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英国及英联邦 (United Kingdom & Commonwealth) - 《Financial Times - 29.08.2026.pdf》财政紧缩限制财政大臣:财政大臣约翰·希利因财务限制,将搁置2030年国防支出占GDP 3%的目标。预算重点将转向填补前任留下的近50亿英镑国防设备资金缺口。 - 《Financial Times - 29.08.2026.pdf》英国葡萄酒产业应对气候变化:高温提升了英国红葡萄酒的生产潜力与质量,但酿酒师担忧极端天气风险。生产商正通过采用相关技术保持灵活性以减轻强降雨等影响。 - 《Financial Times - 29.08.2026.pdf》尼泊尔冰岩崩塌引发灾难性洪水:尼泊尔与中国边境发生冰岩崩塌导致博特科西河谷洪水,造成580多人死亡及近2,500人失踪。救援中心设在比杜尔,军队正全力搜救。

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财政紧缩限制财政大臣

  • 财经 / 政治 / 财政紧缩限制财政大臣:财政大臣约翰·希利因财务限制,将搁置2030年国防支出占GDP 3%的目标。预算重点将转向填补前任留下的近50亿英镑国防设备资金缺口。
  • 生活 / 农业 / 英国葡萄酒产业应对气候变化:高温提升了英国红葡萄酒的生产潜力与质量,但酿酒师担忧极端天气风险。生产商正通过采用相关技术保持灵活性以减轻强降雨等影响。
  • 国际 / 灾难 / 尼泊尔冰岩崩塌引发灾难性洪水:尼泊尔与中国边境发生冰岩崩塌导致博特科西河谷洪水,造成580多人死亡及近2,500人失踪。救援中心设在比杜尔,军队正全力搜救。
  • 科技 / 人工智能 / AI文本检测的直觉与密度:前谷歌工程师Max Spero通过分析“信息密度”来识别AI文本。他认为人类写作具有明确意图,而AI生成的文本则缺乏这种深度。
  • 财经 / 美国经济 / 美国工业产出增长与关税分析:美国工业增长主要由AI芯片、服务器及航空航天需求驱动,而非关税导致的回流。纺织和家具等高关税行业反而出现萎缩。
  • 科技 / 人工智能 / Anthropic推出物理世界研究系统:Anthropic推出“模型硬件标准”工具,使Claude AI能自主控制显微镜、机械臂等物理设备。此举旨在扩展企业业务并为潜在的2万亿美元估值IPO做准备。
  • 财经 / 银行 / 意大利私人银行人才争夺战:私人贷款机构通过支付巨额预付款(资产比例1%-3%)及未来收入分成,激烈挖掘超高净值客户银行家。法国巴黎银行等机构提供数千万欧元的诱人合同。
  • 财经 / 欧洲经济 / 欧洲债务焦点从意大利转向法国:受预算谈判困难及政治极化影响,投资者认为法国已取代意大利成为欧洲债务最薄弱环节。法国面临增长、政治与财政的三重风险。
  • 财经 / 汽车 / 比亚迪海外扩张与国内压力:比亚迪上半年海外收入首次过半,出口量激增68%,通过Denza品牌进军欧洲高端市场。但国内市场份额正受到蔚来、小米等新势力及华为生态的挤压。
  • 财经 / 股市数据 / 英国主要上市公司股市表现:涵盖GSK、Haleon及伦敦证券交易所等公司的股价数据。数据显示部分公司如GSK维持在18.54英镑,而伦敦证券交易所市值达1万亿英镑。
  • 生活 / 零售 / 社交媒体助力实体零售店新生:伦敦鞋店The Rich Collection因店主女儿在TikTok发布视频而爆红,吸引大量年轻顾客。此现象反映了下一代利用社交媒体为父母店铺引流的新趋势。
  • 旅游 / 哥伦比亚 / 哥伦比亚马格达莱纳河巡航重启:先驱性巡航AmaMelodia号重新开放马格达莱纳河航线,连接卡塔赫纳与内陆社区。游客可通过迪克运河探索哥伦比亚的湿地与历史名镇。
  • 评论 / 地缘政治 / 俄罗斯长期战略与乌克兰战争分析:三本新书分析莫斯科的战略,认为俄罗斯正利用西方的注意力分散和内部政治分裂来抵消制裁。战争结局取决于西方支持者的持久力。
  • 生活 / 随笔 / 重拾音乐的疗愈之旅:作者记录了在全职工作之余每天练习三小时钢琴的艰辛过程,最终在2020年被格鲁吉亚第比利斯音乐学院录取。探讨了音乐学习与心理疗愈的相似性。
  • 文化 / 艺术 / 蒂尔达·斯温顿的身份多重性:演员蒂尔达·斯温顿讨论其在《奥兰多》等作品中饰演的灵活身份感。她认为身份并非二元选择,而是一种关于转变的多重性。
  • 娱乐 / 游戏 / 《星球大战:零公司》游戏评测:新游戏《零公司》采用回合制战术(TBT)类型,玩家扮演佣兵团队偿还债务。该作试图在深厚的粉丝文化中挑战类似XCOM的经典游戏循环。
  • 娱乐 / 电影 / 电影《低语人》与《苦涩圣诞》评述:《低语人》被评为充满陈词滥调的绑架悬疑片;而阿莫多瓦的《苦涩圣诞》则通过两条时间线,冷酷批判将他人生活作为创作素材的“自体小说”类型。
  • 财经 / 房地产 / 抵押贷款利率上涨影响伦敦购房:受地缘冲突影响,抵押贷款利率升至近5%,导致伦敦购房者首付平均增加3.5万英镑。购房能力下降约9%,但近期搜索量出现回升。
  • 财经 / 投资心理 / 投资心理与“赌徒幻觉”:通过股票游戏参与者伍迪5.0从顶峰跌至387名的案例,分析投资中的“赌徒幻觉”。基金经理指出,试图通过频繁交易追回亏损的行为曾导致巴林银行破产。
  • 财经 / 公司分析 / 国际工作场所集团(IWG)财务压力:IWG因租赁密集型模式面临高债务压力,营业成本上升26%导致利润仅增长1%。尽管股价下跌18%,CEO仍通过买入股票表达信心。
  • 文化 / 建筑 / 奥克兰宫及其花园的修复:鲁弗夫妇出资修复了达勒姆郡的中世纪奥克兰宫及其围墙花园。该项目将私人投资转化为公共慈善,现向访客免费开放。

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解构冰冷制度治理(Logos)与民众真实痛感/集体情绪(Pathos)之间的断裂与隐性诉求。

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希利将推迟国防支出目标

- 财政紧缩限制财政大臣 $\bullet$ 2030年国防支出占GDP 3%的目标被搁置 $\bullet$ 预算重点在于资金缺口

乔治·帕克 (GEORGE PARKER) 和 萨姆·弗莱明 (SAM FLEMING)

财政大臣约翰·希利将在10月提交其首份预算案时,搁置他此前设定的到2030年国防支出占英国GDP 3%的目标,关于如何为军队提供资金的艰难决定将被推迟。

希利在6月辞去了国防大臣一职,原因是他认为基尔·斯塔默政府在军事支出方面的雄心不足,但自从进入财政部以来,他不得不应对财务限制。

他此前坚持认为,英国应在2030年前将国防支出提高到GDP的3%——将其作为在2035年达成北约3.5%目标的里程碑——而这一计划现在尚不确定。

政府内部人士告诉《金融时报》,希利的预算案将重点填补前任首相留下的近50亿英镑的国防设备资金缺口,相当于每年约12亿英镑。但关于提高国防支出的更大决定将被推迟到明年的财政部支出审查。

一名政府人士表示:“当务之急是为基尔·斯塔默公布的国防投资计划提供资金,财政大臣将在预算案中阐述更多细节。”

他们补充道:“除此之外,我们将在支出审查中制定一条明确的路径,以实现2035年北约3.5%的目标,并为在该路径上达到3%设定一个目标日期。支出审查是设定目标日期的正确时机。”

智库财政研究学会的研究员比·博伊洛 (Bee Boileau) 表示,按目前的价值计算,在2030年将支出提高到3%每年将增加100亿英镑的成本。将支出进一步提高到GDP的3.5%将比现有水平增加250亿英镑。

目前,国防支出预计到2030年将达到GDP的2.7%。

首相安迪·伯纳姆拒绝承诺在2030年前达成GDP 3%的目标。他本周表示,预算案的财政背景具有“挑战性”。

一名发言人表示,政府“致力于为国防投资计划提供充足资金”。

他们说:“在支出审查中,我们将制定一条路径,以实现到2035年国防支出占GDP 3.5%的北约承诺,并将为在该路径上达到3%设定一个目标日期。”

影子国防大臣詹姆斯·卡特里奇表示,[希利]“竟然在撤回那个决定了前任首相命运的承诺,这简直不可思议”。

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尼泊尔灾难 救援人员全力抢救生命

昨天,一场由冰川崩塌引发的洪水在尼泊尔造成超过500人死亡,另有2,500人失踪。一架直升机昨天救出了一个家庭。

中国先遣救援队在灾害发生两天后抵达尼中边境一处被毁前哨站。此前,由于上游湖泊可能溢出的风险,他们被迫暂停行动5天。

尼泊尔内政部长表示,目前的幸存者搜救工作已成为“抢救生命的竞赛”。

尼泊尔幸存者与中国救援队 详见第5版

联储主席沃什引发9月加息押注

凯文·沃什表示,如果通胀未能很快下降,美联储准备加息,并警告称持续高企的物价增长已变得“更加令人担忧”。在杰克逊霍尔研讨会上,这位美联储主席表示,如果美国经济中的物价上涨未能很快缓解,决策者将“有工作要做”,这在华尔街重新引发了下月加息的押注。摩根大通利率策略主管表示:“这是一次鹰派讲话。”

博物馆馆长称,拜邑挂毯借展为帕特农神庙大理石雕像提供模式

富兰克林·尼尔森 (FRANKLIN NELSON) 与 乔治·帕克 (GEORGE PARKER)

一场开创性的旅程 沿着哥伦比亚最大的河流 生活与艺术

尼古拉斯·库利南 (Nicholas Cullinan) 告诉《金融时报》,这件拥有近 1,000 年历史的刺绣作品将在英国与法国达成协议后于 9 月 10 日展出。其回归是“国际伙伴关系的一个非常有说服力的例子”,表明了“互惠交换”的成功。

“即便如此,你仍希望这个事实

“每段关系或文化历史的例子都不同,因此不存在一个统一的模板,”他说道。

发现价值 与 DREWEATTS 一起

大英博物馆馆长表示,将拜邑挂毯带回英国的协议可能会为将帕特农神庙雕塑借给希腊铺平道路,这让人们重新看到了解决全球最棘手的艺术争端之一的可能性。

实现拜邑挂毯借展经历了多次尝试,这一事实可能会为[雕塑问题的]推进提供一线希望。”

焦土耕作 詹姆斯·里班克斯 (James Rebanks) 生活与艺术

“我希望这些 2,500 年历史的雕刻能取得一些实质性进展,”库利南补充道。“那将是一件美妙的事情。”

2023 年,伯纳姆表示这些雕塑应该“无条件”地被送回希腊;早在 2002, 年,他就支持修改法律以促进这一举措。

“坚持基本原则” 《金融时报》选股赢家 货币

他的这些言论发表之时,安迪·伯纳姆正从其长期以来要求大理石雕像回归希腊的立场中退缩,称这是大英博物馆需要解决的问题。

但在本周接受《金融时报》采访时,这位首相表示:“归根结底,这是大英博物馆的问题,不是吗?……从法律上讲,问题就出在

心态印第安纳 特朗普失去了中西部吗? 《金融时报》周末杂志

那里,但我完全支持利用英国的文化外交。”

库利南表示,对话之门将“始终敞开”。但他警告称,如果修改法律允许将其持有的文物移出,可能会产生“意外后果”。他说:“你永远不知道后代将如何看待你的所作所为。”

希腊在 1983, 年首次正式要求永久归还这些雕塑,在前保守党财政大臣乔治·奥斯本 (George Osborne) 于 2021. 年担任大英博物馆主席后,谈判有所进展。基尔·斯塔默爵士在担任首相期间明确表示,他不会阻碍借贷协议,但希腊坚持要求所有权。

这些雕塑通常被称为埃尔金大理石雕像(Elgin Marbles),是以将它们从雅典卫城带到英国的 19 世纪初苏格兰贵族命名的,长期以来一直存在争议。

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伯纳姆要求重新审视警察合并计划

内部人士称,初步提案与新任首相的权力下放议程相抵触

罗伯特·赖特 (ROBERT WRIGHT)

在制定该计划的前高级官员伯纳德·霍根-豪勋爵 (Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe) 被要求重新审视其提案以适应安迪·伯纳姆 (Andy Burnham) 的权力下放议程后,在英格兰和威尔士创建更大规模区域警察部队的计划面临重大延迟。

一名熟悉情况的人士表示,这一变动意味着霍根-豪关于新警察部队结构的报告将在秋季提交,而非原计划的本月底。该人士称,目前尚未为该审查的完成设定新的截止日期。

此次延迟凸显了首相对区域权力下放的热情如何可能使威斯敏斯特的政策制定复杂化。

几位参与人员表示,区域市长们已表达担忧,认为初步提案将创建的新警察部队边界与英格兰东北部和东米德兰兹等地区的联合当局边界不一致。

曾任伦敦大都会警察局局长的霍根-豪于3月开始对其警察部队结构进行独立审查,研究英格兰和威尔士境内的43个警队中哪些应当合并。

内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德 (Shabana Mahmood) 主张,规模更大的区域部队将更有能力开展专项调查,以打击现代有组织犯罪、网络欺诈和其他复杂类型的犯罪。但多位人士表示,霍根-豪的初步提案与7月发布的内阁权力下放声明相抵触,而该声明是在此前担任大曼彻斯特市长的伯纳姆就任首相几天后发布的。

该声明承诺创建新的“地方警察单位”——即新区域部队的子单位——其边界与各地方议会的边界一致。声明称,新的区域警察部队,以及消防救援服务和医疗服务综合护理委员会 (Integrated Care Boards),将与管理英格兰许多城市区域的战略当局拥有相同的边界。

一名与某联合当局相关的人士表示:“有很多细节需要考虑。”

该人士称,伯纳姆对权力下放的承诺使得“边界一致性 (coterminosity)”——一个确保不同组织拥有相同边界的专业术语——变得至关重要,而在基尔·斯塔默 (Sir Keir Starmer) 任内情况并非如此。

另一名与联合当局相关的人士表示,市长们对霍根-豪审查团队参与度较低的情况感到不满。

工党和保守党政府长期以来一直寻求减少英格兰和威尔士的警察部队数量,以提高效率并允许其创建更多专项团队。

目前的结构自1974年以来未曾变动,其中包含一些规模非常小的警队,例如伦敦市警察局 (City of London Police) 和林肯郡警察局 (Lincolnshire Police),每支警队仅有约1,000名警员。

马哈茂德在1月份宣布计划为英格兰和威尔士创建一个新的国家警察服务 (National Police Service),将反恐等职能集中化,并组建规模大得多的新区域警察部队。随后,她要求霍根-豪就新区域部队的边界提出建议。

内政部表示,正“与警务合作伙伴密切合作以实现重大改革”。

伦敦记者 Ashley Armstrong 参与报道

米德尔斯堡死亡事件。犯罪团伙

克利夫兰危机揭示小型警力的局限性

在报复性袭击给警力带来压力后,该警局不得不请求支援

罗伯特·赖特 (ROBERT WRIGHT)

8月22日,在米德尔斯堡附近,一辆载有五名年轻男子的汽车与一辆警车正面相撞。起初,这起事件看起来像是一次可怕但孤立的意外。

这起发生在A66公路上的车祸导致车内五人及两名警察死亡。最初,人们将责任归咎于社交媒体上的一种狂热趋势,即年轻男子发布自己在繁忙道路上逆行驾驶的视频。

但最新的信息和进一步的暴力事件表明,当地的克利夫兰警察局(Cleveland Police)正面临一系列报复性袭击,这使一个规模相对较小的警局承受了巨大的压力。自8月22日以来,该局已逮捕24人(其中7人于周五被捕),涉嫌参与严重且有组织的犯罪。

该警局还在处理一起涉嫌纵火的袭击事件。周三凌晨,在8月22日事故现场附近的一栋房屋发生火灾,导致一名34岁女性及其7岁侄女死亡。克利夫兰警察局表示,目前尚未将这起事件(已有两人因涉嫌谋杀被捕)与车祸联系起来。

克利夫兰警察局助理局长戴夫·萨瑟兰(Dave Sutherland)昨日承认,这些事件引起了广泛关注。

他表示:“自从这些悲剧发生以来,克利夫兰警务的现状以及我们社区所遭受的暴力程度,已在全国范围内成为关注焦点。”

伦敦大都会警察局前助理专员、现任牛津大学圣安妮学院院长的海伦·金(Helen King)指出,克利夫兰警察局目前仅有约1,500名警员,比2009年减少了约250名。

在英格兰和威尔士的43个警局中,该局的警员人数规模排名第13小。为了应对此次危机,该局不得不从国家犯罪局(NCA)和其他警局调集200名警员提供协助。

“他们面临着与默西赛德郡、西米德兰兹郡或曼彻斯特等警局相当的复杂且激烈的犯罪问题,而后者拥有规模大得多的基础设施和资源池可供调用,”金表示。

当地雷德卡和克利夫兰议会工党领导人亚历克·布朗(Alec Brown)表示,这些“前所未有”的事件让当地居民对自身安全感到担忧。他说:“人们感到……得不到支持且被遗忘了。”

本周事件的深层原因尚未得到充分解释。警方表示,在8月22日车祸发生前的几个小时内,有人看到两辆车在米德尔斯堡地区危险驾驶,其中一辆沃尔沃XC60冲撞了房产。另一辆涉事车辆——大众帕萨特——随后在A66公路上发生了正面相撞事故。警方表示,在帕萨特车内死亡的四人(年龄在17至23岁之间)均有犯罪记录。

布朗表示,警方已要求他不要对各种事件背后的原因进行推测。

金表示,涉及有组织犯罪团伙的事件挑战在于,成员们认为自己“依赖于名声”。她补充道:“当一个帮派或任何个人遭受某种攻击或轻视时,他们必须进行某种形式的公开报复。”

“当一个帮派或任何个人遭受某种攻击或轻视时,他们必须进行某种形式的公开报复。”

她补充说,在某个团伙有大量成员死亡或失去行动能力的情况下,由于幸存者会担心非法药物、枪支或资金的去向等问题,这将导致“不稳定”。

金表示,除了寻求逮捕责任人外,警方还可以在受影响地区部署可见的巡逻队,以安抚居民。

她指出,警方在应对危机的同时,警员们也在哀悼两名殉职的同事。“这是一个全方位都非常困难的局面。”

布朗坚持认为,就该时间段而言,接报警电话的总数有所下降。“作为议会领袖,我的职责就是努力给人们信心。”然而,布朗也指出了更广泛的问题。他表示,除了警力削减,他的辖区在过去15年里还遭受了更广泛公共服务的削减,包括心理健康服务。

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary对克利夫兰警察局最近的一份检查报告显示,该警局在英格兰和威尔士所有警局中贫困程度最高,且人均记录的事件数量最高。这些事件包括犯罪报告和其他投诉,例如可能不构成犯罪的反社会行为。

克利夫兰警察局的萨瑟兰昨天表示,该警局在打击犯罪的努力上将保持“坚定不移”。

与此同时,金表示,本周的情况表明,改革英格兰和威尔士的警务工作依然至关重要。内政大臣沙巴纳·马哈茂德在1月份宣布,计划将英格兰和威尔士的警局数量从目前的43个大幅削减。

负责制定警局合并计划的审查小组负责人伯纳德·霍根-豪勋爵已被要求重新审视其结论,以符合首相关于权力下放的思考。

金表示,如果不进行改革,像克利夫兰这样的警局将难以开发应对有组织犯罪所需的专业能力。

劳动力市场

足球俱乐部对数据专家的需求推动招聘增长

作者:AMY BORRETT 和 DAN CLARK

在过去五年中,职业足球俱乐部在英国招聘市场中所占的份额增长了两倍。随着英国顶级球队利用日益增强的财力来扩大其场外运营,对数据专家的需求大幅增加。

招聘网站 Indeed 的数据显示,在整体低迷的就业市场中,足球俱乐部已成为一个亮点,目前在每 10,000 个广告职位中占据超过 7 个,而 2020, 年这一数字为每 10,000 个职位中的 2.4 个。

根据就业分析公司 Lightcast 的数据,今年英超球队发布的广告职位中,数据与分析类岗位占 5%。这一比例是两年前的两倍。招聘热潮是由英超俱乐部的雄厚财力推动的,这些俱乐部在欧洲赛场上的强劲表现以及利润丰厚的商业交易使其收入激增。

“数据与分析是俱乐部加强关注的领域,旨在球员招募和对手分析等方面寻找超越竞争对手的优势,”Indeed 高级经济学家 Jack Kennedy 表示。

根据 Lightcast 的分析,布莱顿(Brighton and Hove Albion)、纽卡斯尔联(Newcastle United)和曼联(Manchester United)在过去五年中增加数据与分析岗位招聘的幅度最大。

目前的空缺职位包括托特纳姆热刺的一名球探洞察分析师,该职位被描述为“通过数据驱动的分析和洞察来塑造俱乐部球员招募战略的关键角色”,以及布伦特福德洞察与战略部门的一个职位。

Kennedy 表示,在过去十年中升入顶级联赛的布伦特福德和布莱顿“真正实现了以小博大”,因为它们在利用数据方面往往更有效率。“这两家俱乐部的所有者都是通过职业赌博发家的,因此他们一直非常依赖数据,并将这一点应用于经营足球俱乐部,”他补充道。

“传统豪门几乎可以用钱来摆脱困境,所以如果他们签下的一名球员表现不佳,他们只需再花 £100mn 买另一名球员即可。小俱乐部则无法这样做。”

UnravelSports 的足球分析顾问 Joris Bekkers 表示,招聘人数的增加可能是由于预算的扩大、围绕 AI 的热潮、更年轻且更具创新精神的决策者,以及俱乐部意识到一个人的数据部门已无法承担过重的工作量。

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移民减少可能限制希利的财政空间

萨姆·弗莱明、艾米·博雷特、吉姆·皮卡德

分析师警告称,约翰·希利可能面临数十亿英镑的公共财政损失,因移民减少预测削弱了经济增长前景。

据财政研究学会智库预测,净移民减少预测可能导致英国预算责任办公室(OBR)在下次预测时,使财政大臣关键财政规则的缓冲减少高达40亿英镑。这还需叠加伊朗战争带来的压力,该战争推高了通胀和政府借贷成本。

希利作为财政大臣正在为其10月28日的预算案做准备,届时OBR将发布最新的经济和财政预测。

最终数字将由多个变量共同决定,经济学家强调,其他因素可能缓解对预算空间的冲击。通胀和工资增长上升也能帮助增加税收收入,从而在一定程度上抵消公共财政压力。

但希利与首相安迪·伯纳姆在试图向投资者保证英国将在全球债券市场动荡时期保持较低借贷水平时,面临着棘手的财政遗产。

其中部分压力源于政府收紧工作、学习和家庭签证渠道的政策,该政策已在周四发布的内政部数据中有所体现。数据显示,通过技术工人及医疗和护理工人签证渠道入境的人数急剧下降。

移民一直是劳动力增长的关键来源。成年人口增长放缓意味着经济规模缩小,进而减少税收。“这将是预算案中需要考虑的因素之一,”财政研究学会经济学家尼克·里德帕斯表示。

牛津大学移民观察站高级研究员本·布林德尔表示:“净移民下降在短期内的负面影响将大于长期影响,因此对一个‘从预算到预算’运行的政府而言,这更令人担忧。”

OBR在春季声明中将净移民预测值每年削减约6万人,并表示将在秋季根据国家统计局人口预测的最新数据进行调整。

伦敦国王学院教授乔纳森·波特斯表示,国家统计局的数据“仍然偏高”,并指出如果政府推进更严格的定居规则计划,可能需要进行修订。

伊朗战争引发的能源冲击导致的更高利率可能进一步压缩预测值。潘迪翁宏观经济学估计,额外的利息成本可能将预算空间降至约150亿英镑,相比之下,3月预测时这一数字刚刚低于240亿英镑。

一些专家认为,OBR对劳动力改革释放更多住房建设经济产出的预测也可能被削减。去年3月,监管机构曾表示,住房建设规划改革到2029-30财年将为政府带来35亿英镑的收入增长。

但潘迪翁的罗布·伍德表示,OBR的假设如今已“面临风险”,因为政府未能实现自身的住房建设目标。

另一方面,如果高于预期的通胀传导至工资和所得税,公共财政可能获得提振,使最终预算空间数字难以准确预测。

希利已承诺遵守雷切尔·里夫斯在2024年出任财政大臣时制定的财政规则。这些规则要求政府在2029-30财年前,在不计投资的情况下实现当期预算盈余,并在同一时间段内使公共债务占GDP的比重呈下降趋势。

英国财政部表示,希利“正全力专注于其优先事项,即在财政纪律以及为应对不确定性而设立的缓冲机制、并致力于遵守财政规则的基础上,促进商业发展,缓解生活成本压力,并为每个邮政编码区域的人民提供支持”。

英国预算责任办公室(OBR)未回应置评请求。

国内新闻

酿酒师在热浪中获益,但警告极端天气带来风险

在葡萄园庆祝一个异常之夏的同时,他们必须为更加多变的气候条件做好准备

ELIZABETH BRATTON

英国的葡萄酒产业正在庆祝一次成功的收获,今年的高温提升了扩大红葡萄酒生产潜力的希望。但人们也担心未来更极端天气所带来的影响。

在这一年里,气温最高达到了 38.1℃,且英格兰大部分地区处于干旱状态,酿酒师们表示,葡萄的质量得到了提升。

然而,由于敏锐地意识到强降雨可能带来的风险,许多人并不愿意将所有精力都集中在应对热浪上。

总部位于肯特郡的生产商 Gusbourne 的葡萄酒运营负责人阿拉斯泰尔·本汉(Alastair Benham)表示,高温对葡萄园产生了“非常积极的影响”,目前收获的果实处于“极佳状态”。

但本汉指出,就在两年前,“我们经历了一个相当凉爽且潮湿的年份”。

他说:“我认为这[关乎]让自己保持灵活,并……[采用]相关技术来尝试减轻这些极端事件的影响。”

位于牛津郡亨利昂泰晤士(Henley-on-Thames)的 JoJo's Vineyard 所有者伊恩·比彻-琼斯(Ian Beecher-Jones)告诉《金融时报》:“从葡萄的角度来看……这将是一个好年份。”他建议生产商不应将准备工作局限于应对高温天气。

“虽然关注高温很容易……但我们很可能面临的是更强的降雨,以及我们如何管。

“我们目前最不擅长的事情之一……就是红酒。这种情况肯定会改变”

“我们需要关注土壤,”比彻·琼斯表示,并补充道:“作为农民,我们必须考虑天气的两个极端。”

他表示,现在就采取“激进手段”考虑新的葡萄品种,仅仅是为了应对高温,这还为时过早。

比彻·琼斯补充说,农民们应当考虑更“经济实用”的工具,以应对各种天气事件,例如种植“覆盖作物”,这些作物在非生长季节种植,用于保护和丰富土壤。

萨姆·林多经营着康沃尔郡博德明的骆驼谷葡萄园,他表示目前葡萄的长势“很好”。

然而,起泡酒将会“略有不同”,需要通过整串压榨来“降低”产量的风味,这是一个更为漫长的过程,即将整串葡萄直接压榨,而非先进行破碎和去梗。

“我们在这里采用传统方法酿造起泡酒……在第二次发酵前使用的葡萄酒酒体极轻,因为气泡会放大任何现有的风味……这就是为什么最好的起泡酒不会在极热的地方酿造,”他解释道。

“为了继续采用传统方法酿造起泡酒,我们需要确保基酒不会有太多风味……在今年以前,这是大自然轻而易举就能完成的任务,”他补充道。

肯特郡的古斯本葡萄园的园主阿拉斯泰尔·本纳姆表示,高温对迄今为止收获的水果产生了“非常积极的影响”。下图为古斯本葡萄园;下图为尼蒂姆伯的谢丽·斯普里格斯表示,为未来收成做准备的唯一途径,就是为天气的两个极端做好准备。尼蒂姆伯在西萨塞克斯郡、肯特郡和汉普郡拥有11个葡萄园。

此外,葡萄酒专家兼商业顾问肯特·巴克表示,持续的高温天气可能会提升英国酿酒师酿造高品质红酒的机会,红酒通常与法国和西班牙相关。

“我们目前最不擅长的事情之一……就是红酒。这种情况肯定会改变,”他说。

“目前我们出产了优质的起泡酒,白葡萄酒也在崭露头角,但红葡萄酒始终落后于人,”巴克补充道。

克里斯托弗·沃尔基,葡萄酒咨询公司克莱丽莎的联合创始人,也认为温暖的天气可能会吸引更多英国酿酒师。他说:“新的生产商增加了,产量上升了,国际销售也在增长。这些积极的数据吸引并鼓励了商业人士。”

尼蒂姆伯的首席酿酒师谢丽·斯普里格斯表示,由于情况并非一帆风顺,未来收成的准备工作难以预测。

“在最近的几个年份里……坦白说,生长季节与今年截然相反,要么寒冷,要么潮湿,”她说。

“我们能继续工作的唯一方式,就是像以往一样,为两种情况做好准备。这非常困难,”斯普里格斯补充道。

更改葡萄品种是肯特郡丹比斯酒庄的一个选择。首席执行官克里斯·怀特告诉《金融时报》,如果炎热的夏季持续下去,他们可能会转向“更早成熟的葡萄品种”,例如黑比诺(Pinot Noir)和霞多丽(Chardonnay)。

但如果潮湿期变得更加频繁,丹比斯酒庄可能会转向“略微更抗病”的杂交品种。

肯特郡 Westwell Wine Estates 的创意总监加利亚·派克(Galia Pike)告诉《金融时报》,该公司今年的收获将是“惊人的”。

然而她表示,仅仅因为某些年份(如今年)“非常出色”,并不意味着“明年的情况也会如此”。

基础设施

爆裂水管限制盖特威克机场供水

航班正常运行。

机场方面表示,爆裂主水管影响了“当地地区”的供水,并补充称供水商SES Water正在对此进行调查。机场为此向乘客致歉,“给乘客带来任何不便”。

SES Water在X平台发文称,爆裂主水管位于附近霍利镇的一处田地。该水务公司表示,此次事件“暂时影响”了供水,包括对盖特威克机场的供应。公司为此致歉,并表示已派遣团队“尽快安全修复爆裂水管”。

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昨日约16:40,即中断发生四个多小时后,SES Water表示已“恢复对盖特威克及周边地区的供水”,但补充称:“我们正在与机场密切合作,因为我们了解到机场建筑内部尚未恢复供水。”SES Water员工仍在现场修复爆裂水管。

这是今年夏天该交通枢纽(由法国万喜公司和黑岩旗下GIP共同拥有)第二次遭遇供水中断。上月底,当地一处净水厂停电后,盖特威克曾有数小时无自来水供应。

Throughout the day, the airport handed out bottled water to passengers and staff as many of its water fountains, toilets and taps had stopped working.

