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深度报道，第 19 页
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塞乌塔危机
移民死亡人数增加
昨天，亲友们在摩洛哥靠近夫尼德克郊区的巴布塞塔 (Bab Sebta) 边境口岸等待那些进入西班牙飞地塞乌塔的人员返回。
据西班牙当局称，上周大规模跨境行动导致的死亡人数已达到 72, 人，这使得一些摩洛哥家庭担心他们的孩子就在溺水者之中。
在西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯反击对其国家处理情况的批评并加剧欧盟移民政策分歧后，欧洲各国政府将于明天举行一次在线会议，讨论西班牙领土内的移民危机。
在 24 小时内，约有 60,000 人进入塞乌塔，这是该集团历史上最大规模的非授权移民涌入事件之一。
摩洛哥统计死亡人数 第 4 页
美国公司业绩“坚如磐石” 尽管消费者在成本方面陷入挣扎
两位数利润增长
GREGORY MEYER — 纽约 EMILY HERBERT — 伦敦
尽管能源成本上升、利率高企且消费者支出谨慎，但美国公司在第二季度财报季的开局极其强劲，报告了两位数的利润增长。
FactSet 数据显示，基于 300 多家企业的报告以及尚未公布业绩企业的分析师预测，S&P 500 指数成分公司本季度的收益同比增长预计将达到 47.4%。
根据 FactSet 的说法，这将是五年来收益增长最强劲的一个季度。
“结果坚如磐石，”摩根大通资产管理全球市场战略师 Hugh Gimber 表示。“就公司公布的数据而言，过去几周非常、非常积极。”
Gimber 表示，虽然科技行业再次成为领先行业之一，但与近期的财报季相比，“我们看到更广泛的行业出现了健康的业绩。”
但强劲的利润出现之时，许多美国人正面临生活成本压力，这可能引发公众的反弹，特别是在唐纳德·特朗普总统的伊朗战争导致能源价格上涨的情况下。
这些结果涵盖了 4 月至 6 月期间，其间汽油价格平均在每加仑 $4 以上。全球债券市场的抛售导致企业的借贷成本飙升，消费者信心跌至历史低点。
然而，根据 FactSet 的数据，S&P 500 指数中近 10 分之 9 的公司收益超过了共识预测。该指数的 11 个行业中有 8 个报告了两位数的收益增长。
法国巴黎银行资产管理首席市场战略师 Daniel Morris 表示，稳健的消费者支出以及对 AI 基础设施大量投资带来的经济效应是一个促成因素。
更高的燃料价格为能源部门带来了意外之财。S&P 500 指数中的通信服务和信息技术行业的公司也实现了收益的大幅增长。
谷歌的净利润增长至 $112bn，这得益于其投资收益，包括持有 SpaceX 的股份，后者在上个月通过历史上规模最大的首次公开募股上市。亚马逊的利润增长超过三倍，主要由其云计算业务的销售额驱动。
“对我来说，关键是看到了这种广度，”Aviva Investors 股票组合经理 Richard Saldanha 表示。
“科技和能源仍然是主要驱动力，但你看到其他行业也在参与。这非常重要，”他补充道。“这种扩展至关重要。”
五年来最强季度 / 生活成本危机面临反噬风险
当你思考股票市场接下来的走向时……不能仅仅依靠科技股来支撑。
股市的强劲意味着持有股票投资组合的家庭继续维持消费。
“由于美国经济中资产持有者与非持有者之间的不平等日益扩大，财富效应变得更加强劲，”会计与咨询公司 RSM 的首席经济学家 Joe Brusuelas 表示。
但零售和消费品高管报告称，贫困家庭的预算已十分紧张。宝洁公司 (Procter & Gamble) 首席财务官 Andre Schulten 表示：“低收入消费者……确实是在勉强维持生活。”
伊朗暂停 第 4 页；美国购物者抵制 第 8 页
在妥协之后，因凡蒂诺的未来仍悬而未决
在贾尼·因凡蒂诺 (Gianni Infantino) 放弃一项出售商业部门股份的计划后，他作为国际足球协会联盟 (FIFA) 主席的职务仍面临严重质疑。该计划此前引发了激烈批评，共有 55 个国家威胁将抵制其赛事。——见 FT 观点，第 20 页
Palantir 受到新审查：在工作人员指出分析缺陷后，英格兰国家医疗服务体系 (NHS England) 计划改变评估该美国科技集团数据平台在整个医疗服务体系中推广成功率的方式。—— 第 2 页
呼吁制定成文宪法：安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 表示，上周披露的权力下放浪潮将“增加”制定成文宪法的理由，并指出在国家治理方面需要一套“清晰的原则”。—— 第 2 页
海湾盟友影响特朗普：美国总统表示，在卡塔尔、阿联酋和沙特阿拉伯请求美国暂缓，且由于“协议框架”已达成一致后，他决定不对伊朗发动新一轮攻击。—— 第 4 页
竞争对手利用 easyJet 竞购案：法国航空-荷航 (Air France-KLM) 旨在利用这起预计 £5.7bn 的英国廉价航空公司收购案所引发的动荡，夺回此前流向该竞争对手廉价航空公司的乘客。—— 第 1 页
漏洞猎手攻击苹果：由于面临大量由 AI 驱动且识别出所谓风险的报告，这家科技巨头限制了研究人员可以提交给其安全团队的潜在危险软件漏洞数量。—— 第 8 页
委内瑞拉过渡期分歧：在尼古拉斯·马杜罗被推翻六个月后，德尔西·罗德里格斯 (Delcy Rodriguez) 的政府与反对派在准备就举行选举以引入民主进行谈判时，内部已经出现了分歧。—— 第 6 页
欧盟紧急更新网站：随着布鲁塞尔准备根据其具有里程碑意义的《人工智能法案》(AI Act) 执行透明度规则，欧洲公司正竞相为聊天机器人、深度伪造 (deepfakes) 和 AI 生成的营销材料贴上标签。—— 第 10 页
外国竞买者以不可拒绝的“熊抱”报价追逐英国集团
新任英国通信市场管理局 (Ofcom) 主席誓言使监管机构现代化
英国通信市场管理局 (Ofcom) 成立于 20 多年前，旨在监督媒体和电信行业。但随着与传统媒体竞争的在线平台的崛起，其职能范围随之扩大，且这些平台通常无需遵守相同的规则。现在，伊恩·切斯特尔爵士 (Sir Ian Cheshire) 正在监督一项“广泛”的审查，旨在使 Ofcom 适应其在成为互联网执法者后几乎翻了一番的工作量，而这引发了对人员配置和专业知识的担忧。访谈见第 3 页
IVAN LEVINGSTON 和 CLARA MURRAY
外国竞买者正通过越来越多旨在让目标无法拒绝的“熊抱” (bear hug) 报价来吸引伦敦上市公司的投资者，这一战术转变凸显了目标为英国集团的买家的信心。
在第二季度，英国公司收到此类非招标公开报价的金额达 £44bn，溢价率在股价基础上达到 20 per cent 或更高，这是自 2018 年以来最高的值。
当竞买者希望向目标公司董事会施压以促使其接受时，就会发出所谓的“熊抱”报价。根据《金融时报》对伦敦证券交易所集团数据的分析，2026 年在英国上市的公司收到此类报价的数量超过了其他任何国家。
“这是‘熊抱’之年，”Freshfields 律师事务所的企业合伙人 Kate Cooper 表示。
“这基本上是在向股东传递这样一个信号：‘你们得自己想办法解决这个问题了’。”
美国房地产投资公司 Prologis、瑞典收购集团 EQT 以及瑞士保险公司 Zurich 都在公开报价的行列之列，他们分别成功实现了对富时（FTSE）权重股 Segro、Intertek 和 Beazley 的巨额交易。
LSEG 将“熊抱”（bear hug）定义为：在公开且未经请求的接触前一个交易日，报价较该公司收盘股价至少溢价 20 %。
这种做法与典型的策略形成对比，后者通常是投标人在公开之前先寻求获得目标公司董事会的支持。
顾问称，这种方式让追求者能够利用股东在经历多年业绩平淡后对交易持开放态度的心理。
德意志银行投资银行与资本市场执行主席 Anthony Parsons 表示：“投标人试图找出股东的心理临界点。”
“在大多数交易中，这为买卖双方都提供了相当不错的信息，并有助于促成交易。”
在过去的 12 个月里，发生了 12 起此类行动——尽管并非所有行动都取得了成功或达成协议。除四家公司外，其余均来自总部设在英国以外的公司。
海外买家今年以创纪录的速度抢购伦敦上市公司的速度。根据 LSEG 的数据，对英国上市集团的收购额（含净债）增长 188 % 至 $116bn —— 这是自 2007 年以来年度累计数据的最高水平。
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股票市场 / Jul 31 / Prev / %chg / 货币对 / Jul 31 / Jul 24 / 货币对 / Jul 31 / Jul 24 / 政府债券 / 收益率 (%) / Jul 31 / Jul 24 / 变动 :--- S&P 500 / 7489.72 / 743763 / 0.70 / S / € / 1.151 / 1.138 / € / $ / 0.869 / 0879 / US 2Yr / 4.29 431 / 0.02 Nasdaq Composite / 25373.85 / 25122.18 / 1.00 / S / £ / 1.346 / 1.333 / £ / $ / 0.743 / US 10Yr / 474 / 4.66 / 0.08 Dow Jones Ind / £7495.03 / 57208.06 / 0.53 / £ / 0.855 / 0.854 / € / £ / 1.170 / 1171 / US 30Yr / 6.26 / 5.14 / 0.12 FTSEuohirst 300 / 300 759524 / 259750 / 0.09 / ¥ / £ / 214.277 / 218.239 / UK 10 Yr / 6.05 / 5.03 / 0.02 Eindex / 85.153 / 85600 / UK 30 Yr / 8 0 FTSE 100 / 100 10858.05 / 1089727 / 027 / JPN 10 Yr / 2.80 / 2.18 / 0.02 FTSE All-Share / 5836.47 / 5853.32 / 0.29
加密货币 / Jul 31 / Jul 24 / %chg / 债券 / 指数 / Jul 31 / Jul 24 / %chg :--- Bitcoin / 62633.40 / 64024.80 / ENS Ys / 1. / 397 / 0.02 Xetra Dax / 25629.24 / 25612.03 / 0.07 Pawan / 1860.36 1859 56 7 95 GER 2 Yr / 9.82 / 2.82 / 0.0 Nikkei / €4352.02 / 6185 / 43 4.03 Hang Seng / 25884.43 / 25858.88 / 0.10 GER 10 Yr / 2.20 / 3.17 / 0.02 GER 30 Yr / 3.70 / 3.65 / 0.05
其他指数 / Jul 31 / Jul 24 / %chg / 大宗商品 / Jul 31 / Jul 24 / %chg MSCI World / 4791.00 / 4738.00 / 0.48 / Oil WTI / 84.44 / 98.59 / 415 MSCI EM / 1611.10 / 1564.20 / 3.00 / Oil Brent / $ 89.94 / 96.18 / 6.24 MSCI ACWI / 1103.20 / 1034.60 / 079 / Gold / $ 4044.63 / 4075.63 / 31.00
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2 / 金融时报
2026年8月3日 星期一
健康统计数据
国内新闻
NHS 将修订 Palantir 成功指标
工作人员警告称，绩效数据未能考虑到季节性波动
AMY BORRETT 和 LAURA HUGHES
在工作人员指出分析缺陷后，英格兰国家医疗服务体系 (NHS England) 计划改变其评估在整个医疗服务体系中推广的、具有争议的 Palantir 数据平台成功程度的方式。
《金融时报》通过信息自由申请获得的电子邮件显示，在相关数据首次发布一年多之后，该医疗服务机构打算在下一次季度更新中，修改其关于联邦数据平台 (FDP) 绩效的两项核心指标的计算方式。
这些变化将影响 NHSE 最常引用的两项主张：即使用 FDP 的医院多完成了 110,000 场手术，且出院延迟降低了 15%。目前，相关部长面临着越来越大的压力，要求触发 Palantir 价值 £330mn 的 FDP 建设合同中关于 2027 年的终止条款。
该系统的设计旨在链接不同的数据集并提高效率，但其有效性以及这家美国技术公司与特朗普政府的联系一直受到质疑。信息自由申请显示，在一名官员对判断 FDP 成功与否所采用的基准提出质疑后，NHSE 计划全面修订其部分评估方法。
在一份方法论网页的草案中，该官员评论道：“我认为这不是一个有效的基准”，并指出将采用该工具后的手术患者人数与采用前六个月的人数进行比较，意味着分析可能会受到“显著”季节性模式的干扰。
“我认为上述基准问题同样适用于此，”他们在解释对于采用该工具不足 12 个月的信托机构如何计算出院延迟时补充道。
在今年 6 月 11 日，一名 NHSE 官员向同事发送电子邮件确认，即将进行的更新“尚未包含 [sic] 调整后的基准方法”以衡量这两项指标，但“它们将在下一轮发布中得到体现”。关于额外手术数量的采用前基准解释在 6 月 12. 更新的实时网页中缺失。下一次更新预计在 9 月。
前 NHSE 运行研究与评估负责人 Charles Tallack 表示，此次信息自由申请引发了关于医疗服务体系内“分析文化”的“严重质疑”。在《金融时报》发现一个关键底层数据集存在大量错误后，出院数据已受到审查；而健康基金会 (Health Foundation) 智库的分析发现，使用该患者追踪工具的医院在出院绩效方面“没有明显改善”。6 月，《金融时报》披露 NHSE 在其方法页面上添加了一项警告，承认数据并未证明 Palantir 的有效性。这引发了英国统计监管机构的调查。
NHSE 表示：“在不断审查和调整的文化中交换观点和提出挑战，理应是 NHS 分析实践的一部分，这就是为什么我们对那些使用平台产品不足 12 个月的 NHS 机构，对其基准统计计算进行微调。”
以“秘密握手”著称的协会在会员群体老龄化之际试图开放
JOSH GABERT-DOYON
在伦敦市中心科文特花园的一个工作日下午，一群身穿流苏围裙、佩戴金边绶带的男子在沉默中走过一座装饰华丽的装饰艺术风格建筑的大堂。
这群人大多已超过 60, 岁，他们隶属于英格兰联合大教团 (United Grand Lodge of England)，即英国共济会的总部。除了一个埃及主题的会议厅和办公室外，他们的建筑内还设有一家大型礼品店——这一切都是为了运行这个世界上最著名的秘密结社之一。
英国约有 100 万年轻人既未接受教育，也未就业或接受培训，最新官方数据显示，18 至 24 岁人群的失业率为 14.8%。
自上月入主唐宁街 10 号以来，伯纳姆（Burnham）已设定目标，旨在将职业教育与学术路径置于同等地位，并宣布为追求学徒制的年轻人提供新奖学金，使其家庭无需因此失去福利金。
但包括招聘与就业联合会（Recruitment & Employment Confederation）在内的商业团体表示，为了让改革见效，政府还需要“更公开地应对关于雇用成本和可行性的合理担忧”。
Indeed 的数据显示，自年初以来，英国整体招聘岗位下降了 11%，目前比疫情前的基准水平低三分之一。该公司称，相对于招聘人数仍处于或高于疫情前水平的美国和欧元区，这一表现是“严重不足的”。
Indeed 指出，几乎所有职业都出现了下降，这表明“招聘谨慎已成为整个经济体的默认状态”。
英格兰银行上周表示，其认为自 2025 年初以来就业没有增长，且中东战争使雇主变得更加谨慎。
该央行与企业的接触情况表明，人工智能（AI）的采用导致许多企业放缓招聘或将职位空缺留白。其货币政策报告指出，该技术预计每年将减少约 0.4% 的就业，但将提升大约两倍的生产力。
政治
首相称权力下放政策为成文宪法铺路
詹妮弗·威廉姆斯 (JENNIFER WILLIAMS) —— 曼彻斯特
安迪·伯纳姆（Andy Burnham）表示，他上周公布的剧烈权力下放浪潮将“增强”制定成文宪法的理由。
在发布一系列针对英格兰的去中心化政策后，首相表示，其议程最终指向“一项新的宪法方案”。这些政策涵盖了地方税收权力，以及对交通、医疗、警务、创新、技能、文化和能源的更大控制权。
“这将增加……制定成文宪法的理由，”伯纳姆说。“我们需要一套关于这个国家应该如何运行的新且清晰的原则。”
伯纳姆的权力下放蓝图标题为《新政府模式》，于周五发布，此前经历了为期两周的密集政策宣布期。与之前的提案相比，该计划在向英格兰市长和其他地方领导人下放权力方面走得更远，承诺将大范围的公共支出控制权从白厅（Whitehall）和独立机构手中移交。
文件称，地方领导人将获得“更大的权力，通过控制地方交通、住房、创新、地方能源和文化投资来塑造其所在地区”。他们将从 2028 年起获得部分个人所得税收入，并对警务和医疗等公共服务拥有更多监督权。
此举将向艺术委员会（Arts Council）、英格兰体育局（Sport England）、英国研究与创新署（UK Research and Innovation）和英格兰住房局（Homes England）等政府机构发出通知，即地方领导人现在将对这些机构如何支出资金拥有更大的影响力。
伯纳姆对独立政府机构一直持怀疑态度。近几个月来，他批评国家权力“缺乏问责”，并攻击环境署（Environment Agency）。文件称，未来，很大一部分后期创新资金和文化支出将被下放。
文件中还提到，“关键公共服务”的界限将向市长管辖区看齐，并任命副市长对其进行监督。
数月来，市长们一直担心内政部现有的合并警察部队计划（旨在创建规模更大、数量更少的机构）将无法与他们的本地边界相匹配。其他几项长期诉求来自
该文件中出现了多位市长，其中包括一些在伯纳姆（Burnham）之前担任大曼彻斯特市长期间所支持的人员。
相关措施包括将 16 至 19 岁青少年的技能预算控制权移交给市长，以进一步推动伯纳姆倡导的“高质量、因地制宜”的职业和技术教育。
由工作与养老金部（Department for Work and Pensions）监督的就业支持福利也将下放。
文件称，随着国家政府与地方政府之间进行更多权力移交，怀特霍尔（Whitehall）将变得“规模更小且更具战略性”。这些计划仅适用于英格兰；伯纳姆表示，他将与苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的领导人讨论在其国家内部如何将权力下放到地方层面。
曼彻斯特大学政治学教授罗伯特·福特（Robert Ford）表示，这些计划意味着“在权力下放的雄心方面迈出了巨大的跨越，尤其是在英格兰”。
尽管伯纳姆多次表示希望撤销 20 世纪 80 年代的政府改革，但福特认为，乍一看，他的下放议程会将时钟拨回得更远。
“这似乎是一场持久努力的开始，旨在不仅要消除撒切尔主义，还要消除可以追溯到第二次世界大战和艾特利政府的集权英国国家体制，”他说道，并提及了建立 NHS 的 1945 年后工党政府。
周五的文件明确指出，市长制是政府倾向的权力下放模式，尽管直接选举产生的地区市长仅管理英格兰一半多一点的人口，且在英格兰北部更为突出。
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英国通信市场管理局主席开展审查，旨在使监管机构适应互联网时代
监管机构负责人指出，在快速变化的格局中，监管互联网的工作量正在增加
DANIEL THOMAS
英国通信市场管理局 (Ofcom) 主席伊恩·切希尔爵士 (Sir Ian Cheshire) 正在监督一项“广泛的”审查，旨在使其适应作为英国互联网监管机构的新职责。
在被任命后的首次采访中，切希尔告诉《金融时报》，由于在成为《在线安全法》的执行者以来，其工作量几乎翻了一番，Ofcom 可能需要增加资源。
“我们正在描绘未来三年的图景。将需要更多资源，但并非天文数字，”他表示。Ofcom 的资金由其监管的行业提供，而非由纳税人负担。
Ofcom 由托尼·布莱尔政府在 20 多年前设立，旨在监督媒体和电信行业。
然而，近年来随着在线平台的兴起，其职责范围显著扩大。这些平台与传统媒体和通信集团竞争，且通常无需遵守相同的规则。
自议会于 2023, 年通过《在线安全法》成为法律以来，该监管机构被赋予了对社交媒体平台的广泛权力，以阻止非法在线资料，并保护儿童免受有害内容和色情内容的侵害。
这项预计于初秋结束的审查将研究 Ofcom 的组织结构及其运营模式，以及它们是否适用于在线安全监管的下一阶段。
在英国，Ofcom 正试图约束全球最大的技术公司，这些公司拥有巨大的法律和财务资源，这引发了人们对 AI 和社交媒体前沿领域的人员配备和专业知识的担忧。
“即便在法律通过时，还没有 AI 聊天机器人或‘去衣’ (nudification) 应用程序，而且两三年后又会出现其他新东西，”66 岁的切希尔说道。“现在我们必须坐下来认真评估，我们是否拥有合适的工具、合适的人员以及正确的优先级。”
他指出了 2003, 年《通信法》的“大篇幅”内容，该法案构成了 Ofcom 职责的基础，“如果你思考从那时起发生了什么变化，答案是：几乎所有事情都变了”。
在《金融时报》看到的一封信中，切希尔上个月告诉前技术秘书利兹·肯德尔 (Liz Kendall)，Ofcom 可以“在继续做出稳健且基于证据的决定时，变得更快速、更灵活，并且更注重结果”。
切希尔是一位金融城资深人士，此前曾担任电信集团 BT 的董事会成员。他表示，政府的电信政策需要同时关注质量和价格，并预计首相安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 将把减轻生活成本作为核心政策目标。
他表示，在努力扩大地理覆盖范围之后，覆盖质量和服务现在需要“提高优先级”。
“我们确实已经拥有了欧洲一些性价比最高的宽带，而且比[美]国便宜得多。因此，我认为应该将质量放在首位，”切希尔补充道。
Ofcom 的新在线权力引发了批评，尤其是美国政府代表对其言论自由的担忧。美国技术高管也警告称，该监管机构的做法威胁到他们的商业模式。
切希尔表示，他意识到“美国政府有不同的看法，我们与 FCC [联邦通信委员会] 以及其他许多人保持了大量接触”，包括负责公共外交的国务次级部长、特朗普的言论自由特使萨拉·罗杰斯 (Sarah Rogers)。
然而，他补充说，显然 Ofcom 并不是试图“阻止言论自由或损害商业利益”，而是在“保护我们的公民”。
曾任公共服务广播机构 Channel 4 主席及 DIY 集团 Kingfisher 负责人的 Cheshire 表示，围绕言论自由的讨论也证明了对数字主权进行探讨的必要性，例如英国是否需要自己的云基础设施。
“如果我们面临的未来是，由美国或中国来决定我们阅读、观看和消费的内容……那感觉情况不妙，”他说道。“我们应该思考我们想做什么，而不是仅仅为了对抗美国政府而争斗。”
基尔·斯塔默爵士在担任首相期间最后采取的行动之一，是实施一项针对 16 岁以下儿童禁止使用社交媒体的计划。尽管 Cheshire 对旨在规避规则的虚拟私人网络（VPN）禁令持有更多怀疑态度，但他个人支持这一举措。
将任期四年的 Cheshire 尚未与丽莎·南迪（Lisa Nandy）会面。南迪在伯纳姆（Burnham）政府下继续担任文化大臣，其职责范围扩大，涵盖了科学与技术领域。
“她接手的是一个庞大的新议程，”他谈到南迪时说。“领导层必须研究时间应该花在哪里。但这是一个规划相当成熟的议程。”
“我们必须静下心来，真正评估我们是否拥有正确的工具、正确的人员和正确的优先事项，所以希望他们能够继续解决这个问题。”
由于 Netflix 和 YouTube 等美国在线竞争对手的迅速崛起，英国公共服务广播的未来正受到审查，Ofcom 也很可能被卷入与政府的这场辩论中。
媒体高管们提出了 Channel 4 与 BBC 合并的想法。BBC 新任总干事马特·布里廷（Matt Brittin）已确认，双方已开始就流媒体等领域的潜在合作进行讨论。
“我认为会出现某种形式的整合。问题在于整合什么，”Cheshire 说道，并提到十多年前尝试创建英国联合流媒体服务的尝试。“我们需要在公共战略层面明确：我们要实现什么目标？我们是否想要一个长期的国家数字主权冠军？如果答案是肯定的，那么你可能确实需要（某种形式的）整合。”
他补充说，YouTube 需要“成为媒体格局监管的一部分”，但问题在于“具体如何监管他们”。
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唐纳德·特朗普表示，在海湾盟友请求美国暂缓行动且“协议框架”已达成之后，他决定不再对伊朗发动新一轮袭击。
这位美国总统在周六晚的一篇社交媒体帖子中表示，美国针对该伊斯兰共和国依然处于“锁定、装弹并准备就绪”的状态，但他已决定取消威胁中的袭击，“前提是能够迅速达成一项协议”。
家庭寻找失踪儿童 自 60,000 人进入西班牙飞地以来
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阿米娜·萨杜恩 (Amina Saadoun) 周六在从塞乌塔前往摩洛哥的路上，向每一位经过的返乡移民出示她 15 岁弟弟的一张小照片。“你见过这个男孩吗？他是我的弟弟，我把他当儿子养大，”她问道。
根据西班牙当局的消息，截至昨天，这次大规模进入西班牙飞地的行动导致的死亡人数已升至 72, 人，使得摩洛哥的家庭们陷入悲痛，或恐惧自己的孩子在死者之中。
自周四早晨 Mohammed 离开特图昂 (Tetouan) 的家前往摩洛哥与塞乌塔的边境，并加入约 60,000 人涌入飞地的人群以来，萨杜恩一直在寻找她的弟弟——他性格腼腆，胆小，且对学习不感兴趣。“我不知道他是死是活，”她说着崩溃流泪。
周末期间，在全国各地的家乡举行了为那些在游泳过境中丧生的人举行的葬礼，其中包括一名来自特图昂、热爱足球的小女孩。
随着那些过境后的滞后人员被西班牙当局驱逐回摩洛哥，仍有许多人失踪。他们的母亲和姐妹们手里拿着照片在边境附近的街道上徘徊，在沿海的警察局和遣返中心之间奔波。
人们在猜测这次致命的过境是否是出于政治手段而触发的，而许多人则在思考，是什么让他们和他们的孩子如此脆弱。
虽然西班牙中央政府避免对摩洛哥当局进行任何批评，但塞乌塔的最高官员则直言不讳。市政府主席胡安·赫苏斯·维瓦斯 (Juan Jesus Vivas) 在 Antena 3 电视台表示：“我们的边境遭到了摩洛哥的虐待。如果没有摩洛哥政府的批准，不可能有 60,000 人进入。我们受到了虐待和轻视。”
萨杜恩表示，她的弟弟被一种痴迷于移民的文化所吞噬。“他的朋友们给他的脑子里填满了移民的想法，你知道摩洛哥人的移民观念：出去赚钱，买房子，买车，”她说。“最让我难过的是看到我们的国家和青年这样迷失。”
这些死亡甚至在那些返回的人心中留下了阴影。
特朗普在 Truth Social 上发布此帖的前几天曾警告称，美国将“非常强硬”地打击伊朗，在他试图向德黑兰施压以重新开放霍尔木兹海峡时，此举增加了回归全面战争的威胁。
特朗普表示，美国已被“伊朗及其他中东国家请求”克制任何新袭击，且以色列“与我在这一承诺上保持一致”。他补充说，“协议框架”包括立即并全面重新开放霍尔木兹海峡，以及“结束伊朗的核威胁”。
一名了解谈判情况的外交官表示，卡塔尔、沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国的官员在一次协调行动中致电美国同行，试图说服华盛顿坚持外交途径。
登陆海滩：昨天在西班牙塞乌塔，一名试图移民的人被西班牙国民警卫队拘留。
当 23 岁的 Hamza 在周五黎明前游过温吞的水域时，他感觉到一具尸体的皮肤擦过了他的腿。他开始加快游泳速度。他说，在他周围还有数千人，其中有些人不会游泳，试图抓住那些会游泳的人。
在他说摩洛哥守卫允许该群体通过后，他最终抵达了岸边。但由于饥饿和对暴力的恐惧，他在一天之内就离开了塞乌塔。
在丹吉尔火车站的地板上与数十人一同等待时，Hamza 表示，这已经是他在那一周内第二次尝试进入这个西班牙飞地的尝试。摩洛哥当局在周二抓到 Hamza 游泳并将其送往南部沙漠。但当他听到塞乌塔边境将开放的传闻时，他匆忙回到了边境。
“你会说你再也不想这么做了，但当足够的时间过去，你又开始考虑这件事了。”
这是他第八次尝试离开自己的母国。他说，这个念头在心中盘旋多年，动力是希望找到一份比他目前每月 £400 的薪水更高的工作——他此前作为一名铝业工人，支撑着四个兄弟姐妹和寡母的生活。
许多游泳的人年龄要小得多，而且此前从未尝试过越境。在社交媒体信息流中充斥着“不会被遣返”的说法后，他们被卷入了这场疯狂之中。一个戴着厚牙套的 16 岁男孩 Abdulaal 卖掉了自己的运动鞋，以支付前往边境的旅费。
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沙特阿拉伯表示，王储穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼也与特朗普进行了交谈，强调“采取一切可能努力实现平静，为外交解决方案铺平道路……并防止冲突扩大，具有重要意义”。
该外交官表示，海湾国家担心，如果美国恢复对伊朗的袭击，将引发一轮激烈的战斗，并蔓延至多个战线，使该地区陷入进一步的混乱。人们还担心，战争的新一轮升级会导致伊朗支持的胡塞武装（其在近几周内升级了与沙特阿拉伯的冲突）试图关闭曼德海峡，这是连接红海与亚丁湾并最终通往印度洋的另一条关键水道。
由沙特阿拉伯和俄罗斯领导的 7 个欧佩克+ (Opec+) 国家昨日呼吁降低对能源基础设施袭击的升级态势，并表示开放海路对全球市场至关重要。
该石油生产国组织表示，将从 9 月起将集体产量每日增加 188,000 桶，此举将完全撤销 2023 年原油市场面临供应过剩时引入的减产。尽管许多国家因战斗而面临石油出口挑战，但这些国家在冲突期间每月都在提高其配额。
特朗普近日升级了发起新一轮对伊朗袭击的威胁，随着他变得 1
1) 非洲。移民
摩洛哥在向塞乌塔游行后清点死者
对于试图说服德黑兰同意重新开放霍尔木兹海峡的外交尝试陷入僵局，（美国方面）感到日益沮丧。周五，美国总统表示：“我们将给予他们沉重打击，在某个时间点，他们会说，‘我们再也承受不住了’。”几小时后，哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS News）报道称，美国和以色列正准备对伊朗的能源基础设施发起一场激进的联合轰炸行动。伊朗代理国防部长马吉德·埃本-雷扎（Majid Ebn-e-Reza）准将昨日表示，美国的言论应在“心理战和战争的背景下”来解读，但他补充说伊朗仍准备就绪。Bita Ghaffari在德黑兰、Malcolm Moore在伦敦提供了额外报道。
在听到朋友说塞乌塔过境点将开放后（他尝试前往）。返回后，他心有余悸，穿着一双不配套的橡胶拖鞋，并表示自己不会再回去了。
目前，哈姆扎（Hamza）也感到幻灭。他听过一些理论，认为边防人员决定放行移民是更大外交行动的一部分。他被周围的死亡事件所震撼，但并未排除再次尝试的可能性。哈姆扎在攀爬铁丝网围栏时受伤，身上缠着绷带，他是数百名受伤者之一。西班牙当局表示，在周五上午9点至周日上午9点之间，塞乌塔的医疗工作者共为移民提供了 1,149 次救治。
“这就像毒品一样，”哈姆扎在谈到移民时说，“尝试一次之后，你会说再也不想这么做了，但时间一长，你又开始考虑这件事。”
直到周日，人员伤亡情况才逐渐明朗。16 岁的里达（Rida）在塞乌塔停留数日后，回到了边境小镇夫尼德克（Fnideq），但他的六岁弟弟拉扬（Rayan）没有一起回来。他说，拉扬在朋友的带领下游到了塞乌塔，于周六晚上死在那里的森林中。
里达穿着霓虹色的足球服，不知道该去哪里。他的父母不知道发生了什么，也不知道他的弟弟失踪了。当一名摩洛哥警察到达并劝说他登上警车时，他正哭着喊着“我的弟弟”。车里坐满了其他被遣返的移民，警察说这些人正被送回各自的家乡。
来自丹吉尔（Tangier）的 38 岁管家阿赫拉姆（Ahlam）对她十几岁的女儿阿露娃（Arwa）最后的记忆是，周四当一艘海岸警卫队船只靠近时，阿露娃正向塞乌塔游去。
阿露娃的小弟弟当时和她一起游泳。她大声喊他游回摩洛哥，他照做了，并告诉母亲发生了什么。
在此后的三天里，他们一直没有阿露娃的消息。阿赫拉姆一直在夫尼德克的街道上徘徊，皮肤被晒伤，穿凉鞋的脚上沾满了污垢。
她亲吻了手机里的一张照片，照片中的阿露娃穿着足球球衣在微笑，肩上停着一只鹦鹉。
“我太害怕她死了，”阿赫拉姆说，“我会留在这里。在知道发生了什么之前，我不会回家。”Barney Jopson提供了额外报道。
欧洲热浪：多瑙河水位降至历史最低，匈牙利面临能源配给
马尔顿·杜耐 (MARTON DUNAI) —— 布达佩斯
由于多瑙河水位降至历史最低，迫使该国唯一的核电站完全关闭，匈牙利正准备实施电力配给。
这座 2 吉瓦的帕克斯（Paks）核电站供应了匈牙利高达 40% 的电力，它依赖多瑙河进行冷却，且没有备用水源。
“我们将面临最关键的五天，”总理彼得·马加亚尔（Péter Magyar）在昨天的视频信息中表示，“从明天起，帕克斯核电站将停止发电，而此时恰逢气温高达 40°C 的最炎热日子。我们的电力系统、公共事业以及我们所有人都将承受巨大的压力。”
周六，政府发布了一项法令，允许在电网承受不可持续压力的情况下，削减对最大工业消费者的能源供应。马加亚尔表示，此类措施仅作为最后手段。
他表示，一个紧急工作组将举行会议，决定是否“从明天起需要对大型工业用户实施强制性用电限制”。
Paks 核电站建于 20 世纪 80 年代，采用了苏联技术，此前从未被强制离线。运营商表示，目前正准备对其最后一个运行中的反应堆进行受控停机。马扎尔（Magyar）表示，此次操作没有风险。
政府已经采取了节能措施，包括在高峰时段暂停货运铁路交通，命令列车减速以节省电力，以及关闭全国公共建筑的装饰灯。
马扎尔要求企业和家庭限制用电，包括减少空调使用和电动汽车充电，特别是在电网压力巨大的夜晚。
匈牙利近年来安装了约 8GW 的太阳能装机容量，这有助于其应对 Paks 反应堆的逐步停机。根据系统运营商 Mavir 的数据，在白天，太阳能电量最高可覆盖匈牙利 80% 的用电量。
然而，一旦阳光减弱，布达佩斯就不得不启动所有化石燃料电厂，并增加从已经处于紧张状态的区域市场进口电力。
在异常干旱的夏季，其他国家也面临类似的压力。罗马尼亚的 Cernavoda 核电站同样利用多瑙河冷却，目前因河水位低而面临受控停机。
在莱茵河，高温和干旱导致水位降至八年来最低，扰乱了德国最重要的贸易通道之一，并迫使制造商削减生产。
匈牙利经济可能会受到高温、干旱和电力短缺的共同影响。预计公司将暂停生产，农业产量可能异常低迷，且昂贵的电力进口可能会加剧通货膨胀，从而限制央行通过降息支持增长的空间。
竞选资金
法国银行对选举融资持开放态度，为勒庞提供助力
莎拉·怀特 (SARAH WHITE) 和 莱拉·阿布德 (LEILA ABBOUD) 巴黎报道
法国各银行表示，如果政府提供担保，它们愿意向明年总统选举的候选人提供竞选贷款。此举可能帮助玛丽娜·勒庞（Marine Le Pen）领导的极右翼国民联盟（Rassemblement National）克服长期存在的融资问题。
总理办公室官员表示，他们于 7 月与银行高管会面，讨论如何克服银行在所谓财务和声誉风险的考量下，对向候选人提供贷款所持的传统抵触情绪。
尽管国民联盟现在是该国最受欢迎的政党，但由于其排外历史带来的持久污名，银行一直特别反对为其提供资金。目前尚未达成协议，但政府表示，如果候选人转向海外寻求贷款，政府希望避免“外国干预”。
随着明年 4 月接替埃马纽埃尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）的竞选临近，这一问题变得更加紧迫。勒庞在 2017, 年曾求助于一家据称与俄罗斯总统普京有联系的俄罗斯银行，并在 2022. 年求助于一家据称与匈牙利前总理维克多·欧班（Viktor Orban）关系密切的匈牙利银行。法国银行联合会表示，国家有责任协助办理竞选贷款。一些银行表示，只有在有明确保证任何损失都将得到补偿的情况下，它们才会这样做。
农业信贷银行（Crédit Agricole）首席执行官奥利维尔·加瓦尔达（Olivier Gavalda）在周五发表的评论中表示，他支持一种“可以避免任何党派风险或避免表现出支持某一方”的资金池方案。
“我们认识到，无法为总统选举竞选提供资金，对所有政党来说都是一个真正的民主问题。”他补充道，“正确的解决方案”是“通过国家，无论是通过公共资金……还是通过实质性的担保”。
法国贷款机构 Crédit Mutuel 的负责人 Daniel Baal 上周也表示，政府担保至关重要。
勒庞在民调中处于领先地位，有望进入决选；而包括前总理爱德华·菲利普（Edouard Philippe）和极左翼旗手让-吕克·梅朗雄（Jean-Luc Mélenchon）在内的一系列候选人则在为第二名展开竞争。菲利普和梅朗雄已经分别从法国银行获得了竞选贷款。
今年 7 月，她克服了一项因被判挪用欧盟资金而导致的选举禁令，并表示尽管最终上诉仍存在法律风险，她仍将参选。
但尽管进行了数月的游说，国民联盟（RN）尚未获得融资。该党的一名高级工作人员对与银行和政府达成潜在妥协表示欢迎，但认为该党未获得平等对待仍令人“愤慨”。国民联盟最初于 2014 年从俄罗斯银行获取的贷款多年来一直困扰着该党，并引发了人们对勒庞受克里姆林宫影响的担忧。
在俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰后，对其政党与莫斯科之间财务关系的审查进一步加强。
俄罗斯贷款于 2023 年偿还，匈牙利贷款于 2024 年偿还。
在法国，对于得票率超过 5% 的候选人，国家会对竞选费用提供一定限额内的报销。账目还必须经选举监管机构验证。候选人并不总是能达到这些门槛，这导致银行担心无法收回款项。
政府强调，该提案并非旨在帮助勒庞。“这是一个确保选举正常进行的问题：确保所有候选人都能从法国贷款机构获得贷款以资助其竞选，从而避免外国金融网络介入。”
法国巴黎银行（BNP Paribas）、法国社会银行（Société Générale）以及 Natixis 的所有者 BPCE 均拒绝发表评论。国民联盟没有立即回应置评请求。
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GEOFF DYER —— 巴西利亚 JOE DANIELS —— 波哥大 ANA RODRIGUEZ BRAZON —— 加拉加斯
在双方准备于本周举行由美国支持的关于组织新选举的会谈之际，委内瑞拉政府内部及反对派内部已经出现了分歧。
在美国抓获前总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗并由副总统德尔西·罗德里格斯接任六个月后，特朗普政府在国内以及委内瑞拉内部面临一定压力，需要证明其正在推动向民主过渡。此次会谈旨在就新总统选举的时间表和程序达成一致，这也是自 2024 年马杜罗宣布自己获胜以来（尽管反对派独立核实的计票结果显示他以两比一的差距落败）的首次选举。
但 2024 年策划击败马杜罗竞选活动的反对派领导人玛丽亚·科里纳·马查多表示，她不会参加此次会谈，不过她表示不会阻碍会谈结果的执行。在马查多被禁止参选后赢得该次选举的反对派候选人埃德蒙多·冈萨雷斯也表示他将不参与。
与此同时，来自政府“查韦斯主义”政治运动的几名强硬派表示反对此次会谈，部分议员在上周的一场抗议活动中焚烧了美国和以色列国旗。
反对派高层欢迎美国国务卿马可·鲁比奥的努力（他正主导这一倡议），但表示成功的关键在于华盛顿是否愿意向罗德里格斯施压。他们指出，以往与查韦斯当局的多次谈判均以失败告终，导致反对派四分五裂，政府立场更加顽固，而国际调解人则尴尬不已。
自从一月份采取突袭行动抓获马杜罗以来，特朗普政府内部关于推动民主过渡的力度一直存在激烈争论。华盛顿迄今为止阻止马查多返回该国，包括在 6 月下旬发生毁灭性地震之后，并声称经济稳定和复苏必须在选举之前实现。
鲁比奥一直是美国政府中最强力主张在委内瑞拉举行新选举的官员。关于此次新会谈，他表示美国是“为了促进而非主导”，但补充说“这显然是我们将会深度参与的事情”。
总统唐纳德·特朗普则采取了略有不同的语气，上周表示“至于委内瑞拉的选举，他们还没有真正准备好”，尽管“在某个时间点他们会准备好的”。
他还大肆赞扬罗德里格斯，因为后者通过了旨在向外国投资者开放该国破旧的国家控制石油部门的改革，即便国际巨头们对于在该国投入资金仍持不确定态度。
国际危机组织 (International Crisis Group) 在加拉加斯的分析师菲尔·冈森表示，政府参加会谈是“因为美国要求其出席”，但“特朗普显然对现状感到满意”，并且可能不想要“民主进程中固有的不确定性和自主权”。
冈森补充说，如果“美国推动一项威胁到特别是安全部队核心利益的协议”，那么与罗德里格斯政府之间可能会出现紧张关系。
能源。意大利
梅洛尼大举押注核电复兴
对“扭曲”可再生能源的反弹推动了对回归原子能反应堆的支持
AMY KAZMIN —— 奥尔维耶托
在意大利一个中世纪村庄中，莫尼卡·托马西（Monica Tommasi，意大利地球之友主席）在她祖母那栋修复精美的住宅里，正与风力涡轮机作斗争——字面意义上的斗争。
德国可再生能源集团 RWE 已获得许可，将在托马西家乡附近、风景如画的翁布里亚小镇奥尔维耶托周围的乡村地区安装 7 座 200 米高的风力涡轮机。托马西是一名交通工程师，她目前正与其他当地业主一起努力阻止这一项目。她表示，该项目将在提供极少可靠电力的同时，破坏珍贵的景观。
尽管她表示自己曾相信可再生能源能够减少对进口化石燃料依赖的“能源童话”，但托马西现在坚信，解决意大利能源困境的答案在于核能。意大利曾产生核电，直到数十年前在激烈的公众抵制下，罗马政府关闭了所有反应堆。
“我们意识到，实现这些可再生能源目标意味着让整个国家布满风力涡轮机和太阳能电池板，从而扭曲景观和我们的认同感，”托马西说道，“如果我们需要脱碳，就必须使用最好的技术，而核能就是最好的技术之一。”
持有这一信念的并非只有她一人。由于意大利高度依赖天然气进口，导致意大利企业和家庭面临的电费账单比欧洲平均水平高出约 30 per cent。因此，总理乔治亚·梅洛尼的右翼联盟政府正将重心押在核电复兴上，以寻求长期缓解。
根据能源研究所的数据，在不到五年的时间里发生了两次能源危机，这迫使许多欧洲国家重新思考如何减少对进口化石燃料的依赖，而这些燃料在意大利仍占据总发电量的约一半。
在深受其曾经的意识形态盟友美国总统 唐纳德·特朗普 的启发下，梅洛尼将意大利潜在的核电生产重启（采用尚未经过测试的下一代小型模块化反应堆 SMRs）称为“一个伟大的前景，一个伟大的愿景，一个伟大的梦想”，认为这能为该国提供低碳、可负担且国产的电力。
梅洛尼政府在 6 月向该目标迈出了重要一步，当时议会下议院批准了一项框架法案，授权罗马政府起草通过 SMRs 进行国内核电生产的规则。
一旦参议院通过该法律（预计在下周），罗马政府将有 12 个月的时间来起草建立核能监管机构以及核废料处置规则的规章和程序。之后，具体的拟建项目审查和许可证发放工作即可启动。
意大利物理学家斯特凡诺·布奥诺（Stefano Buono）是法意核能初创公司 Newcleo 的首席执行官，他表示已经收到了意大利工业家的咨询，他们渴望通过核反应堆为钢铁和水泥等能源密集型业务提供电力。
但并非所有人都被说服。许多气候变化活动人士和可再生能源公司认为，罗马对核能的痴迷是用来转移意大利人对气候和能源危机严重程度——以及最简单、最快速的脱碳方案——关注的一种手段。尽管关于 SMRs 及其潜力的炒作很多，但许多设计在商业上尚未得到验证，而国际能源署称，在合适的地点，太阳能是“历史上最便宜的电力来源”。
意大利强大的工业协会 Confindustria 认为，企业无法承受再等待十年等待核电复兴。该协会恳请梅洛尼政府授权紧急增加可再生能源产量，以为在高电费压力下苦苦挣扎的工业提供快速缓解。
目前，约 130 吉瓦的拟建光伏和风电项目正在等待官方批准，因为政策制定者仍在就合适位置进行辩论。
RWE 认为，其在奥尔维耶托地区的风电场——其容量为 42MW
转向核能：可为 40,000 户家庭提供电力 —— “平衡”遗产保护与可再生能源开发，因为涡轮机在城镇的历史中心将不可见，但将为意大利的能源安全做出“切实贡献”。
但环境与能源安全部长吉尔伯托·皮凯托·弗拉钦（Gilberto Pichetto Fracin）表示，意大利的地形使得大规模推广可再生能源变得困难。该国在 2026 年年初的太阳能和风能安装容量约为 60 吉瓦，远低于德国或西班牙。
意大利与核能的关系一直很紧张。在 20 世纪 60 年代和 70 年代，它是民用核电的早期采用者——拥有四座大型运行中的反应堆以及雄心勃勃的产能扩张计划。
但随着产能的扩大，反核情绪也随之增加。1987 年，在苏联切尔诺贝利灾难之后，意大利人在一次全民公投中压倒性地投票反对核能，导致所有原子能电站在 1990 年前关闭。前总理西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼（Silvio Berlusconi）后来试图复兴该产业，通过了相关法律并制定了合同。但在 2011 年日本福岛核事故发生几个月后的第二次公投中，约 90% 的选民拒绝了贝卢斯科尼的计划。
出生于英国的艺术家詹姆斯·P·格雷厄姆（James P Graham）激烈反对拟议中的 RWE 项目（该项目威胁到他别墅的上空），他表示，意大利人一边乐于从法国进口核电，一边反对国内生产，这既“虚伪又错误”。格雷厄姆说：“核能是我们目前拥有的唯一恒定能源。”
Newcleo 的布诺（Buono）表示，在寻找新一代小型反应堆的未来选址时，公众的支持可能会动摇。梅洛尼（Meloni）领导的执政联盟成员承认，不能排除再次举行公投的可能性。
additional reporting by Giuliana Ricozzi
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墨西哥成为美国 AI 供应链的基石
CHRISTINE MURRAY —— 华雷斯城 ALAN SMITH —— 伦敦
墨西哥已悄然成为 AI 繁荣的基石，今年为美国进口的计算机服务器提供了 40% 的份额，这些服务器广泛用于驱动人工智能的数据中心。
台湾制造商正在迅速扩大在墨西哥的工厂以组装服务器。服务器现已成为墨西哥对美出口的首位产品，超越了在过去数十年中主导其贸易的汽车。
