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Zephyr Releases PSN Top Guns List for Q4 2024, Highlighting Best-In-Class Separate Accounts, Managed Accounts and Managed ETF Strategies

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U.S. Equities Cap Off a Strong Year with a Solid Fourth Quarter

NEW YORK, Feb. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Zephyr, a subsidiary of Informa plc (LSE: INF), and a recognized leader in asset and wealth management software has released its highly anticipated PSN Top Guns List for Q4 2024. The list is an important reference for plan sponsors, investors and asset managers, showcasing the best performing separate accounts, managed accounts and managed ETF strategies each quarter.

“Success in these markets required relentless effort, rigorous research, and disciplined execution”

“The final quarter of 2024 was defined by both volatility and resilience, success in these markets required relentless effort, rigorous research, and disciplined execution,” says PSN Product Manager Nick Williams. “PSN Top Guns recognizes the top managers and teams whose expertise continues to drive the growth of SMAs amid today’s complex and rapidly evolving market conditions.”

Asset and wealth managers use Zephyr’s PSN to connect with institutional and retail investors. The PSN SMA database includes over 2,800 firms, 285 universes, and more than 21,000 products, detailing asset breakdowns, compliance, key personnel and more. PSN’s unique feature is its extensive historical database, offering nearly 40 years of data, including net and gross-of-fee returns.

Zephyr’s Market Strategist Ryan Nauman evaluated this quarter’s PSN Top Guns list and noted, “Despite the Federal Reserve (Fed) implementing two 25 basis point cuts during the quarter, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate index fell -3.06% as inflation remained sticky and the Fed signaled it may not cut interest rates as aggressively as markets hoped.”

Nauman reviewed three universes for this quarter. Below are some of the strategies that make up the PSN Top Guns Large Growth Universe.

Morgan Stanley Investment Management: Advantage (+20.4% for the quarter)Barton Investment Management, LLC.: Barton Focused Growth (+20.2% for the quarter)Lord, Abbett & Co., LLC.: Growth Equity (+13.6% for the quarter)

The following strategies made the PSN Top Guns list for the Japan Universe.

Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt.: Japan Strategic Equity (+5.0% for the quarter)GMO: GMO Usonian Japan Value Strategy (+4.9% for the quarter)T. Rowe Price: Japan Equity Strategy (-0.7% for the quarter)

Below are some of the strategies that make up the PSN Top Guns High Yield Universe.

Arena Capital Advisors: Arena Strategic Short Duration High Yield Composite (+5.8% for the quarter)Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P.: Opportunistic Securitized Credit (+5.1% for the quarter)Pacific Income Advisors, Inc.: High Yield (+1.8% for the quarter)

In addition to showcasing PSN Top Guns strategies, Zephyr has launched a robust promotional and market intelligence package program, the PSN Manager Advantage. The promotional package offers digital coverage and brand publicity, featuring ongoing marketing and a dedicated landing page to educate visitors about individual SMAs. The market intelligence Package provides actionable market insights from the PSN Database, enhancing your exposure and branding. Visit https://informaconnect.com/zephyr/psntopgunsmanageradvantage/ to learn more.

Nauman’s complete Q4 2024 PSN Top Guns commentary can be viewed on the company’s website. The complete PSN Top Guns list and an overview of the methodology, can be found here. If you would like to learn more about becoming a part of the PSN database or would like to subscribe to PSN data, visit PSN.

About PSN
For four decades, PSN has been a top resource for asset and wealth managers. Asset managers rely on Zephyr’s PSN to effectively reach institutional and retail investors. Over 2,800 firms, 285 universes, and more than 21,000 products comprise the PSN SMA database showing asset breakdowns, compliance, key personnel, ownership diversity, ESG, business objectives and strategy, style, fees, GIC sectors, fixed income ranges and full holdings. Unique to PSN is its robust historical database of nearly 40 Years of Data Including Net and Gross-of-Fee Returns. For more details visit PSN online to learn more.

About Zephyr
Zephyr‘s award-winning asset and wealth management software offers portfolio construction, proposal generation, advanced analytics, asset allocation, manager screening, risk analysis, portfolio performance and more, transforming multifaceted data into digestible intel. The award-winning technology empowers financial professionals to navigate a bullish or bearish market. Zephyr was honored with the 2024 FinTech Breakthrough Award for Best Overall Analytics Platform. Zephyr’s asset and wealth management software allows asset managers to communicate their strategies more cost-efficiently by using customized, on demand template technology. To learn more about Zephyr, visit ZephyrFinancialSolutions.com.