特朗普高尔夫球场破坏案被控恐怖主义

阿利斯泰尔·格雷、西蒙·克尔

检察官指控一批支持巴勒斯坦的活动人士在破坏美国总统唐纳德·特朗普位于苏格兰的高尔夫球场时涉嫌与恐怖主义相关的行为。

七名被告被指控在去年涉嫌事件中挖掘特恩伯里高尔夫球场(位于艾尔郡)的草皮,在球道上喷洒化学物质,并在度假村建筑上涂抹红色油漆。

在起诉书中,苏格兰检察官表示,恶意破坏罪因“与恐怖主义相关”而被加重,若罪名成立,可能面临更严厉的判决。

这是活动人士参与直接行动后被控与恐怖主义相关的最新案例,引发了人权组织的批评。

今年早些时候,直接行动组织"巴勒斯坦行动"的四名成员因破坏以色列军工企业埃尔比特系统公司在英国的场地而被法官判定为恐怖分子。该事件中一名警官受重伤。

检察官还试图让五名在伯恩利破坏巴克莱银行分行的"巴勒斯坦行动"活动人士依据恐怖主义法律受审,但上周该案法官裁定他们不适用该法律。

去年,议员们投票决定将"巴勒斯坦行动"列为非法组织,但最高法院已允许该组织创始人胡达·阿莫里对禁令提出上诉,听证会定于11月初举行。苏格兰对该禁令的司法审查仍处于暂停状态,等待英格兰上诉程序的结果。

在特恩伯里案中,苏格兰检察官强调了该事件的明显政治性。起诉书写道:"你等……在草地上涂抹政治煽动性标语,在草皮上刻写政治口语,在建筑物、墙壁和柱子上涂抹政治煽动性标语。"

去年3月,在"巴勒斯坦行动"被禁之前,特朗普曾将涉嫌破坏者描述为"恐怖分子",并称应"严厉对待"。

加拉希尔斯的基兰·罗布森(35岁)、利兹的乌兹玛·巴希尔(56岁)、韦克菲尔德的里基·索思尔(34岁)、利物浦的奥托姆·泰勒·沃德(22岁)、伦敦的丽贝卡·西安·戴维斯(29岁)、伦敦的约翰·莫克斯利(58岁)以及同样来自伦敦的迪伦·基亚拉梅洛(24岁)将于周一在格拉斯哥高等法院出庭。

罗布森、巴希尔和戴维斯还被控试图"妨碍司法公正"。


世界一周回顾

特朗普下令将安大略湖改名为"美国湖"以轻视加拿大

唐纳德·特朗普已下令政府将位于加拿大与美国之间的安大略湖在联邦地图系统中的名称改为"美国湖"。

这位美国总统于周四签署行政命令,在广泛为州、地方政府和私营行业采用的重要联邦地图系统中更改这一广阔水域的名称。

此决定凸显了美加两国日益紧张的关系,两国在贸易谈判破裂后相互实施报复性关税。

加拿大总理马克·卡尼表示,安大略湖的名称已有400年历史,"源自温达语‘Ontari'io’,恰如其分地意为‘湖泊美丽,湖泊广阔’"。

勒庞誓言在向商界领袖的呼吁中解决法国预算赤字

法国极右翼领导人 Marine Le Pen 承诺,若明年春季总统选举胜出,将大幅削减公共支出,以此安抚对其政党持谨慎态度的商界领袖。

在周四举行的首场总统候选人辩论中,七位候选人就如何应对法国高额债务及养老金体系融资展开交锋。

“我们的债务轨迹令我极为担忧,”勒庞表示,并补充称国家将不得不“大幅”削减支出。法国政府正在努力缩减预算赤字,该赤字已超过 GDP 的 5%,在欧元区内位居前列。

勒庞是明年春季选举的领跑者,这将是她第四次竞选总统。

美国宇航局罗马望远镜将寻找系外行星并解释暗物质

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美国宇航局将于明天发射一台耗资 43亿美元 的太空望远镜,用于扫描宇宙,有望发现数千颗遥远行星。以美国宇航局首位首席天文学家、已故的 Nancy Grace Roman 命名的罗马太空望远镜,预计还将帮助揭开暗物质的奥秘。

新加坡为家庭提供巨额现金激励以鼓励生育

新加坡推出一揽子措施,鼓励家庭生育更多子女,每名子女的补贴超过 $55,000,以应对该城邦国家面临的出生率下降问题——其老龄化速度已跻身全球最快之列。

总理黄循财在年度国庆群众大会演讲中宣布,将全面改革儿童支付和育儿假制度,并表示政府旨在“让有意生育子女的新加坡人更容易成家立业”。

新加坡人口仅略高于 600 万,去年总和生育率降至 0.87,接近韩国 0.8 的全球最低水平。

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塞乌塔移民问题引发愤怒增长

西班牙内政部长在居民对抵达者实施暴力后呼吁冷静

巴尼·乔普森(BARNEY JOPSON)——马德里

西班牙正努力平息塞乌塔的暴力事件,当地居民对数千名移民在从摩洛哥非法入境一个月后仍留在该北非飞地表达愤怒。

在塞乌塔居民封锁向移民运送食物的通道、将他们从海滩上驱逐并拆除其临时营地的24小时后,西班牙内政部长费尔南多·格兰德-马拉斯卡(Fernando Grande-Marlaska)昨日发出“呼吁冷静并停止一切形式暴力的号召”。

7月底的一天,超过70,000人涌入塞乌塔。这是近年来欧盟非法移民最剧烈的事件,并再次揭开了欧洲在移民问题上最深刻的分歧。

虽然绝大多数移民在两天内被遣返回摩洛哥,但仍有数千人在这座城市露宿街头。该市人口为83,000人,拥有西班牙与非洲仅有的两个陆地边界之一。

在过去一个月里,一些塞乌塔居民抱怨称,移民的存在意味着他们无法在城市的海滩上放松,甚至无法安全地在街道上行走。

紧张局势在周四开始升级,当时当地抗议者坐在马路上,暂时封锁了一支由警方护送、试图向特兰波林(Trampolín)海滩上的移民运送食物的红十字会车队。

当天晚些时候,数十名当地男子(其中一些人挥舞着西班牙国旗)冲向海滩上的移民,将他们吓跑,随后纵火焚烧了他们的一些财物。西班牙袭击者最终在警方向空中鸣枪警告后被驱散。

西班牙政府谴责这次移民涌入是“对西班牙领土完整性的侵犯”,将其归咎于人口贩子和社交媒体,并坚持认为摩洛哥仍然是一个“可靠的合作伙伴”。

但移民在塞乌塔的持续存在已成为政治争议和当地不满的根源。

塞乌塔雇主联合会主席阿兰查·坎波斯(Arantxa Campos)在谈到移民时说:“他们强行进入你们的国家。他们住在你们孩子的操场里,住在你们的海滩上,侵占你们的空间。”

“然后你听到他们晚上在彼此之间争吵……”

“当你走在街上遇到他们时,不,你不会感到安全”

“……所以当你走在街上遇到他们时,不,你不会感到安全。”

塞乌塔居民和反对党政治人物指责西班牙首相佩德罗·桑切斯(Pedro Sánchez)不作为。来自反对党人民党的安娜·巴斯克斯·布兰科(Ana Vázquez Blanco)在昨日的一次听证会上告诉西班牙内政部长:“塞乌塔人民的权利和自由被剥夺了。他们仍然被西班牙政府抛弃。”

西班牙当局已确认,至少有82人在试图通过绕过防波堤游泳从摩洛哥进入该飞地时死亡。

政府周三表示,目前仍留在塞乌塔的数千名移民中包括约1,400名儿童,其中大多数在接待中心。由卡门·穆埃拉(Carmen Muela)提供额外报道。

君主制。宪法权力

列支敦士登王子加强对王室的控制

阿洛伊斯在欧洲最富有王室中削弱相互制衡,扩大个人权力

保罗·卡鲁阿纳·加利齐亚(保罗·卡鲁阿纳·加利齐亚) — 瓦莱塔

阿洛伊斯王子选择在8月15日列支敦士登国庆日宣布打破三个世纪的王朝传统:未来女性后裔可与男性同等继承王位。

对于这个欧洲最后一个赋予女性选举权的国家(1984年)——这一变革被誉为迟来的进步。但它也掩盖了王室权力更广泛的集中化进程。

《金融时报》获得的内部文件显示,三天前,在瓦都兹城堡的高墙内,欧洲最富有的王室悄然批准了一项改革,强化了王子的权力——他早已对其42,000名国民拥有非凡权力——同时削弱了王室家族成员在列支敦士登王室中的部分权利和制衡机制。

早在改革之前,阿洛伊斯王子就可否决立法、解散政府、解散议会、任命法官并拒绝公民投票通过的法律。今年6月,这位天主教王子表示,即使选民支持,他也会否决一项在怀孕前12周合法化堕胎的公民倡议。

“王子是该国最有权势的‘政治家’,”研究列支敦士登的莱顿大学王国事务教授武特·维内达尔(Wouter Veenendaal)表示,“君主拥有如此权力在欧洲大型君主立宪制国家中是不可想象的。”

现年58岁的世袭王子阿洛伊斯自2004年起担任列支敦士登国家元首,其父汉斯-亚当二世将日常主权权力移交于他,但保留了“在位王子”的头衔。阿洛伊斯在英国桑赫斯特皇家军事学院接受教育,曾短暂服役于英国军队,并在伦敦一家会计师事务所工作,后返回瓦都兹。

阿洛伊斯的政治权力有其非凡的私人财富作为支撑。列支敦士登王室拥有LGT——一家由阿洛伊斯的弟弟管理的国际私人银行集团,管理约$482bn客户资产(包括王室财富)。去年,该银行向王室家族支付了约$878mn的股息。

在这个位于瑞士和奥地利之间的袖珍国家,这种金融影响力使王室与国家本身难以分离。2002年,汉斯-亚当二世威胁要将家人迁往维也纳,除非选民支持改革,赋予君主任免政府的权力。

尽管欧洲委员会曾警告反对扩大王室权力,列支敦士登选民在全民公投中支持了他。

总部设在斯特拉斯堡的权利观察机构将列支敦士登的《王室法》(《Hausgesetz》)——即统治君主的法律——描述为“令人震惊”,因其游离于国家宪法之外。

最新的《王室法》修订远不止继承权。据内部文件显示,王子获得了更大的自由裁量权,决定谁属于王室成员,并明确授权制定有关姓氏、头衔和纹章的规则。王室家族委员会(负责监督王室事务的亲属组织)将从3名成员扩展至5名,但失去了一项重要制衡:王子不再需要该委员会的同意即可行使赦免权,仅需咨询。

维内达尔表示,对王子的制衡“原本就相当有限”。

部分改革看似自由化。除了允许女性继承王位外,《王室法》还将家族投票权从有资格继承王位的成年男性扩展至所有成年成员。

The Princely House rejects the suggestion that the changes consolidate the monarch's powers. Many were technical or codified existing practice, said spokesperson Anja Nöstler, and they did not "affect the constitutional balance between the reigning prince and the people".

The reforms were approved not by parliament or the public, but by members of the dynasty itself.

Documents dated June 11 show voting family members – adult males eligible for the throne – were sent a proposal for the amendment, rather than the full text, and asked to return “yes” or “no” ballots post August 12.

On August 12, the ballots were counted at Vaduz Castle. An internal letter reviewed the FT named Hans-Adam II and four other princes as present. Alois was not among them. Nöstler said the count was attended six family members, not the five listed in the letter, but later confirmed that Alois was the additional family member. She added that two non-family members were also present, but declined to identify them for “data protection reasons”.

In a letter sent that afternoon, the family was told the reform had passed with a 70 majority. Members were asked to keep the result “strictly confidential” until Alois’s National Day speech.

The same letter suggested disagreement behind the result. It thanked relatives who had backed the changes as well as those who had “reservations or held a different view”, then urged the dynasty to unite behind the decision.

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挪威国王哈拉尔在王室深陷争议中逝世

理查德·米尔恩(RICHARD MILNE)——奥斯陆

欧洲在位时间最长的君主——挪威国王哈拉尔(King Harald)逝世,享年 89 岁。此时,这个斯堪的纳维亚国家的王室正处于深重的动荡之中。

哈拉尔于 1991 年登基,是近 600 年来首位出生在挪威的君主。他在因溶血性贫血(一种红细胞破坏速度快于再生速度的疾病)在医院短期治疗后,于昨日去世。

挪威王室在声明中表示:“我们怀着深切的悲痛宣布,国王陛下哈拉尔已逝世。哈拉尔国王于 8 月 28 日星期五上午 6.35 在奥斯陆大学里克斯医院(Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet)平静离世。”

他的逝世可能会在挪威引发巨大的悲痛,长期以来,挪威君主制一直享有广泛的公众喜爱。

总理约纳斯·加尔·斯托雷(Jonas Gahr Støre)表示:“整个国家都在哀悼……在担任君主的三十多年里,哈拉尔五世对挪威人民表现出了坚定不移的信念。他帮助我们看到了自身以及彼此身上的闪光点。”

哈拉尔的继任者将是 53 岁的王储哈康(Crown Prince Haakon)。哈康深受民众欢迎,在父亲近年来多次患病期间曾多次担任摄政王。

但哈康将继承挪威王室自第二次世界大战以来最严重的危机之一。此前,他的妻子——王储妃梅特-玛丽特(Crown Princess Mette-Marit)因与已故儿童性侵犯杰弗里·爱泼斯坦(Jeffrey Epstein)的友谊,面临来自公众和政界人士的严厉质疑。

梅特-玛丽特此前一段感情所生的儿子马里乌斯·博格·赫伊比(Marius Borg Høiby)于 6 月被判定两项强奸罪名成立,被判处四年监禁。他目前正在对该判决提出上诉。

梅特-玛丽特的健康状况也引起了公众关注。在儿子被定罪仅几天后,她接受了肺移植手术,这让原本被王室危机所占据的公众产生了一些同情。

哈拉尔是自 14 世纪以来首位出生在挪威本土的君主。挪威在 1905 年独立后重新建立了君主制,由其祖父——一名丹麦王子登基为哈康七世(King Haakon VII)。哈拉尔出生于 1937 年,是未来的奥拉夫五世(King Olav V)国王与玛莎王储妃(Crown Princess Märtha)三个孩子中最小的一个,也是他们唯一的儿子。

在 1940 年德国入侵后,哈拉尔随母亲和两个姐姐逃离挪威,先前往瑞典,随后应美国总统富兰克林·D·罗斯福的邀请前往美国。哈拉尔在挪威的两所军事学院就读,随后在牛津大学贝利奥尔学院(Balliol College, Oxford)学习政治、经济和历史。

哈拉尔是一名热衷于航海的人,他代表

国王哈拉尔:他在公众中的个人人气依然很高

挪威参加了三届奥运会,并在 1987 年获得世界冠军,2005 年获得欧洲冠军。

他于 1968 年与来自奥斯陆西部的平民索尼娅·哈拉尔森(Sonja Haraldsen)结婚,两人育有两个孩子:1971 年出生的玛莎·路易丝(Märtha Louise)和 1973 年出生的哈康。

近期王室的争议还集中在玛莎·路易丝与杜雷克·维雷特(Durek Verrett)的第二次婚姻上。维雷特是一名美国自称的萨满,他出售一种声称能帮助预防新冠肺炎(Covid-19)的奖章,并指责国王未能理解种族主义。

对于许多挪威人来说,这一事件与哈拉尔 2016 年庆祝登基 25 周年时的演讲相悖,在那次演讲中,他接纳了更广泛的国家认同定义,包括挪威日益多元文化的群体和多样化的性身份。

尽管关于梅特-玛丽特与爱泼斯坦关系的披露影响了公众对君主制的看法,但哈拉尔的个人人气依然很高。国家新闻机构 NRK 2 月的一项民调显示,作为王室代表,他的平均评分在 10 分中得 9.2 分。

尼泊尔在遭遇“前所未有”的洪水后紧急救援

洪流摧毁基础设施导致大量受害者受困

安德烈斯·希帕尼(ANDRES SCHIPANI)——尼泊尔,比杜尔

在尼泊尔生活的95年里,因德拉·库马里·达卡尔(Indra Kumari Dhakal)见证了许多事情:洪水、泥石流、地震、内战和政治动荡。但面对本周将她的房子冲走的滔天巨浪,以及导致她五名家人丧生的灾难,她毫无准备。

“水位太高了,简直触到了天空,”达卡尔在谈到周三吞没尼泊尔与中国边境及其附近一系列河岸定居点的灾难时说道。“这次洪水与以往完全不同……它夺走了我们的一切。”

中国和尼泊尔当局表示,冰岩崩塌后咆哮而下进入博特科西河谷(Bhote Koshi river valley)的洪流已导致580多人死亡,近2,500人失踪,其中包括500多名外国人。

尼泊尔的直升机将达卡尔和其他受害者及幸存者从部分受灾最严重的地区转移到比杜尔(Bidur)的迈蒂利军营(Maithili Barracks)。比杜尔是首都加德满都以北的一个市镇,现已成为救援工作的中心。

“我们正在与时间赛跑以挽救生命,”尼泊尔内政部长苏丹·古隆(Sudan Gurung)在昨日视察该地区时告诉《金融时报》,与此同时,军队救援队正用担架将幸存者从直升机上抬下。

尼泊尔是亚洲最贫穷的国家之一,这场灾难是对巴伦德拉·沙赫(Balendra Shah)新政府的一次巨大考验。在去年一场青年起义推翻前政府后,沙赫于今年3月当选总理。

沙赫政府已部署了15,000多名军队和警察——据称已营救4,450多人——并坚称能够独立处理紧急救援工作。外交部表示,该国拒绝了外国在搜救行动方面提供的援助。“目前我们不需要此类帮助。”

尼泊尔灾害风险减轻与管理当局表示,多达80座桥梁和$40\mathrm{km}$的铺装公路被损坏或冲走,这阻碍了接触幸存者以及向偏远村庄运送物资的努力。

参与比杜尔救援行动的军队中校迪帕克·KC(Deepak KC)表示,这次洪水是该国自2015年造成近9,000人死亡的地震以来“最严重的灾难”。“如此多的村庄被夷为平地。”

从受灾严重的鲁萨瓦(Rusawa)地区被直升机撤离的苏拉杰·乔杜里(Suraj Chaudhari)表示,灾难发生时他正巧在一家由韩国主导的水电项目隧道内工作,因此侥幸逃生。“洪水袭来时我在隧道里,”他说,“水伴随着巨大的轰鸣声突然涌入,就像炸弹爆炸一样。我们当时有13个人,很多人向山上跑,保住了性命。”

但另一名撤离者希瓦·塔帕(Shiva Thapa)表示,他在特里舒利上游1号(Upper Trishuli-1)水电项目担任安全员的一位姐夫仍然失踪。韩联社报道称,在该项目工作的九名韩国人也下落不明。

“没有人能预料到这种量级和规模。这绝对——”

周三,一名幸存者在尼泊尔-西藏边境附近被转移至安全地带。下方为因德拉·库马里·达卡尔(左)及其一名幸存的女儿。她在灾难中失去了五名家人。尼泊尔军队 / 法新社 / 盖蒂图片社;安德烈斯·希帕尼 / 《金融时报》

绝对“——超出人们的理解范围,”水援助(WaterAid)慈善机构的国家主任苏达山·纽帕内(Sudarshan Neupane)说道。“许多社区现在被切断了联系,且由于地形原因,政府无法到达其中一些地点。”

这场灾难摧毁了中国的日隆口岸,切断了尼泊尔的主要贸易链路之一,而此时经济复苏正受到燃料成本上涨和旅游业下滑的威胁。

“水伴随着巨大的轰鸣声突然涌入,就像炸弹爆炸一样。我们当时有13个人,很多人向山上跑,保住了性命。”

根据尼泊尔经济论坛引用的数据,2024-25,年度,尼泊尔对中国的出口额有超过四分之三是通过吉隆口岸运输的。

官员们还担心,作为外汇关键来源的旅游业将受到沉重打击。洪水破坏了喜马拉雅山徒步者和登山者使用的路线,以及前往西藏圣地的印度教和佛教朝圣者的路线。

数百名处于朝圣路线上的印度及外国游客的家属在比杜尔(Bidur)等待关于他们的任何消息。

在加德满都经营旅游机构的普拉迪普·潘迪特(Pradeep Pandit)表示,他飞往边境寻找幸存者,发现定居点大多被夷为平地。“我们看不到任何酒店、移民局大楼或桥梁。我们只看到了河岸和石头。”潘迪特说,他在该地区找到了20名印度人,但他的直升机只能带回其中一人。

许多当地人正绝望地等待亲人的消息。

鲁萨瓦(Rusawa)居民廷齐·加莱(Tinzi Ghale)表示,她的哥哥及其全家失踪了,她姐姐的家人大部分也失踪了。

“我在这里等待我外甥女的消息,因为救援队说她还活着,”42,岁的加莱说,洪水袭击时她正住在河边的家中。“每个人都在喊‘跑,快跑’。我跑了,救了自己。然后,一切都变黑了。我以为我们要死了。转瞬之间,一切都消失了。”(Krishn Kaushik参与报道)

救援人员挺进,中国先遣队抵达口岸

在中国西藏-尼泊尔边境,由于担心再次发生洪水,救援行动昨日被迫暂停。随后,中国的先遣救援队抵达了一个被山洪摧毁的边境哨所。

救援人员利用橡皮艇、无人机并徒步挺进吉隆口岸,用时两天抵达该区域。他们于当地时间昨日下午5点到达现场并开始搜寻幸存者。中国当局在数小时前曾表示,由于灾害在上游形成的湖泊可能溢出,救援工作将被暂停。

中国国家媒体央视(CCTV)报道称:“救援人员在搜寻区域时大声呼喊,寻找被困人员”,并展示了工作人员在当地插旗的照片。报道未详细说明救援工作暂停了多久。

在邻国尼泊尔,救援人员使用直升机试图接触幸存者。

中国央视昨日报道称,在距离被称为吉隆口岸的口岸上游10公里以上、海拔高出1,000米处,山体滑坡形成了一个湖泊。但在随后的更新中,该电视台引用中国自然资源部的说法称,堰塞湖的规模已经缩小,表明水流已开始缓慢流动,且总水量正在减少。

此次山洪的规模和剧烈程度引发了中国最高领导层异常强烈的公开反应。中国国家主席习近平昨日为遇难者默哀,随后主持召开共产党领导机构会议研究救援工作。

他还派遣排名第二的领导人李强领导救援工作。分析人士表示,国家媒体称李强是应主席要求前往,这一罕见的公开姿态旨在展示习近平的关切。(Joe Leahy在北京,Andres Schipani在尼泊尔比杜尔报道)

KUSNACHT Ⓚ PRACTICE

在瑞士苏黎世湖畔,Kusnacht Practice通过由三个学科组成的内部医生团队,在心理健康、成瘾治疗和精准医学领域提供世界领先的高度个性化临床护理,旨在实现深刻的治愈、持久的转变以及生活的全面回归。

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美国经济

美联储主席沃什释放加息信号

投资者对美联储下月加息的押注激增,因主席就物价上涨发出警告

克莱尔·琼斯 杰克逊霍尔,怀俄明州

美联储主席凯文·沃什(Kevin Warsh)释放信号称,若通胀未能很快下降,美国央行准备加息,并警告持续高企的价格增长已变得“更加令人担忧”。

在堪萨斯城联储杰克逊霍尔研讨会上的演讲中,沃什表示,若全球最大经济体的价格增长步伐不放缓,决策者将“有工作要做”,此番言论引发华尔街押注利率将上升。

沃什在其迄今对美国经济状况最详细的阐述中表示:“美联储当前的首要任务应是物价。”他将劳动力市场描述为整体稳健,但警告称“在我们的使命中,价格稳定方面的数据更令人担忧”。

总统唐纳德·特朗普提名沃什担任美联储职位,特朗普一直不遗余力地游说降低借贷成本,并严厉批评前任央行行长杰伊·鲍威尔未能实现降息。

沃什表示,美联储已连续65个月未能实现2%的通胀目标,并释放信号称,若近期无法取得进展,将需要将利率从当前的3.5%至3.75%水平上调。

他说:“我们必须有信心,潜在通胀正以明确且足够快的速度朝着我们的目标前进。否则,我们还有工作要做。”

沃什还指出,美联储青睹的PCE价格指数在7月份以年化3.7%的速度运行,且六个月年化增速为4.1%。

根据芝商所(CME Group)数据,在其演讲后,投资者对美联储9月会议加息的概率从前一天的35%跃升至62%。

反映货币政策预期的美国短期国债收益率也大幅上涨。两年期国债收益率最高上涨0.11个百分点至4.34%。加元兑一篮子六种主要货币汇率上涨0.5%。

“这是一次鹰派演讲,”摩根资产管理公司的普里亚·米斯拉表示,并补充称沃什“正在强力表态,(决策者)致力于价格稳定”。

阿伯丁投资公司投资总监马修·阿米斯表示,此次演讲“为9月(美联储)会议设定了基调——若他们不加息,美联储的公信力将再受重创”。

沃什面临投资者施压,要求其明确在何种情况下会支持加息。尽管他在2006年至2011年首次任职美联储期间被视为通胀鹰派,但其由特朗普任命的背景令外界对其控制通胀的决心产生疑虑。

沃什表示,几乎没有迹象表明利率已达到抑制美国增长的水平,并补充称“总体而言,我很难将广泛的金融状况描述为紧缩”。

他还表示,美联储坚定致力于其以PCE价格指数衡量的2%通胀目标,将其描述为“一个坚定、固定的目标”。

伦敦报道:埃米莉·赫伯特;纽约报道:哈丽雅特·克拉弗特、乔治·斯特尔;都柏林报道:迈尔斯·麦考密克

《金融时报》系列报道:廉价家禽

Cult \$4.99烤鸡挑战通胀

好市多以"亏损引领"策略维系会员忠诚度

格雷戈里·梅耶尔 — 纽约

在好市多位于内布拉斯加州的屠宰场,每周约有200万只鸡被击晕、倒挂、断头、拔毛、清洗、冷却、装箱并运往门店,其中许多最终成为一道\$4.99的"明星产品":这家零售巨头备受推崇的烤鸡。

但顾客的需求远不止于此。

在美国,鸡肉——最便宜的肉类蛋白质——的需求正在上升。美国居民人均年消费禽肉103磅(47公斤),较五年前增加了6磅。

其中相当一部分肉类以一袋袋香气四溢的塑料袋包装形式出现在好市多仓储超市的保温灯下。好市多去年在全球售出1.574亿只烤鸡,几乎是十年前的两倍。

"这价格是\$4.99,对好市多会员来说,这简直是天大的便宜。我认为你根本无法以这个价格生产出来。"沃尔特·谢弗说。他于今年从好市多退休前曾负责该内布拉斯加屠宰场的建设与管理。

这种烤鸡在零售巨头数百家大型门店后方的烤箱中烘烤,自2009年以来售价始终维持在\$4.99,尽管同期美国鸡肉零售价几乎翻了一番。

该产品已成为典型的"亏损引领"商品,但却强化了为购物权支付会员费的好市多顾客的忠诚度。

2024年好市多上调会员费时,首席财务官加里·米勒奇普向分析师表示,顾客投诉相对温和,部分原因正是得益于烤鸡价格的坚挺。

这种多汁的烤鸡在网上拥有狂热粉丝。TikTok上售卖袋装烤鸡的"改造"食谱视频通常能获得超过100万次观看。

前首席财务官理查德·加兰蒂在2015年坦承,好市多"情愿每年在毛利上‘吃掉’\$30、\$40,只为将价格维持在\$4.99"。

"它被放在店铺最深处,"高级经济解决方案公司蛋白质分析师艾米·史密斯说,"你得经过服装区、书籍区、零食区、杂货区……你很难只买一只烤鸡就走。"

好市多在美国各地的仓库中准备烤鸡(上图)。沃尔特·谢弗(下图)曾负责内布拉斯加屠宰场的建设 — 彼得·威洛特 / 圣奥古斯丁唱片 / 今日美国 / 路透社

据Leap市场分析公司的马克·乔丹介绍,目前生产约4.5磅(2公斤)的烤鸡成本约为\$3.50,这已考虑了当前的饲料价格。加上腌料、运输和烹饪成本,"几乎可以确定每只鸡都略有亏损"。

但好市多已设法缓解烤鸡销售的亏损。其中之一便是在2019年投产的\$500mn屠宰场,该设施重塑了中西部农村的一角。据曾任Costco子公司林肯优质禽肉公司首席运营官的谢弗介绍,建厂为好市多赢得了与第三方禽类供应商的谈判筹码。

公司曾考虑在内布拉斯加州再建一座屠宰场,但高管表示该计划目前已被搁置。

在内布拉斯加屠宰场宰杀的鸡肉约占好市多美国数百家门店鸡肉销量的三分之一。内布拉斯加大学林肯分校农业政策专家布拉德·拉本表示,好市多几乎独自创造了一个超过\$500mn的禽类产业。

"某种程度上讽刺的是,一件在好市多被视为‘亏损引领’的商品,实际上已成为内布拉斯加农业体系的重要组成部分。"他说道。

烤鸡仅占内布拉斯加州加工鸡肉的一小部分。该工厂还切割鸡胸肉、鸡腿以及其他部位,并以六袋装的“鞍包”交付给门店。例如,生鸡胸肉的售价为每磅 $2.99,这有助于弥补烤鸡方面的损失。

林肯优质禽类(Lincoln Premium Poultry)工厂还处于一场席卷该行业的自动化浪潮前沿,而该行业向来以危险的手工劳动著称。机器将禽类从禽舍地面舀起,运送到工厂的暂存圈中。

禽类被气体击晕后,瘫软的身体倒挂在链条上,随后被拉过一个机械头部剪切机。根据供应商 Scott Technology 的说法,机器人可以在五秒钟内用绳子将一只成品烤鸡捆扎好。

谢弗表示,好市多(Costco)位于内布拉斯加州弗里蒙特市的工厂约有 800 名生产工人,比同规模的典型工厂少 500 人。

今年,好市多成为唯一一家加入肉类包装公司行列、支持特朗普政府一项提案的零售商,该提案允许鸡肉加工线运行速度进一步加快,将速度上限提高 25%,达到每分钟 175 只。

林肯工厂的企业与外部事务总监杰西卡·科尔特曼(Jessica Kolterman)告诉联邦监管机构,提高生产线速度在一定程度上是为了抵消不断上涨的劳动力成本。

该线速提案的反对者声称,更快的速度会增加患腕管综合征等疾病的风险。科尔特曼告诉《金融时报》:“我们不认为这会在健康和安全方面使我们的任何团队成员陷入危险。”

根据好市多的一份可持续发展报告,为了抵消损失,未售出的鸡会被制成鸡肉卷饼、锅派或面条汤,而多余的油脂则出售给生物燃料精炼商。

好市多决定开设林肯工厂旨在实现垂直整合。由于远离美国南部的鸡肉核心地带,好市多招募了约 100 家农场,签署 15 年合同来养鸡。他们建造了大型禽舍,每座可容纳 42,000 只鸡,每年轮换六批。

农场经营者既有当地家庭,也有 Gallus Capital Partners,这是一家北卡罗来纳州的投资公司,自称是美国“最大的独立禽类农场所有者之一”。

在林肯优质禽类工厂方圆 90 英里的范围内,内布拉斯加州东部和爱荷华州西部大约出现了 500 座禽舍。

对于长期依赖农作物收入的农场来说,养鸡提供了一项新的收入来源,而该工厂 $18.50 的起步时薪比该州最低工资高出 $3.50。内布拉斯加大学的一项研究估计,该工厂每年为该州经济增加超过 10亿美元。

AI 数字分身将中国网红与演员挤出市场

乔·利希 (JOE LEAHY) 与 艾萨克·卡斯特拉-麦克唐纳 (ISAAC CASTELLA-MCDONALD) —— 北京

AI 视频生成程序正威胁着数百万中国演员和网络网红的生计,冲击着这个国家曾经充满活力的零工经济领域。

诸如技术集团字节跳动(ByteDance)的 Seedance 2.0 模型等软件,已允许用数字演员替代真人,从而能够更快速地制作出更高质量的视频。

根据中国网络视听节目服务协会的数据,今年第一季度,中国发布了约 128,000 部短剧,是去年全年的三倍多,其中 95% 为 AI 生成。

营销分析公司 DataEye 的数据显示,今年 5 月,抖音(字节跳动在中国国内推出的 TikTok 版本)排名前 100 的动画剧集中,有 89 部是 AI 作品。

经济后果可能是剧烈的。根据北京大学国家发展研究院今年的一份报告,中国的短剧行业直接雇佣了 690,000 人。

根据中国网络视听节目服务协会的一份 2024 年报告,约 1,500 万人将直播视为其主要职业。

清华大学元宇宙实验室主任兼 AI 动画公司 Zeelin 负责人沈阳教授表示,在 2024 年,一部 3 到 5 分钟的剧集需要 5 个人花费 3 个月时间制作,而如今一名员工仅需 1 到 2 天。

平均价格为每分钟 600 元至 800 元($90-$120),仅为使用真人的成本的 10%。

北京的一位短剧演员兼制片人格雷格·沃尔纳(Greg Wollner)表示,在 Seedance 2.0 发布后,数字化接管进一步加剧。在发布之前,他每周拍摄三部作品。“在那之后,一切都消失了。”他说,沃尔纳的许多朋友“不得不放弃他们热爱的事业,转行做其他工作”。

据技术集团百度(Baidu)称,真人主播罗永浩的数字分身在多个产品类别的销量超过了本人,在短短 7 小时内创造了 5,500 万元($7.7)。

演员托德·库恩斯(Todd Kuhns)的工作已经枯竭。他和同事们感到一种“普遍的挫败感和无奈,因为我们眼睁睁地看着自己的生计被剥夺”。

在某些情况下,表演者在失去工作之前,被强迫将自己的形象和声音“提取”到 AI 工具中。

“我几乎被逼到了墙角,”一位热门儿童教育节目的主持人说道。她在 4 月被告知,要么同意创建她的 AI 副本,要么公司将寻找愿意这样做的人。

“起初,签署这些协议的演员会受到羞辱,因为他们被认为抢了别人的工作,”这位不愿透露姓名的主持人说。“现在看来……变革是不可避免的。”

浙江的一位劳动法律师江晓彤表示,律师们指出,过去两到三年中,与 AI 相关的劳动争议明显增加,工人能够以因 AI 被解雇为由,协商获得更高的冗余补偿金。

字节跳动未立即回应置评请求。 参见 FT 深度报道 (FT Big Read)

检测软件提供了快速答案,但误报的风险以及被指控的污名化正导致社会对文字产生不信任。作者:伊莱恩·摩尔 (Elaine Moore)

AI能写出这样的文章吗?越来越难辨别了

W

hen Max Spero reads something online, he trusts his intuition to tell him whether it was written by AI even before he runs it through his detection software.

