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EU/UK financial trading risks need close monitoring

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EU/UK

Hedge funds are systemically important participants in financial markets and their preference for leverage amplifies their impact, especially when interest rate changes prompt…

UK AI Summit will promote some global cooperation

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UK

It led to international commitments from major developing countries, and brought together US and Chinese governments, which have thus far sought to shape global AI principles…

EU AI Act faces enforcement challenges

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EU

The Act takes a risk-based approach to AI regulation, with a focus on protecting the fundamental rights of EU citizens, and will be influential outside the EU as the first…

Managing AI risks is a core priority for China

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CHINA

Some of these risks are found in the tension between the properties of these new AI systems and existing regulatory frameworks or specific socio-economic concerns, such as…

US climate risk disclosure rule doubts will persist

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UNITED STATES

In April, the SEC voluntarily suspended the rule's implementation pending the review. Eleven legal cases brought before various courts by companies, states and NGOs challenging…

Risks will outweigh recovery chances in Eastern Europe

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EASTERN EUROPE

The economic environment has been dictated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and its market and policy implications. Next year, the prospects for the V4 economies are moderately upbeat…

Sudan’s oil infrastructure faces growing risks

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SUDAN

Although the parties have given no signs of attacking the oil pipelines yet, as the conflict escalates the risks may grow.

North Korean border provocations risk escalation

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NORTH KOREA

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is determined to respond firmly to Pyongyang's provocation, which was likely motivated by a failed rocket test and signs that there are limits…

Shipping is vulnerable to more severe disruption ahead

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INT

Shippers are being forced to take longer routes or pay higher insurance premiums, increasing costs, disrupting supply chains and absorbing the post-pandemic increase in shipping…

EU and UK rules on financial trading will diverge

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INTERNATIONAL

Some of these rules will directly impact UK-based financial services firms enmeshed in UK markets, though the United Kingdom aspires to diverge from the common regulatory regime…