AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoSanctions & Trade: UK, Canada and France move to ban imports of goods from Israeli West Bank settlements and target firms enabling settlement expansion, as Ed Miliband frames it as part of a wider coalition push. Politics & Donations: Labour threatens a cap on party donations after Reform UK received £72m from crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, with scrutiny rising over “buying” influence in UK democracy. Banking & Tax: Jefferies urges banks to offer a five-year freeze on deferred tax asset use, in return for Treasury guarantees, as lenders look to blunt a looming tax squeeze. Fintech Regulation: Causeway Securities’ Hong Kong unit gets approval-in-principle from the SFC, setting up professional and institutional structured product access across Asia-Pacific. Innovation Funding: Innovate UK backs OutSee’s pilot using an AI “agentic” validation subsystem for its Nomaly genomics platform. Energy Supply Risk: Resource nationalism tightens tungsten flows, with US export curbs and UK funding for Tungsten West amid Zimbabwe and Vietnam export restrictions. Security: Russia’s FSB claims it stopped a Ukrainian false-flag plot targeting the UK ambassador in Moscow, detaining a guard on treason charges.
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