It's not the classic signifiers of large language models he looks for – the em dashes, the hallucinations and the smoothly pleasant tone. Instead, it's a sense of emptiness. "I look for information density," says the former Google software engineer. "When a person writes, every word has intention behind it. When AI generates text, it does not."

Spero is one of a small but determined group of self-appointed linguistic detectives calling out what they believe is the deceitful use of AI.

When you see a headline claiming a third of new web pages were written using AI, or a fifth of Kindle ebooks, the researchers will often have used Spero's AI detector, Pangram. It was at the centre of the Shy Girl scandal, in which claims of AI led to the novel being removed from bookstores, despite author Mia Ballard denying she used the technology. This summer, it was used to accuse Trinidadian Jamir Nazir of submitting an AI story to the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

Texts published by judges, consultants, lawyers and newspapers (including The New York Times, the FT and The Wall Street Journal) have been flagged by AI detectors. AI content passed off as human “pollutes the commons”, says Chris Best, the chief executive of publishing platform Substack, which is working with Pangram to scan its newsletters.

Spero created Pangram in 2023 because he and co-founder Bradley Emi were worried about what would happen if we could no longer distinguish machine content from our own. Their pitch is that in the age of AI, authenticity is more valuable than ever.

But some are unconvinced that we can draw a clean line between human and AI text. Universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, which all support the use of generative AI by students, do not endorse the use of commercial AI detectors to scan work.

about benches, he says, was his way of saying that a woman could be so beautiful that inanimate objects would come alive. "It's a literary technique," he says. "Don't they understand mysticism, these readers?"

Nazir, a 62-year-old retired civil servant, remains hurt at the critique of his writing and exasperated at the claims he used AI. His writing style, which some described as stilted and artificial, is the result of a career spent writing technical reports and a lifetime reading poetry. "I don't use AI, I use GI," he says. "God's intelligence."

His critics are unmoved. Tuhin Chakrabarty, an assistant professor in the computer science department of Stony Brook University SUNY, who co-authored a paper on AI use in ebooks, points out that the story contains six instances of the word hum — something he says ChatGPT is known to use in fiction. “I think there should be stigma [about using AI],” he says.

The Commonwealth Foundation stood behind Nazir. But Granta, the literary magazine, announced that it would no longer publish the winning stories. "At this stage there is really no way of determining whether a piece is authentic or not," says Sigrid Rausing, Granta's publisher. Still, she adds, she is not opposed to AI. "If a writer creates an experimental text with AI material and is transparent about it, I would be happy to read it and publish it, if it's good."

At the end of this year, the EU plans to introduce watermarks to AI text, something campaigners have been demanding for years. Anthropic says its new Claude models will contain these imperceptible marks.

Yet instead of clearing things up, watermarks could complicate them further. Editing, paraphrasing and copying text could erase the marks. Anthropic notes the absence of watermarks will not prove that AI was not used.

写作者们指出,通常被归因于AI的特征也出现在人类写作中,且检测软件和直觉判断也可能出错。许多人担心误判的后果。

一些被指控使用AI的作家也在反击,声称对合成内容的过度担忧已导致“猎巫”行动。纳齐尔多次表示,他未使用AI撰写其获最终英联邦奖的作品《树林中的蛇》。

“我们用我们所有的语言训练了这个东西,”他告诉《金融时报》,“现在我们甚至无法互相信任。”

关于作者身份来源的争论自文学诞生之初便存在。如今的不同之处在于规模。AI生成文本的速度与便捷性意味着我们有理由怀疑在线所见内容可能为人工生成。

现实字节:识别AI生成文本的迹象< / td>< / tr><>< rowspan="4">原始AI文本< / >< rowspan="5">AI能快速且令人信服地写作,但永远无法取代人类写作的魔力。最优秀的故事、演讲和诗歌都源于真实生活——我们的记忆、情感、错误和个人经历。AI不会像人类那样坠入爱河、失去所爱之人、庆祝成就或汲取教训。它只能通过识别语言模式来模仿这些感受,却无法真正理解。因此,人类写作拥有独特的语调与真实性,读者能在更深层次与之共鸣;而AI最终只是反映人们已创造的内容,而非表达其亲身经历的生活。< / ><>< / >< / ><><>破折号后接词语列表< / >< / ><>< ="3">“能X但不能Y”句式< / >< / ><>< / ><><>“更深层”常出现在AI写作中< / >< / ><>< ="3">人类编辑后的AI文本< / >< ="4">AI或许能快速且令人信服地写作,但永远无法取代人类写作。最优秀的故事、演讲和诗歌均源于真实生活——源于记忆、情感与真实体验。AI无法像人类那样坠入爱河、失去所爱之人或从失败与成功中汲取教训。它或许能通过复制我们语言中的模式来模仿那些感受,却缺乏在沟通中创造深度的理解。每位作家都有独特的语调。作家与读者间的真实连接永远无法被机器复制。< / ><>< / >< / ><>< ="3">“from”一词的重复改变节奏并形成不均匀的行文< / >< / ><>< / ><><>冗长的流水句被拆分< / >< / ><>< ="3">通过“人性化”工具处理后的AI文本< / >< ="7">AI能在顷刻间生成清晰且令人信服的文本,但——这是重点——它永远无法取代人类写作的特殊魔力。最难忘的故事、演讲和诗歌总是源于真实生活——我们对重要时刻的记忆、经历过的情感、犯下的错误以及从中汲取的教训。AI能试图通过捕捉语言模式来模仿那些感受,但它根本无法真正理解——它无法坠入爱河、失去在意之人、重温快乐时刻,或(困难之处)像我们一样从错误中学习。它能尝试用语言来模仿这一切,却无法真正理解。而这

why 人类的写作拥有自身的声音与真实性,读者能够真正产生共鸣——而AI说到底只是在反映人们已创造的内容,而非表达其自身的思想——那些它若真正生活过一生会拥有的思想与感受。

“能X但不能Y”的表述依然存在

相同的“三分法”规则再次出现

冗长的复合句

AI检测工具如Pangram、GPTZero、Winston AI或Copyleaks允许用户输入可疑文本片段,并生成一个百分比评分,估算其中有多少内容由AI生成。

伊桑·莫利克(Ethan Mollick)是宾夕法尼亚大学沃顿商学院的AI研究员兼副教授,他认为没有任何检测工具或水印能达到100%准确,这意味着我们已然跨越了AI的“K-T边界”——这一地质标记代表着一场灭绝事件。

但要理解它们如何得出评分并非易事。检测工具不会公开其技术原理,也不会透露训练时使用的文本。

总体而言,检测工具寻找的是模式:并非某个特定的所谓AI“标志性”词汇(如常被提及的“深入”),而是与大型语言模型可能做出的决策相匹配的组合。

上图:贾米尔·纳齐尔(Jamir Nazir)多次表示未使用AI撰写其故事《树林中的蛇》。上图:马克斯·斯佩罗(Max Spero)创建AI检测工具Pangram,以打击文学欺诈。

Pangram收集了数百万由人类在AI模型出现前创作的文本——从亚马逊评论到诗歌——再由各类聊天机器人生成“合成镜像”文本,并将这些成对文本输入其模型,以训练其区分二者。随着新AI模型的涌现,训练也在持续更新。

在领先的检测工具中,文本被拆分为片段,并以标记形式处理,再转换为数值表示。这些数值随后与AI生成文本和人类文本的数值进行比较,以寻找重叠之处——不仅限于用词选择,还包括用词位置、频率、句子与段落结构。文本越多,可分析的模式就越多。

这正是为何即使有人修改几个词或重新排列几行文字,最优秀的检测工具仍能识别出AI痕迹的原因。部分工具还添加了抄袭分析和图像识别功能。

检测公司的创始人深知,他们正与AI实验室展开竞赛,后者致力于让其输出尽可能自然。

然而,真正的敌人是误报——即模型可能错误地将人类文本标记为AI生成的风险。OpenAI在2023年因误报率达9%而移除了自家检测程序。2024年,有检测工具将《独立宣言》误识别为98%由AI生成。斯坦福大学的一项研究发现,非英语母语作者的文本更易被误判为AI生成。

这正是AI检测工具的证据阈值变得至关重要的原因。

卡内基梅隆大学的经济学家布赖恩·贾巴里安(Brian Jabarian)去年9月发布了一项研究,比较了三款商业AI检测工具:Pangram、OriginalityAI和GPTZero。他输入了近2,000个人类撰写的文本样本及其AI生成的对应版本,并设置了不同的证据阈值。降低阈值虽能识别出更多AI生成文本,但误报率也会略有上升。

Pangram表示,其最新模型的误报率仅为0.0041%,即每24,000份文档中约有一次误报。问题是,我们是否愿意为这一误指控承担风险?“这不是技术公司能决定的,”贾巴里安说,“这是社会问题。”

Prize in May, an anonymous X account posted a screenshot that showed Pan-gram identified it as 100 per cent AI-generated.

Other commentators pointed to what they considered giveaways. “Not the bees’ neat industry . . . but a belly sound” was a “not x but y” formulation common in AI output. The line “she had the kind of walking that made benches become men” was a nonsensical metaphor, while “the quiet chores, the patient hands, the unlit lamp” was a rule-of-three typical of text.

Speaking from his sunny, plant-filled home in Trinidad, Nazir says that no, his story was not written with . The line

'At this stage there is really no way of determining whether a piece is authentic or not'

"Authenticity is going to be a problem everywhere," he says. "We're still in the middle of negotiating what parts of writing we want to keep human and which parts we accept can be ."

Codes of conduct are in flux. If is unacceptable when writing literature, is it fair game for more prosaic text like legal drafts and audits so long as the quality is high and the time saved is reflected in the price? Are -drafted emails a useful tool or an insult to those on the receiving end? Must drafts and edits always be disclosed? And will accusations of based on intuition and detectors lead to greater surveillance and semantic contortions?

Edward Tian, creator of detector GPTZero, believes “the future will be an equilibrium – a balance of human and writing”. But we will still need to find ways to communicate with one another without machines mediating, he adds.

"Writing is more than just output. It reflects our critical thinking," he says. "There is something beautiful about it that is worth preserving."

纳什维尔传奇:从贫困到音乐殿堂的多莉·帕顿

多莉·帕顿 歌手兼词曲作者 1946-2026


多莉·帕顿既是一位超凡脱俗的传奇人物,又是一位平易近人的乡村明星。这位纳什维尔巨星于80岁高龄辞世。她以金色假发、水钻装饰和灿烂微笑,塑造了一个光彩夺目的乡村形象。她创作了约3,000首歌曲(据她本人估计),但演唱时却充满人性化的机智与温暖。她拥有超过1亿张唱片销量,其声誉远超乡村音乐领域,跻身历史上最伟大的艺术家之列。

1946年,她出生于田纳西州的乡村地区。父亲是一名佃农,后成为烟草农场主。母亲在35岁时育有12个孩子,帕顿是其中之一。她的童年贫困不堪。据帕顿回忆,贫穷的父亲曾用一袋玉米面支付了接生她的医生费用。"我常开玩笑说,从那以后我就一直在赚大钱,"她在自传中写道。

从赤贫到巨富的转变中,她既无自怜之情,也无自私之心。在《多彩外套》(Coat of Many Colors)中,她唱出了童年因穿着碎布拼缝的外套被同学嘲笑的经历。"我不理解,因为我觉得自己很富有,"她在1971年的代表作中唱道,"我告诉他们,妈妈在每一针中缝进了爱。"

她从小就受到教堂和家庭聚会歌唱的熏陶,而非唱片或广播。1964年高中毕业后,她离家前往纳什维尔。

1967年,她作为录音歌手的首支乡村热门单曲《蠢金发女郎》(Dumb Blonde)问世。这首歌由另一位纳什维尔词曲作者创作,但其中自嘲与反抗的混合风格却是帕顿的典型特征。乡村音乐中强势女性的传统为她挑战性别歧视文化提供了一定空间。帕顿既大胆又精明,在她所面临的限制中寻找突破。

最初,她颤抖的嗓音曾引发争议。"我不认为这个女孩会唱歌,"1967年,当她提议与纳什维尔资深艺人波特·瓦格纳组成双人组合时,一位唱片高管对瓦格纳如是说。但瓦格纳坚持己见,这一合作最终大获成功,为她日后的独唱事业奠定了基础。

1974年,她发行了第13张个人专辑《乔琳》(Jolene)。主打曲目展现了帕顿的叙事才华,这首迷你杰作中,她扮演一名恳求情敌不要夺走自己男人的女子。专辑还收录了《我永远爱你》(I Will Always Love You),这首歌最初是她为告别导师而作。1992年,惠特尼·休斯顿对其进行了强劲的流行灵魂改编,成为史上最畅销的单曲之一。

帕顿未经雕琢的乡村嗓音,承载着她成长的阿巴拉契亚地区记忆——那里是蓝草音乐的乡村核心,也是纳什维尔乡村音乐产业的前身。但帕顿并非传统主义者。1977年,她凭借成人当代经典《你又来了》(Here You Come Again)跨界进入主流流行榜。

"我的外表看起来很廉价,但为此我花了很多钱,"她常以此调侃自己的形象——她那华丽夸张的南方女性装扮,包括高跟鞋、闪片和紧身连衣裙,将她的胸部打造成了美国偶像。她声称这种造型灵感来自童年所见的一位"风尘女子"。但她的巨星形象在20世纪70年代由著名设计师鲍勃·麦基精心打造,后者为她

被昵称为“铁蝶”的她精心塑造了自己的形象

1980年,她主演喜剧片《朝九晚五》跻身超级巨星行列。该片主题曲为她再添不朽金曲,一首节奏感极强的歌曲,其节拍巧妙模仿了丙烯酸指甲敲击打字机键的咔嗒声。

在纳什维尔,她被昵称为“铁蝶”。她精心塑造自己的形象,但凭借的是幽默与真诚,而非冷嘲式的自我营销。1986年,她在田纳西州创办了名为“狄莉伍德”的主题公园。她的慈善事业众多,其中包括一个扫盲基金会,截至2025年,该基金会已向英语世界的儿童分发了超过3亿本书。

她于1966年与商人卡尔·迪恩结婚,直至对方于2025年去世。她为纪念亡夫创作了歌曲《若非你在身旁》。他们的时光充满隐私,成为帕顿公开生活中不为人知的背景。

“如果你成为明星,你便与世界立下契约,属于他们。”她曾如是说。很少有人能像她那样如此出色地履行这一契约。卢多维克·亨特-蒂尔尼

如何让城市中心更安全,而无需禁止电动自行车

7月,在意大利北部城市科莫的市政厅外,市长亚历山德罗·拉皮内塞(Alessandro Rapinese)在雨中回忆起一阵短暂的“嘶嘶”声,随后一辆全速行驶的电动自行车将他“撞倒”。拉皮内塞在其个人在线频道中表示,他做了一个“360度翻滚”后摔倒在地,手臂上留下了淤青和划伤。市长的回应迅速而果断:他宣布从9月起,所有骑行者——而非仅电动自行车骑行者——必须在科莫市中心30条街道上下车步行。但反对声也随之而来。市民团体正在抗议,而骑行者计划于9月12日举行一场挑战性的骑行活动前往市政厅。

拉皮内塞的举动引发了国际关注,也招致批评,指责其政策基于个人经历。他反驳称:“为什么不行?我知道被这些‘庞然大物’撞到是什么感受。”他的故事引发了日益加剧的文化冲突。像拉皮内塞这样备受关注的不幸事件,让人们更加关注电动自行车的风险,尤其是沉重的租赁版本——许多机动车司机指责骑行者过于随意地违反交通规则。而骑行社区则感到自己被不公平地妖魔化。

在过去十年左右的时间里,西方许多城市的自行车出行普及,总体而言是件好事。骑行取代了汽车出行,改善了空气质量并减少了交通拥堵。电动自行车更易于踩踏,拓宽了骑行群体的参与度,并助力改变了伦敦(约有50,000辆租赁电动自行车)、巴黎(最多18,000辆)和纽约(15,000辆)等城市的出行方式。

但电动自行车也存在弊端。虽然其电机在英国和欧盟被限速至25公里 / 小时(15.英里 / 小时),但即使是体面的踏板自行车手也能轻松超速,就连休闲和新手骑行者也能以相当快的速度行驶。租赁电动自行车车身沉重,且为承受粗放使用而设计。这种组合若撞到行人,造成的伤害可能比普通自行车更严重。英国在2016年至2025年间,涉及自行车的行人死亡或重伤人数激增71%,而这一时期正是电动自行车使用量激增的时期。

不过,仍需采取一些纠偏措施。统计数据显示,机动车仍是造成死亡的主要原因,远超自行车或电动自行车,尽管后者引发的事故更受媒体关注。骑行者被汽车或卡车撞伤的可能性远高于撞伤行人。研究表明,机动车司机和行人违规的比例与骑行者相当。给予骑行者同样关注的审视下,他们本可以通过避免违规行为来维护自身权益,并通过佩戴头盔降低受伤风险。

虽然电动滑板车在安全性方面更成问题——巴黎已终止其租赁电动滑板车计划——但电动自行车的整体利大于弊。那么,拉皮内塞的同行们或许可以借鉴哪些做法来提升安全性?

首先,应严厉打击非法改装电动自行车以规避限速器的行为,这类车辆极其危险且令合法车辆蒙羞。对于合法租赁电动自行车,可借鉴伦敦多个中心区的做法,设置强制性停车区,由运营商通过GPS追踪执行,避免随意停放的自行车造成危险。对闯红灯或骑行上人行道等违规行为应加强处罚力度。租赁自行车应配备大而醒目的编号。还可通过“电子围栏”在市政广场、步行区或公园等区域设置限速或禁行区。持续优化街道布局,改善不同道路使用者间的隔离,并鼓励良好行为,才是提升安全性的最佳途径。如此一来,甚至无需像科莫那样实施禁令。

观点 经济学

美国制造业在关税下仍蓬勃发展

特吉·帕里克

美国制造业正呈现复苏迹象。在连续六个月扩张后,制造业活动在7月达到四年多来的最强劲水平。今年以来,产出小幅上升,约30,000个新岗位被创造,而就在本月,工业巨头西门子、亚马逊和SK海力士也公布了大规模投资计划。

对于"Maga运动"而言,这被视为唐纳德·特朗普总统以保护主义为动力的"美国制造业复兴"正在成形的证据。特朗普在7月于密歇根州通用汽车工厂发表演讲时表示,他的"历史性关税"正在振兴美国的工业腹地。

但这一说法对数据的解读颇为虚伪。美国制造业的复兴是

特朗普政府吹捧的“复兴”并非其所宣传的那种

总统的保护主义措施并非推动增长的原因,也并非其所承诺的那种繁荣。

首先,自特朗普第二任期开始以来,两个行业的独特强劲需求支撑了工业产出的扩张,而非关税相关的回流。第一个行业是计算机和电子产品,其中包括为持续的人工智能热潮提供芯片和服务器。其次是航空航天业,波音等公司的飞机积压订单正在被填补,而全球冲突也令国防订单激增。

对用于建设数据中心的其他部件(如变压器、冷却设备和水泥)的需求,也助推了美国工业产出的整体增长。

关键在于,人工智能和航空航天投入品从政府各项关税计划中获得了显著的豁免。相比之下,面临部分最高关税的行业——包括纺织品、家具和木材——对产出的贡献微乎其微,甚至出现萎缩,据卡托研究所副总裁斯科特·林西科姆(Scott Lincicome)汇编的数据显示。的确,自特朗普第二次就职典礼以来,制造商的收益报告反复提及关税对其利润率的挤压,无论是直接影响还是通过国内供应链间接影响。

对于关税支持者而言,还有一个不便的数据点。若关税正在推动广泛的回流热潮,人们会期待国内生产取代进口。然而,美国制造业的复苏却与从国外采购的显著增长同步。自去年1月以来,美国资本货物进口的强劲势头正是由对与人工智能相关部件的需求所驱动。

今年产量激增的时机,或许最能揭穿保护主义者的主张。自1月份以来的生产增长,恰逢有效关税税率下降,以及最高法院在2月份裁定推翻特朗普“大解放日”关税的大部分内容后贸易不确定性的缓解。

这并非表示关税未能带来特朗普所吹嘘的任何好处。今年就业的小幅增长可能与某些行业免受外国竞争的保护有关。关税还迫使一些公司承诺在美国建厂。即便如此,引人注目的投资承诺往往难以兑现,而自特朗普重返白宫以来,私营部门对新工厂建设的年度支出持续下降。

“美国制造业的近期激增是由人工智能基础设施建设、飞机积压订单、‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’中资本支出的税收抵免,甚至伊朗战争所推动的,”林西科姆表示,“关税大多是逆风。” 理清叙事至关重要。周四的报道显示,政府正在考虑对半导体征收新关税。此举只会阻碍推动美国制造业产出的行业发展。

尽管如此,白宫利用高层数据在中期选举前推广其政绩并不令人意外。讽刺的是,政府吹捧的制造业复苏并非其所承诺的那种。即使在今年的反弹后,制造业就业岗位仍比特朗普第二任期开始时减少了82,000个。它并未带回总统团队所承诺的劳动密集型生产线。相反,它体现为高科技产出,主要由使用外国零部件的机器生产,这些行业需要熟练工人。

换言之,特朗普的关税正被证明是实现其对制造业怀旧愿景的钝化工具。美国的工业优势正在证明其韧性——且若无这些关税,本会更加强劲。

tej.parikh@ft.com

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博姆病揭示的生产率难题

克里斯蒂娅·弗里兰说得对(《“不快乐的选民”正在遭受“博姆病”》,“金融时报”周末版,8月15日)经济学家威廉·博姆的成本病理论对公共服务构成结构性挑战。但值得谨慎思考的是,这一诊断会带来哪些后续影响。

公共服务生产率不仅仅是完成任务所需人工劳动量的问题。同样重要的是,公共资金如何有效转化为服务,以及这些服务最终

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美国人口普查及其在宪法中的作用

关于吉利安·泰特周末专栏文章中关于特朗普总统试图改革10年一度人口普查及其背后爆炸性政治的内容,我观察到,对人口普查进行小修小补只是个次要问题(《谁在特朗普的美国“被计数”?》,周末专栏,8月22日)。

更大的荒谬之处在于,435个众议院席位根本无法“代表”3.3亿美国人。它们原本也不是用来做这个的。宪法曾规定,众议院席位应根据人口在各州间进行分配。然而,1929年国会法案将众议员人数冻结在435人。

人口持续增长与代表人数固定相结合,产生了两个结果。首先,权力已从民众转移至政治阶层及其主导者。平均选区规模从1920年的241,000人激增至2020年的761,000人,进一步稀释了每张选票的价值。

在1929年至2025年间,联邦政府支出占GDP的比重从3%攀升至23%,使得每个众议院席位持有者的影响力显著上升。扩大国会选区将扭转这一趋势——赋予选民更大权力,同时削弱每位代表的重要性。

其次,由于在50个州间分配435个席位在数学上不可能完全均等,众议院及其衍生机构——选举人团——未能遵循宪法要求。特拉华州991,000人共享1名代表,而蒙大拿州两个选区各仅有543,000名选民。其他州则介于两极之间。

人口普查在其宪法核心职能上已然失败。从1790年到1910年,每10年国会席位数量都会增加并重新分配,以便让每个人在众议院中得到大致平等的代表。如今,这一机制已不复存在。

“谁在被计数?”这一问题远不止于数据收集本身。 盖尔·L·约翰逊 美国新泽西州尤因

霍默·辛普森论身心二元论

在简·法雷尔对“机器意识的令人不安词汇”(读者来信,《金融时报》周末版,8月22日)的描述中,不乏吉尔伯特·赖尔“机器中的幽灵”的影子。

这是这位英国哲学家对勒内·笛卡尔“ cogito, ergo sum”(我思故我在)论证的贬称,该论证假设心灵是一种存在于肉体中的非物质实体。

如果有理由质疑这一假设,那么断言

无法实现其预期产出。

若有空间质疑这一假设,则该论断

无法实现其预期产出。

弗里兰的分娩例子表明为何这一区分至关重要。一名产妇可能需要助产士陪伴一小时、两小时或更长时间。这段时间并非低效;它本身就是护理的一部分。但若另一名女性因床位被占用而无法入院,而某位已可出院的患者仍在等待办理出院手续,这才是不同的生产力问题。弗里兰令人信服地解释了为何前者成本更高。

霍默·辛普森:“什么是心灵?无关紧要。什么是物质?无需在意。”

会变成“我思故我在,我思”。进而又会变成“ dubito, ergo sum”——“我疑故我在”。通过类似的逻辑扭曲,还会变成“我怀疑,因此我怀疑自己存在”。

或许美国思想家霍默·辛普森给出了更简洁的解答:“什么是心灵?无关紧要。什么是物质?无需在意。”——奥斯汀·林奇·加斯唐,兰开夏郡,英国

我们的河流不仅需要运营良好的自来水公司

吉尔·普利默在杂志文章《一条河流穿城而过》(专题,《艺术与生活》,8月22日)中对拯救英格兰河流的斗争进行了深刻分析,指出私有化的自来水公司未能提供保护河流所需的投资。

但即使拥有世界上运营最佳的自来水公司,我们的河流仍将处于危险境地,因此文章对河流面临的真正挑战的描述并不准确。

从伦敦西北部的布伦特河畔望去,我们的河流同样被城镇规划者所蹂躏——他们仅将河流视为排水沟;被建筑商直接将污水排入其中;被检查员和地方当局对违规行为视而不见;被企业将食物和其他废物倾倒入地表水排水系统;被随意乱倒垃圾者;被肆意使用“永久化学物质”的人;被道路设计师和司机——每逢下雨,轮胎磨损产生的有毒颗粒便随雨水冲入河中;还被那些毫不犹豫将湿巾冲入马桶的人。

我们的河流的未来掌握在我们每个人手中,而我们必须决定赋予它们何种价值。现有证据表明,当前这种价值极低。 本·莫里斯

“清洁布伦特河”创始人,伦敦W13

但更棘手的公共部门生产力问题在于:为何第二种情况仍然持续存在?

这正是政策重点应转向的方向。当前的回应往往仍是一味要求“用更少人力实现更多产出”的空泛要求。

更有意义的问题是:在公共服务交付的哪个环节生产力实际遭到损失——是在投入成本、组织如何将投入转化为服务,还是在服务是否实现预期结果方面。鲍莫尔的

英国乔治王时代的开国元勋与夏日

我非常喜欢罗宾·莱恩·福克斯(Robin Lane Fox)在周六《房地产与家居》(House & Home)专栏中关于园艺的文章(《一场法国革命》,8月22日)。然而,关于乔治王时代的公众直到19世纪晚期才开始造访花园的评论,我建议他参考约翰·亚当斯(未来美国总统)之女阿比盖尔(纳比)“纳比”·亚当斯·史密斯(Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith)的书信。1786年7月,她在访问并入住位于埃塞克斯郡英格斯通的海德庄园(The Hyde)后,曾致信其兄长约翰·昆西·亚当斯,写道:“观赏贵族之屋与花园,构成了这个国家夏季最主要的娱乐活动之一。无论本地人还是外邦人,均可参观所有贵族的花园——只要持有介绍信即可。……若无主人发放的票券,则通常无法进入屋舍。”(《马萨诸塞历史学会》)

亚当斯一家在逗留伦敦期间,已与杰斐逊一同参观了英格兰部分府邸与花园。他们还造访了附近的索尔兹伯里勋爵(Lord Petre)的索尔兹伯里府(Thorndon Hall,现已改建为公公寓)。遗憾的是,如今的海德庄园及其花园已无法凭票参观——该宅邸于1965年毁于火灾,不久后被拆除。 罗伯特·弗莱彻 英格斯通,埃塞克斯,英国

设想忽必烈对马可·波罗所言

贾纳·加内什(Janan Ganesh)在其专栏中提出一个反复出现的问题:“地球上下一个‘第一城市’会是哪里?”(《观点》,生活与艺术版,8月15日)。有多个城市颇具竞争力,但似乎均无法完全令人信服。

或许城市排名无法回答他的问题。试想伊塔洛·卡尔维诺(Italo Calvino)的《看不见的城市》(Le città invisibili,1972)一书:书中年迈的蒙古皇帝忽必烈(成吉思汗之孙、中国元朝开国君主)向威尼斯商人马可·波罗询问其庞大帝国的领土状况。

马可·波罗并未描述地理位置,而是以记忆、欲望、死亡、语言与时间等虚构城市为喻。他的叙述成为对城市与人类体验的反思。

在第三章的对话中,波罗告诉忽必烈:“你所欣赏的,并非一座城市的七种或七十七种奇观,而是它对你的问题所给出的答案。”忽必烈补充道:“抑或是它向你提出的问题,迫使你回答——如同底比斯通过斯芬克斯之口所做的那样。”

或许这正是加内什问题的答案——以及其他类似问题的答案所在:世界的“第一城市”取决于我们带给它的问题,以及它向我们提出的问题——而非仅凭其七种或七十七种奇观。

亚历山德罗·洛米 拉韦纳,意大利

约束并非均等地适用于该链条的每一环。

这一区别对弗里兰(Freeland)关于民主不满的更广泛论点至关重要。政治风险在于将成本上升误认为绩效下降:鲍莫尔(Baumol)可能令服务成本上升,但并未令其变差;而糟糕的组织却可能令服务变差,而鲍莫尔并未对此作出解释。

妮娜·约尔登 剑桥大学贝内特公共政策学院

剑桥大学贝内特公共政策学院 英国

埃隆之父对“英国现状”的感叹令本读者深有共鸣

埃尔罗·马斯克(Errol Musk)看似是一位不太可能的“英国重塑”倡导者(《我是埃隆的父亲,不是他的朋友》,午餐会客,金融时报生活与艺术版,8月22日),但戴维·皮林(David Pilling)对这位SpaceX亿万富翁之父的采访令我着迷。

这篇采访既扣人心弦,又精彩绝伦,揭示的关于埃隆·马斯克的信息,至少与弗拉基米尔·普京“困兽犹斗”的故事揭示的关于俄罗斯领导人的信息同等丰富。

埃尔罗对普京、英国极右翼活动家汤米·罗宾逊(Tommy Robinson)以及南非种族隔离制度的看法令我读得摇头叹息,但当谈及英国现状时,他的描述却令我忍俊不禁:“路边杂草丛生,无处不在。”

在这个干旱的夏季,路边的野草为本可无法存活的野生动物提供了栖息地。至于杂草本身,用埃尔罗的语气来形容——在英国干涸的土地上,它们堪称“最后的幸存者”。

自然作家兼表演诗人 英国威尔特郡布罗德查尔克

贝叶挂毯绣工的纺织艺术家致敬

在康斯坦丝·艾尔顿(Constance Ayrton)关于贝叶挂毯制作者时尚风格的专题报道中,她未提及一群技艺精湛的英国绣工。这些绣工的针线活在当时享誉整个欧洲(《“征服之装”:1066年的时尚风尚》,生活与艺术,8月22日)。

贝叶主教奥多为其新大教堂委托制作这幅挂毯,而威廉的王后玛蒂尔达及其宫廷女眷则获得了所有赞誉!

许多历史学家认为这幅挂毯是在坎特伯雷完成的——因此在某种程度上可谓“回归故里”。

今日英格兰,刺绣与纺织工艺依然蓬勃发展,凭借想象力与创意不断焕发新生。

彭妮·乔利 纺织艺术家,英国德文郡布里克瑟姆

马克·夏加尔展览的动人回忆

杰基·伍尔施拉格(Jackie Wullschläger)曾写道:“夏加尔和马格里特是备受喜爱的画家,他们分别有40年和50年未在伦敦的博物馆展出作品了。”

皇家艺术学院于1998年秋季举办了名为“马克·夏加尔——爱与舞台”的夏加尔作品展览——距今已有28年。也许这算不上一场大型展览。

但我仍记得清清楚楚,尤其是因为我曾作为首次约会的一部分参观了展览,而我的妻子正是在那时认识的!

