 NEW YORK and SHREVEPORT, La., Oct. 11, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Cowen Inc. NASDAQ:COWN Cowen or the Company, and AFS Logistics, LLC AFS, today announced the launch of the CowenAFS Freight Index Freight Index. The Freight Index will serve to provide Cowens institutional clients with predictive pricing tools for multiple sectors within the freight industry, on a quarterly basis. The Freight Index will provide a performance snapshot of less-than-truckload shipping LTL, full truckload shipping TL, and parcel shipping both express and ground, separately. This data will be featured in Cowens market-leading air freight and surface transportation equity research. Jason Seidl, Cowens Senior Analyst for Airfreight Surface Transportation, is leading the initiative. 