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AUSTIN, Texas and LONDON, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Oracle and SailGP, sailing’s premier racing league, have expanded their successful data analytics platform leading into the second season. SailGP taps Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to deliver real-time data to each of the league’s eight national teams as well as to broadcast partners and fans worldwide. New features added this season will improve team performance and give fans a thrilling crews-eye view of the action.

“Our cutting-edge, global league continues to push the boundaries of what is possible, both on and off the water,” said Russell Coutts, SailGP CEO.  “For Season 2, we’re working on a number of new cloud-based innovations with Oracle to truly enhance the viewer experience and create efficiencies in the way we operate across all aspects of our business. The results are remarkable, especially on race days which are the ultimate showcase of data, technology and invention.”

SailGP will turn to Oracle Stream Analytics this season to provide real-time race metrics. Using sophisticated correlation patterns, data enrichment and machine learning, Oracle Stream Analytics makes autonomous decisions based on the 30,000 data points an F50 catamaran sends every second of a race. Oracle Stream Analytics blends and transforms disparate data into one stream, down from the 10 streams SailGP shared in its first season. This allows teams to easily customize their data dashboards with relevant tactical information, including open-source data from rival teams, and determine optimal in-race strategies in an instant.

The streamed data is also used to create unique second-screen experiences. Fans will gain a deeper understanding of the teams’ actions during a race through instantaneous updates of key performance metrics and the enhanced data dashboards on the SailGP app and on SailGP.com. 

OCI will deliver the expected 80 billion data requests generated over the course of the eight races to Oracle’s London cloud region for analysis and worldwide distribution, all within two-tenths of a second. Live video and audio feeds taken aboard the F50s are streamed to the cloud region for immediate broadcast, and simultaneously stored in Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse. SailGP production teams at league headquarters use this information to create content for distribution across 175 broadcast territories. Season 2 marks the first time SailGP will coordinate all data and production activities for each race remotely, significantly reducing the costs and the environmental impact of traveling large crews and equipment to each event.

“SailGP is one of the most data-rich sports leagues in the world, and data is in Oracle’s DNA,” said Ariel Kelman, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, Oracle. “The differentiator in our collaboration this season is the advancements in extracting meaningful information from massive amounts of data and the mind boggling speed at which it’s done. Once other sports organizations realize what SailGP can accomplish, they’ll quickly understand the advantages of having an aggressive and comprehensive strategy for delivering real-time data and insights to both teams and fans.”

Oracle Cloud will also power a new SailGP simulator. With training restricted to a few days before each event, the simulator allows teammates to virtually race the F50s from any location. Based on a Dynamic Velocity Prediction Program using Season 1 data, and visualization technology hosted in an Oracle virtual graphics workstation, athletes can take the helm, grinder, wing trimmer or flight controller positions and work through different set-ups and race conditions. Sailing aficionados will be able to experience the exhilaration of the virtual F50 at future SailGP events where they can compete against a computer generated boat or compete against each other.

SailGP also enters its second season of competition with a renewed relationship with Oracle.

“After a thrilling opening season where we witnessed teams break the 50 knot barrier and set speed records using the real-time data and analytics delivered by Oracle Cloud, I am delighted that SailGP is extending its partnership with Oracle as the league’s global data analytics partner for three more years,” Coutts said. “Having access to Oracle’s global infrastructure allows us to rapidly process incredibly large amounts of internal data and automate repeatable tasks, improve predictions, and identify issues and performance differences between teams.”

“What SailGP and Oracle have accomplished in our short time working together is extraordinary, and this season is set up to surpass that,” Kelman added. “I look forward to achieving new milestones as we continue on the path we started.”

SailGP Season 2 commences in Bermuda on April 24-25, 2021.

Additional Resources

• Learn more about Oracle and SailGP: www.oracle.com/sailgp
• Rights-free still images available to download: https://sailgp.photoshelter.com/index

About Oracle
Oracle offers suites of integrated applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com.

About SAILGP
SailGP races for a better future, championing a world powered by nature. The sport’s pinnacle league, SailGP features national teams battling in short, intense races at iconic stadium-style venues across the globe, building to the Grand Final – and sailing’s top prize of US $1 million. The high-tech, high-speed action features sailing’s best athletes racing in identical supercharged F50 catamarans, flying at electrifying speeds exceeding 60 mph/100 kph. Visit SailGP.com for more information.