乔恩·冈德里 英国伦敦HA6

以强硬对俄立场闻名的哲学家之子正在民粹主义崛起之际寻求总统之位

大多数政治家从讲台发起竞选。拉斐尔·格吕克斯曼(Raphaël Glucksmann)本周却选择从80米高的风力涡轮机上开始其法国总统竞选之旅。这位新近宣布参选的候选人身穿头盔和安全带,宣称:“我不害怕,我迫不及待要登顶。”回到地面后,他承诺若在2027年当选,将发起一场“百日环保革命”,以应对气候变化并帮助法国摆脱对化石燃料的依赖。

在经历了法国有记录以来最炎热的夏季和毁灭性野火之后,这一议题令他跻身公众辩论的前沿。但他入主爱丽舍宫的前景面临重重挑战:自2012年以来,法国左翼尚未在总统选举中进入第二轮。随着极右翼的玛丽娜·勒庞几乎确定能在明年5月的第二轮中占据一个席位,格吕克斯曼还将面临极左翼让-吕克·梅朗雄(其民调支持率正在上升)及埃马纽埃尔·马克龙中间派继承者的夹击。

现年46,原为作家和活动家,后转型为欧盟议员,并在2018年创立了自己的政党“公共场所”(Place Publique)。两年前,他领导与社会党的联合名单在欧洲选举中位列第三,自此声名鹊起。尽管有时显得笨拙——其黄金时段的参选宣布仪式被指过度排练——但支持者表示,他的信念依然清晰可见。

“我并非来自传统的政治模式,”格吕克斯曼在接受TF1新闻采访时表示,“我20岁时不是议会助理,也不是某个政党的官员,而是站在曾逃离卢旺达种族灭绝的人们、反对俄罗斯帝国主义的格鲁吉亚和乌克兰反对者身旁。”

“许多法国人不再相信政治,因为它不够真诚。能有一个真诚的人重新开始,这是好事。”其亲密盟友、鲁昂市长、社会党人尼古拉·梅耶-罗西尼奥尔如是说。然而,其精英知识分子背景可能并不总是为他加分,某些立场甚至令左翼选民感到不满,他们指责他过于亲以色列、过于支持核能,以及在经济议题上不够激进。

他与伴侣莱娅·萨拉梅(Léa Salamé)组成了权力夫妇,后者是法国知名电视新闻主播,在其竞选期间暂时退出了黄金时段新闻节目的主持工作。今年8月,《巴黎竞赛》杂志封面刊登了两人在科西嘉海滩的照片,其位置恰好在马克龙乘坐水上摩托的图片下方。巴黎政治学院的丹尼尔·博伊表示,格吕克斯曼带有轻微的“香槟社会主义者”气质,这可能对他造成伤害。

格吕克斯曼出生于巴黎郊外,父母均为活动家和知识分子。其已故父亲安德烈·格吕克斯曼(André Glucksmann)是知名哲学家,早年曾涉足共产主义,后转向反毛左翼立场,并终身坚持,其母弗朗索瓦丝(Françoise)亦为活动家兼编剧。格吕克斯曼的家庭常接待一批批活动家和政治流亡者。其已故母亲,他昵称“范范”(Fanfan)

人物简介 / 拉斐尔·格吕克斯曼

法国左翼的新希望

五岁的拉斐尔会躺在地板上,与父亲讨论上帝是否存在。

格吕克斯曼对俄罗斯的直言不讳批评源于2004年橙色革命期间在基辅的成长经历,以及在格鲁吉亚为时任总统米哈伊尔·萨卡什维利提供咨询(2008年俄罗斯入侵之后)。

其支持者表示,他早期对欧盟发出的俄罗斯干预警告以及对中国维吾尔少数民族的倡导,都是其坚定观点的例证。布鲁塞尔公共广场党议员奥罗尔·拉吕克(Aurore Lalucq)表示:“他是一个坚韧不拔、意志坚定的人。当他决定投身某个议题——即使不合时宜、无人关注——他最终都会证明自己是对的。”

早期民调显示格吕克斯曼的竞选之路任重道远。本周一项调查显示,他在首轮投票意向中排名第四,得票率为11%,落后于勒庞、梅朗雄和前马克龙总理爱德华·菲利普。但在与勒庞的假设性决选中,他的表现明显优于梅朗雄。

“此次不同之处在于,国民联盟(RN)不仅仅是门缝里塞进一只脚,而是已经将‘九个半’伸进了爱丽舍宫。”梅耶-罗西尼奥尔(Mayer-Rossignol)表示,“左翼需要自问是否想要胜利。我对成为墓地中最好看的尸体不感兴趣。”

格吕克斯曼的首个考验将是10月与其他社会党候选人进行的初选,争夺中左翼提名。但其最大任务是缩小与梅朗雄的差距,说服左翼选民他为他们提供了进入决选的最佳机会,伊普索斯(Ipsos)的马蒂厄·加拉德(Mathieu Gallard)表示。他补充道,格吕克斯曼尚未作为全国性政治家为人熟知,其主张与选民传统优先事项(如生活成本)的关联度较低。

在本周由主要商业游说团体组织的会议上,格吕克斯曼因抨击勒庞试图通过限制移民来削减法国债务的提议而赢得掌声。但他也强调了自己对“自由贸易宗教”的斗争,并承诺创建一个“工人而非信托基金受益人和继承者”的社会,特别是通过对超过200万欧元的遗产征收新税。

在新冠疫情期间,格吕克斯曼曾主张取消欧洲央行持有的欧元区主权债务,尽管他现在反对梅朗雄试图重新提出类似构想。“他的计划仍有一些粗糙之处,”一位高管表示。

格吕克斯曼决心打破常规。“全球村落的幻象——欧洲沦为笑柄——已经终结,”他于周四对商界领袖表示,“我们是一个拥有巨大命运的广袤国家,命运尚未终结;切勿屈服于失败主义。”

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零和思维正在滋生怨恨

社会

卡米拉·卡文迪什

我们正处于囤积时代。在瑞典,一本小册子指导公民至少储备一周的饮用水和食物,“以防危机或战争”。类似的传单已发放给挪威人、丹麦人和芬兰人,并在英国网上流传。即使没有俄罗斯的侵略,网络攻击和极端天气也意味着此类预防措施不再仅属于囤积罐头和胶带的世界末日幸存者。但在这样的危机中,社会团结同样重要。因此,我们似乎越来越互相猜疑,这令人担忧。

大量公共话语如今都以零和思维为框架:即假设一个群体必须失去,另一个群体才能获益。人们常说移民抢走了我们的工作,富人变得更加富有是以他人为代价,或女性员工正在损害男性的就业前景。

这仿佛让我们陷入一场椅子游戏,座位不足,注定有人无法入座。我们能够扩大圈子、企业家能够传播繁荣的想法正在消失。更令人担忧的是,有证据表明这种思维方式会削弱合作意愿。

零和思维并非新鲜事物,但似乎正在抬头,尤其是在年轻人中。对英语书籍的分析发现,“零和”术语的使用量自1990年以来急剧上升,远超“正和”描述。

经济学家斯特凡妮·斯坦切娃和萨希尔·奇诺伊发现,与X世代和婴儿潮一代相比,美国Z世代和千禧一代更可能认为世界是一个固定的馅饼,且这并非仅限于穷人:年收入10万美元的人也感到愤愤不平,研究生更是如此。大城市居民表现出最高的零和思维倾向:纽约人选出的市长佐兰·曼达尼认为自己正在输掉这场游戏。年长者则倾向于拥有更开阔的心态——唐纳德·特朗普除外,他的零和关税政策正让美国消费者变得更穷。

自2008年经济增长乏力以及对不稳定世界的焦虑,可能让年轻人更易将资源视为稀缺。研究人员认为,这或许源于就业市场、大学入学和住房竞争中的真实竞争。

还有证据表明,对社会流动性的信念可能会自我实现。在一项近期的芝加哥大学实验中,当被呈现一家虚构公司——高评级员工获得奖金而低评级员工没有——时,年轻人倾向于假设

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  • 核聚变能否实现经济可行?科学家正尝试衡量其商业价值,撰文:安佳娜·阿胡贾 员工被相互排名,而不是让所有人在足够优秀的情况下都能获得高评级。

这种心态并非总是不合理。战后国际秩序建立在相互依存将为所有人创造机遇的理念之上,事实也确实如此。但随着世纪行将结束,全球化的浪潮并未让所有人受益。

此外,在西方各国,养老金已令社会契约不堪重负,日益减少的工作年龄人口需为不断增长的退休人员提供支持。哈佛大学在大城市中发现,零和思维最强烈的地方,规划限制是住房供应的主要制约因素。一场清算在所难免,但通过惩罚成功来减少不平等无济于事。

若不加以注意,我们将走向一个在经济和文化上都更为贫瘠的未来。

在一项涉及57个国家的研究中,那些认同“某人变得更富意味着其他人变得更穷”的人,也更倾向于对机构持怀疑态度,且更不愿参与志愿活动。这对社会结构而言是个不祥之兆。这也增加了扩大政府规模的压力。据斯坦切娃和奇诺伊的研究,零和思维与支持政府再分配以及呼吁限制移民的政策高度相关:跨越党派界限,但一个不断扩张的国家很可能加剧“管理式衰退”。

我们如何从一场关于“谁拿最大一块蛋糕”的对话

我们如何从一场关于“谁拿最大一块蛋糕”的对话转向“如何做大蛋糕”?

转向“如何做大蛋糕”?对政客而言,煽动怨恨的政治远比培养选民对经济增长的信心来得容易。当信任正在流失、公众对领导人撒谎的相信度达到历史新高、且大多数人认为富人攫取了超出其应得份额时——据《爱德曼信任度晴雨表》显示——这种挑战尤为严峻。

信心源于有效的政策。我们能够建造既吸引人又不惹邻居反感的可负担住房。我们能在应对气候变化的同时创造就业,并欢迎企业家,而非将他们驱逐到国外。

瑞典的应急手册强调“我们必须互相帮助”。英国的等效说法则是“查明您是否有资格登记优先服务”。在危机中为弱势群体提供额外帮助并无不妥:这在疫情期间至关重要。但我不禁觉得,某位当权者早已放弃让我们彼此信任。

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沙特阿拉伯在房地产项目中替换负责人

- 新穆拉巴项目撤换英国出生的CEO - 主权基金对子公司进行审查

沙特利雅得新穆拉巴超大型项目入口,该项目包括名为"穆卡布"的400米×400米建筑计划 — Hamad I Mohammed / 路透社

安德鲁·英格兰 — 伦敦

沙特阿拉伯已替换利雅得旗舰房地产超大型项目的首席执行官,这是该国主权财富基金庞大子公司组合重组的最新迹象。

Michael Dyke,一位英国人,担任新穆拉巴项目负责人不到三年,此前曾参与英国高铁2号工程(HS2)项目,现已被Sabah Barakat取代。

作为沙特公共投资基金(PIF)的资深人士,Barakat已接任该价值超过$50bn项目的代理CEO,该项目包括一座被称为"穆卡布"的400米×400米立方体建筑的宏伟计划。

此次人事变动发生在PIF主席穆罕默德·本·萨勒曼王储领导下的基金对过去十年启动的100多家投资组合公司和项目进行审查之后,其中许多项目遭遇了延误和成本超支。

在经历了长达十年的大规模支出狂潮后,面临交付回报的压力,这家近$1tn的主权基金正在重新评估其项目,决定哪些应优先推进,哪些应缩减或推迟。

"PIF的战略发生了重大转变。我认为现在明显更加强调减少对大规模投机性、基础设施密集型项目的依赖,并更多依赖沙特本土的领导力和能力,"一位熟悉内情的人士表示。

"整体趋势是试图降低投资组合公司中外籍高管的比例,因为项目整体都在收缩。"

今年,主权基金已在其多家公司中替换了外籍高管,包括承诺在2030年前投资$100bn的先进制造业公司Alat。沙特王储穆罕默德的一些宏大发展项目,包括NEOM开发项目,也正在缩减规模或推迟进度。

PIF一直在推动王储的发展计划,但随着其试图管理庞大的财务承诺并为2030年世博会和2034年国际足联世界杯做准备,其优先事项已发生转变。

Dyke于2023年12月被任命,此前曾担任Balfour Beatty VINCI董事总经理,负责该公司在英国HS2铁路项目的利益,该项目饱受巨额成本

“各投资组合公司正在普遍趋向于降低外籍员工的比重”

超支与延误。

2023年2月,穆罕默德王储宣布启动“新穆拉巴”项目,目标是作为其“2030愿景”计划的一部分,在利雅得打造“全球最大的现代化市中心”。

该项目的核心本应是“穆卡卜”——被吹捧为“全球最大的建筑结构之一”,但据知情人士透露,该项目已被推迟。

知情人士表示,此次领导层变动是“PIF国内房地产投资组合整合进程”的一部分。领导层变动的原因之一是“穆卡卜的成本已暴增约100%,且进展陷入停滞”。

他们还补充称,总体规划已于今年年初获新穆拉巴董事会批准,并预计将“分阶段推进”。Knight Frank在2023年估计,新穆拉巴项目将耗资\5000亿美元。

新穆拉巴向《金融时报》表示,巴拉卡特的任命“符合公司治理框架,并与其长期战略规划一致。公司的运营、合作伙伴关系及战略方向保持稳定”。

巴拉卡特同时被列为PIF“五大巨型项目”之一的房地产开发商罗斯恩的代理首席执行官。罗斯恩的英国裔首席执行官大卫·格罗弗(David Grover)于2024年被解雇。

Anthropic推出首个面向物理世界的AI工具

ing and repeating experiments in a simi-lar way to humans.

MADHUMITA MURGIA — LONDON

Anthropic正在推出一项研究系统,使其软件能够控制科学和工程设备进行实验,这是其首个专为物理世界设计的工具。

此次进展正值Claude聊天机器人制造商寻求扩展其企业业务,并在制造业、机器人技术和制药业推出新应用,以提升收入,为其计划中的首次公开募股做准备,该IPO可能使公司估值达$2tn。

这一名为“模型硬件标准”的新工具,使AI代理能够自主操作可通过计算机代码编程的设备,范围从复杂的显微镜到液体处理器、激光器和机械臂。

“这里的概念飞跃在于,让Claude代理从在数字世界中进行分析、假设生成等工作,转向在物理世界的实验室中开展实验,”Anthropic负责科学合作与部署的Jonah Cool表示。

例如,先进显微镜可能由数百个反射镜、马达和激光器组成,通常由专业工程师操作。“现在Claude能够直接与这些反射镜进行交互并控制它们,”Cool补充道。

Anthropic已在少数实验室和生物技术、机器人技术及量子计算领域的硬件制造商中测试该技chnology,包括霍华德·休斯医学研究所、卡内基梅隆大学、基因泰克和QuEra。科学家们观察到AI代理能够跟踪并调整

Anthropic科学家Alek Kemeny表示,在一次神经科学实验中,他首次看到Claude观察活体脑组织,并要求它找到alveus——他此前从未听说过的脑部结构。“[Claude]成功操控了所有不同的反射镜和激光器,找到了大脑正确部位的焦点,而坐在旁边的神经科学家说:‘没错,就是这样。’”他说道。

Anthropic表示,计划在确保该系统免受无意错误影响后,将这项新技术开源。

首席执行官Dario Amodei表示,社会对AI在生物学领域风险的认知仍不足,相比之下对网络安全的关注更多。AI开发者已警告称,不良行为者可能利用模型制造新型疾病或生物武器。

今年6月,Anthropic推出了Claude Science,这是其首个面向科学家的产品,应用场景包括渲染3D蛋白质结构和药物发现。

AI在药物研究中日益重要。礼来公司(Eli Lilly)已与AI芯片制造商英伟达(Nvidia)合作,并投资于专注于AI药物发现的Insilico Medicine。额外报道由克里斯蒂娜·克里德尔(Cristina Criddle)撰写 法律诉讼见第15页

Walmart与美国司法部就止痛药处方诉讼达成和解

零售与消费

埃拉·李(华盛顿报道)

沃尔玛已与美国司法部(DoJ)达成和解,以解决一项指控其非法配发止痛药处方、助长全国阿片类药物危机的诉讼。

美国司法部确认了和解,但具体条款未立即公布。法庭文件显示,联邦政府同意撤销该案。

美国司法部发言人表示:“我们将继续追究那些通过非法开药、营销、配发或分销行为推动阿片类药物危机并危及美国社区的公司和个人的责任。”沃尔玛未回应置评请求。

美国政府于2020年12月起诉沃尔玛,指控该公司配发无效处方并未报告可疑的阿片类药物及其他药品订单。该诉讼源于司法部为期数年的调查。

诉状称,沃尔玛管理层通过要求药剂师“尽快”配药,使其“极难”遵守合法配药要求。

沃尔玛曾于2020年10月预先起诉美国司法部和美国缉毒局,并称其药剂师被联邦当局置于进退两难的境地。

沃尔玛当时表示,已阻止“数千名可疑医生”的阿片类药物处方配药。该诉讼于2021年被驳回。

若被判定承担责任,该公司可能面临巨额罚款。2022年,沃尔玛另行表示将支付$3.1bn以和解各州对其未能规范店内高成瘾性药品处方配发的指控。

根据美国疾病控制与预防中心数据,1999年至2023年间,药物过量死亡人数增长约520。年度死亡人数在2022年后开始下降。

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聚变初创企业拒绝“核能”标签以改变风险认知

通过拉开距离以享受美国更宽松监管

关于常规裂变电站

RYOHTAROH SATOH — 伦敦

对于聚变初创公司而言,该行业最大的突破之一可能不是在物理学领域,而是在品牌营销上。

多年来,这些公司努力与传统核电划清界限,而随着美国监管机构准备制定规则,将聚变与传统核电区分并置于更宽松的许可制度下,这些努力开始见效。

该行业资金最雄厚的公司及主要行业组织避免使用“核能”或甚至“反应堆”等字眼,认为这些术语会错误地引发人们对传统核电风险的联想。一位资深聚变投资者将其称为“精明的营销”。

这场争论正值数十亿美元涌入聚变领域之际,聚变技术试图通过融合原子核(而非像传统核电站那样分裂原子)来复制太阳的能量产生过程。

超过50家初创公司正在竞相商业化这项技术,谷歌和微软等科技巨头也在其中,希望为耗电量巨大的AI技术确保充足的清洁能源。

一家美国政府实验室已证明所谓的净能量增益在聚变中是可能的,但尚无任何公司证明其能够建造商业上可行的发电站。

据高管及行业观察者介绍,联邦聚变系统公司(CFS)是最早有意将聚变与核电语言区分开来的公司之一。这家美国公司是该行业的重要参与者之一,融资约40亿美元,并获得谷歌的支持。

首席执行官鲍勃·马加德(Bob Mumgaard)表示,关于是否将聚变描述为“核能”的争论始于约十年前。聚变应“独立存在”,并“凭借其优势”接受评判,而不应被一个“承载核工业好坏两面”的术语所定义。

由OpenAI首席执行官山姆·奥尔特曼(Sam Altman)支持的Helion Energy同样认为,“核能”的普遍认知并不适用于聚变”,并将其机器称为“发电机”而非反应堆。

一些高管完全摒弃“反应堆”一词,认为其在工程领域之外几乎毫无意义。

“啤酒技术上是在反应器中酿造的,”一位高管表示,“大多数人又不是核物理学家。”

聚变通过融合原子核而非像传统核裂变电站那样分裂原子来发电。尽管两者在技术上均属核反应,但聚变无法维持裂变所特有的失控链式反应。

美国核能监管委员会(NRC)提出的规则将更类似于粒子加速器而非核电站来监管聚变设施,使许多项目得以在州级而非联邦层面获得监管。

这可能为聚变公司提供优势,因为各州竞相成为首个“聚变州”,通过简化许可来吸引项目。

联邦聚变系统公司已融资约40亿美元——卡桑德拉·克罗斯 / 彭博社

克里斯蒂娜·英格兰-利文古德(Christina England-Livengood),白加(White & Case)合伙人兼前NRC律师,曾在2023年协助国会制定监管框架,她表示该行业的倡导“确实”影响了委员会在考虑为聚变制定单独监管路径时的政策讨论。

她表示,这为如今正在完善的规则奠定了基础,并补充称行业意见帮助监管机构“看到”传统上“非常封闭”的机构的“其余部分”。

聚变工业协会作为推动将聚变与传统核电监管分离的主要倡导者之一,其首席执行官安德鲁·霍兰德(Andrew Holland)表示,该协会也有意识地“避免使用‘核能’和‘反应堆’这两个术语”。

The distinction is crucial for fusion companies, which have attracted more than 115亿美元 in private funding to date, according to PitchBook, and are racing to connect commercial power plants to the grid. It could spare them the lengthy licensing process designed for nuclear fission reactors.

The industry's argument rests on technical differences. Fusion systems still use radioactive fuels such as tritium, and structural materials become radioactive after prolonged neutron exposure. Even so, the International Atomic Energy Agency describes fusion as “inherently safe” because the reaction cannot sustain a runaway chain reaction.

Fuels such as tritium have a half-life of 12.3 years and are generally far easier to manage than many radioactive materials produced by fission reactors, some of which remain hazardous millions of years.

Colin McNally, a fusion physicist, argued that, despite tritium's relatively short half-life, the need an on-site inventory would inevitably become a political issue as companies sought to build larger power plants.

"There's a difference between poisoning the landscape 20,000 years and causing people damage 10 years," he said, adding that harming people a decade was still bad.

CFS chief executive Mumgaard was steadfast. "Fusion deserves to be its own thing," he said. "So we should make language that highlights that."

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法国挑战者寻求取代 Palantir 在欧洲的地位

西尔瓦诺·桑索尼 ChapsVision 集团总经理

一家鲜为人知的法国软件集团正试图将自己打造成 Palantir 在欧洲的替代方案,因为欧洲各国政府正努力减少对美国科技公司的依赖。

ChapsVision 在 2019 年 6 月赢得法国政府合同,接替 为该国国内情报机构提供服务,目前正与欧盟各国政府进行谈判,并竞标德国国防和警务的重要合同。

该公司的核心理念是:欧洲对主权的关切,加之对 政治关联及运营模式的日益不安,为一家欧洲自有数据平台创造了机遇。

“我们不是,也不希望成为一个黑匣子……我们的算法、架构和代码都是透明的。它们是开放的。”ChapsVision 集团总经理西尔瓦诺·桑索尼对《金融时报》表示。

该法国项目包括为所有政府部委及约 50 家公共机构创建数据基础设施,为是否能在如此规模上部署主权解决方案提供了广泛的测试案例。

的软件广泛应用于美国国防和情报机构,但在欧洲部分地区正面临越来越多的审查,各国政府重新评估对美国科技公司的依赖。

德国武装部队已将 排除在合同之外,而丹麦和荷兰的官员也表示希望与这家总部位于美国的软件集团脱钩。

瑞士当局拒绝采用其软件,而在英国,一项价值 £330mn 的医疗服务合同备受审查,伦敦市长还否决了该市警察局价值 5000 万英镑n 的合同。

除主权争议外,ChapsVision 还挑战 的商业模式。桑索尼表示,ChapsVision 的软件无需长期依赖嵌入式工程师,这与 的做法形成鲜明对比。

“我们的目标是将技能转移给客户,然后进入下一个项目。作为一家软件发布商,我们并不打算与客户长达 10 年或 40 年之久,可以说接管他们的业务。这与 的做法有所不同。”

总部位于巴黎的 ChapsVision,其名称源自创始人奥利维耶·德伦巴赫(Olivier Dellenbach)子女名字的首字母,于 2019 年起步,最初开发金融服务工具。

此后,公司年收入已增长至约 €200mn,

主要增长来自收购。迄今为止,该公司已完成近 30 起收购,涉足领域包括翻译 AI、国防软件和语义搜索,试图成为欧洲数据领域的领军者。

其业务中约一半来自公共部门,同时也为辉瑞、LVMH、欧莱雅、空客、赛峰集团、埃克森美孚、道达尔和阿斯利康等大型企业提供服务。在包括法国公共投资银行(Bpifrance)、Tikehau、Jolt 和 Qalium 在内的投资者支持下,ChapsVision 正考虑在本世纪末前进行首次公开募股。

欧洲对科技主权的追求已帮助该公司今年赢得德国情报合同。它还在与 竞争两项德国重要合同,涉及北莱茵-威斯特法伦州警方和德国联邦国防军。

ChapsVision 软件在法国国内情报机构的推广将检验

“产品已就绪,我们为此已奋战四年……但客户决定时间表”

该国能在多年国家支持的数字项目成效不一后,用本土替代方案取代关键美国软件平台。

在法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙领导下,法国试图推广本土技术,但多个国家支持的数字项目却因碎片化采购、技术缺陷或使用率有限而受挫。

“从 Palantir 转向 ChapsVision 首先是一项政治策略,”国际与战略关系研究所数字转型与技术专家夏尔·蒂布说。“我们可以问自己:这究竟是基于对风险的清醒认知和对 ChapsVision 技术能力的明确评估,做出的战略选择,还是一项公关行动,意在掩盖政府与美国大型科技公司密切关系的批评声音?”

法国情报部门从 Palantir 迁移至 ChapsVision 工具预计将耗时两年,其间政府需扩容计算能力、转移情报数据并培训官员。

“产品已就绪,我们为此已奋战四年……但决定时间表的是客户,”Sansoni 表示,并补充称公司“现在的目标”是争取更多大型公共项目。

ChapsVision 仍面临与市值达4,180亿美元、去年年收入45亿美元的 Palantir 这一更强大对手的激烈竞争。

Sansoni 也坦言“谦逊很重要”,因为 ChapsVision 正在与一家“投资规模大得多”的公司竞争。

“不过我们仍成功在差异化因素上为客户定位。我们主要寻找 Palantir 效果较差的领域。”


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- 前摩根大通高管、后出任巴克莱银行首席执行官的杰斯·斯塔利在向美国议员作证时表示,他并未将杰弗里·爱泼斯坦从摩根大通提取的大额现金与其性犯罪联系起来,并称

杰斯·斯泰利告诉美国议员,他未将杰弗里·爱泼斯坦从摩根大通提取的大额现金与其性侵行为联系起来

这被认为“令人难以置信”,即该金融家在出狱后继续虐待未成年人。

- 德勤同意向美国政府支付2150万美元,以了结其多元化实践存在歧视指控的索赔,而特朗普政府正在持续收紧对企业招聘实践的打击。

- 微软联合创始人比尔·盖茨表示,某些工作岗位应被指定为“人类保留”岗位,以阻止它们被人工智能取代,并警告称各国政府尚未为这项技术带来的“动荡时代”做好准备。

- 香港法官裁定,中国房地产集团恒大的清算人可在全球范围内追责普华永道,因其在审计恒大时存在失职,此案将考验这家四大会计师事务所的合伙网络模式。

意大利财富热潮中的银行家:人才争夺战中大赚特赚

私人贷款机构为关键人员支付巨额预付款,以服务超高净值客户

奥尔滕卡·阿利亚伊、梅塞德斯·鲁尔 米兰报道

阿尔贝里卡·布里维奥·斯福尔扎(Alberica Brivio Sforza),意大利日内瓦银行(Lombard Odier)私人银行主管,已与一小群为超高净值客户服务的银行家进行了数月谈判。

但正当她即将完成从意大利竞争对手意大利联合银行(Mediobanca)挖角的协议时,另一家贷款机构抛出了无法拒绝的条件。

法国巴黎银行(BNP Paribas)向这些银行家提供了一份合同,除按其带来的资产比例支付预付款外,还将其未来收入的大部分奖励给他们——这类协议轻松就能达到数千万欧元。

“这是他们一生中最赚钱的时刻,”斯福尔扎表示,“他们基本上是在第一天就将多年积累的成果一次性变现数百万。”

意大利的私人银行正陷入一场人才争夺战,银行家们得以获得在超高净值市场前所未闻的预付款,而数十亿加元的资产正等待着愿意为之支付的机构。

为竞争人才,这些银行支付的比例从1%到3%不等,涵盖银行家所管理资产的比例,此外还将未来投资组合产生收入的一半纳入其中。

在当地,这类合同被称为“附属代理合同”。尽管金融推广员长期以来在意大利大众富裕市场(如为Banca Generali和联合圣保罗旗下Fideuram服务)司空见惯,但在高端私人银行市场中,此类合同直到最近才开始出现。

附属代理合同允许银行家作为自雇顾问,隶属于单一机构,并为转移客户提供预付款。银行家通常需承诺在3到5年内留任,否则需偿还部分签约包。

欧元区2012年危机及欧洲央行行长马里奥·德拉吉“无论如何都要挽救欧元”的重要讲话,为意大利等高负债欧洲国家及国际投资者注入信心,也助推了此后涌入意大利的私募股权资金浪潮。

“从2012年至今,我们见证了意大利私募股权收购市场的非常活跃,这也是市场增长的主要原因之一,”欧洲大陆私人财富管理业务联席主管阿尔贝托·奇利奥(Alberto Cirillo)表示。

私募股权公司大举收购意大利资产,主要为中小型家族企业——银行家们称之为“隐藏的瑰宝”,因其通常杠杆率较低且现金储备充足。

这些所谓的流动性事件帮助意大利企业家兑现数亿欧元,并将其转变为私人银行家眼中炙手可热的客户。

There were almost 3,500 deals between 2013 and 2025 totalling about 3620亿欧元, according to estimates from Swiss private bank Pictet and Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Management. They expect another 3,900 transactions worth almost 3500亿欧元 in Italy over the next decade.

Italy's private banks hit a record €1.4tn in assets at the end of 2025, double the amount they had 10 years ago, according to data from industry group Associazione Italiana Private Banking.

"Italy has the sweet spot of transactions in the mid-market and upper mid-market because of family-owned businesses," said Rob Mullane, co-head of private wealth management for Emea at Goldman Sachs. "Italy has been one of the shining lights of growth for us."

The ultra-high-net-worth segment in Italy is largely dominated by international lenders such as US banks Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase as well as Switzerland's UBS. Morgan Stanley is notably absent after it sold its private wealth unit covering the UK, Italy and the Middle East to Credit Suisse in 2013, which passed to UBS in 2023.

To compete in an increasingly crowded market, Italian lenders and European banks with a smaller presence have turned to tied-agent contracts that larger companies have sworn off using.

"The war for talent is definitely out there," said Sarah Catania, head of JPMorgan's private banking business for continental Europe.

She added: “We always try to make sure that our people’s ambition is to build a career at the firm to mirror the long-term relationships we build with our clients and their families: you need stability to do that, so we try to disincentivise them from just short-term gain.”

Competition for bankers has accelerated over the past 18 months thanks to a wave of dealmaking in Italian banking, in particular Monte dei Paschi di Siena's takeover of Milan-based Mediobanca.

Rival banks have been quick to pick off Mediobanca's private bankers, which is the pre-eminent Italian brand in wealth management. Several executives told the FT they were competing for Mediobanca bankers who specialise in the ultra-high-net-worth market.

Dozens have already been poached as tied agents by European rivals such as BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank as well as Italian lenders including Intesa Sanpaolo, according to people familiar with the situation.

Intesa in June jointly launched a

'For these guys it's the cash-in of their lives'

Alberica Brivio Sforza, Lombard Odier

306亿欧元 takeover bid for Monte dei Paschi di Siena together with the country's fifth-largest lender BPER. If Intesa's approach for MPS succeeds, it would acquire Mediobanca's coveted private banking business – though in a twist of Italian dealmaking, MPS has since launched its own takeover bids for two other rivals.

Executives have warned that some of the agreements to lure bankers make little economic sense. One senior executive at a big Italian lender described the competition as "savage" over the past year.

"The market is looking for asset growth but what these banks end up with is non-profitable growth," they added.

While tied agents made up just over 60 per cent of the Italian private banking sector as of March, according to estimates from Lombard Odier, the vast majority still serve the mass affluent market.

The arrangement makes more sense in that market segment because the return on assets – the revenue a bank earns as a percentage of client assets – is higher for mass affluent clients who typically pay high recurring fees.

Returns quickly start to fall with high-net-worth clients who wield the power to bargain down fees but want tailored investments rather than packaged products, making them more expensive for banks to serve.

