Nextdoor has launched self-serve functionality for its Ads Manager platform in Canada, enabling businesses of any size to independently create and manage hyperlocal advertising campaigns. The platform allows advertisers to reach verified neighbours across Canadian communities with features including hyperlocal targeting, AI-generated content, and performance tracking. Since launching in Canada, Nextdoor Ads Manager has supported thousands of advertisers across home services, health and wellness, and real estate sectors, with strongest adoption in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta. The platform reports 94% of Nextdoor users make the majority of household purchasing decisions. The self-serve functionality expands access to Nextdoor's advertising ecosystem, which connects businesses with over 105 million neighbours across the network seeking trusted local recommendations and services.

Paris-based fintech Ai For Alpha has launched CTA Multi-Horizon Decoding, a futures-based replication strategy designed to track the SG CTA trend benchmark with improved precision and transparency. The strategy expands the company's Decoding Suite, which has been operational since 2022 and provides replication portfolios across alternative investments to institutional investors and bank quantitative investment strategy desks. The new model uses a two-stage framework that replicates both asset allocation and changing allocations across trend horizons. Five parallel decoders operate across 20 to 500-day time windows, allocating across 24 liquid futures proxies. A second decoding layer then dynamically reallocates these trend sleeves to adapt to evolving market conditions. The strategy is implemented through liquid listed futures, offering daily transparency and scalability for institutional clients via separately managed accounts or indices.

QC Kinetix has appointed Peter Holt as chief executive officer to lead its next phase of national growth. Holt brings over 40 years of healthcare franchise experience, most recently serving as president and CEO of The Joint Corp for more than eight years, where he expanded the chiropractic clinic network from approximately 300 to nearly 1,000 locations nationwide. Founded in 2017 and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, QC Kinetix is North America's largest regenerative medicine franchise, operating more than 100 clinics across the US. The company provides non-surgical, biologic-based treatments for joint pain and musculoskeletal conditions. Co-founder Justin Crowell said Holt will focus on supporting clinic owners, strengthening operations and preparing the organisation for expanded scale whilst physician leadership continues guiding medical decisions and clinical standards.