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Fastmarkets closes the CBAM pricing gap with daily view of carbon import costs

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LONDON, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Fastmarkets, a leading cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA), today announced the launch of two new daily CBAM price assessments. These are designed to address one of the biggest challenges facing companies exposed to the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): the lack of real-time visibility into carbon costs at the point of trade.

As CBAM transitions from a reporting requirement to a financial obligation, managing carbon cost exposure in real time is becoming critical for affected companies. The new assessments are designed to give the market the visibility needed to act at the point where commercial decisions are made.

The CBAM Certificate Index and CBAM Certificate Builder provide the market with its first consistent daily view of expected CBAM certificate costs. This gives importers and exporters the ability to price, procure and manage risk before the EU confirms official certificate costs.

Under the current CBAM framework, certificate costs are only confirmed after each reporting period – quarterly in 2026 and weekly from 2027 – leaving companies without clarity on carbon costs while goods are crossing the border. For industries such as steel, aluminium and cement, this creates significant uncertainty in pricing, procurement and risk management. Fastmarkets’ new assessments are designed to close this gap.

The CBAM Certificate Index, published daily in €/tCO2e, provides a forward-looking assessment of certificate costs at the end of the reporting period. It combines auctioned European Union Allowance (EUA) values with spot and forward EUA prices, bringing primary and secondary market data into a single actionable benchmark. As each reporting period progresses and more auctions are completed, the Index increasingly reflects costs already locked in, offering a more accurate indicator than forward EUA prices alone. In the first quarter of 2026, the index closely anticipated the final CBAM certificate price, demonstrating its ability to track outcomes despite broader market volatility.

The CBAM Certificate Builder, also published daily in €/tCO2e, provides a complementary view by tracking the volume-weighted average cost of EUA auctions completed within the current reporting period. This gives market participants a transparent picture of the costs already embedded in the final CBAM certificate price.

Together, the two series provide both a forward-looking signal and a running total of accrued costs, enabling companies to better manage exposure throughout the reporting cycle. Both assessments are designed to converge with the official CBAM certificate price at the close of each period.

“CBAM introduces a new layer of uncertainty into global trade because the final cost is only confirmed after transactions have already taken place. Bringing greater predictability to that cost is essential if companies are going to manage pricing, procurement and compliance decisions with greater confidence as carbon becomes a core part of cross-border trade,” said Sam Carew, Fastmarkets Senior Strategic Markets Editor.

Companies subject to CBAM are required to purchase certificates covering the embedded emissions of imported goods. By integrating the CBAM Certificate Index and Builder with the Fastmarkets CBAM cost calculator, customers can quantify, forecast and actively manage their CBAM exposure using either EU default values or their own verified emissions data. This enables more confident decisions across pricing, procurement and compliance strategies as CBAM transitions from a reporting framework to a fully financial obligation.

For more information, visit Fastmarkets’ carbon markets page.

ABOUT FASTMARKETS 

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading PRA and information provider for the agriculture, forest products, metals, carbon and energy transition markets. Its benchmark prices, analytics, forecasts, and insights are critical to customers seeking to trade, manage risk, and understand complex global markets. 

Fastmarkets was founded in 1913, with a heritage dating back to 1865 through several of its acquired brands. Fastmarkets employs more than 700 people worldwide, with offices across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. The company is privately held and backed by Astorg, a leading European private equity firm. 

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Pave and Levels.fyi Announce Strategic Alliance, Bringing Levels.fyi Data Into Pave Agent and Market Pricing

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Compensation decisions draw on more data than ever, and that data is scattered across surveys, spreadsheets, and tools. Pave has built the place where it all comes together: one platform, powered by real-time intelligence and open to every source compensation teams trust. Today’s strategic alliance with Levels.fyi is the latest step in that effort.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Pave, the Agentic Compensation Management platform, today announced a strategic alliance with Levels.fyi, a compensation data platform that shows what work pays by company, level, location, and skill.