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BOSTON, MA, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ – John Hancock Retirement announced today it is expanding its Personalized Retirement Advice (Retirement Advice) program to include all defined contribution plans. Retirement Advice is fully integrated into John Hancock’s online experience for all eligible participants, connecting a participant’s accounts with the program to deliver personalized advice.

“In the most recent John Hancock Financial Stress survey, 87% of workers say that having their retirement savings professionally managed would have a significant impact on how prepared they feel for retirement,” said Lynda Abend, chief data officer, John Hancock Retirement. “As 2020 was one of the most challenging years most people will experience, the expanded and enhanced Retirement Advice program is not only timely but a great solution for participants who want help in making the most of their retirement savings and the peace of mind that comes with partnering with a professional.”

Understanding more investors are interested in receiving advice for their retirement plan, John Hancock will now be extending this benefit to all 401k participants and making it available to over 45,000 plans. 

In addition to making Retirement Advice available to all their 401k plans, John Hancock is also launching a new online experience to deliver personalized recommendations to all eligible participants. Integrated into the plan website, it delivers personalized income projections and recommendations to help participants to see where their savings stand today — and where it could be in the future — with professional management. Participants can also view recommended risk levels and asset allocations prior to signing up for the program.

Retirement Advice is designed to help individuals looking for ongoing professional management of their retirement savings account, and helps investors get and stay on track for a more secure retirement. Using Morningstar Investment Management LLC’s independent analysis, Retirement Advice creates a customized mix of investments from the retirement plan’s fund lineup. This mix is personalized based on unique factors such as age, current savings, estimated Social Security benefits, and out-of-plan assets, including those of a spouse or domestic partner, if added.

“Retirement Advice gives participants a personalized and comprehensive strategy for their savings and investment needs,” added Jack Barry, head of product development and strategy, John Hancock Retirement. “We are excited to bring this great experience to our participants and enable more of them than ever to get the support they are looking for to help make the most of their retirement savings.” 

About John Hancock Retirement 
John Hancock Retirement is the U.S. retirement business of Manulife Investment Management. For nearly 50 years, we’ve helped people plan and invest for retirement; today, we’re one of the largest full-service providers in the United States.¹ We take a hands-on consultative approach based on the idea that no two plans – and no two plan participants – are exactly alike. We partner with plan sponsors, advisors, and third-party administrators to ensure that every plan is personal to the participant and delivers results.

As of December 31, 2020, John Hancock serviced over 51,000 retirement plans with over 3 million participants and over $205 billion in AUMA.²

About Manulife Investment Management 

Manulife Investment Management is the global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation. We draw on more than a century of financial stewardship and the full resources of our parent company to serve individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto, our leading capabilities in public and private markets are strengthened by an investment footprint that spans 17 countries and territories. We complement these capabilities by providing access to a network of unaffiliated asset managers from around the world. We’re committed to investing responsibly across our businesses. We develop innovative global frameworks for sustainable investing, collaboratively engage with companies in our securities portfolios, and maintain a high standard of stewardship where we own and operate assets, and we believe in supporting financial well-being through our workplace retirement plans. Today, plan sponsors around the world rely on our retirement plan administration and investment expertise to help their employees plan for, save for, and live a better retirement.  

As of December 31, 2020, Manulife Investment Management had CAD$966 billion (US$758 billion) in assets under management and administration. Not all offerings are available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit manulifeim.com. 

In July 2020, John Hancock commissioned our seventh annual financial stress survey with the respected research firm Greenwald & Associates. An online survey of 589 workers was conducted between 7/28/20 and 8/14/20 to learn more about individual stress levels, their causes and effects, and strategies for relief. John Hancock and Greenwald & Associates are not affiliated, and neither is responsible for the liabilities of the other.

Once enrolled in the John Hancock Personalized Retirement Advice Program (Retirement Advice), John Hancock Personal Financial Services, LLC (JHPFS) will manage a participant’s account by allocating and rebalancing their investments.