今年以来，墨西哥是美国第二大企业服务器供应商，销售额达到 $46.9bn，仅次于台湾的 $53.5bn，不过墨西哥在 5 月份的单月供应量成为了最大。
这一现象有助于支撑墨西哥疲软的经济，将其出口推至创纪录水平。在 1 月至 5 月期间，墨西哥出口商品总额为 $317bn，其中服务器及相关硬件约占五分之一，是去年同期的两倍多。
相应地，台湾目前已成为墨西哥第三大贸易伙伴，高于 2022 年的第八位。自 2020 年以来，台湾公司在墨西哥工厂上投入了超过 $1.6bn，这些工厂提供了地理上的临近优势，并能免关税进入美国科技巨头的市场，而这些巨头正投入数千亿美元建设数据中心。
穆迪分析（Moody’s Analytics）拉丁美洲经济主管杰西·罗杰斯（Jesse Rogers）表示：“墨西哥对于这个由 AI 驱动的新经济模式的运作方式具有极大的重要性。在 AI 服务器方面，这确实是协作的一个新前沿，甚至是对墨西哥经济的一种依赖。”
位于德克萨斯州埃尔帕索对面格兰德河对岸的华雷斯城（Ciudad Juarez）处于该产业的核心地带，依托于这座边境城镇现有的台湾工厂，这些工厂数十年来一直在生产简单的电子产品。新的生产线将从亚洲运来的零部件组装成人工智能服务器，这些服务器被堆叠在冰箱大小的机架中，每个机架重量可超过两吨，随后通过卡车运过边境。
“我们选择埃尔帕索（和华雷斯城）是因为它们地处北美中心，因此成品交付速度非常快，”在华雷斯城拥有五家工厂的台湾电子制造商 Pegatron 的墨西哥执行董事 Kun Lin Yang 表示。
许多顶尖电子公司在墨西哥已经经营了 20 年以上，利用其劳动力资源以及一项允许临时进口特定商品（前提是用于出口产品）的计划。
出口增加和一个不断增长的新兴产业近期支撑着疲软的经济。去年，GDP 增长率下降至 0.6%，而新冠疫情前五年的平均值为 1.6%。
唐纳德·特朗普总统上个月决定不长期延长《美墨加协定》（USMCA），因为他的团队试图协商一项协议，以削减中国在该地区的影响力。除了贸易不确定性外，墨西哥总统克劳迪娅·辛鲍姆（Claudia Sheinbaum）实施的变革（例如选举国家法官）也抑制了投资。
世界银行估计，墨西哥经济今年将增长 1.3%，远低于同类国家。
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印度尼西亚的免费学校餐饮誓言给政府和学生留下了苦果
DIANA MARISKA 与 ANANTHA LAKSHMI 报道 雅加达
印度尼西亚总统普拉博沃·苏比安托在 2024 年上台，承诺为每个孩子提供免费学校餐饮，这一大胆且简单的承诺对于一个营养不良普遍的国家来说，似乎是无可指责且值得赞赏的。
但在超过 18 个月后，普拉博沃的承诺被证明对于他的政府、国家财政，甚至对于许多预期的受益者来说，远没有他所希望的那样健康。
上个月，该计划的负责人突然辞职，称在运行这项耗资 229 万亿印尼盾（$12.8bn）计划的压力下感到“极度创伤”。在她的前任因涉嫌腐败被捕后，她在该岗位上仅工作了 45 天。
与此同时，在印度尼西亚群岛各地的城镇和村庄，接连发生的食物中毒事件破坏了该政策最明显的目标，即改善该国儿童和孕产妇的健康与营养。
坏消息接踵而至。本周发布的一项民意调查显示，公众对免费餐饮计划的认可率已从 11 月的 62.5% 骤降至 34%。专注于监督免费餐饮计划的公民社会联盟 MBG Watch 表示，该计划正处于“系统性危机”中。
该联盟的 Media Wahyudi Askar 表示，该计划的“制度设计从一开始就有缺陷”。他说：“现在……该机构已僵化地形成……并在混乱的系统中建立。修复它需要极高的成本和强大的政治意愿。”
普拉博沃将免费餐饮计划作为其首要任务，理由是这个世界上人口第四多的国家迫切需要解决营养不良和发育迟缓问题。
根据最初计划，该计划在全面实施时应覆盖 82.91 百万接收者。该计划于 2025, 1 月启动，目前服务于 62. 百万人口，但随着政府削减预算，这一规模可能会缩小。这一旗舰计划日益增加的问题恶化了公众情绪，并加剧了人们对普拉博沃宏观经济方向的更广泛担忧。
本周由 Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting 发布的一项民意调查显示，约 61.6% 的公众对该计划感到不满，原因是腐败指控、治理担忧以及食物中毒案件。该计划——普拉博沃主要竞选承诺的核心——最初很受欢迎，并帮助他当选。
批评者认为，治理框架不足是阻碍实施的最大问题之一。
他们还指出，对负责监管该计划的政府机构——国家营养局（National Nutrition Agency）缺乏监督。他们表示，这导致腐败猖獗，尤其是在厨房运营的配额分配方面。
该机构在评估相关方提交的方案后选择厨房运营商。军方和警察拥有并运营着数百个厨房。印尼反腐败观察组织（Indonesia Corruption Watch, ICW）去年报告称，数十个与厨房相关的基金会与政治人物有关联。ICW 表示，其中至少有七个与普拉博沃的政治工具——伟大印尼运动党（Great Indonesia Movement Party）相关联的个人有关。
一名在西万隆摄政区遭受食物中毒的学生
今年 6 月，该机构负责人 Dadan Hindayana 及其两名副手被检察长办公室确定为一起涉嫌腐败案件的嫌疑人。检察长办公室在声明中表示，嫌疑人将厨房合同授予了他们自己拥有的基金会。
根据印尼教育观察网络（Network for Education Watch Indonesia）的数据，截至 5 月，共有 37,270 名免费餐食接收者遭受食物中毒。
尽管事件频发，但普拉博沃多次淡化中毒人数。去年 10 月，他表示当时的 8,000 起中毒病例仅占提供餐食总数的 0.0007%，属于“可接受的人道主义误差范围”。近几个月来，在批评声日益高涨的情况下，普拉博沃政府已开始承认问题并做出改变。
在 Dadan 被捕后，新厨房合同已被暂停。目前印尼全境有超过 27,000 个厨房在运行。新任负责人 Sudaryono 本周表示，他已永久关闭了 833 个未能达到运营和卫生标准的厨房。
由于印尼公共财政压力日益增大，该计划的巨额预算已多次被削减。预算分配已从最初的 335 万亿印尼盾（$18.5）降至 229 万亿印尼盾。
早期，政府削减了教育和基础设施预算以资助免费餐食——此举也激怒了公众。令该计划雪上加霜的是，印尼宪法法院上周裁定，教育预算不能用于资助该计划。
普拉博沃昂贵的福利政策已经给该国财政带来了压力。由于印尼提供燃料补贴，今年上涨的油价进一步加剧了压力。去年，该国记录的财政赤字为 2.92%，接近国内 3% 的法定上限。
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亲以色列游说团体在美国选举中引发抵制
Aipac 与内塔尼亚胡的联系在期中选举竞选中引发争议
盖伊·查赞 (GUY CHAZAN) —— 纽约
上周，在密歇根州美国参议院民主党初选的两名候选人进行电视辩论时，他们仅用 3 分钟就提到了 Aipac。
进步派的前卫生官员阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德 (Abdul El-Sayed) 反复将美国以色列公共事务委员会 (Aipac) 作为攻击对手——四任美国众议员海莉·史蒂文斯 (Haley Stevens) 的武器，指责她受制于这个亲以色列的游说团体。
“我们之间的区别在于 Aipac 投入的 $46mn，”埃尔-赛义德说。“他们在这场竞选中创下了纪录来帮助我的对手当选，因为他们知道她会成为一张可靠的选票。”
尽管史蒂文斯抗议称她只“受密歇根州人民的委托”，但当初选选民明天在该州投票时，这一问题可能会成为决定性因素。
Aipac 是美国最具影响力的亲以色列游说组织，在今年的密歇根州竞选以及其他竞争激烈的初选中占据了重要地位。几十年来，它的背书能极大地提高美国政治家当选的机会。但如今，这可能成了“死亡之吻”。
随着人们对以色列在加沙、约旦河西岸和黎巴嫩袭击活动的谴责日益增加，该组织已成为左右两翼共同的眼中钉。对某些人来说，它象征着特殊利益集团在美国政治中的恶意影响。另一些人则认为它是强硬派以色列政府的辩护者，是一个对美国中东政策影响力过大的外国代理人。
特别是来自保守派的批评在增加，因为美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在 2 月份发起了针对伊朗的战争，许多 Maga 右翼人士认为这背离了他所声明的“美国优先”政策。
今年 3 月从特朗普政府反恐负责人职位上辞职的乔·肯特 (Joe Kent) 表示，美国发起敌对行动是“由于以色列及其强大的美国游说团体的压力”。
在某些竞选中，反对 Aipac 已成为赢得选票的手段。在纽约市民主党现任国会议员丹·戈德曼 (Dan Goldman) 与前市审计长布拉德·兰德 (Brad Lander) 之间的初选中——两人都是认同为“自由主义犹太复国主义者”且在大多数问题上立场一致的犹太候选人——兰德将戈德曼与该组织的联系（该组织在竞选中支持戈德曼）武器化，帮助他获得了不可撼动的优势。
“我真的认为，那些接受华尔街、加密货币、AI 以及 Aipac 资金的候选人——选民们已经受够了，”兰德在获胜后告诉 WNYC 广播电台。他曾将以色列在加沙的行动描述为种族灭绝，并呼吁停止美国对该国的军事援助。
在本周期内筹集了超过 $47mn 的资金，Aipac 是美国资金最充足的政治组织之一。其关联的超级政治行动委员会 (Super Pac) “统一民主项目” (United Democracy Project) 得到了埃利奥特管理公司 (Elliott Management) 的保罗·辛格 (Paul Singer) 和阿波罗全球管理公司 (Apollo Global Management) 首席执行官马克·罗万 (Marc Rowan) 等亿万富翁的支持，截至 6 月 30 日，报告的资金实力为 $80.3mn。但公众对该组织的看法是负面的。民主党智库“第三条道路” (Third Way) 的联合创始人马特·班尼特 (Matt Bennett) 表示，Aipac 应对目前的谴责负全责。“他们做出了一些非常、非常错误的战略决定，”他说。“所有这些结合在一起，导致了真正的毒性。”
自 20 世纪 50 年代中期 Aipac 成立以来，人们对以色列的态度发生了变化。在成立初期，其支持核心在左翼。“一名美国政治家越自由主义，他们就越亲以色列，”明尼苏达州圣保罗市大都会州立大学的历史教授、美国犹太复国主义专家道格·罗西诺 (Doug Rossinow) 说道。
“在大屠杀的阴影下，支持以色列是人们表达支持犹太人的方式，旨在帮助挽救并扩大犹太人的安全感、赋权感和耐力，”他说。“对于许多美国人来说，这是一个相当容易做出的决定，尤其是那些对犹太人遭遇感到最愤怒的自由派人士。”
随着以色列政府向右倾，且 Aipac 为以色列政府针对巴勒斯坦人民日益强硬的政策提供近乎无条件的支持，这种同情心开始减退。
随着本雅明·内塔尼亚胡开始主导以色列政治（先是作为利库德党领导人，随后担任总理），这种紧张关系进一步加深。他针对美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马 2015 年与伊朗达成的核协议发起的激烈反对活动，在以色列、Aipac 以及民主党之间撕开了裂痕，而这一裂痕在近年来仅在不断扩大。
随着该游说团体竞选支出的激增，对其的批评也日益猛烈，尤其是在其 2022 年初创建 UDP 之后。超级政治行动委员会（Super Pacs）可以筹集并花费无限金额来影响选举，而 UDP 在 2022 年的选举周期中投入了 $26mn，目标通常是那些被怀疑对以色列忠诚度不足的民主党人。
自 2023 年 10 月 7 日哈马斯袭击以色列以及随后以色列在加沙的战争（已导致 70,000 以上的巴勒斯坦人死亡），以及以色列对黎巴嫩的袭击及其在伊朗战争中的角色以来，对 Aipac 的敌意有所增加。
右翼人士中也越来越多地出现了对该组织的质疑。“我之所以不在国会，是因为我没有屈服于 Aipac 以及那些在字面上完全控制华盛顿特区的犹太锡安主义者，”前佐治亚州国会议员玛乔丽·泰勒·格林在 4 月份参加塔克·卡尔森的播客时表示。
对于许多犹太社区成员来说，此类观点倾向于反犹主义的陈词滥调，即认为一个犹太秘密结社在暗中控制政府、金融和媒体，一些人警告称，对 Aipac 的诋毁已经走得太远。
Aipac 否认其作为内塔尼亚胡传声筒的指控。“这不是我们的工作，”发言人德林·索萨表示。“我们是一个美国组织，我们的使命是推进加强并扩大美以关系的美国政策。”
她补充道：“近 7mn 美国人，涵盖所有年龄、信仰和党派隶属关系，都是 Aipac 的成员，因为他们希望加强对美以同盟的跨党派支持。”
但该组织塑造选举的努力正引发越来越多的反对。今年早些时候，UDP 花费了 $2.3mn 试图击败来自新泽西州的前美国代表汤姆·马利诺夫斯基，他当时正寻求连任，并且此前曾对以色列持温和的批评态度。最终马利诺夫斯基在初选中落败，但 Aipac 支持的候选人同样失败了。相反，赢得竞争的是进步派人士安娜莉莉亚·梅希亚，她指责以色列在加沙实施种族灭绝。
Aipac 的索萨反驳称，在本选举周期中，截至目前已有 188 位由该组织背书的候选人获胜，“且我们的社区帮助击败了 14 位反以色列候选人”。
但与其他游说团体一样，Aipac 容易受到人们对巨额资金利益集团在美国选举活动中所扮演角色日益质疑的影响。
哥伦比亚大学专业研究学院教授、前纽约州民主党执行主任巴兹尔·斯米克尔表示，纽约市的兰德-戈尔德曼初选“是对政治中大资金的一次公投”。“这不仅仅是……亲以色列的美元，还包括加密货币美元、AI 美元。对此产生了巨大的抵制。”
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因法蒂诺的 180 度大转向，其 FIFA 未来前景引发质疑
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在 Gianni Infantino 撤回一项极具争议的计划（该计划拟从 FIFA 剥离出一个新的商业实体并向投资者出售股权）后，他作为全球足球管理机构主席的未来前景陷入严重质疑。
Infantino 领导这家总部位于瑞士的非营利组织已有十年时间。他在周五深夜宣布放弃该投资方案，称该方案在足球界“造成了分歧”，削弱了该计划的既定目标。
此次让步是在经历了数日的激烈批评之后做出的。此前有 55 个欧洲国家誓言，在计划被取消之前将抵制所有 FIFA 赛事。尽管这次转向可能会缓解部分紧张局势，但 Infantino 仍面临巨大压力。一名资深足球官员表示：“他必须离开。够了，到此为止吧。”
欧洲足球管理机构 Uefa 在周六表示，已对当前的 FIFA 领导层“失去信心”，并补充道：“我们必须查明责任人并追究其责任。”
Uefa 指责该计划的策划者试图强行通过一项“低劣、闭门且不透明的交易”，并对该计划的终结表示欢迎。Uefa 表示：“这是整个足球运动的胜利。但这绝不能成为故事的终结。该提案已经消失。重建对 FIFA 信任的任务才刚刚开始。”
英格兰足球协会呼吁对 “FIFA 的领导层和治理进行全面且强有力的审查”。
负责管理北美、中美洲和加勒比海地区足球的 Concacaf 在周六表示，该投资计划是一次“单方面的、令人触目的治理与领导力匮乏行为”，且延续了某种“失误及类似行为的模式”。
该机构表示：“现在必须对该领导层进行全面审查”，并补充称，足球运动应“掌握在足球界手中，而非单一的个人手中”。
周五，Infantino 坚持认为他打算留任。他表示：“展望未来，我的意图是在接下来的几天和几周内，本着对我们这项运动共同利益的精神，将所有相关方重新聚集在一起。”
一些人预计他将坚持到明年的主席选举。直到最近，人们普遍认为他将毫无悬念地当选。在世界杯期间，大多数 FIFA 的 211 个成员支持其参选。一名原 FIFA 官员表示：“他可能会尽可能地死撑，希望能够挺过这一关。缺乏统一的反对力量将对他有利。”
Infantino 将依靠其过往记录来支持自己的立场。在他执掌的十年期间，FIFA 将向成员支付的年度款项从 $250,000 增加到 $2mn，这帮助他建立了广泛的支持基础，尤其是在小国之中。代表非洲、南美洲和大洋洲的足球联盟并未对商业剥离表示任何反对，仅表示将与成员共同研究这些提案。
Concacaf 主席 Victor Montagliani 被认为是可能在即将到来的选举中挑战 Infantino 的潜在竞争者。候选人申报的截止日期在 11 月。
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未对冲的债券市场让美联储新任主席 Warsh 意识到，沉默绝对并非金律
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自 2000 March 以来，每次美联储决议前后两年期和 30 年期收益率的变化（基点，决议前一日对比决议当日）
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在美联储决定维持利率不变后，债券市场对美联储主席凯文·沃什（Kevin Warsh）周三的新闻发布会感到不满。
国债收益率曲线趋于陡峭，这意味着短期和长期借贷成本之间的差距扩大。这是一个“熊陡”（bear steepener）——由于今年剩余时间加息的可能性降低，两年期收益率下跌，而 30 年期收益率则跃升至 5.2%，为 2007 年以来的最高水平。
这种陡峭化及其幅度，在“维持”（hold）决定之后是非常不寻常的反应。另一个类似的例子发生在 2010 年 11 月的会议之后，当时美联储推出了第二轮量化宽松措施。
这表明投资者对沃什领导下的美联储控制通胀的能力失去了一定信心。尽管在此之前，人们对央行的决定存在比平时更高程度的不确定性，但总的来说，投资者预期利率将保持不变。
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债券市场的不安源于沃什的新闻发布会，在会上他几乎拒绝解释美联储在通胀持续高于目标的情况下决定不采取行动的原因。汇丰银行（HSBC）的 Ryan Wong 表示，市场正在加入一个“信誉溢价”。
虽然历史上一个低调的央行并非没有先例——保罗·沃尔克（Paul Volcker）和艾伦·格林斯潘（Alan Greenspan）都不是多话的人——但缺乏指引给交易员留下了想象最坏情况的空间。
AI 洪水迫使苹果限制漏洞报告
TOM WILSON — 伦敦，MICHAEL ACTON — 旧金山
由于面临使用 AI 模型识别所谓风险而带来的海量报告，苹果公司限制了研究人员可以向其内部安全团队提交的潜在危险软件漏洞的数量。
这家总部位于库比蒂诺的科技巨头告诉《金融时报》，由于其审查系统承受着来自“AI 垃圾”（AI slop）报告的压力（这些报告可能会在软件中虚构安全风险），公司已于 6 月采取行动限制接收的高量请求。
该公司表示，苹果正在应对一个全行业现象，即生成式 AI 软件工具正在改变网络安全军备竞赛，导致真实安全漏洞的检测量增加，同时也带来了一波由使用 AI 的业余漏洞猎人提交的低质量报告。
意大利网络安全初创公司 Bynario 强调了苹果方法的变化。该公司告诉《金融时报》，它在短短三周内使用 OpenAI 的 ChatGPT 就在最新版本的 MacBook 操作系统中发现了 50 多个漏洞。
其中包含一种最严重的漏洞类型，即所谓的“权限提升漏洞链”，攻击者可以通过获得对系统的无限制访问，从而夺取一台苹果电脑的完全控制权。
然而，这家初创公司表示，由于这家科技巨头限制了它可以提交的漏洞报告数量，它无法就该漏洞提醒苹果公司。
“这是行业内一个困难的时期，”Bynario 首席执行官兼联合创始人 Alfredo Pesoli 表示。“维护者和供应商被 [被发现的] 漏洞的海量数量所淹没。”
苹果公司告知《金融时报》，目前正与 Bynario 保持联系并审查其提交的内容。该公司在其内部安全门户网站上对提交内容引入了上限和 30 天的冷却期，要求用户在需要增加配额时提交请求。
苹果公司表示：“随着全行业内 AI 生成的安全提交量不断增加，我们最近调整了研究人员一次可以开启的新报告数量。”
苹果公司去年引入了一项漏洞赏金奖励机制，对于识别出其软件中最严重且最复杂的威胁类别，最高可支付 $5mn。
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新泽西州成为第一个停止部署电子价签的州，部分原因是担心监视问题
GREGORY MEYER —— 纽瓦克
电子价格显示屏在美国杂货店货架上的普及正遭遇阻力，这主要受公众对食品价格上涨的愤怒以及对零售业岗位流失的恐惧所推动。
电子货架标签是店内显示产品、数量和价格的显示屏。零售商表示，这是一种无害的工具，可以节省在价格变动时更换纸质标签所花费的无数小时。
而反对者则指责这种标签具有潜在危险，威胁到将航空公司或网约车服务中常见的动态定价引入杂货店，甚至可能监视顾客。
拥有 9.5mn 人口的新泽西州本周成为首个禁止使用该标签的州，州长米基·舍里尔（Mikie Sherrill）签署了一项法案，禁止“监视定价”，即利用个人数据，根据感知到的支付意愿向不同的人收取不同价格。
该立法还暂停了电子货架标签的新安装，期限为一年。
民主党人舍里尔在新泽西州最大城市纽瓦克的一家社区杂货店举行的仪式上表示：“监视定价将你的数据武器化，用来对付你。”
该法案的一个强力支持者是联合食品与商业工人（United Food & Commercial Workers）工会，该工会在该州代表 100,000 名工人及退休人员，并在去年背书了舍里尔的州长竞选。工会官员出席法案签署仪式，突显了该立法另一个推动因素：电子货架标签威胁到超市的人员编制。
该工会的一位副总裁阿德莫拉·奥耶费索（Ademola Oyefeso）提到了他的年迈母亲。
他说：“暂停使用电子货架标签实现了两点。第一，它保护她免于为了购物而纠结具体时间，因为价格可能会在一小时内发生变动。第二，它保护了优秀的工会岗位。”
新泽西州的《公平价格保护法案》出台之际，通货膨胀正削弱消费者的购买力，而可负担性问题正上升到政治议程中。
咨询公司贝恩（Bain）表示，由于消费者面对高企的食品和汽油价格以及联邦政府削减针对穷人的营养补贴而采取紧缩措施，杂货商也陷入困境，其销售量同比下降 2%。
美国最大的超市连锁店之一的艾伯森（Albertsons）本周下调了销售和利润预期，理由是低收入消费者压力大、杂货销售额疲软以及“供应商成本增加可能带来额外的可负担性压力”，此举导致其股价下跌超过 20%。
随着沃尔玛（Walmart）、Costco 和亚马逊等零售巨头侵蚀其雇主的领地，超市工人工会正试图保护就业岗位。
曾在杂货连锁店和工会项目中工作的零售顾问、来自战略资源集团（Strategic Resource Group）的伯特·弗里克林格（Burt Flickinger）表示，一家典型的杂货店安装电子货架标签的成本高达 $400,000，但由于人力需求减少，这项投资可以在两年内回本。
员工将被重新分配至
Flickinger 表示，在工会化的门店中，人员数量最终将通过自然减员而下降，这将对受工会干扰的养老金计划的财务状况产生负面影响。
他称动态定价是一个“烟雾弹且非关键因素”，因为“没有任何一家杂货店能侥幸逃脱其后果”，且他们希望保护自己的声誉。
电子价签最大的供应商是法国零售科技公司 Vusion，该公司表示其 6.5 亿个电子标签已在 62 个国家的零售商处部署，包括法国的家乐福和英国的 Co-operative Group。
Vusion 高级副总裁 Jessica Vittorio 在 5 月新泽西州立法委员会的听证会上作证称，这些标签缺乏在购物者走在商店走廊时根据其身份调整价格所需的摄像头、传感器或计算能力。
她说：“在功能和技术设计现实面前，关于这项技术如何被使用，以及它将对消费者做出哪些恶意行为的说法，完全脱离了现实。”
沃尔玛计划在年底前在每家美国门店安装电子标签，其在新泽西州的全部 62 家门店已经在使用。经理们在上个月的一次技术演示中表示，这些标签还配有灯光，可向员工指示何处需要补货，或指引其为在线购物者挑选商品。
沃尔玛的高管表示，他们仅在商店关闭时更改价格，并且既没有意愿也没有手段向不同的客户收取不同的价格。
最近卸任沃尔玛美国首席运营官的 Kieran Shanahan 表示：“我们希望保持一致。我们希望建立与客户的信任。我们为自己的价格感到自豪。”
UFCW 表示，它支持今年在十几个州限制电子标签的立法，但到目前为止只有新泽西州的法案通过。
Sherrill 表示，暂缓执行期将被用于研究该技术的潜在影响。
她说：“这些电子货架标签允许杂货店店主或其他人员通过几次按键即可更改价格。这里的担忧是确保我们制定相关规则，以防止他们利用监控定价。”
新泽西州零售商协会主席 John Holub 对这一暂缓执行措施表示不屑。
他说：“我们将浪费所有人的时间去做一项研究，而我现在就可以告诉你，电子货架标签（ESL）就是一个电子标牌，只不过是一个电子标牌而已。”
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在日益激烈的人才竞争中，美国巨头律所 Gibson Dunn 诱使 Wachtell 的合伙人跳槽
SUJEET INDAP, KAYE WIGGINS AND OLIVER BARNES — 纽约
今年春天，美国诉讼界名将 Bill Savitt 在帮助 OpenAI 在加利福尼亚州联邦法院击败埃隆·马斯克后回到纽约，接到了来自城中竞争对手 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher 律师事务所的电话。
Orin Snyder 本身被认为是美国最顶尖的审判律师之一，他邀请 Savitt 在中央公园旁的高级餐厅 Nougatine 喝咖啡。
在那里，Snyder 提出了一个不可思议的想法：Savitt 是否愿意离开他长期效力的纽约最负盛名的律所 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz，加入 Gibson Dunn。后者现在是一家拥有 2,200 名律师、年收入接近 $5bhn 的全球巨头律所。
这一举动极其大胆，因为几十年来，Wachtell 作为美国每位合伙人盈利能力最高的律所，一直是律师们从入职到退休都坚守的地方。另一家大型律所的负责人表示，就在几年前，“Wachtell 的一名共同主席会离职去另一家律所，这种想法是不可想象的”。
但这次机会渺茫的推销起作用了。上周，Gibson Dunn 宣布 Savitt 将加入该公司，并带走了五名 Wachtell 的合伙人。此举重创了 Wachtell 引以为傲的特拉华州公司诉讼业务。
即便是在近年来被转会市场狂热所笼罩的行业中，Savitt 的变动依然引人注目。在目前的行情下，超级明星律师被开出年薪超过 $20mn 的薪酬方案以诱导跳槽。
此类变动主要发生在顶尖的并购 (M&A) 和私募股权律师身上，他们创造的巨额且不断增长的费用池比诉讼工作更具可预测性。Savitt 的变动是迄今为止最明确的信号，表明人才争夺战已波及诉讼律师和律所领导层，影响深远。
Gibson Dunn 是目前几家从竞争对手那里挖掘顶尖诉讼律师的律所之一。诉讼巨头 Quinn Emanuel 也在加强努力。Quinn Emanuel 的共同管理合伙人 Michael Carlinsky 告诉《金融时报》：“我们加强了在全球范围内招聘顶尖横向合伙人的力度。”
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Savitt 的专长在于为 Fortune 500 董事会提供辩护，以及处理源自并购和股东激进主义的争议——这一角色在 Wachtell 极具价值，因为它支撑了该律所排名第一的交易实务。
他在大多数美国公司注册地所在的特拉华州法律界拥有极高地位。Savitt 和 Wachtell 甚至一直在向该州州长 Matt Meyer 提供建议，探讨如何防止公司将注册地迁至德克萨斯州及其他州，这种迁徙趋势正在颠覆美国商业法领域。
然而，Gibson Dunn 却处于这场战斗的另一方：它帮助埃克森美孚 (ExxonMobil) 将注册地迁至“孤星之州”（德克萨斯州），这是今年最重大的公司治理动态之一。
在 Wachtell 期间，Savitt 以在两场不同的重量级诉讼中击败马斯克而闻名。但 Gibson Dunn 将这位亿万富翁企业家视为重要客户，一些业内人士质疑，聘请 Savitt 是否会使这种关系变得复杂。
该律所坚称，有足够的工作量让新成员和资深员工都忙碌起来，尽管驱动因素可能有所不同。
Gibson Dunn 的交易部门是
比 Wachtell 的咨询机制要小，而那是 Savitt 工作核心的引擎。但 Wachtell 只有不到 300 名律师，且过度专注于并购（M&A），因此在缺乏内部能力时，经常不得不将客户转介给竞争对手。在规模庞大的 Gibson Dunn，这不太可能成为问题。从 Wachtell 加入 Savitt 阵营的其他人员中，包括三位专门从事特拉华州法律的亲密同事。此外，Savitt 招募的两名 Wachtell 侧向合伙人 Sarah Eddy 和 Randall Jackson 也将加入。另一名 Wachtell 合伙人 Nathaniel Cullerton 原定在同一批次加入 Gibson Dunn。然而，在一段在社交媒体上疯传的视频显示他在纽约市的一个公园里亲吻一名年轻的 Wachtell 助理后，他被停职以待进一步调查，Gibson Dunn 随后未将其列为新入职成员。
“我们已经加强了在全球范围内招募顶级侧向合伙人的力度”
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Andy Nussbaum（与 Savitt 共同领导 Wachtell 执行委员会）以及该事务所 95 岁的联合创始人 Marty Lipton，于周二向事务所律师发表讲话，并对其未来前景表现出乐观态度。
Wachtell 的罕见之处在于，在近年来行业动荡期间，它依然坚持大多数长期的管理惯例。最显著的是，它保留了“锁步制”（lockstep）薪酬体系，即律师的薪酬基于资历而非业绩——许多大型律师事务所为了腾出巨额资金聘请明星律师而放弃了这一模式。
然而，该事务所最近采取行动，将部分资金从诉讼律师转移到交易员身上，这对于一家保守的机构来说是历史性的转变，且引起了部分 Wachtell 诉讼律师的不满。据知情人士透露，Savitt 团队认为 Wachtell 的并购律师未能意识到事务所诉讼部门的贡献。
Wachtell 目前的诉讼合伙人已减少到不足 20 人，虽然它仍保留了一些高知名度案件（包括一项针对美国国家篮球协会的腐败调查），但目前尚不清楚它将如何推广其在特拉华州法律方面的专业知识。
Savitt 在 2020 年招募了受人尊敬的特拉华州法学家 Leo Strine 担任客户高级顾问，而 Strine 并未加入前往 Gibson Dunn 的团队。一名知情人士表示，预计他将在 Wachtell 长期任职。
但失去了 Savitt 和其他前往 Gibson Dunn 的成员，该事务所特拉华州业务的核心已不复存在。
在年轻律师时期，Savitt 曾短暂离开 Wachtell 加入 David Boies 的事务所 Boies Schiller & Flexner。他很快便返回，并完成了 25 年的任职。双方都预计这一次他的变动不会如此短暂。
布鲁塞尔要求对人工智能和机器人进行标注
BARBARA MOENS —— 布鲁塞尔
随着布鲁塞尔准备执行其里程碑式《人工智能法案》中首批面向消费者的义务，欧洲公司正竞相对其聊天机器人、深度伪造（deepfakes）以及人工智能生成的营销材料进行标注。
在线零售商、旅游集团和广告代理公司一直是那些在昨日新透明度规则生效前，全面翻修网站和客户服务系统的企业之列。
这些规则要求公司在客户与人工智能（AI）系统交互时必须告知客户，并识别由 AI 生成的图像、音频和视频。该截止日期也标志着欧盟委员会可以开始对未能遵守该法案的公司处以罚款的时间点。
“对于《人工智能法案》（AI Act）来说，这将是一个‘Cookie 横幅时刻’，”Cooley 律师事务所的律师 Patrick Van Fecke 说道，他指的是在欧洲隐私制度下无处不在的 Cookie 通知。“直到现在，《人工智能法案》在很大程度上还是抽象的。现在，每个人都将真正开始看到告知其某些内容由 AI 生成的标签。”
这一截止日期是一次早期测试，旨在观察布鲁塞尔是否能在不减缓技术采用速度的情况下，让 AI 对消费者而言更加透明，而欧盟领导人表示，这项技术对欧洲的竞争力至关重要。
欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩（Ursula von der Leyen）希望企业更迅速地采用 AI，以防止该集团在全球 AI 竞赛中进一步落后于美国和中国。
作为这一推动计划的一部分，布鲁塞尔公布了 AI 超级工厂的计划，增加了对计算基础设施的投资，并承诺削减繁琐手续，以提高竞争力并减少对美国技术供应商的依赖。
但许多公司认为，该集团在要求企业加快部署 AI 的同时，又要求其遵守那些依然难以解读的新规则。委员会在新规则生效前仅几周才发布指南，给公司留下的适应时间很少。
总部位于柏林的在线零售商 Zalando 使用 AI 生成或增强约 90% 的营销材料，该公司表示，委员会的指南增加了“另一个不必要的监管层”。
该公司补充道：“新引入的指南并未带来我们所希望的清晰度。”
它还补充说，委员会的指南存在导致执行碎片化的风险，因为不同的企业可能会对规则产生不同的解读。
零售业游说团体 EuroCommerce 同时也警告称，“不加区分的标签化”可能会产生不成比例的合规成本，同时令消费者感到困惑。
新标签旨在让消费者在与 AI 生成的内容交互时有更高的意识。
但成员包括美国大型科技公司的游说团体 CCIA Europe 警告称，指南对深度伪造（deepfakes）的定义过于宽泛，以至于几乎任何 AI 生成的内容都需要贴标签。“如果以同样的方式对待每张图像和每项内容，那么标签将失去意义，”该团体补充道。
“公众有权知道他们面对的是什么，AI 能做什么以及随之而来的风险”
CCIA 的 AI 政策负责人 Boniface de Champris 表示，“沉重的要求和令人质疑的解读”是“导致合规瘫痪而非创新的药方”。
但欧盟技术主管 Henna Virkkunen 则认为，新规则对于确保 AI 内容、代理和聊天机器人对消费者而言“更加透明且值得信赖”至关重要。
“这些系统正被插入到数百万人的生活和生计中，且通常由少数几家大公司掌控，公众有权知道他们面对的是什么，AI 能做什么以及随之而来的风险，”Future of Life Institute 的欧盟政策与研究负责人 Risto Uuk 说道，该机构一直游说要求对高风险 AI 系统采取更严格的保护措施。
委员会官员还坚持认为，指南中包含几项旨在避免“标签疲劳”的豁免条款，其中包括标准的照片编辑。
零售商 Zalando 表示，布鲁塞尔的监管是“不必要的”
一名欧盟委员会官员表示，认为“即使是由于人工智能带来的最小修改也需要过度标注”的想法是误导性的，并指出在与行业咨询后，相关指南已进行修改以使其更加适度。
“指南确实在寻求采取一种最务实的方法，以免我们最终陷入一种毫无意义的透明度义务中。”
在线旅行公司 Booking.com 表示，客户越来越希望知道他们是在与 AI 助手还是人类代理对话，这使得透明度不仅是监管要求，也是良好的商业实践。
“我们发现，客观地透明化你正在与 AI 对话这一事实，最终会带来更好的客户服务结果，”Booking.com AI 产品总监 Pranav Pathak 说道。
尽管 Booking.com 总体上支持《人工智能法案》，但该公司表示，希望欧盟委员会能更清晰地说明如何将立法转化为其产品。“我们需要用简单明了的语言来理解，该法规允许（我们的工程师）做什么，以及不允许做什么。”
欧盟的透明度规则仅是《人工智能法案》逐步实施的一部分，该法案已于 2024. 年 8 月生效。昨天，欧盟委员会还获得了新的法律权力，可对构成“系统性风险”的通用 AI 模型进行检查。
如果违规，科技公司可能被处以其前一财政年度全球年度总营业额 3 % 的罚款，或 1500 万欧元 (€15mn，约合 1730 万美元 $17.3mn)，以较高者为准。
然而，在科技行业和部分欧盟国家的压力下，欧盟委员会已经将所谓高风险系统的要求生效日期推迟到了 2027 年 12 月。
“问题不在于立法是否繁琐，而在于它不可预测且不断变化。企业不喜欢这样，”一名为客户提供该立法咨询的律师说道。
（Paola Tamma 参与了额外报道）
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沃尔特旗下公司向评级机构支付 $8mn
亿万富翁旗下的寿险公司使用了处于私人信贷争议核心的一家小型机构
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一些因私人信贷投资而受到美国检察官调查的保险公司，向一家规模极小的信用评级机构支付了数百万美元，而该机构正处于业界日益严重的利益冲突担忧的核心地带。
根据《金融时报》审查的文件，由亿万富翁投资者马克·沃尔特 (Mark Walter) 控股的两家保险公司——德拉瓦生命 (Delaware Life) 和克莱尔斯普林 (Clear Spring)，自 2024, 起共向 Egan-Jones 支付了 $8mn。沃尔特拥有洛杉矶道奇队和洛杉矶湖人队，并在切尔西足球俱乐部持有股份，他正面临一项针对其通过投资公司 TWG Global 所控制的保险公司私人信贷持仓的广泛调查。
人们日益担心，在过去十年中收购寿险公司的一些私人投资团体可能会让这些保险公司承担风险债务，在某些情况下，这些债务还与他们商业帝国中的其他部分相关联。
在美国检察官和证券交易委员会 (SEC) 的调查之后，沃尔特控制的保险公司对其数十亿美元的私人信贷持仓进行了重新分类，导致德拉瓦生命关联资产在投资组合中的占比从 3% 跃升至 42%。
据一名接近该保险公司的人士透露，德拉瓦生命的大部分关联投资是由小型评级提供商 Egan-Jones 评级的，而此时其他保险公司由于对其评级质量存疑，一直在试图与 Egan-Jones 保持距离。
Egan-Jones 因在支持私人信贷快速增长中所扮演的角色而受到特别审查，其约 20 名分析师产出了数千份评级。一些监管机构指出，保险公司可能会为了削减支持风险资产所需的资本，而寻求更宽松的评级。根据标准普尔全球数据 (S&P Global Data)，在 2025, 披露向 Egan-Jones 支付评级服务费的仅四家美国寿险公司中，有三家与沃尔特有关：德拉瓦生命、克莱尔斯普林和 EquiTrust。
这些保险公司披露向 Egan-Jones 的付款，是因为该金额超过了其当年向贸易协会、服务协会以及统计或评级局支付的总额的 25%。EquiTrust 去年向 Egan-Jones 支付了约 100 万美元，该公司此前由古根海姆合伙公司 (Guggenheim Partners) 持有，沃尔特在该公司担任首席执行官。
2015, 古根海姆将 EquiTrust 的多数股权出售给了篮球巨星“魔术”约翰逊 (Earvin “Magic” Johnson)，他在几十年前效力于沃尔特现在持有的湖人队。
沃尔特后来担任 EquiTrust 的董事会成员，该公司目前由 Amistad Financial Group 持有。
Egan-Jones 表示：“这些款项是在正常的业务过程中，针对所提供的有效评级服务而支付的。投资者聘请评级机构并不罕见。”
德拉瓦生命、克莱尔斯普林、TWG 和沃尔特通过发言人拒绝置评。EquiTrust 未回应置评请求。
7 月的美国就业数据是否会促使人们重新思考利率问题？
在预期美联储将加息以遏制由总统唐纳德·特朗普在伊朗战争引发的通胀之际，投资者将在本周五密切关注美国就业数据。
美联储在周三的会议上维持利率不变。这一决定在预料之中，但美联储主席凯文·沃什 (Kevin Warsh) 在就任后的首次会后新闻发布会上，以极其精简的沟通方式且缺乏前瞻性指引，令许多市场参与者感到沮丧。
这导致美国借贷成本上升及市场波动增加，使得投资者比以往任何时候都更加关注经济指标释放的信号。
彭博社调查的经济学家预计，美国7月份非农就业人数将增加约 90,000 人，延续了6月份录得的缓慢增长步伐，并增强了暂停加息的理由。
花旗银行经济学家 Veronica Clark 在给客户的信中写道，疲软的就业数据，加上此前数据极有可能被下调，应该将“进一步反驳劳动力市场正在重新收紧的说法，且劳动力市场本身可能成为通胀压力的来源”。
她补充说，劳动力市场的降温为美联储官员在做出利率决策时专注于通胀数据扫清了道路。
Clark 预计 7 月份的失业率将回升至 4.3%。但由于唐纳德·特朗普打击移民后人口结构发生变化，劳动力参与率仍存在不确定性。
Clark 表示，预计今年晚些时候，随着学年开始，劳动者（尤其是承担护理责任的年轻女性）将重返职场，劳动力池将扩大，最终将失业率推高至 4.5% 以上。Michelle Chan
中国的贸易盈余是否已达峰值？
中国将于周五公布 7 月份的贸易数据，这将为该国巨大的贸易盈余是否将继续缩小提供进一步证据。ING 的经济学家预计进口将继续快于出口增长，进口比去年同期增长 33.6%，出口增长 28.1%。这将延续 6 月份的趋势，当时进口增长 36%，出口比去年同期增长 27%。
这两项数值的激增是由全球对 AI 的巨额投资驱动的，这提高了对中国电子元件（如印刷电路板和光收发器）的需求。这也提高了内存芯片等商品的成本，而中国大量进口此类商品。
Absolute Strategy Research 的 Adam Wolfe 等经济学家最近认为，中国的贸易盈余已经触顶。
根据中国海关数据，今年前六个月的贸易盈余为 $576bn，低于 2025, 年上半年的 $583bn。
但这一点存在激烈争议。外交关系委员会（Council on Foreign Relations）高级研究员 Brad Setser 表示，盈余缩减的原因之一是今年中国进口黄金激增。他指出，如果剔除黄金进口，中国今年上半年的贸易盈余增长了 $80bn。
分析师表示，贸易平衡能否发生可持续的变化，将取决于北京方面是否采取更实质性的措施来支持国内经济。国内需求疲软压低了价格，导致企业寻求海外市场，从而推动出口并减少进口。
周四，高级官员表示，北京将在下半年加快支出以支持国内需求。William Sandlund
对沉默寡言的美联储的沮丧将焦点转向就业数据
美联储主席 Kevin Warsh 简化的沟通方式让许多市场参与者感到沮丧
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富时指数（FTSE）的上涨是否仍有空间？
由于投资者在科技股遭遇沉重抛售的一个月下旬寻求避风港，富时 100 指数在上周创下一系列历史新高。
该英国蓝筹股指数几乎没有科技股敞口。此外，鉴于欧洲利率上升以及因伊朗战争敌对行动重启而引发的油价再次飙升，其在化石燃料和金融业的沉重权重也起到了推动作用。
但由于美国与伊朗之间关于罢工和谈判的报道交替出现，导致能源价格波动，且科技股在周末反弹，一些……
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投资者和分析师对于富时指数（FTSE）的上涨能持续多久持怀疑态度。
巴克莱银行欧洲股票策略主管 Emmanuel Cau 表示：“这并不是人们真正认同于英国国内的某种叙事，在很大程度上是指数成分的问题，这决定了是否有利。”他补充道，“考虑到科技股的缺失和石油行业的敞口，目前 [富时 100 指数] 拥有合适的行业组合来吸引资金流和关注。”
荷兰国际集团（ING）全球宏观研究主管 Carsten Brzeski 将这次上涨描述为“有些违背直觉”，因为伊朗战争仍在继续，且欧洲经济“仍在与停滞状态徘徊”。
但法国兴业银行（Société Générale）欧洲股票策略主管 Roland Kaloyan 表示，由于该指数在商品和金融板块权重较高，且对汽车和奢侈品等可选消费板块的敞口较低，因此将继续从中受益。
他补充道：“富时 100 指数是我们进入 2026 年前最青睐的市场之一，目前仍是我们看好的一项预测。”
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法航-荷航旨在针对竞争对手易捷航空的乘客
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法航-荷航（Air France-KLM）旨在利用预计 57 亿英镑 (£5.7bn) 的易捷航空（easyJet）收购案所引发的动荡，夺回那些流向这家廉价航空公司的乘客。
首席执行官 Ben Smith 表示，易捷航空此前从法航和荷航两家公司抢走了客户，这迫使这家法荷航空集团对其低成本产品方案进行修订。
由于易捷航空的收购报价预计很快就会出现——且可能会拖延数月——Smith 有信心法航-荷航能够赢回一些多年来转向这家英国航空公司的乘客。
Smith 在接受《金融时报》采访时表示：“既然我们现在有了具有竞争力的产品且成本更低，我们肯定 [能赢回他们]。这些客户是因为对方产品的吸引力而被我们失去的。”
他表示，易捷航空让法航-荷航“很头疼……他们是一家运营非常出色的航空公司，并且能够为自己创造一个利基市场，这相当令人印象深刻”。
美国私募股权公司阿波罗（Apollo）和私募信贷公司 Castlelake 都在权衡对易捷航空的最终报价。上个月，该航空公司表示，相较于 Castlelake 最近每股 6.90 英镑 (£6.90)、总值 55 亿英镑 (£5.5bn) 的报价，它更倾向于阿波罗每股 7.15 英镑 (£7.15)、总值 57 亿英镑 (£5.7bn) 的收购方案。
根据英国收购规则，Castlelake 在今天下午 5 点前提交最终报价，而阿波罗则截止到周五。在阿波罗上个月出人意料地介入这笔交易后，Castlelake 表示正在考虑其方案。
如果两家公司中任何一家成功，销售进程将延伸到明年。一旦被收购，易捷航空可能会被新所有者全面改造，这将给竞争对手提供争取其乘客的机会。
尽管易捷航空最初是一家低成本运营商，雄心是将飞行变得像买“一条牛仔裤”一样便宜，但近年来它已搬迁至成本较高的主要机场。
虽然这意味着票价上涨，但这使该航空公司直接与成本基础较高的传统航空公司展开竞争。
Smith 表示，与瑞安航空（Ryanair）等仅使用远离市中心的二级机场的竞争对手相比，易捷航空在巴黎夏尔·戴高乐机场等关键机场拥有“相对较大的份额”。
他补充道，易捷航空还“引入了一些非常高端的、适合商务人士的属性，例如快速登机、拥有 [可预订的] 前排座位、免费行李，而且在盖特威克机场他们设有贵宾休息室，因此他们在这些方面相当创新”。
