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Morgan Stanley Investment Management Expands ETF Platform with Five Active ETFs

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (“MSIM”) today announced the listing of five new ETFs on NYSE Arca. These latest additions to MSIM’s ETF platform are all actively-managed and span asset classes with one Parametric-branded alternative income strategy, one Parametric-branded hedged equity…

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180 Entities Submit Request to Oppose Abolition ofNTT Law, Call for Careful Policy Discussions

On October 19, 2023, a total of 180 entities, including telecommunications operators and local governments, submitted a jointly-signed request (the “Request”) to the Chairman of the Policy Research Council of the Liberal Democratic Party (“LDP”), as well as the Chairman…

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Government of Rwanda in Partnership with SoftBank Corp.Successfully Delivers World’s First 5G Connectivityfrom the Stratosphere

The Government of Rwanda and SoftBank Corp. (President & CEO: Junichi Miyakawa, “SoftBank”) announced that on September 24, 2023, they successfully tested SoftBank’s proprietary 5G communications payload in the stratosphere installed on a solar-powered High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) unmanned…

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Blackstone Secures Largest Sustainability-Linked Loan in Australia’s Industrial Sector

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced that funds managed by Blackstone Real Estate have secured A$1.45 billion (US$930 million) for a sustainability-linked loan (“SLL”), representing the largest of its kind to date in Australia’s industrial sector1 and a continuation of its efforts to build…

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Meet ADA, the first delivery robot in Brazil to autonomously call and ride an elevator

Find out how this friendly little robot evolved to make autonomous deliveries and help with last-mile deliveries. We’ve already seen some little robots delivering around the world, in shopping malls and universities. But the very Brazilian ADA goes further — and now calls and…

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Morgan Stanley at Work Launches Charitable Giving Solution to Further Enhance Comprehensive Suite of Workplace Offerings

Morgan Stanley at Work, a leading provider of workplace financial solutions, announced a new charitable giving solution, which simplifies corporate clients’ and their employees’ ability to donate through a donor advised fund (DAF) platform. The Charitable Giving Program provides a…

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Amicus Therapeutics and Blackstone Enter into $430 Million Strategic Financing Collaboration

Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD), a global, patient-dedicated biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and delivering novel medicines for rare diseases, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for a $430 million financing collaboration with funds managed by…

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Neara closes US$24M Series B to mitigate utilities’ climate risks and accelerate renewable energy

Neara, the first infrastructure modelling platform that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to create 3D, network-wide models for engineering-grade simulations and analytics,announced a $10M capital raise extension and a novel case study to double existing line capacity for renewable energy. The…

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