The Financial Conduct Authority has published its #OpenFinanceRoadmap, setting a clear path from vision to delivery through to 2030.

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Several mansion plots on an exclusive road make up a chunk of the extensive London property holdings funded by money that officials link to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on.wsj.com/4v2sPOX

Energy digitalisation framework: a vision for a coordinated and connected energy system Delivering the digitalisation of the energy system in a coordinated and connected way.

The publication of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Ofgem Energy Digitalisation Framework is a useful step forward in setting out a more “coordinated and connected energy system.”

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smartdatagroup.org

#smartdata #openenergy #openbanking #openfinance

the Smart Data Group has published a proposal for what the 'Future Entity' for Open Banking + all Smart Data Schemes should look like. Special Purpose Vehicles for each Scheme.. www.linkedin.com/posts/smart-...

Iran has started trading fire after the US and Israel launched strikes that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports on what big questions remain in the Middle East.

It is now taking a legit weirdly long time to nominate a new Fed chair.

The combo of
- knows what they're doing
- won't spook the market
and
- is willing to do whatever the boss wants

is clearly hard to find

Berlin’s push to favor its own arms-makers snarls Ukraine’s €90B EU loan There’s pressure to quickly agree on the spending rules for the Ukrainian loan, but countries are also fiercely fighting for their domestic arms industries.

Germany wants to tie Ukraine's arms purchases financed by an upcoming €90 billion loan from the EU to how much bilateral aid countries give to Kyiv.

Its push is running into trouble.

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La TV francese riporta che l'Ucraina ha smesso di condividere informazioni di intelligence di alto valore con gli Stati Uniti, perché puntualmente finivano in Russia... portando a un vuoto che è stato colmato dall'intelligence francese…

Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries By Investing.com Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries

Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer

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Left: Mark Carney, "Canada is a pluralist society that works"

Right: Keir Starmer, "We risk becoming an island of strangers"

Carney is a leader
Starmer is a coward appeasing the far right

Carney inspires
Starmer divides

World Economic Forum: Special Address by PM Mark Carney Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers remarks and participates in a discussion while attending a meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Joining the prime minister are Laurenc...

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The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.

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Regno Unito, dalla padella Ue alla brace Trump Gli USA vogliono colonizzare il Regno Unito con gli standard, soprattutto agroalimentari. C'era una volta un popolo che decise di uscire dalla Ue per essere rule maker e non rule taker

Regno Unito, dalla padella Ue alla brace Trump

Gli USA vogliono colonizzare il Regno Unito con gli standard, soprattutto agroalimentari. C'era una volta un popolo che decise di uscire dalla Ue per essere rule maker e non rule taker

Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:

"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"

The UK and the US: It feels like the end No more special relationship

Trump kills the special relationship
Piece from me on how it feels like 80 years of alliance are dying now
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Mark Carney is explaining the new world in a way that is beyond any other leader I've heard speak. Hard to think of more than a handful of politicians with this level of awareness across Europe as a whole.

Eppure mi pareva che per Gaza…

Why Europe’s biggest pension funds are dumping government bonds Dutch reforms will push up borrowing costs across the continent

Dutch pension funds are set to lose a powerful incentive to buy long-term government bonds. Demand from elsewhere doesn’t look high either

UK to exclude financial services from push for closer EU alignment City of London firms have been lobbying against a return to Brussels rules

Do you think anyone in the UK government considered the EU response to them briefing that they don't want to align on financial services?

Of course not, because you might as well be putting out a big sign saying "we have learnt nothing so keep treating us badly" www.ft.com/content/8d9a...

Su X ci sono sempre più foto di donne e minori spogliati con l’intelligenza artificiale Ovviamente senza il loro consenso: è colpa di una nuova funzione del chatbot Grok

Su X ci sono sempre più foto di donne e minori spogliati con l’intelligenza artificiale

EU folk saying as I previously did, for the UK to go further will require financial contributions, moves towards freedom of movement, and demonstrating public commitment.

Some sign more UK analysts are understanding this.

Starmer’s Brexit cowardice and Britain’s relentless decline Labour's refusal to tell the truth is killing this country

Starmer's failure to tell the truth about the Brexit disaster, and his determination to stick with a failed status quo have made him the most unpopular PM since records began.

Piece from me on the crying need for this government to finally level with the public.
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Will the reparations loan to Ukraine be adopted? What consequences if it isn't? And what are the other options on the table?

@sbeverts.bsky.social & @ditrych.bsky.social unpack the strategic stakes of the European Council.

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'We need to give Ukraine means to survive the war', Luxembourg PM says "We are going in the right direction" to find a solution for Ukraine, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden told Euronews in an interview for Europe Today morning show ahead of the European Council on Thursday.

"We are going in the right direction" to find a solution for Ukraine, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden told Euronews in an interview for Europe Today morning show ahead of the European Council on Thursday.

È iniziato il Consiglio Europeo sui soldi all'Ucraina - Il Post Uno dei più importanti degli ultimi tempi: i leader devono decidere se usare i beni russi congelati, ma potrebbe andare per le lunghe

È uno dei Consigli più importanti della storia recente e potrebbe andare per le lunghe: i leader devono decidere se usare i beni russi congelati, e alcuni paesi (tra cui l’Italia) sono contrari

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UK to transfer €2.8bn of Abramovich’s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund Since the Russian billionaire sold Chelsea in 2022 under pressure from the British government, the funds from the sale have been frozen. PM Starmer is now allowing him to use it, but only for one cause: to help Ukraine.

Since the Russian billionaire sold Chelsea in 2022 under pressure from the British government, the funds from the sale have been frozen. PM Starmer is now allowing him to use it, but only for one cause: to help Ukraine.

Henry James’s Venice Is Still Here Henry James’s Venice was a “city of intense beauty and deep secrets” that he transformed into novels, letters, stories, and essays during his visits in the late 19th century. @anneapplebaum set out to experience that version of the sinking city:

Henry James’s Venice was a “city of intense beauty and deep secrets” that he transformed into novels, letters, stories, and essays during his visits in the late 19th century.

Anne Applebaum set out to experience that version of the sinking city:

Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

On Putin, the strategy of exporting chaos, how it works, why it ultimately (hopefully) fails www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...