Smith 表示，法航-荷航旗下的廉价航空公司 Transavia 已经“在很大程度上参照易捷航空的产品方案来构建自己的产品”。
他的公司已将“Flying Blue”忠诚度计划扩展至 Transavia，并从巴黎成本较低的奥利机场推出了新服务。
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S&P 500 | 纳斯达克综合指数 | 道琼斯工业指数 | 富时 100 指数 | 富时欧洲第一指数 | 日经 225 | 恒生指数 | 富时全球指数 | 5 美分/欧元 | 英镑/欧元 | 布伦特原油 $ | 黄金 $
过去 30 天股市走势，以富时全球指数 (FTSE All-World) 为对比基准（同币种）
美洲 | 欧洲 | 亚洲 6 月 30 日 - 7 月 31 日 —— 指数 —— 全球指数
S&P 500 (纽约) / S&P/TSX 综合指数 (多伦多) / Xetra Dax (法兰克福) / 64362.02 / 59545 / 3485699 / 1049712 / 7006232
当日 -0.74% / 当月 -0.49% / 当年 146% 当日 4 29.74% / 当月 363% / 当年 1912% 当日 0.07% / 当月 2.69% / 当年 6.66% 当日 44.03% / 当月 -814% / 当年 56.71% 当日 4 1791% / 当月 4 -2219% / 当年 103.22% 当日 4 0.70% / 当年 24.15%
墨西哥城 / 富时欧洲第一 300 指数 (欧洲) / Ibex 35 (马德里) / 恒生指数 (香港) / 富时海峡时报指数 (新加坡)
医疗保健 (12) = 079 1546959 / 1776722 / 229 / 241 / 1810 / 7320 / 021 Pershing Square / 237 / 富时全股金融指数 (237) / 095 / 1708 / 329 / 28 / 1.90 / 167 / 10127 / 122122 / 1.45 / 140 / 904 / 2106570 / 1020 / 1.62 发达市场（除欧洲） / 4174 / 107878 / 155 / 17R / 995 / 17913 / 118750 / 054 Pershimman / 10700 0% 富时全股房地产指数 / 052 / 7014 / 1731 全球大盘股 / 1870 / 114041 / 180 / -1.23 / 836 / 202383 / 949 / 15 发达市场（除欧元区） / 4789 / 135788 / 152 / 1.31 / 976 / 226669 / 1274 / 143 Centica / 15500 / 157 Polar CopTech / 62650 / 245 富时全股非必需消费品指数 (69) / 6102.13 / -1.35 / 556572 / 618594 / 625054 / 609731 / 252 / 193 / 2062 / 10181 / 706802 全球中盘股 / 2395 / 141370 / 101 / -110 / 1181 / 231011 / 1313 / 1.9 发达市场（除美国） / 3813 / 78219 / 1.50 / 1.48 / 1087 / 1561.65 / 1285 / 246 可口可乐欧洲公司 / 819000 / -103 Prudential / 111600 / -1.67 富时全股必需消费品指数 (8) / 2069195 / 092 / 1887302 / 20884752137099 / 2015195 / 394 / 14 / 1792 / 40872 / 2214347 全球小盘股 / 5862 / 14058 / 1.14 / -339 / 949 / 217748 / 1089 / 1.76 发达市场（除英国） / 5196 / 135470 / 1.61 / 1.41 / 957 / 225236 / 1084 / 1.48 Geto tC AC / 5010.00 / -099 丽洁克 (Reckitt Benckiser) / 40 富时全股工业指数 (79) / 1232433 / 0.07 / 1124100 / 1233300 / 12137.70 / 1090288 / 150 / 213 / 3124 / 12295 / 1535354 全球（除欧元区） / 9512 / 129244 / 1.37 / 154 / 917 / 2171.32 / 10.22 / 154 / 75631 / 094 / 20700254 原材料 / 077303 / 9876.07 全球（除中国） / 7606 / 411969 / 150 / -158 / 966 / 680552 / 1082 / 1.61 / 3 / 6 / 4119 / 708 / 1419 全球（除美国） / 8572 / 793.74 / 1.15 / -198 / 914 / 157483 / 11.03 / 247 发达市场（亚太除日本） / 961 / 100161 / 032 / -1441 / 2073 / 219097 / 2226 / 238 Computacenter / 3% 全球（除英国） / 9895 / 129354 / 148 / -1.61 / 903 / 218285 / 1016 / 1.5 发达欧洲市场 / 1195 / 72391 / 1.82 / 205 / 752 / 155366 / 1906 / 278 Cometec / 72400 / -210 力拓 (Rio Tinto) / 717400 / 0.53 富时全股公用事业指数 (9) / 1041.18 / 034 / 10831% / 1050992 / 377 / 12 / 1746 / 27BS6 / BIB 全球（除日本） / 8770 / 127668 / 139 / -145 / 879 / 221879 / 994 / 1.61 发达欧洲市场（除英国） / 963 / 3673 / 209 / 1.08 / 97 / 175452 / 363 / 271 Credit International / 20500 / -202 劳斯莱斯 (Rolls Royce) / 48780 / 0.33 富时全股软件与计算机服务指数 (18) / 213285 / -189 / 194537 / 217384 / 230381 / ZM156 / 248 / 16 / 2191 / 3727 / BK 区域指数 发达欧元区 / 72821 / 239 / 136 / 7 / 33 / 1580.02 / 390
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正在推出旨在保护极端天气下工人的措施，作者
Attracta Mooney 和 Aaron Kirchfeld
当 6 月 西班牙 的气温达到历史新高时，施耐德电气 (Schneider Electric) 位于巴塞罗那市外两家制造基地的工厂经理 Eva Sanchez 启动了公司的耐热计划。
这家总部位于法国的能源技术集团为工人提供了更多休息时间、饮用水，以及可以使用阴凉且有冷却设施的休息区。施耐德还在生产区域安装了传感器以监测温度和湿度，并利用公司的自有系统对特定区域进行冷却。
“通过将这两个变量结合分析，我们能更准确地了解热压力，因为湿度在工人实际感受热量方面起着关键作用，”Sanchez 表示。“我们将耐热能力变成了一项永久性的、数据驱动的能力，而不再仅仅是季节性的应对。”
在今年夏天遭受连续热浪袭击的欧洲各地基地，施耐德安装了小型风扇，并分发了冰淇淋、柠檬水和瓶装水。该公司还设立了配备空调的休息室，并规定当温度升至 30.5 摄氏度以上时，每小时必须强制休息 10 分钟。
在整个欧洲大陆，今年夏天的极端气温再次引发了人们的质疑：面对日益频繁的热浪，尤其是随着气候变化加剧——以及随之而来的严重经济和健康后果——欧洲的大型雇主们是否具备足够的应对能力。
法国和 西班牙 正在与热浪引发的山火作斗争，这些山火已迫使 300,000 多人撤离。
“近期的热浪让我们深刻意识到极端气温带来的真实的人文和经济影响，”英国建筑和物业服务公司 Wates Group 的环境可持续发展总监 Bekir Andrews 表示。“证据越来越多地表明，炎热的夏天将变得更加普遍，公司需要据此制定计划。”
当英国国家气象局 (Met Office) 在 6 月发布罕见的红色高温预警（表明每个人都面临生命风险）时，Wates Group 的安全与健康总监 Brian Long 呼吁团队进行风险评估，重新安排或推迟工作，利用阴凉处并增加在凉爽区域的休息时间。
他在一封电子邮件中写道：“主管应向团队简报需要注意的事项以及如何识别早期症状，例如头晕、疲劳、抽搐和意识模糊，并采取行动。”
与此同时，许多银行和金融机构在酷热最严重期间放宽了办公政策，告知员工如有必要可以居家办公，其他公司则放宽了着装要求。一些办公室和商店，包括英国烘焙连锁店 Greggs 的几家分店，因与高温相关的安全担忧而关闭。
研究人员估计，仅在 6 月创纪录的一周内，英国就损失了 2400 万个工作小时，给经济造成了 £1.5 10 亿英镑的损失。
监测体温并在佩戴者处于危险时发出警告的手环有助于
智慧
这项由伦敦政治经济学院格兰瑟姆气候变化与环境研究所以及地中海气候变化中心 (CMCC) 开展的研究发现，在热浪袭击的那一周，报告的平均工作时间减少量超过 45 分钟，而 3.6% 的受访者因为极端高温而完全没有工作。
CMCC 的环境经济学家、格兰瑟姆研究所访问高级研究员 Shouro Dasgupta 表示，最大的影响“由室外工作者和从事体力要求较高工作的人员承担，其中许多人属于劳动力中薪资最低的群体”。
来自世界可持续发展商业委员会 (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) 的其他研究
确保工人安全
工作与职业
来自企业的避暑经验之谈
一项研究发现，42% 的欧洲企业报告称，热浪等物理气候影响导致成本增加，其中劳动力健康、供应链和保险成本受影响最严重。
随着气温飙升，包括一组英国议员在内的多方呼吁，在英国等国家引入最高工作温度限制。在西班牙，室内工作的法定最高温度为办公类工作 27°C，轻体力工作为 25°C。
欧洲还饱受破纪录的高温夜晚之苦。夜间缺乏休息被认为与工作中出现更多事故和错误相关。
世界卫生组织表示，极端高温会大幅降低工作场所的生产率；当温度超过所谓的“湿球黑球温度”（wet-bulb globe temperature）20°C（该指标综合考虑了气温、湿度、日照等因素）每升高 1 摄氏度，产出就会下降 2 到 3%。
人力资源平台 HiBob 的联合创始人 Ronni Zehavi 表示，当气温升高时，企业“过于依赖临时安排”，而不是制定一套热浪应对策略。
他说：“明确的政策——例如远程办公或提前下班的能力——可以消除不一致性，并确保每个人受到同等待遇。”
Wates Group 的 Andrews 表示，公司已经评估了未来几十年各种气候情景的影响，认为企业需要对一切进行调整。
他说：“这可能意味着调整工作模式，将繁重任务移出一天中最热的时段，确保团队能够获得遮阴、休息和水分，并在项目计划中建立更大的灵活性。这也意味着思考我们如何设计和改造建筑，使其在更温暖的气候中依然保持舒适、健康和高效。”
总部位于葡萄牙的能源与公用事业公司 EDP 表示，“保护我们的员工是我们将如何管理日益频繁的极端天气事件的起点。”
根据活动内容和当地环境，该公司会调整工作时间以“避开高温峰值”，推迟非必要的室外工作，或在“风险无法被安全管理时随时暂停工作”。
但该公司补充称，随着其全球业务范围内的“热浪变得更加频繁和剧烈”，公司正在研究其他措施，例如“通过热压力监测来确定安全的工作-休息方案”，以及为技术人员“测试或引入额外的防护设备和冷却解决方案”。
中东欧最大的建筑公司之一 Strabag 也在测试用于保护工人的新设备。这些努力包括冷却背心和警告紫外线辐射过高的 UV 检测手环、提供更多遮荫的宽檐安全帽以及冷却袖套。
这家总部位于维也纳的公司告诉《金融时报》：“在已经习惯高温的地区与尚未拥有太多应对热浪经验的北欧地区的健康与安全官员之间，存在着定期的信息交流，这有助于我们针对气候变化的挑战，精准地为北方的工地做好准备。”
热浪使人们关注到许多欧洲建筑（包括医院、学校和部分办公室）缺乏空调的问题。
与一些欧洲最大的公司不同，施耐德（Schneider）由于其业务线涵盖能源管理和冷却系统，在应对高温方面占据有利位置。
施耐德电气（Schneider Electric）欧洲区人力资源总监 Dominique Laurent 表示：“在没有配备正确能源技术的建筑中工作，正成为工人的健康与安全隐患，不能被忽视。”
其他欧洲企业正在——
“明确的政策——例如提前下班的能力——可以消除不一致性，并确保每个人受到同等待遇”
希望借鉴他们在世界其他地区应对热浪的经验。荷兰跨国酿造公司海尼根 (Heineken) 表示，在其墨西哥业务中，夏季气温经常超过 35°C，在极端高温事件期间可升至 45°C 以上。
海尼根全球气候总监 Nicolas Clerget 表示，作为应对，当地团队已制定了一项保护员工的计划。这包括一项季节性高温意识宣传活动以及对天气状况的每日监测，从而允许各站点在“温度变得极端时调整当地实践”。
Clerget 说：“我们从墨西哥业务如何管理热压力中学习到了很多，并基于其行动计划，正在为[我们的]其他公司开发一套全球工具包。”
商业书籍
哈佛大学的 DJ DiDonna 阐述了休假 (Sabbaticals) 的理由
作为一名三十出头的创业公司联合创始人，DJ DiDonna 当时正周游世界，经营着一家帮助新兴市场企业家的公司。然而，他感到心不在焉，且对员工缺乏耐心。DiDonna 在其新书《长假：休假的转型力量以及如何实施》(Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One) 的引言中写道：“我内心的感受与我在纸面上的成就之间存在巨大的差距，这不可避免地让我思考：如果这一切都不能让我满足，那么什么可以？”
对于 DiDonna 来说，答案是休假四个月。他将其中一部分时间花在行走日本一条 900 英里的朝圣之路上。回归后，DiDonna 不仅得到了休息和恢复。正如他在书中所说：“回首往事，那是我生命中记忆最密集的一段时间，但不知为何，它仅持续了 121 天。它永远改变了我看待自己的方式。”
在这次休假后的十年里，DiDonna 一直致力于说服美国企业及其他地区的人们，认真看待长时间脱离工作所带来的转型力量。《长假》报告称，提供休假政策的组织数量在 2079 年至 2024 年间几乎翻了一番。一些令人惊讶的大名鼎鼎的公司早已意识到其价值：英特尔 (Intel) 提供此类休假已超过 30 年。
在一次来自美国的视频通话中，DiDonna 描述了休假的好处：“当你发现有些事情是你不想在生命结束前错过地去做时，我认为它就不仅仅是一种奢侈，而成了美好生活不可或缺的要素。”我问道，员工如何才能说服不情愿的老板批准——并资助——延长期限的假期？“正如我在书中所说，沃伦·巴菲特 (Warren Buffett) 将时间视为平庸公司的敌人和优秀公司的朋友。”
“我认为任何目光超越一年[之远]的企业——这都非常有价值，对吧？人们离开办公桌显然是不方便的，但人们一直在流动，他们辞职，或者请育儿假。所以我认为，面对普遍的人员流动，这是一个组织需要培养的‘肌肉’。”
当员工休假归来时，会产生进一步的益处：“办公室里有那些乐于在岗的人；他们富有创造力，充满活力，没有怨恨，并且投入其中。我认为这个理由非常充分。”
DiDonna 没有回到他创办的公司。他对脱离工作的益处变得如此热情（他认为休假的最低长度应为六到八周），以至于他在 2019 年成立了“休假项目” (The Sabbatical Project)，以开展并收集研究，并为个人和组织提供资源。
《长假》是对该工作的启发性总结，非常适合在（过于短暂的）暑假期间阅读，进行充满憧憬的规划。书中包含一些令人羡慕的案例研究，其中一个家庭在北极圈内的一个岛上生活了一年。
这本书概述了三种类型的休假者：探索者、成就者和寻求者。许多身处高地位角色的人很可能是“成就者”。他们在工作中很忙，并计划在休假期间同样保持忙碌：这些人想要写书、成为瑜伽老师或精通一门外语。探索者想要旅行，但 DiDonna 告诉我，他们可能会错过“家附近令人惊叹的事物”。寻求者则是向内探索的人，“回顾你的过去：我以前热爱什么？我对什么感到好奇？”
DiDonna 敦促每个人在开始休假时，先进行一段较长时间的休息，尽可能少地制定计划——他称之为“停顿一下”（take a beat）。
在 DiDonna 非常灵活的方法中，唯一的“必须”要求是写日记。为什么这对我们如此重要？DiDonna 告诉我，这是一种冥想形式：“你正从惯常的处理方式中抽离，并从中获得一个新的视角。”即使你认为自己搞砸了这次休假（他说大多数人都认为自己搞砸了——包括他自己），“你仍然能从中学习”。经验本身就是改变我们的因素。
DiDonna 目前是哈佛商学院一名专注于创业学的高级讲师，他表示数据表明，Z 世代员工更看重“体验与使命、灵活性与目的，而非薪酬”。他的使命在于他所说的“追求‘人性化’工作政策的长久趋势”之中。而这是一个非常漫长的过程：正如《大休假》（Big Time Off）提醒我们的，尤其是美国人，即便在有假期提供的情况下，也极其不擅长休假。Isabell Berwick
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2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一
AI 转型
本周我们将深入探讨上个月引入的“风险 vs 可靠性”框架的两个方面，揭示其影响究竟能达到何种程度。
Sarah O'Connor 和 John Burn-Murdoch 写道，针对 Hugging Face 的网络攻击和一项远程工作指数可以告诉我们很多关于风险与回报的问题。
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首先，我们回顾上周披露的一件事：一个 OpenAI 的 AI 智能体自主对另一家 AI 公司发动了网络攻击。随后，我们将审视关于领先 AI 模型取代人类工人能力的最新证据——这一次专门针对在线零工经济。
John 写道：
回顾一下，上周在对其最新模型的网络能力进行测试期间，OpenAI 任务两个最先进的模型（其中一个尚未公开发布）去挑战 “ExploitGym”——这是一组包含近 900 个挑战的测试，旨在测试 AI 智能体是否能够利用现实世界软件中的已知漏洞。
但这些模型并没有尝试解决这些挑战，而是认定通往成功的最直接路径是定位并窃取测试答案。因此，它们识别并利用了此前未知的漏洞，突破了原本被认为安全隔离的测试环境，进入开放互联网，并黑入了另一家名为 Hugging Face 的数十亿美元 AI 公司的私有服务器（它们可能认为答案就存储在那里）。
此次攻击严重到促使 Hugging Face 联系执法部门。最令人担忧的是，直到攻击开始几天后，OpenAI 才发现发生了什么。
行业外的一些人试图淡化事件的严重性，他们分别认为：对于被要求利用一组特定软件漏洞的 AI 模型来说，发现并利用其他漏洞并不令人惊讶；或者，这一切仅仅是 OpenAI 为了展示其模型能力而采取的营销手段。但这两种观点都离题了。尝试通过解决挑战来通过测试是预期行为；而通过窃取答案来试图在测试中作弊则不是预期行为。而且，OpenAI 失去对其智能体的控制，并在几天后才发现它们对另一家公司的基础设施执行了大规模且持续的攻击，这对 OpenAI 乃至更广泛的这项技术来说都不是好的宣传。
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这一事件凸显了我们上个月所写的、关于 AI 策划的网络攻击升级所带来的严重风险。正如此前 Hugging Face 在其关于此次攻击的报告中所写，它暴露了网络攻击与防御之间根本性的不对称。这些反叛智能体以远超任何人类黑客能力的规模、速度和持久性运行，在增加自身成功率的同时，让防御方淹没在需要调查的海量活动之中。
这也暴露了前沿模型内部测试的执行和监控方式存在缺陷。OpenAI 和 Anthropic 均报告称，在最近几个月的网络能力测试中，其模型反复出现出乎意料且令人不安的行为。
人们倾向于将 AI 领导者关于有害结果风险以及可能需要放慢开发速度或加强监管的言论描述为自私的炒作，但对我而言，此类事件清楚地表明，这些担忧是有充分依据的。
那么，这就是本周关于风险方面的更新。那么实用性方面如何呢？几周前，我们收到了一个我认为是对 AI 取代人类工作和劳动者能力最具有参考意义的指标的最新更新——远程劳动力指数 (Remote Labour Index)。该指数让前沿 AI 模型尝试完成真实的远程工作项目，随后由领域专家将这些结果与人类在执行相同任务时的产出进行对比评估。
示例包括为产品设计或建筑任务制作数字化设计方案和 3D 模型，构建交互式数据可视化，以及生成动画视频。
我觉得最有用的一点是，你可以查看一些案例研究，从而感知 AI 生成的提交作品是多么令人惊叹（或糟糕！），以及这种情况是如何随时间而变化的。
最新更新的核心结果是，迄今为止测试中表现最好的模型——Anthropic 的 Claude Fable，被判定在 16 per cent 的数字化远程工作任务中交付了专业可接受的作品。六分之一的通过率是非常低的——如果一个人类员工有这样的记录，很快就会失去新订单——但其进步速度值得关注。Anthropic 之前的顶尖模型 Opus 4.8 仅得分为 8 per cent，而再之前的一个模型仅为 4 per cent。
浏览一些提交的 AI 作品也呈现出类似的图景。就在几个月前，最好的模型制作的珠宝设计和平面图简直会被人笑掉牙。最新的模型在准确性和精细度上有了显著提升——但总体上仍然不够成熟。
如何解读这些结果，完全取决于视角。一方面，进步的速度令人印象深刻，而且 AI 能够并在真实的白领专业领域产出可接受的工作，这一事实本身就令人瞩目。我们已经知道，在针对简单写作、编程和设计任务的在线零工工作市场上，AI 已经取代了工作并降低了人类的收入；这些结果表明，它正在向价值链上游移动。
另一方面，一些 AI 提交作品中的错误类型表明，在许多情况下，AI 根本不知道该专业的人员真正试图做什么，或者什么才算优秀的作品，它只是在通过“暴力破解”的方式使结果接近可接受的程度。在许多任务中，这可能无关紧要——因为勉强及格的作品就是及格的作品。但在我看来，这再次证明了“自动化一项任务”与“自动化一个岗位”是完全不同的两回事。从这个意义上说，
“叛乱代理人的运行速度、规模和持久性远远超出了任何人类黑客的能力”
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我们这里看到的现象，或许更应被理解为 AI 在增强更广泛的人类员工能力方面变得更强，而非取代他们。莎拉写道：
约翰，这让我好奇，“白领零工经济”现在是否已走到了尽头。
在 2015, 年，我写过一篇关于 Upwork 等自由职业劳动力平台兴起的文章——这种现象被描述为“人类云”。正如我当时所说：“雇主们开始将‘人类云’视为完成工作的一种新方式。白领工作被拆分成数百个独立的项目或任务，然后分散到由愿意工作的人员组成的虚拟‘云’中，只要他们有互联网连接，这些人可以身处世界任何地方。”
在当时，这似乎能为劳动者带来一些好处（灵活的工作机会、“数字游民”的生活方式等等），以及一些坏处（薪资低、价格战、条件不透明、缺乏就业权利）。但我当时没有预料到的是，它还会使人们特别容易被人工智能（AI）所取代。
在今年公布第一季度业绩的电话会议上，Upwork 首席执行官 Hayden Brown 表示，从 2 月开始，“AI 采用速度的加快导致低端客户活动的成交量下降，影响了 $500 及以下的合同。虽然这种动态并非新鲜事，但 AI 自动化的速度快于以往……在低端市场，简单任务正被 AI 工具取代”。
Upwork 的希望在于，该平台能够成为那些想要使用 AI 但需要人类自由职业者协助以发挥最大效能的小企业的有用服务。
我想这可以被描述为“增强”，约翰，这与你描述的证据相符——即在没有人类引导的情况下，AI 在处理许多现实世界的远程工作任务时实际上仍然不够出色。尽管我不确定在这种情况下，究竟是 AI 增强了人类，还是人类增强了 AI。
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约翰和 J 很快将分别开始假期，因此我们在 8 月的更新频率将会降低（印刷版将在 17 日和 31 日出版）。我们将于 9 月恢复正常！
2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一
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金融公司希望利用技术使市场现代化，支持者称该技术的影响力可与互联网的出现相媲美。但即便高管们的信心在增长，风险依然巨大。
作者：Nikou Asgari
2016, 年，澳大利亚证券交易所公布了一项大胆计划，拟利用区块链技术改造其交易系统。
其首席执行官誓言要“使澳大利亚处于金融市场创新的前沿”。新闻标题大肆宣扬此次“世界首创”且“创造历史”的举措，强调一家传统证券交易所渴望使用这项驱动了加密货币这一极具颠覆性发明的技术，意义重大。
然而，这种热情被证明是误导性的。软件设计的缺陷导致无法大规模推广，加上管理不善，最终使该项目彻底夭折。该交易所为此道歉，注销了 $170mn 的投资，并因误导投资者支付了 $14.5mn 的罚款。
十年后，澳大利亚这次代价昂贵的失败已被抛之脑后，全球金融公司再次拥抱区块链，并向他们声称能够改变金融市场的项目投入数亿美元。
支持者表示，区块链技术——一种在多台计算机上安全记录交易的去中心化数字账本——将降低交易成本，加快结算速度，并开启一个零售投资者和机构投资者可以在全天任何时间交易所有资产的世界。
由于各大监管机构目前在很大程度上对区块链和数字账本技术进行监督，高管们在投资和升级系统时更有信心，因此这个世界看起来成为了可能。
多年来，区块链一直被视为高风险，且与波动巨大的加密货币过于接近，许多监管机构曾警告投资者远离。这种情况现在发生了变化，因为官员们在很大程度上接受了该技术在速度和效率方面具有显著优势。
华尔街真正的兴趣在于“代币化”（tokenisation）——即将从现金到股票、债券和商品的所有资产转换为区块链友好型数字版本（即所谓的“代币”），从而实现 24 / 7 全天候追踪和交易。
高管们将这种数字资产技术的引入，与互联网出现以及摆脱纸质交易系统所带来的深远变革相类比。
运行欧洲最大证券交易所的泛欧交易所（Euronext）首席执行官 Stéphane Boujnah 表示，银行和证券交易所此前“在这些技术变革中处于主导地位，它们制定标准，掌控步伐”；而“现在我们在追赶”。
重新构建金融市场的动力比 2016. 年时更为强烈。来自加密交易所的竞争正变得愈发激烈。它们主导了数字资产交易，现在正强力介入传统金融领域，旨在成为一个全天候交易股票、商品、私人信贷等所有资产的一站式平台。
一场全面的革命仍需数年时间，且规模和流动性依然较小。代币化资产在全球市场中所占比例依然很低。
而风险依然巨大。国际货币基金组织（IMF）在 7 月警告称，在区块链系统中，“故障的传播速度可能快于机构或监管机构的反应速度”。该组织指出，风险“曾经由交易背后单个机构的资产负债表承担，现在日益集中在管理 [区块链] 交易的平台和代码中”，且这些风险是“显著的”。
但对于大银行、投资者和交易所而言，前进的方向已经明确。摩根大通（JPMorgan Chase）首席执行官 Jamie Dimon 今年告诉股东：“一组基于区块链的全新竞争对手正在出现，其中包括稳定币、智能合约和其他形式的代币化，”并补充道，“我们需要推出我们自己的区块链技术”。
“未来的世界将是这样”
尽管经历了剧烈的低迷和断断续续的丑闻，全球加密货币市场已吸引了数十亿美元的零售资金，且机构资金的参与度也在日益提高。
自从 2025 年 1 月重返白宫以来，唐纳德·特朗普开启了一波对加密货币友好的规则浪潮，撤回了针对加密货币交易所的高调诉讼，并任命了加密货币贸易协会前共同主席保罗·艾特金斯（Paul Atkins）为美国证券交易委员会主席。艾特金斯鼓励公司积极拥抱代币化，并表示“未来的世界将是这样”。
欧盟、英国、新加坡及其他地区的当局也在对区块链和代币化进行监管，允许公司采用这一技术。
虽然全球监管机构对加密货币的警惕程度有所降低，但传统金融参与者表示，他们对驱动加密货币市场的技术本身比对加密货币更感兴趣。
代币化资产可以在全球交易所 24 / 7 全天候交易，投资者可以围绕这些资产进行借贷，支持者认为这种方式比传统市场更直接。
高管们表示，全球金融市场已经陈旧，过多的中间环节导致投资者成本过高。其核心吸引力在于，代币化资产可以通过编程，在满足特定条件时自动执行某些操作。这些条件被称为“智能合约”的代码行，例如，它可以指令股票在特定日期向投资者支付股息，或在收到资金证明后发放抵押贷款。
这些自动操作消除了对中间机构的需求，因此目前需要数天才能确认和清算的流程可以在瞬间完成。
代币化货币是增长最快的领域。这主要包括稳定币（全球流通量超过 $300bn），以及代币化银行存款。在一些国家，央行数字货币仍处于早期的探索阶段。
稳定币与美元、欧元等主权货币 1 比 1 挂钩，主要被交易者用于在主权货币与代币化世界之间切换。稳定币的移动速度比例如说 Swift 支付系统更快且可即时结算，从而释放资金在金融体系中流动；而使用主权货币的交易则可能需要数天才能结算。
贝莱德（BlackRock）首席执行官、华尔街最大的区块链传道者拉里·芬克（Larry Fink）告诉投资者，对于当今的货币体系而言，“依靠 Swift 就像是通过邮局路由电子邮件”，而实际上，“目前因结算延迟而被冻结的数十亿美元可以立即重新投入到经济中，产生更多增长”。
随着传统金融参与者寻求分一杯羹，其他形式的代币化货币也在增长。银行正在探索客户存款的代币化，而资产管理公司则推出了代币化货币市场基金。这一资产类别已从 2025 年初的不足 $4bn 增长到如今的超过 $16bn。富兰克林邓普顿（Franklin Templeton）数字资产与创新负责人桑迪·考尔（Sandy Kaul）表示，该公司投资机构的代币化基金正越来越多地被传统公司的企业财务总监所使用。
她表示：“它在包括周六、周日和节日在内的每天都支付收益，这在以前是不可能的”，这使其更具吸引力。传统的货币市场基金则是按月支付收益。
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Kaul补充道，代币化（Tokenisation）应被视为一种全新的、更高效的金融产品包装方式，因为它们可以被编程；而目前的交易所交易基金（ETF）、共同基金及其他产品则是“哑包装”（dumb wrappers），无法自动执行操作。
“现在使用ETF，我作为授权参与者，每天需要获取索引文件并上传，查看持仓情况，并根据索引文件进行再平衡，”Kaul表示。“该索引文件是手动提交的，被上传到系统中，然后人们必须从系统中获取报告。”她补充说，如果这种再平衡被编程到ETF的智能合约中，“它就会自动执行”。
另一个更具竞争力的领域是代币化股票，它将股票所有权转化为独立的代币。
Coinbase、Kraken和Robinhood已经推出了代币化股票，向客户承诺通过这种方式进行股票交易速度更快、成本更低，同时让国际投资者更容易进入美国股市。
全球大型证券交易所已经注意到了这一点。纳斯达克（Nasdaq）计划创建一个代币化股票交易所，允许股票在区块链上全天候交易和追踪。理论上，支付股息等公司行为将被编程到代币中，并自动交付给投资者。
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纳斯达克总裁 Tal Cohen 表示，公司正在研究“代理投票、公司行为，以及目前任何手动执行、耗时较长或基于传统技术的环节——我们能否将其自动化、数字化，从而提升体验？”
但他补充说，虽然代币化给投资者带来的好处“非常明显”，但对于发行人来说，“可能没那么明显”，尽管发行人可以从降低发行成本和公司行为的可编程性中获益。
纳斯达克预见到未来公司将直接发行代币化股票。Cohen表示，为了以身作则，“我们正努力确保明年能推出纳斯达克股票代币”。
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尽管有诸多承诺，区块链技术也给全球金融系统带来了风险。随着更多流程变得自动化，可能会出现操作性问题。
欧洲央行官员表示，对资产进行编程并自动执行操作“可能会增加事件在平台间扩散的可能性，从而增加系统性风险”。例如，自动化追加保证金通知（margin calls）——即投资者需要投入额外资金以支撑其交易时——可能会引发问题。
“如果有人员参与，他们可能会拿起电话沟通，[但]你现在舍弃了宽限期和酌情处理的空间，而这些在恐慌时期通常是非常有帮助的，”曾在国会就代币化问题作证的美国大学华盛顿法学院法学教授 Hilary Allen 表示。
24 / 7 市场的前景也带来了一系列潜在的新问题。公司公告和影响市场的消息发布的时机可能需要重新考虑，以及如何管理全天候运作。欧洲央行官员表示：“操作风险可能会加剧。”
进一步的问题可能源于对公共区块链的使用，例如全球最大的去中心化平台以太坊（Ethereum），其安全性由全球独立验证者维护，而非像金融机构那样由特定团队维护。贝莱德（BlackRock）和富兰克林邓普顿（Franklin Templeton）都使用以太坊区块链。
根据安全公司 Blockaid 的数据，在 2026, 年上半年，基于以太坊的项目因黑客攻击损失了 $332mn，是所有区块链中损失最高的一类。
“当你把传统的金融产品放在一个对其操作事务无需承担责任的基础设施上时，这让我深感担忧，”Allen 说道。
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区块链技术的支持者认为，它将降低交易成本，加快结算速度，并允许投资者在全天 24 / 7 任何时间交易资产。
“如果其中有人员参与，他们可能会拿起电话，[但]你已经失去了宽容和谨慎，而这些在恐慌时刻往往是非常有帮助的。”
一些银行（如摩根大通）坚持使用内部私有区块链，因为担心使用交易数据全球可见的公共区块链。
随着更多银行采用区块链，另一个问题随之而来。摩根大通、渣打银行、劳合社及其他银行正在探索将存款转化为代币，但目前无法在彼此的系统中使用这些代币。这种所谓的“互操作性”对于商业银行资金来说不是问题，因为其由中央银行背书并在相同的系统中结算。
“显然，最大的限制仍然在于，目前我们还没有一个能够让代币化存款在银行机构之间进行大规模转移的交换机制，”在香港和新加坡运行代币化存款的渣打银行全球数字资产主管 René Michau 表示。
为了真正实现规模化，高管们需要中央银行资金在区块链上可用。英格兰银行和欧洲中央银行正在探索创建自己的数字货币。这可能需要数年时间。而美国联邦储备委员会已经排除了这一举措。
许多事情仍然存在争议，其中不乏股权代币的结构问题。去年，零售经纪商 Robinhood 在出售 OpenAI（开发 ChatGPT 的私有公司）的股票代币时陷入困境。
与普通股票不同，Robinhood 的股票代币不赋予持有者在公司中的经济权利或投票权，而仅仅是与该公司最新融资轮次价值挂钩的衍生品。
当 OpenAI 发表声明称这些代币并非股权且不为其背书时，Robinhood 首席执行官 Vlad Tenev 为该结构辩护，称：“我认为它在技术上不是一种股权工具，这并不完全相关。”
“这是一个非常复杂的结构，需要深入思考，”Allen 表示，尤其是对于零售投资者而言。“人们会认为自己拥有该股票，而当他们发现其实并非如此时，我认为这将产生严重问题。”
关于 OpenAI 股权代币的争论具体化了许多担忧，即区块链技术及其应用的发展速度快于监管机构的控制能力和投资者的理解能力。
但目前，误解的影响范围相对较小。尽管投资和兴趣在增长，但代币化市场在全球银行体系中仍只占极小部分。“最大的风险是，我们都被那些毫无结果的事情分了心，”渣打银行的 Michau 说道。
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给世界足球掌门人的红牌
因凡蒂诺的失败计划 表明国际足联需要全面的治理改革
两周前，男子足球世界杯终场哨声响起时，国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺（Gianni Infantino）的地位似乎坚不可摧。尽管存在争议以及对票价的抱怨，但本届赛事取得了辉煌的成功，其收入远超往届世界杯。然而，因凡蒂诺计划成立一家承载国际足联商业利益的新公司并向私人投资者出售股份，这一方案在全球足球界大部分地区引发了剧烈的反弹。随着反叛的足球协会和组织正为召开特别会议和进行不信任投票而征集签名，他应当下台。
如果换一种形式、由不同的人操刀，因凡蒂诺计划的某个版本或许可行。只要能平衡所有利益相关者的利益，进一步将国际足球商业化本身并没有什么问题。私人投资和电视转播费的大量涌入（尤其是进入欧洲联赛后）产生了一些重要的积极影响——有助于升级体育场馆，减缓票价上涨，并减少俱乐部的财务崩溃。
本届世界杯的商业创新显示出了解锁进一步价值的潜力；与其他一些全球运动相比，电视和赞助收入仍有提升空间。从原则上讲，通过最大化回报来在欧洲和美洲传统据点之外的发展中国家推广足球是有意义的。
但国际足联不需要外部投资者来实现这一点。因凡蒂诺指出了西班牙和法国足球联赛向私募股权出售股份的做法。但那些联赛是在新冠疫情严重削弱其财务状况后寻求新鲜资本。相比之下，国际足联拥有 27 亿美元 ($2.7bn) 的储备金，并且预计在以今年赛事结束的四年周期内，收入将达到 150 亿美元 ($15bn)。它可以聘请有才干的高管来提升价值。
许多国家协会即使能从更高额的分红中获益，但对于不必要地将部分价值转移给私人投资者也感到抵触。此外，进一步扩大世界杯或世俱杯规模的压力很可能会增加——从而使比赛赛程过于拥挤，损害足球更广泛的生态系统。
讽刺的是，这一切反而凸显了因凡蒂诺计划中另一个要素的必要性——将国际足联作为世界足球监管者的角色与其商业活动分开——但并非像国际足联主席所设想的那样。因凡蒂诺在秘密状态下起草了他的商业计划，其高级助手们对此并不知情，且仅给国际足联的 211 个成员协会 53 天时间决定是否接受。
该计划还包括一名由唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 女婿的兄弟经营的锚定投资者。足球界很大一部分人士对因凡蒂诺讨好美国总统的行为感到反感，其中典型的例子是因凡蒂诺去年授予特朗普国际足联“和平奖”，以及上个月在特朗普干预后，取消了对美国前锋福拉林·巴洛根（Folarin Balogun）的红牌禁赛处罚（国际足联坚称其纪律委员会是独立行事的）。
这次最新的溃败揭露了透明度和制衡机制的缺失，导致巨大的权力集中在国际足联主席手中。
在另一个 era, 2015, 年，是美国执法部门在揭露国际足联腐败中发挥了主导作用，迫使塞普·布拉特（Sepp Blatter）在担任主席 1 / 7 年后辞职。因凡蒂诺本应是来清理国际足联的。
这次最新的崩溃反而揭露了缺乏透明度和制衡机制的问题，这使得巨大的权力集中在 FIFA 国际足球协会联盟主席手中。尽管 FIFA 是一个非营利协会，但任何一家年收入达数十亿美元的公司都不会容忍一个兼任首席执行官和主席的人在不咨询高级管理层和董事会的情况下，就制定一项重大商业计划。FIFA 现在需要一次比十年前更为彻底的治理大洗牌。给因凡蒂诺（Infantino）一张红牌将是一个重要的第一步。
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不要假装玩笑不会导致政治暴力
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绿党领导人对于在什么情况下道歉才合适，有着一种有趣的理解。“如果是我故意的，我会道歉，”扎克·波兰斯基（Zack Polanski）在周二出席 BBC Newsnight 节目时表示，“但因为这是一个错误，我认为重要的事情是我指出这是一个错误。”（没错。因为众所周知，当你犯错时，你不需要为此道歉。）
波兰斯基是指一张他（据其称是不经意地）参与在社交媒体上发布的照片，照片中一名男子穿着一件印有断头台图像的 T 恤。顶部印着一句话：“我们只是在为奈杰（Nigel）制定计划”，这是在引用 20 世纪 70 年代朋克乐队 XTC 的一首名曲。
“人们对于‘因为观点而被杀是可以接受的’这一禁忌，一直在被逐渐削弱。”
应当指出，这是部分一次“协作（collab）”发布，意味着包括绿党领导人在内的多人共同在各自账号上发布了该内容；此外波兰斯基表示，他在批准协作请求时没有注意到这张图片（它是多图“轮播”中的第五张）。他随后取消了分享该帖子，并表示谴责所有形式的政治暴力，包括暴力意象和比喻。
但改革英国党（Reform UK）领导人奈杰尔·法拉奇（Nigel Farage）——即 T 恤信息所针对的对象——认为波兰斯基共同发布该图片的行为无异于“煽动”，并要求警方采取行动（伦敦警察厅随后表示将不再采取进一步行动）。
“在针对改革党的这种言论持续猛烈抨击下，有些人可能会被激起通过致命暴力来清除那个所谓的威胁，这难道令人惊讶吗？”该党内政发言人齐亚·尤苏法（Zia Yusuf）如此说道。他认为，媒体和竞争政客对改革英国党不断的贬低，导致其高知名度的同事安·威德考姆（Ann Widdecombe）在 7 月 8 日被残忍杀害。作为例子，他引用了工党议员早前在社交媒体上的帖子，包括大卫·拉米（David Lammy）在 2019 年的一篇帖子，将她描述为“有毒的偏执狂”。
考虑到威德考姆死亡时极其恐怖且令人不安的情况——这位 78 岁的女性在家里独自吃午餐时，被一名袭击者用锤子猛击 21 次而死——法拉奇和尤苏法感到敏感是可以理解的。但这并不能掩盖他们同样在表现出深刻伪善的事实。
露西·康诺利（Lucy Connolly）在 2024 年承认在南港刺杀事件后，在 X 上呼吁焚烧寻求庇护者酒店，发布了“意图煽动种族仇恨”的资料。法拉奇将她塑造成一个过度扩张的威权国家的受害者。她是去年改革党大会上的明星演讲者，被誉为“英国最受喜爱的政治犯”。
此外，仅仅因为一个单独的行动者（正如人们假设的 Widdecombe 的凶手那样）决定实施一项卑劣的行为，并不意味着我们应该突然放弃对言论自由的承诺——法拉格声称他非常珍视这一价值——或者在应当由社会规范而非刑事法律管辖的事项中引入警方。这也不意味着政治家应该免受强烈的批评：称某人为必须在“为时太晚之前”予以抵制的“偏执狂”（正如尤苏夫抱怨拉米所做的那样），很难被视为煽动谋杀，尤其是这件事发生在七年前。
但不可否认的是，人们对于“杀死一个你认为在道德上令人厌恶的人是可以接受的”这一禁忌，正处于普遍的瓦解之中。根据一项最近的研究，认为政治暴力“通常或总是”合理的美国人比例从 2024 年到 2025 年“仅小幅”增加——从 32.3% 增加到 35.6%（尽管在一年时间内增加 10% 并不算非常小幅）。一项 2025 年的研究发现，21% 的英国人表示在某些条件下政治暴力是可以接受的。
虽然法拉格对 Polanski 帖子的反应可能过激，但事实是，关于某人死掉更好地“笑话”可能会导致有人决定去杀掉他们。同样，唐纳德·特朗普与阿道夫·希特勒之间频繁的类比，使得有人尝试暗杀他的可能性增加，正如新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特在 4 月份针对最新一次暗杀企图后所抱怨的那样。假装她错了是没有用的。
无需多言，暴力在政治中没有位置。它是适得其反的，会让受害者成为殉道者。禁忌正是维持社会规范的基石。随着每一次被侵蚀，“笑话”与道德正当化之间的界限就变得模糊一点。
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英国不能再依赖外资拥有的支付网络
马丁·阿诺德关于万事达卡（Mastercard）可能出售 Vocalink 的报道，正确地提出了关于英国关键支付基础设施所有权的问题（见 7 月 14 日报告《万事达卡考虑出售支付部门 Vocalink 的多数股权》）。
它还指向了一个英国一直缓慢面对的更广泛问题：为什么世界上最具创新力的经济体之一，在日常支付方面仍然如此沉重地依赖于两个美国拥有的卡网络？
每年，英国企业向这些主导网络支付数十亿的费用。其结果是一个悄悄向经济征税、限制选择并扼杀竞争的系统，最终由消费者通过商品和服务成本的提高来承担。
监管机构正开始审查卡网络的经济模式，而整个欧洲的政策制定者都在质疑他们对外国拥有支付基础设施的依赖。如果日益紧张的地缘政治局势干扰了对这些网络的访问，那么对英国企业和更广泛经济的影响将是深远的。最理想的情况是美国和欧洲在所有技术平台（包括支付）上进行紧密合作。但这并非我们所处的地缘政治现实。
这就是为什么谁买下 Vocalink 至关重要。Vocalink 运营着快速支付（Faster Payments），这是开放银行运行的轨道。开放银行是英国在支付领域实现真正选择和竞争的最佳机会，将这一关键基础设施交给现有的巨头将违背其初衷。将其出售给主要银行将解决主权问题，但无法解决竞争问题：那些从当今市场中获益最多的机构，将继续缺乏改变市场的动力。
作为一家开放银行支付公司，我们认为，如果英国认真对待构建一个更具竞争力和韧性的支付市场，那么这类关键基础设施的所有权，最好交给一个由独立且由创新驱动的挑战者组成的联盟，因为他们有充分的动力去开放市场。在英格兰银行塑造英国下一代支付基础设施的过程中，不应简单地用一个主导所有者取代另一个。而应抓住机会，构建一个以真正的竞争、更多选择和对创新开放为定义的支付系统。——弗朗切斯科·西莫内斯基 (Francesco Simoneschi)，TrueLayer 首席执行官兼联合创始人，英国伦敦 EC2
很少有小公司缴纳纽约商业税
最近一篇关于纽约市小企业改革的文章（《纽约市长致力于为小企业削减繁琐手续》，见“商业洞察”版，7 月 29 日）包含了一个被广泛引用但极具误导性的关于美国商业税收的观点。
该文章声称，纽约企业面临的税率相对较高。问题在于，没有小企业缴纳这种税。而相关的税率仅适用于公司（corporations），这类公司在全美所有企业中占比不足 20%。几乎所有小企业都是合伙企业或个体经营企业，它们缴纳的是个人所得税，而非商业所得税。
