Corporate Finance

Chicago – September 17, 2026 -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (CBOE) will send four top executives to present at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference in New York City on September 16 at 12:00 p.m. ET.

Cboe's CEO and three senior leaders will address investors at the New York conference

Chief Executive Officer Craig Donohue will be joined by Prashant Bhatia, Executive Vice President and Head of Enterprise Strategy & Corporate Development; Jill Griebenow, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Rob Hocking, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Derivatives.

Cboe will stream the session live and archive it within an hour

The presentation will be webcast live and later archived on ir.cboe.com under the Events and Presentations section, with the recording expected to be available within an hour of the live event.

Chicago – September 17, 2026 -- Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has appointed Michele Saunders as Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for its Senior Housing & Care Finance Practice, bringing more than 20 years of healthcare and senior living experience to the firm.

Saunders joins with a track record spanning growth, sales and marketing leadership in senior living and healthcare

Prior to Ziegler, Saunders served as Chief Growth Officer at Go Icon, an engagement software company, and spent nearly 11 years with HealthPRO Heritage, a former Link-age Fund portfolio company. A trained physical therapist, she also has AgeTech experience, most recently with AI startup Meela.

Norwalk, Connecticut – September 16, 2026 -- Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) reported total crypto, cash and marketable securities holdings of $15.7 billion, with Ethereum holdings reaching 5,929,198 ETH as of September 16, 2026, 2:00 p.m. ET.

Bitmine controls 4.9% of the entire ETH supply, nearing its 5% acquisition target

The company's ETH position equals 4.9% of the 122.0 million total ETH in circulation, putting Bitmine 97% of the way toward its stated 'Alchemy of 5%' goal just 15 months after launching its treasury strategy on September 16, 2026. Bitmine acquired 28,086 ETH in the past week alone, maintaining a streak of weekly purchases since the strategy's inception, a record the company says is unmatched by any publicly traded firm globally.

NEW YORK – September 16, 2026 -- Macabacus has launched Deck Check AIR, an AI-powered review tool embedded directly in PowerPoint, as up to 62% of finance teams report shipping AI-generated errors in financial models and deal documents to clients.

Deck Check AIR audits financial logic across entire presentations

The tool uses generative AI to scan every slide in a deck, flagging miscalculations and logic inconsistencies rather than just formatting issues. It was built to review high-stakes documents including pitch books, investment committee memoranda, M&A consequences analyses, portfolio reviews, and board materials.

Taiyuan – – September 16, 2026 -- China's STAR Market and ChiNext boards together hosted 2,019 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of RMB36.48 trillion as of September 16, 2026, as Beijing accelerates a registration-based IPO system geared toward technological innovation.

Politburo Signals Deeper Capital-Market Overhaul

At a September 16, 2026 meeting, China's Politburo endorsed further capital-market reforms designed to balance the interests of companies raising funds with those of investors. Deng Zhouyu, head of research at Shanxi Securities, called the moment a systemic shift in which traditional growth engines are receding while new industrial bases gain the capacity to channel funding into the real economy.

Singapore – September 16, 2026 -- Mega Matrix Inc. (NYSE American: MPU) will consolidate its Class A ordinary shares on a 1-for-20 basis effective 4:05 p.m. New York time on September 16, 2026, cutting its outstanding Class A share count from 62,492,148 to approximately 3,124,608.

Reverse split aims to lift trading price above NYSE American thresholds

The company said the consolidation is primarily intended to increase its per-share trading price to maintain its listing on NYSE American. Shares will begin trading on a post-consolidation adjusted basis when the market opens September 16, 2026, continuing under the ticker "MPU" with a new CUSIP number, G6005C116.

Norwalk, Connecticut – September 16, 2026 -- Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) reported total crypto, cash and moonshot holdings of $15.7 billion as of September 16, 2026, driven by 5,929,198 ETH tokens valued at $2,495 apiece.

Bitmine holds 4.9% of Ethereum's total supply, nearing its 5% accumulation target

The company's ETH position represents 4.9% of Ethereum's 122 million token supply, putting Bitmine 97% of the way toward what Chairman Thomas Lee calls the '5% Alchemy' goal, reached in 15 months since the treasury strategy launched on September 16, 2026. The portfolio also includes 211 bitcoin, a $180 million stake in Beast Industries, a $91 million stake in Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS), and $593 million in cash and marketable securities.

New York – September 16, 2026 -- Federal securities class actions are on pace to reach roughly 236 filings in 2026, surpassing the prior peak set in 2023, after 118 new suits were lodged in the first half of the year, according to NERA Economic Consulting data cited by litigation attorney Thomas Przybylowski. The 2025 dip in filings and a 25 percent drop in plaintiffs' bar attorneys' fees masked a shift in legal targeting rather than a retreat, Przybylowski said.

Chicago – September 15, 2026 -- CME Group has appointed Jack Tobin as its next Chief Financial Officer, effective March 2027, when current President & CFO Lynne Fitzpatrick becomes Chief Executive Officer.

Tobin moves to Deputy CFO in November 2026 ahead of formal handover

Tobin, CME Group's Chief Accounting Officer since 2015, will step into the Deputy Chief Financial Officer role in November 2026 to manage the transition before assuming the CFO title. He will continue reporting to Fitzpatrick and brings more than 35 years of financial experience, including accounting, corporate development and finance oversight at CME Group since joining in 2002. He previously worked as a principal consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and holds bachelor's and master's degrees from DePaul University.

Rockville, Md. – September 15, 2026 -- The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) named Bandwidth, Google and ServiceNow as finalists for the AFP 2026 Pinnacle Awards, sponsored by Truist for a third consecutive year, with all three finalists having built AI-enabled treasury systems.

Voting closes September 18 ahead of Las Vegas announcement

Community voting to select the Grand Prize winner runs until Sept. 18, 2026. The winner will be revealed during AFP 2026, held November 8-11 in Las Vegas, and Truist will donate $10,000 to The Just One Project on the winner's behalf.