The alliance builds on Pave’s partnerships with The Croner Company, Korn Ferry, WTW, and others and reflects a continuing commitment: making it easier for customers to bring the critical data behind their pay decisions into one place. Pave will continue to expand the network of data partners available on the platform, so that compensation teams don’t have to stitch together sources by hand or choose between the ones they trust.

Through this strategic alliance, Pave customers can now access Levels.fyi data inside Pave Agent as well as Pave’s Market Pricing tool to compare pay for a role across sources, benchmark against real-time Market Data, and price jobs and build competitive pay ranges. Customers can analyze Levels.fyi data alongside their own compensation data and any other data sources they choose to use. Pave Agent can use Levels.fyi data as a reference input to deliver compensation intelligence, so teams can ask a question in plain language and see the answer across Levels.fyi, their other sources, and real-time intelligence from 9,000-plus companies in Pave’s dataset.

Levels.fyi adds a distinct lens on the market. Its data is contributed directly by the people earning it and backed by proof documents such as offer letters, W-2s, and pay stubs. Alongside survey and real-time views, it shows compensation teams what talent is actually earning.

With Levels.fyi data in Pave, mutual clients can:

Ask Pave Agent to compare pay for a role across Levels.fyi, WTW, Korn Ferry, Croner, and Pave’s real-time Market Data, all within one platformSee self-reported Levels.fyi data next to survey and real-time benchmarks to understand where the market views agree and where they divergeAnalyze Levels.fyi data alongside their own compensation data to see where their pay standsGive every analyst on the comp team, not just the person who manages the survey license, direct access to Levels.fyi data in their daily workflow

“Compensation decisions are only as good as the data behind them, and no single source tells the whole story,” said Matt Schulman, CEO of Pave. “Our goal is for Pave to be the central source for the data compensation teams use to make decisions, with real-time intelligence from 9,000-plus companies as the foundation and every source a client trusts available alongside it. Croner, Korn Ferry, WTW, and now Levels.fyi are steps in that effort, and we will keep adding more. Clients shouldn’t have to choose between the data sources they trust. They should have them all in one place.”

“Effective compensation benchmarking starts with a simple question, ‘How do we compare with the companies we actually compete against?'” said Zuhayeer Musa, co-founder of Levels.fyi. “Our data gives customers a current, company-level view of the market, backed by real proof such as offer letters and pay stubs. Bringing that perspective into Pave means teams can build the peer groups that matter to them, focus on a single competitor, and combine Levels.fyi’s rich intelligence with the rest of their stack. Pave has set the standard for connected compensation, and we’re excited to keep helping our mutual customers make faster, more confident pay decisions.”

Levels.fyi data is now available to mutual customers through Pave Agent and Pave’s Market Pricing tool. Existing customers can contact their account teams for access and availability details.

About Pave

Pave is the Agentic Compensation Management platform, powered by real-time compensation intelligence from 9,000-plus companies and a growing network of data partners. Beyond Market Pricing, Pave’s platform spans Market Data benchmarking, Compensation Planning, Total Rewards, Team View, Visual Offer Letters, and Pave Agent, giving compensation teams one connected system to price roles, plan cycles, and communicate pay across the business. To learn more, visit www.pave.com.

About Levels.fyi

Levels.fyi is a compensation data platform that shows what work pays by company, level, location, and skill, and offers a different perspective of the market. Its data is contributed directly by the people earning it, backed by proof documents like offer letters, W-2s, and pay stubs. Levels.fyi reports 1M+ compensation data points, 2,100+ companies with fresh data, and 8,500+ company job ladders mapped, and says more than 3M professionals use the platform every month. To learn more, visit www.levels.fyi.