美国的公司往往是规模巨大的上市公司。例如，在纽约州，仅 799 家公司就贡献了该州全部公司税收的四分之三以上。（纽约市的公司税与州税一致，并叠加在州税之上）。
此外，公司向纽约缴纳的税款仅基于其在州内的销售额，而非其雇佣员工或设立办公室的地点。鉴于此，公司税率的对比并不会影响区域竞争力。例如，如果 亚马逊 想要降低其在纽约的公司税负，它必须采取减少向纽约人销售这一无利可图的措施。
该文章关注了市长佐兰·马姆达尼 (Zohran Mamdani) 为让在纽约创业和经营小企业变得更加便捷所做出的值得赞赏的努力。引入关于商业税收的误解，徒然混淆了视听。
安德鲁·佩里 (Andrew Perry)，财政政策研究所财政研究主任，美国纽约州纽约市
针对我们过热城市的智能表面解决方案
贵刊社论（7 月 20 日）正确地指出，欧洲城市的极端高温现已如此普遍，以至于需要一种新的冷却方法。但社论的建议——扩大空调 (AC) 的使用——未能注意到空调是通过将更多热量排放到室外来冷却房间的，从而加剧了问题。
在近期巴黎的一次持续多日的酷暑事件中（大多数居民仍没有空调），运行空调使城市的周围环境温度升高了 2 摄氏度。将空调作为城市主导冷却策略，无异于让城市陷入更凄惨的夏天，损害户外工作者、运动员、游客以及任何不在空调空间内的人。
一个更智能的替代方案目前正被包括波士顿、亚特兰大和达拉斯在内的十多个美国城市所采用，即通过改变全市范围内的表面来实现全市冷却。
目前，欧洲城市的屋顶和道路吸收了 80% 以上的入射阳光，我们认为这对城市热量的贡献是全球变暖的三倍。解决方案是将所有城市表面视为应对高温和洪涝风险的单一综合方案——广泛部署反光、多孔和绿色表面（通常称为“智能表面”）。
举例来说，在我们的帮助下，亚特兰大在 2025 年 6 月通过了一项法案，要求新建筑和翻新屋顶必须具有反光性能。仅这一项措施（亚特兰大采取的几项措施之一）就将使商业屋顶的反光率提高三倍，使城市温度降低 1.3C（在炎热且低收入的社区中降温幅度可达 3.5C），并减少 $310mn 的电费支出——同时减缓全球变暖。实施这一指令对城市而言无需成本，而且由于反光屋顶的成本与深色屋顶基本相同，企业和消费者也能获得巨大的收益。
伦敦和其他欧洲城市不应在夏天放弃它们绝佳的户外空间。相反，它们应该认识到，城市热岛效应不仅是气候变化的结果，也是表面材质选择的结果。欧洲城市应在全市范围内系统性地采用反光、多孔和绿色表面，以冷却整个城市，并避免那些丑陋、嘈杂、有异味的户外窗式空调机组大规模扩张——这些设备已经在加热并破坏公共空间的景观。
如果应对城市热浪的主导方案是空调而非全市范围的冷却，那么城市将陷入在夏季放弃户外空间的境地，并加剧城市热岛与全球变暖这两项相互关联的威胁。
Greg Kats
Smart Surfaces Coalition 首席执行官兼创始人；美国华盛顿特区《绿化我们的建成世界》(Greening Our Built World) 作者
首相可以将他作为市长时所倡导的政策通过立法实现。安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 的观点是正确的：
实质性的权力下放要求市长拥有相应的权力和财务确定性，以塑造其地区的长期繁荣（见 7 月 31 日报道 “伯纳姆要求给市长所得税分成”）。稳定的财政结算应支持在住房、交通和经济增长方面的战略投资。
作为首相，他现在有机会将他在担任大曼彻斯特市长期间倡导的一项原则转化为政府政策。
去年 11 月，伯纳姆与其他地区领导人一起，呼吁赋予英格兰战略当局关于气候和自然的法定职责。这反映了一个简单的现实：气候变化的影响在后果上日益呈现区域性，需要区域性的领导力。
特别是热浪和野火，它们并不遵守地方当局的边界。有效地应对这些问题需要交通、卫生、应急服务、公用事业和土地管理方面的协调规划。
伦敦已经证明了这样做可以取得什么成果。市长萨迪克·汗 (Sadiq Khan) 决定委托进行《伦敦气候韧性审查》，从而促成了 “热准备伦敦” (Heat Ready London) 计划，这是这座首都首个全面的城市热浪计划，为应对气温升高及相关风险提供了战略框架。它展示了战略当局如何将气候风险评估转化为公共服务和关键基础设施的协调行动。
权力下放的逻辑在于，决策应在能够最有效实施的层级上做出。
这一原则在气候适应方面的适用程度与在经济发展方面一样。如果战略当局要成为增长的引擎，它们还必须成为负责引导社区、基础设施和当地经济应对气候变化带来的日益频繁的热浪和野火的机构。
财政权力下放与法定气候韧性职责是互补而非竞争的改革。
两者结合将创建英格兰日益需要的长期区域领导力。Emma Howard Boyd 教授，国家热风险委员会主席，伦敦政治经济学院格兰瑟姆气候变化与环境研究所，英国伦敦 WC2
如果化石猎人们仅仅是为了钱怎么办？
通过恐龙化石的商业回收而损失的科学价值，可能远比佐伊·莱斯卡泽（Zoe Lescaze）在她关于收藏热潮的专题报道中所暗示的要多。正如她正确指出的那样，目前的收藏活动在标准和透明度方面几乎没有达成共识（见《恐龙收藏家们有话要说》，收藏版，7月 16 日）。
虽然可以有限度地接触私人拥有的标本，但正如文章所指出的，脊椎动物古生物学会（Society of Vertebrate Paleontology）不鼓励其成员就私人拥有的标本发表论文，因为所有者随时可能撤销访问权限，导致其他人无法验证该研究。
美国联邦和州法律试图在搜索活动与科学回收之间取得平衡。
然而，现行法律并未促进在私人土地上进行最优的科学搜索。
与此同时，以科学为目的的搜索和回收是一个缓慢的过程，这增加了商业化石猎人的成本，而他们自身却无法从中获益。此外，尽管加利福尼亚州拥有旨在促进在州属土地上回收具有科学价值化石的法律，但这些法律可能会因为州政府对回收过程的监督不足而受挫。这种情况成了所谓的“走马观花”式监督。
为了解决这个问题，发现者在回收化石的同时，如果能保存科学信息，应当获得奖励。
一个良好的奖励方案可能包括：如果发现者提交科学数据，则授予其销售该化石的独占权；对于准确报告标本发现地点的行为给予税收减免；以及要求商业挖掘者雇佣经过培训的古生物学家来监督其挖掘活动。
保罗·霍伍德 (Paul Hallwood) 经济学教授 康涅狄格大学 美国，康涅狄格州，斯托尔斯
两位不把评论家放在眼里的指挥家
理查德·费尔曼（Richard Fairman）关于指挥家约翰·威尔逊（John Wilson）及其同名管弦乐团成功的迷人文章（《“我对我热爱轻音乐并不感到抱歉”》，访谈，生活与艺术版，7月 18 日）让我想起了另一位极具影响力的大师，即马斯特里赫特的安德烈·里厄（André Rieu）。两人创作的音乐都深受公众喜爱，却经常招致专业音乐评论家的负面评价。这是否是一个企业家精神击败精英评判的例子？
威尔弗里德·莱格 (Wilfrid Legg) 法国，巴黎
2026 年 8 月 3 日，星期一
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数字铁幕正威胁全球经济
罗兰·布施 (Roland Busch)
50 年来，数字技术重塑了全球经济。
众所周知，它使世界变得“平坦”。市场、贸易和生产在跨境协作方面变得更加紧密。从汽车、智能手机到半导体和工业机器人，几乎没有任何复杂产品仅在单一地点创造。
随后而来的疫情、能源危机、劳动力短缺以及地缘政治紧张局势，揭示了这个“平坦世界”实际上是多么脆弱。企业目前正在重新寻找平衡，在决定投资、采购和生产时，将韧性与成本和效率并列考虑。因此，一种更具区域性的全球化形式正在兴起。
如果说第一次数字革命帮助企业协调全球供应链，那么这一次则在帮助生产重新本地化。在软件、数据和 AI 数字连接的拼贴支撑下，制造业正向客户端靠近。
在被世界经济论坛定义为“灯塔工厂”的 200 多个智能制造基地中，这些新方法将劳动生产率提高了约 40%，并将生产线的调整时间缩短了大约一半。但这些收益能否规模化，取决于机器、工厂和公司之间是否能够交换数据并重复利用解决方案。
软件、数据和 AI 的经济逻辑与混凝土和钢铁不同。工厂、机器和基础设施仍必须在每个市场中建设和适配。但一个数字模型、软件应用或 AI 工具可以在一处改进并在多处重复使用，前提是系统能够交换该模型并拥有相关数据的访问权限。如果条件合适，工厂可以采用已知适用于当地需求的方案，更好的工艺可以传播，产品也可以进入新市场，而无需每次都从零开始重建。
这种逻辑足够强大，足以鼓励企业竞争对手建立连接，使技术能够跨越国界发挥作用。
共享标准是实现这一目标的最高效方式：所有人从一开始就遵循相同的规则。互操作性是次优解决方案，它允许不同的系统协同工作而无需变得完全相同。例如，近期一项欧洲与日本的合作，将汽车工业网络连接在一起，同时双方各自保留了自己的架构。
然而，就在企业搭建桥梁之时，地缘政治却在日益划定边界。随着各国政府寻求加强对技术、数据和供应链的控制，美中技术分歧正在重塑全球格局。出口管制、数据本地化规则以及分歧的网络安全要求，正在全球技术领域划下新的界限。
每一个新壁垒都使得系统连接、成功方案规模化以及将更优质产品推向市场变得更加困难。如果这一趋势继续不受控制，数字边界可能会硬化为一道“数字铁幕”——减缓进步、贸易以及社会间的思想交流。
这是一个全球性挑战。但欧洲正处于两个技术超级大国之间，在应对方案中有着特殊的利益相关性，也拥有一个塑造方案的独特机遇。欧洲无需建立另一个“围墙花园”，而可以成为一个值得信赖的连接器：一个让来自不同地区的公司、技术和数据能够协同工作的地方。
但这将需要构建一个他人愿意加入的生态系统。如果欧盟主要以监管技术而非创造技术而闻名，那么它无法成为世界的连接者。现在，它必须为公司创造合适的条件，以便它们能发挥自身的长处。
互操作性必须成为欧盟的战略必要条件。扩大单一市场——不仅针对数字产品和服务，也涵盖其他所有领域——是建立信誉和能力的必要步骤。在缺乏通用标准的任何地方，当务之急必须是开发能够在不同系统之间切换的接口，无论是通过公司、行业联盟还是公私合作伙伴关系。
最后，欧洲应将互操作性作为其经济外交的基石。这个互联的世界无法单独建成。与包括日本、澳大利亚和加拿大在内的太平洋经济体建立的数字贸易伙伴关系，可能成为如何将不同生态系统整合在一起的一个有前景的模式。
“最大的问题仍然是：全球韧性将建立在连接之上，还是建立在旨在将彼此排除在外的政治或系统之上？答案将决定我们这个更加区域化的世界能否保持连接。”
作者是西门子公司 (Siemens AG) 的首席执行官兼总裁。
审慎之风去向何方？
Chris Giles
随着今年早些时候能源冲击加剧，国际货币基金组织 (IMF) 就各国在希望抵消家庭和企业痛苦时应如何应对给出了其标准建议。它表示，任何支持措施都应是及时、有针对性且临时性的。各国确实反应迅速，根据 6 月中旬的最新统计， 170 个国家共实施了近 900 项措施以抵消冲击。但这些措施过于笼统，没有截止日期且补贴能源——这在能源冲击期间削弱了节能动力。这些措施将难以逆转。
今年的能源补贴不仅仅意味着各国不愿听从 IMF 的建议。它们只是一个日益增长的国际趋势的最新例证：即通过增加政府借款来解决问题，并将由此产生的高赤字和债务留给未来的政府去管理。
自 20 世纪 90 年代以来，这在美国一直是标准做法。法国政界长期以来发现，要控制高赤字以达到欧洲目标是不可能的。目前的德国政府已决定增加借款，以修复其破旧的基础设施并提高国防能力。日本承诺减税并实施大规模的公共和私人投资计划，而英国新任首相安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 表示，他将利用预算规则中的灵活性以允许更多借款。
全球层面缺乏协调。G20 集团如今几乎无法在任何事情上达成一致，其财长们在 4 月份甚至无法就所有这些借款和支出是否合理地起草一份平淡且一致的联合声明。
情况并非一直如此。在 2010 年多伦多 G20 峰会上，所有主要经济体都承诺在 2008-09 年全球金融危机灾难后修复其公共财政。公报中写道：“稳健的财政状况对于维持复苏、提供应对新冲击的灵活性、确保应对人口老龄化挑战的能力，以及避免给后代留下赤字和债务遗产至关重要。”
无论 2010 年代的最佳财政整合路径如何，如今都需要更紧迫的行动。国际货币基金组织 (IMF) 对政府总债务的估计已大幅上升。2010 年，发达经济体的债务占 GDP 的 94 per cent，新兴经济体为 37 per cent。预计今年这两者将分别达到 108 per cent 和 77 per cent。
这些更高的债务水平也导致了更高的利率，使得全球公共财政看起来愈发脆弱。来自 IMF 和国际结算银行 (BIS) 的最新证据发现，过去债务增加与财政修复之间的关系已经崩溃。不再有证据表明政府债务的增加会产生削减公共支出或增加税收的政治压力。相反，BIS 发现，各国在困难时期会积极使用预算刺激来减轻损失，而且在经济好转时，不再通过运行盈余来弥补，而是开始利用这些时刻放宽财政支出并削减税收。一个重要的问题是，为什么全球各国政府不再注重审慎。2010 年代部分原因在于利率较低且似乎保持稳定，这为持续的高额借款提供了理由。但这一论点不再适用，且政府很少提供任何借口，仅承诺未来会做得更好，然后未能兑现。
研究表明，过去债务增加与财政修复之间的关系已经崩溃
更令人担忧的解释在于全球经济的巨趋势，以及目前国内或国际政治无法解决这些问题的现状。
俄罗斯入侵乌克兰、美国与伊朗的战争、中国的激进立场以及更广泛的地缘政治紧张局势，正给全球政府带来压力，迫使其在国防上投入更多，且在未来几年内几乎没有缓解前景。适应气候变化并减轻其影响现在就需要资金。而老龄化社会则在养老金、医疗服务和社会护理成本方面给政府带来更大压力。人工智能 (AI) 革命可能会提高经济增长率，但也会给公共财政带来压力，以支持那些失去工作的人。
更高水平的国际合作可以减轻所有这些成本。国家之间更强的信任将使国防支出降低。在全球范围内采取更多联合行动……
如何拯救英国商业街
Polly Mackenzie
英国新政府对酒吧和音乐场所的商业税率削减，据我计算，已经是对这一备受厌恶的……第 12 次微调。当政治家们开始这样修修补补时，通常意味着他们不想承认……这在我们的商业街上确实如此，当……人们似乎更在乎这些地方及其政治诉求。
自由主义者可能会说我们应该放弃：如果人们想要商业街，他们就……
气候变暖将降低最终适应更温暖气候的成本，而且：有管理的移民可以缓解发达经济体和新兴经济体两者的部分人口压力，而不是强迫国家在应对这些问题时陷入僵局。
但在近期，只有最天真的人才会期望这一切能够发生。极化的地缘政治几乎杀死了从贸易、国防、气候、移民到税收等所有问题的合作解决方案尝试。国内政治的极化使得政府更难建立国家层面的支持，以做出减少预算赤字所需的艰难选择。
他们会恢复纪律吗？
到目前为止，他们一直像是仁慈的狱卒，只是偶尔地抖动一下钥匙，而不是强迫国家认真对待其公共财政。但不要误会，大趋势是持久的，财政压力在增加，且很少有国家在处理这些问题。
这种不安的休战可能会持续一段时间。但它不会永远持续下去。
chris.giles@ft.com
孟加拉国的未来取决于军方能否远离政治
Nazmul Ahasan
在谢赫·哈西娜在孟加拉国 15 年的独裁统治于 2024 年 8 月的一次起义中崩溃数月后，穆巴沙尔·哈桑在流亡六年多后抵达达卡。回到家乡，哈桑——一位曾在秘密军事拘留设施中被关押 44 天的学者——发现那种弥漫的恐惧已经消失了。军方的部队情报总局 (DGFI) 曾是国家最令人畏惧的部门，现在在黄金时段的电视节目中被公开批评。在一个谈话节目痛批 DGFI 之后，哈桑原以为会“有一辆满载特工的微型巴士冲进电视台，或者嘉宾们……在回家的路上被绑架”。但并没有发生此类事情。相反，一场深刻的转变已经开始。一个临时管理机构将现役军官带到平民法官面前，就“反人类罪”受审，并驳回了军队的异议。五名前 DGFI 局长被发出逮捕令。
当亲建制派的孟加拉国国民党 (BNP) 在 2026 年 2 月的选举中重新夺权后，新政府迅速采取行动，拘留了 2007 年软政变背后的将军们；而在 7 月 26 日，当局对六名军官提起指控，指控其涉嫌强迫失踪并杀害一名当地政治家。但巩固平民统治需要的不仅仅是几次高调的逮捕；这意味着要将军队从该国经济和政治的核心角色中剥离出来。
如今，军队发现自己处于前所未有的不受欢迎状态，它几乎疏远了社会的每一个派系。人权组织对其批评毫不留情；拥有数百万追随者的民粹主义右翼 YouTuber 谴责其被认为对新德里过于顺从；世俗主义者则对其浸淫在伊斯兰图腾中的体制身份感到厌恶。
自一次大众起义结束直接军事统治以来（1990 年），其制度目的一直在缓慢退化。冷战后西方的民主压力以及联合国维和任务的经济诱惑（其薪酬远高于常规军队部署）使将军们远离政治。在随后的几年里，他们将自己重新定义为两个相互敌对的政治王朝（人民联盟和 BNP）之间中立的权力经纪人。这种裁判角色分阶段地被削弱。
2007 年的政变被宣传为一项计划……
身着制服的军官们与官僚们竞相管理从电信监管机构到港口等获利丰厚的实体。
改革政治体制，相反，却目睹了军方拘留并折磨主要政治人物——包括前 BNP 领导人的儿子、现任总理塔里克·拉赫曼 (Tarique Rahman)。当这次实验崩溃后，将军们在哈西娜赢得 2008 年选举后将权力移交给了她。
在 2009 年发生的一场导致 57 名军官死亡的血腥兵变后，军政关系发生了根本性的改变。哈西娜阻止了军方的直接报复。抗议的军官被系统性地清洗，而高层将领则与政权深化了秘密联盟。通过 2014 年和 2018 年的操纵选举，所谓的裁判加入了游戏。被抽调到快速行动营（一个臭名昭著的、由军方主导的精英执法单位）的军官执行法外处决的频率是普通警察的 8 倍。政治人物、记者和学者被“失踪”了。
这种共谋带来的回报是惊人的，主要体现为土地。在达卡，这座目前拥有 3,000 多万人口的城市仅有 14 个主要公共住房计划。但仅国防部队就有 5 个，且由公共补贴建成。早期的政府土地赠与使持有者在人均收入约为 $5,200 的城市中成为了美元百万富翁。
在哈西娜任职期间，国防开支在实际层面翻了一番，据报道武装部队获得了价值 $6bu 的建筑合同。身着制服的人员通过福利信托控制大学，从电信监管机构到港口。
军方内部也出现了纪律涣散。在哈西娜统治期间被边缘化的军官转向互联网，在社交媒体上猛烈抨击自己的领导层，并打破了不损害自身群体名誉的神圣禁忌。如果你不使用它，而别人可以使用，那么这种活跃的国家能力可以按照所需的规模和速度挽救我们的城镇中心。
公众的异议。只要将军们掌控资产，他们就有理由让政府屈服于他们的意志。孟加拉国民主下一篇章的关键问题是，他们现在是否拥有从商业和政治中抽身的制度智慧。
作者是 Netra News（一个调查新闻平台）的执行编辑。
走在英格兰几乎任何一条商业街上，情况都变得显而易见。被封上的酒吧、银行或面包店，以及变成了酒吧、随后变成华夫饼店最后关门的市场大厅或社区中心。全国数以万计的建筑处于荒废或闲置状态，任何经济学家关于“显示偏好”的讲座都无法为这种甚至连管理都没有的衰落提供慰藉。
面对面零售开始大约已有 5,000 年。从那时起，它服务于两个目的：我们买东西的地方，以及我们见面的地方。前者在没有人注意到两者分开的情况下支付了后者的费用。购物的人流量补贴了公共领域——长椅、群体带来的安全感、以及行走和相遇的理由。网上购物在很大程度上摧毁了这种安排。剩下的则是第二个目的，且缺乏资金，且处于曾经免费提供此功能的建筑之中。因此，任何针对商业街的解决方案都将来自寻找一种能够为这个第二角色付费的财务模型。
任何解决方案都需要强制违约业主将建筑重新投入使用或将其交出。
这不能意味着支撑商店。它必须意味着将新型的公民机构引入国家。地方税务局、治安法庭、警察局和小医院已经消失。但通过创建由多个公共服务共用的地方枢纽，前台服务可以回归。教育可以成为我们回归市中心的锚点。维修店逐渐消失。当然，还有住宅。市中心改造在满足住房需求的同时，也能带来人员和社区。但只要建筑本身处于破败、荒废、被破坏且令人沮丧的状态，这一切都行不通。
他们假设能获得一个繁华商业街已无法产生的回报。正是这种幻想，让业主宁愿持有被封死的一块地皮而不愿出售：与其现在结清税收损失，不如等待一个更具价值的规划许可，或者等着屋顶坍塌、上市资格随之失效，抑或让建筑在十年内持续恶化。你通常会看到有人在维护多年前电子表格上的一个数字——而代价则是整个社区。
解决我们商业街困境的任何方案，都需要迫使这些渎职的业主恢复建筑用途或将其交出。议会拥有权力，但很少有能力或信心去行使。一个国家支持的资本工具——类似于商业街的“国家信托”（National Trust for the high street）——可以在制定长期计划期间持有临时所有权。这将产生变革性影响。而且我们需要一项战斗基金，配备一支精干的律师团队，准备改变每一个持有破败建筑物业所有者的预期。
这种选择不应由你掌控。仅依靠商业税假期等激励措施已经太晚了。只有在支持下积极行动的社区才能……
（注：此处文本在原件中似乎有缺失或跳跃，接续部分内容涉及军事经济体）
……军官们目前经营着大约 300 所高中，而且还涉足房地产、银行、制造业和旅游业。他们还经常与文职官僚争抢经营利润丰厚的实体。
巴基斯坦和埃及证明了这类帝国给国家带来的代价：企业逃避审计，挤压私营公司，并使军官团在谁来执政的问题上拥有永久的利益相关权。军队与政权之间关系的货币化……
作者是一位政策专家，且是……的一员。
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赞美截稿日期：塞翁失马，焉知非福
Miranda Green 商业生活
毫无疑问，像许多读者一样，我在度假前正冲刺完成几件事——就我而言，其中包括撰写本专栏。每年的节前冲刺让“待办事项”清单比平时更加令人心碎。但出乎意料的是，竟然是教皇让我意识到，给工作项目设定一个硬性的截止时间其实是一件幸事。
教皇今年夏天访问了巴塞罗那，在那里他为圣家堂举行了教皇祝福仪式。这座由建筑师安东尼·高迪设计的奇幻现代主义沙雕大教堂，在他 1926 年去世 100 年后仍未完工。
一个世纪过去了，随着最高塔上现已竖起一个巨大的马赛克十字架，利奥教皇决定，现在终于到了为这一巨型建筑工程标志性近完工时刻的时候了。因此，为最高且最后一座塔的完工举行了特别弥撒。
高迪曾谈到他那个疯狂而精细的愿景——即便在他有生之年地步进展也极其缓慢——他说他的客户（指上帝）“并不急躁”。
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我认为我的编辑们对我给《金融时报》留下一个巨大的、鲑鱼色的空白区域并不会持有同样的看法——新闻从业者天生就有一种紧迫感。读者的老板们也不太可能认同像全能的上帝那样，如果节前任务在委派和交付之间被耽搁了，他们应该保持一点耐心。我们大概也不能指望未完成的事务会变成一种幸事。
但教皇在脚手架尚未拆除时决定在教堂主持仪式，给了我希望：是的，在进行中的工作中挣扎可能感觉很糟糕，而且我们很多人不知道什么时候该给事情画上句号。但有时你必须这样做——在可用时间内将其做到最好。
这就是截稿日期的快乐，这是我们在媒体行业每天享受好几次的一种巨大奢侈。
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总的来说，这意味着虽然我们有正在进行的项目，但我们不会被未完成的事项所淹没。哈利路亚！
大致而言，这意味着虽然我们有正在进行的项目，但我们不会被未完成的事业淹没。
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每一件作品必须离开大楼（如果需要送去印刷，字面意思就是离开）这一点是不可协商的。早在耐克采用这个口号之前，记者们就已经在互相说“尽管去做吧”(just do it) 了。而且总的来说，这意味着虽然我们有正在进行的项目，但我们不会被未完成的事项所淹没。哈利路亚！
对比一下，比如那些花费数年时间艰难向完工推进的博士候选人们。我知道很多人放弃了，尽管我惊讶地发现英国的未完工率实际上仅为 16.2%——干得好，你们其余的人。我能想象出的最接近这种长期项目心理负担的，大概是一位建筑师在没有高迪那样强烈的宗教信仰的情况下（梵蒂冈已将高迪列入封圣路径），花费数十年时间规划一座未完工的教堂。
并非每篇文章都能成为杰作。对于我们大多数处于办公桌前、身穿白领服装的人来说，每件作品也不可能都是杰作。我们在这里不是在建造大教堂，也不是在撰写伟大的美国小说。但我们的工作可以高效地交付到令我们自豪的标准。我想，我们只不过是在
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就像是在科斯塔布拉瓦的海滩上散布着那些模仿圣家堂的潮湿、滴水且沙质的城堡。
所以，是的，像耐克标志那样，尽管去做吧。如果你没有真正的截止日期，就虚构一个坚定的截止日期；或者，如果你想要一点文学色彩，可以参考弗兰茨·卡夫卡的这段话：“从某一点起，再也没有回头路。那就是必须到达的一点。”
你可能会说，教皇利奥以他的睿智，感受到巴塞罗那的这座伟大纪念碑在今年最后一座塔尖完工时，已经达到了那个崇高的点。或者说，在思考如何结束这篇专栏时，我也许正走向我自己的那个无法回头的一点。我想说，这种感觉很好，我也很感激这份工作，以及今天早些时候再次要求我交出规定字数的编辑，这样她和我才能在进入家庭假期前获得自由。
如果你能一次只勉强完成一个截止日期，那么那份不神圣的“待办”清单将在远少于 100 年的时间内完成。只要不要指望为此获得封圣即可。
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初级市场在理论上很好，但现实如何？
小型公司在公开市场中待遇糟糕。对于那些在初级交易所上市的公司来说尤其如此，因为基金经理、分析师和媒体的关注度往往较低。此类市场具有较低的治理和报告要求，旨在帮助初创公司筹集股权资本。但对于创业者和投资者而言，其可行性远非截然清晰。
伦敦证券交易所正试图通过精简规则以降低成本并简化融资流程，来对抗初级市场 Aim 的衰落。伦敦证券交易所集团 (LSEG) 寻求解决方案的原因显而易见：Aim 的公司数量从 2007 年峰值时的近 1,700 家，现在仅剩 605 家。业绩也同样低迷：在过去 10 年中，富时 AIM 全指 (FTSE all-Aim index) 持平，而由主市场股票组成的富时全股指数 (FTSE All-Share) 则上涨了 60%。
从概念上讲，初级市场非常有吸引力。任何人都会很高兴地表示，他们在下一个微软、腾讯或英伟达还处于规模较小时就提供了帮助——尽管这三家公司在相对年轻时都选择了在主市场上市。当然，初级交易所也取得过成功。Aim 可以举出一些家喻户晓的名字，例如汤力水生产商 Fevertree Drinks 或在线零售商 Asos，后者于 2022 年转至主板。但总的来说，它们是时代的产物。在它们创建之初（大多在 1990 年代），当时初创公司众多——互联网正产生类似于 AI 级别的兴奋感——且增长资本的来源较少。情况已经发生了变化。
根据 PitchBook 的数据，仅英国的风投基金在过去 10 年中就筹集了 920 亿美元，几乎是前十年的五倍。初级市场还面临着宽松规则被利用的风险，许多简化主市场上市路径的交易所都发现了这一点。以 2012 年因欺诈崩溃而臭名昭著的绿地森林 (Sino-Forest)，在 1994 年通过在加拿大一家专注于风投的交易所反向收购一家壳公司而开始公开上市。香港的创业板 (Growth Enterprise Market) 同样面临壳公司的此类问题，以至于在 2018 年关闭了与主板的联动机制。
根据 2025 年一份经合组织 (OECD) 的报告，在全球范围内，增长型公司约占上市公司总数的三分之一，但它们在主流市场中的市值占比不足 4%。这往往导致股价波动剧烈且交易稀疏。如今获取增长资本的途径不止一种，很难说公开市场一定是最佳选择。
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Ceuta Crisis
Migrant death toll mounts
Relatives and friends wait at Morocco’s Bab Sebta border crossing on the out- skirts of Pnideq yesterday for the return of people who crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.
The death toll from last week’s mass crossing has reached 72, according to Spanish authorities, leaving some Moroccan families fearing that their children were among those drowned.
European governments will hold an online meeting tomorrow to discuss the migration crisis in the Spanish territory after Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hit out at criticism of his coun- try’s handling of the situation, exacer- bating divisions over the EU’s migration policy.
About 60,000 people entered Ceuta in the space of 24 hours, onc of the biggest
influxes of unauthorised immigrants in the bloc’s history.
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US companies book ‘rock solid’
despite consumers struggle with costs
Double-digit earnings growth
GREGORY MEYER — NEW YORK EMILY HERBERT — LONDON
US companies are off to a blistering start in the second-quarter earnings season, reporting double-digit profit growth despite higher energy costs, elevated interest rates and cautious spending by consumers.
S&P 500 companies are on track to notch up 47.4 per cent year-on-year earnings growth for the quarter, FactSet data shows, based on reports from more than 300 groups and analysts’ estimates for those that have yet to announce results.
That would be the strongest quarter for earnings growth in five years, according to FactSet.
“The results are rock solid,” said Hugh Gimber, global market strategist at
JPMorgan Asset Management. “This has been a very, very positive couple of weeks in terms of the numbers compa- nies are printing.”
While tech is again among the leading industries, “we're seeing healthy results from a broader range of sectors” than in recent earnings seasons, Gimber said.
But the robust profits come at a time when many Americans are struggling with affordability, tareatening to pro- voke a public backlash, particularly
‘Tech and energy are big drivers but you are seeing other sectors participate’
Richard Saldanha, Aviva Investors
given the rise in energy prices caused by President Donald Trump’s Iran war.
The results cover the period from April to June, during which petrol prices hovered above $4 a gallon on average. A global bond marketsell-off sent borrow- ing costs soaring for companics and con sumer sentiment slid to record lows.
Yet almost nine out of 10 companies in the S&P 500 have surpassed the con- sensus forecasts for their earnings, according to FactSet. Eight of the index’s 11 sectors are reporting double-digit growth in earnings.
Solid consumer spending and the eco- nomic effects of heavy investment in AI infrastructure are a contributing factor, said Daniel Morris, chief market strate- gist at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
Higher fuel prices produced a wind-
fall for the energy sector. Companies in the S&P 500 communications services and information technology sectors have also notched big rises in earnings.
Google’s net income quadrupled to $112bn with help from gains on its investments, including a stake in SpaceX, which went public in the big- gest initial public offering in history last mont. Amazon’s more than threefold profit increase was driven by sales at its cloudcomputing business.
“The key thing for me is to see that breadth,” said Richard Saldanha, an equity portfolio manager at Aviva Investors.
“Tech and energy are still big drivers but you are seeing other sectors partici- pate. That is really important,” he added. “That broadening-out is pivotal
Strongest quarter in five years e Affordability crunch risks backlash
when you think about where equity markets go from here . . . It can’t just be tech that is doing the heavy lifting.”
Strength in the stock market has meant households that own equity port- folios have kept spending.
“Duc to the widening incquality between those who own assets and those who don’t in the US economy, the wealth effect has become a bit stronger,” said Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at accounting and consulting firm RSM.
But retail and consumer executives report stretched budgets among poorer households. “Lower-income consumers ...are really managing pay cheque to pay cheque,” said Andre Schulten, Proc- ter & Gamble’s chief financial officer. Iran pause page 4 US shoppers resist page 8
Infantino’s future hangs in balance after climbdown
Gianni Infantino’s job as president of Fifa remains in serious doubt after he pulled the plug ona plan to sell astake in a commercial unit that sparked fierce criticism, with 55 nations threatening to boycott
its games.—PAGER.FT VIEW, PAGE 20
Fresh scrutiny of Palantir NHS England plans to change how it evaluates the success of the US tech group’s data platform being rolled out across the health service after staff highlighted flaws in theanalysis,— PAGE 2
Written constitution call The wave of devolution unveiled last week will “increase the case” for a written constitution, Andy Burnham has said, pointing to the
need for “a clear set of principles” onhowthe country is run,— PAGE 2
Gulf allies sway Trump The US president has said he decided not to go ahead with anew attack on Iran after Qatar, the UAE and Saudi Arabia asked the US to hold off becausethe “perimeters ofadeal” had been agreed.— Pace 4
Rival exploits easyJet bid Air France-KLM aims to capitalise onthe turmoil from an expected £5.7bn takeover of the British budgctairlinc to scize back passengers who had fled to the rival low-cost carrier,— PAGE 1L
Bug hunters assail Apple The tech giant has restricted the number of potentially dangerous software bugs researchers can submit to its security team as it faces a deluge of Al-driven reports identifying alleged risks.— PAGE 8
Venezuela transition rifts Splits are already brewing within Delcy Rodrigucz’s government and the opposition as they prepare for talks on elections to usher in democracy, six months after the ousting of Nicolas Maduro.— PAGE 6
EU dash to refit websites European companies have been racing to label chatbots, deepfakes and Al-generated marketing material as Brussels prepares to enforce transparency rules under itslandmark AI Act,— PAGE 10
Foreign bidders chase after UK groups with ‘bear hug’ offers they can’t refuse
New Ofcom chair vows to bring watchdog up fo date
Set up more than two decades ago, Ofcom was designed to oversee the media and telecoms industries. But its remit has expanded alongside the rise of online platforms that compete with traditional media, often without having to abide by the same rules. Now Sir lan Cheshire is overseeing a ‘wide-ranging’ review aimed at refitting Ofcom to a workload that almost doubled once it became the internet enforcer, leaving concerns over staffing and expertise. Interview » PAGE 3
IVAN LEVINGSTON AND CLARA MURRAY
Foreign bidders are wooing investors in London-listed companies with a grow- ing number of “bear hug” offers designed to be too good to refuse, a tac- tical shift that underscores the confi- dence of buyers targeting UK groups.
UK companies received £44bn of such unsolicited public bids at a premium of 20 per cent or more above their share price in the second quarter, the highest value since 2018.
Bidders make so-called bear hug bids when they hope to press a target’s board into acceptance. Companies listed inthe UK have been the recipients of more such offers than any other country in 2026, according to an FT analysis of data from the London Stock Exchange Group.
“Tt’s the year of the bear hug,” said
Kate Cooper, a corporate partner at the law firm Freshfields.
“It’s basically a way of saying to share- holders: ‘You’re going to have to take this into your own hands’.”
US real estate investor Prologis, Swed- ish buyout group EQT and Swiss insurer Zurich are among those to go public with bids as they successfully pursued megadeals for FTSE stalwarts Segro, Intertek and Beazley respectively.
LSEG defines a bear hug as involving a premium of at least 20 per cent over the company’s closing share price the trad- ing day before the public and unsolic- ited approach.