Participation in John Hancock Personalized Retirement Advice (Retirement Advice) does not guarantee investment success. All investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Fees for this service are based on a tiered schedule and vary by account balance. For more information, consult the John Hancock Personalized Retirement Advice Investment Advisory Agreement. John Hancock Personal Financial Services, LLC (“JHPFS”), a registered investment adviser and affiliate of John Hancock Retirement Plan Services, LLC (“JHRPS”), is the investment manager of the Retirement Advice program. JHPFS has selected Morningstar Investment Management LLC, a registered investment advisor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc., to act as the “independent financial expert” (as defined in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Advisory Opinion 2001-09A) for Retirement Advice. JHPFS monitors Morningstar Investment Management’s performance. Morningstar Investment Management LLC is not affiliated with JHRPS, JHPFS or its affiliates.  JHPFS acts as a fiduciary with respect to the management of Retirement Advice investments.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services, LLC offers administrative or recordkeeping services to sponsors and administrators of retirement plans.  John Hancock Trust Company LLC provides trust and custodial services to such plans.

Group annuity contracts and recordkeeping agreements are issued by John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.), Boston, MA (not licensed in New York) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York, Valhalla, New York.  Product features and availability may differ by state.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services, LLC, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York each make available a platform of investment alternatives to sponsors or administrators of retirement plans without regard to the individualized needs of any plan.  Unless otherwise specifically stated in writing, each such company does not, and is not undertaking to, provide impartial investment advice or give advice in a fiduciary capacity.

Both John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York do business under certain instances using the John Hancock Retirement Plan Services name.

John Hancock Investment Management Distributors LLC is the principal underwriter and wholesale distribution broker dealer for the John Hancock mutual funds. Member FINRA, SIPC.

John Hancock Retirement Plan Services LLC offers administrative or recordkeeping services to sponsors and administrators of retirement plans.  John Hancock Trust Company LLC provides trust and custodial services to such plans.  Group annuity contracts and recordkeeping agreements are issued by John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.), Boston, MA (not licensed in New York) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York, Valhalla, New York.  Product features and availability may differ by state. Securities offered through John Hancock Distributors LLC. Member FINRA, SIPC.

NOT FDIC INSURED. MAY LOSE VALUE. NOT BANK GUARANTEED.

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ROCKFORD, Mich., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — With jelly shoes making a bold comeback last summer, Hush Puppies, a global casual footwear brand empowered by optimism and dedicated to inspiring individuals to live life on the bright side, is elevating the nostalgic style with its newest shoe—the Brite Jell.

Leveraging the momentum of the Newtro trend, Hush Puppies has taken the popularity of jellies and reimagined them as today’s favorite sandal silhouettes in bright hues and squishy soft material. To introduce Brite Jells, the brand is teaming up with Loud Lacquer, a nail polish brand all about women empowerment, being loud and expressing yourself through color. Together, the brands are perfectly pairing Hush Puppies’ jelly sandals with Loud Lacquer’s four new, matching, non-toxic, vegan and cruelty-free summer-ready nail polish colors called Brite Shades.

“We loved that jellies were making a comeback, but we wanted to put our ultra-colorful and comfortable Hush Puppies spin on the style,” said Kate Pinkham, General Manager and Vice President of Hush Puppies. “This Loud Lacquer partnership to launch the Brite Jells and Brite Shades collection has been a great collaboration – they are really optimistic, colorful, and fun, just like the Hush Puppies brand. We are excited about the opportunity to introduce new consumers to both of these like-minded brands.”

“We at Loud Lacquer love living in color, and it feels good to be seen and heard by such an iconic brand that shares our same confidence and positivity,” said Melody Hammer, CEO and Founder of Loud Lacquer. “The Brite Jells and Brite Shades collaboration is a great opportunity to match our bright nail polish shades with super fun and colorful jellies. Color on color. All day!”

The Brite Jells x Brite Shades Collection

Available in four fun and bright shades perfect for summer, each jelly sandal is created with Hush Puppies’ Bounce® footbed technology that’s concealed in the super-cushioned wedge sole, which provides energy rebound with every step. The jellies have been designed alongside four nail lacquers and stickers that have been made with a long-lasting formula and signature wide brush to ensue effortless application.

The Brite Jells are available in two key styles—one with a squishy soft strap and buckle closure, and a slide-on sandal. The Brite Jell strap sandals are available in Fiesta Red, Sun Yellow, Vapor Grey and Black. The Brite Jell slide-on sandals are available in Fiesta Red, Sun Yellow, Caribbean and Black. Each sandal meets its summer match with Loud Lacquer’s four new Brite Shades, available in Lawn Flamingo (red), Soft Swap (yellow), PHC (Caribbean blue) and Go To (black).