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Crest Data More Than Doubles Its Grafana Plugin Portfolio as the Marketplace Reaches General Availability at ObservabilityCON 2026

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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Crest Data, an AI-first product engineering provider specializing in Observability and Cybersecurity for enterprises and technology innovators, today announced 15 new commercial plugins for Grafana, more than doubling its portfolio in the Grafana Marketplace to 25. The release coincides with Grafana Labs moving the Marketplace to general availability at ObservabilityCON 2026. The new plugins span cloud security, virtualization and data protection platforms, so IT, platform and security teams can monitor those systems in Grafana alongside the telemetry they already have, instead of switching between separate vendor consoles.

The Grafana Marketplace gives enterprises a trusted, commercial channel to discover, license and install production-grade plugins directly from the Grafana catalog.

As a founding Marketplace partner, Crest Data arrives at general availability with a broad portfolio of 25 native, agentless data source plugins that query their source systems through their APIs, with no exporters, no extra collection layer and no data ingestion costs. Built in partnership with Grafana Labs, every plugin ships with pre-built dashboards, so teams can unify security, network, virtualization, SaaS and storage monitoring in a single view.

“Crest Data has been developing integrations used by Fortune 100 customers for years, giving us a deep understanding of what enterprises need to meet their operational, security and compliance requirements,” said Malhar Shah, co-founder and CEO at Crest Data. “Our plugins bring this experience to the community by unifying IT, platform and security monitoring in Grafana with coverage across the security, network, virtualization, SaaS and storage domains.”

“Crest Data brings extensive experience across observability, security and compliance integrations, and we’re delighted to have them as part of the Grafana Marketplace,” said Ash Mazhari, VP of Corporate Development, Grafana Labs. “Crest Data is a leading contributor to the ecosystem, and we’re already seeing strong traction for their plugins from organizations around the world. We look forward to seeing how Crest Data continues to expand what enterprises can achieve with Grafana.”

Crest Data’s full Grafana plugin portfolio includes:

Security: FortiGate, Proofpoint Email Security, Zscaler ZIA, Zscaler ZPA, Cisco ASA, Cisco ISE, Tanium, Wiz, Qualys, Prisma Cloud, TenableNetwork: Cisco Meraki, Akamai, Zscaler ZDX, Infoblox Universal DDIVirtualization: VMware vSphere, Citrix Cloud, Citrix DaaSSaaS: Tableau, Zoom, SharePoint, ConvivaStorage and Data Protection: NetApp ONTAP, Dell PowerScale, Rubrik

To learn more about Crest Data’s Grafana services, including Marketplace plugins, migrations, implementations, customizations and managed services, visit https://www.crestdata.ai/solutions/grafana/

About ObservabilityCON 2026

ObservabilityCON is Grafana Labs’ flagship observability event, bringing together practitioners, experts and leaders to explore the latest innovations in observability and the fast-moving AI era. ObservabilityCON 2026 takes place at Pier 27 in San Francisco from Oct. 19–21, featuring three days of technical sessions, hands-on workshops, live demos, user success stories and opportunities to connect with the Grafana observability community.

About Crest Data

Crest Data is an AI-first product engineering provider specializing in Observability and Cybersecurity for enterprises and technology innovators. We design, build and operate intelligent platforms across security, observability, AI, cloud and data. Through deep engineering expertise and AI-led integrations and migrations, Crest Data helps organizations improve visibility, modernize technology platforms and build resilient, future-ready operations. Learn more at https://www.crestdata.ai/ 

 

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ServiceLink Announces Leadership Transitions

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Miriam Moore to become Executive Advisor; Dave Steinmetz named President of Default Services Division

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ServiceLink today announced several leadership changes, effective January 1, 2027.

Miriam Moore, President of ServiceLink’s Default Services Division for the past 15 years, will assume the role of Executive Advisor. In this position, Moore will help shape default services strategy, strengthen client relationships and provide ongoing counsel on product and operational innovation. Her nearly four-decade career at ServiceLink and predecessor companies has been marked by exceptional leadership and results.

“Miriam helped grow ServiceLink to be the largest and most trusted provider of integrated default services in the industry,” said Chris Azur, CEO of ServiceLink. “We are thrilled that Miriam will continue to share her expertise across our business.”

Dave Steinmetz will succeed Moore as President of the Default Services Division. Steinmetz has led ServiceLink’s origination businesses as President for the past 15 years through a period of significant transformation. Having joined ServiceLink in 1993, his 30+ year career has spanned all ServiceLink operational units, including previously having served as Senior Vice President of Default Services.