That type of move is in contrast to the typical tactic in which bidders seek to win the backing of the target’s board before going public.
It allows suitors to capitalise on share holders’ openness to deals after years of
lacklustre performance, according to advisers.
“The bidders are trying to work out what is the tipping point for sharehold- ers,” said Anthony Parsons, executive chair of investment banking and capital markets at Deutsche Bank.
“In most deals it’s led to pretty good information for both bidders and tar- gets and helped secure transactions.”
There have been 12 such moves over the past 12 months — although not all were successful or yet agreed. All but four were from companies headquar- tered outside the UK.
Overseas buyers have rushed to snap up London-listed companies at a record pace this year. Acquisitions of UK-listed groups are up 188 per cent to $116bn including net debt, according to LSEG data — the highest level in the year to date since 2007.
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Performance figures fail to account for seasonal
variations, staff warn
AMY BORRETT AND LAURA HUGHES
NHS England plans to change how it evaluates the success of the controver-
sial Palantir data platform being rolled out across the health service after staff highlighted flaws in the analysis.
Emails obtained by the FT via a free- dom of information request show the health service intends to modify how it calculates two of its headline figures about the performance of the Federated Data Platform in the next quarterly
update, more than ayear after the data was first published.
The changes will a‘fect two of NHSE’s most widely cited claims: that hospitals using the FDP have delivered 110,000 additional operations and that they have registered a 15 per cent reduction in discharge delays. ‘Ihe plans come as ministers are under growing pressure to trigger a 2027 break clause in Palantir’s £330mn contract to build the FDP.
The system is designed to link dispa- rate datasets and boost efficiency, but both its effectiveness and the US tech- nology company’s ties to the Trump administration have been called into question. The FOI request shows NHSE plans to overhaul part of its evaluation
methods after an official raised con- cerns about the baseline used to judge the success of the FDP.
On a draft of the methods webpage the official commented “I don’t think this is a valid baseline”, noting that com- paring the number of patients undergo- ing operations after adoption of the tool with the six months before adoption meant analysis could be skewed by the “pronounced” seasonal pattern.
“I think the same issue applies as per the baseline issue above,” they added on the explanation of how discharge delays were calculated for trusts with less than 12 months of post-adoption data.
On June 11 this year an NHSE official emailed colleagues to confirm the
imminent update “does not yet con- tained [sic] the adjusted baseline method” for the two metrics but “they will be reflected in the next round of publishing”. The explanation of the pre- adoption baseline for the number of additional operations is missing from the live webpage, which was updated on June 12. The next update is expected in Septenber.
Charles Tallack, former NHSE head of operational research and evaluation, said the FOI request raised “serious questions about the analytical culture” in thehealth service. The discharge data has already come under scrutiny after the FT identified a litany of errors in a key underlying dataset, and analysis by
the Health Foundation think-tank found “no noticeable improvement” in discharge performance at hospitals using the patient-tracking tool. InJune, the FT revealed that NHSE added a caveat to its methods page, acknowledg- ing the data did not prove Palantir’s effectiveness. ‘his prompted an investi- gation by the UK statistics watchdog.
NHSE said: “Exchanging views and challenge alongside a culture of constant reviewing and adjustments is rightly part of NHS analytical practice, which is why we are making a small change to the baseline statistics calculation for those NHS organisations that have been using a platform product for less than 12 months.”
Society known for its ‘secret
handshakes’ tries to open up as its membership base ages
JOSH GABERT-DOYON
On a weekday afternoon in Covent Gar- den, central London, a procession of men in tasselled aprons and gold- trimmed sashes trudges through the lobby of an ornate Art Deco building in silence.
The group, most of whom are well over 60, belong to the United Grand Lodge of England, the home of Freema- sonry in Britain. Along with an Egyp- tian-themed meeting hall and offices, their building hosts a large gift shop — all part of running one of the world’s best-known secret societies.
For centuries, Freemasonry has con- tended with rumours of undue influ- ence and nepotism in business and in government, with secret handshakes and oaths of loyalty binding the so- called “fraternity”.
To its members, Lhe group is a benevo- lent charity that focuses on members’ self-improvement. But its biggest chal- lenge today is finding young new recruits to replace an ageing member- ship base. There are about 175,000 Free- mason members in England and Wales, far below a peak of nearly half a million
in the middle of the last century. The vast majority are men, although women
have been admitted since the early 20th century.
Adrian Marsh, secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England, the group’s main governing body, said new mem- bers were vital “for the long-term health of the organisation”. Annual member- ship fees typically cost between £200-£500, depending on how actively amember is involved.
Marsh added that there were tenta- tive signs that efforts to become more transparent had helped reach younger people. Roughly 47 per cent of new join- ers are under the age of 40, up from 45 per cent since 2020.
Though the group’s origins are thought to be with medieval stonema- sons, the first English Grand Lodge dates back to 1717 and the group con-
tends that it was borne out of Enlighten- ment principles such as tolerance and
civic responsibility. The history is a draw for younger
Historic group. Modernisation
Freemasons seek fresh recruits to secure future
Wall decorations at the United Grand Lodge of England, above; Adrian Marsh, grand secretary, below, disputes that Masons have an outsized influence over the business
world — chariie Bibby/ FT
very well.”
regalia.
Despite efforts to become more inclu- sive and transparent, however, the claim that Freemasonry holds shadowy
members. Mitchcll Bryan, 36, who works in sales for a renewable energy company, said he was initially attracted by its “weird and wonderful” roots, add- ing: “We do pomp and circumstance
Regular meetings of “lodges”, or local groups, include secret handshakes and other esoteric rituals that are gradually revealed to members as they move up the ranks. The meetings typically focus on charitable giving and are seen asa way to train members in public speak- ing, according to Marsh.
While the social element of the group remains important, younger members had also taken to using Freemasons’ Hall as a co-working site, adding a mod- ern edge to the centuries-old meeting place. In recent years, the fraternity has also put resources into a network of uni- versity lodges and freshers’ events, as well as open days where the public can
tour lodges and admire the once-secret
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sway in the upper echelons of British society has been difficult to shake off.
An FT investigation in 2024 found that nearly a third of all City of London coun-
cillors had disclosed Freemasonry
Marsh, a former finance director of a FTSE 100 company, disputed the idea that Masons asserted outsized influence in the world of business, noting that :
=. with many of the Square Mile’s lodges had relocated in recent years owing to higher rental costs.
In December, London’s Metropolitan Police said it would require staff to declare current or past menbership of Masonic groups, warning that affilia- tions could “compromise impartiality or create conflicts of loyalty”.
Andy George, head of the Nationa! Black Police Association, said there had long been concerns about the role of Freemasonry inside forces, with some young officers seeing membership as a
way to “get ahead” professionally. In response to the Met’s disclosure
changes, the United Grand Lodge of England launched an unsuccessful legal
‘If you become a Masona lot of your time ... willbe taken up
learning archaic rituals’
Adrian Marsh
challenge, calling the move “unlawful, unfair and discriminatory”.
Nando Caicedo, in his thirties, said he had been introduced to Freemasonry six years ago by a fellow memberat his church. He said younger people were drawn to the group because it offered in- person community in an increasingly online world. “You're not lonely when you re a Freemason.”
But the shift towards greater open- ness risked eroding the appeal of the group, he added, pointing to the option to learn online about rituals that previ- ously would have been revealed only when a member reached a certain rank. “It ruins the fun, the surprise aspect.”
While Marsh was confident that the group had a long-term future and could change without losing its roots, Prescott said the challenges of recruiting a new generation of members were likely to continue. “If you become a Mason a lot of your time and obligation will be taken
up with learning archaic rituals,” he said. “There’s much more of an instant
hit if you join [private members’ club] Soho House.”
Employment
Graduate job openings at lowest level since Covid
DELPHINE STRAUSS
Young jobseekers face a grim summer in the UK, with graduate openings at their lowest level for the time of year since the Covid-19 pandemic and sea- sonal work also at afour-ycar low.
Data published today by Indeed, the job search website, showed postings open to new or recent graduates had fallen by about 7 per cent from last year to hit the lowest since 2020. They also remained close to the lowest on record as a share of overall postings.
Postings for temporary summer jobs that are often taken by young people, in areas such as tourism, events or chil- dren’s camps, were at their weakest level in four years inearly July.
“Students graduating this summer are entering a market where employers are pulling back on junior hiring in response to the cost pressures and uncertainty that have characterised 2026,” said Jack Kennedy, senior UK economist at Indeed.
The sustained weakness in summer hiring was especially damaging to young people seeking a first foothold in the labour market, he added, because those jobs were “often where foundational workplace skills are built, including time management, customer interac- tion and teamwork”.
The figures are a sharp illustration of the battle that Prime Minister Andy Burnham will face to boost youth employment and cut the welfare bill through reforms to technical education, greater backing for apprenticeships and an expansion of state-subsidised jobs for young benefit claimants.
Roughly 1mn young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training, and the latest official data shows unemployment among 18- to 24- year-olds at 14.8 percent.
Since his arrival in Number 10 last month, Burnham has set out ambitions to put vocational education on an equal footing with academic routes and announced new bursaries for young people Lo pursue apprenticeships with- out their families losing benefits.
But business groups, including the Recruitment & Employment Confeder- ation, say that for the reforms to work, the government will also need “to engage more openly with legitimate concerns about the cost and practicality of employing people”.
Indeed’s data showed overall UK job postings had fallen 11 per cent since the start of the year and were now one-third below their pre-pandemic baseline, in what the company said was a “stark underperformance’” relative to the US and euro area, where hiring is still at or above pre-pandemic levels.
The decline was common to almost all occupations, Indeed noted, suggesting “hiring caution has become the default position across the economy”.
The Bank of England said last week it believed there had been no growth in employment since early 2025, and that
the Middle East war had made employ- ers even more cautious.
The central bank’s contacts with busi-
nesses suggested that AI adoption was leading many businesses to slow hiring
or leave vacancies unfilled, with the technology set to reduce employment by about 0.4 per cent per year and boost productivity by about twice as much, its monetary policy report noted.
Politics
Devolution policies pave way for written constitution, says PM
JENNIFER WILLIAMS — MANCHESTER
Andy Burnham has said that the dra- matic wave of devolution he unveiled last week will “increase the case” for a written constitution.
Speaking after publishing a raft of decentralisation policies for England, the prime minister said his agenda ulti- mately pointed towards “a new consti- tutional settlement”. The policies cover local tax powers and greater controls over transport, health, policing, innova- tion, skills, culture and energy.
“Tt will increase the case . . . for awrit- ten constitution,” Burnham said. “There is a case for a new clear set of principles about how this country should be run.”
Burnham’s devolution blueprint, headlined “The New Model of Govern- ment”, was published on Friday at the end of a fortnight-long flurry of policy announcements. It goes far further in devolving powers to English mayors and other local leaders than previous pro- posals, promising to move control of swaths of public expenditure away from Whitehall and arm’s-length bodies.
Local leaders will get “grealer power to shape their places through control
over local transport, housing, innova- tion, .ocal energy and cultural invest- ment”, the document said. They will receive a portion of income tax receipts from 2028, and more oversight of public services such as policing and health.
The move will put government agen- cies such as the Arts Council, Sport Eng- land, UK Research and Innovation and Homes England on notice that local leaders will now have far more influence over how they spend their cash.
Bumham has been particularly scep- tical of arm’s length government bodies. In recent months he has criticised the “unaccountable” state and attacked the Environment Agency. In future, “sub- stantial” amounts of late-stage innova- tion funding and cultural expenditure will be devolved, the document said.
It also said the boundaries of “key public services” will be aligned towards mayoralties, with deputy mayors appointed to oversee them.
Mayors have been concerned for months that existing Home Office plans to merge police forces, creating fewer bodies with larger footprints, would not align with their local boundaries. Sev- eral other longstanding demands from
mayors feature in the document, including some that Burnham had backed in his previous role as the mayor of Greater Manchester.
They include handing control ofskills budgets for 16- to-19-year-olds to may- ors, in order to further Burnham’s push for “high-quality, locally tailored” voca- tional andtechnical education.
Employment support benefit, which is overseen by the Department for Work and Pensions, will also be devolved.
Whitehall is to become “smaller and more strategic”, with more transfers between the national and local state, the
Andy Burnham said there was a ‘case for a new clear set of principles’
document said. The plans apply to Eng- land only; Burnham said he would speak to leaders in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland about how power might be devolved to local levels within their nations.
Robert Ford, a professor of political science at Manchester University, said the plans amounted to “a massive step change in ambitions for devolution, in England particularly”.
While Burnham has repeatedly expressed his desireto roll back the gov- ernment reforms ofthe 1980s, Ford said that at first sight his devolution agenda would turn the clock back even further.
“This appears to be the start of a sus- tained effort to undo not only Thatcher- ism, but the centralised British state that can be traced back to World War Two and the Attlee government,” he said, referring to the post-1945 Labour government that established the NHS.
Friday’s paper made it clear that may- oralties are the government's preferred footprint for devolution, although directly elected regional mayors govern just over half of England’s population and are more prominent in the northof England.
Monday 3 August 2026
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Ofcom chair’s review alms to refit regulator for online era
Head of watchdog points to rising workload of policing internet in rapidly changing landscape
DANIEL THOMAS
Ofcom chair Sir lan Cheshire is oversee- ing a “wide-ranging” review aimed at refitting the regulator to new duties as the internet watchdog in Britain.
In his first interview since his appoint- ment, Cheshire told the FT that Ofcom would probably require a boost in resources to deal with an almost dou- bling of its workload since it became the enforcer of the Online Safety Act.
“We are building up a picture of what the next three years will look like. There will be more resources [needed], but it’s not ludicrous numbers,’ he said. Ofcom is funded by its regulated industries, rather than the taxpayer.
Set up more than two decades ago by Tony Blair’s government, Ofcom was designed to oversee the media and tele- coms industries.
However, its remit has expanded con- siderably in recent years alongside the rise of online platforms that compete with traditional media and communica- tions groups, often without having to follow the same rules.
Since parliament passed the Online Safety Act into law in 2023, the regula- tor has been given extensive powers over social media platforms to stop illegal online material and to protect children from harmful content and pornography.
The review — which is due to conclude in the early autumn — will look at the
organisational structure of Ofcom as wellasits operating model, and whether they are right for the next phase of online safety regulation.
In the UK, Ofcom is seeking to rein in the world’s largest technology compa- nies, which have enormous legal and financial resources, leading to concerns over staffing and expertise in cutting- edge areas of Aland social media.
“Even when the act was passed, there werent AI chatbots or ‘nudification’ apps, and there'll be something else in two or three years’ time,” said Cheshire, 66. “Now we have to sit back and really assess if we have the right tools, the right people, the right priorities.”
He pointed to the “large slab” of the Communications Act 2003, which formed the basis of Ofcom’s remit, “and if you think about what’s changed since then, its answer is: practically every- thing”.
Cheshire told former tech secretary Liz Kendall last month that Ofcom could “be faster, more agile and more outcome focused while continuing to make robust and evidence-based deci- sions’,in a letter seen by the FT.
Cheshire, a City veteran who previ- ously sat on the board of telecoms group BT, said government telecoms policy needed to look at quality as well as price, with expectations that Prime Minister Andy Burnham will make easing the cost of living a central policy objective.
He said quality of coverage and
Sir Ian Cheshire, the new chair
of Ofcom, warns the organisation needs ‘more resources to enforce online safety rules
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service needed to go “up the agenda now’ after efforts to expand geographi- cal coverage.
“We've already got some of the best- value broadband in Europe certainly, and way cheaper than the [United] States. So I think I would put quality on the front foot,” Cheshire added.
Ofcom’s new online powers have drawn criticism, not least by represent- atives of the US government over their concerns about freedom of speech. American tech executives have also warned that the regulator’s approach threatens their business models.
Cheshire said he recognised “the US government's got a different view, and we've had a lot of contact with the FCC [Federal Communications Commis- sion] and various other folk” including Sarah Rogers, under-secretary of state for public diplomacy and Trump’s free speech tsar.
However, it was clear that Ofcom was not trying to “prevent free speech or act against the commercial interests” but was “protecting our citizens”, he added.
Cheshire, former chair of public serv- ice broadcaster Channel 4 and ex-boss
of DIY group Kingfisher, said the debate around free speech also demonstrated the need for a debate about digital sov- ereignty, such as whether the UK needed its own cloud infrastructure.
“If we’re facing a future where it’s either the US or China who are deciding what we read and see and con- sume... that feels like not a great place,” he said. “We should be thinking about what we want to do rather than just having a fight against the US government for the sake of it.”
One of Sir Keir Starmer’s last acts as prime minister was to put in place plans for a ban on social media for children under 16, a move that Cheshire person- ally supports even if he is more sceptical about a ban on virtual private networks that could be used to circumvent rules.
Cheshire, who will serve a four-year term, has yet to meet with Lisa Nandy. She has stayed on as culture secretary under Burnham with a wider brief encompassing science and technology.
“It's a massive new agenda she’s got,” he said of Nandy. “The leadership [has] got to work out where to spend time. But it’s a reasonably well-developed agenda,
“We have to sit back and really assess if we have the right tools, the right people, the right priorities
so hopefully they’ 1l be able to continue totackle it.”
Ofcom is also likely to be pulled into the debate with the government over the future of UK public service broad- casting, which has come under scrutiny owing to the rapid rise of online US rivals suchas Netflix and YouTube.
Media executives have floated the idea of a merger of Channel 4 and the BBC, whose new director-general Matt Brittin has confirmed that talks have begun about potentially working together inareas such as streaming.
“I think there wil! be versions of con- solidation. The question is what,” said Cheshire, pointing lo attempts more than a decade ago to create a joint Brit- ish streaming service. “We need at the public strategy level to say: what are we trying to achieve? Do we want a long- term national digital sovereignty cham- pion? If that’s the answer, then you prob- ably do want [some sort of] consolida- tion.”
YouTube needed “to be part of the media landscape regulation” but the question is “exactly how you regulate them”, he added.
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Tehran diplomacy
INTERNATIONAL
Trump says Gulf allies asked for Iran pause
Mediation prompts president to suspend threatened US strike
ANDREW ENGLAND — LONDON
Donald Trump said he had decided not to go ahead with a new attack on Iran after Gulf allies asked the US to hold off because the “perimeters of a deal” had been agreed.
The US president said in a social media post on Saturday night that the US remained “locked and loaded and ready to go” against the Islamic repub- lic, but he had decided to cancel a threatened strike “subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL’.
Families search for children
not seen since 60,000 people
crossed into Spanish enclave
MALAIKA KANAANEH TAPPER — FNIDEQ
Amina Saadoun spent Saturday on the road from Ceuta into Morocco, holding up a small photo of her 15-year-old brother to each returning migrant who passed by. “Have you seen this boy? He’s my brother, I raised him like a son,” she asked.
By yesterday, the death toll from the mass crossing into the Spanish enclave had risen to 72, according to Spanish authorities, leaving Moroccan families bereft or terrified that their children were among the dead.
Saadoun has been searching for her brother Mohammed — shy, scared of lots of things, not interested in studying — since he left home in Tetouan on Thursday morning for the Moroccan border with Ceuta, joining about 60,000 others who surged into the enclave. “I don’t know il he’s dead or alive,” she said, breaking down in tears.
Funerals for people who perished in the swim, including a young girl from Tetouan who loved football, were held in their hometowns around the country over the weekend.
As the stragglers among those who crossed were pushed back into Morocco by Spanish authorities, many were still missing. Their mothers and sisters were wandering the streets near the frontier with photos in hand, moving between police stations and deportation centres along the coast.
Questions swirled about whether the deadly crossing had been triggered as a political ploy while many reckoned with what had left them and their children so vulnerable.
While Spainss central government has avoided any criticism of the Moroccan authorities, the top official in Ceuta was blunt. Juan Jesus Vivas, president of the
city government, said on Antena 3 tele- vision: “Our frontier has been mis-
treated by Morocco. It is impossible for 60,000 people to enter without the approval of the Moroccan government. We have been mistreated and held in contempt.”
Saadoun said her younger brother had been swept up by a culture capti- vated by emigration. “It was his friends
Trump made the Truth Social post days after he warnec that the US would hit Iran “very hard”, raising the threat of a return to full-blown war as he sought to pressure Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said the US had been “asked by Iran, and other Middle Eastern coun- tries” to withhold any new strikes and that Israel “joins me in this commit- ment”. He added that the “perimeters of adeal” included the immediate and com- plete reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an “end to Iran’s nuclear threat”.
A diplomat briefed on the talks said officials from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates called US counterparts in a co-ordinated bid to convince Washington to stick to the dip-
Landing beach: a would-be migrant is detained by Spain’s Guardia Civil in Ceuta, Spain, yesterday
who filled his head with the idea of emi- gration, and you know the concept of emigration among Moroccans: go make money, buy a house, a car,” she said. “What makes me so sad is to see our country and our youth lost like this.”
The deaths have left a mark even on those who returned.
As Hamza, 23, swam through the tepid water before dawn on Friday, he felt the skin of a corpse brush against his leg. He began swimming faster. Around him were thousands of others, he said. Some did not know how to swim and tried to grab on to those who could.
He eventually reached the shore, after he said Moroccan guards had allowed the group to pass. But he left Ceuta within a day, driven out by hunger and the fear of violence.
Waiting with dozens of others on the floor of the train station in Tangier, Hamza said it had been his second
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lomatic process and hold off on strikes.
Saudi Arabia said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had also spo- ken with Trump to stress “the impor- tance of making every possible effort to achieve calm that paves the way for diplomatic solutions . . . and prevents a wider conflict”.
Gulf states feared that aresumption of US strikes against Iran would trigger an intense round of fighting that would spread to multiple fronts and plunge the region into further chaos, the diplomat said. There is also concern that a new flare-up in the war would lead to Irani- an-backed Houthis, who have escalated their conflict with Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, attempting to close the Bab al-Mandab, another key waterway
which links the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and ultimately the Indian Ocean.
Seven Opec+ countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, yesterday called for ade-escalation in attacks against energy infrastructure and said opening sea routes was essential for world markets.
The oil producer group said it would boost collective production by 188,00U barrels a day from September, a move that fully unwinds cuts introduced in 2023 when crude markets faced over- supply. The countries have raised their quotas each month through the conflict, even as many face challenges exporting oil due to the fighting.
Trump has in recent days stepped up his threats to launch a new round of attacks against Iran as he has become
1) Africa. Migration
Morocco counts its dead after swim to Ceuta
attempt to enter the Spanish enclave that week. Moroccan authorities had caught Hamza swimming on Tuesday and sent him to the southern desert. But when he heard rumours thet the border with Ceuta would be open, he rushed back to the frontier.
“You say you never want to do it again, but then
It was his eighth attempt to leave his
mother.
home country. He said the idea had been lodged in his mind for years,
driven by the hope of finding better- paid work than the £400a month he
earned as an aluminium worker sup- porting his four siblings and widowed
Many of those who swam were far younger and had never attempted the crossing before. They were swept up in the frenzy after their social media feeds
enough time passes and you Start thinking about it again’
filled with claims that they would not be
turned back. Abdulaal, a 16-year-old boy with thick braces, sold his trainers to pay for the journey to the frontier
increasingly frustrated over floundering diplomatic attempts to convince Tehran to agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. On Friday, the US president said: “We'll be hitting them very hard and at some point they are going to say, ‘We just can’t take it any more’.” Hours later, CBS News reported that the US and Israel were preparing to launch an aggressive joint bombing campaign against Iranian energy infrastructure. Iran’s acting defence minister, Briga- dier General Majid Ebn-e-Reza, yester- day said that the US’s rhetoric should be read “in the context of a psychological operation and warfare”, but added that Iran remained ready. Additional reporting by Bita Ghaffari in Tehran and Malcolm Moore in London
after hearing from friends that the Ceuta crossing would be open. Shaken after returning, he wore mismatched rubber slides and said he would not be going back.
For now, Hamza also felt disillu- sioned. He had heard theories that the border guards’ decision to let migrants pass was part of a larger diplomatic move. He was shaken by the deaths around him. But did not rule out trying again. Wearing a bandage covering a wound he sustained after climbing a barbed-wire fence, Hamza was among hundreds who were injured. Spanish authorities said Ceuta health workers treated migrants 1,149 times between 9am on Friday and 9am on Sunday.
“It’s like drugs,” Hamza said of emi- gration. “After you try it, you say you never want to do it again, but then enough time passes and you start think- ing about it again.”
The human toll was still becoming clear on Sunday, when 16-year-old Rida returned to the border town of Fnideq after days in Ceuta without his six-year-
old brother, Rayan. He said Rayan, who had swum tito Ceuta wilh Iniends ahead
of him, had died in the forest there on Saturday night.
Rida wore neon-coloured football clothes and did not know where to go. His parents did not know what had hap- pened, or that his brother was gone. He was crying and saying “my brother” when a Moroccan police officer arrived and persuaded him to climb into a police van filled with other returned migrants, whom the officer said were being driven back to their hometowns.
The last thing Ahlam, a 38-year-old housekeeper from Tangier, knows about herteenage daughter Arwa is that she was swimming towards Ceuta on Thursday when a coastguard boat approached.
Arwa’s little brother was swimming with her. She shouted at him to swim back to Morocco, which he did, and he told their mother what had happened.
They have not heard from Arwainthe three days since. Ahlam has been wan- dering the streets of Fnideq, sunburned, her sandalled feet darkened with dirt.
She kissed a picture on her phone of Arwa smiling in a football jersey with a parakeet on her shoulder.
“I am so afraid she’s dead,” Ahlam said. “I will stay here. I will not go home until I know what happened.” Additional reporting by Barney Jopson
European heatwave Hungarians face energy rationing as Danube drops to record low
MARTON DUNAI — BUDAPEST
Hungary is preparing for electricity rationing as record-low water levels on the river Danube force the country’s only nuclear power plant to shut down completely.
The two-gigawatt Paks plant, which provides up to 40 per cent of Hungary’s electricity, relies on the Danube for cool- ing and has no backup water supply.
“We are facing the five most critical days,” Prime Minister Péter Magyar said in a video message yesterday. “From tomorrow, the Paks nuclear power plant will stop generating electricity, just as the hottest days, with temperatures reaching 40C, arrive. Our electricity system, our public utilities and all of us will come under enormous strain.”
On Saturday, the government issued a decree allowing it to cut energy supplies tothe largest industrial consumers if the electricity grid comes under unsustain- able pressure. Magyar said such meas- ures would be takenonly as a last resort.
He said an emergency task force was set to meet and decide whether “man- datory electricity consumption restric- tions will need to be imposed on large industrial users from tomorrow”.
The Paks plant, built with Soviet technology in the 1980s, has never before been forced offline. The operator said it was preparing for a controlled shutdown of its last working reactor. Magyar said there was no risk from the operation.
The government has introduced energy-saving measures, including halt- ing freight rail traffic during peak hours, ordering trains to slow down to save power, and switching off decorative lights on public buildings across the country.
Magyar has asked businesses and households to limit electricity use, including by reducing air conditioning and electric vehicle charging, especially
in the evening when the grid is under xrealesl sLrain.
Hungary has installed about 8GW of solar capacity in recent years, helping it manage the gradual shutdown of the Paks reactor. During the day, solar power has covered as much as 80 per cent of Hungarian consumption, according to data from the system oper- ator Mavir.
Once the sun dims, however, Buda- pest has had to bring all its fossil fuel plants online and increase electricity imports from a regional market that is already strained.
Other countries have faced similar strains during the exceptionally dry summer. Romania’s Cernavoda nuclear plant, which also uses the Danube for cooling, is facing a controlled shutdown because of low river levels.
On the Rhine, heat and drought have pushed levels to their lowest in eight years, disrupting one of Germany’s most important trade corridors and forcing manufacturers to curb production.
Hungary's economy is likely to suffer from the combined impact of heat, drought and power shortages. Compa- nies are expected to halt production, agricultural output is likely to be excep- tionally weak, and costly electricity imports could add to inflation, limiting the central bank’s room to cut rates to support growth.
Campaign funding
French banks warm to election financing in boost for Le Pen
SARAH WHITE AND LEILA ABBOUD PARIS
French banks have said they are open to offering campaign loans to candi- dates in next year’s presidential elec- tion if backed by government guaran- tecs, a move that could hclp Marinc Le Pen’s far-right Rassemblement National overcome longstanding financing problems.
Officials from the prime minister’s office said they met with banking execu- tives in July to discuss how to overcome banks’ traditional resistance to lending to candidates, over what they cast as financial and reputational risks.
Banks have been particularly against funding the RN because of lingering stigma from its xenophobic history, despite it now being the country’s most popular party. No agreement has yet been reached, but the government has said it wants to avoid “foreign interfer- ence” if candidates turn abroad for loans.
The issue has become more urgent as the race to succeed Emmanuel Macron approaches next April. Le Pen resorted to a loan from a Russian bank said to
have ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2017, and a Hungarian bank allegedly close to former Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban in 2022. The French Banking Federation said the state was responsible for facilitating
campaign loans. Some banks have said they would only do so with an explicit
guarantee that any losses would be cov- ered.
Olivier Gavalda, chief executive of Crédit Agricole, said in comments released on Friday that he supported a pooled approach “which avoids any partisan risk or the appearance of back- ing one side or the other”.
“We recognise that failing to finance presidential election campaigns poses a genuine democratic problem for all political parties.” The “right solution” is “to go through the state, either through public funding . .. or through substan- tial guarantees,” he added.
Daniel Baal, head of French lender Crédit Mutuel, also said last week a gov- ernment guarantee was essential.
Le Penis polling as the frontrunner to makethe run-off with an array of candi- dates, including former prime minister Edouard Philippe and far-left standard-
bearer Jean-Luc Mélenchon, competing for the second spot. Philippe has already
secured acampaign loan from a French bank, as has Melenchon.
In July she overcame an electoral ban that stemmed from a conviction for
embezzling European Union funds, and said she would run despite overhanging
legal risks from a final appeal.
But the RN has not yet secured fiaanc- ing despite months of canvassing. A sen- ior person who works for the party wel- comed the potential compromise with banks and the government, but said it remained “outrageous” that the party
Marine Le Pen, left, attends a rally of Rassemblement National
was not treated equally. The RN’s loan from the Russian bank, taken out ini- tially in 2014, dogged the party for years and fuelled concern that Le Pen was under the Kremlin’ssway.
Scrutiny of the financial ties between
her party and Moscow intensified after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian loan was repaid in 2023 and the Hungarian one in 2024.
In France, the state reimburses cam- paign expenses up toa certain limit for candidates who win over 5 per cent of the vote. Accounts must also be validated by the elections regulator. Candidates do not always clear these thresholds, which has made banks wary of not being paid back.
The government emphasised that the proposal was not aimed at helping Le Pen. “This is a matter of ensuring the proper conduct of the election: making sure that all candidates can obtain a loan from a French lender to finance their campaign, so that foreign financial networks do not become involved.”
BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Natixis-owner BPCE declined to com- ment. The RN did not immediately respond toa request for comment.
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INTERNATIONAL
Venezuela election talks expose divisions
Trump administration under pressure to show it is pushing for democracy
GEOFF DYER — BRASILIA JOE DANIELS — BOGOTA ANA RODRIGUEZ BRAZON — CARACAS
Divisions are already brewing within both Venezuela's government and oppo- sition as the two sides prepare to meet this week for US-backed talks on organ- ising new elections.
Six months after the US captured former president Nicolas Maduro and replaced him with vice-president Delcy Rodriguez, the Trump administration is under some pressure at home and inside Venezuela to show it is pushing for a
transition to democracy. The talks are designed to agree a tinetable and proce- dures for a new presidential election, the first since 2024 when Maduro declared himself the victor — even though the opposition’s independently verified vote tally showed he lost by a margin of two-to-one.
But Maria Corina Machado, the oppo- sition leader who masterminded the campaign to defeat Maduro in 2024, said she would not participate in the talks, although she said she would not stand in the way of its decisions. Edmundo Gonzalez, the opposition can- didate who won that election after Machado was barred from running, also said he would not take part.
Meanwhile, several hardliners from
the government's “Chavista” political movement have said they oppose the talks, with some lawmakers burning US and Israeli flags at a demonstration last week.
Senior opposition members welcome the efforts of US secretary of state Marco Rubio, who is driving the initiative, but say success will come down to Washing- ton’s willingness to pressure Rodriguez. They note that many previous negotia- tions with the Chavista authorities have ended in failure, with the opposition divided, the government more entrenched and international media- tors embarrassed.
Ever since the January raid to seize Maduro, there has been fierce debate within the Trump administration about
how hard to push for a democratic tran- sition. Washington has so far blocked Machado from returning to the country, including after the devastating earth- quakes in late June, while claiming that economic stabilisation and recovery must come before elections.
Rubio has been the US official making the strongest case for new elections in Venezuela. Of the new talks, he said the US was “there to facilitate, not dictate”, but added that “it is obviously some- thing we're going to be very engagedin”.
President Donald Trump has adopted aslightly different tone, saying last week that “as far as the elections in Venezuela, they’re not really ready for them yet”, although “at some point they will be’.
He has also heaped praise on
Rodriguez, who has passed reforms aimed at opening up the country’s dilap- idated state-controlled oil sector to for- eign investors, even as international majors remain uncertain about putting money into the country.
Phil Gunson, an International Crisis Group analyst in Caracas, said the gov- ernment was joining talks “because the US told it to attend” but that “Trump is clearly delighted with the current situa- tion” and might not want “the uncer- tainty and autonomy inherent in adem- ocratic process”.
There could be strains with the Rodriguez government “if the US pushes for an agreement that threatens vital interests of those in the security forces in particular”, Gunson added.
Energy. Italy
Meloni bets big on revival of nuclear power
Backlash against ‘distorting’
renewables drives support for
areturn to atomic reactors
AMY KAZMIN — ORVIETO
From her grandmother’s beautifully restored home in a medieval Italian vil- lage, Monica Tommasi, president of Friends of the Earth Italy, is battling wind turbines — literally.
German renewable energy group RWE has secured permission to erect seven 200-metre wind turbines in the coun- tryside around Tommasi’s home not far from the picturesque Umbrian town of Orvieto. Along with other local property owners, Tommasi, a transport engineer, is now fighting to stop a project she says will scar a precious landscape while delivering little reliable power.
Though she says she once believed in “the energy fairy tale” of renewables cutting dependence on imported fossil fuels, Tommasi is now convinced the answer to Italy’s energy woes lies in nuclear power, which the country once generated — until Rome shut down all its reactors decades ago amid a fierce public backlash.
“We realised achieving these renewa- ble energy targets meant filling the country with wind turbines and solar panels, distorting the landscape and our identity,” said Tommasi. “If we need to decarbonise, we need to use the best technology, and one of the best technol- ogies is nuclear.”
She is not alone in her belief. As Ital- ian businesses and households face power bills around 30 per cent higher than the European average, due partly to the country’s heavy reliance on gas imports, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing coalition govern- ment is betting big on a nuclear power revival to offer long-term relief.
Two energy crises in less than five years have forced a rethink in many European countries about how to reduce their exposure to imported fossil fuels, which in Italy still account for about half of total electricity generation, according to the Energy Institute.
Inspired by her erstwhile ideological ally US President Donald Trump,
Meloni has called Italy’s potential resumption of nuclear power produc- tion — with as yet untested next- generation small modular reactors (SMRs) — “a great prospect, a great vision, a great dream” that could pro- vide the country with low-carbon, affordable and domestically generated electricity.
Meloni’s government took a big step towards that goal in June, when parlia- ment’s lower house approved a frame- work law empowering Rome to draft rules for domestic nuclear power production through SMRs.
Once the senate gives its assent to the law, expected next week, Rome will have 12 months to draft the rules and procedures to establish anuclear energy regulator and rules on nuclear waste disposal. After that, the review of spe- cilic proposed projects and Lhe issue ol licences could commence.
Italian physicist Stefano Buono, chief executive of Newcleo, a Franco-Italian nuclear start-up, says he has already received enquiries from Italian industri- alists eager for nuclear reactors to power their own energy-intensive busi- nessessuch as steelmaking and cement.
Not all are convinced. Many climate change activists and renewables compa- nies see Rome’s nuclear obsession as a tool to distract Italians from the severity of the climate and energy crisis — and the simplest, quickest solutions for decarbonisation. For all the hype around the SMRs and their potential, many designs are still unproven com- mercially, while the International Energy Agency has called solar power, in the right locations, “the cheapest source of electricity in history”.
Italy’s powerful industry association, Confindustria, has argued businesses cannot afford to wait another decade for a nuclear revival. It has pleaded with Meloni’s government to authorise an emergency increase in renewables pro- duction to bring quick relief to indus- tries struggling with high electricity costs.
About 130 gigawatts of proposed pho- tovoltaic and wind projects are awaiting official clearance, as policymakers debate over suitable locations.
RWE argues that its Orvieto-area wind farm — whos: 42MW capacity
Going nuclear: could power 40,000 homes — “bal- ‘We realised protesters from ances” heritage preservation with are the Fridays for renewables development, as the tur- achieving Future Italia bines will not be visible from the town’s these campaign group historic centre but will makea “tangible demonstrate contribution” to Italy’s energy security. renewable against atomic But Gilberto Pichetto Fracin, the min- energy energy in Rome ister of environment and energy secu- in Aprillast year _rity, says Italy’s topography makesa lCargets ae Granaw/CorbisiGetly_arge rollout of renewables tough. The meant country’s installed capacity of solar and . wind was about 60 gigawatts at the start filling the of 2026, far less than Germany or Spain.
Italy has had a fraught relationship ny with nuclear energy. In the 1960s and with wind 1970s, it was an early adopter of civil turbines nuclear power — with four large reac- tors in operation and ambitious plans and solar for capacity expansion. Dp anels’
But as capacity expanded, so too did anti-nuclear sentiment. In 1987, after the Soviet Union’s Chernoby] disaster, Italians voted overwhelmingly against nuclear energy in a national referen- dum, leading to the shutdown of all
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atomic power stations by 1990. Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi later tried to revive the industry, passing laws and developing contracts. But in a sec- ond referendum months after Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, some 90 per cent of voters rejected Berlus- coni’s plan.
British-born artist James P Graham, who has campaigned fiercely against the proposed RWE project, which threatens to tower over his villa, says it is “hypo- critical and wrong” that Italians happily import nuclear-generated electricity from France while opposing production at home. “Nuclear is the only constant source of energy we have right now,” Graham said.
Newcleo’s Buono says public support could waver when it comes to finding future sites for a new generation of small reactors. Members of Meloni’s coalition admit another referendum cannot be
ruled out either. Additional reporting by Giuliana Ricozzi
Computer servers
Mexico emerges as cornerstone of Al supply chain to US
CHRISTINE MURRAY — CIUDAD JUAREZ ALAN SMITH — LONDON
Mexico has quietly become a corner- stone of the AT boom, providing 40 per cent of US imports this year of the computer servers that are widely used in the data centres powering artificial intelligence.
Taiwanese manufacturers are rapidly expanding factories in Mexico to assem- ble servers, which are now the country’s top US export, overtaking autos that dominated its trade for decades.
Mexico is the second-largest provider of enterprise servers to the US so far this year, with sales reaching $46.9bn, behind Taiwan, which sold $53.5bn, though Mexico became the largest ona monthly basis in May.
The phenomenon is helping prop up Mexico's limp economy, pushing the country’s exports to record levels, Serv- ers and related hardware made up almost one-fifth of the $317bn of goods Mexico exported between January and May, morethan double the same period ayear earlier.
Taiwan, in turn, isnow Mexico’s third- largest trading partner, up from eighth place in 2022. Taiwanese companies have spent more than $1.6bn since 2020 on Mexican factories that offer geo- graphic proximity and tariff-free access to US tech giants spending hundreds of billions on data centres.
“Mexico is of tremendous importance to the way this new Al-powered econ- omy is working,” said Jesse Rogers, head of Latin America economics at Moody’s Analytics. “It is really a new frontier of collaboration and even dependency on the Mexican economy when it comes to Alservers.”
Ciudad Juarez, across the Rio Grande from E] Paso in Texas, is at the heart of the industry, building off the border town’s existing Taiwanese factories that have been making simpler electronics for decades. The new production lines assemble parts shipped [rom Asia into Alservers, which are stacked in refriger- ator-sized racks that can weigh more than two tonnes each and are then trucked across the border.
“We picked El Paso [and Ciudad Jua- rez] because they are in the middle of North America, so it’s very fast to deliver the finished product,” said Kun Lin Yang, executive director for Mexico at Taiwanese electronics maker Pega- tron, which has five plants in Juarez.
Many top electronics companies have been in Mexico for more than 20 years, taking advantage of the labour pool and a programme that allows the temporary importation of certain goods if they are used in products forexport.
Higher exports and a growing new industry have recently been propping up a weakening economy. GDP growth fell to 0.6 per cent last year compared to an average of 1.6 per cent in the five years before the Covid-19 pandemic.
President Donald Trump decided against a long-term extension of the US, Mexico, Canada Agreement (USMCA) last month, as his team tries to negotiate a deal to cut Chinese influence in its region. Alongside the trade uncertainty,
changes implemented by Mexico’s Pres- ident Claudia Sheinbaum, such as elect-
ing the country’s judges, have also held back investment.
The Mexican economy will grow 1.3 per cent this year, the World Bank estimates, far less than peers.
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Nutrition pledge
Indonesia's free school meals vow leaves a bad taste for the government and pupils
DIANA MARISKA AND ANANTHA LAKSHMI JAKARTA
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto took powcr in 2024 with a bold and simple pledge to deliver free school meals for every child —a goal that seemed unimpeachably laud- able for a nation with widespread mal- nutrition.
But more than 18 months later, Prabowo’s promise has proved far less healthy than he hoped for his govern- ment, the country’s finances and even for many of its intended beneficiaries.
Last month the programme’s director abruptly quit, saying she was “acutely traumatised” by the stress of running the Rp229tn ($12.8bn) scheme. She had only been in the job for 45 days after her predecessor was arrested for suspected corruption.
Meanwhile in towns and villages across the vast Indonesian archipelago, repeated instances of food poisoning have undermined the most obvious intention of the policy, to improve the
health and nutrition of the nation’s chil- dren and expectant mothers.
Bad news keeps stacking up. An opin- ion poll released this week showed that the public approval rating for the tree meals programme has plummeted to 34 per cent from 62.5 per cent in November. The programme was in “sys- temic crisis”, said MBG Watch, a civil society coalition focusing on the moni- toring of the free meals programme.
The scheme’s “institutional design is faulty from the start”, said Media Wahy- udi Askar from the coalition. “Now . .. the institution has been rig- idly formed . . . and established with a chaotic system. Fixing it would require a very high cost and very strong political will,” he said.
Prabowo has made the free meals pro- gramme his top priority, citing the urgent need to address malnutrition and stunting in the world’s fourth most populous country.
The programme is supposed to reach 82.91 recipients when [ully rolled out, as per the initial plan. The scheme,
launched in January 2025, currently serves 62.7mn people but that is likely to be scaled back as the government trims
the budget. Mounting troubles at the flagship pro-
gramme have soured public sentiment and added to broader concerns over Prabowo’s macroeconomic direction.
An opinion poll released this week by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting showed that around 61.6 per cent of the public were dissatisfied with the pro- gramme due to corruption allegations, governance concerns and food- poisoning cases. The programme — which was Prabowo’s main campaign promise — was popular initially and helped him to get elected.
Critics say an inadequate governance framework has been one of the biggest issues hampering implementation.
They also point to a lack of oversight of the National Nutrition Agency, the government body overseeing the scheme. As a result, they say, corruption has flourished, especially in the alloca- tion of kitchen operations.
The agency selects kitchen operators after evaluating proposals submitted by interested parties. The military and the
police own and operate hundreds of kitchens. Indonesia Corruption Watch
reported last year that dozens of kitchen- related foundations are affiliated with political figures. At least seven are
A student suffering from food poisoning in West Bandung Regency
connected to individuals affiliated with the Great Indonesia Movement Party, Prabowo’ political vehicle, ICW said.