For more information on the Brite Jells and Brite Shades collaboration, visit www.hushpuppies.com and/or www.loudlacquer.com, where you can purchase a jelly sandal and nail polish set for $69.95.

ABOUT HUSH PUPPIES:


In 1958, Hush Puppies introduced the world to a new kind of footwear – shoes with casual style and an easygoing attitude made to relax in. Hush Puppies is a global brand, a household name and a cultural icon that embodies the lighthearted spirit of its beloved basset hound. It is the go-to footwear, accessory and apparel brand that delivers the right mix of timeless style and dependable comfort. Hush Puppies is a division of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW), one of the world’s leading marketers and licensors of branded casual, active lifestyle, work, outdoor sport, athletic, children’s and uniform footwear and apparel. For more information, visit www.hushpuppies.com.

ABOUT LOUD LACQUER:


Loud Lacquer was founded by Melody Hammer after being told she was too loud and opinionated about what women wanted in the beauty space. She envisioned a brand that was fun, unexpected and high quality; Luxury gone weird. So, she embraced her LOUD vision and made it happen. Since launching in 2019 LOUD has made a name for itself online; not only for it’s amazing nail polish that’s cruelty-free, long-lasting, quick-drying, vegan, and female owned, but for its community of BABBS (n) Bad-Ass Boss Babes, who like to have fun and stay LOUD. For more information, visit www.loudlacquer.com.

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MUNICH, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced that Bankhaus von der Heydt is using Appian to automate back-office operations and grow its banking business through new FinTech offerings. The Appian Low-code Automation Platform enables the bank to launch and manage new financial products and services faster, and accelerate their new institutional client onboarding time.

“Using Appian, we were able to conquer new markets, gain significant market share, and deliver new products to our customers ten times faster than before,” according to Philipp Doppelhammer, Managing Director and Member of the Management Board at Bankhaus von der Heydt.

Founded in 1754, Bankhaus von der Heydt has been recognized as a “Digital Champion” among German private banks in a 2021 study, which analyzed approximately 13,000 companies. It is one of the first banks in Germany to offer blockchain, cryptocurrencies trading, and crypto custody services for financial institutions.

Von der Heydt’s new FinTech Portal, built on Appian, connects with the bank’s legacy core banking, brokerage, and crypto custody systems to provide secure data visibility to employees. The Bankhaus team can create customized client offerings within one day, allowing them to meet fast-changing requirements and scale their business without increasing their headcount. The solution also provides better visibility of products and projects across von der Heydt systems for better operational reporting, and simplified compliance and risk management.

In addition, von der Heydt is using Appian to accelerate new institutional client onboarding time. The solution integrates Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements as part of the digital onboarding process to gather documents, verify accounts, and conduct customer due diligence for risk management. The new digital workflow reduced new trading partner onboarding time from one week to under ten minutes.

“Bankhaus von der Heydt shows how a historical, traditional bank can innovate and be a leader in the FinTech space by leveraging low-code automation,” said Dirk Pohla, Regional Vice President at Appian DACH. “By digitizing key operations and workflows, they are saving time, delivering products and services faster for their employees and clients.”

Watch this Bankhaus von der Heydt video to see how the bank is using Appian to scale its business. Find out why 5 of the world’s top 10 banks are Appian customers and explore our financial services solutions.

About Appian

Appian helps organizations build apps and workflows rapidly, with a low-code automation platform. Combining people, technologies, and data in a single workflow, Appian can help companies maximize their resources and improve business results.  Many of the world’s largest organizations use Appian applications to improve customer experience, achieve operational excellence, and simplify global risk management and compliance. For more information, visit www.appian.com.

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced MultiGreen, a real estate development and operating company specializing in attainable, sustainable and tech-enabled multifamily housing in high-growth and supply-constrained markets, has tapped Autodesk to help power its Workforce Plus™ initiative. MultiGreen will standardize on a host of Autodesk Construction Cloud solutions including BuildingConnected and BIM 360 to digitize and connect their processes, data and teams across all phases of the initiative, from design to operations.