[Tied agents] 为小型客户服务,其账户资产回报率在 2% 至 4% 之间,但当客户升级至超高净值时,回报率会急剧下降,因此理论上该模式行不通,"Lombard Odier 的 Sforza 表示。

她补充道:“我坚信这场游戏终将结束,因为这些银行永远无法从这些银行家身上赚到钱。银行给他们的报酬太高了。”

房地产

钢铁大亨家族以伦敦豪宅抵押贷款2400万英镑

罗伯特·史密斯、朱莉·斯坦伯格 伦敦报道

据知情人士透露,桑杰夫·古普塔的家族以伦敦市中心的一栋豪宅为抵押,获得了一笔£24.4mn的新抵押贷款,为其在工业家商业帝国陷入法律困境前收购的多处炫耀性资产之一进行再融资。

据知情人士称,地产投资公司Topland集团(由出生于以色列的亿万富翁索尔·扎凯创立)上月向古普塔家族位于伦敦贝尔格莱维亚区的一栋六层乔治式联排别墅提供了一笔为期18个月的过渡贷款。

根据英国房产记录,钢铁大亨的妻子妮可拉·古普塔于2020年以£42mn的价格购买了贝尔格雷夫广场的该处房产,并使用了巴克莱银行瑞士私人银行部门提供的抵押贷款。

在古普塔家族购入该豪华房产不到一年后,古普塔的GFG联盟集团因其主要资金提供方格林希尔资本在一场金融和政治丑闻中倒闭而陷入危机。

格林希尔资本倒闭后的数年间,古普塔的公司在全球多地面临法律索赔和监管机构调查,而这位英国实业家也因破产程序失去了对多家炼钢企业的控制权。

这栋贝尔格莱维亚豪宅是其个人房产组合的核心资产,该组合遍布英国、阿联酋和澳大利亚。

两位知情人士表示,古普塔最近讨论过可能出售该房产。

去年《金融时报》报道称,这位金属业大亨已出售迪拜的一栋别墅,售价为4350万迪拉姆(£8.7mn),这是其在迪拜人工棕榈岛群中拥有的两栋别墅中较小的一栋。

Topland集团上月宣布已为“贝尔格莱维亚最负盛名地址之一的住宅”提供抵押贷款,“使一户总部位于阿联酋的超高净值家庭得以对私人银行的现有贷款进行再融资”。Topland表示,“该贷款发放给古普塔夫人而非古普塔先生,是在履行所有适当尽职调查后按其贷款业务常规流程进行的”。

古普塔的发言人拒绝置评。

过渡贷款通常比标准抵押贷款利率更高,借款人往往难以从主流银行获得融资。今年该行业备受关注,因英国最大的过渡贷款提供商之一Market Financial Solutions在欺诈指控中倒闭。

新贷款发放之际,古普塔的法律困境加剧,苏格兰政府上周宣布正在对GFG联盟集团采取法律行动,原因是其在洛哈伯铝冶炼厂发现了所谓的“未经授权交易”。

GFG联盟集团表示已履行政府要求的承诺,并“已满足苏格兰政府就此事提出的所有信息请求”。

“这些事项不会影响洛哈伯冶炼厂或水电站的日常运营或就业,”GFG补充道。

《金融时报》

“巨轮”转向:英国电信十年重组进入关键期

投资者警告称,在成本削减与战略调整后,集团已触及“拐点”

基兰·史密斯 —— 伦敦报道

上月初,英国电信(BT)董事长亚当·克罗泽(Adam Crozier)在年度股东大会上回应了一位对公司股价停滞不前表达不满的投资者。

“我感同身受,但我们只能继续推动业务朝正确方向发展,持续交付成果、改善业绩,最终一切都会水到渠成。”他说道。

克罗泽坚称,BT历时十余年的重组即将在股价上得到体现。他同时为2024年上任的首席执行官艾莉森·柯克比(Allison Kirkby)辩护,后者被其聘用以“推动转型”。

“过去几年,艾莉森与团队所做的一切,真正让BT回归专注于对企业、对国家、对所有客户至关重要的核心业务。”他说道。

然而,投资者仍持怀疑态度。

自克罗泽五年前加入BT以来,其股价表现一直落后于大盘,但自柯克比上任后已上涨逾80%。目前BT的市值为203亿英镑,却未能反映其资产的实际价值。新街研究(New Street Research)估算,仅BT旗下Openreach宽带网络的价值就可能高达300亿英镑。

但BT高管坚称股东将很快看到回报。柯克比在接受《金融时报》采访时表示,集团将在2027年产生£2bn自由现金流,到2030年增至30亿英镑。“我们的股价与我们释放的自由现金流密切相关,”她表示。

“我们越能持续交付成果,投资者看到自由现金流逐步回升至30亿英镑,任何人都会认为股价将与之同步上涨。”

柯克比延续了前任首席执行官菲利普·詹森(Philip Jansen)的改革成果:后者在2022年将BT Sport与华纳兄弟发现频道旗下的Eurosport UK合并,宣布裁减55,000个岗位并承诺投资£15bn升级Openreach,目标在今年年底前为2500万户家庭提供全光纤宽带服务。在2024年5月首次以首席执行官身份发布全年业绩时,柯克比更进一步,宣布额外削减成本£3bn并提高股息——此举令股价上涨17%。

此后,她将节约目标提升至2030年前累计37亿英镑,并于今年6月达成协议,将公司长期亏损的国际业务与美国运营商威瑞森(Verizon)合并——此前多年尝试均告失败。柯克比还表示,Openreach将在2030年前再为500万户家庭铺设光纤。“如果你有意投资英国这类国家的基础设施,你绝对会对投资BT产生兴趣。”她说道。

这些举措让外界对这位格拉斯哥人的执行能力重新燃起希望,即她能兑现BT“多年承诺”的转型。

“扭转BT的局面如同驾驭一艘巨轮,必须缓慢而谨慎地操作——无法一蹴而就。”电信与科技研究公司Assembly Research创始人马特·豪厄特(Matt Howett)表示。

“但随着改革推进,公司已朝正确方向前进。”

BT首席执行官艾莉森·柯克比。她表示集团将在2027年产生£2bn自由现金流,到2030年增至30亿英镑

当前挑战的一部分可追溯至加文·帕特森(Gavin Patterson)任内。他于2013年出任首席执行官后,通过多项大胆举措刷新公司品牌,包括推出BT Sport。“我们意识到,有办法……既能创建自有体育业务,又能借此推动光纤

招聘、解雇、裁员与成本削减

2013 ● 加文·帕特森(Gavin Patterson)出任英国电信(BT)首席执行官并推出BT Sport

2016

- 收购EE,交易金额125亿英镑,为BT带来移动业务

- Openreach在法律上与BT分离,但仍为BT的唯一所有者

2018

- BT承诺在2020年代中期为1000万户家庭铺设全光纤网络 - 帕特森被解雇

2019 • 菲利普·詹森(Philip Jansen)出任BT首席执行官

2021

- 詹森将光纤建设目标提高至2026年底前覆盖25mn户家庭

2023

- BT宣布在未来十年内裁员55,000人

2024

- 艾莉森·柯克比(Allison Kirkby)出任首席执行官并宣布额外削减£3bn成本

2026

- BT将亏损的国际业务与美国运营商威瑞森(Verizon)合并

[宽带业务],”帕特森在近期接受《金融时报》采访时表示。BT Sport通过英超和欧洲冠军联赛足球赛事迅速获得订阅用户。

帕特森将注意力转向公司缺乏移动业务的问题,并于2016年以£12.5bn收购EE——这仍是公司最大的交易。

初战告捷后,帕特森陷入困境。他卷入与英国通信管理局(Ofcom)的混乱纠纷,最终导致Openreach在法律上与BT分离。随着业务压力上升,帕特森宣布削减£1.5bn成本并裁员13,000人。股东对其领导能力失去信心,他于2018年被解雇。

其继任者詹森面临来自“另类网络运营商”(altnets)的新威胁——这些新兴宽带竞争对手针对因BT推出高速技术缓慢而感到沮丧的客户。詹森决定斥资“令人瞠目的”150亿英镑,在2026年前为25mn户家庭铺设光纤——此举导致BT股价下跌。

“如果我们不建设光纤,BT的前景将非常黯淡,”詹森在近期接受《金融时报》采访时表示。“基本上,沿用这套旧技术……你将沦为一家传统公司。”

2023年,詹森宣布裁员55,000人,超过员工总数40%,并于一年后离开公司。

尽管经历了十余年的变革,BT的转型仍在进行中。

“另类网络运营商”的威胁依然存在,自2023年以来,Openreach已流失超过200万客户。柯克比表示,宽带市场“终将变得更具竞争性”,但Openreach将继续作为“全国唯一的光纤网络提供商”存在。

“我们正在证明,尽管面临用户流失,但我们仍能保持收入稳定甚至略有增长,因为这是一项更有价值的

‘BT [正]专注于对我们作为一家企业、对国家以及对所有客户真正重要的事项’

BT股价落后于欧洲竞争对手(以便士为单位重新计算)

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产品缺陷更少且利润率更高,"她说。

尽管在2026财年流失了825,000名客户,Openreach仍实现了6.19亿英镑的营收,较上年同期的6.16亿英镑增长1%。

柯克比未说明客户流失何时结束,但补充称她“知道我们需要做什么才能兑现对股东的承诺”。

柯克比任期内的“重大赌注”有两个:一是今年6月将公司国际业务与威瑞森合并,二是早一个月前决定将BT作为消费者品牌“带回”宽带和部分移动客户。

柯克比表示,她正在“监控”英国移动市场“价值”细分领域BT缺乏产品供应的情况,但否认拓展数据中心等新业务能帮助公司营收增长。

“我不认为电信公司应投资数据中心,但我确实认为我们应投资于连接性以及围绕这些数据中心的主权网络安全服务,"她说。

BT首席执行官还表示,最大股东Sunil Bharti Mittal(持股24.95%)为公司带来了“非凡经验”,并帮助开发了公司未来将使用的“数字架构”。

“他们在将我们与Starlink [以及]一些前沿AI模型公司联网方面帮助巨大,"她说。

然而,随着Openreach的光纤建设接近2500万户目标,柯克比20亿英镑自由现金流目标在2027年临近,分析师表示BT现在到了兑现财务承诺的时刻。

“投资者等待‘给我看钱’的时刻已有十年,"高盛分析师安德鲁·李表示。“我们现在正处于这个拐点。”

电信业

阿伯丁基金因宽带集团Airband倒闭损失2亿英镑

基兰·史密斯 —— 伦敦

一家阿伯丁基金将因英国宽带供应商Airband倒闭及其被麦格理支持的竞争对手Voneus收购而损失2亿英镑,这是负债累累的“另类网络”行业陷入困境的最新迹象。

据知情人士透露,包括汇丰和劳埃德在内的Airband贷款方也将在出售中蒙受损失,此前这家FTSE 100资产管理公司决定停止为其自2020年起共同持有的宽带业务提供资金。据知情人士称,交易以数百万英镑的单位金额达成。

Airband的破产管理和出售是英国高度负债行业的最新一起重大损失,该行业通过数十家挑战者从英国电信Openreach和维珍媒体O2等传统运营商手中筹集了超过310亿英镑。

然而,网络建设成本已令许多运营商背负高额债务。据安德思分析公司估计,另类网络行业在2024年整体亏损超过15亿英镑,因消费者采用率

“这笔投资是我们多元化投资组合的一部分,该组合表现强劲”

其服务也未能达到预期。

根据英国公司注册处最新数据,为约175,000户家庭提供全光纤宽带的Airband在2024年营收为670万英镑,同期总亏损超过6,600万英镑。该公司总负债超过2.24亿英镑。

总部位于阿伯丁的投资方于2020年首次投资Airband,向该公司投入约2亿英镑,资金来自其基础设施基金。

该资产管理公司发言人表示:“在对未来资金需求和风险调整后的回报前景进行严格审查后,我们做出了停止进一步注资的艰难决定。尽管当前形势仍具挑战性,但这笔投资是我们多元化投资组合的一部分,该组合整体表现强劲,目前预计将为基金投资者整体带来正回报。”

由麦格理集团支持的Voneus,其其他股东还包括Tiger Infrastructure Partners和以色列基础设施基金,为约100,000户家庭提供光纤宽带服务。

这家澳大利亚投资管理公司在英国宽带行业的其他投资也遭受重大损失,包括今年早些时候对竞争对手KCom的投资减记超过5亿英镑。

Voneus首席执行官克里斯托弗·特拉吉奥Christopher Traggio对《金融时报》表示,两张网络在地理覆盖范围上“互补”。

他补充道:“此次收购为我们加速连接难以触及的社区这一使命提供了重大机遇。”

英国劳埃德银行和汇丰银行拒绝置评。Airband未就置评请求作出回应。

科技

Alphabet需支付£260mn和解应用商店费用诉讼

阿利斯泰尔·格雷

Alphabet(谷歌母公司)已同意支付£260mn,和解一起英国集体诉讼,该诉讼指控这家科技巨头对从Google Play应用商店下载的软件收取"不合理"费用。

该案由竞争上诉法庭审理,指控谷歌滥用市场支配地位,对开发在其Android操作系统移动设备上运行的应用程序的开发者收取过高佣金。

和解协议是在原定于下月开始的为期10周审判前达成的,这对英国集体诉讼索赔人而言是有限突破。

Alphabet在£260mn的和解中并未承认责任,该和解需经法庭批准。

若法庭批准协议,约£160mn将拨给英国开发者,剩余£100mn用于支付诉讼资金、律师费及其他费用。

该案由诉讼资金公司Bench Walk提供资金,并由法律学者巴里·罗杰教授领导,他曾代表应用开发者寻求高达£1bn的赔偿。

"If approved, meaningful financial compensation will become available for businesses that could never have taken on a company like Google alone."

"If approved, meaningful financial compensation will become available for businesses that could never have taken on a company like Google alone."

Alphabet在和解协议中表示,该公司"很高兴与开发者达成协议以终结诉讼,有待法庭批准。我们仍致力于支持英国开发者社区,共同打造下一代数字体验。"

Thousands of developers are expected to be eligible for some form of compensation via the Alphabet settlement, although the amount each gets will depend on their size.

Payouts are expected to vary from a £200 flat-rate sum for the smallest developers to several million pounds for a limited number of larger peers.

过去十年引入的立法将美国式诉讼模式引入英国,多起针对科技巨头的英国集体诉讼案中,仅有极少数获得赔偿。然而,去年在针对苹果公司的案件中,索赔人取得重要胜利,竞争上诉法庭裁定该公司对App Store下载软件的开发者收取过高费用。

固定收益。债务可持续性

巴黎超越罗马成为欧洲债券投资者最大担忧

法国面临“完美风暴” 成为欧洲债务可持续性焦点

伦敦报道 埃米莉·赫伯特、马德琳·赖特、拉姆齐·霍奇森 罗马报道 埃米·卡兹明 华盛顿报道 克莱尔·琼斯

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投资者表示,法国正在取代意大利成为欧洲债务可持续性问题的焦点,因为巴黎面临下月艰难的预算谈判,且明年总统选举中极左和极右党派的支持率上升。

意大利10年期基准国债收益率多年来一直高于法国,但今年夏天大部分时间却低于法国,因为债券持有者要求额外补偿购买法国债务。债券价格上涨时,收益率下降。

投资者表示,这种历史趋势的逆转表明市场对两国相对风险的看法发生了重大转变。

“如果你问市场上任何人,欧洲的薄弱环节是什么?大多数人都会指向法国,”巴克莱银行欧洲利率策略主管罗汉·克纳(Rohan Khanna)表示,“意大利已成功将‘皮球’踢给了法国。”

克纳补充称,法国对债券投资者而言是“完美风暴”,因为其面临“增长风险、政治风险、财政风险”的组合。

十多年前欧元区债务危机期间被称为“Piigs”的意大利,长期被视为欧洲最具风险的借款国之一,其公共债务存量位居欧洲前列。相比之下,法国通常被视为更安全的选择。

随着两国今年秋季面临艰难的预算谈判并在明年举行选举,投资者的注意力已转向巴黎财政状况的恶化以及更不利于市场的候选人胜选的可能性上升。

在意大利,财政约束和异常长期的政治稳定期赢得了越来越多全球投资者的青睐。

“意大利如今已成为G7债券市场的典范,”华盛顿彼得森国际经济研究所所长、前英格兰银行利率制定者亚当·波森(Adam Posen)表示。

根据欧洲央行数据,意大利的债务占GDP比例已从2020年的154%降至今年的139%,而法国的这一比例则从114%上升至117%。

意大利还在运行初级预算盈余(即税收收入在扣除利息成本前超过支出),而法国的预算赤字已扩大至GDP的5%以上。

“过去意大利一直是欧洲最大的风险,是所有人真正担心的国家……但我认为现在法国正在迅速赶上意大利,”T Rowe Price首席欧洲宏观策略师托马什·维拉德克(Tomasz Wieladek)表示。他还表示,有迹象表明投资者正在“重新配置”资产,从法国债券转向意大利债券。

法国债券近几周来承压,因政府已开始披露预算计划的详细内容,完整草案预计将于9月30日提交国民议会。

Despite initial market fears over fiscal profligacy or a hardline approach to Brussels, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and finance minister Giancarlo Giorgetti have gained plaudits from bond investors for their strong fiscal discipline, with the fiscal deficit dropping from 8 per cent in 2022 – the year they took office – to just above 3 per cent last year.

Chris Jeffery, head of macro strategy at Legal & General, said he had a below-benchmark weighting in French bonds and was “partly reallocating that to Italy”.

"It's quite difficult to see many politicians making the pitch for the budget cuts when you've got the presidential election," Jeffery said.

Other international investors have also been shifting their views on France and Italy, analysts said. Evelyne Gomez-Liechti, a multi-asset strategist at Mizuho, said that Japanese investors — traditionally large holders of French debt — had been decreasing their allocation to French bonds. “France is the new Italy,” Gomez-Liechti said.

Recent polling suggests it is increasingly likely that far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon will secure a place in the run-off against far-right opponent Marine Le Pen, a scenario Gomez-Liechti described as "the worst market outcome you could have".

Filippo Taddei, senior Europe economist at Goldman Sachs, said the rising foreign share of Italy's sovereign debt holdings since March 2023 reflected the "normalisation" of its status, after years of being treated as a problem case following the 2008 global financial crisis.

"As money is reallocated throughout Europe, Italy is part of the reallocation, which was not the case in the past," Taddei said.

Italian bond yields dropped below France's last year for the first time since the financial crisis but quickly jumped higher again as the US-Iran war sent oil prices soaring.

Italy is especially sensitive to rising energy prices, whereas France produces more of its energy domestically. But despite oil prices rising above $94 this month, France's yields have once again climbed above those of Italy.

A measure of the extra risk premium attributed by investors to long-term French debt – the 15-year, 15-year forward spread over the benchmark German forward rate, which removes near-term monetary policy expectations – has surged over recent years.

France was “not that far off Eurozone debt crisis levels of risk premia”, said Mike Riddell, portfolio manager at Fidelity International, adding that “the fiscal situation looks like a mess”.

While Rome enjoys lower borrowing costs than France, at least for now, it faces plenty of pressure from the market not to veer from its fiscal path.

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"The market has a memory," said Goldman's Taddei, adding that investors would not easily forgive Italy's era of fiscal profligacy.

“Italy has to run a much more cautious fiscal policy than its peers France and Germany to be treated by market participants as well as France,” he said. Additional reporting by Adrienne Klasa in Paris

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Technology

Anthropic在与五角大楼关于其AI在战争中使用限制的法律战中胜出

乔·米勒 — 华盛顿 克里斯蒂娜·克里德尔 — 旧金山

特朗普政府试图因Anthropic(Claude制造商)对其AI在战争中使用施加限制而对其进行惩罚的举动,在与五角大楼数月法律纠纷后,被美国法院阻止。

加利福尼亚州联邦法官丽塔·林于周四晚些时候裁定,国防部试图将Anthropic指定为供应链风险——通常保留给美国对手——构成了“非法报复”。

该裁决是Anthropic的胜利,但其仍面临华盛顿上诉法院的另一场法律纷争,该法院今年4月拒绝了其暂停该指定的请求。政府也可能对加利福尼亚州的裁决提出上诉。

Anthropic与五角大楼的对峙始于今年年初,当时该公司拒绝与美国国防部签署一份无限期合同。

Anthropic首席执行官达里奥·阿莫迪表示,他将坚持两条“红线”,禁止其技术用于致命自主武器和国内大规模监控,这激怒了国防部长皮特·海格塞斯和总统唐纳德·特朗普。

今年2月底,特朗普政府做出供应链风险指定,并命令所有联邦机构停止使用Anthropic的产品。该禁令实际上禁止所有政府国防承包商与该AI实验室开展业务,尽管其中包含过渡期,在此期间五角大楼继续使用其技术。

在裁决中,林法官告诫特朗普政府,写道:“空洞地援引国家安全并非对政府批评者进行惩罚和报复的空白支票。”

该判决意味着除了国防部之外,其他美国机构仍可继续使用Anthropic的产品。多个机构已开始测试其强大的Mythos模型,以分析网络和国家安全风险。

近几个月来,美国领先AI实验室与特朗普政府部分部门的关系似乎有所改善,因为他们在Mythos的发布上密切合作,该模型因其网络安全能力可能被不法分子利用而一直缓慢推出。

今年6月,美国政府曾以安全为由短暂阻止了Anthropic的另一款模型Fable,但在达成协议后允许其发布。

Anthropic对法院裁决表示欢迎,并表示仍“致力于与政府积极合作,利用AI为我国国家安全服务,使所有美国人从中受益”。

美国银行监管机构收紧执法标准 重点关注实质性风险

AKILA QUINIO — 纽约

美国银行监管机构正在收紧其执法和监管标准,以更加重视实质性金融风险。

美国货币监理署(OCC)和联邦存款保险公司(FDIC)宣布了一套新规则,核心在于“将监管重新聚焦于最重要的领域——实质性金融风险”。

此次改革是特朗普政府更广泛放松监管举措的一部分,该举措还导致监管机构从监管框架中删除“声誉风险”,以防止其被视为不公平的“去银行化”行为。

监管机构表示,他们正在清除“拜登时代的干扰”,这些干扰使银行检查常常沦为“为合规而合规的流程练习”,而非聚焦于危及银行的最重要金融风险。

此次改革包括发布“unsafe or unsound practice”(不安全或不稳健做法)一词的新定义,此前该术语的解释空间较大。同时,新规还提高了发布“需关注事项”(即监管机构向银行发出的正式纠正缺陷通知)的门槛。

加强对实质性风险的关注,是在美国监管机构因未能及时应对硅谷银行的利率和流动性风险而备受批评之后。硅谷银行于2023年倒闭,尽管其监管机构——美联储曾多次发出关于该行治理、内控及反洗钱风险的通知。一位参与联合行动的监管人员表示,发给硅谷银行的通知“本应针对银行的实际风险,而非随机组合”。

根据新规则,OCC和FDIC可能不再针对轻微违规行为(如违反监管机构IT手册)发出通知。

该监管人员表示:“我们正在让自身和银行将注意力集中于对其最重要的风险——影响其资产负债表和流动性的风险。”

他补充称,监管机构的目标是确保“银行高管不必将精力耗费在无数合规流程上”。

OCC还表示,将首次公开其政策和程序手册,以推动透明度和问责制。同时,该机构强调对大型或复杂银行采取更严格的监管方法,并指出针对这类银行的执法行动不一定会触发对小型社区银行的类似响应。

OCC表示,将建立两类法律和监管违规的类别:“实质性违规”和“技术性违规”,并将在正式书面通知系统之外处理非实质性违规。

OCC负责人乔纳森·V·古尔德(Jonathan V Gould)表示:“检查人员和机构必须优先处理实质性金融风险和法律实质性违规,而非政策、流程、文件记录及其他非金融风险。”

华尔街银行面临声誉风险的艰难抉择

Craig Coben

欧元区

国际足联主席詹尼·因凡蒂诺上月提出设立一家全资子公司来运营其足球赛事的盈利业务,此举引发巨大反弹。该提议是国际足联将向由约书亚·库什纳的Thrive Eternal领导的投资财团出售一项不控股的20%股权,最高可达4.2亿加元,摩根大通负责募资咨询。

此举引发轩然大波,迫使国际足联仓促撤回提案。包括欧足联在内的多个地区足联均对因凡蒂诺失去信心,并威胁抵制。欧足联甚至表示正在准备对因凡蒂诺提起刑事诉讼。

随着争议持续发酵,一个长期存在的问题再次浮出水面:若某笔交易在法律或经济层面并无拒绝理由,银行应在何时(或是否)拒绝接受该客户或交易?一项交易在法律上或许无懈可击,但其在公众视野下是否会变得“太过火”?

自金融危机以来,金融机构对声誉风险的关注度持续上升。除去明显不当行为的成本提醒外,银行从金融危机中汲取的教训之一是:一项交易即使完全合法且文件完美无缺,仍可能令其面临负面宣传、政治反弹、诉讼及监管制裁的风险。

因此,大多数银行加强了声誉风险委员会的建设——包括地区和全球层面——以筛查备受争议的委托业务。其前提是:一群与交易本身无直接关联的高级人员更能审慎评估,并判断银行是否应为其背书。

声誉风险委员会(RRC)汇集了各路重量级人物——银行业务与全球市场负责人、资深法律与合规高管、企业事务负责人,以及向首席执行官汇报的全球执行委员会成员。换言之,该委员会由资深一线业务人员与控制职能人员共同组成。

与许多人想象的相反,这并非橡皮图章机制;其结构设计本身就倾向于说“不”。对于RRC成员而言,批准一项有争议交易并无任何上升空间。

发现所有事实是一回事;而评估这些事实将如何被解读则完全是另一回事

在一场备受争议的交易中。如果交易随后出现问题,没有人会因你拥有商业思维而向你表示祝贺。大型银行也对负面新闻头条望而生畏,因为危机公关不仅耗费金钱,还会吞噬大量管理层时间。

要通过风险审查委员会(RRC)的批准,需要满足两个条件。首先,投资银行团队需要获得高层支持。公司高层必须站出来或“拥护”该交易。其次,银行家需要提前“走动式”沟通。仅凭一份简报备忘录无法说服任何人。负责交易的董事总经理必须在会前与关键成员沟通并提前统计票数。

声誉风险不同于银行家们习惯评估的其他风险类型。它不像信贷风险那样可以通过建模(例如预测违约概率)进行压力测试。此类案例往往是独一无二的。

通常,风险审查委员会会在出现例如强迫劳动指控、环境损害、洗钱、侵犯人权、制裁规避或腐败等可信指控时介入。这些委员会在识别此类标准风险信号方面比预测公众对将世界杯商业权益变现提案的更广泛反应要更为擅长。

此外,还存在一个强大的制度因素在起作用。正如《残缺人生》中的管家史蒂文斯,许多银行家更愿意为客户提供服务而不愿做出判断。“这不是我们的职责所在,决定欧洲和英国足球如何运作的最佳方式,”摩根大通前银行业务主管在因支持2021年夭折的欧洲超级联赛项目而受到批评时表示。

但这只是一厢情愿的想法。投资银行通过将其机构信誉借与他人活动来获利。当一家顶级投行为一项交易背书时,交易对手将其视为超越严格合法性的隐性背书。毕竟,这正是客户希望银行名字出现在新闻稿中的原因。

这总结了声誉风险管理的挑战。发现所有事实并将其汇编成报告是一回事;而评估这些事实一旦暴露于公众审视下将如何被解读则完全是另一回事。银行可能拥有做出明智决策所需的所有信息,但直到损害发生时才能理解其含义。

克雷格·科本(Craig Coben)曾任美国银行全球股权资本市场主管,现为塞达专家公司董事总经理

当日市场动态

数据来源:伦敦证券交易所集团

要闻速览

  • 美债及股市下跌,因美联储主席警告高通胀风险
  • 加元对一篮子货币走强,欧元及英镑下跌
  • 伊朗拟定霍尔木兹海峡重开条件后油价下跌

美债及股市昨日下跌,因美联储主席Kevin Warsh在杰克逊霍尔研讨会首次主旨演讲中释放鹰派信号。

截至华尔街午间交易时段,10年期美国国债收益率上升0.06个百分点至4.72%;对利率敏感的2年期国债收益率上升0.11个百分点至4.34%,30年期国债收益率上升0.02个百分点至5.21。债券价格下跌时,收益率上升。

欧洲债券亦下跌。英国10年期政府债券收益率上升0.04个百分点至5.07%,德国10年期国债收益率上升0.02个百分点至3.27。

Warsh在怀俄明州经济会议上发表演讲时警告称,持续高企的价格增长已变得“更加令人担忧”,若通胀未能迅速下降,决策者将“不得不采取行动”。

期货市场交易员提高了对美联储9月政策会议加息的押注,在Warsh演讲后,加息概率从约30%上升至约60%。

荷兰国际集团外汇策略师弗朗切斯科·佩索尔表示,Warsh的言论“明显偏鹰派”,并“对市场对货币紧缩的预期表示认可”。Allspring Investments投资组合经理拉沙布·阿明则将Warsh的演讲形容为“彻底屈服”。

标普500指数下跌0.2,纳斯达克100指数下跌0.7。

加元对一篮子其他货币上涨0.5,欧元对加元下跌0.6至1.158,英镑对加元下跌0.4至1.353。

欧洲及亚洲股市多数上涨。欧洲斯托克600指数上涨0.5,德国DAX指数上涨0.8,英国富时100指数上涨0.3。法国CAC指数上涨1,部分收复周四重挫。日本东证指数上涨0.7,香港恒生指数上涨0.1。

伊朗表示正在起草霍尔木兹海峡重新开放的条件清单后,油价下跌。布伦特原油(国际油价基准)下跌0.4,交易价格约为每桶89.38加元;美国西德克萨斯中质原油(美国油价基准)下跌0.1,交易价格约为每桶83.48加元。报道 麦德琳·赖特、埃米莉·赫伯特

市场动态

美国 / 欧元区 / 日本 / 英国 / 中国 / 巴西 ---------- / ------------ / -------------- 股票指数 / 标普500 / Eurofirst 300 / 日经225 / 富时100 / 上证综指 / 博维斯帕指数 水平 / 7715.06 / 2616.13 / 66405.56 / 10824.26 / 3952.18 / 17452014 日内涨跌幅(%) / -0.21 / 0.53 / 0.41 / 0.29 / -0.11 / -0.35 货币 / 加元指数(DXY) / 加元 / 欧元 / 日元 / 加元 / 英镑 / 人民币 / 加元 / 雷亚尔 / 加元 水平 / 99.57 / 1.162 / 159.865 / 1.357 / 6.73 / 5.202 日内涨跌幅(%) / 0.41 / -0.215 / 0.342 / -0.059 / 0.09 / 0.619 政府债券 / 10年期

财政部 / 10年期德国国债 / 10年期日本国债 / 10年期英国国债 / 10年期债券

收益率 / 4.72 / 3.27 / 2.90 / 5.06 / 1.71 / 14.71 当日基点变动 / 0.07 / 0.02 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.14 全球 / 大宗商品 / 富时全球指数 / 布伦特原油 / 美国西得克萨斯轻质原油 / 黄金 / 白银 / 金属(LMEX) 水平 / 76111 / 89.33 / 81.66 / 4524.58 / 68.06 / 5853.60 当日涨跌幅 / 0.11 / 0.45 / -0.38 / -1.85 / -1.72 / 0.17

主要股票市场

最大涨跌股

| 美国 | |

Workday / 6.47 Amazon.com / 3.74 AirBnB / 3.37 Salesforce Inc / 3.11 Charter Communications / 2.99 PayPal Hldngs / -12.49 Fortinet / -5.36 CrowdStrike Hldgs / -5.29 Autodesk / -4.71 Synopsys / -4.65

价格于格林尼治时间8月28日17:00录取

宝马 / 4.50 大众优先股 / 3.23 戴姆勒-奔驰集团 / 2.96 Ems Chemie / 2.86 大众汽车 / 2.83

Lindt & Spruengli Reg / -2.59 UCB Cap / -2.43 保乐力加 / -2.02 Kingspan Grp / -1.83 莱茵金属 / -1.59

基于富时欧元区第一300指数成分股

Hays / 513 AEP Plantations / 5.02 Metro Bank / 4.59 SSE / 2.86 Workspace Group / 2.83

2017年1月,公司与上海浦东发展银行股份有限公司签订了《关于使用部分闲置募集资金进行现金管理的协议》。公司独立董事发表了独立意见,同意公司使用不超过人民币3,000万元的闲置募集资金进行现金管理,使用期限自董事会审议通过之日起不超过三年。

所有数据由洲际交易所(ICE)提供。www.ice.com

Oxford Nanopore Technologies / -2.81 B&M European Value / -2.62 Babcock International / -2.36 BAE SYSTEMS / -2.29 Shawbrook Group / -2.17

科技

比亚迪利润时隔五个季度首次增长,电动汽车制造商通过出口提振业绩

KANA INAGAKI — 伦敦

比亚迪在时隔五个季度后首次实现利润增长,作为全球最大电动汽车制造商,其国际市场收入占比超过一半,以对冲中国市场的急剧放缓。

在截至6月的第二季度,净利润同比增长30,至82亿元人民币(12亿美元),尽管营收下滑约3至1,946亿元人民币。

比亚迪面临吉利、小米等国内竞争对手的激烈竞争压力,以及中国政府补贴的终止,这迫使其加大对欧洲和其他市场的出口扩张。

北京方面还敦促比亚迪向数千家供应商更快付款,这引发了外界对其长期以来利用拖欠供应商款项作为低成本融资手段以支持增长的做法的质疑。

随着全球贸易战加剧以及欧洲为保护本土汽车产业采取行动,地缘政治紧张局势上升,比亚迪对海外销售的依赖也愈发凸显。

比亚迪在昨日发布的财报中表示:“2026年上半年,国际环境复杂且充满挑战,地缘政治风险持续加剧。”

“市场领导者比亚迪正在以比竞争对手更快的速度失去[本地]市场份额,受到蔚来、小鹏和小米的挤压”

