for 2020 full-year adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) to be in a range of $4.30 to $4.38. This range represents a growth rate of 2% to 4% from an adjusted diluted EPS base of $4.21 in 2019, as shown in Schedule 1, and excludes the special items recorded in the first nine months of 2020, also sh

LEXINGTON, Mass., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ: MIME), a leading email security and cyber resilience company, today announced the appointment of Shahriar Rafimayeri as chief information officer (CIO). In this role, Shahriar will oversee all aspects of the company’s global IT organization, including infrastructure and internal application technology. He will accelerate Mimecast’s digital transformation efforts, with a focus on further elevating the customer and partner experience for companies of all sizes. “Putting our customers first has always been one of Mimecast’s core values,” said Peter Bauer, chief executive officer at Mimecast. “We built our integrate

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Delaware Investments Dividend and Income Fund (the “Fund”), a New York Stock Exchange–listed closed-end fund trading under the symbol “DDF,” declared a monthly distribution of $0.0565 per share. The monthly distribution is payable December 28, 2020, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 18, 2020. The ex-dividend date will be December 17, 2020. In addition, the Fund announced today that Erin Ksenak has been appointed as co-manager for the Fund. Ms. Ksenak will join Kristen E. Bartholdson, Adam H. Brown, Chris Gowlland, Nikhil G. Lalvani, Stefan Löwenthal, John P. McCarthy, Robert A. Vogel, Michael G. Wildstein, and Jürge