In June, the agency’s chief Dadan Hin- dayana and two of his deputies were identified as suspects by the Attorney General’s Office in an alleged corruption case. In its statement, the AGO said the suspects had awarded kitchen contracts to foundations that they owned.
According to the Network for Educa- tion Watch Indonesia, 37,270 of the free meal recipients suffered from food poi- soning as of May.
Despite the recurring incidents, Prabowo has repeatedly played down the number. In October last year, he said the 8,000 poisoning cases then were only 0.0007 per cent of the total meals provided, amounting to “a humane margin of error”. In recent months, amid intensifying criticism, Prabowo’s administration has begun to acknowl- edge problems and make changes.
A moratorium has been placed on new contracts for kitchens after the arrest of Dadan. More than 27,000
kitchens are currently operating across Indonesia. New chief Sudaryono said this week that he has permanently shut
down 833 kitchens as they failed to meet operations and hygiene standards.
The programme's vast budget has already been slashed repeatedly as Indonesia’s public finances have come under growing strain. The budget allo- cation has been reduced from the initial Rp335tn ($18.5bn) to Rp229tn.
Early on, the government cut budgets for education and infrastructure to fund the free meals — a move that has also angered the public. Adding to the scheme’s woes, Indonesia’s constitu- tional court last week ruled that the education budget could not be used to finance the scheme.
Prabowo’s expensive welfare policies have already put pressure on the coun- try’s finances. Higher oil prices this year have added to the strains as Indonesia doles out fuel subsidies. Last year, the country recorded a fiscal deficit of 2.92 per cent, nearing the domestic legal cap of 3 percent.
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Pro-Israel lobby group sparks backlash in US election race
Aipac’s links to Netanyahu provoke controversy in midterm campaigns
GUY CHAZAN — NEW YORK
When the two candidates in Michigan's Democratic primary for the US Senate went head to head in a televised debate last week, it took them just three min- utes to mention Aipac.
Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former health official, repeatedly used the American Israel Public Affairs Commit- tee (Aipac) as a cudgel to beat his oppo- nent, four-term US representative Haley Stevens, accusing her of being beholden to the pro-Israel lobby group.
“The difference between us is $46mn of Aipac spending,” El-Sayed said. “They've set a record in this race to help elect my opponent because they know that she'll be a reliable vote.”
Despite Stevens’ protest that she was only “beholden to the people of Michi- gan’, the issue could prove decisive when primary voters go to the polls in the state tomorrow.
Aipac, the most influential pro-Israel lobbying organisation in the US, has loomed large in the Michigan race and other hotly contested primaries this year. For decades, its endorsement could turbocharge a US politician's chances of electoral success. But these days, it can be the kiss of death.
As condemnation of Israel’s attacks in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon has risen, the organisation has become a bugbear for both the left and the right. For some it symbolises the malign influ- ence of special interest groups in US pol- itics. Others see it as an apologist for a hardline Israeli government anda proxy
for a foreign state with too much sway over US policy inthe Middle East.
Criticism from conservatives in par- ticular has grown since US President Donald Trump launched his war against Iran in February, which many on the Maga right saw as a betrayal of his stated “America First” policy.
Joe Kent, who resigned in March as the Trump administration’s head of counterterrorism, said the US launched hostilities “due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby”.
Opposition to Aipac has become a vote-winner in some races. In a New York City primary between Democratic incumbent congress member Dan Gold- man and former city comptroller Brad Lander — both Jewish candidates who identified as “liberal Zionists” and were aligned on most issues — Lander’s weap- onisation of Goldman’s ties to the group, which endorsed him in the race, helped togive him an unassailable edge.
“I really do think candidates that take money from Wall Street, and crypto, and AI and Aipac — voters have had it with that,” Lander, who has described Israel’s campaign in Gaza as a genocide and has called for a halt to US military aid to the country, told WNYC radio after his victory.
Having raised over $47mn this cycle, Aipac is one of America’s best-funded political organisations, Its associated Super Pac United Democracy Project is backed by billionaires such as Paul Singer of Elliott Management and Marc Rowan, chief executive of Apollo Global Management, and reported $80.3mn in
financial firepower as of June 30. But public perceptions of the organisation are negative. Matt Bennett, co-founder of Third Way, a Democratic think-tank, said Aipac has only itself to blame for the opprobrium. “They’ve made some very, very bad strategic decisions,” he said. “And all of that combined has led to just a real toxicity.”
Attitudes to Israel have changed since Aipac was established in the mid-1950s. In its early days, the core of its support was on the left. “The more liberal an American politician was, the more pro- Israel they were,” said Doug Rossinow, a history professor at Metro State Univer- sity in St Paul, Minnesota, and an expert on American Zionism.
“In the shadow of the Holocaust, being pro-Israel was a way for people to be pro-Jewish, to help salvage and expand a sense of Jewish safety, empow- erment and endurance,” he said. “That was a pretty easy call for a lot of Ameri- cans but particularly libcrals who felt the most outrage over what had hap- pened tothe Jews.”
This sympathy began to ebbas Israel’s governments moved to the right and Aipac offered near-unconditional
support for the increasingly hardline policies of Israeli governments towards the Palestinian people.
The strain deepened as Benjamin Netanyahu began to dominate Israeli politics, first as leader of the Likud party, then as prime minister. His noisy campaign against US President Barack Obama's 2015 nuclear deal with Iran opened up a schism between Israel and Aipac, and the Democratic Party that has only widened in recent years.
Criticism of the lobby group has intensified as its campaign spending has ballooned, particularly after it created UDP in early 2022. Super Pacs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections and the UDP poured $26mn into the 2022 electoral cycle, often against Democrats sus- pected of insufficient loyalty to Israel.
Hostility towards Aipac has increased since Hamas’s attack on Israel on Octo- ber 7 2023 and Israel’s ensuing war in Gaza, which has led to the deaths of more than 70,000 Palestinians, as well as Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and its role in the war on Iran.
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no longer in Congress because I did not bow in obedience to Aipac and the Zion- ists that literally fully control Washing- ton DC,” the former Georgia Congress member Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Tucker Carlson’s podcast in April.
For many in the Jewish community, such sentiments veer into antisemitic tropes of a Jewish cabal secretly control- ling governments, finance and the media, with some warning that the vili- fication of Aipac has gone too far.
Aipac rejects accusations that it is a mouthpiece for Netanyahu. “That’s not what we do,” said Deryn Sousa, a spokes- person. “We are an American organisa- tion, and our mission is to advance American policy that strengthens and expands the US-Israel relationship.”
She added: “Nearly 7mn Americans, of all ages, faiths and partisan affilia- tions, are members of Aipac because they want to strengthen the bipartisan support for the US-Israel alliance.”
But the organisation’s efforts to shape elections are provoking increasing opposition. Earlier this year the UDP spent $2.3mn trying to defeat Tom Malinowski, a former US representative from New Jersey, who was seeking another term and who had been mildly critical of Israel. In the end Malinowski lost the primary, but so did Aipac- backed candidates. Instead the contest was won by Analilia Mejia, a progressive who has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
Aipac’s Sousa countered that so far in this electoral cycle, 188 candidates endorsed by the organisation have won, “and our community has helped defeat 14 anti-Israel candidates”.
But like other lobby groups, Aipac is vulnerable to growing scepticism about the role big money interest groups play in US election campaigns.
The Lander-Goldman primary in New York City “was areferendum on big money in politics”, said Basil Smikle, a professor at Columbia University’s pro- fessional studics school and a former executive director of the New York state Democratic Party. “It’s not just .. . pro- Israel dollars, but it was also crypto dol- lars, Al dollars. And there was a huge pushback against that.”
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@ ‘Egregious stake sale plan ditched @ Regional bodies demand review
JOSH NOBLE AND SAMUEL AGINI
Gianni Infantino’s future as president of
football’s global governing body is in serious doubt after he pulled the plug on a divisive plan to spin out a new com- mercial entity from Fifa and sell a stake to investors.
Infantino, who has led the Swiss- based non-profit for a decade, announced he was ditching the invest- ment scheme late on Friday night, say- ing it had “created divisions” within football that had undermined the plan’s objectives.
That climbdown came after days of intense criticism, with 55 European
“The proposal has gone. The task of rebuilding trust has only just begun’ Uefa
countries vowing to boycott all Fifa competitions until the plan was dropped. But while the U-turn may take some of the heat out of the situation, it has left Infantino under pressure. “He has to leave. Enough is enough,” said a senior football official.
European football’s governing body, Uefa, said on Saturday it had “lost confi- dence” in the current Fifa leadership, adding: “We must identify those respon- sible and hold them to account.”
It accused those behind the plan of trying to force through a “shabby, back room, opaque deal” and welcomed its demise. “This is a victory for the whole game, But it must not be the end of the story,” Uefa said. “The proposal has gone. The task of rebuilding trust in Fifa has only just begun.”
England’s football association called
for a “full and robust review of Fifa’s leadership and governance”.
Concacaf, which runs the game in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, said on Saturday that the investment plan was a “unilateral and egregious act of poor governance and leadership” that followed a “pattern of mis-steps and similar behaviour”.
“A full review of this leadership must now take place,” it said, adding that the game belongs “in the hands of football, nota single individual”.
On Friday, Infantino insisted that he intended to stay put. “Moving forward, my intent is to bring all interested par- ties back together in the coming days and weeks in the spirit ofshared interest in our game,” he said.
Some expect him to battle through to next year’s presidential election, in which until recently he was widely expected to be unopposed. During the World Cup, his candidacy was endorsed by the majority of Fifa’s 211 members. “He will probably cling on as long as pos- sible, hoping hecan ride it out,” said one former Fifa official. “A lack of unified opposition will play in his favour.”
Infantino will rely on his record to support his case. During his decade in charge, Fifa has increased annual pay- ments to members from $250,000 to $2mn, helping him to build a broad base of support, especially among smaller nations. The football confederations representing Africa, South America and Oceania did not express any objections to the commercial spinout, merely say- ing they would study the proposals with their members.
Victor Montagliani, president of Con- cacaf, has been tipped asa possible con- tender who could challenge Infantino in the upcoming election. The deadline for candidates to declare is in November.
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IN THE MATTER OF OCTAVE INTELLIGENCE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2014
AND IN THE MATTER OF A PROPOSED REDUCTION OF CAPITAL PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 84 TO 86 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 2014
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Order of the High Court of Ireland (the “Court”) made on 23 July 2026 (the “Order"™) confirming a special resolution passed on 27 April 2026 by the members of Octave Intelhgence Public Limited Company (the “Company”) entitled to receive notice of, attend and vote at general meetings of the Company, approving the reduction of the company capital of the Company by the cancellation of an amount standing to the Company's share premium account as at 26 June 2026, being a sum of US3$6,000,000,000, in accordance with Article 59 of the Company's Memorandum and Articles of Association, together with the minute appzoved by the Court was registered by the Registrar of Companies on 24 July 2026. This notice is given in compliance with the Order,
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Unhedged Bond markets let new Fed chief Warsh know silence is definitely not golden
| Warsh’s hold is an outlier
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HAKYUNG KIM — NEW YORK
The bond markets were unhappy with Federal Reserve chair Kevin
Warsh’s press conference on Wednes- day following the central bank's deci- sionto keep rates steady.
The Treasury yield curve steep- ened, meaning the difference between short-term and long-term borrowing costs increased. It was a
“bear steepener” — the two-year yield fell as the odds of a rate increase for the rest of the year declined, while the 30-year yield jumped to 5.2 per cent, the highest level since 2007.
This steepening, and its magnitude,
is an unusual reaction following a “hold” decision. The only other simi- lar instance followed the November 2010 meeting, when the Fed rolled out its second round of quantitative easing.
It suggests investors have lost some confidence in the ability of Warsh’s Fed to rein in inflation. Though there was a higher than usual degree of
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uncertainty over the central bank’s decision beforehand, on balance investors had expected rates to stay unchanged.
The bond market’s jitters came from Warsh’s press conference, where he all but refused to explain the Fed’s decision to do nothing, despite per- sistently above-target inflation. Ryan Wong of HSBC says the market is add- ing a “credibility premium”.
While a quieter central bank is not historically unprecedented — neither Paul Volcker nor Alan Greenspan were big talkers — the lack of guidance has left room for traders to imagine the worst.
Al-led deluge forces Apple to limit bug hunt reports
TOM WILSON — LONDON MICHAEL ACTON — SAN FRANCISCO
Apple has restricted the number of potentially dangerous software bugs researchers can submit to its internal security team, as it faces a deluge of reports from people using Al models to identify alleged risks.
The Cupertino-based tech giant told the FT it had moved in June to limit the high volume of requests it was receiving, with its review system coming under pressure from “AI slop” reports that can hallucinate security risks in its software.
Apple is grappling with an industry- wide phenomenon that has resulted in generative AI software tools transform- ing the cyber security arms race, with an increase in the detection of real security flaws and a wave of poor-quality sub- missions from amateur bug hunters using AI, the company said.
The change in Apple’s approach was highlighted by Italian cyber security start-up Bynario, which told the FT it had used OpenAl’s ChatGPT to identify more than 50 bugs in the latest version ofthe MacBook operating system in just three weeks.
Among them was one of the most seri- ous types of vulnerability, a so-called privilege escalation exploit chain, which could allow an attacker to seize full control of an Apple computer by gaining unrestricted access to the system.
However, the start-up said it was una- ble to alert Apple to the vulnerability because the tech giant had limited the number of bug reports it could make.
“It is a difficult time in the industry,” Bynario chief executive and co-founder Alfredo Pesoli said. “Maintainers and vendors have been flooded by the sheer amount of bugs [being found].”
Apple told the FT that it was now in contact with Bynario and reviewing its submissions. The company has intro- duced a cap anda 30-day cool-off period on submissions through its internal security portal, requiring users to sub- mit requests for an increased quota.
“With the growing volume of AI- generated security submissions across the industry, we recently adjusted the number of new reports a researcher can have open at once,” Apple said.
Apple last year introduced a bug bounty award mechanism that could pay out as much as $5mn for identifying the most serious and sophisticated cate- gory of threats to its software.
Additional reporting by Stephen Morris
New Jersey becomes first state
to stop their deployment
partly on fears of surveillance
GREGORY MEYER — NEWARK
The spread of electronic price displays on grocery store shelves is encountering resistance in the US, fuelled by public anger over rising food prices and the fear of lost retail jobs.
Electronic shelf labels are displays that show products, quantities and prices inside stores. Retailers say they are an innocuous tool to save countless hours spent replacing paper labels when prices change.
Their opponents charge they are insidious, threatening to bring the kind of dynamic pricing common at airlines or ride-hailing services to grocery stores, or even spy on customers.
New Jersey, with 9.5mn people, became the first slate Lo puta halt to the labels this week when governor Mikie Sherrill signed a bill that bans “surveil- lance pricing”, or the usc of personal data to charge different prices to differ- ent people based on their perceived will- ingness to pay.
The legislation also pauses new instal- lations of electronic shelf labels for a year.
“Surveillance pricing weaponises your data against you,” Sherrill, a Demo- crat, said at a ceremony at a neighbour- hood grocery in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city.
A powerful backer of the bill was the United Food & Commercial Workers trade union, which represents 100,000 workers and retirees in the state and endorsed Sherrill’s campaign for
Retail. Customer attitudes
US digital store labels meet resistance over misuse
governor last year. Union officials’ pres- ence at the bill signing underlined another impetus for the legislation: that electronic shelf labels threaten to shrink supermarket payrolls.
Ademola Oyefeso, a vice-president at the union, invoked his elderly mother.
“The moratorium on electronic shelf labels does two things. It protects her from having to decide what hour she needs to go shopping because they might change it in the hour,” he said. “And it also protects good union jobs.”
New Jersey’s Fair Price Protection Act comes as inflation erodes consumers’ spending power and affordability rises up the political agenda.
Grocers are also in a bind, with their sales unit volumes down 2 per cent year on year as consumers retrench in the face of higher food and petrol prices and federal cuts to nutrition subsidies for poor people, consultancy Bain said.
Albertsons, one of the largest US supermarket chains, this week cited pressure on low-income cousuimers, soft grocery sales volumes and the “poten- tial for additional affordability pressure from supplicr cost increases” as it slashed its sales and profit outlook, a move that drove its shares down more than 20 per cent.
Supermarket workers’ unions are try- ing to protect jobs as retail behemoths such as Walmart, Costco and Amazon encroach on theiremployers’ turf.
Burt Flickinger of Strategic Resource Group, a retail consultant who has worked on assignments for grocery chains and labour unions, said it costs up to $400,000 for a typical grocery store to install electronic shelf labels, but the investment can pay off within two years as less labour is needed.
Employees would be reassigned at
unionised stores, but headcount would eventually decline through attrition, with negative implications for the finances of union-hacked pension schemes, Flickinger said.
He called dynamic pricing a “red her- ring and anon-factor” because “none of the grocers would ever get away with it” and want to protect their reputations.
The shelf labels’ biggest vendor is retail tech company Vusion of France, which says 650mn of its electronic labels are deployed in 62 countries at retailers including Carrefour in France and the Co-operative Group in the UK.
The labels lack cameras, sensors or computing power needed to adjust prices based on the identity of a shopper walking astore aisle, Jessica Vittorio, a Vusion senior vice-president, testified before a New Jersey legislative commit- tee hearing in May.
“There are functional and technical design realities that make the narrative
Walmart plans to have electronic labels installed in every US store
about how this technology is being used, and the nefarious things that it’s going to do to consumers, wholly outside the realm of reality,” she said.
Walmart, the largest US retailer, plans to have electronic labels installed in every store by the end of the year, and all 62 of its stores in New Jersey already use them. The labels also have lights to show workers where to restock low invento- ries or find items to pick for online shop- pers, managers said at a demonstration ofthe technology last month.
Walmart executives have said they only change prices when stores are closed and have neither the desire nor the means to charge different customers different prices.
“We want to be consistent. We want to build trust with our customers. We're proud of our prices,” said Kieran Shana- han, who recently stepped down as chief operating officer of Walmart US.
The UFCW said it endorsed legislation to restrict electronic labels in a dozen slates this year, bul only New Jersey’s has passed to date.
Sherrill said the moratorium would be used to study the potential cffcects of the technology.
“These electronic shelf labels allow grocery store owners or others to change prices with a couple of key- strokes. And the concern here is to make sure we have rules in place so they do not utilise surveillance pricing,” she said.
John Holub, president of the New Jersey Retail Merchants Association, derided the moratorium.
“We're going to waste everybody’s time and do a study, which I can say right now should tell you that an ESL is an electronic sign and nothing more than an electronic sign,” he said.
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Top law firms battle to win superstar litigators
US megafirm Gibson Dunn entices Wachtell partners to jump ship amid an increasingly fierce competition for talent
SUJEET INDAP, KAYE WIGGINS AND OLIVER BARNES — NEW YORK
As he returned to New York this spring, fresh from helping OpenAI defeat Elon Muskin California federal court, US liti- gation royalty Bill Savitt received a call froma crosstown rival al the firm of Gib- son, Dunn & Crutcher.
Orin Snyder, himself regarded as one of the country’s best trial lawyers, invited Savitt for coffee at Nougatine, an upscale eatery next to Central Park.
Once there, Snyder floated an incon- ceivable idea: would Savitt leave his longtime home at New York’s most pres- tigious law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to join Gibson Dunn, now a global megafirm with 2,200 lawyers and annual revenue approaching $5bhn.
It was audacious because for decades Wachtell, ranked as the US’s most prof- itable law firm per partner, had been a place where lawyers stayed from cradle to grave. Just a few years ago, “the idea that a co-chair of Wachtell would leave for another law firm was unfathoma- ble”, the head of another large law firm said.
But the long-shot sales pitch worked. Last week, Gibson Dunn announced that Savitt would join the firm, bringing five Wachtell partners with him in a move that kneecaps Wachtell’s prized Delaware corporate litigation business.
Savitt’s move is notable even in an industry gripped by a transfer-market frenzy in recent years, where superstars are offered pay packages in excess of $20mn a year tojump ship.
Such moves have largely applied to top M&A and private equity lawyers, who produce a large and growing fee pool that is more predictable than litiga- tion work. Savitt’s move is the clearest sign yet of how far-reaching the talent battle has become, spreading to litiga- tors and law firm leaders.
Gibson Dunn is one of several firms now hunting top litigators from compet- itors. Quinn Emanuel, the litigation heavyweight, is also stepping up its efforts. “We have intensified our recruitment efforts for top lateral
Court appearance: Bill Savitt pictured after helping OpenAl defeat Elon Musk in California
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partners across the globe,” Quinn Emanuel’s co-managing partner Michael Carlinsky told the FT.
Savitt’s speciality lies in defending Fortune 500 boards and handling dis- putes that come out of M&A and share- holder activism — a role that is highly valuable at Wachtell because it supports the firm’s top-ranked deals practice.
He has won high status in the legal community in Delaware, where most US companies are incorporated. Savitt and Wachtell had even been advising the state’s governor Matt Meyer on how to prevent companies from moving their domiciles to Texas and other states, a shift that is upending the world of US business law.
Gibson Dunn has been on the other side of that battle, however: it helped ExxonMobil move its incorporation to the Lone Star State, in one of the most significant corporate governance devel- opments of Lhe year.
At Wachtell, Savitt is well known for having defeated Musk in two different blockbuster lawsuits. But Gibson Dunn counts the billionaire entrepreneur as a prized client and some insiders have wondered whether hiring Savitt might complicate that relationship.
The firm insisted that there was more than enough work to keep both new- comers and veterans occupied, although the drivers might be different.
The Gibson Dunn deals franchise is
smaller than the Wachtell advisory machine, a key engine of Savitt’s work. But Wachtell, with its roster of fewer than 300 lawyers and its disproportion- ate focus on M&A, often had to refer cli- euls to rivals when it lacked the in- house capability. That is unlikely to be an issue at thesprawling Gibson Dunn. Among the others from Wachtell who have joined Savitt are three close col- leagues who specialise in Delaware law. Also joining are two Wachtell lateral partners whom Savitt had recruited, Sarah Eddy and Randall Jackson. Another Wachtell partner, Nathaniel Cullerton, was set to join Gibson Dunn in the same transfer. However, after a viral social media video showed him
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Andy Nussbaum, who co-led Wachtell’s executive comunittee with Savitt, and Marty Lipton, its 95-year-old co-founder, addressed the firm’s law- yers on Tuesday and put on a brave face about its future prospects.
Wachtell is rare in having clung on to most of its longstanding management practices through a period of industry upheaval in recent years. Most notably, it held on to a lockstep pay system in which lawyers are paid based on senior- ity rather than success — a model many large law firms abandoned in order to free up large sums for star hires.
However, the firm has recently made moves to allocate some dollars away from litigators and towards dealmakers, a historic shift for a conservative institu- tion and one that has upset some Wachtell litigators. The Savitt group felt Wachtell’s M&A lawyers failed to appre- ciate the contribution of the litigation side of the firm, according to people familiar with their thinking.
Wachtel! is now down to fewer than 20 litigation partners and, while it retains some high-profile cases, includ- ing a corruption investigation for the National Basketball Association, it is unclear how it will market its Delaware law expertise.
Savitt recruited the respected Dela- ware jurist Leo Strine in 2020 as a senior adviser to clients, and Strine did not join the group going Lo Gibson Dunn. He is expected to remain at Wachtell for the long term, a person familiar with the matter said.
But without Savitt and the other Gib- son Dunn departees, the core of the firm’s Delaware practice is gone.
As a young lawyer, Savitt briefly absconded from Wachtell to join David Boies’ firm Boies Schiller & Flexner. He quickly returned, and completed a 25- year run. Neither side expects his move tohe so shartlived this time around.
Brussels requires labelling of AI and bots
BARBARA MOENS — BRUSSELS
European companies have been racing to label chatbots, deepfakes and Al-generated marketing material as Brussels prepares to enforce the first consumer-facing obligations under its landmark Al act.
Online retailers, travel groups and advertising agencies have been among the businesses overhauling websites and customer service systems before new transparency rules were due to take effect yesterday.
The rules require companies to tell customers when they are interacting with AI systems and to identify AI- generated images, audio and video. The deadline also marks the point when the European Commission can begin imposing fines on companies that fail to comply with the act.
“This will be a cookie banner moment for AT,” said Patrick Van Fecke, a lawyer at Cooley, referring to the cookie notices that became ubiquitous under Europe’s privacy regime. “Until now, the AI act has largely been abstract. Now, every- one will actually start seeing labels telling them certain content was gener- ated by AI.”
The deadline is an early test of whether Brussels can make AI more transparent for consumers without slowing the adoption of a technology that EU leaders say is essential to Europe’scompetitiveness.
Commission president Ursula von der Leyen wants businesses to adopt AI more rapidly to prevent the bloc from falling further behind the US and China in the global AI race.
As part of this push, Brussels has unveiled plans for AI gigafactories, increased investment in computing infrastructure and promised to cul red tape to boost competitiveness and decrease reliance on US tech providers.
But many companies arguc the bloc is simultaneously asking businesses to deploy AI faster while complying with new rules that remain difficult to inter- pret. The Commission published its guidance only weeks before the new rules started to apply, leaving compa- nies with little time to adapt.
Berlin-based online retailer Zalando, which uses Al to generate or enhance about 90 per cent of its marketing mate- rial, said the Commission’s guidelines added “another unnecessary layer of regulation”.
The company added: “The newly introduced guidelines do not bring the clarity we would have wished for.”
It added that the Commission’s guid- ance risked fragmenting implementa- tion because different businesses might interpret the rules differently.
Retail lobby group EuroCommerce has also warned against “indiscriminate labelling” that could create dispropor- tionate compliance costs while confus- ing consumers.
The new labels are intended to make consumers more aware when they are interacting with Al-generated material.
But lobby group CCIA Europe, whose members include large US tech compa- nies, warned the guidelines defined deepfakes so broadly that almost any- thing Al-generated needed a label. “Treat every image and content the same way and the label stops meaning anything,” it added.
‘The public deserve to know what they re dealing with, what Al can do and what risks come with it
CCIA’s AI policy lead Boniface de Champris said the “burdensome requirements and questionable inter- pretations” were a “recipe for compli- ance paralysis, not for innovation”.
But the EU’s tech chief Henna Virkkunen has argued that the new rules are important in ensuring Al content, agents and chatbots are “more transparent and trustworthy” for consumers.
“These are systems being inserted into millions of people’s lives and liveli- hoods, often by a handful of big corpora- tions, and the public deserve to know what they’re dealing with, what AI can
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do and what risks come with it,” said Risto Uuk, head of EU policy and research at the Future of Life Institute, which has lobbied for stricter protec- tions for high-risk Al systems.
Commission officials also insist the guidelines contain several exemptions designed to avoid “labelling fatigue”, including for standard photo editing.
The ideathat even “the smallest mod- ifications through AI would require excessive labelling is misplaced”, said one Commission official, noting that the guidance has been changed to make it more proportionate after consultations with industry.
“The guidelines have really sought to take a most practical approach to this so that we do not end up with a transpar- ency obligation thatis meaningless.”
Booking.com, an online travel com- pany, said customers increasingly expected to know whether they were talking to an AT assistant or a human agent, making transparency good business as well as aregulatory require- ment.
“We've seen that objectively being transparent about the fact that you're talking to an Al leads to better customer service outcomes at the end of that issue,” said Pranav Pathak, director of product, Al at Booking.com.
But while Booking.com is supportive of the Al act in general, the company said it wanted more clarity from the Commission on how to translate the leg- islation into its products. “We need to understand in plain and simple terms what the regulation allows [our engi- neers] to do and what it doesn’t.”
The EU’s transparency rules are only one part of the AI act's gradual rollout, which entered into force in August 2024. Yesterday, the Commission also gained new legal powers lo inspect general-purpose AI models that pose “systemic risks”.
If in breach, tech companics can be fined up to 3 per cent of their total worldwide annual turnover in the preceding financial year, or €15mn ($17.3mn), whichever is higher.
However, under pressure from the tech industry and some EU countries, the Commission has already postponed the start date for the requirements for so-called high-risk systems until December 2027.
“The issue is not so much that the legislation is onerous, but that it is unpredictable and keeps on changing. Businesses don’t like that,” said one law- yer advising clients on the legislation. Additional reporting by Paola Tamma
Monday 3 August 2026
Insurance
COMPANIES & MARKETS
Walter companies paid rating agency $8mn
Billionaire’s life firms used small group at heart of private credit concerns
LEE HARRIS — LONDON
Insurers investigated by US prosecutors over their private credit investments paid millions of dollars to a tiny credit rating agency at the heart of concerns about the industry’s growing conflicts of interest.
Delaware Life and Clear Spring, two insurers majority owned by the billion-
aire investor Mark Walter, have together paid $8mn to Egan-Jones since
2024, according to filings reviewed by the FT. Walter, who owns the LA Dod-
gers and LA Lakers and has a stake in Chelsea FC, has faced a wide-ranging probe into the private credit holdings of insurers he controls through his invest- ment firm TWG Global.
Concerns have been mounting that some private investment groups which acquired life insurers over the past dec- ade could be loading the insurers with risky debt, in some cases linked to other parts of their empire.
The insurers controlled by Walter reclassified billions of dollars in private
credit holdings after probes by US pros- ecutors and the Securities and Exchange
Commission, resulting in Delaware Life’s affiliated assets jumping from 3 per cent of its portfolio to 42 per cent.
A large portion of Delaware Life’s affil- iated investments were rated by the small rating provider Egan-Jones, according to a person close to the insurer, even as other insurers have sought to distance themselves from Egan-Jones due to questions over the quality of its marks.
Egan-Jones has come under particu- lar scrutiny for its role in supporting the rapid growth of private credit, with about 20 analysts churning out thou- sands of ratings. Some oversight bodies have suggested that insurers may have
shopped for more lenient ratings to cut the capital they need to back riskier assets. Of just four US life insurers that disclosed fees paid to Egan-Jones for rat- ing services in 2025, according to S&P Global Data, three were linked to Wal- ter: Delaware Life, Clear Spring, and EquiTrust.
The insurers disclosed payments to Egan-Jones because they exceeded 25 per cent of their total payments to trade associations, service associations and statistical or rating bureaus during the year. EquiTrust, which paid about $imn to Egan-Jones last year, was previ- ously owned by Guggenheim Partners, where Walter serves as chief executive.
In 2015, Guggenheim sold a majority stake in EquiTrust to basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson, who decades ago played on the Lakers team Walter now owns.
Walter later sat on the board of EquiTrust, which is now owned by Amistad Financial Group.
“The payments were made in the ordinary course of business for valid ratings services provided. It is not unu- sual for an investor to engage a rating agency, Egan-Jones said.
Delaware Life, Clear Spring, TWG and Walter declined to comment through spokespeople. EquiTrust did not respond to a request for comment.
WillJuly’s US employment data prompt a rethink on rates?
Investors will be paying particularly close attention to US employment data on Friday, amid expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates to contain inflation sparked by Presi- dent Donald Trump’s war in Iran.
The Fed kept rates unchanged at its meeting on Wednesday. The decision was expected but chair Kevin Warsh, in his first post-meeting press conference since taking up the job, left many mar- ket participants frustrated by his stripped-back approach to communica- tion anda lack of forward guidance.
It prompted a jump in US borrowing costs and market volatility, and leaves investors more attentive than ever to signals from economic indicators.
Economists polled by Bloomberg expect that about 90,000 non farm jobs will have been added to US payrolls in July, continuing the slow pace of growth registered in June and strengthening the case for holding off on rate rises.
A soft employment figure, combined with the strong likelihood of downward revisions of previous data, should “further refute the narrative that the labour market is retightening and could itself be a source of inflationary pres- sure”, Citi economist Veronica Clark wrote to clients.
A cooling labour market, she added, clears the path for Fed officials to focus on inflation data when making rate decisions.
Clark expects the unemployment rate to rebound to 4.3 per cent in July. But uncertainty persists over rates of partic- ipation in the workforce, due to its changing demographics following Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The labour pool is expected to expand later this year when workers, especially young women who are caregivers, return to the workforce as the school year starts, eventually pushing unem- ployment above 4.5 per cent, Clark said. Michelle Chan
Is China’s trade surplus peaking?
China releases trade figures for July on Friday, offering further evidence as to whether the country’s enormous trade surplus will continue to narrow. Economists at ING expect imports to continue to grow faster than exports, with imports up 33.6 per cent from a year earlier and exports rising 28.1 per cent. That would be a continuation of the trend from June, when imports rose
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36 per cent and exports rose 27 per cent froma year earlier.
The surge in both values has been driven by huge global investment in AI, which is boosting demand for Chinese electrical components such as printed circuit boards and optical transceivers. It has also raised costs for goods suchas memory chips, which China imports heavily.
Economists such as Adam Wolfe at Absolute Strategy Research have recently argued that China’s trade sur- plus has peaked.
For the first six months of this year it was $576bn, below the $583bn recorded inthe first half of 2025, according to Chi- nese customs data.
But the point is hotly debated. One reason for the narrowing has been a surge in Chinese imports of gold this year, according to Brad Setser, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Rela- tions. He notes that, when gold imports are excluded, China’s trade surplus grew by $80bnin the first half of this year.
Analysts say any sustainable change in the trade balance will depend on
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whether Beijing takes more substantial sleps Lo support Lhe domestic economy. Weak domestic demand has pushed down prices and led businesses to seek out overseas markets, boosting exports and reducing imports.
A soft jobs figure should ‘further
On Thursday, senior officials said refute the Beijing would speed up spending in the . second half of the year to support Narrative domestic demand. William Sandlund that the Does the FTSE rally have labour further to run? ket j The FTSE 100 index hit a string of eae m a record highs last week as investors retightening sought havens at the end of a month and could marked by a heavy sell-off in tech. stocks. itself bea
The UK blue-chip index has little tech source of exposure. Its heavy weighting to fossil 7 fuels and financials also helped, given inflationar y rising European interest rates and a pressure’
renewed surge in oil prices due to a revival of hostilities in the Iran war.
But with energy prices seesawing on alternating reports of strikes and talks between the US and Iran, and as tech stocks rallied late in the week, some
investors and analysts are sceptical about how long the FTSE’s rally can continue.
“It’s not really people buying into any UK domestic narrative, it’s very much an index composition thing that helps or doesn’t help,” said Emmanuel Cau, head of European equity strategy at Barclays. “Right now [the FTSE 100] has the right sector mix to attract flows and interest given the lack of tech and the oil exposure.”
Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro research at ING, described the rally as “slightly counterintuitive”, with the Iran war still going on and the European economy “still flirting with stagnation”.
But Roland Kaloyan, head of Euro- pean equity strategy at Société Géné- rale, said the index would continue to benefit from its heavy weighting to com- modities and financials and its low exposure to consumer discretionary sectors such ascars and luxury goods.
“The FTSE 100 was one of our preferred markets heading into 2026 and remains one of our positive calls,” he added. Ramsay Hodgson
Airlines
Air France- KLM targets passengers of rival easyJet
PETER CAMPBELL
Air France-KLM aims to capitalise on turmoil from an expected £5.7bn take- over of easyJet to seize back passengers who have fled to the budget airline.
EasyJet had poached customers from both Air France and KLM, forcing the Franco-Dutch group to revamp its low- cost offering, its chief executive Ben Smith said.
With an offer for easyJet expected imminently — and likely to drag on for months — Smith is confident Air France-KLM can reclaim some passen- gers who have switched to the British carrier over the years.
“For sure [we will win them back] now that we have a product that can compete and with the lower cost,” Smith told the FT. “These are customers we've lost because of the attractiveness of their product.”
He said easyJet gave Air France-KLM “a headache .. . theyarea very wellrun carrier and they have been able to create a niche for themselves, which is quite impressive’.
US private equity group Apollo and private credit group Castlelake are both weighing final offers for easyJet. Last month the airline said it favoured Apollo's proposal for a £5.7bn takeover offer at £7.15 a share over Castlelake’s most recent £6.90 a share offer worth £5.5bn.
Under UK takeover rules, Castlelake has until 5pm today to submit a final
‘For sure [we will win them back] now that we have a product that can compete and with the lower cost’
offer, while Apollo has until Friday. After Apollo’s surprise entry into the deal last month, Castlelake said it was considering its options.
If either company is successful, the sales process will stretch into next year. Once acquired, easyJet is likely to be overhauled by its new owners, giving rivals an opportunity to woo its passen- gers.
Although it started as a low-cost oper- ator, with the ambition of making flying as cheap as buying “a pair of jeans”, easyJet has moved into higher-cost primary airports in recent years.
While this has meant higher ticket prices, it pits the airline squarely against legacy carriers that have higher cost bases.
Smith said easyJet had “relatively large positions” at key airports such as Paris Charles de Gaulle, compared with rivals such as Ryanair that only use second-tier airports farther from city centres.
EasyJet also “introduced some very premium business-friendly types of attributes such as boarding fast, having [bookable] front-row seats, free bag- gage, [and] at Gatwick they have the lounge, so they’ve been quite innovative on this”, he added.
Transavia, Air France-KLM’s budget airline, had “modelled a lot of the prod- uct offering around what easyJet has been able to do”, Smith said.
His company has extended its “Flying Blue” loyalty programme to Transavia, and launched new services from Paris's lower-cost Orly airport.