比亚迪的股价在7月份时隔8个月首次上涨,同比增长31%。第二季度其电动汽车及插电混动车型销量下滑3%。

尽管在中国市场增速放缓,但得益于出口激增,比亚迪在今年上半年累计销售的电动汽车仍超过美国对手特斯拉。

比亚迪上半年海外收入首次占总收入的一半以上,同期出口量激增68%,达到792,000辆。

在欧洲,该公司专注于通过推出Denza品牌进军高端细分市场,以在保持更高利润率的同时抵消中国市场的价格压力。

比亚迪在欧洲和英国的销量在上半年增长近2.5倍,约占其整体汽车销量的10%。其电动汽车及插电混动车型的销售也受益于中东冲突导致的燃油价格上涨。

一些分析师警告称,新兴科技导向的中国电动汽车制造商及软件供应商正在挤压比亚迪的本地市场份额。

“市场领导者比亚迪正在以比竞争对手更快的速度失去市场份额,在一侧受到蔚来、小鹏和小米的挤压,另一侧则面临传统汽车制造商借助华为和Momenta的入局。追赶的门槛正在降低而非提高,”Gavekal Research汽车与消费分析师 Ernan Cui 表示。

亏损股

BP / 5.14 / -6.37 / 18.88 / Rank Group / 1.03 / -7.36 / 3.9 Eritain / 5.13 / -4.54 / -33.05 / Qingta Group / 5.08 / -6.02 / 14.9 Balcock Intl / 10.56 / -4.35 / -15.00 / Energeon / 7.33 / -5.42 / -17.2 BAE SYSTEMS / 20.44 / -3.86 / 19.25 / ZIGUP / 4.42 / -5.26 / 15.1 Adebuterter Group / 5.28 / -3.44 / -9.96 / DR Materials / 0.78 / -5.13 / 1.3 GSK / 18.54 / -3.39 / 1.59 / Raspberry MH Holdings / 5.77 / -4.79 / 82.2 AstraZeneca / 119.70 / -2.21 / -13.20 / W.A.G Payment Solutions / 1.01 / -4.52 / -3.4 3i Group / 28.28 / -2.18 / -13.33 / Princess Group / 3.06 / -4.22 / -31.8 LondonMetric Prop / 1.89 / -2.07 / -0.37 / Harbour Energy / 2.51 / -4.20 / 27.6 Shell / 33.45 / -1.91 / 22.08 / PFHIE Hotel Group / 15.22 / -3.79 / -15.2

日 ▷ -0.11% 月 ▷ 3.64% 年 ▷ 2.82%

每股收益(元) / 每股股息(元) / 股权登记日 / 除息日

-0.690 (-0.630) / 无 / 不适用 (无 / 不适用) / - -1.390 (-2.290) / 0.000 (0.000) / - -1.950 (-1.220) / 0.000 (0.000) / - 0.7000 (1.360) / 7.100 (7.010) / 10月30日 / 10月08日 45.400 (-41.000) / 5.500 (5.500) / fbc -0.020 (-0.400) / 无 / 不适用 (无 / 不适用) / - -3.500 (-3.800) / 无 / 不适用 (无 / 不适用) / - -3.000 (-2.000) / 无 / 不适用 (无 / 不适用) / - 37.000 (18.000) / 4.000 (1.000) / 10月02日 / 9月03日 37.900 (49.200) / 8.880 (7.710) / 10月22日 / 9月10日

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欧洲

环球市场一览

前一交易日涨跌(%)

< / td><>-0.21%< / >< / tr><><>< / ><>0.14%< / >< / table>

过去30天股市走势(以同一货币计价的《金融时报》全球指数为对比)

市场数据

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日 ▶ -0.03% 月 ▶ 1.91% 年 ▶ 21.36%

<><>国家< / ><>指数< / ><>最新< / ><>前值< / >< / ><><>澳大利亚< / ><>综合股价指数< / ><>9294.30< / ><>9243.20< / >< / ><><>澳大利亚< / ><>标普 / 澳交所200< / ><>9092.30< / ><>9038.20< / >< / ><><>澳大利亚< / ><>标普 / 澳交所200资源< / ><>8461.20< / ><>8396.90< / >< / ><><>奥地利< / ><>AIX< / ><>6786.58< / ><>6676.23< / >< / ><><>比利时< / ><>BELT< / ><>5480.08< / ><>5633.08< / >< / ><><>比利时< / ><>比利时中盘股指数< / ><>6869.30< / ><>6630.08< / >< / ><><>巴西< / ><>博维斯帕指数< / ><>174520.14< / ><>175135.41< / >< / ><><>加拿大< / ><>标普 / 多伦多证交所60< / ><>2143.35< / ><>2155.28< / >< / ><><>加拿大< / ><>标普 / 多伦多证交所综合< / ><>36575.81< / ><>36634.25< / >< / ><><>智利< / ><>标普 / 布克斯40< / ><>57714.50< / ><>57632.15< / >< / ><><>中国< / ><>中国TSE A200< / ><>11804.45< / ><>11738.65< / >< / ><><>< / ><>上海A1< / ><>4143.84< / ><>4148.40< / >< / ><><>< / ><>上海B< / ><>292.02< / ><>290.51< / >< / ><><>< / ><>上海综合< / ><>3952.18< / ><>3956.57< / >< / ><><>< / ><>深圳A< / ><>2698.49< / ><>2680.05< / >< / ><><>< / ><>深圳B< / ><>1154.60< / ><>1157.24< / >< / ><><>克罗地亚< / ><>CROBEX< / ><>4430.00< / ><>4391.76< / >< / ><><>塞浦路斯< / ><>CSE M&P GON< / ><>317.88< / ><>317.24< / >< / table>

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股市:最大涨跌股

美国市场

活跃股票 / 股票交易量(百万股) / 收盘价 / 日涨跌 ---------- / --------------------- / -------- Nvidia / 83.94 / 220.18 / -7.80 Intel / 49.65 / 89.31 / -2.78 Amazon.com / 25.77 / 265.85 / 9.59 PayPal Holdings / 23.60 / 53.80 / -7.67 Apple / 18.07 / 320.96 / 6.38 Tesla / 17.59 / 347.41 / -7.40 Moderna / 16.86 / 136.17 / 4 Super Micro Computer / 16.22 / 37.08 / 83.94 Micron Technology / 13.78 / 920.08 / -15.31 Microsoft / 13.03 / 516.48 / 11.41 最大涨跌股 / 收盘 / 日涨跌

欧洲市场

活跃股票

活跃股票 / 股票交易量(百万股) / 收盘价 / 日涨跌 ---------- / --------------------- / -------- Lloyds Big Gp / 114.86 / 1.10 / 0.01 Grencore / 68.07 / 5.96 / - BP / 64.93 / 5.14 / -0.01 Vodafone / 64.07 / 1.18 / -0.01 Legal & General / 57.03 / 2.93 / 0.02 Tritax Big Box REIT / 36.63 / 1.57 / -0.02 Terco / 35.89 / 4.57 / 0.02 Barclays / 34.63 / 4.97 / 0.04 HSBC / 26.65 / 15.28 / 0.24 Pan African Res / 25.33 / 1.36 / -0.02 最大涨跌股 / 收盘 / 日涨跌

指数表现

国家 / 指数 / 最新 / 前值

爱尔兰 / ISEQ Overall / 14208.23 / 14791.46 以色列 / Tel Aviv 125 / 4081.95 / 4094.17 意大利 / FTSE Italy All-Share / 55256.64 / 54894.95 意大利 / FTSE Italy Mid Cap / 82023.08 / 61711.85 意大利 / FTSE MIB / 52616.12 / 52265.20 日本 / Nikkei 225 / 86405.56 / 68131.98 日本 / Topix / 4148.71 / 4117.22 科威特 / KXK Market Index / 9144.67 拉脱维亚 / DMX Riga / 955.40 / 950.88 立陶宛 / DMX Währse / 1501.60 / 1500.54 卢森堡 / Lux / 1985.01 墨西哥 / IPC Mexico City / 65508.01 / 65629.98 马来西亚 / FTSE Bursa KLD / 1725.88 / 1741.72 摩洛哥 / MASI / 19853.08 / 19646.92 荷兰 / AEX / 1112.28 / 1103.38 荷兰 / AEAR Share / 15028.79 新西兰 / NZ$50 / 13768.18 / 13880.95 尼日利亚 / SE All Share / 241296.47 / 239156.09

活跃股票 / 股票交易量(百万股) / 收盘价 / 日内变动

Stellantis / 41.42 / 4.68 / 0.10 Intesa Sanpaolo / 30.85 / 6.78 / 0.04 Enel / 13.77 / 9.46 / 0.09 Banco Santander / 11.17 / 12.71 / -0.17 Royal KPN / 10.92 / 4.10 / 0.02 Nokia / 9.55 / 9.06 / 0.06 Orange / 8.06 / 15.20 / 0.10 Banco De Sabadell / 7.22 / 3.63 / - Iberdrola / 6.19 / 20.28 / 0.22 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina / 5.65 / 25.04 / 0.38 涨跌幅最大股票 / 收盘价 / 日内变动

活跃股票 / 股票交易量(百万股) / 收盘价 / 日内变动

Nippon Tel & Tel / 183.75 / 168.60 / 0.40 SoftBank Corp / 56.31 / 237.70 / 0.20 Nissan Motor Co / 42.43 / 321.00 / 9.00 Fujikana / 39.79 / 5340.00 / -160.00 Mitsubishi UFJ / 36.98 / 3658.00 / 50.00 Seven +! Holdings / 34.33 / 2001.50 / -11.50 Taiyo Yutien / 31.87 / 9244.00 / 344.00 SoftBank Grp Corp / 29.06 / 5161.00 / -39.00 Tokyo Electric Power / 25.68 / 528.10 / -1.40 Toyota Motor / 24.83 / 3116.00 / 39.00

英国市场赢家与输家 / 指数 / 最新 / 前值 挪威 / Dio All-Share / 2488.42 / 247.80 巴基斯坦 / KSE 100 / 177995.50 / 177222.78 菲律宾 / Manila Comp / 5955.23 / 6004.58 波兰 / Wig / 157108.25 / 150545.28 葡萄牙 / PSI 20 / 9433.91 / 9388.24 葡萄牙 / PSI General / 6399.07 / 6365.01 罗马尼亚 / Romania BEE Index / 35007.44 / 35457.73 俄罗斯 / Russia Traded Index in USD / 988.10 沙特阿拉伯 / DADAMUL All Share Index / 11237.93 新加坡 / FTSE Strata / 5689.50 / 5664.12 斯洛伐克 / Svlon 20 / 325.90 斯洛文尼亚 / SBI TOP / 3208.18 / 3213.73 南非 / FTSE / JSE All Share / 118173.36 / 116806.24 南非 / FTSE / JSE Res / 76167.13 / 75324.43 南非 / FTSE / JSE Top 40 / 110675.48 / 108323.09 韩国 / Kospi / 6798.00 / 6912.23 韩国 / Kospi 200 / 1065.70 / 1068.61 西班牙 / Spain BEX 25 / 20041.89 / 19881.60

FTSE 100 / 价格(英镑) / 周涨幅(%) / 年涨幅(%)

| 赢家 | | | | Computacenter / 56.70 / 11.50 / 93.52 Melrose Ind / 5.15 / 9.55 / -12.44 Anglo American / 42.69 / 4.97 / 38.38 IG Group / 14.00 / 4.95 / 6.46 Lon Stock Ex / 90.00 / 4.63 / 0.54 Investec / 6.63 / 4.08 / 20.22 Aberdeen Group / 2.52 / 3.87 / 22.67 Intl Cons Airlines / 4.38 / 3.62 / 5.77 Halma / 36.32 / 3.48 / 2.66 Antofagasta / 40.39 / 3.43 / 23.18

价格 / 涨跌 / 涨跌幅(%)

| 上涨 | | | | Trend Micro / 8050.00 / 339.00 / 5.94 Recruit Hldgs / 17800.00 / 830.00 / 4.89 野村综研 / 5266.00 / 220.00 / 4.26 富士通 / 3904.00 / 151.00 / 4.02 三菱汽车 / 388.70 / 14.50 / 3.87 | 下跌 | | | | 古河电工 / 3903.00 / -186.00 / 4.55 住友电工 / 2180.00 / -75.00 / -3.33 J Front Retailing / 3047.00 / -92.00 / -2.93 富士电机 / 13815.00 / -415.00 / -2.92 Fujikura / 5340.00 / -160.00 / -2.81

国家 / 指数 / 最新 / 前值 瑞典 / OMX斯德哥尔摩30 / 3331.26 / 3321.44 瑞典 / OMX斯德哥尔摩AS / 1154.65 / 1151.01 瑞士 / SMI指数 / 14399.77 / 14384.37 中国台湾 / 加权股价指数 / 46331.45 / 45975.22 泰国 / 曼谷SET / 1586.20 / 1580.20 土耳其 / BIST 100 / 14841.56 / 14675.51 英国 / FTSE 100 / 10824.26 / 10792.54 英国 / FTSE 400 / 英国 / 9427.53 / 9388.55 英国 / FTSE综合指数 / 5642.37 / 5626.09 美国 / FTSE techMARK 100 / 9629.88 / 9658.04 美国 / 道琼斯美国综合 / 16843.52 / 16946.80 美国 / 道琼斯工业平均 / 53555.37 / 53569.44 美国 / 道琼斯运输业 / 21372.53 / 21440.27 美国 / 道琼斯公用事业 / 419.31 / 425.09 美国 / 纳斯达克100 / 29809.13 / 29641.56 美国 / 纳斯达克综合 / 26578.13 / 26513.70 美国 / 纽交所100 / 24575.74 / 24648.03 美国 / 标普500 / 7715.05 / 7730.99

价格 / 涨跌 / 涨跌%

| 上涨 | | | | BMW / 62.64 / 2.70 / 4.50 大众优先股 / 77.42 / 2.42 / 3.23 戴姆勒-奔驰集团 / 46.95 / 1.35 / 2.96 EMS化工 / 791.00 / 22.00 / 2.88 大众汽车 / 78.25 / 2.15 / 2.83

价格 / 涨跌 / 涨跌%

| 下跌 | | | | 利德海·施普伦利(注册) / 90300.00 / -2400.00 / -2.59 UCB资本 / 216.50 / -5.40 / -2.43 保乐力加 / 63.20 / -1.30 / -2.02 金斯潘集团 / 102.10 / -1.90 / -1.83 莱茵金属 / 1154.60 / -18.60 / -1.59

| 上涨 | | | | Workday / 206.09 / 12.52 / 6.47 亚马逊 / 265.85 / 9.59 / 3.74 Airbnb / 190.60 / 6.21 / 3.37 Salesforce / 259.88 / 7.83 / 3.11 Charter Communications / 152.76 / 4.44 / 2.99

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价格(英镑) / 周涨跌% / 年化收益率% | 赢家 | | | | 哈特福德集团 / 2.73 / 17.63 / 94.25 胜利集团 / 3.03 / 14.45 / -52.82 Atakaya Mining Copper / 11.09 / 10.90 / 29.71 ME Group / 1.30 / 7.27 / -14.04 International Workplace Gp / 1.90 / 6.74 / -17.89 AEP Plantations / 2.05 / 6.55 / 49.63 Hays / 0.77 / 6.51 / 36.50 Bytes Technology Group / 4.39 / 6.46 / 22.31 discoverie Grp / 8.13 / 6.41 / 35.50 TBC Bank Group / 50.50 / 5.87 / 24.38

国家 / 指数 / 最新 / 前值 委内瑞拉 / IBC / 5671.97 / 5694.55 越南 / 越南指数 / 1832.12 / 1831.56 跨境 / 欧元 Stoxx 50(欧元) / 6485.67 / 6424.73 荷兰 / 欧洲100指数(欧元) / 1927.16 / 1912.90 跨境 / 富时400全球指数(美元) / 21460.68 / 21514.46 跨境 / 富时全球指数(美元) / 758.83 / 760.31 跨境 / 富时欧元300指数 / 2616.13 / 2602.39 跨境 / 富时欧元顶级100指数 / 5090.82 / 5030.15 跨境 / 富时全球100指数(美元) / 5754.97 / 5770.44 跨境 / 富时黄金市场指数(美元) / 6595.01 跨境 / 富时拉美顶级欧元指数 / 6130.00 / 6118.10 跨境 / 富时世界指数(美元) / 1417.14 / 1419.90 跨境 / 德国DAX 100指数(欧元) / 7252.42 / 7195.46 跨境 / 德国DAX 80指数(欧元) / 8812.68 / 8733.25

价格 / 涨跌 / 涨跌%

| 上涨 | | | | Hays / 0.77 / 0.04 / 5.13 AEP Plantations / 2.05 / 0.10 / 5.02 Metro Bank / 1.73 / 0.08 / 4.59 SSE / 24.49 / 0.68 / 2.86 Workspace Group / 3.78 / 0.10 / 2.83 | 下跌 | | | | Oxford Nanopore Technologies / 1.76 / -0.05 / -2.81 B&M European Value / 2.38 / -0.06 / -2.62 Babcock International / 10.56 / -0.26 / -2.36 BAE SYSTEMS / 20.44 / -0.48 / -2.29 Shawbrook Group / 3.16 / -0.07 / -2.17

| 下跌 | | | |

PayPal Holdings / 53.80 / -7.67 / -12.49 Fortinet / 163.51 / -9.27 / -5.36 CrowdStrike Hldgs / 215.90 / -12.06 / -5.29 Autodesk / 257.83 / -12.75 / -4.71 Synopsys / 443.29 / -21.60 / -4.65

FT.COM / 市场数据

FTSE小型股指数 / 价格($) / 周涨幅(%) / 年化收益率(%) ---------------- / --------- / ----------- / -------------- | 赢家 | | | | McBride / 2.06 / 25.76 / 40.52 PensionBee Group / 1.45 / 10.27 / -10.49 Macerlane Gp / 0.77 / 7.69 / 6.94 SIG / 0.09 / 7.16 / -6.08 PureTech Health / 1.26 / 7.14 / 0.80 Geiger Counter / 0.67 / 6.93 / 12.17 AGOS / 4.19 / 5.81 / 47.80 C&C Group / 0.96 / 5.28 / -29.11 CT UK High Income Trust / 1.22 / 5.17 / 8.93 Aberforth Geared Value & Inc Ltd / 0.93 / 4.79 / 14.11

行业板块 / 价格(£) / 周涨幅(%) / 年化收益率(%) ---------------- / --------- / ----------- / -------------- | 赢家 | | | | 金融与信贷服务 / 14453.26 / 4.36 / -0.20 电力 / 14288.77 / 2.71 / 8.95 生物技术 / 21764.19 / 2.58 / -1.09 家庭用品与家庭建材 / 8698.84 / 2.53 / -19.35 电子与电气设备 / 14980.12 / 2.08 / 17.50 工业金属与矿业 / 10039.61 / 1.95 / 36.11 个人用品 / 17948.10 / 1.85 / -1.84 旅游与休闲 / 10410.85 / 1.89 / 5.60 软件与计算机服务 / 1941.93 / 1.86 / -4.90 技术 / 1669.48 / 1.83 / -4.65

8月28日 / 收盘中间价 / 美元 / 欧元 / Payout / Change Mid --------- / ------------ / ------ / -------- / ------------ 收盘 / 日内变动 / 收盘 / 日内变动 / 收盘 / 周变动 阿根廷比索() / 153,410 / -0.7015 / 17.4663 / 1750.8902 / 27.8039 / 2554.465 / -2.1026 巴西雷亚尔() / 1.3011 / 0.0014 / -0.6943 / 1.0173 / -0.0021 / 6.8957 / 0.0010 巴林第纳尔 / 0.3770 / 0.4581 / 0.0026 / 0.5518 / -- 玻利维亚比索 / 11.6000 / -0.0300 / -0.0030 / 13.7477 / 0.0462 / 16.5587 / 0.0239 / -0.0226 哥伦比亚比索 / 2 / 5.3231 / 0.0330 / 0.0088 / 5.3464 / 0.1046 / 0.0383 / 0.0033 巴西第纳尔 / 28 / 1.3981 / 0.0021 / 0.0109 / 1.6172 / -0.0010 / 0.0004 / 1.8843 / 0.0017 加拿大元 / 909.4600 / 14.0360 / 4.1336 / 1081.3166 / 23.0117 / 233.0869 / -24.4520 / 24.4520 人民币 / 6.7254 / -0.0246 / 7.6998 / 0.0187 / 9.1227 / 0.0024

比索 / 3205.2000 / 81.9430 / 51.9430 / 3724.7962 / 116.8230 / 6520.5631 / 72.2518 / 239.3067

哥斯达黎加(第纳尔) / 449.1200 / 1.0856 / 521.8960 / 2.0018 / 1.3018 / 1.2683 / 0.2916 / 0.1916 捷克克朗 / 20.7022 / -0.2244 / -0.2266 / 24.1235 / -0.1185 / 26.1812 / -0.1987 智利埃斯特 / 6.4733 / 0.0143 / 0.0269 / 7.4188 / 0.0090 / 7.1375 / -0.0143 / 0.0090 埃及镑 / 50.2000 / 0.3490 / 58.3606 / 0.1442 / 68.1711 / 0.7204 港元 / 7.8359 / 0.0006 / 0.0004 / 9.1108 / -0.0189 / -0.0187 / 10.4242 / -0.0558 / -0.0587 印度卢比 / 314.5000 / -1.4751 / 364.9500 / -1.5388 / 2.6383 / -0.2747 印度尼西亚卢比 / 36.3575 / -0.1067 / -0.1261 / 110.8499 / -0.4233 / 126.4037 / -0.2919 / -0.3919

FTSE精算师股价指数

8月28日 / 收盘价 / 美元 / 涨跌额 / 成交量(03 / 04) / 欧元 / 涨跌额 / 英镑

当日 / 当周 / 当日 / 当周 / 当日 / 当周

印度尼西亚橄榄球 / 17000.000 / -30.0000 / - / 2057.5490 / 48.7480 / 2403.21910 / 54.9000 / -88.4610 爱尔兰 / 2.9150 / 0.1000 / -0.018 / - / 3.4050 / 0.0050 / -0.0020 / -0.9454 / -0.0120 / -0.0294 日元 / 159.8550 / 3.5450 / 0.900 / - / 185.1791 / 0.2320 / 0.2192 / 217.0087 / 0.6124 / -0.4289 科威特第纳尔 / 129.4000 / - / 156.3758 / 0.8050 / 135.6547 / 0.7003 / 0.7553 科威特第纳尔(另一汇率) / 1.9889 / 3.0001 / - / 0.3880 / -0.0007 / -0.0013 / -0.4193 / -0.0018 马来西亚令吉 / 4.0250 / -0.0070 / -0.0215 / - / 4.6786 / -0.0463 / 5.4651 / -0.0127 / -0.0371 墨西哥比索 / 3.9149 / 0.0469 / -0.184 / - / 19.7182 / -0.0306 / -0.0443 / -0.0528 / 0.0026 新西兰元 / 1.6953 / 0.0040 / -0.012 / - / 1.9595 / 0.0004 / -0.0037 / 2.2878 / 0.0041 / 0.0062 尼日利亚奈拉 / 1328.950 / -23.1800 / -21.1000 / - / 1555.1092 / -7.3719 / -17.3119 / 1817.2255 / 23.9332 / -23.9352 挪威克朗 / 8.3628 / 3.0249 / -0.053 / - / 10.6726 / -0.0056 / 12.7799 / 0.0249 巴基斯坦卢比 / 277.4250 / - / -0.0050 / - / 322.3966 / -0.8836 / -1.5010 / 339.5995 / -0.2219 / -1.4633 | 菲律宾比索 | |

货币名称 / 汇率 / 涨跌额 / - / 买入价 / 涨跌额 / 卖出价 / 涨跌额

比索 / 3.3025 / -0.0227 / - / 3.8963 / -0.0027 / 3.5596 / -0.0124 菲律宾普里马 / 62.27575 / 5.3750 / 0.5902 / - / 72.3405 / 2.1887 / 86.4314 / 0.4925 / 0.4944 波兰兹罗提 / 3.7318 / 0.0111 / - / 4.3390 / 0.0390 / 5.0663 / 0.0264 罗马尼亚镑 / 4.5214 / -0.0114 / - / 5.7268 / 0.0195 / 7.0899 / 0.0099 俄罗斯卢布 / 86.1500 / 3.5500 / -3.5500 / - / 100.1149 / 4.7036 / 116.9444 / 5.2681

| 跌幅榜 |

科技硬件与设备 / 116.46 / -4.78 / 92.21 可替代能源 / 40.59 / -3.49 / 84.60 能源 / 11054.27 / -3.29 / 21.01 石油、天然气与煤炭 / 10510.62 / -3.29 / 20.93 汽车与零部件 / 948.34 / -2.16 / -40.70 医药与生物科技 / 23487.02 / -2.07 / -8.38 医疗保健 / 16440.85 / -1.97 / -8.40 工业运输 / 4482.62 / -1.33 / 13.67 消费者数字服务 / 193.37 / -1.29 / 1.16 休闲用品 / 43393.65 / -0.90 / -3.25

| 跌幅榜 | 1.93 / abrdn Euro Logistics / 0.17 / -10.18 4.92 / Residential Secure Inc / 0.08 / -10.11 7.27 / Kenmare Resources / 1.90 / -9.52 6.12 / Gym Group / 1.96 / -7.11 1.31 / The Smarter Web Company / 0.33 / -6.60 1.21 / EnQuest / 0.25 / -6.51 1.43 / Gulf Marine Services / 0.18 / -6.28 1.89 / Boot (Henry) / 1.46 / -5.81 1.67 / Elaian International / 6.00 / -5.66 5.26 / Crest Nicholson Holdings / 0.64 / -5.46

| FTSE行业板块:年度涨跌幅 | 科技硬件与设备 / 92.21 可替代能源 / 84.60 工业金属与矿业 / 36.11 医疗保健提供商 / 34.18 基础材料 / 32.69 非寿险 / 32.32 航空航天与国防 / 24.66 能源 / 21.01 石油、天然气与煤炭 / 20.93 银行 / 19.29 电子与电气设备 / 17.50 工业股 / 16.36 电信服务提供商 / 15.59 电信 / 15.59 化工 / 14.68 建筑与材料 / 14.65 金融与投资公司 / 14.29 综合工业 / 14.06 金融 / 13.85

平均27个地区与国家 / 股票数量 / 美元指数 / 日涨跌% / 月涨跌% / 年初至今涨跌% / 美元指数 / 年初至今涨跌% / 股息收益率

| | | | | | 全球指数 | | | | 全球高 / 10114 / 12748.46 / 0.40 / 4.25 / 13.83 / 2300.97 / 15.19 / 1.58 全球大盘股 / 1870 / 1180.01 / 0.54 / 4.55 / 13.36 / 2119.71 / 14.68 / 1.51 全球中盘股 / 2294 / 1307.07 / 0.37 / 4.30 / 13.56 / 2119.71 / 14.68 / 1.51 全球小盘股 / 6850 / 1457.87 / 0.23 / 4.12 / 14.95 / 2098.04 / 16.36 / 1.70 全球除日本 / 9500 / 1374.46 / 0.44 / 4.28 / 14.68 / 2098.04 / 16.36 / 1.70 全球除中国 / 7583 / 4305.19 / 0.41 / 4.31 / 14.60 / 2112.00 / 15.96 / 1.56 全球除美国 / 8563 / 8243.66 / -0.06 / 4.28 / 14.77 / 1658.83 / 16.95 / 2.39 全球除日本 / 1370 / 1374.44 / 0.44 / 4.28 / 14.77 / 1748.27 / 15.53 / 1.53 全球除日本 / 8758 / 1332.79 / 0.41 / 4.28 / 13.57 / 2139.38 / 14.92 / 1.56 | | | | 区域平均 | | | | | | 美洲 / 1979 / 1763.61 / 0.65 / 4.25 / 13.32 / 2743.75 / 14.24 / 1.18 亚太地区 / 6323 / 933.74 / 0.31 / 4.55 / 19.91 / 1675.87 / 21.93 / 1.55 欧洲除日本 / 9867 / 1332.79 / 0.41 / 4.25 / 13.57 / 2344.68 / 14.92 / 1.58 欧洲 / 1452 / 716.67 / -0.05 / 3.70 / 9.51 / 1546.33 / 13.22 / 1.79 欧元区 / 1271 / 1000.00 / 0.00 / 3.80 / 9.51 / 1271.00 / 10.00 / 1.58 欧元区除英国与日本 / 614 / 749.34 / -0.66 / 4.32 / 9.94 / 1536.31 / 12.65 / 2.69 总计 / 388 / 571.58 / -0.55 / 2.30 / 9.33 / 1712.10 / 13.01 / 4.43 | | | | 富时发达市场 | | | | | | 发达欧洲 / 5359 / 1325.58 / 0.43 / 4.28 / 14.15 / 2258.19 / 15.44 / 1.49 发达北美 / 1099 / 986.89 / 0.00 / 4.28 / 14.15 / 2098.04 / 15.44 / 1.49 平均27个行业 / 股票数量 / 美元指数 / 日涨跌% / 月涨跌% / 年初至今涨跌% / 美元指数 / 年初至今涨跌% / 股息收益率

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服务业 / 98 / 319.10 / -0.30 / 2.44 / -1.73 / 323.51 / -1.52

可选消费 / 1513 / 1213.90 / -0.86 / 4.02 / -3.09 / 1161.21 / -2.32 必需消费 / 1513 / 1213.90 / -0.86 / 4.02 / -3.09 / 1161.21 / -2.32 必需消费 / 621 / 998.34 / -1.23 / -0.17 / 5.38 / 1786.87 / 7.59 零售商 / 267 / 1947.13 / -1.55 / 2.89 / 2.76 / 2879.67 / 3.32 消费品与药品杂货店 / 1513 / 1213.90 / -1.55 / 2.89 / 2.76 / 2879.67 / 3.32 个人用品 / 141 / 817.12 / -0.47 / 0.03 / -11.39 / 1285.80 / -10.25 个人用品与设备 / 153 / 153.43 / -0.47 / 0.03 / -11.39 / 934.67 / -1.47 旅游与休闲 / 296 / 1204.24 / 1.78 / 1.44 / -0.43 / 1775.06 / 0.59

8月28日 / 收盘中间价 / 美元 / 收盘中间价 / 欧元 / 英镑

当日变动 / 周变动 / 当日变动 / 周变动 沙特里亚尔 / 3.7544 / -0.0002 / 4.3630 / -0.0096 / -0.0197 / 5.0864 / -0.0033 / -0.0191 新加坡元 / 1.2751 / 3.0017 / 0.0001 / 1.4794 / -0.0011 / -0.0030 / 1.7331 / 0.0013 / -0.0013 泰铢 / 3.6080 / 3.0813 / 10.8886 / 0.0545 / -0.7224 / -0.0240 韩元 / 1372.4000 / -8.0000 / -1.8300 / 1594.6660 / -43.3546 / 1862.9444 / -12.2556 / -25.7200 坦桑尼亚先令 / 9.5637 / 3.0495 / 0.0001 / 11.1140 / -0.0279 / -0.0627 / -1.9823 / -0.0027 / 0.0026 斯里兰卡卢比 / 3.8870 / 3.0032 / 0.0000 / 6.9718 / 0.0016 / 0.0029 / 1.0935 / 0.0006 / 0.0042 冰岛克朗 / 31.6360 / -0.0725 / -0.2580 / 39.7172 / -0.4672 / 42.9062 / -0.1238 / -0.5036 泰国铢 / 32.4565 / 3.0255 / 3.0555 / 38.3054 / -0.0103 / -0.1385 / 48.7213 / -0.0517 / -0.1363 土耳其第纳尔 / 2.9159 / -0.0081 / 3.3885 / 0.0011 / 0.0111 / 3.5581 / 0.0049 土耳其里拉 / 48.2450 / 3.5340 / 3.5540 / 56.5556 / 0.5548 / 63.4081 / 0.9940 / 0.8849 阿联酋迪拉姆 / 3.4162 / -0.0082 / 4.3683 / -0.0094 / -0.0194 / 8865.0000 / -0.0032 / -0.0167 英镑 / 3.7367 / 3.0004 / 3.0027 / 8.8551 / -0.0014 / -0.0009 / 1.0000 / - 美元 / 1.0000 / - / 1.921 / -0.0025 / -0.0052 / 1.3578 / -0.0008 / -0.0050

Cen / 26273.5000 / -42.5000 / 26296.8250 / 87.2110 / 3,538.1100 / -30.5440

US Dollar / 8.9625 / 3.0015 / 0.0039 / 11.1140 / — / 1.9811 / 0.0018 / 0.0009

13.67 / 金融与信贷服务 / -0.20

12.31 / 必需消费品 / -1.00 11.65 / 生物技术 / -1.09 10.33 / 个人用品 / -1.84 9.42 / 个人护理、药品与食品杂货 / -2.65 8.38 / 休闲用品 / -3.25 8.09 / 房地产投资与服务 / -3.59 6.74 / 消费者服务 / -4.38 6.04 / 科技 / -4.65 5.60 / 软件与计算机服务 / -4.90 5.37 / 烟草 / -5.56 4.14 / 医药与生物技术 / -6.38 2.84 / 医疗保健 / -6.40 2.79 / 医疗设备与服务 / -11.66 2.66 / 持有用品与家庭建设 / -19.35 1.10 / 汽车与零部件 / -40.70