“Dave is widely regarded as one of the industry’s strongest client- and relationship-driven executives,” said Azur. “Having his leadership extend to a new segment of our organization brings stability, efficiency and the needed experience to meet the demands of our clients’ evolving business challenges.”

David Holland, ServiceLink’s Chief Financial Officer, will serve as Interim President of Origination Services while continuing in his CFO role. Holland will lead the search for a permanent Origination Services Division President.

“I am grateful for Miriam, Dave and David’s ongoing commitment to our teams, partners and most importantly, clients. As we move through this transition, I have every confidence that their expertise and dedication will keep us moving forward with clarity and purpose,” states Azur.  

About ServiceLink 

ServiceLink is the nation’s premier provider of tech-enabled mortgage services. Through our award-winning, best-in-class, proprietary technology and decades of trusted experience, ServiceLink is revolutionizing the industry. Our dedicated teams set the standard in mortgage technology while providing end-to-end origination and default management services faster, with more clarity and precision. Our services improve efficiency and transparency throughout the entire mortgage process, truly Linking What Matters™, ServiceLink offers a full product suite of services, including valuation, title and closing and flood services to mortgage originators; and title and closing, field services, valuation, auction, REO asset management and reporting and support service to mortgage servicers. For more information about ServiceLink, visit www.servicelink.com. 

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New program to grow the Yukon’s forestry and bioenergy sector

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CanNor is providing up to $546,945 over three years to strengthen the capacity, sustainability, and competitiveness of Yukon’s forestry sector.

WHITEHORSE, YT, Oct. 21, 2026 /CNW/ — The Yukon’s forestry sector supports local jobs and supplies timber, biomass and other wood products. New territory-wide support is helping cultivate the sector by building capacity and opening new opportunities for Yukon products.

Today, on the first day of the 2026 Yukon Forestry & Bioenergy Conference – Rooted In Yukon. Building Our Future, the Honourable Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for CanNor, announced a contribution of up to $546,945 to the Yukon Wood Products Association. This funding, delivered through CanNor, is for a three-year project to support Yukon forestry businesses and First Nations by improving access to timber, advancing regulatory readiness, modernizing operations, and improving local biomass opportunities. This includes industry-wide learning activities, such as conferences and the new Leadership, Education and Advancement in Forestry (LEAF) program. The LEAF program will provide training and other support services for key technical and regulatory activities such as developing timber harvesting plans.

By investing in sector-wide capacity development through projects like this, the Government of Canada supports a strong and diversified Yukon economy.

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“Yukon’s forestry and bioenergy sector plays an important role in supporting local jobs, businesses and communities. Through this investment, we are pleased to support the Yukon Wood Products Association as they work with forestry businesses and First Nations to build capacity, strengthen operations and create new opportunities across the territory.”

 – The Honourable Rebecca Chartrand, Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Minister responsible for CanNor

“The LEAF program will support the growth of the Yukon’s forestry small businesses. Investing in training and outreach activities helps create opportunities for knowledge sharing and capacity development amongst businesses and communities. This is how we further strengthen the critical forestry sector for a more resilient territorial and Canadian economy.”

 – Dr. Brendan Hanley, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs and Member of Parliament for the Yukon

“Yukon has tremendous opportunity within its forests to create local employment, strengthen First Nation and community economies, and produce more of the energy and products we use right here at home. LEAF gives us the capacity to move beyond talking about those opportunities and start advancing the planning, partnerships and projects needed to build a stronger forest and bioenergy sector across the territory.”

 – Peter Wright, Executive Director, Yukon Wood Products Association

Quick facts

CanNor’s IDEANorth program makes foundational investments in economic infrastructure, sector development and capacity building to help position Northerners to take advantage of Canada’s innovation economy.The Yukon Wood Products Association (YWPA) is a non-profit industry association formed in 2007. It represents woodcutters, sawmills, log builders, fuelwood suppliers, biomass operators, First Nation development corporations, and communities working with Yukon’s forests. YWPA provides support and representation to their membership and works to support an economically viable and sustainable forest industry in the territory.The LEAF program is a three-year Yukon Wood Products Association initiative focused on strengthening Yukon’s forest sector through forest planning, training, industry capacity development, market development, bioenergy advancement and practical support to help forestry businesses and First Nations move projects from concept to implementation.

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Canadian Northern Economic Development AgencyYukon Wood Products Association

Stay connected: www.cannor.gc.ca 

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