Silvercrest expands presence in Asia Pacific with senior appointment and Fund launch in Australia. Mar. 3, 2026, 10:41 AM NEW YORK, March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SAMG) is pleased to announce its expansion into the Australian market with the appointment of Christina Manonian as Head of APAC Consultant Relations & Business Development, based in Melbourne, and the launch of the Silvercrest Global Value Opportunity Fund for wholesale clients. This marks the latest step in Silvercrest's international growth strategy, building on its presence in Singapore and team members in Europe. Ms. Manonian joins from AllianceBernstein where she was responsible for consultant and key client relationships across the Asia Pacific region. With over two decades of experience, Christina has longstanding relationships with institutional clients and consultants, wealth managers, and research houses. Christina previously held a variety of roles at Franklin Templeton and Legg Mason in both Australia and the United States. The Silvercrest Global Value Opportunity Fund invests across the value spectrum - from relative value to deep value - seeking long-term capital appreciation and outperformance of its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. Allen Gray, Global Head of Silvercrest's Institutional Business, said, "We are delighted to have someone with the depth and experience of Christina as we work to deliver Silvercrest's breadth of investment capabilities to the APAC region. Christina will partner with Nitish Sharma, Head of International Consultant Relations and Business Development, to execute the firm's objective to increase its presence in institutional markets beyond North America." About Christina Manonian Christina Manonian has spent more than 23 years in the investment management industry. Most recently, she was Managing Director, APAC Consultant Relations at AllianceBernstein. Prior to that she held senior relationship management and Consultant Relations roles at Franklin Templeton and Legg Mason, focused on the growth and diversification of their Australian institutional businesses. Christina joined Franklin Templeton in 2003 in their California headquarters and held various sales, product management and strategic marketing roles over her 19-year tenure with the firm. She began her career in New York City at a leading investor relations agency. Christina graduated with honors from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, with a double Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Spanish. She also completed the Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA(R) program and is an Associate Member of the CIMA(R) Society Asia Pacific. About Silvercrest Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (the "firm") is the principal operating subsidiary of Silvercrest Asset Management Group Inc. Silvercrest was founded in April 2002 as an independent, employee-owned registered investment adviser, headquartered in New York. The firm has seven additional offices in the United States, an office in Singapore, and team members based in Europe. Silvercrest offers a suite of equity strategies to institutional investors around the world and provides traditional and alternative investment advisory and family office services to wealthy families. As of September 30, 2025, the firm reported assets under management of $37.6 billion. Investor Relations Contact: Richard R. Hough III 212-649-0601 [email protected] Markets Insider and Business Insider Editorial Teams were not involved in the creation of this post. Silvercrest Asset Management Group newsmore. Your Market View | Name | Price | +/- | % | Date | | TSLA | 390.36 | -12.96 | -3.21 | 03/03/2026 12:40:30 PM | | AAPL | 261.14 | -3.39 | -1.28 | 03/03/2026 12:40:30 PM | | MSFT | 401.40 | 3.13 | 0.78 | 03/03/2026 12:40:27 PM | | NFLX | 96.37 | -0.69 | -0.71 | 03/03/2026 12:40:28 PM | | SPOT | 514.99 | 7.72 | 1.52 | 03/03/2026 12:40:15 PM | -0.22 (-1.42%) 12:30:59 PM Find News News

AI video generation startup Runway has raised $315 million in a Series E round, nearly doubling its valuation to $5.3 billion. General Atlantic led the round, with participation from Nvidia, Fidelity, Adobe Ventures and others. The funding will support development of world models—AI systems that construct internal representations of environments to plan future events. Runway released its first world model in December and sees the technology as central to applications in medicine, climate, energy and robotics, whilst expanding beyond its traditional media and entertainment base into gaming and robotics. The raise follows the launch of Gen 4.5, Runway's latest video generation model, which outperformed offerings from Google and OpenAI on several benchmarks. The company plans to expand its 140-person team across research, engineering and go-to-market functions.

Kore.ai secures strategic growth investment from AllianceBernstein to scale the next phase of agentic Enterprise AI. By Kore.ai Raj Koneru, Founder and CEO of Kore.ai COMPANY NEWS: Investment will Accelerate Product Innovation and International Expansion of its Agent-first Enterprise AI Platform and Agentic Solutions Kore.ai, a global leader in enterprise AI and agentic solutions, today announced a strategic growth investment led by AllianceBernstein Private Credit Investors, with continued participation from existing investors Vistara Growth, Beedie Capital and Sweetwater Private Equity. The investment builds on Kore.ai's strong momentum and long-term investor relationships, and will support the company's next phase of growth by scaling go-to-market initiatives, deepening global customer engagement, and accelerating innovation across its agentic AI platform. Kore.ai has rapidly emerged as one of the leading providers of agentic solutions for modern enterprises, powered by the industry's most advanced AI-native platform. The investment follows a defining year in 2025, during which Kore.ai accelerated enterprise AI adoption and deepened strategic partnerships with Microsoft and AWS to support large-scale, agentic deployments across industries. The company was a launch partner for Microsoft Agent 365 and is an agentic competency partner for AWS. Kore.ai's agentic AI platform has won recognition in leading industry analyst reports, including being named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Conversational AI Platforms and Emerging Leader in GenAI Engineering and productivity solutions, as well as receiving top placement in the Forrester Wave(TM): Cognitive Search Platforms and Everest PEAK Matrix for AI Agents in CXM. These recognitions underscore Kore.ai's role in shaping the next era of enterprise AI, where autonomous agents, orchestration, and outcomes define success. "Kore.ai's mission has always been to empower enterprises to transform how work gets done with intelligent, contextual AI agents," said Raj Koneru, Founder and CEO of Kore.ai. "We are grateful to AllianceBernstein Private Credit Investors, our banking partner Stifel Bank, and our existing investors for their confidence in our vision and strong execution capabilities. We're building for where enterprise AI is heading and this investment accelerates that vision." Kore.ai enables organisations to automate complex workflows, orchestrate multi-agent systems, and deliver secure, scalable AI-powered customer, employee, and process experiences. Its AI-native platform architecture, growing agentic solutions marketplace, and global partnerships position Kore.ai at the forefront of modern enterprise AI adoption. "We see tremendous opportunity in how Kore.ai is shaping the future of agentic workflows across the enterprise," said Alex Barry, Managing Director at AllianceBernstein Private Credit Investors. "Their differentiated and proven agentic technology, combined with strategic industry partnerships and deep market traction, makes this an exciting investment as they scale to meet growing global demand." Kore.ai continues its rapid global expansion, with strong momentum in North America and Europe and significant growth across the Middle East and Southeast Asia in 2025. This investment will further accelerate the adoption of Kore.ai's agentic solutions and expand customer success globally. Kore.ai is a leader in enterprise AI and agentic solutions with over a decade of experience in helping large enterprises realise business value through the safe and responsible use of AI. It provides comprehensive offerings for customer service, AI work, and process automation use cases, built on an AI agent platform with no-code and pro-code tools for custom development and deployment at enterprise scale. Kore.ai takes an agnostic approach to models, data, cloud and applications used, giving customers freedom of choice. Trusted by over 500 partners and 480 Global 2000 companies, Kore.ai helps them navigate their AI strategy. The company has a strong patent portfolio in the AI space and has been recognised as a leader and an innovator by top analysts. Headquartered in Orlando, Kore.ai has a network of offices to support customers in India, the UK, the Middle East, Japan, South Korea, and Europe. Visit Kore.ai to learn more. Maximising cloud efficiency - LUMEN WEBINAR 23 april 2025. 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