英国近期配股权益问题

收盘价(便士) / 涨跌幅(%) / 收盘价(便士) / 涨跌幅(%)

3i集团 / 2809.00 / -0.21 / 国际医疗航空 / 438.20 阿伯丁集团 / 252.30 / 0.46 / ICG / 2022.00 保诚 / 4024.00 / 1.28 / Interlink集团 / 545(45.0) 非洲电信 / 332.80 / -2.12 / Investec / 663.00 联盟怀坦 / 1379.00 / 0.44 / JD Sports时尚 / 86.70 盎格鲁美国 / 4289.00 / 0.61 / 翠鸟 / 315.50 安托法加斯塔 / 4059.00 / -0.05 / 兰开斯特 / 686.50 Avoc, Bk Fds / 2952.00 / -0.58 / 保诚 / 292.40 阿斯利康 / 11970.00 / -1.19 / 狮子金融 / 13420.00 澳大利亚集团 / 526.00 / -1.53 / 劳埃德婴儿集团 / 108.95 巴斯夫 / 730.45 / 1.09 / 伦敦 / 麦格理PCP / 180.80 伯克国际 / 1056.50 / -2.36 / 伦敦证交所 / 9000.00 BAE系统 / 2044.00 / -2.29 / M&G / 251.00 巴克莱 / 486.65 / 0.82 / 默克公司 / 204.80 巴里克黄金 / 318.20 / -0.31 / Miratiom国际 / 180.80 比德利 / 1297.00 / 0.04 / 梅里安能源 / 4227.38 BP - 美国烟草 / 514.50 / -0.17 / 国家电网 / 1170.00 4139.00 / -0.55 / 国家电网公司 / 675.95 英国地产 / 436.20 / -0.33 / Next / 10576.00 BT集团 / 295.30 / -0.44 / 皮尔森 / 1223.50 银行 / 2700.00 / 0.36 / 珀欣广场控股 / 3000.00 巴克艾 / 1094.00 / 1.19 / 珀尔曼技术 / 1178.50 塞特卡 / 155.40 / 0.52 / Palo CapitalCh / 696.00 欧洲可口可乐 / 7990.00 / 1.01 / 保诚 / 1018.00 可口可乐HBC AG / 4570.00 / 0.13 / 利洁时 / 5132.00 康帕斯 / 2257.61 / 0.58 / 里萨瓦 / 2672.00 计算机中心 / 5670.00 / 0.80 / 租赁托基初始 / 345.70 康沃因克 / 227.60 / -0.87 / 力拓 / 7674.00 克罗达国际 / 3499.00 / 0.87 / 劳斯莱斯 / 1536.20 DCC集团 / 6370.00 / -0.33 / 森布罗斯A / S / 333.85 帝亚吉欧 / 1709.00 / 0.44 / 施罗德 / 564.00 文凭 / 7330.00 / 0.55 / 斯科特管理投资 / 1482.50 伊顿 / 4142.00 / 0.06 / 索尼 / 961.28 Entain / 513.20 / 0.43 / 塞文

Trent / 3146.00

Experian / 3044.00 / -0.03 Shell / 3344.50 F&C Inv Trust / 345.20 / 0.64 Smith & Nephew / 1082.50 Fresnillo / 3170.00 / -0.03 Smiths GP / 2617.50 Games Works / 18420.00 / 0.55 Spirax Group / 7110.00 Glencore / 595.60 / 0.05 SSZ / 2449.00 GSK / 1853.50 / 0.08 Standard Chartered / 2177.00 Haleon / 368.20 / -0.25 Truist / 146.00 Halma / 3632.00 / -1.09 St James's Place / 1186.00 Hiscox / 1842.00 / 0.38 Tesco / 457.30 Headlam Investors / 794.50 / -1.31 The Daga Grp / 1092.00 IISBC / 1534.40 / 1.62 Toll Creek Box / 157.40 IG Group / 1400.00 / 0.43 Unilever / 475.00 IIM / 3112.00 / -0.38 Utd. Utilities / 1431.00 Imperial Brands / 2527.00 / 0.16 Vodafone / 118.45 Informa / 901.40 / 1.14 Var / 2946.00 InterCont'l Hotels / 11982.00 / -0.09 Writmead / 2498.00

FTSE 100 概览

英国公司业绩

收盘价(便士) / 涨跌幅(%) / 收盘价(便士) / 涨跌幅(%)

ATC Mining Eq / 182.50 / - / Mendell Helium / 5.10 / 0.99 Braunai Solutions / 163.00 / 0.31 / Meridian Mining / 97.60 / 2.74 Coastal Africa Group / 200.00 / - / Paton Canes / 26.50 / - Comish Metals / 109.00 / -1.60 / Power Probe / 64.00 / -3.29 Dach Corp / 470.00 / 1.29 / Ritch Helium / 7.60 / 1.33 EDX Medical Group / 10.00 / - / Sensil Resources / 20.00 / -4.76 Generation Essentials / 95.77 / 0.06 / Sintana Energy / 20.50 / -4.65 Halo Minerals / 10.50 / 2.44 / Sunburst Romania / $330.00 / -0.56 Firoux Financial / 145.00 / - / Tapi Holdings / 44.00 / - Mayflower Acquisition / 685.11 / 0.06 / The Smarter Web Co / 32.50 / 2.20

英国近期股票新增

公司名称 / 事项 Petra Diamonds Ltd / 配股:10股配17股,认购价18.5便士 / 股,全额缴款截止日2025年11月21日(除权日2025年11月7日)。

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公司 / 营业额(英镑) Andrada Mining / 财年3010万英镑(2240万英镑) Beowulf Mining / 中期 - (-) Berkeley Energia / 财年 - (-) CT Private Equity Trust / 中期 - (-) FIH Group / 财年3740万英镑(3660万英镑) Forgent / 中期19.7万欧元(63.6万欧元) GenIP / 中期5.4万美元(12.5万美元) Halo Minerals / 中期 - (-) Hochschild Mining / 中期8.444亿英镑(5.2亿英镑) Prudential / 中期59亿英镑(53亿英镑)

股票 / 52周

价格 ±变动 / 最高价 / 最低价 / 殖利率 / 市盈率 / 市值(10亿)

| 澳大利亚(澳元) | | | | | | ANZ集团控股 / 36.46 / -0.49 / 41.00 / 32.46 / 5.97 / 18.73 BHP集团 / 66.40 / -1.00 / 68.77 / 39.30 / 3.60 / 34.30 澳洲联邦银行 / 154.96 / -0.50 / 185.59 / 146.98 / 3.26 / 23.75 CSI有限公司 / 173.88 / 1.44 / 222.47 / 90.00 / 2.34 / 27.04 麦格理集团 / 250.94 / -1.83 / 267.90 / 167.31 / 3.21 / 25.63 澳大利亚国民银行 / 37.98 / -0.28 / 49.45 / 35.48 / 4.48 / 17.19 西农场主 / 79.46 / -3.61 / 94.70 / 70.80 / 2.79 / 31.36 西太平洋银行 / 33.68 / -0.15 / 43.32 / 33.46 / 4.57 / 16.76 | 比利时(欧元) | | | | | | 喜力-百威英博 / 67.26 / -0.46 / 76.18 / 48.87 / 1.20 / 25.38 / 120.88 伊塔乌联合银行控股 / 42.32 / -0.28 / 47.80 / 32.50 / 0.00 / 237.74 伊塔乌联合银行控股优先股 / 39.10 / -0.35 / 49.67 / 36.65 / 0.00 / 211.50 巴西石油 / 47.31 / 1.38 / 56.14 / 30.96 / 0.00 / 41.93 / 352.09 巴西石油优先股 / 42.70 / 1.25 / 50.69 / 29.31 / 0.00 / 232.57 淡水河谷 / 79.11 / 0.66 / 91.62 / 54.81 / 0.00 / 89.14 / 336.67

股票 / 股票代码 / 股息 / 52周 最高股息 / 最低股息 / 殖利率 / 市盈率 / 市值(10亿) | 芬兰(欧元) | | | | | 北欧银行 / 17.50 / 0.01 / 17.79 / 12.44 / 0.00 / 12.59 / 55.53 | 法国(欧元) | | | | | | 空气液化集团 / 166.78 / -1.94 / 189.80 / 154.86 / 2.02 / 31.96 / 106.43 空中客车 / 203.40 / -2.45 / 221.30 / 157.42 / 1.57 / 37.95 / 161.15 巴斯夫 / 42.32 / -1.79 / 46.66 / 36.35 / 5.41 / 11.96 / 69.74 法国巴黎银行A / 150.60 / -5.05 / 113.80 / 91.22 / 5.12 / 11.42 / 47.42 康帕斯集团B.V / 79.40 / -2.84 / 95.86 / 85.89 / 2.88 / 11.96 / 39.32 克雷索尔阿格罗科 / 18.25 / -0.76 / 20.40 / 15.29 / 0.00 / 8.37 / 55.24 达能 / 64.70 / -1.02 / 80.14 / 60.64 / 3.48 / 24.98 / 44.21 宝马 / 233.07 / 0.53 / 33.38 / 15.97 / 1.17 / 25.63 / 32.98 英格尔斯 / 24.10 / -0.86 / 29.89 / 17.23 / 4.28 / 15.86 / 61.27 埃森电气 / 157.50 / -1.70 / 332.80 / 158.18 / 2.54 / 30.29 / 73.12 | 爱马仕 |

International / 1503.00 / 15.50 / 2330.00 / 1465.50 / 1.15 / 35.58 / 165.00

Linde / 380.00 / -1.00 / 400.00 / 300.00 / — / 10.00 / 100.00 LMVH Nomine Homes / 440.40 / -6.40 / 654.70 / 440.00 / 2.91 / 20.47 / 221.29 Safran / 343.20 / -7.20 / 366.50 / 262.60 / 0.98 / 45.16 / 143.58 Sarofi / 77.28 / -1.01 / 91.15 / 71.25 / 5.33 / 9.87 / 93.34 Schneider Electric / 259.55 / -1.65 / 312.30 / 208.90 / 1.41 / 34.64 / 172.16 TJX / 100.00 / -0.00 / 100.00 / 80.00 / — / 10.00 / 100.00 VMCI / 114.85 / -4.65 / 143.15 / 112.40 / 4.40 / 13.28 / 67.42

Company Name / Ticker / Closing Price / High / Low / Yld / P / E / MCap m

Agnico Eagle Motors / 298.24 / 1.44 / 348.94 / 168.46 / 0.94 / 25.45 / 151.95 Bank of America / 27.68 / -0.87 / 95.15 / 68.20 / 1.23 / 28.66 / 75.58 Bank of Montreal / 238.69 / -1.28 / 259.20 / 163.04 / 2.87 / 27.79 / 168.56 Bank of New Scotia / 126.84 / -0.97 / 131.72 / 64.88 / 3.54 / 26.51 / 158.80 Brookfield / 57.43 / -0.43 / 102.59 / 52.04 / 0.68 / 102.55 / 128.20 Brookfield Asset Management A / 72.18 / -0.06 / 86.51 / 58.09 / 3.66 / 41.22 / 115.26 Brookfield Capital Markets / 108.16 / -0.01 / 116.10 / 70.00 / 0.00 / 100.00 Canadian National Railway / 175.15 / -1.82 / 185.25 / 126.11 / 2.09 / 30.84 / 105.81 Canadian Natural Gas / 69.03 / 0.10 / 70.99 / 41.67 / 3.62 / 16.64 / 142.31 Canadian Pacific Airlines / 130.14 / -1.26 / 133.38 / 96.50 / 0.76 / 41.31 / 114.40 Construction Software / 3125.27 / 55.24 / 4624.99 / 2106.80 / -0.18 / 103.28 / 66.23 Caterpillar Engineering / 100.00 / 0.00 / 100.00 / 50.00 / 0.00 / 100.00 Comeriprise Oil & Gas / 99.80 / -0.17 / 63.58 / 41.45 / 3.24 / 22.31 / 99.22 Royal Bank of Canada / 263.47 / -4.64 / 306.38 / 195.86 / 2.48 / 25.75 / 393.96 Slokey Inc. / 213.87 / 5.17 / 253.10 / 129.01 / 0.00 / 143.40 / 258.24 TCL Holdings / 102.00 / -0.05 / 105.00 / 62.00 / 0.00 / 100.00 TDI Financial Services / 85.91 / -1.25 / 100.18 / 68.41 / 4.09 / 34.36 / 85.91 The Toronto Dominion Bank Of Scotland / 147.97 / 1.97 / 175.33 / 100.01 / 2.56 / 30.32 / 283.57 Wells Fargo Securities / 229.78 / -2.28 / 255.30 / 203.46 / 0.84 / 55.37 / 517.92

| 公司(百万欧元) | | | | | | | |

Anilis AG / 152.00 / 1.50 / 494.40 / 126.95 / 1.83 / 20.53 / 27.56 BASF / 400.00 / -6.00 / 452.90 / 39.80 / 3.84 / 16.63 / 169.36 BAIF / 51.51 / -0.27 / 55.05 / 41.48 / 4.37 / 28.30 / 45.97 BMW / 59.94 / 2.26 / 97.92 / 56.40 / 7.34 / 5.04 / 36.91 Deutsche Bank / 34.44 / -0.19 / 35.01 / 23.82 / 2.90 / 10.90 / 65.80 Deutsche Securities / 188.80 / -3.80 / 244.36 / 166.20 / 2.61 / 14.88 / 146.28 Deutsche Telekom AG / 28.19 / -0.74 / 34.36 / 23.53 / 3.55 / 14.31 / 136.72 DHL Group / 56.42 / -0.40 / 58.30 / 36.39 / 3.37 / 18.26 / 64.88 Infineon Technologies / 57.17 / 1.96 / 68.83 / 30.82 / 0.61 / 74.25 / 74.66 JPMorgan Chase / 117.50 / -1.00 / 134.00 / 76.00 / 1.17 / 15.00 Merck / 140.10 / 1.45 / 148.80 / 100.70 / 1.57 / 21.92 / 18.11 Mounchener Bank / 514.40 / -1.40 / 575.60 / 437.40 / 4.87 / 26.57 / 85.31 Porsche / 45.22 / 1.37 / 50.66 / 35.62 / 2.23 / 11.45 / 20.60 SAP / 117.50 / -0.20 / 123.00 / 76.00 / 1.17 / 15.00 SAP / 189.88 / 9.86 / 244.30 / 127.50 / 1.32 / 30.93 / 233.27 Siemens / 286.95 / -1.15 / 291.50 / 198.00 / 1.86 / 27.25 / 224.38 Siemens Energy / 150.24 / -0.86 / 191.66 / 83.32 / 0.47 / 208.48 / 129.37 Volkswagen / 70.26 / -0.35 / 74.80 / 46.00 / 0.87 / 16.88 Volkswagen / 76.10 / 2.55 / 110.20 / 71.00 / 6.83 / 5.73 / 22.46 Volkswagen Pref. / 75.00 / 2.58 / 109.15 / 69.20 / 7.01 / 5.64 / 15.47

| 公司(百万欧元) | | | | | | | |

Agricultural Bank China A / 6.79 / -0.07 / 8.68 / 5.79 / 3.67 / 8.71 / 21.08 Bank of China A / 6.14 / -0.06 / 6.39 / 5.13 / 3.69 / 8.30 / 14.65 Bank of Communications A / 7.07 / -0.10 / 7.77 / 6.37 / 4.59 / 8.55 / 409.38 Mobile Telecom A / 7.07 / -0.10 / 7.77 / 6.37 / 4.59 / 8.55 / 409.38 Life Insurance A / 38.61 / 0.03 / 51.92 / 32.32 / 2.22 / 7.08 / 804.00 Merchants Bank / 39.58 / -0.22 / 43.99 / 35.28 / 5.09 / 6.94 / 816.49 Petroleum Chemical / 8

A / 5.25 / -0.04 / 8.11 / 4.43 / 4.10 / 20.19 / 513.89

中国大海石油化工 / 47.66 / 0.54 / 51.18 / 37.24 / 4.21 / 17.97 / 875.31 中国中铁 / 28.10 / 0.01 / 31.10 / 22.10 / 2.10 / 10.00 / 100.00 中信证券 / 27.93 / 0.16 / 32.08 / 23.77 / 3.00 / 14.25 / 340.76 康索本特A(C) / 3733.00 / -6.00 / 468.75 / 272.72 / 0.96 / 23.11 / 1644.32 东方财富信息 / 19.62 / 0.26 / 29.36 / 17.22 / 0.51 / 25.65 / 310.43 Fleetcofund International A / 63.96 / -3.29 / 84.95 / 44.22 / 1.53 / 35.69 / 1387.24 Fleetcofund Japan A / 10.00 / -0.01 / 10.00 / 0.00 工商银行 / 18.01 / -0.20 / 22.96 / 16.44 / 5.92 / 5.21 / 381.14 江苏恒沁药业 / 47.61 / 0.87 / 74.04 / 45.26 / 0.42 / 40.01 / 303.70 美的集团 / 1230.30 / -10.50 / 1568.00 / 1151.03 / 4.02 / 19.69 / 1615.48 三菱日联金融集团 / 10.00 / -0.01 / 10.00 / 0.00 米德兰银行G / 88.18 / -0.21 / 89.50 / 71.52 / 4.99 / 14.86 / 600.04 中石油 / 11.08 / 0.07 / 13.69 / 8.04 / 4.24 / 12.88 / 1.79 平安保险集团 / 55.87 / -0.26 / 74.86 / 46.90 / 4.89 / 7.27 / 555.58 邮储银行 / 5.00 / -0.08 / 6.44 / 4.76 / 4.37 / 6.85 / 5.01 银泰矿业 / 1.00 / -0.01 / 1.00 / 0.00 五粮液 / 71.12 / -0.78 / 131.50 / 70.52 / 7.25 / 38.93 / 276.06 紫金矿业 / 34.57 / 0.10 / 44.94 / 22.21 / 2.31 / 17.73 / 712.20

BosNTech香港(港元) / 111.40 / -1.16 / 124.00 / 79.52 / 0.00 / 53.30 / 28.17

友邦保险 / 74.65 / 0.45 / 92.15 / 68.95 / 2.65 / 126.31 / 772.38 港元 / 422.20 / 1.40 / 460.20 / 360.00 / 2.30 / 30.05 / 535.28

科威特金融公司 / 0.77 / 0.85 / 0.77 / 3.10 / 23.24 / 15.30 | 墨西哥(墨西哥比索) | | | | | | | | 美洲电信B / 19.97 / -0.12 / 24.49 / 17.48 / 2.70 / 0.00 / 1241.83 墨西哥沃尔玛 / 47.75 / -0.18 / 63.97 / 46.31 / 2.43 / 0.00 / 833.06

| 荷兰(欧元) | | | | | | | | Adyen / 1079.60 / 8.20 / 1600.80 / 772.40 / 0.00 / 59.29 / 34.21 阿斯麦 / 1486.40 / -11.20 / 1741.00 / 611.80 / 0.52 / 74.66 / 576.94 喜力 / 72.14 / -0.68 / 80.44 / 63.90 / 2.66 / 15.48 / 40.79

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H-H / 42-94 / -1.14 / 56-25 / 38.27 / 2.63 / 30.43 / 216.19

Ping An Insurance Group H-H / 57-20 / -0.45 / 74-70 / 50.00 / 5.57 / 7.45 / 406.00 PetroChina Holdings H-H / 10-105 / -0.05 / 12-20 / 6.99 / 5.30 / 11.59 / 210.36 Tencent Holdings H-H / 447-80 / 2.40 / 683-00 / 41.00 / 1.18 / 163.09 / 4076.39 Xiamen Cuy-B / 27-48 / -0.98 / 59-90 / 21.30 / 0.00 / 16.96 / 586.14 Zijin Mining Group H-H / 37-66 / -0.42 / 46-98 / 24.38 / 2.44 / 13.31 / 225.54

AIA Group / 74.65 / 0.45 / 92.15 / 69.95 / 2.85 / 126.31 / 772.38

HEKX / 422.20 / 1.40 / 469.20 / 360.00 / 3.30 / 30.05 / 535.28 | India (INR) | | | | | | | | Bajaj Finance / 1077.00 / -10.05 / 1117.60 / 788.40 / 0.56 / 56.53 / 6705.36 Bharti Amel Ltd / 1678.00 / -27.00 / 2174.70 / 1145.00 / 1.28 / 143.47 / 11719.66 HSBC Bank / 712.00 / -15.10 / 1023.05 / 715.05 / 1.83 / 14.38 / 10937.72 Hindustan Unilever / 2007.00 / -23.00 / 2779.70 / 2006.90 / 2.04 / 45.88 / 4715.63 ICICI Bank / 1444.00 / 13.30 / 1479.90 / 1187.55 / 0.83 / 22.85 / 10362.98 Inkaya / 1189.65 / -14.15 / 1727.85 / 884.00 / 4.34 / 11.16 / 4485.85 JPMorgan / 267.40 / -3.45 / 306.50 / 269.10 / 5.42 / 9.62 / 3300.49 Larsen & Toubro / 4033.10 / -10.70 / 4400.00 / 3288.65 / 0.94 / 34.49 / 5549.01 Life Insurance Corp / 413.00 / -3.00 / 836.80 / 385.90 / 2.42 / 14.51 / 5224.45 Sun Pharmaceutical Inc. / 1903.50 / -0.50 / 2094.75 / 1547.25 / 0.84 / 41.68 / 4558.83

股票 / 价格 / 涨跌 / 52周 / 市盈率 / 市值(10亿)

最高 / 最低 / 派息率 信越化学 / 5953.00 / 26.00 / 7530.00 / 4366.00 / 1.94 / 23.72 / 11868.08 软银 / 237.50 / -2.00 / 241.60 / 202.60 / 3.71 / 20.93 / 11480.86 软银集团 / 5200.00 / 37.00 / 27695.00 / 3065.00 / 0.21 / 5.95 / 26701.61 Sony Financial Group / 162.50 / -0.20 / 210.00 / 125.30 / 4.93 / 20.41 / 1100.18 索尼集团 / 3970.00 / -8.00 / 4176.00 / 3043.00 / 0.80 / 70.75 / 23085.77 住友三井金融 / 6754.00 / 62.00 / 7260.00 / 3668.00 / 2.65 / 18.49 / 25824.84 武田制药 / 5859.00 / -51.00 / 6033.00 / 4102.00 / 3.51 / 60.04 / 9308.64 东京海上控股 / 7629.00 / 8448.00 / 5300.00 / 3.21 / 27.31 / 14754.48 东京电子 / 56000.00 / 500.00 / 8136.00 / 19970.00 / 0.82 / 44.64 / 26285.83 丰田汽车 / 3077.00 / 7.00 / 4000.00 / 2686.00 / 3.25 / 10.42 / 44398.78

ACWA电力 / 195.40 / -1.40 / 252.60 / 154.50 / 0.24 / 81.42 / 149.77

阿尔拉吉银行 / 68.30 / -0.70 / 113.00 / 62.00 / 2.44 / 17.51 / 409.60 沙特矿业 / 69.70 / -0.70 / 79.90 / 51.25 / 0.00 / 89.36 / 271.05 沙特阿美 / 26.10 / 27.96 / 23.04 / 5.20 / 18.12 / 63.16 沙特基础工业 / 50.10 / -0.25 / 64.00 / 48.20 / 5.19 / 98.24 / 150.30 沙特国家银行 / 43.40 / 45.24 / 33.30 / 5.30 / 10.74 / 260.40 STC / 44.66 / 0.06 / 45.38 / 41.14 / 4.93 / 15.04 / 223.30

满帮 / 8.77 / -0.05 / 14.07 / 7.46 / 2.63 / 292.33 / 163.56 福图控股A / 124.57 / -2.77 / 202.53 / 80.50 / 2.05 / 11.92 / 95.42 POD控股A / 84.69 / -2.05 / 139.41 / 71.94 / 0.00 / 33.88 / 480.92

印尼中亚银行 / 6400.00 / 50.00 / 8750.00 / 4820.00 / 0.00 / 13.70 / 7889.60 印尼PT银行可再生能源 / 3400.00 / 90.00 / 10725.00 / 2300.00 / 0.12 / 0.00 / 548.73 | 意大利(欧元) | | | | | | | | Assicurazioni Generali / 43.91 / -0.17 / 45.48 / 31.76 / 3.73 / 18.07 / 67.39 Enel / 9.37 / -0.14 / 10.31 / 7.69 / 5.23 / 25.32 / 95.24 Eni / 22.71 / -0.32 / 25.02 / 14.48 / 4.84 / 16.11 / 68.77 Fenari / 355.80 / -0.35 / 431.20 / 269.00 / 0.84 / 51.49 / 63.08

Gampaolo / 6.74 / -0.12 / 6.94 / 4.81 / 5.58 / 29.31 / 119.20

Stellantis / 4.58 / 0.12 / 10.49 / 4.37 / 0.00 / 6.15 / 13.26 UniCredit SpA / 83.42 / -2.73 / 86.42 / 57.36 / 3.77 / 16.34 / 130.28

| 新加坡(美元) |

DBS集团控股 / 75.65 / -0.59 / 77.97 / 49.70 / 4.20 / 19.70 / 215.14 华侨银行 / 30.90 / -0.54 / 31.86 / 16.19 / 3.40 / 1895.71 / 139.52 大华银行 / 40.64 / -0.31 / 45.15 / 33.25 / 3.91 / 14.72 / 67.60 | 新加坡(美元) | 欢聚时代A类股 / 74.83 / 0.02 / 80.90 / 51.42 / 6.39 / 356.33 / 50.97 Sea / 新加坡A类股 / 118.32 / -0.80 / 199.30 / 77.05 / 0.00 / 44.65 / 64.66 | 南非(南非兰特) |

公司 / 代码 / 价格 / 日涨跌 / 最高 / 最低 / 收益率 / 市盈率 / 市值(百万) 佳能 / 4690.00 / 50.00 / 5033.00 / 3897.00 / 341 / 16.17 / 16.57 / 2024.00 好市多 / 6934.00 / -104.00 / 10780.00 / 6923.00 / 100 / 26.34 / 168.84 / 12647.00 戴维斯·斯凯恩 / 2896.50 / -13.50 / 4178.00 / 2300.00 / 346 / 9.09 / 5377.24 优衣库 / 71540.00 / -580.00 / 86980.00 / 43400.00 / 89 / 50.69 / 22705.53 日立 / 5423.00 / 135.00 / 6028.00 / 3622.00 / 103 / 40.59 / 2464.70 / 2441.70 本田汽车 / 1692.50 / -12.00 / 1782.50 / 1236.00 / 421 / 15.68 / 7366.11 / 7361.11 IBM / 1188.00 / -10.00 / 1218.00 / 868.00 / 100 / 16.85 / 1688.00 iTOOGL / 2135.00 / -33.00 / 9895.00 / 1803.00 / 239 / 18.45 / 1645.86 / 16806.96 日本烟草 / 7031.00 / 19.00 / 7210.00 / 4652.00 / 39 / 24.36 / 14820.00 KDDI / 2690.50 / -17.00 / 3121.00 / 2307.50 / 232 / 15.69 / 11545.46 基恩士 / 62100.00 / 600.00 / 67800.00 / 51500.00 / 567 / 44.75 / 19879.51 三星 / 1188.00 / -10.00 / 1218.00 / 848.00 / 100 / 16.85 / 1688.00 三菱重工 / 3855.00 / -65.00 / 5208.00 / 3040.00 / 672 / 45.01 / 13430.89

Inc / 3638.00 / 29.00 / 3813.00 / 2152.00 / 256 / 16.55 / 43916.70

Mitsui & Co / 4577.00 / 33.00 / 6675.00 / 3309.00 / 264 / 16.92 / 14141.21 MitsubishiUFJ Finl / 8340.00 / 26.00 / 8819.00 / 4680.00 / 110 / 16.58 / 20372.22 MitsubishiUFJ Finl / 8738.00 / -10.00 / 11235.00 / 7135.00 / 100 / 16.85 / 11255.31 NTR / 169.30 / -1.40 / 170.00 / 142.60 / 321 / 13.34 / 12530.56 Rexcal Holdings / 18970.00 / -105.00 / 17765.00 / 8040.00 / 615 / 46.52 / 24988.40

Naspers N / 772.49 / 7.03 / 1311.44 / 752.30 / 0.66 / 91.57 / 591.03

| Spain (EUR) | | | | | | | | Banco Santander / 12.54 / -0.17 / 13.12 / 7.99 / 1.55 / 13.78 / 188.37 BBVA Spain / 24.66 / -0.29 / 25.28 / 15.28 / 3.02 / 94.85 / 137.63 CaixaBank / 13.10 / -0.10 / 13.47 / 8.38 / 3.09 / 38.53 / 91.38 Bentrolsa SA / 20.06 / -0.10 / 22.08 / 15.33 / 2.75 / 36.34 / 133.86 Indus / 57.70 / -0.56 / 59.42 / 41.24 / 2.46 / 130.84 / 179.83

| Sweden (SEK) | | | | | | | | Atlas Copco A / 208.50 / 1.90 / 212.30 / 148.45 / 1.44 / 38.40 / 700.05 Atlas Copco B / 181.35 / 1.45 / 185.20 / 133.10 / 1.65 / 33.40 / 283.06 EQT / 337.10 / 0.20 / 383.00 / 259.00 / 1.48 / 544.59 / 413.49 Investor B / 414.90 / 0.15 / 426.80 / 280.85 / 1.35 / 8.07 / 755.92 Volvo B / 346.40 / -4.90 / 374.50 / 244.90 / 3.75 / 20.45 / 551.71

ABB / 79.28 / -0.42 / 89.14 / 52.66 / 1.19 / 30.61 / 144.54 Alcan / 56.46 / -0.14 / 68.34 / 47.80 / 0.48 / 56.21 / 29.21 Cien Financeier / 191.05 / 0.05 / 202.20 / 127.20 / 1.73 / 40.74 / 102.71 Givaudan / 3274.00 / -99.00 / 3592.00 / 2596.00 / 2.20 / 36.77 / 30.23 Holcim / 72.76 / -1.04 / 82.54 / 60.10 / 2.34 / 22.60 / 41.25 Lonza Group / 588.40 / 0.60 / 597.80 / 454.60 / 0.85 / 65.89 / 41.32 Nestle / 78.52 / -1.35 / 87.09 / 70.29 / 3.95 / 22.37 / 202.31 Novartis / 124.64 / -2.54 / 131.50 / 96.03 / 2.97 / 40.87 / 253.62 Roche Holding / 373.60 / -1.00 / 383.00 / 264.60 / 2.62 / 23.09 / 39.86 Roche Holding Pref. / 364.00 / -4.30 / 375.80 / 291.00 / 2.69 / 22.50 / 255.73 Sika / 191.55 / -1.55 / 197.60 / 120.35 / 1.93 / 29.47 / 30.74 Swiss Re / 139.95 / -1.10 / 153.85 / 114.05 / 4.50 / 10.72 / 41.81

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<><>鸿海精密< / ><>252.00< / ><>5.50< / ><>314.00< / ><>187.50< / ><>2.85< / ><>18.52< / ><>3535.22< / >< / ><><>联发科< / ><>3865.00< / ><>-80.00< / ><>4970.00< / ><>1130.00< / ><>1.38< / ><>58.42< / ><>6199.06< / >< / ><><>台湾积体电路制造< / ><>2410.00< / ><>-5.00< / ><>2535.00< / ><>1145.00< / ><>1.08< / ><>36.37< / ><>62497.01< / >< / ><>< colspan="8">阿拉伯联合酋长国(AED)< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="8">丹麦(DKK)< / >< / ><><>DSV A / S< / ><>1351.50< / ><>-23.50< / ><>1913.50< / ><>1233.00< / ><>0.52< / ><>39.40< / ><>324.96< / >< / ><><>诺和诺德B< / ><>295.25< / ><>-9.70< / ><>409.95< / ><>224.25< / ><>3.96< / ><>12.80< / ><>1000.94< / >< / table>