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Date Rate Current Since last Energy Price Change Agricultere Price Change Jul 31 Day Chg Prev 52wk high 52 wk low Price indives Days Total Murithi Yuut US Fed Funds 3.50-3.75 29-04-2006 3503.75 Brent Crude 89.94 050 Com 440.25 550 Vix 17.37 0.28 17.09 35 30 13.99 Fixed Coupon Jul 31 chg % Retum Return Return Yield US Prime 6.75 29-04-2026 6.75 - 2 VXD 14.91 0.53 14.38 4271 243° Up to5 Years 84.90 0.05 2652.52 0.23 0.90 444 US Discount 3.75 29-04-2026 3.75 Natural tas 202 04 | Wheat 199.75 125 pax 112 085 18.12 35.58 393 0 : : : 7 Euro Repa 1925 01-09-2025 2.40 Light Crude Oil 84.46 037 | Rapeseed 490.00 3.25 vinta ee ee 489 UK Repe 3.75 30 04 2026 3.75 BONDS: BENCHMARK GOVERNMENT 10 15 Years 142.46 0.21 3726.42 2.10 2.04 6.33 O'nicht Call 075 72-01-2006 059 3-5 Fuel Oil 465.33 0.99 Sunflower Seed 10210.00 24.00 ; , Ae | nig : | O1- me ; Red Bid Bid Daily Wkly Mnthly Year 5-15 Years 142.01 0.17 3463.26 1.60 1.13 5.07 witzerland Libor Target 0.25 21-03-2025 0.50 Euro Naphtha Oil 741.43 -227 oybeans 7T75 0.50 Date Coupon Price Yield yieldchg yieldchg yeld chg yield chg Over 15 Years 164.85 07 9290.30 347 513 5.69 Soybeans Meal 317.10 -3.00 ‘ j : Base Metals Australia 06/54 4.75 89.70 5.47 -).07 0.09 021 0.23 All stocks 175.51 0.15 3131.70 -1.52 -1.44 5.30 INTEREST RATES: MARKET Numinium yeas S00 | CocoafiCE Life) 3810.00 92.00 0477 = 475—s«100.12—i—‘<C ST iisiiNDsSs«1:20 Over Change One Three Six One , = Austria 02/33 2.88 98.22 3.2) 0.00 0.03 0.31 0.33 , Jul 31 night Day Weet Month Month — Morth = Year Copper 13793.50 959 | Cocoa QCEUS) 5.0 = 1053 «2313 4«= 689k (isi (tii Days Month Years Total ~Reurn Return SOFR afeo on noi aA6h | «A7MR| OANA 1879.00 1750 | Galfer (Robusta) 3898.00 1790 Belgium 06/4 325 8061 453 005 004 025 0.25 Indexlinked Ai3!__ig% __chg%ehg__fetum_1Month_1 Yer EURIBCR 2.206 681 : Coffee (Arabica) 398 45 5 40 Canada 06/27 00 98.74 2.82 0.00 0.00 003 -0.18 Upto5 Years 367.07 0.10 -0.19 164 3150.50 013 2.45 ¥ 22060 2472 2681 2888 Nickel 1725.00 -20.00 | . 1285 275 7780 393 000 003 013 0.15 Over5 Years 46349 037 232 308 362770 22% «© 2.66 ESIH 21% wOW U.UUN 2189 «2.305 2432) 2602 Tin 5531.00 2205 |) See = 170 Denutiank 1733 2.25 95.73 2.87 007 80.01 030 029 5.15 Years 45495 023 -1.01 046 381544 -092 1.01 x ny 11/39 4.50 113.98 3.19 0.03 0.01 0.31 0.26 ' a ; Lotton 19.83 vez 973 (3.00 9022 «ae ne ome re we 46:49 032 -193 -218 368893 -183 -1.68 NIA 3741 0.000 0.000 3.742 3.814 3.958 4185 Precious Metals aa ; ; Orange Juice 149.20 390 France 05/54 3.00 73.70 471 0.05 0.05 0.30 0.27 Rates are fixed at 11am UK time Gold 4044.63 66.04 - 11/33 3.50 99.01 3.65 0.06 0.02 O51 -0.49 msc aa so || ee 4019.12 5823 Germany 08/93«S «26097-20308 Ss 0S,s—(isisi—iéiBsC BONDS: TEN YEAR GOVT SPREADS vial d “T° | Live Cattle 237.85 0.63 08/53 «1.75 ~=Sfs«BOAC(ti«]StiC«iSsC(ts«éiSSs«éi2s«C20—‘ie ld Indices Jul 31 Jul 30 Yr Ago = —=— a ae : 2 = Platinum 1643.19 “3.51 Feeder Cattle 347 48 1.00 Greece 06/28 5.88 101.72 2.91 0.04 0.15 029 O47 5Yrs 4.60 4.5/ 4.26 i rea rea i rea rea oe $ : 4 5 c pi p p p Palladium 198? 96 2097 . 133 4.25 103.59 3.65 0.03 0.55 0.37 0.37 10 Yrs 509 506 459 Yield vsBund vs Bond Yield © vsBund vs Bond Lean Hogs 99.20 0.78 — ireland 1235 B3BO 88228 08703469 ary Sal cal asp Austria 3.35 0.15 4.39 Italy 3.68 0.68 0.96 ron Ore 94.30 “145 | palm Oil (Malaysian) 1127.50 ‘os tal 12/2 2.63 99.71 2.88 004 6003023064 ape ui ine Australia 4.90 1.70 0.16 Japan 280 0.40 $4 Bulk Commodities ld Uo in : — oe aaa nee 9 Netherlands 01/54 2.00 70.52 3.72 0.05 0.05 029 «#0015 4 (45Yrs 45h Aaa am Belgium = 3.64 044 1.10 Netherlands 3.23 0.03 = -151 Battie Dry 2732.00 ggg | eee See RR ee ae tee 0793 «250s 817-—s312,—‘iSSCTSsi«éiBsC : - . Metal Exchange. Com, Wheat, Soybeans: CBOT 2: j ; ; ; ; : Brac 14.81 11.61 13.07 Poland 5.6/7 2.47 0.93 Richarris ICF Futures 193.00 nan Live Cattle, live Fooder, Loan Hage: CME Poland fs 2.75 97.47 4.3) 0.07 0.09 0.36 0.45 China 1.72 -1.48 302 Portugal 345 0.25 -1.29 10/33 6.00 102.84 9.51 0.01 0.01 0.51 0.57 Denmak 3.02 0.18 472 Spain 355 0.36 4.18 Portugal 07/32 630 NBT 315 005 0.01 031 0.37 Real Yield 0% Inflation Ju! 31 Dur Yrs Previous Yr Ago ~ BONDS: GLOBAL INVESTMENT GRADE Spain 1n/S? AR A317 475 ona ons 78 071 r SY TT 998 093 073 France 3.89 0.69 -).85 Sweden 2.91 -0.29 -1.83 : = 10/23 350 101.12 337 0.05 0.02 0.32 0.31 p to5 Years : : ; ; Germany 3.20 0.00 -1.54 UK 56 1.85 0.31 Red Date Coupon BidPrice Bid Yield Daily Weetly Sweden 11/33 “75 96.30 25) 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.14 Over5 Years 230 15.84 233 1.90 eland 3.23 003 48=6-151—sUuS 4.74 1.54 000 USS licen i oe & @ a0 ec ao 1.90 8.85 1.93 1.61 Morgan Stanley 30/01 4.00 98.79 45) 0.07 on ee Kingdom safes . aa a spat a = ps Over 15 Years 247 22. 62 2.49 201 The prices listed ere indicative and believed accurate at the time of publica- —_ {Yational Rural 32/11 402 94.59 527 0.27 0.37 11/53 475 97.01 531 0.06 0.12 0.39 0.48 tion. No offer is made by ICE or the FT. The FT does notwarrant nor guarantee = wactincinn GaslightCo 36/03 5.76 97.97 502 0.00 0.30 : that the information is reliable or complete. The FT does not accept respon- = ‘s ; . GILTS: UK CASH MARKET sibility and will not be liable for any loss arising from the reliance on or use evince ned into a es a nt 08 Jul 31 Price Yield Red Yield Day Week High Low RealYield5% Inflation i! 31 Dur Yrs Previous Yr Ago ice af the information. For further information covtact newspapers@ice.com Oklahome Gas & Elec 28/04 6.5C 102.80 4.58 0.00 0.34 : ; Euro Tr 1.25p¢ 27 97.23 1.29 425 1.00 0.07 97.31 95.29 Upto5 Years 0.55 224 0.57 0.43 Germany 25/08 222 39.32 2.84 1.07 0.99 1r0.875pc "29 89.41 0.98 4.44 0.13 0.09 91.00 987.88 Over 5 Years 227 15.84 2.23 1.88 See FTSE website for more details www. ftse com/oroducts/indices/ailts, 5 4 . . 5-15¥ 1.83 B.85 1.85 1.54 pain 6/10 2.8 33.30 4.13 0.56 043 Tr 7] 44 1.21 4 O07 8101 ears 83 } © 2026 Tradeweb Markets LLC. All rights reserved. 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SO 7onnn 6g = 777) 7M ARS — eS sen en a Pe 06. 0c x a 5 mocariss: tem iE ime ieee cri woe cece RmSSomel RE GN mm, ae RN RN ee TP ICAP Gruup 342.60 355.00 23550 490 13.60 97687 Prudential 1116.00 2U0U 123800 =YU20 «(176.74 BSU3E —Cafiynse 400.00 - 550.00 35000 250 -3.83 - Vanquis Banking Gp 77.30 132.00 77.90 - 2434 783003 Standard Life 923.00 6.50 93200 615.00 6.00 -19597 191546 Qunelm Group 869.50 200 124900 70700 805 11.26 361.92 Halfords Sroup 243.00 700 248.00 12380 3.70 15.99 919.05 | Week Vol 52 Week Vel "2 Week Vo 52 Week Vol Pine 4/- Wk Cho High | rw Vid P/F ine Prine V Chg High nw Vid P/F finn: Pree o/~ Wk Chg High | ow Vid P/F Nn Pore 4/- Wk (Chg High | roar Vid P/F fis EP Marshe 676.00 71000 613.00 537 5.10 40.90 «LL Cohort 1226.00 1538.00 881.10 146 23.47 6350 Eurford Capital 300.60 105400 279.80 3.14 13.95 142.62 Mission Group 18.00 27.00 12.00 - 085 68.18 Christe 156.00 1000 165.00 90.00 224 30.71 35.64 Velocity Composites 14.00 - 2600 = 1200 = — —-7.00 ~—7400~—“Premier Miton Groupe 37.50 0.25 6800 538.00 48.08 628 Lone 3600.00 5000 375500 210000 269 18.6 BasicResources(ExMiningy Central AsiaMetals 147.40 24400 12527 914 466 46547 NWF 139.50 ge me of i Cropper J 380.00 10.0) 41450 230.00 123 5142 Camellia 5450.00 15000 630000 4800.00 477 -29.19 0.26 Cris Therapeutics 950 18.50 800 - 4.86 6.95 —«CPetarcs 10.25 - 12.50 70 - -15.20 13.69 struction & Material FeverveeDrinks 882004200 00D D201 4590 276A a te OS Nichols 1060.00 8000 142500 980.00 367 1807 8977 Acesys Tech 1.20 19.84 58.10 — 31.19 1855 BorsthnPet 11.10 14.00 7.60 “93.36 1371.83 ; House, Leisure & Pers Goods Searunae Oxford Metrics 38.20 60.40 3750 851 -69.45 157.84 Churchill 385.00 46000 271.00 545 970 1878 Checkit 18.50 2700 12.35 ae | ae ve ool as : Sareum Holdings 7300 100 2900 950 - 358 741.08 — ~ ; A ato eon 34m “Of «8A emetnon eae ce i a ee a ee Portmeirion 50.00 13800 = 47.14 - 1.10 29.18 Jet? 1540.00 8600 167600 98000 1.10 729 75315 Thorpe FW 253.0) $50.00 240.00 283 11.66 2865 sanderson DesignGrpe 77.50 1.00 7300 40.00 1.94 2601 10997 — Bochoo Group 22.40 2950 1030 ~ 289 1558.07 Arbuthnot Banking 840.00 125) 113000 79900 655 7.70 492 teint 1420.00 190000 110000 181 21.36 412 52 Week Cis 52 Week Dis-) £2 Week Dis{-) Price = +/- Wk Chg High Low Vid NAV Frem Price +» Wk Chg High Low Yid NAV Pren Pree = +/- Wk Chg High Low Yid WAV Prem Conventional (Ex Private Equity) Fidel 42 5.00 4a 67 1 451.29 -A Polar Fi 46.5 1991 7 0.79 : : ielity Euro 8.50 6.00 200 67.50 231 45 23 49€ — PolarFin 246.50 253.0¢ 199.16 254.70 0 Guide to FT Share Service 31 Infra 390.00 294 50 375.00 354 402.89 357 Fidelity Spec 463.50 11.50 469 50 372.00 2.23 463.53 0.44 Polar Tech. 626.50 743.50 384.00 — 675.24 -§.99 pees aioe 20) aaa 7600 693 10336 <1225 Finsbury C8 804.00 35.00 97400 70625 251 #87060 Oe Rights &lss IT 2310.00 7360.00 1965.13 195 290229 20.29 ; Abt Sm 1704.00 1758.00 1408.07 281 1908.33 968 The Gibl Small Co 191.90 198 40 162.40 164 20057 35] RIT Cap 7565.00 55.00 2610.00 1906.08 1.75 3159.00 20.54 All data is as of close of the previous business day. Company classiications are based on the mane : = ne - ne na ti an an ICB system used by -TSE. FSTE 100 constituents are shown in bold. Closing prices are shown Abardean Asia Fo 418.00 464.00 374.00 1.54 455.91 B17 GRIT{susp 1.25 125 1.25 14.40 -91.32 Ruffer Inv Pr 296.50 3.50 319.00 281.26 2.09 305.48 -2.80 erdean Asia roc 418.00 ws wv ' - : an nn =i Schdr AsiaP 791.00 897 00 585 00 164 901.13 9.65 in pence unless otherwise indicated. Highs & lows are based un inva-day trading uver a rolling Aberdeen Asian Inc Fund 304.00 357.00 229.00 6.17 332.19 6.74 Hansa = 00 = bad ” 00 250.00 1.31 ae 95 “37 BS . - a - ~ - a , - - a . me 52 week period. Price/earnings ratios (P/E) are based on latest annual reports and accounts Aberdeen Eg Inc 461.00 1.0) 473.00 359.25 5.01 456.96 1.94 Hansa A 313.00 3.00 33000 = 244.00 1.41 533.95 ~41.5) Schdr AsiaTotal a ses 0.00 di at 488 " 1.67 10.40 Sos and are updated with interim ficures. P/E is calculated using the company's diluted earnings Aberdeen UK Smil 508.00 63000 44150 276 561.34 gg? —s Hen FarEs 256.50 28150 22450 9.77 238.60 6.15 Schroder Inc 370.00 13.00 376.00 =S1000 863.97 395.00 0.42 from continuing operations. Yields are based on closing price and on dividends paid in the last Alliance Witan 1345.00 272.0) 1356.00 1178.00 2.18 1406.26 465 Hen High Inc 205.00 1.00 21220 173.25 5.43 217.29 -5.01 Schdr Japan 373.00 4.00 401.00 258.00 3.25 402.88 -7.10 financial year and updated with interim fqures. Yields are shown in net terms; dividends on Allianz Teche 670.00 784.00 439.58 — 73939 -582 HenSmir 953.00 400 96600 789.00 3.04 103425 -7.71 Schdr Orient 442.00 5.00 460.50 29800 299 458.16 -3.96 UK companies are net of 10% tax, non-UK companies are gross of tax. Highs & lows, yields Artemis UK Future Lead 382.00 90) 33500 32100 4.04 430.5¢ -1095 Herald 2950.00 329073 2285.00 3244.09 -625 SchdrUKMid 750.00 11.00 77200 65200 301 79454 4.94 and PER are adjusted to reflect capital changes where appropriate. Trading volumes are end of Aurora LIK Alpha mann =a) 927791 AR O7RAAR = «118A ~—CHIICL Infra 136.00 180 13800 107.20 625 16088 -1547 — Scct American 55500 9.00 561.00 48010 295 597.74 6.69 © aggregated} totals, rounded to the nearest 1.000 shares Net asset value per share (NAV) AVI Japan 164.00 194.00 154.50 134 171.46 281 Impax Env 432.00 200 49476 379.00 118 496.97 12.91 Scot Mortgage 1330.50 450 1563.00 1015.74 0.34 1459.49 -955 and split analytics are provided only = a guide seeeseen and premiums are calculated using . . me “ oe nan . : Scct Oriental 756.00 305.00 240.00 133 283.40 931 the latest cum fair net asset value estimate and closing price. Disccunts, premiums, gross BG China Growth 306.00 40) %31.04 260.00 0.82 341.88 453 IntBiotech 1020.00 1235.00 624.20 3.07 1127.99 -6.85 CCl UTeNt : we v . ad ~ redemption yield (GRY| and hurdle rate (HR) to share price ‘SP) and HR to out (WO) are ; : 23 55 Surateyic Ey 36200 700 41500 33000 117 367.21 6.42 ee ee) BG Euro 117.00 25) 118.00 91.40 0.62 127.00 6.44 Intl PP 142.00 20 14320 115.60 6.19 152.33 -6.65 z Fae a : Lie z displayed as a percentage, NAV in pence BG Japan 1036.00 56 0) 1044.00 811.10 097 1128.55 80 Inv Asia Dragon Ts: 483.00 950 51900 366.00 998 514.53 6.4) Temple Bar 419.50 13.50 428.00 329.00 3.72 415.96 0.46 BG Shin 161.40 4.2) 168.40 12305 043 178.73 923 Inv Bond Inc 170.00 17850 150.11 97.21: 167.55 1.8€ — Tetragan 11807 4a he | ASPSH 348 BG US Growth 306.00 0.5) 969.50 260.15 336.42 7.61 JPM Amer IT 1200.00 123800 1041.00 096 1231.12 -20¢ TRIG 76.10 0.10 86.20 6320 992 104.72 -26.85 «trading ex-cividend Bankers IT 147.00 153.40 12060 1.92 16069 -7.15 JPMChina Gal 268.50 250 31300 28650 505 30055 -7g¢ Utilico EmerVikts 287.00 500 30200 23988 334 31502 -9.02 # price at time of suspension from trading : : . . . . . ‘ ; “s ; : : ; ni 19 — iv 29 c + FT Ishire Global 500 company Biotech Growth 1602.00 1684.00 80400 — 175695 -580 JPMClaw 974.00 2400 98000 78250 375 99119 -1.44 VEL 70300 13.00 865.00 68200 — 74.56 -11.86 Se BickR Energy & Res 174.00 25.00 11650 333 1829) 410 JPM Emrg EMEA 250.50 31000 181.65 024 6696 27336 MAUS The prices listed are indicative and believed accurate at tha time of publication. No offer is BickR Fiurit 187.00 208.00 159.50 4.07 185.98 1.31 JPM Emrg 161.60 18120 8 8©=118.40 4.65 177.06 “TAY CT *rivEq 500.00 1.50 597.00 43984 5.64 695.01 -78.06 made by ICE ur the FT. The FT does nut warrant nur guaranee thal the information is reliable BickR GtEur 988.00 625.00 506.95 1.22 632.16 620 JPM Eur Disc 625.00 4.00 66600 548.00 256 677.12 11) HGCapital 390.00 9.50 524.42 31864 128 529.68 26.37 or complete. The FT does not accept responsibility and will not be liable for any loss erising BickR 1&G 227.00 738.00 19800 339 26207 -1013 JPM EurG&l 146.80 2.00 15300 121.50 3.71 14792 -O9€ ype 936.00 3470.00 263083 — 450200 -25.26 =p Oe eet he eee Serene — BickR Smir 269.00 738.40 230.80 295 30560 -11.45 JPMEmMkDiv 199.50 272100 14500 301 21934 827 cent 144000 /400 161142 128831 292 20383 -29.20 ee is ep — Z : spss RSC gay os ss = aeRO a BickR World Minin 883.00 107286 54315 272 903.62 124 JPM GbiG& 609.00 450 61650 52960 407 61651 0.3€ ' ‘ 5) no00 3195 _ BI 2615 SESE SERPS: SNE SOEAED A RNG Sa BEE POG onS, ao Oe 9 i Pantheon int 395.20 9.00 409.0¢ 319.50 925.70 29.18 discretion. For new sales enquines please email gata@Mfitcom, For further information contact Brunner 1538.00 38.0) 1562.00 1336.00 1.76 1722.98 -10.29 JPM India Gwth In: 882.00 22.00 110600 799.00 5.02 957.90 -7.7¢ Pariners PE & 598 47 94557 58357 1000 11.84 40.88 swenaners@ire Caledonia Inv 388.00 7.0) 995.00 31200 1.98 59411 -3520 JPM Japen 789.00 84900 633.00 1.10 846.21 6.10 CSTE CanGen C$ 2698.84 2667.59 2160.49 2.43 85.40 -39.87 JPM UK Sm 342.50 5.00 360.00 207 92 4.24 376.26 -9.4¢ ant z = aa City of Lon 59300 11.0) 59900 48600 374 58301 191 JPMUSSmi 422.00 46300 365.00 0.74 474g = -8g7.-S AEWUKREM ee ee COS NatRes 351.00 467.00 20700 806 349927 263 lawDeb 122200 800 127000 977.40 298 122482 26; JR?rop a A a Lf CT Hedlthcare 144.00 15240 11040 3.75 149.91 0.04 —_Lindsell Train 5400 24.00 ©«9p800 536.00 479 «725 «2.7 «nn CT Mail 131.50 135.00 11400 6.08 131.13 0.24 Lowland 182.50 2.50 18650 141.50) «3.71 201.13 =-9.02, Ss Bm 2nd 47.50 5400 3950 840 4395 -4.70 CT MadG 320.00 — 330.00 270.00 — 324.4) -1.07 — Marwyn Val 139.00 = 13925 136.00 652 25054 -4452 Nthn2VCT 54.00 2.00 57.00 4700 556 54.60 -4.76 CT Cpal 358.00 7.0) 373.00 32000 372 376.70 431 Mercantile 776.50 28200 23431 298 309.28 992 Nthn3VCT 84.50 3.50 86.50 7950 533 85.10 -482 CT UK HITB 112.50 5.5) 120.00 9200 530 120.2% 7.00 Merch. Trst 666.00 1900 67300 536.00 446 70718 5.71 Nthn Venture 67.50 2.50 s950 5300 539 57.80 -4.84 : CT UK HIT Ord 11600 375 12600 9700 514 12013 -1.89 MidWynd 70.00 800 80400 68200 1.08 79386 -1.76 —2Sn SET Data provided by Dunedin Inc 314.00 8.0) 318.00 275.00 = 642 342.98 874 | Monks IT = : eS ee meet 117.00 = 120.18 10872 — 115.13 1.64 Edinburgh Inv 944.00 14.0) 960.00 737.60 379 918.31 -8.09 Montanaro Eur 174.00 1.50 189.00 142.00 0.89 189.78 -7.5) Edin Worldwide 232.50 29450 185.80 — 255% 781 Murray Inz 1020.00 2100 103400 85466 402 109890 -7.04 Markets and data Euro Opps{susp 3700 27.0) 957.00 782.00 — 979.05 507 = Murray Intl 368.50 7.00 37100 283.50 3.42 364.32 0.9S — Lrys Amber gY.50 155.38 87.00 — 1559 49.08 The Euro SmiCo 234.00 2.03 247.21 19380 540 253.74 798 New StarlT 139.50 14400 §=107.00 254 20350 -31.48 F&C Inv Trust 331.20 133200 325.80 1.27 366.26 811 N. Atl Smir IT 424.00 5.00 43300 92800 1.65 617.16 31.95 i¢ e happen here. Fidelity Asian 588.00 2.0) 672.00 546.00 349 62144 -463 Pac. Horiz 1056.00 126200 638.00 0.14 1166.21 750 Fidelity China 26800 11.0) 6900 24101 336 278.11 515 Pers. Assets 65.00 11.00 65500 607.00 103 54467 0.96 ; FidelityEmerMkts 1370.00 1574.00 81000 1.45 141897 -7.86 FolarHeaith 438.00 46000 321.00 050 434.38 3.0) on
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2003 - 2026 Performance Since Launch =< Fund —— Benchmark Sector %o Top 10 Holdings % sao Infomation Technology (Sm | irc2dcon a4 (5 U | N N E S S 1200% Lam Research Corp 4] GLOBAL INVESTORS Communicatian Services 28 Amazon.com 4) 1000% Financials 12.5 jf <LA-Tencor 4.0 Firm Name Guinness Global Investors 800% Alphabet 3.9 oa Heath Care 10.8 ll Guiness Global Innovators Fund Y GBP Ac: — AMD a7 ISIN Industrials 19 Applied Materials 37 IEQOBCXX3K83 pp Bid Price (06-07-26) es ABB 37 46.40 Consumer Uiscretioary by [a Yield (06-07-26) 200% Apple 3.6 0.00 Change (06-07-26) os Cash 22 «i \Wwidia Corp 35 0.13 m2 on4 95 OR M7 OR MY IN 11 «17 «12 «14 tH 1h 17: «1R 19 MM 91 9 PS 24 IH Total 100 Top 10 Holdings 38.8 Fund Bid Uffer +/- Yield 24m 36m_ Fund Bid Offer +/- Yield 24m 36m _ Fund Bid Offer +/- Yield 24m 36m fund Bid Uffer +/- Yield 24m 36m CG Asset Management Limited (IRL) O66 , 20 King Steet, London ECZV 8EG at, 06 oe O m [| S rown Deaiing: Te +353 1434 5098 Fax +353 1542 2859 232425 FCA Recognised INVESTMENTS ama ALVISORY eae edentree Thoughtful Investing. Absolute Retum M Inc £ 14420 015 261 3.10 251 Capital Cearing Portfolio GBP P £ 3450.0) 46.63 195 298 235 EdentTree Investment Manag nt Lid (UK) Algebris Investments (IRL) Brown Advisory Funds PLC (IRL) — Capital Gearing Portfolio GBP V £ 1919 023 194 300 235 gindertand SR43 4AU OB00 368 3010 Regulated Dollar Fund Cis D inc £ 153.01 O54 282 1.21 -238 psthorised Inv Funds Aigebris Core Italy | EUR € 28756 - 348 0.00 2615 18.12 CARecognised Uollar Hedged GH Inc £ 94) Ue 24 U8 OUR moan Bond soos co an om on on ree id m| 0 4 . ! 5 Aigebris Core Italy R EUR € 267 - 32) 0.00 2521 17.24 Global Leaders FundUSD C $ 3223 0.23 O00 747 11.04 RealRetur Cls Ainc £ 18372 023 255 O59 -222 is : : EdznTree Green Impact Equity 136.30 160 O85 9.44 10.35 Aigebris Financial Credit | EU € 22325 - 0.46 0.00 693 966 Global Leaders Sustainable Fund USD C $ 1887 0.13 000 621 987 — UK IhdexLinked Bond G inc £ 104.5 ac? 210 049 0.00 , Eden Tree Green Impact Infrastructure 77.09 053 GOS -323 -6.78 Agebris Financial Credit | GBP £ 20199 - 039 0.00 000 0.00 Global Sustainable Total Return BondGEPB 2 9.46 0.01 000 000 000 ae ee ‘heed 70 106 306 om 000 Agebris Financial Credit | USD $ 21070 - 238 586 O00 0.00 Global Sustainable Total Return Bond USDB $ 10.90 000 og 000 000 lied usta’ ees ; : ; ; : EdanTree Sustainable European Equity A 489.30 -160 177 13.22 14.3) Algchris Financin! Credit R FUR e 179 11 nan onn aos) =6fffn US Equity Growth Find USD B 3 73.30 0.38 00 826 11.79 Edan Tree Sustainable E E ity 3 494.40 160 000 1316 1427 ree ar € CUrOpean =“ A . i A\gebris Financial Equity B EUR € 39.79 - 212 000 000 0.00 US Flexible Equity Fund USDB $ 41.25 047 000 1203 1658 Chartered Asset Management Pte Ltd * : - EdanTree Sustainable Global Equity A 452.00 790 O55 955 950 Agebris Financial Equity R EUR € 31691 - 170 0.00 27.38 28.36 US Mid Cap Growth Fund USD C $ 24.36 0.18 6.00 1021 1163 Other International Funds Edentree Sustainable Global Equity E 455.90 800 097 949 9.46 Aigebris Financial Equity Fund B GBP £ 32626 - 181 0.00 0.00 0.00 US Small Cap Blend Fund USD B $ 31.83 0.05 0.00 1483 1286 CaN-GIrVLL $ 4B SBD UW LOU UA SS nM acotaconeh ea OS AS an Iree sustanmabdle Man ncome , x \ a Algebris Financial Fquity Fund R USD § 4a\94 - 98706390 ) «6h 6th US Smaller Compan es Fund USD B $ 47.00 033 0.00 1289 922 CAM Gti VEC $ 147718 no ron RR ARG ; Ed2nTree Sustainable Managed Income B 153.90 020 471 678 565 A\gebris Financial Income | EUR € 30527 - 089 000 1622 1808 — US Sustainable Growth Fund USDC $ 3838 068 0.00 596 1264 RAIC VCC $ 1.84 0co C00 897 -1.66 EdanTrec Sustainable Short Dated Bend 95.60 cog 460 032 1.7 A\gebris Financial Income R EUR € 26882 - 077 0.00 1518 17.02 US Sustainable Value Fund USD C Acc $ 17.73 010 000 000 000 ; Raskeictiaasaelt saatraae Ss A RR ae EdenTree Sustainable Sterling Bond A 84.82 C12 498 -053 0.67 $ Financial Income = . A i : Ed2nTree Sustainable Sterling Bond B 97.86 014 498 O07 128 A\gebris Financial Income Fund | USD $ 25589 - O81 000 000 0.00 / EdanTree Sustaivable UK Equity A 254.40 0.70 163 638 4.75 AgebrisGlobalCreditOpportunities|EUR € 15540 - 0.15 0.00 394 6.42 ; ; AigebrisGlobal Credit OpportunitiesREUR € 14911 - 014 000 337 593 CP Global Belen roe Sustainable OR Eewity 8 a oT 208 eee . : oO Ed2n Tree Sustainable UK Equity Opp A 323.70 -190 142 269 574 AgebrisGlobalCreditOpporunities|GBP o£ 15447 - 213 0.00 0.00 0.00 . oe Asset Ma nagement EdanTree Sustainable UK Equity Opp B 330.30 200 191 260 568 AgebrisGlobalCreditOpportunities|USD $ 15945 - 0.12 0.00 O00 000 Aigebris |G Financial Credit | UR € 12029 - 012 000 558 7.71 W E A L T H Aigebris |G Financial Credit R EUR € 11630 - O12 000 505 7.18 Aigebris Strategic Credit Fund R EUR € 11594 - 0.00 0.00 405 0.00 Aigebris Global Equity Select B EUR e 588 - O35 000 156¢ 1597 Canaccord International Fund Managers Limited (JER) CP Global Asset Management Pte.Ltd. Aigebris Global Equity Select R EUR € 1047 - ODF (ooo rary sag “TRA Een, Sree Joey 2 oem © a heeennien atone 144 (0, 1534 700 104 (Int.) :44 808 169 7966 (UK) International Mutual Funds Canaccord Wealth International Muiti Strategy Funds Limited CP Multi Strategy Fund $ AG33A 023 000 1249 1370 8 e Balanced Strategy : 1.16 0.00 O00 1163 11.19 i e ity Balanced Strategy A : 1.16 0.00 184 827 855 aseweawumins Cautious Balenced Strategy 2 1.47 0.00 OS! $925 915 CP Capital Asset Management Limited Cautiouc Balsncod Strategy A 2 1.06 000) 61.04 Gey 7.10 dagsmucosbloom, Fmail: fundsenicesGicoobl com @) Growth Strategy & s«263 0.00 075 046 510 Intemational Mutual Funds FIL Investment Services (1200)F (UK) A F I [ Growth Strategy A : 1.26 0.00 O54 1002 10.72 CP Qual-Purpose Fund $ 21263 O06 C00 0.00 0.00 Beech Gete, Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth KT20 GRP TE! IS ot Goes Sear SE 6 0.00 024 1429 1458 — CPGlobel Alpha Fund $ 505.47 O15 C00 11.66 13.01 Calltree:Prvate Clvents yuyy 414161 a High Growth Stratecy A 2 132 0.00 O52 1181 1191 — CPSMaxte: Private Fund $ 61075 - 0C2 C00 1.43 124 Broker Dealings: 080414 181 High Income Bond Fund B Monthly 2 1.00 0.00 000 000 000 OEIC Funds Artemis Fund Managers Ltd (1200)F (UK) High Income Bond Fund B Quarterly : 1.00 0.00 0.00 090 0.00 Alocator World Fund W-Acc-GBP £ 427 0.05 1.00 16.08 16.13 57 St James's Street, London SW1A 1LD 0800 092 2051 US$ Growth Strategy $ 253 UU2 UZl 1496 15.09 Americar Fund W-Acc-GBP £ sail 116 000 842 1322 Authorised Inv Funds Oo . Americar Special Sits W-Acc-GBP £ 2902 0.05 042 637 9.86 Dealing Daily Initial Charge Nil for A classes ard up to 2% for other classes. Artemis Corporate Bord | Acc 11837 - 020 000 533 6.58 D Oo dge C ox” Asia Funds W-Acc-GBP f 2077 198 053 37.41 27.78 Artemis Global Income | Dis 23942 - 555 000 217 0.50 Asia Pacific Opps W-Acc £ 3.40 (08 068 11.43 7.80 Artemis High Income 1.0 Inc 7.45 - O18 O23 311 3.56 Worldwide Funds Asian Dividend Fund W-Acc-GBP £ 361 0.08 206 21.21 16.72 Artemis Inenme | Ine qA779 «= «8119 «HAR 1274 12305 Cash Fund W-Acc-GEP £ 121 0.00 371 0.00 0.00 Artemis Monthly Dist | Inc 101.02 - 113 0.00 1374 13.65 China Fund W-Accumulation-GBP £ 257 0.00 412 635 O2I Artemis Short-Dn Stra: Bond 133.33 - O06 0.00 641 7.46 < A N D Re | A M 2 Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds (IRL) Emerging Mkts NAV 1418.97 823 0.00 0.00 0.00 Artemis SmartGAHP bur Eq | Acc 1018.31 402 UOU 29.16 W.12 48-49 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JG Enhanced Income Fund W-Inc-GBP £ 0.95 0.00 209 -1.45 -1.96 Artemis SmartGARP Glohal Small Ca! 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Lessons
Measures are being rolled out to protect workers in extreme weather, write
Attracta Mooney and Aaron Kirchfeld
hen temperatures
reached a record high in
Spain in June, Eva
Sanchez, the plant man-
ager for Schneider Elec- tric’s two manufacturing sites outside Barcelona, put the company’s heat resil- ience plan intoaction.
The France-based energy technology group gave workers more breaks and water and access to shaded and cooled rest areas. Schneider also equipped the production areas with sensors to moni- tor temperature and humidity, using the company’s own systems to cool tar- geted areas.
“By analysing both variables together, we gain a much more accurate under- standing of heat stress, since humidity playsa critical role in how heat is actu- ally experienced by workers,” Sanchez says. “We have made heat resilience a permanent, data-driven capability rather thana seasonal response.”
At its sites throughout Europe, which has been hit by back-to-back heatwaves this summer, Schneider installed mini fans and distributed ice cream, lemon- ade and bottles of water. The company also set up break rooms with air condi- tioning and introduced mandatory 10- minute breaks for each hour when the temperature rose above 30.5C.
Across the continent, this summer’s extreme temperatures have renewed questions about how well equipped big European employers are to deal with more frequent heatwaves, especially as climate change intensifies — and brings with it stark economic and health con- sequences.
France and Spain are grappling with heatwave-fuelled wildfires that have forced the evacuation of more than 300,000 people.
“Recent heatwaves have brought home the very real human and eco- nomic impacts of extreme tempera- tures,” says Bekir Andrews, environ- metal suslainabilily director al Wales Group, the British construction and property services company. “The evi- dence increasingly points to hotter sum- mers becoming more common, and companies need to planaccordingly.”
As the Met Office, the UK national weather service, issued a rare red warn- ing for heat — indicating a risk to life for everyone — in June, Brian Long, safety and wellbeing director at Wates Group, called on teams to do risk assessments, reschedule or defer work, use shade and increase rest breaks in cooler areas.
“Supervisors should brief their teams on what to look out for and how to rec- ognise early symptoms, for example, dizziness, fatigue, cramp and confusion, and act,” he wrote in an email.
At the same time, many banks and financial institutions relaxed their in-
office policies durirg the worst of the heat, telling staff they could work from home if necessary, while other compa- nies loosened dress codes. Some offices and shops, including several belonging to UK bakery chain Greggs, were closed due to heat-related safety concerns.
In total, researchers estimate 24mn working hours were lost in the UK alone during June’s record-breaking week, leaving the economy with a £1.5bn hit.
Bracelets that monitor body temperature and warn if the wearer is in danger help
Wits
The study from the Grantham
Research Institute cn Climate Change and the Enviromment al Lhe London
School of Economics and Political Sci- ence and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, found that the average reported reduction in time worked across the week of the heatwave was more than 45 minutes, but 3.6 per cent of respondents did not work at all because of the extreme temperatures.
Shouro Dasgupta, environmental economist at CMCC and visiting senior fellow at the Grantham Research Insti- tute, says the greatest effects “are borne by outdoor workers and those in physi- cally demanding jobs, many of whom are among the lowest paid in the labour force”.
Other research from the World Busi- ness Council for Sustainable Develop-
keep workers safe
WORK & CAREERS
rom companies learning to beat the heat
ment found that 42 per cent of Euro- pean businesses reported increased costs from physical climate impacts such as heatwaves, with workforce health, supply chains and insurance costs being the most affected.
With temperatures soaring, there have been calls for the introduction of a maximum workplace temperature in countries such as the UK, including from a group of British MPs. In Spain, the maximum legal indoor working temperature is 27C for desk-based work and 25C for light physical work.
Europe has also struggled with record-breaking hot nights. A lack of rest at night has been linked to more accidents and errors at work.
The World Health Organization says extreme heat sharply reduces work- place productivity, with output drop- ping by 2 to 3 per cent for every degree Celsius the temperature rises above a so-called wel-bulb globe Lemperature of 20C, which takes into account air tem- peratures, humidity, exposure to sun and other factors.
Ronni Zehavi, co-founder of HiBob, an HR platform, says when tempera- tures increase, businesses “too often rely on ad hoc arrangements” rather than having a heatwave strategy in place.
“Clear policies — like the ability to work remotely or finish early — remove inconsistency and ensure everyone is treated the same,” he says.
Andrews at Wates Group says the company has assessed the effect of vari- ous climate scenarios over the coming decades, arguing that the business would need to adapt everything.
“That can mean adjusting working patterns, moving strenuous tasks away from the hottest parts of the day, ensuring teams have access to shade, rest and hydration, and building greater flexibility into project pro- grammes,” he says. “It also means thinking about how we design and retrofit buildings so they remain com- fortable, healthy and efficient in a warmer climate.”
EDP, the energy and utility company headquartered in Portugal, says “pro- tecting our people is the starting point for how we manage increasingly fre- quent extreme weather events.”
Depending on the activity and local environment, the company adjusts work: ng hours to “avoid peak heat”, postpones non-essential outdoor work
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or suspends “work whenever the risk cannot be managed safely”.
But the company adds that as “heat- waves become more frequent and intense” across its global business, it is looking at other measures such as “ther- mal-stress monitoring to determine [a] safe work-rest regime” as well as the “testing or introduction of additional protective equipment and cooling solu- tions for technicians”.
Strabag, one of the biggest construc- tion companies in central and eastern Europe, has also been testing new equipment to protect its workers. Those efforts include cooling vests and UV detection bracelets that warn of exces- sive UV radiation, wider helmet brims to offer more shade, and cooling sleeves.
“There is a regular information
exchange between our health and safety officers in regions that are already accustomed to high temperatures and those in northern Europe, which do not yet have as much experience in coping with heatwaves, which helps us to pre- pare our sites in the north precisely for the challenges of climate change,” the Vienna-based company told the Fl’
The heatwaves have put a spotlight on the lack of air conditioning in many European buildings, including hospi- tals, schools and some offices.
Unlike some of Europe’s biggest com- panies, Schneider is well placed to respond to the heat, given its business lines include energy management and cooling systems.
“Working in buildings that are not equipped with the right energy technol- ogy is becoming a health and safety haz- ard for workers and cannot be ignored,” says Dominique Laurent, HR director for Europe at Schneider Electric.
Other European businesses are
‘Clear policies — like the ability to finish early —
remove inconsistency and ensure everyone is treated the same’
looking to draw on their experience of heatwaves elsewhere in the world. Heineken, the Dutch multinational brewing company, says in its Mexico business, summer temperatures regu- larly exceed 35C and can rise above 45C during extreme heat events.
In response, the local team has devel- oped a plan to protect employees, says Nicolas Clerget, global climate director at Heineken. This includes a seasonal heat-awareness campaign and daily monitoring of weather conditions, allowing sites to “adapt local practices when temperatures become extreme”.
“We learnt a lot about how our Mexi- can operations are managing heat stress and, based on their action plan, we are developing a global toolkit for [our] other companies,” says Clerget.
Business books
Harvard’s DJ DiDonna makes the case for sabbaticals
As a Start-up co-founder in his early thirties, DJ DiDonna was travelling the world, running a business that helped entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Yet he felt disengaged, and was snappy with staff: “The gap between how | felt and how | was doing on paper felt vast,” DiDonna writes in the introduction to his new book, Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One. “Which inevitably led me to wonder: if all this doesn't satisfy me, what will?”
The answer, for DiDonna, turned out to be taking four months off, ona sabbatical. He spent part of it walking a 900-mile pilgrimage trail in Japan. On his return, DiDonna was more than rested and restored. As he says in the book: “Looking back, it was the most memory-dense period of my life, but
also somehow only 121 days. It would change how | viewed myself forever.”
In the decade since that sabbatical, DiDonna has been ona mission to convince others, in corporate America and beyond, to take seriously the transformative power of a long break from work. Big Time Off reports that the number of organisations offering sabbatical policies nearly doubled between 2079 and 2024. Some surprising big names have long recognised the value: Intel has been offering them for more than 30 years.
On a video call from the US, DiDonna describes the benefits of sabbaticals: “When you identify something that you don't want to get to the end of your life without doing, | think it becomes more than a luxury, it becomes an essential ingredient to a good life.” How, | ask, can employees convince reluctant bosses that they should grant — and
fund — extended leave? “As | say in the book, Warren Buffett talks about time
as an enemy of the mediocre company and the friend of the good company.
“| think any business that’s thinking beyond a year [ahead] — it’s pretty valuable, right? It’s obviously inconvenient for peoole to be away from their desks, but people leave all the time, they quit, they go on parental leave. So | think it’s a muscle that an organisation needs to build with turnover in general.”
Further benefits accrue when employees return from sabbatical: “Having people around the office who
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are happy to be there; they’re creative, and they have energy, and they’re not resentful, and they're engaged. !| think the case is pretty strong.”
DiDonna didn’t go back to the
company he founded. He had become SO passionate about the benefits of time off work (he believes the minimum sabbatical length is six to eight weeks) that he set up The Sabbatical Project in 2019 to conduct and gather research and provide resources for individuals and organisations.
Big Time Off is an inspiring distillation of that work, and a perfect read for wishful plotting while on a (too short) summer holiday. There are envy- inducing case studies, including one family who spent a yzar living on an
island inside the Arctic Circle.
The book outlines the three types of sabbatical-taker: explorers, achievers and seekers. Many people in high- status roles are likely to be “achievers”. They are busy at work and plan to be busy on sabbatical: these are the people who want to write books, become yoga teachers or perfect a foreign language. Explorers want to travel, but what they may miss, DiDonna tells me, is “amazing things close to home”. Seekers are those exploring inwards, “looking back to your past: what did | used to love? What am | curious about?”
DiDonna urges everyone fo start their time off with an extended period of rest, with as few plans as possible — to “take a beat”, as he calls it.
The only “must” in DiDonna’s very flexible approach is the requirement to write a journal. Why is this so important for us? DiDonna tells me it’s a form of meditation: “You're stepping back from your routine ways of doing things, and getting a new perspective on it.” Even if you think you’ve messed up your sabbatical (and he says most people think they do — including him), “you'll still learn from that”. The experience itself is what changes us.
Now a senior lecturer focusing on entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, DiDonna says the data shows Gen Z workers value “experiences and mission, flexibility and purpose over compensation”. His mission sits within what he says is a “long arc of people shooting for ‘human’ work policies”. And it is a very long arc: Americans in particular, as Big Time Off reminds us, are notoriously bad at taking time off, even when it’s offered. Isabel Berwick
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First, we reflect on last weck’s revelation that an OpenAlI Al agent autonomously carried out a cyber attack on another AI company. And then we take a look at the latest evi- dence on leading AI models’ ability to replace human workers — this time spe- cifically in online gig work.
John writes
To recap, last week during a test of its latest models’ cyber capabilities, OpenAI tasked two of its most advanced models — one not yet publicly released — with taking on “ExploitGym’, a set of almost 900 challenges designed to test whether AI agents can exploit known vulnerabilities in real-world software.
But instead of attempting to solve them, the models decided the most direct route to success was to locate and steal the solutions to the tests. So they identified and exploited previously unknown weaknesses in what was thought to have been a securely walled- off testing environment, broke out on to the open internet and hacked into the private servers of another multibillion- dollar Al company called Hugging Face (where they presumably believed the solutions may have been stored).
The attack was serious enough to prompt Hugging Face to contact law enforcement, and most concerning of all it wasn’t until several days after the attack began that OpenAI discovered what had happened.
Some people outside the industry have sought to play down the serious- ness of what happened, arguing vari- ously that it should hardly be surprising that AI models tasked with exploiting a particular set of software vulnerabilities would find and exploit other ones, or
that all of this is just a marketing ploy by OpenAI to showcase its models’ abilities. But both are wide of the mark. Attempting \ to pass the test by solving the challenges is the expected behaviour; attempting to cheat on the test by stealing the answers
is not the expected behaviour. And the revelation that OpenAl lost con-
trol of its agents
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and took several days to discover they had executed a large and sustained attack on another company’s infra- structure is not good publicity for OpenAI, or for the technology more broadly.
The incident underscores the serious- ness of the risks of escalating Al-orches- trated cyber attacks we wrote about last month. As Hugging Face wrote in their report on the attack, it exposes a funda- mental asymmetry between cyber attack and defence. The insurgent agents operated with a speed, scale and persistence far beyond the capability of any human hacker, increasing their chance of success while drowning the defensive side in a deluge of activity to investigate.
It also exposes shortcomings in how internal Lesting of culling-edge models is being carried out and monitored. Both OpenAI and Anthropic have reported that their models have repeatedly behaved in unexpected and alarming ways during tests of cyber capabilities over recent months.
There has been a tendency to portray Al leaders’ statements about the risks of harmful outcomes and the possibility that development may need to be slowed or more tightly regulated as self- serving hype, but to me incidents like these make it clear that the concerns are well-founded.
So that’s this week’s update on the dangers. How about the usefulness side? A few weeks ago we got the latest update of what I think is one of the most inform- ative measures of Al’s capacity to dis- place human work and workers — the Remote Labour Index, which has fron- tier Al models attempt real-world remote-work projects. These are then assessed by domain experts against human outputs forthe same tasks.
Examples include producing digital designs and 3D models for product design or architecture tasks, building interactive data visualisations and gen- erating animated videos.
What | find most helpful is that you can inspect some case studies to get a sense of how impressive (or terrible!) the Al-generated submissions are, and how this is changing over time.
The headline finding from the latest update is the best performing modc! tested to date, Anthropic’s Claude Fable, was judged to deliver professionally acceptable work on 16 per cent of digital remote-work tasks. A one in six passing
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rate is very low— a human worker with that track record would quickly stop getting new commissions — but the pace of improvement is noteworthy. Anthropic’s previous top model Opus 4.8 had scored only 8 per cent, and the one before that 4 per cent.
Looking through some of the AI work submitted paints a similar picture. The best models just a few months ago were producing jewellery designs and floor plans that would have been laughed out of town. The latest ones are significantly more accurate and polished — but gen- erally still not quite there.
The question of how to interpret the
esults all comes down to perspective. On the one hand, the speed of improve- ment is impressive, and the fact that AI is producing acceptable work in real white-collar human professions at all is remarkable. We already know AI has displaced work and reduced human incomes in online gig-work market- places for simple writing, coding and design tasks; these results suggest it is moving up the value chain.
On the other hand, the types of errors in some of the AI work submissions sug- gest that in many cases AI simply hasno sense of what someone in that profes- sion is really trying to do, or what consti- tutes good work, and is brute-forcing its way to something approaching accepta- ble. There may be many tasks where this docsn’t matter — where passable work is passable work. But to my mind it’s another demonstration that auto- mating a task is an entirely different thing to automating a job. In that sense,
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what we're looking at here might be bet- ter understood as AI getting better at augmenting a wider range of human workers, rather than replacing them. Sarah writes
This makes me wonder, John, whether the “white-collar gig economy” is now onits last legs.
In 2015, I wrote a piece on the rise of freelance labour platforms such as Upwork — a phenomenon! described as “the human cloud”. AsI put it back then: “Employers are starting to see the human cloud as a new way to get work done. White-collar jobs are chopped into hundreds of discrete projects or tasks, then scattered into a virtual “cloud” of willing workers who could be anywhere in the world, so long as they have an internet connection.”
At the time, this seemed as if it would enable some good things for workers (flexible work opportunities, “digital nomad” lifestyles and so on) and some bad things (poor pay, undercutting, opaque conditions, no employment rights). What I didn’t foresee was that it would also make people particularly vulnerable to being displaced by AI.
In a call to announce its first-quarter results this year, Upwork’s chief execu- tive Hayden Brown said that, starting in February, “accelerated Al adoption degraded the volume of client activity on the low end, impacting contracts of $500 and below. While this dynamic is not new, the pace of AT automation was faster than previously seen... On the low end, simple tasks are getting replaced with Al tools”.
The hope for Upwork is that the plat- form can become a useful service for small businesses which want to use AI but need the assistance of human free- lancers to make the most of it.
I guess this could be described as “augmentation”, John, and it fits with the evidence you describe that AI is still actually not that great at doing a lot of real-world remote work tasks without some human hand-holding. Although it’s not clear to me whether it’s the AI augmenting the human in this scenario, or the other way around.
School's out (ish) for summer . . .
John and J arc off on our respective holi days soon, so we'll be running a reduced schedule in August (with print editions out on the 17th and 31st). We'll be back to normal in September!