Workforce Plus is MultiGreen’s new plan to build 40,000 economically and environmentally sustainable tech-enabled housing units by 2030 across ten states in the U.S., including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington, as well as British Columbia. Designed to directly contribute to tenants’ quality of life, all multi-unit buildings in the Workforce Plus initiative will meet LEED, Green Globes, WELL and Fitwel certifications to promote health and wellness.

As the Workforce Plus initiative kicks off, MultiGreen will use Autodesk Construction Cloud to digitize and connect their processes throughout the project lifecycle. BuildingConnected will provide the MultiGreen team with increased transparency for trade partners working on the project, ensure compliance is integrated into the bidding process and mitigate risk by flagging potential specialty contractor issues during bidding.

Standardizing on Autodesk Construction Cloud’s BIM 360 will allow MultiGreen to fully own and centralize the flow of information and BIM-rich data throughout the project – all from one common data environment in the cloud. Additionally, the company will use BIM 360’s integration with the Embodied Carbon Calculator (EC3), which allows users to easily access, view and analyze material carbon emissions in the large model viewer. The MultiGreen team also uses Autodesk products such as Autodesk Build, Autodesk Takeoff, Revit and Autodesk Inventor, and plans to use Autodesk’s recently announced digital twin solution, Autodesk Tandem.

“When you’re embarking on a mission of this magnitude, it’s important to make proactive investments – especially with technology,” said Levi Nass, director of development for MultiGreen. “We’re driving this project from the concept and design phase all the way through project completion and day-to-day operations, so it’s an enormous advantage to be able to manage everything in one central platform and in one common data environment. Autodesk Construction Cloud is providing best-in-class, holistic tools that give us full ownership of our data and provide valuable insights that we can then carry across the entire company.”

Sustainability at the core of every phase of Workforce Plus

MultiGreen works to promote a sustainable lifestyle for tenants in their buildings, such as fostering a culture of waste reduction and recycling in each community – and this sustainable mentality begins before ground is even broken. The company will deploy green building principles across the entire lifecycle of the Workforce Plus project, including:

• Sustainable siting
  and material selection – optimizing land use and development to reduce adverse impacts and minimize ecological footprint, reusing materials and using recycled and green construction materials to reduce material extraction, processing, transportation, solid waste and consumption.
• Energy generation and efficiency – establishing and monitoring performance targets that account for intended use, occupancy and other energy operations and incorporating renewable energy generators such as solar shading and rooftop solar panels.
• Maximizing water efficiency – reducing wastewater through optimized landscaping, integrated rainwater catchments, gray water recycling and wastewater treatment systems. 
• Designing with healthy living in mind – standardizing health-conscious details like enhanced ventilation and thermal comfort, moisture control and daylighting. Each multi-unit building will also factor in proximity to schools, grocery stores, shopping malls, parks and other public spaces, entertainment and recreational areas, and fitness and health facilities.
• Economically sustainable operations through environmental construction techniques – maximizing energy efficiency techniques to produce lower carbon emissions. For instance, MultiGreen will use high quality thermal performance materials for better insulation at a fraction of the cost of current solutions. Innovations like this make MultiGreen’s properties more affordable to operate, both at the property level and for individual tenants, while reducing the overall impact on the environment.

“Our goal is to build environmentally sound, tech-forward housing for families who have struggled to enter the homeowner market. Our research shows these people consist of firefighters, nurses, teachers and others who have been essential both prior to and throughout the global health pandemic,” said Randy Norton, chairman of the board for MultiGreen. “Workforce Plus isn’t about chasing yield, it’s about making a positive impact on the world. We knew we had to standardize and digitize our processes from start to finish to build better and more efficiently and being an Autodesk shop allows us to do just that. Autodesk is helping us lead the way, so we can establish best practices we hope other builders will follow.”

“Autodesk is on a mission to empower teams to build the new possible – and a big part of the new possible is ensuring sustainability is integrated into the built environment from the outset,” said Jim Lynch, senior vice president and general manager, Autodesk Construction Solutions. “MultiGreen’s plan to create environmentally and economically sustainable housing is one with which we closely align. Autodesk Construction Cloud will enable MultiGreen to streamline workflows and have full ownership of their data, and we look forward to closely partnering with them over the next 10 years and beyond.”