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Updated Effective Date: Huron Consulting Group Set to Join S&P SmallCap 600

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NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Huron Consulting Group Inc. (NASD: HURN) will replace Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASD: SUPN) in the S&P SmallCap 600 before the opening of trading on Tuesday, November 3, instead of Monday, November 2. S&P SmallCap 600 constituent Indivior Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASD: INDV) is acquiring Supernus Pharmaceuticals in a transaction expected to close soon, subject to final closing conditions. Post merger, Indivior Pharmaceuticals will assume the name Supernus Inc. and will trade under the symbol SUPN. It will remain in the S&P SmallCap 600.

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced the original November 2 effective date in its October 22, 2026 press release and is revising the effective date due to a special dividend ex- date announcement related to the merger.

Following is a summary of the changes that will take place prior to the open of trading on the effective date:

Effective Date

Index Name

Action

Company Name

Ticker

GICS Sector

Nov 3, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Addition

Huron Consulting Group

HURN

Industrials

Nov 3, 2026

S&P SmallCap 600

Deletion

Supernus Pharmaceuticals

SUPN

Health Care

ABOUT S&P DOW JONES INDICES

S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based on our indices than products based on indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has been innovating and developing indices across the spectrum of asset classes helping to define the way investors measure and trade the markets.

S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/. 

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S&P Dow Jones Indices
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Worksmith Appoints Sonu Panda as Chief Revenue Officer, Enhancing Its Executive Team

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Panda reunites with Worksmith Founder and CEO Bryan Burkhart as the company completes the first phase of integrating Worksmith Workplace and Worksmith Workforce.

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Worksmith today announced the appointment of Sonu Panda as Chief Revenue Officer. Panda will lead Worksmith’s revenue organization across its two products, Worksmith Workplace and Worksmith Workforce.

Panda reunites with Worksmith Founder and CEO Bryan Burkhart as the company completes the first phase of integrating Worksmith Workplace and Worksmith Workforce.

Panda has spent his career building and leading revenue teams in software. At Callidus Software, he served as Vice President of Sales across North America, EMEA, and Latin America, and later led on-On-Demand sales as the company moved from traditional enterprise software to a public SaaS business with more than $100 million in revenue. Most recently, he was CEO of Prescriptive Data, a SaaS company applying connected devices, data, and machine learning to commercial buildings, where he oversaw sales, business development, marketing, customer success, and engineering.

The role also reunites Panda with Worksmith Founder and CEO Bryan Burkhart. The two co-founded H.Bloom, a B2B marketplace, where Panda served as Chief Operating Officer and built the company’s operating model.

“We are excited to have Sonu join the Worksmith team full-time as our first-ever CRO. Sonu’s successful career in building world-class sales teams and the decade he has spent on the Worksmith board make him uniquely positioned to lead our next phase of growth, as we strive to deliver the operating system for retail to more customers,” said Bryan Burkhart, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Worksmith.

Panda joins with momentum on both sides of the business. Worksmith Workforce, formerly Progress Retail, has more than doubled its revenue since Worksmith acquired the company in June 2025, alongside a rapid pace of product development.

The two products have also completed the first phase of their integration. Clients that use both now reach retail operations, facilities maintenance, and workforce management through a single login.

“Having witnessed Worksmith’s steady growth first-hand, I’m thrilled to join Worksmith as Chief Revenue Officer for the next phase of Worksmith’s expansion and beyond,” said Sonu Panda, Chief Revenue Officer at Worksmith.

Panda’s appointment follows the promotion of Ray Riley, former CEO of Progress Retail, to Chief Strategy Officer. Panda takes over group revenue responsibilities from Riley.

ABOUT WORKSMITH

Worksmith is a retail operations platform for multi-location brands, spanning two products. Worksmith Workplace covers facilities maintenance, vendor management, and store development, including new builds, remodels, and project management. Worksmith Workforce covers training and development, task execution, store audits, ticketing, employee communications, and AI-powered associate support. Worksmith serves retailers running anywhere from five to more than 500 locations across three continents.

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Iprita Bhattarai, Worksmith, 1 8337472428, support@worksmith.com, https://worksmith.com

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