Monday 3 August 2026
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Financial companies hope to modernise markets with technology that advocates say is comparable to the advent of the internet. But even as confidence among executives grows, the risks loom large.
By Nikou Asgari
n 2016, the Australian stock exchange unveiled a bold plan to use blockchain technology to trans- form its trading systems.
Its chief executive vowed to “put Australia at the forefront of innovation in financial markets”. Headlines touted the “world-first” and “history-making” move, emphasising the significance of a traditional stock exchange eager to use the technology that powered an inven- tion as potentially disruptive as crypto- currencies.
The enthusiasm was misplaced. Prob- lems with the software design, which prevented rollout at scale, and dysfunc- tional management scuppered the project permanently. The exchange apologised, wrote off its $170mn invest- ment and paid a $14.5mn fine for mis- leading investors.
Ten years on, Australia’s expensive failure has been brushed aside as global financial companies once again embrace blockchain and plough hun- dreds of millions of dollars into projects that they say could transform financial markets.
Blockchain technology, a decentral- ised digital ledger that securely logs transactions across multiple computers, will lower transaction costs, speed up settlement times and open the door toa world where retail and institutional investors can trade all assets at all hours of theday, proponents say.
This world looks possible because major regulators now largely oversee blockchain and digital ledger technol- ogy, giving executives the confidence to invest and upgrade their systems.
For years, blockchain was seen as risky, too close to the volatile cryptocur- rencies that many regulators warned investors against. That has now changed because ollicials largely accept Ute Lech- nology can offer significant advantages in terms of speed and efficiency.
Wall Street’s real interest is tokenisa- tion — the concept of turning everything from cash to stocks, bonds and com- modities into blockchain-friendly dig- ital versions, or so-called tokens, which can be tracked and traded 24/7.
Executives compare the introduction of such digital asset technology to the sweeping changes brought by the advent of the internet and the move away from paper-based transaction systems.
Banks and stock exchanges previ- ously “were in the driving seat of those technology transformations, they were inventing the standards, they were inventing the pace”, says Stéphane Bou- jnah, chief executive of Euronext, which runs Europe's biggest stock exchanges. “Nowwe are catching up.”
The impetus to rewire financial mar- kets is more intense now than it was in 2016. Competition from crypto exchanges is getting sharper. They dom- inate digital asset trading and are now muscling into the territory of traditional finance, aiming to become one-stop shops for trading everything else — stocks, commodities, private credit — at all hours of the day.
A full revolution is still years away, and scale and liquidity remain small. Tokenised assets remain a fraction of global markets.
And the risks loom large. The IMF warned in July that in blockchain sys- tems, “failures can propagate faster than institutions or supervisors can respond”. It said risks that “once were borne by the balance sheet of individual institutions behind a transaction become increasingly concentrated in the platforms and code that govern [blockchain] transactions”, and that the risks are “significant”.
But for the big banks, investors and
exchanges, the direction of travel is clear. “A whole new set of competitors is
emerging based on blockchain, which includes stablecoins, smart contracts and other forms of tokenisation,” Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, told shareholders this year, add- ing that “we need to roll out our own blockchain technology”.
“The way the world will be’
Despite big downturns and intermittent scandals, global crypto markets have pulled in billions of dollars of retail and increasingly institutional money.
Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump has ush- ered in a wave of crypto-friendly rules, dropped high-profile lawsuits against crypto exchanges and installed Paul Atkins, the former co-chair of a crypto trade association, as head of the US Securities and Exchange Comunission. Atkins has encouraged companies to
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While global regulators are less wary about crypto, traditional financial play- ers say they are more interested in the technology powering crypto markets than cryptoitself.
Tokenised assets can be traded 24/7 on exchanges around the world and investors can borrow and lend against them in a way that proponents say is more straightforward than traditional markets.
Executives say that the global finan- cial markets are antiquated, with too many intermediaries that cost investors
too much money. The key allure is that tokenised assets
can be programmed to automatically carry out certain actions once specific conditions are met. These conditions are lines of code referred to as smart contracts, which can tell a stock to pay out dividends to investors on a certain date or release a mortgage loan once proof of funds is received, for example.
These automatic actions remove the need for intermediaries, so processes that currently need days to confirm and clear can be finalised in moments.
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Larry Fink, BlackRock chicf execu tive and Wall Street's biggest blockchain evangelist, told investors that for the money system “today, relying on Swift feels like routing emails through the postal office” and that instead, “billions of dollars currently immobilised by settlement delays could be reinvested immediately back into the economy, generating more growth”.
Other forms of tokenised money are also growing as traditional financial players seek to get a slice of the action. Banks are exploring tokenising cus- tomer deposits, while asset managers have launched tokenised money market funds, an asset class that has grown from less than $4bn at the start of 2025,
to more than $16bn today. Sandy Kaul, head of digital assets and
innovation at Franklin Templeton, says the investment firm’s tokenised fund is increasingly being used by corporate treasurers at traditional companies.
“It pays yield out every day including Saturday, Sunday and holidays, which has never been possible before,” she says, making it more attractive. Tradi- tional money market funds pay yields monthly.
Tokenisation should be thought of as anew, more efficient wrapper for finan- cial products since they can be pro- grammed, Kaul adds, while current exchange traded funds, mutual funds and others are “dumb wrappers” that cannot automatically set actions.
“Every day with an ETF I need to, as an authorised participant, take an index file and upload my index file and look at the position holdings and rebalance based on the index file,” says Kaul. “That index file gets manually submit- ted, gets uploaded into the system, people have to get a report back from that system.” If that rebalancing was programmed into the smart contract of the ETF, “it would do [that] automati- cally”, she adds.
Another more competitive area is tokenised equities, which turn share ownership into individual tokens.
Coinbase, Kraken and Robinhood have already rolled out tokenised stocks, promising customers that share trading in this way is faster and cheaper while giving international investors eas- ier access to US equity markets.
Big global stock exchanges have taken notice. Nasdaq is planning to create a tokenised equity exchange that would allow stocks to be traded and tracked on the blockchain around the clock. In theory, corporate actions such as paying a dividend will be programmed into the token and delivered automatically to the investor.
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Tal Cohen, president of Nasdaq, says the company is looking at “proxy vot- ing, corporate actions, anything that is manual or time-consuming today or based on legacy technology — can we automate and digitise and make that experience better?”
But he adds that while the benefits of tokenisation are “very clear” to inves- tors, it is “maybe not as clear to issuers” who could benefit from lower issuance costs and programmability of corporate actions.
Nasdaq sees a future where compa- nies directly issue tokenised stocks themselves. “We’re working to make sure next year we can launch a Nasdaq equity token,” Cohen says, to lead by example.
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For all its promises, blockchain technol- ogy creates risks for the global financial system. As more processes become more automated, operational problems can arise.
European Central Bank officials have said that programming assets and auto- matically executing actions “may increase the possibility of events spreading across platforms and increas- ing systemic risk”. For example, auto- mating margin calls, when investors need to stump up extra money to back theirtrades, can pose issues.
“Ifthere was a human involved they'd probably pick up the phonc, [but] you’ve gotten rid of grace, discretion, things that are very helpful often in times of panic,” says Hilary Allen, a law professor at the American University Washington College of Law, who has tes- tified before Congress on tokenisation.
The prospect of 24/7 markets also brings a host of new potential problems. The timing of company announcements and market-moving news may have to be reconsidered, as well as how to man- age round-the-clock operations. “Oper- ational risks may be compounded,” the ECB officials said.
Further issues could stem from the use of public blockchains such as Ethereum, the world’s biggest decen- tralised platform, whose security is maintained by independent validators worldwide rather than a specific team like at financial institutions. BlackRock and Franklin Templeton both use Ethereum’s blockchain.
Ethereum-based projects lost $332mn due to hacks in the first half of 2026, according to security company Blockaid, the most of any blockchain.
“When you put traditional finance products on infrastructure that has no accountability associated with its opera- tional matters, that is deeply concerning tome,” Allen says.
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Some banks such as JPMorgan are sticking to internal, private block- chains, wary of using public blockchains where transaction data is visible globally.
As more banks embrace blockchains, a different problem arises. JPMorgan, Standard Chartered, Lloyds and other banks are exploring turning deposits into tokens, but currently cannot use those tokens in each other's systems. This so-called interoperability is not an issue for commercial bank money, which is backed by the central bank and clears across the same systems.
“The big limitation obviously remains that we don’t have an interchange mechanism for tokenised deposits to move between banking institutions at any scale today,” says René Michau, glo- bal head of digital assets at Standard Chartered, which runs tokenised depos- its in Hong Kong and Singapore.
To truly scale, executives need central bank money to be available on block- chains. The Bank of England and Euro- pean Central Bank are exploring creating their own digital currencies. This could take years. The US Federal Reserve has ruled out the move.
Many things are still contentious, not least the structure of equity tokens. Last year, retail broker Robinhood found itself in hot water when it sold stock tokens in OpenAl, the private company that developed ChatGPT.
Unlike normal sharcs, Robinhood’s stock tokens give holders no economic or voting rights in a company and are instead just derivatives pegged to the value of the business’s latest funding round.
When OpenAI released a statement saying the tokens were not equity and not endorsed by it, Robinhood’s chief executive, Vlad Tenev, defended the structure, saying: “I don't think it’s entirely relevant that it’s not technically an equity instrument.”
“It’s a very complicated structure to think through,” Allen says, especially for retail investors. “People are going to think they have the stock and when they find out they don't, Ithink that’s goingto be highly problematic.”
The debate about the OpenAI equity tokens crystallises many of the concerns that blockchain technology and its applications are advancing faster than regulators can control or investors can understand.
But at present, misconceptions afflict relatively few. Though investment and interest are growing, tokenised markets are still a tiny part of the global banking system. “The biggest risk is that we all get distracted by things that go nowhere,” says Michau of Standard Chartered.
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A red card for the boss of world football
Infantino’s abortive plan
shows Fifa needs a sweeping governance shake-up
When the final whistle blew at the men’s football World Cup two weeks ago, Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s position seemed impregnable. Despite contro- versies and complaints about ticket prices, the tournament was a dazzling success, its revenues dwarfing those of previous World Cups. But Infantino’s scheme to set up a new company hous- ing Fifa’s commercial interests and sell stakes to private investors triggered an extraordinary backlash across much of the global game. With rebel federations and associations gathering signatures for an extraordinary meeting and no- confidence vote, he should stand down. In another form and different hands, some version of Infantino’s plan might have worked. There is nothing inher- ently wrong with further commerciali-
sation of international football provided it balances all stakeholders’ interests. The flood of private investment and TV money particularly intc European leagues has had some important posi- tive effects — helping to upgrade stadi- ums, slow rising ticket prices and reduce financial blow-ups at clubs.
Commercial innovations in this World Cup showed the potential to unlock further value; compared to some other global sports, TV and sponsorship revenues still left money on the table. Maximising returns to expand football in developing countries beyond its strongholds in Europe and the Americas makes sensein principle.
But Fifa doesn’t need outside inves- tors to do this. Infantino pointed to how the Spanish and French football leagues sold stakes to private equity. But they were seeking fresh capital after the Covid pandemic badly weakened their finances. Fifa, by contrast, has $2.7bn in reserves, and is projecting $15bn reve- nues in the four-year cycle ending with
this year’s tournament. It could hire tal- ented executives to boost value.
Many national associations, even if they would have benefited from higher distributions, also balked at diverting some of that value unnecessarily to pri- vate investors. Pressure would very likely increase for further expansion of the World Cup or Club World Cup — crowding the match calendar to the det- riment of football's wider ecosystem.
All this has, ironically, only high- lighted the need for another element of Infantino’s plan — separating Fifa’s role as regulator of world football from its commercial activities — but not as the Fifa president envisaged it. Infantino drew up his commercial plan in secret, without the knowledge of top lieuten- ants, and gave Fifa’s 211 member associ- ations 53 days to take it or leave it.
It included an anchor investor run by the brother of Donald Trump’s son-in- law. Much of the football world has viewed with distaste Infantino’s court- ing of the US president, epitomised for
The latest debacle has laid bare the lack of transparency and checks and balances that concentrates vast power in the Fifa president's hands
many by Infantino awarding Trump a Fifa “peace prize” last year and the sus- pension ofa red card ban for US striker Folarin Balogun last month after Trump intervened (Fifa insists its disciplinary committee acted independently). Ina different era, in 2015, it was US law enforcement that played the primary role in exposing corruption at Fifa which forced Sepp Blatter’s resignation after 1/7 years as president. Infantino was supposed to clean up Fifa.
The latest debacle has instead laid bare the lack of transparency and checks and balances that concentrates vast power in the Fifa president’s hands. While Fifa is a non-profit association, no corporation with multibillion-dollar revenues would tolerate the equivalent ofa joint CEO and chair devising a major business initiative without consulting senior management and the board. Fifa now needs a far more sweeping shake-up of governance than what took place a decade ago. A red card for Infan- tino would be an important first step.
Opinion Britain
Dont pretend jokes wont lead to political violence
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Party has an interesting
understanding of the cir-
cumstances under which
it is appropriate to say sorry. “If I'd done it deliberately, I'd be apologising,” Zack Polanski said dur- ing an appearance on BBC Newsnight on Tuesday. “But because this was a mistake, I think the important thing is that I point out this was a mistake.” (Right. Because famously, when you make a mistake, you don’t apologise for it.)
Polanski was referring to an image that he had (inadvertently, he says) participated in posting on social media, of a man wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with an image of a guillo- tine. At the top is printed the phrase “We're only making plans for Nigel”, a reference to a great song by 1970s punk band XTC.
‘here has been a chipping away at the taboo that it is OK for someone to be killed for their views
It should be pointed out that this was part of a “collab”, meaning that several people including the Green Party leader jointly posted it from their accounts, and also that Polanski says he hadn’t noticed the image (the fifth in a multi-image “carousel”) when he approved the collab request. He subsequently unshared the post, and said he condemned all forms of political violence, including violent imagery and metaphors.
But Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, at whom the T-shirt’s message was directed, says Polanski’s co-posting of the image was nothing short of “incite- ment” and called for the police to act (the Met has since said it is taking no further action).
“Is it any wonder with such rhetoric relentlessly levelled at Reform that some may be moved to try to elimi- nate that supposed threat through lethal violence?” the party’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf said, arguing that the constant denigration of Reform UK by the media and rival politicians had led to the brutal mur- der of his high-profile colleague Ann Widdecombe on July 8. As an exam- ple, he cited old social media posts from Labour MPs, including one from David Lammy in 2019 that described her as a “poisonous bigot”.
Given the appalling and upsetting
circumstances of Widdecombe’s death — the 78-year-old was slaughtered in her home as she was having lunch by herself, by an assailant who dealt her 21 blows with a hammer — it is under- standable that Farage and Yusuf are feeling sensitive. But that does not negate the fact that they are also being deeply hypocritical.
Lucy Connolly — who in 2024 pleaded guilty to publishing material “intended to stir up racial hatred” after calling on X for asylum seekers’ hotels to be set on fire in the aftermath of the Southport stabbings — has been held up by Farage as a victim of an over-reaching, authcritarian state. She was a star speaker at Reform’s conference last year, hailed as “Brit- ain’s favourite political prisoner”.
Further, just because a lone actor (as Widdecombe's killer is assumed to be) decides to carry out a despicable act, that does not m2an we should suddenly abandon our commitment to free speech — a value that Farage claims to hold dear — or involve the police in matters that should be gov- erned by social norms rather than criminal law. Nor does it mean that politicians should be beyond strong criticism: calling someone a “bigot” who must be stood up to “before it’s too late” (as Yusuf complained that Lammy did) is hardly an incitement to murder, not least when it was seven years ago.
But what is undeniable is a general chipping away at the taboo that it is acceptable for someone whose views you find morally repugnant to be killed. According to a recent study, the proportion of Amcricans who say political violence is “usually or always’ justified increased “only mod- estly” from 2024 to 2025 — from 32.3 per cent to 35.6 per cent (although a 10 per cent increase is not very mod- est in the space of a year). A 2025 study found that 21 per cent of Britons said political violence was acceptable under some conditions.
And while the response to the Polan- ski post from Farage might be over- blown, the fact is tha: “jokes” about someone being better off dead can lead to someone deciding to go and kill them. Likewise, the frequent compari- sons drawn between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler make it more likely that someone might try to assassinate him, as press secretary Karoline Leav- itt complained after the latest attempt on his life in April. It’s no good pre- tending she is wrong.
It shouldn’t need saying that violence has no place in politics. It is counter-productive, making martyrs of its victims. The taboo is what holds the social norm in place. With each erosion, the line between “joke” and moral justification gets a little blurrier.
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UK can no longer rely on foreign-owned payments networks
Martin Arnold’s report on Mastercard’s potential sale of Vocalink rightly raises questions about the ownership of critical UK payments infrastructure (“Mastercard weighs sale of majority stake in payments unit Vocalink”, Report, July 14).
It also points to a broader issue that Britain has been slow to confront: why does one of the world’s most innovative economies still rely so heavily on two US-owned card networks for everyday payments?
Every year, UK businesses pay billions in fees to these dominant networks. The result is a system that quietly taxes the economy, limits choice and stifles competition, with
consumers ultimately paying the price throuzh higher costs for goods and services.
Regulators are beginning to scrutinise card network economics, while policymakers across Europe are questioning their dependence on foreign-owned payments infrastructure. If rising geopolitical tensions were ever to disrupt access to these networks, the consequences for UK businesses and the wider economy woulc be profound. The optimal scenario is close collaboration between the US and Europe on all technology platforms, including payments. But that is not the geopolitical reality in which we find ourselves.
This is why who buys Vocalink matters. Vocalink operates Faster Payments, the rails on which open banking runs. Open banking is the UK’s best chance of delivering genuine choice and competition in payments, and handing that critical infrastructure to an incumbent would defeat its purpose. A sale to the major banks would resolve the sovereignty question, but it would not resolve the competition one: the same institutions that benefit most from today’s market would continue to have little incentive to change it.
As an open banking payments company, we feel that if the UK is serious about building a more
competitive and resilient payments market, ownership of this kind of critical infrastructure is better placed with a coalition of independent, innovation-led challengers who have every incentive to open up the market. As the Bank of England shapes the UK’s next generation of payments infrastructure, it should not simply replace one dominant owner with another. It should seize the opportunity to build a payments system that is defined by genuine competition, greater choice and openness to innovation. Francesco Simoneschi CEO and Co-Founder, TrueLayer, London EC2, UK
Few small companies pay New York business tax
A recent article about small business reform in New York City (“New York’s mayor sets out to slash red tape for small businesses”, Business Insight, July 29) includes a widely cited, but wildly misleading, claim about business taxation in the US.
The article claims that New York businesses face a relatively high tax rate. The problem is that no small businesses pay this tax. The tax rates in question, however, apply only to corporations, which comprise less than one-fifth of all US businesses. Virtually all small businesses are partnerships or sole proprietorships, which pay tax on personal, not business, income.
Corporations in the US tend be very large public companies. In New York State, for instance, just 799 companies account for more than three-quarters of the state’s entire corporate tax take. (New York City’s corporate tax conforms to, and is layered on top of, the state tax).
Further, corporations pay tax to New York based solely on the sales they make in the state, not where they employ workers or maintain offices. Given this, comparative corporate tax rates could not affect regional competitiveness. If Amazon, for instance, wanted to lower its New York corporate tax liability, it would have to take the unprofitable step of reducing the sales it makes to New Yorkers.
The article draws attention to mayor Zohran Mamdani’s commendable cfforts to makc it casicr to start and run a small business in New York. Bringing in misapprehensions about business taxation needlessly muddies the waters.
Andrew Perry Director of Fiscal Research, Fiscal Policy Institute, New York, NY, US
A smart surface solution for our overheating cities
Your editorial (July 20) correctly notes that extreme heat in European cities is now so common that a new approach to cooling is needed. But the editorial’s recommendation — to expand air conditioning (AC) — fails to note that AC cools rooms by dumping more heat outside, thus worsening the problem.
Operating AC in a recent multi-day heat event in Paris (where most residents still don’t have AC) increased ambient city temperature by 2C. Adoption of AC as the dominant city cooling strategy is to condemn cities to more miserable summers, hurting outdoor workers, athletes, tourists and anyone not inside air-conditioned space.
A smarter alternative now being adopted across a dozen US cities ranging from Boston to Atlanta and
People looking at dinosaur fossils
at a museum in Houston
Dallas is citywide cooling through changing surfaces citywide.
European city roofs and roads today absorb more than 80 per cent of incoming sunlight, which we beleive contributes three times more to city heat than does global warming. The solution is to treat all city surfaces as a single integrated solution to heat and flooding risks — broadly deploying reflective, porous and green surfaces (commonly called smart surfaces).
As one example, with our help in June 2025 Atlanta adopted a bill requiring new and retrofitted roofs to be reflective. This one measure (one of several Atlanta is adopting) will triple reflectivity of commercial roofs, cool the city by 1.3C (with up to 3.5C cooling in hot, lower-income neighbourhoods) and cut electricity bills by $310mn — while slowing global warming. Putting this mandate in place costs a city nothing, and because reflective roofs cost about the same as dark roofs, businesses and consumers also reap large benefits.
London and other European cities should not give up their marvellous outdoor spaces in the summer. Instead, they should recognise that urban heat is also the result of surface choices, not just climate change. European cities should systematically adopt reflective, porous and green surfaces citywide to cool the entire city and avoid massive expansion of the ugly, loud, smelly outdoor window AC units already heating and disfiguring public spaces.
If the dominant solution to city heat is AC rather than citywide cooling, cities will set themselves on a path to giving up the outdoors in summers and worsen the two linked threats of urban heat and global warming.
Greg Kats
CEO and Founder, Smart Surfaces Coalition; Author of ‘Greening Our Built World, Washington, DC, US
PM can legislate for policy he championed as mayor Andy Burnham is right that
meaningful devolution requires mayors to have the powers and financial certainty to shape the long- term prosperity of their regions (“Burnham to give mayors income tax share”, Report, July 31). Stable fiscal settlements should enable strategic investment in housing, transport and economic growth.
As prime minister, he now has the opportunity to translate into government policy a principle he championed as mayor of Greater Manchester.
Last November, Burnham joined other regional leaders in calling for England's strategic authorities to be given statutory duties for climate and nature. That reflected a simple reality: the impacts of climate change are increasingly regional in their consequences and require regional leadership.
Heatwaves and wildfires, in particular, do not respect local authority boundaries. Responding effectively demands co-ordinated planning across transport, health, emergency services, utilities and land management.
London has already demonstrated what this can achieve. Mayor Sadiq Khan’s decision to commission the London Climate Resilience Review led to Heat Ready London, the capital’s first comprehensive city heat plan, providing a strategic framework for preparing the capital for rising temperatures and associated risks. It shows how strategic authorities can turn climate risk assessments into co-ordinated action across public services and critical infrastructure.
The logic of devolution is that decisions should be taken at the level where they can be made most effectively.
That principle applies as much to climate adaptation as it does to economic development. If strategic authorities are to become the engines of growth, they must also become the institutions responsible for preparing communities, infrastructure and local economies for the increasingly frequent heatwaves and wildfires that climate change is bringing.
Fiscal devolution and statutory climate resilience duties are complementary, not competing, reforms.
Together they would create the long-term regional leadership that England increasingly needs. Professor Emma Howard Boyd Chair, National Heat Risk Commission Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2, UK
What if fossil hunters are only in it for the money?
Far more scientific value is likely lost through the commercial recovery of dinosaur fossils than Zoe Lescaze suggests in her feature on the booming trend for collecting, which as she correctly says is happening with scant agreement on standards and transparency (“Dinosaur collectors have a bone to pick’, Collecting,
July 16).
Limited access to privately owned specimens is possible, though as the article points out the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology discourages its members from publishing on privately owned specimens because the owner could revoke access at any time, making it impossible for anyone else to verify that research.
US federal and state laws have tried to strike a balance between search activity and scientific recovery.
However, existing laws do not promote optimal scientific search on private lands.
Meanwhile, scientifically motivated search and recovery is a slow process that increases costs for commercial fossil hunters with no benefit to themselves. Moreover, while California has laws to promote the recovery of fossils of scientific value on state- owned lands, these can be thwarted by insufficient state-sponsored observation of recovery processes. “Drive-by” observation occurs.
To fix this, finders need to be rewarded both for recovering a fossil and preserving the scicntific information.
A good reward scheme might include giving finders exclusive rights to sell the fossil ifthey turn over the scientific data; tax breaks for reporting exactly where a specimen was found; and requiring commercial diggers to hire trained paleontologists to monitor their digging activity.
Paul Hallwood Professor of Economics University of Connecticut Storrs, CT, US
Two conductors who make light of the critics
Richard Fairman’s engaging article on conductor John Wilson (“‘I make no apologies for my love of light music”, Interview, Life & Arts, July 18) and the success of his eponymous orchestra reminded me of another influential maestro, namely André Rieu in Maastricht. Both make music that is highly popular with the public, yet often attract negative comments from expert music critics, Is this an example of the entrepreneurial spirit trouncing elite judgments?
Wilfrid Legg
Paris, France
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A digital iron curtain ts threatening the global economy
Roland Busch
or 5U years, digital technology
reshaped the global economy.
It famously flattened the
world. Markets, trade and
production became more connected across borders. From cars and smartphones to semiconductors and industrial robots, almost no complex product is created in one place alone.
Then came the pandemic, energy crisis, labour shortages and geopolitical tensions that exposed how fragile this flat world of ours really is. Companies are now rebalancing, weighing resilience alongside cost and efficiency in their decisions about investment, sourcing and production. As a result, a more regional form of globalisation is emerging.
While the first digital revolution helped companies co-ordinate global
supply chains, this one is helping to make production more local again. Manufacturing is moving closer to cus- tomers, held together by a patchwork of digital connections in software, data and Al,
At “lighthouse factories”, a World Economic Forum designation of more than 200 smart manufacturing sites, these new approaches have raised labour productivity by around 40 per cent and cut the time to adapt produc- tion lines roughly in half. But scaling these gains depends on whether machines, factories and companies can exchange data and reuse solutions.
Software, data and AI have different economics to concrete and steel. Facto- ries, machines and infrastructure must still be built and adapted in each market. But a digital model, software application or AI tool can be improved in one place and reused in many others, provided systems can exchange it and have access to the relevant data. If the conditions are right, factories can adapt designs that they know work for local needs, better processes can spread and products can reach new markets
without having to rebuild from scratch each time.
That logic is strong enough to encour- age corporate competitors to build con- nections that will allow technology to work across national boundaries.
Shared standards are the cleanest way to do this: everyone works to the same rules from the start. Interoperability is
the next best solution, allowing differ-
Europe can become a trusted connector where technologies from different regions work together
ent systems to work together without becoming identical. Take a recent Euro- pean-Japanese effort that linked auto- motive industrial networks while each retained its own architecture.
Yet while companies are building bridges, geopolitics is increasingly drawing borders. The US-China tech- nology divide is reshaping the landscape worldwide as governments seek greater
control over technologies, data and sup- ply chains. Export controls, data locali- sation rules and diverging cyber secu- rity requirements are drawing new lines throuzh global technology.
Every new barrier makes it harder to connect systems, scale what works and bring better products to markets. If this trend continues unchecked, digital bor- ders could harden into a digital ironcur- tain — slowing progress, trade and the exchange of ideas between societies.
This isa global challenge. But Europe, caught as it is between the two techno- logical superpowers, has a particular stake in the answer — and a unique opportunity to shape it. Rather than building yet another walled garden, it can become a trusted connector: a place where companies, technologies and data from different regions work together.
But that will require building an eco- system that others want to join. Europe cannot become the world’s connector if it is primarily known for regulating technology rather than creating it. It must now create the right conditions for companies to do what they do best.
Interoperability must become astra- : tegic imperative for the EU. Enlarging | the single market — for digital products : and services as well as everything else — : is anecessary step in building bothcred- : ibility and capability. Wherever com- : mon standards are absent, the priority : must be developing interfaces that can: switch between different systems, : whether through companies, industry : alliances or public-private partnerships. :
Finally, Europe should make interop- : erability a cornerstone of its ecoromic : diplomacy. This connected world can- ! not be built alone. The emerging digital : trade partnership with Pacific econo- : mies, including Japan, Australia and : Canada, could become a promising : model for how to bring different ecosys- : : property tax in a decade. When politi-
tems together.
‘The biggest question remainsa global : : sign that the problem is bigger than they tions or on systems designed to keepone_ : another out? The answer will determine whether our more regional world can : : voting than when shopping online.
one: will resilience be built on connec-
remain connected.
The writer is chief executive and president : would use them. The more interesting approach is to wonder why there is such : a disconnect between people’s choices
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Whatever happened to prudence?
Chris Giles
s the energy shock intensi-
fied earlier this year, the
IMF dished out its standard
advice on how countries
should respond if they
wanted to offset the pain for their
households and companies. Any sup-
port should be timely, targeted and tem-
porary, it said. Nations did respond
quickly, with nearly 900 measures
implemented to offset the shock across
170 countries at the latest count in mid-
June. But the measures were broad-
brush, had no end date and subsidised
energy — undermining the incentive to
conserve fuel in the middle of an energy shock. They will be difficult to reverse.
This year’s energy subsidies signify
more than countries being unwilling to
heed IMF advice. They are just the latest
example in a growing international trend to fix problems with additional
government borrowing and leave the resulting higher deficits and debt for future governments to manage.
This has been standard practice in the
US since the 1990s. French politics has long found it impossible to rein in high
deficits to meet European targets. The current German government has decided to borrow more to repair its
broken infrastructure and improve its defence capabilities. Japan has pledged tax cuts and a mass've public and pri- vate investment prog-amme and the new UK prime minister Andy Burnham said he would exploil [lexibililies in lis budg- etary rules to allow more borrowing.
There has been no co-ordination at a global level. The G20 group can barely agree on anything these days and in April its finance ministers could not devise even a bland unanimous joint statement on whether all of this borrow- ing and spending was sensible.
It was not always thus. At the 2010 Toronto G20 summit, all significant economies pledged to repair their pub- lic finances after the disaster of the 2008-09 global financial crisis. “Sound fiscal finances are essential to sustain recovery, provide flexibility to respond to new shocks, ensure the capacity to meet the challenges of ageing popula- tions, and avoid leaving future genera- tions with a legacy of deficits and debt,” the communiqué said.
Whatever the optimal fiscal consoli- dation path in the 2010s may have been, more urgency is required today. IMF estimates of gross government debt have risen sharply. In 2010 it was 94 per cent of GDP in advanced economies and 37 per cent in emerging economies. Debt is now expected to be 108 per cent and 77 per cent respectively this year.
These higher levels of debt also attract higher interest rates, leaving public
finances across the world looking ever
more fragile. Recent evidence from both the IMF
and the Bank for International Settle-
ments has found that past relationships between rising debt and fiscal repair have broken down. There is no longer evidence that rising government debt generates political pressure for public spending cuts or tax increases. Instead, the BIS found that countries aggres- sively use budgetary stimulus in diffi- cult times to mitigate the losses, and instead of running surpluses in good times, have begun to use these moments to ease the purse strings and cut taxes. The important question is why gov- ernments across the world stopped finding time for prudence. Part of the answer in the 2010s was that interest rates were low and appeared to be sta- ble, giving a justification for persistently higher borrowing. That argument no
Research shows that past relationships between rising debt and fiscal repair have broken down
longer applies and governments rarely offer any excuse, merely promising to do better in future and then failing.
The more concerning explanations rest on megatrends in the global econ- omy andthe current inability of domes- tic or international politics to address them.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the US war with Iran, China’s aggressive stance and wider geopolitical tensions are rais- ing pressure on governments globally to spend much more on defence with little prospect of any respite in the years ahead. Adapting to climate change and mitigating its effects costs money now. And ageing societies generate greater pressures on governments for pensions, health services and the costs of social care. The AI revolution might increase economic growth rates, but will also bring public finances pressures to sup- port those who have lost their jobs.
Greater co-operation at the interna- tional level could mitigate all of these
costs. Greater trust between nations would enable less to be spent on defence. More joint action on global
How to
save the British high street
Polly Mackenzie
he new UK government’s cut in business rates for pubs and music venues is, by my count, the 12th tweak to the much-loathed
cians start fiddling like this, it’s usually a want to admit. That’s certainly true when it comes to our high streets, which
seem to matter more to people when
Libertarians might say we should give up: if people wanted high streets, they
' ? and their political demands.
befall Keo puns =
warming would lower the eventual costs of adapting to a warmer climate, And : managed migration could ease some : demographic pressures in both : : life into buildings retail no longer needs. But only the most naive should expect : : post of No 10 but most could host more polarised geopolitics has killed almost : all attempts at co-operative solutions on : issues from trade to defence, climate, : migration and taxation. Polarised : domestic politics makes it harder for : governments to build national support : : high streets too. In South Shields and in : Blyth they're moving the college cam- And what about the bond vigilantes? : : are burgeoning — the municipal tip : reimagined as a high street hub where ; you fix things rather than throw them ally rather than forcing countriestotake : their public finances seriously. But : make no mistake, the megatrends are persistent, fiscal pressures are rising and few countries are addressing them. : This uneasy truce may continue for : : boarded-up windows and leaking roofs : signal to every passer-by that this place : no longer matters. This is delinquent : ownership. Rates are high partly : because the property values behind
advanced and emerging economies.
any of this to happen. In recent years,
for the difficult choices needed for reducing budget deficits.
Will they restore discipline?
So far, they have been benevolert jail- ers, merely rattling their keys occasion-
some time. But it will not last for ever.
chris.giles@ft.com
Bangladeshs future depends on the military distancing itself from politics
Nazmul Ahasan
onths after Sheikh
Hasina’s 15-year auto-
cratic rule in Bangladesh
collapsed under an upris-
ing in August 2024, Mubashar Hasan landed in Dhaka after more than six years of exile. Back home, Hasan — an academic who once spent 44 days in a secret military detention facility — found the pervasive fear was gone. The military’s Directorate General of Forces Intelligence, once the most dreaded arm of the state, was now openly criticised on primetime televi- sion. After a chat show tore into the DGFI, Hasan expected “a microbus full of agents storming the TV station, or panellists . .. kidnapped on their way home”. Nothing of the sort happened. Instead, a profound shift has begun. An interim administration hauled serving officers before civilian judges to answer
for “crimes against humanity”, brushing aside army objections. Warrants were issued for five former DGFI chiefs. When the establishment-friendly Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
swept back to power in the February 2026 elections, the new government
moved swiftly to detain generals behind a 2007 soft coup andon July 26 authori- ties brought charges against six military officers over the enforced disappear- ance and killing of a local politician. But cementing civilian rule will require more than a few high-profile arrests; it will mean extricating the military from its central role in the country’s economy and politics.
Today the army finds itself uniquely unpopular, having managed to alienate almost every faction of society. Human rights groups are unsparing in their crit- icism; populist rightwing YouTubers followed by millions condemn its per- ceived subservience to New Delhi; secu- larists recoil at its institutional identity steeped in Islamic iconography.
There has been a slow degeneration of its institutional purpose since a popular uprising ended direct military rule in
from politics. In subsequent years, they rebranded themselves as neutral power
brokers between two warring political
dynasties: Awami Leagueand the ENP. That referee role eroded in phases.
The 2007 coup, sold as a project to
Uniformed officers jostle with bureaucrats to run lucrative entities from the telecom regulator to ports
reform the political system, instead saw the military detain and torture leading politicians — including Tarique Rah- man, the former BNP leader’s son, who is now prime minister. When that experiment collapsed, the generals handed power to Hasina after she won the 2008 election.
The civil-military relationship was
fundementally altered in 2009 after a bloody mutiny that left 57 officers dead. Hasina blocked direct military retalia- tion. Officers who protested were sys- tematically purged while the top brass deepened a quiet alliance with the regime. Through the rigged elections of 2014 and 2018, the supposed referee joined the game. Officers seconded to the Rapid Action Battalion — a notori- ous, military-dominated elite law enforcement unit — carried out extraju- dicial killings at eight times the rate of regular police. Politicians, journalists, and academics were “disappeared”.
The rewards for this complicity were staggering, chiefly in the form of land. In Dhaka, there are 14 major public hous- ing schemes for a city now home to more than 30mn people. But the defence forces alone have five, built with public subsidies. Older government land grants have made their holders dollar millicnaires in a city where income per head is about $5,200.
During Hasina’s tenure, defence spending doubled in real terms and the armed forces captured a reported $6bu in construction contracts. Uniformed
and universities under welfare trusts
from the telecom regulator to ports.
broke discipline inside the ranks too.
Officers marginalised during Hasina’s : reign turned to the internet, savaging : their own leadership on social media : and shattering the sacred taboo against : : blighting their community. If you’re not : using it, and someone else can, then the
public dissent. So long as the generals hold the assets,
they will have a reason to bend the gov- ernment to their will. The crucial ques- tion for the next chapter of Bangladesh’s_ : democracy is whether they now possess _: : active state, can rescue our town centres : atthescaleand pace that’s needed.
the institutional wisdom to withdraw from business as well as politics.
The writer is execulive editor of Netra : Kinship Works network
News, an investigative news platform
Walk down almost any high street in
England and it becomes obvious. The : boarded-up pub, bank or bakery, the
: market hall or community centre that : became a bar, thena waffle house and : then closed. Tens of thousands of build- : ings across the country sit derelict or : vacant and no economist’s lecture about : “revealed preference” offers consola-
: tion for this not-even-managed decline.
It is perhaps 5,000 years since in-per-
: son retail began. Since then it has served : two purposes: where we buy things, and : where we meet. The first paid for the : second without anyone noticing they : were separate. Footfall for goods subsi- : dised the public realm — the benches, : the safety in numbers, a reason to walk : and meet. Online shopping has largely : killed off that arrangement. What’s left : is the second purpose, unfunded, in : buildings that used to do it for free. So, : any solution for the high street will
Any solution needs to force delinquent owners to bring buildings back into use or surrender them
come from finding a financial model to pay for that second role.
This can’t mean propping up shops. It must mean putting new kinds of civic
Not every high street can have an out-
of the state. Local tax offices, magis- trates’ courts, police stations and cot- tage hospitals have gone. But by creating local hubs shared by multiple public services, front of house can come back. Education could be an anchor for our
pus to the centre of town. Repair shops
away. And of course: homes. Town cen- tre conversions bring people and com- munity as well as meet housing needs. But none of it works while the build- ings themselves are blighted, derelict, vandalised and demoralising: the
: them assume a return that the high : street can no longer generate. That fic- : tion is what lets an owner sit on a board- ‘ ¢d-up unit rather than scll: better to : wait for a more valuable planning per- : mission, or for the roof to fall in and the : listing lapse with it, than crystallise a officers now run about 300 high schools : : pub deteriorate for a decade and you are that also pushed into real estate, bank- ing, manufacturing and tourism. They : also routinely jostle with civilian : bureaucrats to run lucrative entities :
loss for tax purposes. Watch a derelict
usually watching someone protect a number on a spreadsheet from years ago — at the community’s expense.
Any solution to our high streets’
: dilemma needs to force these delin-
Pakistan and Egypt show what such : empires cost a country: businesses that : escape audit, crowd out private firms and leave the officer corps with a per- : manent stake in who governs. Themon- : etisation of the army’s ties tothe regime :
quent owners to bring buildings back into use or surrender them. Councils have powers but rarely the capacity or confidence to use them. A state-backed capital vehicle — a National Trust for the high street — could take interim owner-
: ship while long-term plans are made. It
would be transformative. And we needa fighting fund, with a crack team of law- yers ready to shift the expectations of every property owner whose building is
choice should be out of your hands. It’s too late to rely on incentives like
business rate holidays alone. Only active communities, backed by an
The writer is a policy expert and part of the
Monday 3 August 2026
| = The case for sabbaticals
In praise of the deadline: a blessing
in disguise
Miranda Green Business Life
o doubt like many readers,
I’m racing to get several
things done before I go on
holiday — in my case, that
includes writing this column. And the annual pre-holiday crunch makes for an even more excruciating “to-do” list than usual. But it was the Pope, of all people, who made me acknowledge that a hard cut-off for work projects is really a blessing in disguise.
The pontiff was on a visit to Barcelona this summer, where he gave a papal benediction to the Sagrada Familia, architect Antoni Gaudi's bizarre modernist sand-sculpture cathedral, which remains unfinished 100 years after his death in 1926.
A century on, and with a massive mosaic cross now erected on the tallest tower, Pope Leo decided it was finally time to mark a near-concluding moment in this monumental construction project. Hence the special Mass for the final and tallest tower’s completion.
Gaudi said of his crazy and elaborate vision, creeping upward at glacial pace even in his lifctime, that the clicnt — by which he meant God — was “not in a hurry”.
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Ido not think my editors feel the
same way about me leaving them with a big salmon-pink unfilled space in the
FT — news people are born with a sense of urgency. Nor will readers’ bosses be likely to embrace the idea that, like the Almigity, they should have a bit of patience if pre-holiday tasks get held up between commission and delivery. We probably can’t count ona blessing for our unfinished business either.
But the Pope's decision to officiate at the cathedral while the scaffolding was still up gave me hope: yes, struggling with a work in progress can feel awful, and a lot of us don’t know when to draw a line under something. But sometimes that's just what you have to do — make it the best you possibly can in the time available.
Hence the joy of the deadline, a huge luxury which we enjoy several times a day in the media. T1e point at which
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each piece of work must exit the building (literally, if it has to go to the printers) is non-negotiable. Journalists were saying “just do it” to each other long before Nike adopted the slogan. And by and large, it means that while we have projects on the go, we aren't drowning in unfinished business. Hallelujah!
Compare and contrast with, say, the agonised PhD candidates spending years working their way to completion. I know plenty who gave up, although I was impressed to find out that the UK non-completion rate is actually only 16.2 per cent — good job, the rest of you. The closest I can get to imagining the psychological burden of such a long-term project is perhaps an architect spending decades on a plan for an unfinished cathedral if he or she lacked Gaudi’s intense religious faith (the Vatican has put him on a path to sainthood).
Each article cannot be a masterpiece. Nor can each piece of work by most of us in the desk-jockey, white-collar worker category. We are not building cathedrals here or writing the Great Amcrican Novel. But our work can be efficiently delivered to a standard we can be proud of. I suppose we are just
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4 Submission requiring house to accept honour for gold (9)
9 Sefter's attracted to number game G) 10 Smart little engine almost goes off the rails (11) 11 Looks again at communists’ screening with reference to Austria (7) 12 Finally starting second half of raunchy novel that commands attention (7) 14 Grease both sides pinching tube'’s lining — I'm incapable (9) 16 Climber in trouble, needing sodium infusion, suffers relapse (5) 18 Men taking fillies regularly aboard ship (5)
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26 Runner hides apart from East End Poles (3)
27 North Wales sect denied beginning to unsettle city (9)
28 Something aromatic from Benares — incense? (5)
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8 Landlord mislays the first key (5)
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17 Claim Trump's behind old flame being released from trial (9)
19 Wine served up in can is terrible (7) 21 Grazer scoffing last bit of lettuce is relatively ashamed (3,4)
22 Nutty type about to be confined (5) 23 Selection of peeled fruit (5)
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creating the equivalent of the damp- drip sandcastle tributes to the Sagrada Familia scattered across the beaches of the Costa Brava.
So yes, make like the swoosh and just do it. Invent a firm deadline if you don’t have a real one, or, if you want something a little more literary, be guided by Franz Kafka, who wrote: “From a certain point there is no more turn:ng back. That is the point that must be reached.”
You might say that Pope Leo, in his wisdom, felt that Barcelona’s great monument has reached that lofty point with the topping-off of its final tower this year. Or that I, wondering how to conclude this column, might even be reaching my own point of no turning back. It feels good, I must say, and I’m grateful for the work and to the editor who asked me again earlier today to please cough up the requisite number of words before she and I could be free to take our family holidays.
If you can just manage to hit one
deadline at a time, then that unholy “to-do” list will be finished in much
less than 100 years. Just don’t expect a sainthood for it.
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