About Autodesk

Autodesk makes software for people who make things. If you’ve ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you’ve experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. For more information visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk.

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MONTRÉAL, April 15, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ – BTB Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: BTB.UN) (“BTB” or the “REIT“) announced today that it will release its financial results for the first quarter 2021 (Q1 2021), on Tuesday, May 11^th, 2021, before the opening of the Toronto stock market.

Management will hold a conference call on Tuesday, May 11^th, 2021 at 10 am, Eastern Standard Time, to present BTB’s financial results and performance for the first quarter of 2021.

The media and all interested parties may attend the call-in listening mode only.

Conference call operators will coordinate the question and answer period (from analysts only) and will instruct participants regarding the procedures during the call.

The audio recording of the conference call will be available by via playback until May 18^th, 2021 by dialing: 1-416-764-8677 (local) or, 1-888-390-0541 (toll-free) and by entering the following access code: 861340 #.

ABOUT BTB

BTB is a real estate investment trust listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. BTB is an important owner of properties in eastern Canada. As at April 15^th, 2021 BTB owns 64 retail, office, and industrial properties for a total leasable area of approximately 5.3 million square feet. As of December 31^st, 2020, BTB’s approximate total asset value is approximately $927M.

BTB’S OBJECTIVES

BTB offers a distribution reinvestment plan to unitholders whereby the participants may elect to have their monthly cash distribution reinvested in additional units of BTB at a price based on the weighted average price for BTB’s Units on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the five trading days immediately preceding the distribution date, discounted by 3%.

For more detailed information, visit BTB’s website at www.btbreit.com.

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI) announced today that First United Bank, one of the largest privately held community banks in the country, has signed a long-term contract extension to use Black Knight’s premier MSP loan servicing system, which supports first mortgages, as well as home equity loans and lines of credit, on a single platform. First United Bank will continue to use MSP to help them manage its mortgage servicing processes, payment processing, escrow administration, default management and more. In addition, the bank will implement Black Knight’s fully integrated Servicing Digital solution to further enhance the customer experience.

“Our continued partnership with Black Knight will support First United’s efforts to elevate 10,000 lives by year 2030,” said Mark Dawson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Services Officer at First United Bank. “MSP has already proven to be a trusted servicing platform for our business to help us reach this goal. By adding Servicing Digital, our customers will enjoy more flexibility to manage their accounts from any device — when and where it’s convenient for them. We hope this will give our customers more time to focus on what’s most important and truly be able to spend life wisely.” 

The Black Knight MSP system is a complete, scalable, end-to-end system used by mortgage servicers of all sizes to manage their servicing processes, including loan setup and maintenance, escrow administration, investor reporting, regulatory requirements and more. The MSP system helps servicers increase efficiency, reduce operating costs and improve risk mitigation for approximately 36 million active loans currently serviced on the system.

Black Knight’s Servicing Digital solution enables homeowners to easily perform tasks and view information related to their mortgages through a simple, user-friendly interface, while providing a platform for continual engagement between servicers and their customers. The innovative, customer-centric solution delivers useful information specific to an individual’s mortgage, property and local housing market by accessing data through the MSP system, as well as the company’s industry-leading property records database, advanced analytics and automated valuation models. While First United Bank will use the responsive web design version of Servicing Digital, the solution is also available in a native mobile app.

First United Bank also began using Black Knight’s Loss Mitigation and Payoff Express solutions last year, both of which fully integrate with the MSP system. As part of Black Knight’s suite of default solutions, Loss Mitigation provides full functionality to support servicers with industry-standard retention and liquidation workouts. Payoff Express delivers an efficient way for title and settlement agents to obtain loan payoff information from mortgage servicers, allowing them to place orders for payoff quotes via an online platform or client-managed application.

“First United Bank is a valued, long-time Black Knight client, and we are proud to provide our trusted, comprehensive, integrated technologies for its servicing needs,” said Black Knight President Joe Nackashi. “We remain committed to delivering on innovation to support First United Bank’s operations and growth and look forward to the continued expansion of our relationship in the future.”

About First United Bank:
Established in 1900, First United has more than 85 bank, mortgage and insurance locations throughout Oklahoma and Texas. It is one of the largest, well-capitalized banking organizations in the Southwest with assets of more than $10 billion, and it is among the largest privately held community banking organizations in the United States. First United provides a full range of financial services including banking, mortgage, insurance, and investment products and services, and is dedicated to inspiring and empowering others to Spend Life Wisely®. Learn more at FirstUnitedBank.com. 

