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05 Aug, 2026

Maturity is not equivalence: Asian sustainable finance for EU and UK investors

While sustainable finance frameworks in maturing, their growing sophistication does not necessarily imply equivalence with EU and UK frameworks. As EU and UK investors expand their holdings and market ESG products with underlying assets in Asia, their product claims remain judged strictly against home-market rules and expectations, including the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the EU Taxonomy, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), and UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR). However, a core […]

03 Aug, 2026

How will the Burnham Government impact financial services policy and regulation

Bhavini Parmar Silas Ojo Vladimir Novatchev

Burnham means evolution, not a revolution for financial services The focus is shifting from designing reforms to delivering them The next wave of reforms is already taking shape with AI at the top of the list Growth remains important, but the politics will increasingly focus on the cost of living Fiscal constraints will shape the Chancellor's first Budget Defence, devolution and regional […]

30 Jul, 2026

Frontiers of Trade: The information economy of trade

Emilie Kerstens George Riddell Virginia Sentance MBE

This is the third piece in our Frontiers of Trade Policy series, which examines the places where international commerce is running ahead of the law meant to govern it. The first asked which country owns a resource mined in space, where rules of origin have no territory to point to. The second asked who is […]

28 Jul, 2026

What Burnham needs to know about life sciences

Louise Calland Sebastian Culliford

The Life Science Sector Plan's first annual update landed at the end of the political era in which it was written. Work began after Labour's 2024 landslide, when a decade-long framework tied to the Industrial Strategy and 10 Year Health Plan looked capable of surviving at least a full parliament. A year after publication, Keir […]

28 Jul, 2026

Brussels merges climate and industrial policy - but asks carbon pricing to do more with less

Daniel Brinkwerth Laurens De Rouck Pierpaolo Proni

Climate policy becomes industrial policy The Commission's publications are framed less as conventional climate measures than as a response to competitiveness, energy security, and the political cost of Europe's continued dependence on imported fossil fuels. The Middle East conflict earlier this year added more than €50 billion to the EU's fossil fuel import bill. Energy prices remain a structural drag […]

27 Jul, 2026

What will Jonathan Reynolds’ leadership mean for national security investment screening?

Beth Sizeland Fergus Opdebeeck Wilson Verity Ryan

Under Burnham, the boundaries between foreign investment, UK strategic capability and national security are becoming increasingly blurred and the ISU's casework is likely to reflect that in its new home. The UK’s National Security and Investment Act (NSIA) regime has always sat at the intersection of prosperity and security policy. Andy Burnham’s decision to move […]

23 Jul, 2026

Frontiers of Trade: AI agents as traders

Chris Martin George Riddell Joe Armitage

Welcome to the second in our Frontiers of Trade series. We're looking beyond today's headlines on tariffs and geopolitical tensions to the questions businesses will need to confront over the next decade. This blog examines what happens when AI agents begin executing cross-border trade without human oversight, and why the legal frameworks governing those trades are not ready. Imagine […]

22 Jul, 2026

NATO’s Ankara summit: where next for the Alliance?

Angelika Gruber Aymane Guenaou Emeline Diene Evgeniy Lozynskyy François-Joseph Schichan James Clark Julius Meska Philippine Orvoen

The 7-8 July 2026 NATO Summit took place in a markedly different geopolitical environment from last year’s summit. Within the span of the last year, the US has held a wartime summit with the Russian President in Anchorage, threatened the territorial integrity of Denmark through claims on Greenland, and launched a war against Iran that saw NATO’s European members refuse the US airspace access to offensive Iran-bound tankers and bombers. In the same timeframe, an exhausted Ukraine reaped the benefits […]

01 Jun, 2026

10 years since Brexit – what to expect from UK-EU relations in 2026

Kathryn Watson Miro Guzzini Sir Simon Fraser

A decade on from the Brexit referendum, after years of recrimination and hard negotiation, the politics around the UK-EU relationship are shifting. The UK Labour government is increasingly framing closer cooperation with the EU as in the UK’s economic and strategic interest, softening some of the political red lines around reintegration - including the recent reported proposal for much deeper alignment on goods trade. The issue has also become more prominent […]

07 May, 2026

AI-Pac January-April edition: Flint’s Digest on AI Policy in Asia-Pacific

Abigail Chen Ewan Lusty Sarah Lim

AI-Pac is Flint’s digest providing our take on major AI policy and regulatory developments in Asia-Pacific. In a fast-moving environment, this newsletter is designed to help you stay on top of the regulatory agenda and consider what it means for your business. Please see here for our previous blogs, spanning 2024 and 2025. In each […]

06 May, 2026

One-year Merz government: Rising pressure under challenging conditions

Andreas Krautscheid Evgeniy Lozynskyy Lisa Keuper Niklas Flagner

A government under pressure to deliver reforms One year after taking office, the German government - once called “Doomed to succeed” - faces a markedly more difficult domestic and international environment than anticipated. Economic conditions have worsened, political fragmentation has intensified, and current polling suggests that the coalition would no longer command a majority if elections were held today. The federal government has fallen […]

28 Apr, 2026

How energy insecurity is reshaping relationships in the Asia-Pacific

James Crabtree Katie Whitting

Asia-Pacific bearing the brunt of shortages Roughly 80% of crude oil and LNG passing through the Strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia, making the region especially vulnerable to the consequences of the conflict in the Middle East. The scale of impact varies market-to-market: Beyond energy, the impact is compounded by second-order supply disruptions. The possibility of fertiliser shortages is a particular concern – India, […]

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