Corporate Finance

Pasay City – November 06, 2026 -- SM Investments Corporation has received the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) Five Golden Arrow Award for the third consecutive year, the highest rating in the corporate governance awards program.

SM Prime and Chinabank join the parent at the top rating tier

SM Prime Holdings, Inc. and China Banking Corporation (Chinabank) each received Five Golden Arrows. BDO Unibank, Inc. and Belle Corporation received 4 Golden Arrows.

2025 ASEAN scorecard drives the 2026 ratings

The 2026 recognition is based on the 2025 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS) assessment. The ACGS covers shareholder rights and equitable treatment, sustainability and resilience, stakeholder relations, transparency through timely disclosure, and the Board's strategic guidance and accountability. Investors use it to compare corporate governance practices.

VANCOUVER – November 05, 2026 -- Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. has declared its fourth quarterly cash dividend for 2026 of US$0.195 per common share, an 18% increase from the fourth quarterly dividend declared in 2025.

Wheaton sets November 19 record date and December 3 payment

Holders of record at the close of business on November 19, 2026 will receive the payout, which the company will distribute on or about December 3, 2026. The ex-dividend trading date is also November 19, 2026.

The dividend qualifies as an 'eligible dividend' for Canadian income tax purposes. The board retains discretion over the declaration, timing, amount and payment of future dividends.

NEW YORK – – November 05, 2026 -- Hyperliquid Strategies Inc (NASDAQ: PURR) reported net income of $620.6 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, driven almost entirely by $803.0 million in net unrealized gains on its HYPE token holdings. The digital asset treasury company also disclosed that a subsidiary has applied to become a futures commission merchant (FCM).

HYPE treasury grows to 38.5 million tokens on $802 million deployment

The company raised $911 million in equity under its committed equity facility during the quarter and deployed $802 million. Of that, $785 million bought 9.1 million HYPE tokens, lifting holdings from 29.3 million at June 30 to 38.5 million at September 30. Another $17 million repurchased 2.7 million PURR shares.

Vancouver – September 17, 2026 -- First Mining Gold Corp. (TSX: FF; OTCQX: FFMGF; FRANKFURT: FMG) will join the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJ), the benchmark tracked by the VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ), effective at the close of trading on September 18, 2026.

Index inclusion follows semi-annual GDXJ rebalancing

The addition comes through the MVGDXJ's scheduled semi-annual review, placing First Mining among the most liquid small-cap gold and silver mining, development and exploration companies tracked globally. The MVGDXJ is a modified market-cap-weighted index restricted to companies generating at least 50% of revenue from gold or silver, or holding at least 50% of mineral resources in those metals.

New York – September 17, 2026 -- Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: GLXY) has appointed Taylor Reinhardt as Head of Investor Relations, reporting directly to Chief Financial Officer Tony Paquette.

Reinhardt brings a decade of Wall Street investor communications experience to Galaxy

Reinhardt joins from Perella Weinberg, where she served as Head of Investor Relations, Marketing and Communications since 2021, a role she took on alongside the firm's Nasdaq listing. She previously spent six years in investor relations and corporate communications at Apollo Global Management, and began her career at Teneo Holdings in the same function.

Beijing -- Jianpu Technology Inc. (OTCQB: AIJTY) confirmed that FINRA has fixed September 17, 2026 as the ex-dividend date for the special cash dividend the Chinese fintech platform announced on September 17, 2026.

Dividend payout of $0.499 per ADS exceeds a quarter of share price, forcing regulatory intervention

The special cash dividend of US$0.02495 per ordinary share, equivalent to US$0.499 per American depositary share, surpasses 25% of Jianpu's ADS trading price. Under FINRA rules, this threshold requires the ex-dividend date to fall on the first business day after the payment date rather than before it, pushing the ex-dividend date to September 17, 2026, one day after the scheduled September 17, 2026 payout.

Dallas – September 17, 2026 -- Toby R. Neugebauer, together with Vicksburg Investments Management LLC and the Melissa A. Neugebauer 2020 Trust, has filed a formal SEC Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposal demanding Fermi Inc. (Nasdaq: FRMI) retain an independent, nationally recognized investment bank to review the full range of extraordinary transactions available to the company, including a full-value sale or majority recapitalization. The Fermi Founder Parties, who hold approximately 22% of shares outstanding, submitted the proposal September 10 ahead of the company's October 30 Annual Meeting, following a letter to the Board on September 9 and a detailed presentation on September 10.

London – September 17, 2026 -- Mayer Brown has recruited Scott Ashton as partner and Brian Bates as senior counsel into its Capital Markets practice, adding two attorneys who have represented issuers on roughly 30 percent of total cross-border U.S. private placement debt issuance in recent years. Both will be based in the firm's London office.

New hires specialize in cross-border private placements for infrastructure and energy funding

Ashton and Bates focus on cross-border securities offerings, representing issuers and placement agents on debt and equity transactions. Their practice centers on advising non-U.S. entities placing private debt with U.S. and other large institutional investors and pension funds, a funding channel that continues to expand for infrastructure and energy projects.

Los Angeles – September 17, 2026 -- DJS Law Group has reminded shareholders of a class action lawsuit filed against EquipmentShare.com Inc. (NASDAQ: EQPT), alleging the company violated federal securities law by concealing related-party transactions from investors.

Class Period Covers January 23 to September 17, 2026

The lawsuit, brought under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5, covers investors who purchased EquipmentShare stock between September 17, 2026 and September 17, 2026. Shareholders who suffered losses on trades within this window may be eligible to join the litigation.

Shenzhen – September 17, 2026 -- Tencent Music Entertainment Group has closed a US$1,000 million senior unsecured notes offering, netting approximately US$991.9 million after underwriting discounts and expenses.

TME splits offering into two tranches maturing 2031 and 2036

The offering consists of US$500 million in 5.050% notes due 2031 and US$500 million in 5.650% notes due 2036. The notes are registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and are set to list on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on September 17, 2026.

Proceeds earmarked for offshore debt refinancing and share repurchases

TME plans to direct the net proceeds toward general corporate purposes, including refinancing existing offshore indebtedness and funding share buybacks. The company, dual-listed as NYSE: TME and HKEX: 1698, operates China's QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, WeSing and Ximalaya platforms.