Finance, Banking & Insurance

Stuttgart – November 05, 2026 -- Bosch Business Innovations, the corporate venture builder of the Bosch Group, has added critical infrastructure resilience as a new investment field. It is part of a plan to channel roughly EUR 200 million into new deep-tech start-ups through the unit by 2030.

The focus is on technologies and founders that support operators of critical infrastructure and integrated systems. These range from individual factories and plants to entire value streams, including supply chains. The aim is to keep operations running during disruptions, adapt to changed conditions and return to normal operation faster.

Greenwich, Conn. – November 05, 2026 -- Ondo Finance has passed $4 billion in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), ranking first among the 203 tokenization platforms tracked by RWA.xyz and accounting for roughly 10% of all non-stablecoin tokenized value.

The platform lists 484 distinct tokenized assets, more than any other top-ten platform, and its products reach more than 565,000 onchain holders. RWA.xyz data shows more than $39 billion in non-stablecoin RWAs held onchain, up from roughly $4 billion at the start of 2025.

Demand broadens beyond tokenized Treasuries

Investors are moving onchain for tokenized equities, funds and other assets they can access and trade around the clock, according to Ondo. Through Ondo Global Markets, investors outside the U.S. can hold tokens that provide economic exposure to U.S. stocks and ETFs directly in their own wallets across multiple blockchains.

HOUSTON – November 05, 2026 -- MSC Income Fund (NYSE: MSIF) reported third-quarter 2026 net investment income of $14.4 million, or $0.32 per share, with net asset value rising 0.3% quarter on quarter to $16.56 per share.

Income and returns: ANII slips to $0.34 per share as annualized ROE reaches 9.7%

Adjusted net investment income was $15.3 million, or $0.34 per share, versus $16.6 million, or $0.35 per share, a year earlier. Adjusted net investment income before taxes was $16.3 million, or $0.36 per share. Total investment income was $35.5 million, up $0.2 million year on year.

Net increase in net assets from operations was $18.1 million, or $0.40 per share. That is $8.4 million below the third quarter of 2025. Return on equity was 9.7% annualized for the quarter and 12.3% for the twelve months ended September 30, 2026.

LOS ANGELES – November 05, 2026 -- Multiliquid launched Multiliquid Treasury, a cash management product that pays institutions up to 3.5% annualized on idle operating balances while allowing instant redemption around the clock, including weekends and bank holidays.

The product targets corporate treasuries, fintechs and asset managers. Their payroll, vendor and margin floats often sit in non-interest-bearing accounts because money market funds redeem only on business days, before daily cut-offs.

Yield tracks the 3-month T-Bill rate, with atomic sweeps back to cash

Depositors earn a formulaic rate tied directly to the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill rate. They can sweep back into cash or stablecoins in a single transaction at any hour.

Multiliquid's example is an enterprise holding $25 million in liquid reserves. At the indicative top rate of 3.5%, that balance would generate about $875,000 a year without affecting same-day liquidity.

Eatontown – November 05, 2026 -- Crum & Forster's Accident & Health Division has entered the employee benefits market with annual travel protection sold as a voluntary, payroll-deducted benefit, launched through a partnership with insurance program administrator ViaSafely.

bswift platform and brokers carry the first distribution

The product is first available through bswift's benefits administration platform for employers that choose to offer it. It is also distributed through participating employee benefits brokers. Employees can elect coverage for themselves and their families at a fixed cost deducted from payroll. Marketplace offerings can keep the product available outside the traditional annual open enrollment window.

DETROIT – November 05, 2026 -- Benzinga is licensing six of its real-time news and market data products to AI agents through Firecrawl Alexandria, giving developers attributed financial content in place of scraped web pages.

Benzinga joins Alexandria as a licensed financial source

Firecrawl launched Alexandria in September 2026 as a knowledge library for AI agents. It combines official data providers, Firecrawl's own indexes and the live web behind a single interface. Benzinga content already runs on more than 400 brokerage and research platforms. It now also serves as a licensed source on Alexandria.

Frankfurt – November 05, 2026 -- Baden-Württemberg-based medicalvalues GmbH won the federal title at the 29th KfW Award Gründen, taking home a total of €10,000 in prize money after a record 581 companies applied across all sectors.

medicalvalues wins federal title with AI diagnostics platform

Each of Germany's 16 federal states named one state winner, and each received €1,000. The 16 state winners then competed for the federal title, and medicalvalues secured an additional €9,000.

The company built an AI platform for integrated diagnostics. It links lab values, symptoms and pre-existing conditions with medical expertise to support physicians. The solution is approved as a medical device. It is already in use at leading laboratory chains and university hospitals in the DACH region and the Benelux countries.

Austin – November 05, 2026 -- Eventus won Best Market, Trade or Communications Surveillance Solution for its Validus platform at the ninth annual Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence, taking its tally in the program to eight honors since 2021.

Judges credit Validus with explainable alerts and multi-asset scale

A member of the independent judging panel said Eventus offers the best balance of detailed abuse detection, multi-asset scale, explainable alert automation and material advances over the past twelve months. Bradley Maclean, Chair of the Awards Committee at Regulation Asia, said: "Surveillance teams need to know why an alert fired." He added that Eventus backed every abuse typology with a clear detection mechanism and managed false positives with discipline.

NEW YORK – November 04, 2026 -- Fortinet shares opened 26.5% below their prior close on Oct. 29 after third-quarter results, leaving an unfilled price gap between $139.44 and $173.02, while the S&P 500 closed Tuesday at 7,568.92, below its 50-day average of 7,692.74 for a third straight session.

Indexes hold above 200-day lines but lag short-term trend

The S&P 500 rose 0.36% on Tuesday and sits about 3.5% under its 52-week intraday high of 7,844.52 set Oct. 6. Monday's close of 7,541.40 was its lowest since July 31. Its 200-day average stands at 7,315.89.

The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.83% to 25,372.01, nearly 1,170 points below its 50-day average of 26,541.66 and about 1.2% above its 200-day average of 25,073.21. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.38% to 51,786.72, its third close beneath a 50-day average of 52,152.95. The Russell 2000 added 0.23% to 2,812.45, about six points above its 200-day average of 2,806.49.

DUBLIN – November 04, 2026 -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON) will raise co-insurance under its Aon Client Treaty (ACT) to 35% from 1 January 2027, up from 28.5% in 2026, after renewing the facility with market partners.

The facility covers eligible business placed through Aon's Global Broking Centre and facultative reinsurance placed by Aon's Reinsurance Solutions. Aon said market support matched growing client demand for committed capacity.

ACT Client Dividend of 1.5% will apply to the larger 35% share

Where local law and regulation permit, and subject to eligibility, the 1.5% ACT Client Dividend will apply to the enlarged 35% share of each eligible placement. The dividend therefore covers a larger portion of each placement than it did in 2026.