About Black Knight
Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI) is an award-winning software, data and analytics company that drives innovation in the mortgage lending and servicing and real estate industries, as well as the capital and secondary markets. Businesses leverage our robust, integrated solutions across the entire homeownership life cycle to help retain existing customers, gain new customers, mitigate risk and operate more effectively.

Our clients rely on our proven, comprehensive, scalable products and our unwavering commitment to delivering superior client support to achieve their strategic goals and better serve their customers. For more information on Black Knight, please visit www.blackknightinc.com.

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CHICAGO, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated (NYSE:JLL) has amended its bank credit facility to maintain the company’s operating flexibility and support its growth strategy. The borrowing capacity remains at $2.75 billion and the new five-year term extends the maturity from May 2023 to April 2026.

In addition, reflecting JLL’s commitment to advancing its environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives and Building a Better Tomorrow strategy, the facility includes incentives linked to achieving certain sustainability goals. These measures include: 1) reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with JLL’s previously announced Science Based Targets and 2) ensuring JLL-occupied buildings over 10,000 square feet obtain sustainability certification by 2030.

“We appreciate the continued support of our globally diversified relationship bank group and are proud to be an early adopter in the U.S. aligning our sustainability commitments with our financing arrangement,” said Karen Brennan, Chief Financial Officer of JLL.   

BMO Capital Markets Corp. and BofA Securities, Inc. were Joint Lead Arrangers for this transaction.  In addition, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC were Joint Bookrunners for this transaction.

About JLL
JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. JLL shapes the future of real estate for a better world by using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities. JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $16.6 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of more than 91,000 as of December 31, 2020. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit ir.jll.com.

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DENVER, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) today announced that Jason Lish has joined the company’s senior leadership team as chief security officer.

In this role, Jason will provide leadership, strategic direction and oversight for all corporate security functions, including physical security, emergency preparedness, fraud management, government security services, and corporate cybersecurity. He’ll also oversee global security initiatives supporting corporate security architecture and threat management, as well as development and preventative security standards and procedures.

“Protecting Lumen information and physical assets from security threats is critical to protecting and serving our customers and their networks,” said Andrew Dugan, Lumen chief technology officer. “This is why we are thrilled to have Jason filling this very important role. His background and his broad security experience are an ideal fit for Lumen as we work to fulfill our purpose of empowering human progress through technology.”

Prior to joining Lumen, Jason served as the chief security, privacy and data officer for Advisor Group, Inc., leading all security and data integrity for one of the largest networks of independent financial advisors in the U.S. Prior to that, Jason was CSO and later chief information officer for Alight Solutions, leading physical and fraud security, as well as Alight’s overall digital, technology, enterprise risk and security strategy.

Jason also spent many years in various security leadership roles with the Charles Schwab Corporation and Honeywell International. He started his career in the U.S. Air Force serving at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and Keflavik NAS, Iceland.

For more information about how the Lumen platform enables companies to capitalize on emerging applications that power the 4th Industrial Revolution, visit www.lumen.com.

About Lumen Technologies:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 450,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com/home, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Lumen and Lumen Technologies are registered trademarks of Lumen Technologies LLC in the United States. Lumen Technologies LLC is a wholly owned affiliate of Lumen Technologies Inc. 

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NEW YORK, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SEEL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders and rare diseases, today announced that it will participate in the B. Riley Securities’ Neuroscience Conference, April 28-29, 2021.

Raj Mehra, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO, will present on Wednesday, April 28th at 11:00am ET. 

The B. Riley Securities’ Neuroscience Conference will cover key topics across neurodegeneration, neuropsychiatry, and mental health disease areas, with both public and private healthcare companies. For more information about the conference: https://brileyfin.com/events

About Seelos Therapeutics

Seelos Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and advancement of novel therapeutics to address unmet medical needs for the benefit of patients with central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other rare diseases. The Company’s robust portfolio includes several late-stage clinical assets targeting indications including Acute Suicidal Ideation and Behavior (ASIB) in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Sanfilippo syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, other psychiatric and movement disorders plus orphan diseases.

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