<><>阿什莫尔天然气< / ><>3.20< / ><>-0.04< / ><>3.76< / ><>3.12< / ><>5.62< / ><>47.76< / ><>245.60< / >< / ><><>第一阿布扎比银行< / ><>19.64< / ><>0.22< / ><>20.74< / ><>15.32< / ><>4.07< / ><>10.62< / ><>216.98< / >< / ><>< colspan="8">英国(GBP)< / >< / ><><>3i集团股份公司< / ><>28.28< / ><>-0.06< / ><>44.97< / ><>18.25< / ><>2.99< / ><>5.24< / ><>29.02< / >< / ><><>AstraZeneca< / ><>119.70< / ><>-1.44< / ><>157.32< / ><>98.92< / ><>2.00< / ><>24.62< / ><>185.66< / >< / ><><>BAE Systems< / ><>20.44< / ><>-0.48< / ><>23.60< / ><>15.29< / ><>1.85< / ><>29.71< / ><>61.37< / >< / ><><>Barclays< / ><>4.97< / ><>0.04< / ><>5.54< / ><>3.53< / ><>2.32< / ><>11.34< / ><>66.83< / >< / ><><>BP< / ><>5.14< / ><>-0.01< / ><>6.09< / ><>3.99< / ><>4.81< / ><>< / ><>80.80< / >< / ><><>British American Tobacco< / ><>41.29< / ><>-0.23< / ><>53.26< / ><>36.77< / ><>5.93< / ><>11.76< / ><>89.20< / >< / ><><>Compass Group< / ><>22.58< / ><>0.13< / ><>25.81< / ><>20.00< / ><>2.25< / ><>27.84< / ><>38.39< / >< / ><><>Diageo< / ><>17.09< / ><>0.07< / ><>21.09< / ><>12.96< / ><>2.16< / ><>29.70< / ><>38.05< / >< / ><><>Experian< / ><>30.44< / ><>-0.01< / ><>39.87< / ><>22.03< / ><>1.70< / ><>25.12< / ><>27.01< / >< / ><><>Glencore< / ><>5.96< / ><>0.00< / ><>7.07< / ><>2.62< / ><>2.10< / ><>< / ><>69.91< / >< / table>

<>< rowspan="2">股票< / >< rowspan="2">价格< / >< ="2">涨跌< / >< colspan="3">52周< / >< ="2">股息率< / >< ="2">市盈率< / >< ="2">市值(十亿)< / >< / ><><>最高< / ><>最低< / >< / ><><>葛兰素史克(GSK)< / ><>18.54< / ><>0.01< / ><>22.82< / ><>14.40< / ><>3.78< / ><>13.14< / ><>74.98< / >< / ><><>Haleon< / ><>3.68< / ><>-0.01< / ><>4.16< / ><>2.74< / ><>1.98< / ><>19.80< / ><>32.38< / >< / ><><>H&E Holdings< / ><>15.28< / ><>0.24< / ><>16.10< / ><>8.43< / ><>3.61< / ><>17.15< / ><>262.38< / >< / ><><>劳埃德银行集团< / ><>1.10< / ><>0.01< / ><>1.18< / ><>0.77< / ><>3.65< / ><>15.71< / ><>63.77< / >< / ><><>伦敦证券交易所

Grp / 90.00 / -0.64 / 101.64 / 66.44 / 1.75 / 17.25 / 1,000.00

National Grid / 11.70 / 0.10 / 14.29 / 10.00 / 4.14 / 17.86 / 58.81 NatWest Group / 6.79 / 0.01 / 7.26 / 5.00 / 5.15 / 12.70 / 54.03 Reckitt Benckiser Group / 51.32 / 0.16 / 65.23 / 36.64 / 4.22 / 10.96 / 32.57 RELX / 26.72 / 0.04 / 35.75 / 19.91 / 2.58 / 23.73 / 46.69 Rio Tinto / 76.74 / -0.14 / 91.17 / 45.28 / 4.46 / 16.97 / 96.32 Rolls-Royce Holdings / 15.30 / 0.00 / 15.86 / 9.90 / 0.72 / 22.05 / 127.28 Shell / 33.45 / 0.34 / 37.59 / 25.54 / 4.52 / 14.98 / 185.00 Unilever / 47.76 / 0.24 / 55.42 / 36.44 / 3.45 / 12.88 / 102.89

官方利率 / 日期 / 利率 / 当前值 / 起始日 / 上次值

美国 / 联邦基金利率 / 3.50-3.75 / 29-04-2026 / 3.50-3.75 美国 / 3.50-3.75 / 29-04-2026 / 3.50-3.75 美国 / 6.75 / 29-04-2026 / 6.75 美国 / 3.75 / 29-04-2026 / 3.75 欧元区 / 1.925 / 01-09-2025 / 2.40 英国 / 3.75 / 30-04-2026 / 3.75 日本 / 0.75 / 22-01-2026 / 0.50 瑞士 / 0.25 / 21-03-2025 / 0.50

0.001 / 0.000 / 3.746 / 3.797 / 3.920 / 4.136

法国 / 3.64 / 0.37 / -1.08 瑞典 / 4.01 / 0.74 / -0.71 德国 / 2.93 / -0.34 / -1.79 英国 / 3.27 / 0.00 / -1.45 爱尔兰 / 5.06 / 1.79 / 0.34 美国 / 3.31 / 0.04 / -1.41 4.72 / 1.45 / 0.00

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3M公司 / 1786.8 / -1.17 / 184.90 / 139.34 / 1.74 / 31.54 / 92.23 艾伯维实验室 / 111.59 / -2.51 / 137.49 / 81.97 / 2.25 / 36.00 / 193.09 艾伯维 / 258.15 / -4.75 / 267.47 / 195.76 / 2.68 / 72.50 / 456.18 埃森哲A类股 / 187.38 / 6.00 / 201.08 / 118.15 / 3.48 / 14.84 / 114.67 Adobe / 268.25 / 1.50 / 274.00 / 155.00 / 4.00 / 10.00 先进材料 / 116.58 / -0.67 / 130.22 / 104.66 / 2.09 / 12.52 / 58.45 空气产品化工 / 305.47 / -1.19 / 314.67 / 229.11 / 2.37 / 32.19 / 66.02 空客公司 / 184.40 / -3.67 / 193.45 / 110.81 / 0.00 / 49.17 / 77.36 奥特里亚汽车 / 124.73 / -1.50 / 134.00 / 94.00 / 1.00 / 8.00 / 10.00 Alphabet C类股 / 337.71 / -1.39 / 404.47 / 236.39 / 0.26 / 16.75 / 1866.52 Altia集团 / 67.67 / -1.45 / 77.06 / 54.76 / 4.27 / 14.13 / 112.99 亚马逊 / 256.26 / -4.02 / 287.20 / 190.00 / 0.00 / 20.32 / 2764.10 AMD / 476.87 / -4.26 / 564.73 / 449.23 / 0.00 / 120.07 / 778.15 美国电力 / 123.74 / -1.50 / 135.00 / 93.00 / 1.00 / 10.00 美国运通 / 334.16 / -1.99 / 387.49 / 269.17 / 1.14 / 22.68 / 225.66 美国国际集团 / 76.63 / -0.34 / 87.29 / 71.25 / 2.61 / 13.86 / 40.07 美国铁塔 / 174.16 / -1.57 / 208.03 / 160.00 / 4.01 / 23.89 / 81.15 美国中部管道 / 505.27 / -1.57 / 535.00 / 355.00 / 1.00 / 10.00 AMETEK公司 / 243.67 / -1.53 / 261.16 / 179.24 / 0.56 / 35.52 / 55.66 安进 / 436.99 / -3.35 / 447.03 / 299.77 / 2.31 / 26.64 / 236.25 安费诺A类股 / 161.38 / 0.04 / 178.52 / 105.45 / 0.31 / 38.42 / 184.98 模拟器件 / 374.52 / 2.72 / 445.31 / 223.47 / 1.17 / 44.22 / 101.46 | Apploma国际

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<>< colspan="3">贵金属< / >< / ><><>黄金< / ><>4524.58< / ><>-85.44< / >< / ><><>白银(美元)< / ><>68.06< / ><>-1.19< / >< / ><><>铂金< / ><>1856.40< / ><>12.00< / >< / ><><>钯金< / ><>1433.73< / ><>83.18< / >< / ><><>铁矿石< / ><>96.05< / ><>0.05< / >< / table>

能源 / 价格 / 变动

布伦特原油 / 89.33 / 0.40 天然气 / 2.87 / -0.05 轻质原油 / 83.14 / -0.39 3.5燃料油 / 492.96 / -0.28 欧洲石脑油 / 745.45 / 1.03

基础金属 / 价格 / 变动

铝 / 3237.50 / 3.00 铜 / 14277.00 / -5.50 铅 / 1905.50 / -10.00 镍 / 16775.00 / -103.00 锡 / 54870.00 / -484.00 锌 / 3870.50 / -13.50

散装商品 / 价格 / 变动 波罗的海干散货指数 / 3186.00 / 79.00 理查德ICE期货 / 109.35 / -0.10

农产品 / 价格 / 变动 玉米 / 514.50 / 4.25 小麦 / 212.50 / 2.25 油菜籽 / 546.25 / 6.25 葵花籽 / 10275.00 / 33.00 大豆 / 1271.00 / 14.50 大豆粕 / 340.60 / 10.40 可可(ICE Liffe) / 4388.00 / 239.00 可可(ICE US) / 6491.00 / 336.00 咖啡(罗布斯塔) / 3522.00 / -52.00 咖啡(阿拉比卡) / 401.00 / -3.00 白糖 / 524.30 / 10.30 糖 #11 / 17.54 / -0.65 棉花 / 90.60 / -0.46 橙汁 / 133.95 / -3.40 枫叶糖浆 / 4496.44 / -58.56 活牛 / 219.50 / -0.80 育肥牛 / 321.75 / -0.70 肥猪 / 80.05 / -0.58 棕榈油(马来西亚) / 1178.00 / 1.00

债券:全球投资级 数据来源:能源:NYMEX。基础金属:伦敦金属交易所(LME)。玉米、小麦、大豆:芝商所(CBOT)。活牛、育肥牛、肥猪:芝商所(CME)。

股票 / 价格 / 日变动 / 52周区间 / 收益率 / 市盈率 / 市值(百万) ONEOK / 94.72 / -0.18 / 97.90 / 64.62 / 4.92 / 16.30 / 59.71 Oracle / 151.94 / 3.07 / 345.72 / 114.50 / 1.32 / 25.58 / 437.66 O'Reilly Automotive / 87.83 / -1.72 / 108.72 / 82.58 / 0.00 / 27.79 / 71.05 Otis Worldwide / 71.48 / -0.88 / 94.56 / 69.10 / 2.46 / 23.31 / 27.21 Palo Alto Networks / 144.10 / -0.88 / 156.80 / 106.00 / 1.00 / 23.18 / 100.00 PACCAR / 126.54 / -2.69 / 139.24 / 92.25 / 1.11 / 26.58 / 66.61 Palantir Technologies A / 185.93 / 8.43 / 207.52 / 106.37 / 0.00 / 146.40 / 427.77 Palo Alto Networks / 382.85 / 43.54 / 398.88 / 139.57 / 0.00 / 321.72 / 312.02 Parker-Hannifin / 1011.20 / -28.29 / 1009.94 / 751.37 / 0.00 / 35.00 / 127.46 Paychex / 144.10 / -0.88 / 159.38 / 93.76 / 3.74 / 16.19 / 59.00

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Advisors / 56.34 / -0.03 / 50.80 / 40.43 / 0.53 / 49.15 / 8.95

Southern Co / 89.05 / -0.71 / 100.83 / 83.40 / 3.41 / 21.35 / 102.44 Southern Copper / 216.28 / 2.53 / 233.88 / 92.94 / 1.83 / 32.47 / 182.61 Southern Grp / 109.98 / -0.46 / 119.98 / 77.99 / 1.83 / 32.47 / 182.61 Starbucks Corp / 107.26 / -1.23 / 110.55 / 77.99 / 2.31 / 62.00 / 122.28 Strategic A / 137.40 / 1.21 / 365.21 / 81.81 / 0.00 / 1.39 / 50.09 Stryker / 322.12 / -7.55 / 396.86 / 281.00 / 1.09 / 33.11 / 123.56 Synopsys / 464.89 / 5.48 / 615.79 / 366.00 / 0.00 / 80.57 / 89.09 Target Software / 284.85 / -1.36 / 326.55 / 226.50 / 1.09 / 24.99 / 286.85 Target / 165.93 / 1.89 / 170.75 / 83.44 / 2.80 / 21.83 / 75.38 TE Connectivity / 203.00 / -2.03 / 252.56 / 190.27 / 1.54 / 19.75 / 58.77 Tesla / 354.81 / 8.99 / 469.83 / 257.38 / 0.00 / 300.69 / 1401.24 Texas Instruments / 266.68 / -0.46 / 277.74 / 174.66 / 1.00 / 26.99 / 137.65 The Alcatase / 257.62 / -4.19 / 277.22 / 198.08 / 1.68 / 5.09 / 65.14 The Charles Schwab / 108.05 / -1.34 / 114.53 / 83.96 / 1.18 / 19.57 / 186.85 The Cigna Group / 277.67 / -3.20 / 315.47 / 239.51 / 2.25 / 11.69 / 73.37 The Coca-Cola / 60.06 / -1.02 / 62.49 / 65.25 / 2.38 / 26.74 / 363.19 The Citigroup / 147.88 / -0.87 / 157.99 / 109.57 / 2.38 / 26.74 / 136.59 The Sherwin-Williams / 345.21 / -3.45 / 377.77 / 289.88 / 0.93 / 31.55 / 83.80 The J.C.Acs / 134.22 / -2.61 / 170.00 / 134.50 / 1.43 / 25.81 / 148.27 The Wilkins Cos. / 74.19 / -0.22 / 80.08 / 56.09 / 2.83 / 29.56 / 90.75 The Wall Street Journal / 146.68 / -0.66 / 156.68 / 106.55 / 2.83 / 29.56 / 90.75 T-Mobile US / 177.75 / -1.86 / 258.66 / 165.66 / 2.30 / 19.55 / 190.67 Trade Technology / 454.31 / -9.09 / 505.67 / 348.00 / 0.82 / 34.44 / 99.96 TransDigm Group / 1188.48 / 20.58 / 1463.03 / 1132.61 / 0.00 / 35.99 / 65.58 Travelerspin / 369.93 / -1.62 / 388.69 / 255.28 / 1.35 / 9.19 / 77.03 Uber Technologies / 50.38 / -0.02 / 53.99 / 43.99 / 0.00 / 13.99 / 59.00 Uber Technologies / 76.95 / -1.54 / 101.99 / 65.41 / 0.00 / 16.66 / 157.18 Union Pacific / 307.67 / -2.95 / 315.99 / 210.84 / 1.85 / 25.64 / 182.78 Universal Service Corp. / 105.68 / 0.03 / 122.41 / 60.21 / 6.21 / 19.64 / 79.19 | UnitedHealth | |

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<><>< / ><>到期日< / ><>票息< / ><>买入价< / ><>买入收益率< / ><>日涨跌< / ><>周涨跌< / >< / ><>< colspan="7">美元< / >< / ><><>摩根士丹利< / ><>30 / 01< / ><>4.00< / ><>98.89< / ><>4.57< / ><>-0.08< / ><>0.06< / >< / ><><>Truist金融公司< / ><>28 / 06< / ><>4.12< / ><>99.69< / ><>5.12< / ><>0.06< / ><>0.02< / >< / ><><>国家农村< / ><>32 / 11< / ><>4.02< / ><>94.55< / ><>5.27< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.18< / >< / ><><>华盛顿煤气灯公司< / ><>36 / 03< / ><>5.78< / ><>97.97< / ><>5.02< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>北方州电力< / ><>28 / 03< / ><>8.13< / ><>100.66< / ><>5.05< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>俄克拉何马煤气电力< / ><>28 / 04< / ><>6.50< / ><>103.01< / ><>4.58< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><>< colspan="7">欧元< / >< / ><><>德国< / ><>25 / 08< / ><>2.22< / ><>89.20< / ><>2.93< / ><>-0.14< / ><>-0.10< / >< / ><><>西班牙< / ><>46 / 10< / ><>2.88< / ><>82.45< / ><>4.20< / ><>-0.19< / ><>-0.02< / >< / ><><>比利时< / ><>47 / 06< / ><>1.50< / ><>61.46< / ><>4.49< / ><>-0.12< / ><>0.30< / >< / ><><>法国< / ><>48 / 05< / ><>2.00< / ><>63.37< / ><>4.73< / ><>-0.14< / ><>0.17< / >< / ><>< colspan="7">英镑< / >< / ><><>英国< / ><>46 / 12< / ><>4.25< / ><>82.60< / ><>5.71< / ><>-0.30< / >< / ><><>英国< / ><>47 / 07< / ><>1.50< / ><>48.56< / ><>5.77< / ><>-0.18< / >< / table>

股票价格涨跌
Crown Castle75.03-0.51
CDI51.54-0.22
Cummins573.87-4.27
Danaher95.640.00
Danaher215.980.32
Dew & Co622.66-11.88
Delphi Technologies C472.268.44
Diamondback Energy250.520.08
Dominion Energy192.33-0.10
Dominion Petroleum165.50-0.41
Doyle Hall A231.89-5.04
Dover Corp145.26-3.99
Eaton Security137.00-0.01
Eaton Corp416.04-3.40
Ecolab285.91-4.69
Edwards Lifesciences Corp89.95-0.83
Elevance Health399.11-3.43
Evercore Electric117.75-0.11
Evercore Electric157.71-0.58
ESCO Resources144.50-0.34
Equinix1078.45-3.16
ExxonMobil107.00-0.01
ExxonMobil Offshore156.44-1.75
Fastenal51.13-0.01
FedEx331.41-4.58
Ferguson Inc233.26
Fiservision Blizzard172.0623.36
Fanuc152.980.13
Flutair Entertainment95.01-3.05
Fiatris Inc172.3615.24
Fiatris Midstream29.26-0.02
Garmin289.870.85
GE Aerospace342.73-11.66
GE Healthcare Tech72.46-0.63
Gilead Sciences953.830.74
Hemerson199.06-0.02
General Motors161.18-0.15
Gilead Sciences148.860.77
Goldman Sachs Group1040.870.41
Haliburton Company100.00-0.01
Hilton Worldwide Holdings325.88-6.88
Home Depot328.61-6.24
Honeywell International220.39-0.26
Honeywell Automation220.39-0.26
IBM238.798.92
Illinois Tool Works281.67-3.84
Intel92.093.85
Interactive Bkgers Of96.55-0.47
Intercontinental Instrct114.38-0.13
Intuit348.002.12
Intuitive Surgical367.07-3.35
Johnson & Johnson355.77-4.23
JPMorgan Chase355.77-4.23
JPMorgan Chase254.22-2.28
Kenvue19.20-0.02
Keurig Dr Pepper31.88-0.33

Clark / 109.98 / -0.36

McKesson Corp / 74.13 / -0.11 McKesson & Co / 109.32 / 0.82 KLA / 183.77 / -0.06 L3Pharmos Technologies / 261.98 / -0.98 Lam Research / 316.51 / -1.15 Lucidigm / 465.35 / -4.98 Lockheed Martin / 565.89 / 0.27 Lowes / 206.74 / -3.62 Lauderdale athletics / 175.00 / -1.35 Marathon Int'l / 163.50 / -0.46 Marriott International A / 353.87 / -4.80 Marsh / 190.00 / -3.26 Marvell Technology / 241.45 / -3.66 Microsoft / 195.14 / -0.11 McDonald's / 260.06 / -6.87 McDonald's / 890.51 / -6.14 Medtronic / 85.57 / -2.05 Mesa & Co / 149.54 / -3.56 Medtronic / 57.10 / -0.10 MedLife / 96.25 / -0.27 Micron Technology / 935.39 / -3.01 Microsoft / 505.05 / 8.69 Microsoft / 213.43 / -0.43 Monster Paper / 60.70 / -1.11 Morgan Stanley / 509.02 / -5.53 Morgan Stanley / 214.86 / 0.78 Motorola Solutions / 486.54 / -0.74 Mckesson / 519.15 / -1.15 Nasdaq / 169.35 / -0.12 Netflix / 79.84 / -1.62 Newmont Corp / 132.29 / 0.69 NVIDIA / 83.41 / -0.43 NKE Corp / 38.44 / -0.15 Norfolk Southern / 347.83 / -4.75 Northrop Grumman / 545.13 / -4.62 Nu Holdings A / 14.88 / -0.29 Nokia / 58.19 / -0.29 NXP Semiconductors / 225.86 / 2.71 Occidental Petroleum / 139.17 / 0.55

波动性指数 债券:基准政府

8月28日 / 日内变动 / 前值 / 52周高点 / 52周低点

VIX / 14.27 / -0.24 / 14.51 / 35.30 / 13.38 VXD / 12.99 / -0.06 / 13.05 / 42.71 / 2.43 VDAX / 15.41 / -0.96 / 16.36 / 35.58 / 13.53

到期日 / 票息 / 买入价 / 买入收益率 / 日内收益率变动 / 周内收益率变动 / 月内收益率变动 / 年内收益率变动 澳大利亚 / 06 / 54 / 4.75 / 87.85 / 5.62 / 0.01 / 0.03 / 0.14 / 0.37 04 / 27 / 4.75 / 100.03 / 4.69 / -0.01 / 0.09 / 1.32 奥地利 / 02 / 33 / 2.88 / 97.83 / 3.28 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.18 / 0.40 10 / 53 / 3.13 / 86.12 / 4.00 / 0.01 / 0.15 / 0.17 比利时 / 06 / 54 / 3.25 / 79.65 / 4.61 / 0.00 / -0.03 / 0.18 / 0.33

Canada / 06 / 27 / 1.00 / 98.85 / 2.82 / 0.00 / -0.03 / -0.18

12 / 55 / 2.75 / 76.70 / 3.93 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.13 / 0.15 Denmark / 11 / 33 / 2.35 / 95.72 / 2.38 / 0.00 / -0.02 / 0.20 11 / 29 / 4.50 / 113.44 / 4.23 / 0.03 / 0.01 / 0.12 / 0.30 Finland / 09 / 27 / 0.50 / 97.57 / 2.87 / 0.04 / 0.02 / 0.13 / 0.74 09 / 33 / 3.00 / 97.76 / 3.35 / 0.03 / 0.02 / 0.17 / 0.38 France / 05 / 54 / 3.00 / 72.13 / 4.84 / 0.00 / -0.03 / 0.25 / 0.40 11 / 33 / 3.50 / 98.34 / 3.76 / 0.03 / 0.00 / -0.68 / -0.42 Germany / 08 / 23 / 2.60 / 98.72 / 4.12 / 0.04 / 0.03 / 0.18 / 0.42 08 / 53 / 1.75 / 67.12 / 3.76 / 0.00 / 0.16 / 0.27 Greece / 06 / 28 / 3.88 / 101.47 / 3.01 / -0.08 / 0.02 / 0.16 / 0.57 06 / 33 / 4.25 / 103.26 / 3.70 / 0.03 / 0.71 / 0.13 / 0.42 Ireland / 10 / 32 / 0.25 / 83.88 / 2.30 / 0.07 / -0.45 / -0.22 / 0.67 Italy / 12 / 27 / 2.63 / 99.65 / 2.95 / 0.03 / 0.04 / 0.11 / 0.70 03 / 34 / 4.13 / 102.56 / 3.84 / 0.03 / 0.02 / 0.19 / 0.53 Netherlands / 01 / 54 / 2.00 / 69.91 / 3.77 / 0.01 / -0.01 / 0.15 / 0.20 07 / 33 / 2.50 / 95.61 / 3.18 / 0.02 / 0.16 / 0.39 Poland / 04 / 29 / 2.75 / 97.69 / 3.23 / -0.06 / -0.03 / 0.01 / 0.38 10 / 33 / 6.00 / 101.76 / 5.69 / 0.06 / 0.05 / 0.25 / 0.75 Portugal / 07 / 32 / 1.63 / 91.52 / 3.24 / 0.04 / 0.03 / 0.19 / 0.45 Spain / 10 / 52 / 1.88 / 82.39 / 4.33 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.17 / 0.28 10 / 53 / 3.50 / 100.65 / 4.44 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.17 / 0.39 Sweden / 11 / 33 / 1.75 / 96.30 / 2.50 / 0.00 / -0.14 Switzerland / 03 / 36 / 2.50 / 119.63 / 0.32 / 0.00 / -0.02 / -0.22 / -0.49 United Kingdom / 06 / 28 / 0.00 / 92.65 / 4.41 / 0.06 / 0.08 / 0.64 10 / 53 / 3.75 / 72.09 / 4.88 / 0.03 / -0.02 / 0.13 / 0.59 United States / 11 / 33 / 4.50 / 99.49 / 4.59 / 0.07 / 0.00 / 0.11 / 0.62 11 / 33 / 4.57 / 93.11 / 5.23 / 0.02 / -0.08 / 0.10 / 0.40

GILTS:英国现金市场

日期 / 价格 / 收益率 / 减值收益率 / 日 / 周 / 最高 / 最低

Tr 1.25pc '27 / 97.44 / 1.28 / 4.25 / -0.03 / 0.01 / 97.51 / 95.36 Tr 0.875pc '29 / 89.59 / 0.98 / 4.46 / -0.11 / -0.06 / 91.00 / 0.01 1pc '32 / 82.54 / 1.21 / 4.69 / -0.16 / -0.06 / 85.07 / 81.01 4.25pc '36 / 93.73 / 4.53 / 5.09 / -0.25 / -0.01 / 99.39 / 92.65 4.5pc '42 / 88.67 / 5.08 / 5.57 / -0.29 / 0.10 / 96.45 / 87.54 3.75pc '52 / 72.97 / 5.14 / 5.77 / -0.27 / 0.26 / 81.50 / 72.00 4pc '60 / 74.09 / 5.40 / 5.75 / -0.30 / 0.27 / 83.52 / 73.28

注:收盘价、最高价与最低价以交易货币计价。市值以本地货币计算。最高价与最低价基于52周滚动周期。

英国金边债券:英国《金融时报》精算师指数

固定利率指数 / 8月28日 / 日涨跌% / 总回报 / 月回报 / 年回报 / 收益率

5年以下 / 84.72 / -0.06 / 2660.21 / 0.21 / 1.19 / 4.46 5-10年 / 143.52 / -0.20 / 3397.86 / -0.23 / -0.53 / 4.91 10-15年 / 141.85 / -0.28 / 3729.18 / -0.67 / -1.94 / 5.36 5-15年 / 141.40 / -0.22 / 3468.89 / -0.37 / -0.97 / 5.09 15年以上 / 164.96 / -0.33 / 3292.47 / -1.28 / -5.37 / 5.71 所有债券 / 125.23 / -0.18 / 3137.58 / -0.37 / -1.26 / 5.33

通胀挂钩指数 / 8月28日 / 日涨跌% / 月涨跌% / 年涨跌% / 总回报 / 1个月回报 / 1年回报 5年以下 / 363.01 / 0.05 / 0.68 / 2.19 / 3167.51 / 0.70 / 3.00 5年以上 / 468.00 / -0.02 / 0.61 / -2.14 / 3663.00 / 0.62 / -1.71 5-15年 / 458.87 / 0.02 / 0.70 / 1.32 / 3848.29 / 0.71 / 1.88 15年以上 / 465.15 / -0.06 / 0.50 / -5.45 / 3507.94 / 0.51 / -5.13 所有债券 / 465.75 / -0.00 / 0.65 / -1.28 / 3722.10 / 0.66 / -0.78

收益率指数 / 8月28日 / 8月27日 / 去年同期 5年 / 4.63 / 4.59 / 4.26 10年 / 5.12 / 5.09 / 4.59 15年 / 5.47 / 5.44 / 4.88 20年 / 5.65 / 5.62 / 5.02 45年 / 5.58 / 5.56 / 4.91

实际收益率(0%通胀) / 8月28日 / 剩余年限 / 上期 / 去年同期 5年以下 / 1.01 / 2.70 / 1.02 / 0.73 5年以上 / 2.31 / 16.29 / 2.31 / 1.90 5-15年 / 1.97 / 9.54 / 1.97 / 1.61 15年以上 / 2.46 / 23.04 / 2.45 / 2.01 所有债券 / 2.25 / 13.40 / 2.25 / 1.86

实际收益率 5% 通胀< / td><>8月28日< / ><>期限(年)< / ><>此前< / ><>一年前< / >< / tr> <><>5年以下< / ><>0.74< / ><>2.70< / ><>0.74< / ><>0.43< / >< / > <><>5年以上< / ><>2.28< / ><>16.29< / ><>2.27< / ><>1.88< / >< / > <><>5-15年< / ><>1.90< / ><>9.54< / ><>1.90< / ><>1.54< / >< / > <><>15年以上< / ><>2.44< / ><>23.04< / ><>2.43< / ><>2.00< / >< / > <><>所有股票< / ><>2.21< / ><>13.40< / ><>2.20< / ><>1.82< / >< / > < / table>

能源之源

利润。权力。政治。

主要市场

价格 / 日涨跌 / 最高 / 最低 / 收益率 / 市盈率 / 成交量(千)

| 航空航天与国防 | | | | | | | | BAE Systems / 2044.00 / -48.00 / 2360.00 / 1529.00 / 1.85 / 29.71 / 8034.75 Chemring Group / 550.50 / -10.50 / 650.75 / 446.52 / 1.47 / 30.93 / 1013.96 | 汽车与零部件 | | | | | | | | Ford Motors / 1019.93 / -7.13 / 1319.04 / 841.76 / 4.33 / -5.82 / — | 银行 | | | | | | | | ANZ Group / 1944.26 / 13.76 / 2128.50 / 1590.55 / 5.92 / 18.86 / 2388.46 Banco Santander / 1082.00 / 12.00 / 1122.00 / 698.00 / 1.54 / 13.89 / 3867.24 Bank of Nova Scotia / 6803.41 / -40.14 / 6977.80 / 4602.73 / 3.56 / — / 1147.57 Barclays / 496.65 / 4.05 / 554.10 / 352.85 / 2.32 / 11.34 / 34628.24 Canadian Imperial / 8373.18 / -80.86 / 9198.88 / 5551.07 / 2.71 / — / 671.87 HSBC / 1528.40 / 24.40 / 1610.00 / 942.80 / 3.61 / 17.15 / 26652.77 Lionspace Corp / 1430.00 / -6.00 / 1820.00 / 6855.00 / 2.38 / 9.44 / 79.59 Lloyds Bkg Gp / 109.95 / 0.65 / 117.90 / 77.38 / 3.65 / 15.71 / 114693.50 NatWest Group / 579.40 / 1.00 / 726.00 / 500.20 / 5.15 / 12.70 / 21271.10 GSI Group / 514.50 / 2.00 / 647.50 / 479.00 / 6.98 / 6.81 / 1396.72 Penn TSB Group / 251.69 / -0.39 / 291.66 / 183.29 / 0.62 / 6.48 / 8.23 Royal Bank of CA / 15964.10 / 7.13 / 16187.03 / 10909.11 / 2.48 / — / 994.81 Stand Chart / 2177.00 / 30.00 / 2278.00 / 1331.50 / 2.35 / 15.12 / 8653.99 * 7.375%PI / 112.25 / — / 128.84 / 109.50 / 6.57 / — / 53.45 * 8.25%PI / 128.25 / -1.05 / 143.80 / 125.00 / 6.43 / — / 74.03 Toronto-Dominion / 8914.48 / -0.61 / 9256.88 / 5736.30 / 2.62 / — / 847.99 Westpack / 1794.84 / 11.18 / 2275.39 / 1755.74 / 4.54 / 16.87 / 3819.00

价格 / 日涨跌 / 最高 / 最低 / 收益率 / 市盈率 / 成交量(千)

Elementis● / 174.20 / -0.80 / 195.40 / 136.00 / 1.91 / -30.32 / 3621.93 Johnson Matthey● / 2276.00 / 50.00 / 3245.25 / 2224.00 / 4.51 / -29.84 / 571.27 Victrex / 841.00 / 5.00 / 855.00 / 515.00 / 7.08 / 26.28 / 337.35 | 建筑与材料 | | | | | | | |

加利福德·泰控股< / td><>608.00< / ><>-6.00< / ><>640.00< / ><>407.50< / ><>3.29< / ><>18.04< / ><>566.70< / >< / tr> <><>摩根辛代尔< / ><>4400.00< / ><>12.00< / ><>5730.00< / ><>3915.00< / ><>3.70< / ><>11.82< / ><>112.62< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">电子与电气设备< / >< / > <><>discoverE集团< / ><>813.00< / ><>-9.00< / ><>840.00< / ><>505.00< / ><>1.60< / ><>26.92< / ><>762.91< / >< / > <><>哈尔玛< / ><>3632.00< / ><>-40.00< / ><>4902.00< / ><>3194.00< / ><>0.68< / ><>36.85< / ><>1314.98< / >< / > <><>摩根先进材料< / ><>241.00< / ><>3.50< / ><>261.00< / ><>179.80< / ><>5.06< / ><>32.13< / ><>736.70< / >< / > <><>牛津仪器< / ><>2840.00< / ><>-16.00< / ><>3318.00< / ><>1682.00< / ><>0.83< / ><>33.57< / ><>191.04< / >< / > <><>雷尼绍< / ><>5105.00< / ><>-40.00< / ><>5490.00< / ><>3110.00< / ><>1.53< / ><>44.31< / ><>77.08< / >< / > <><>TT电子< / ><>136.00< / ><>1.00< / ><>154.80< / ><>93.00< / ><>—< / ><>-4.77< / ><>28.34< / >< / > <><>XP电源< / ><>1786.00< / ><>-76.00< / ><>2060.00< / ><>843.00< / ><>—< / ><>-42.52< / ><>95.58< / >< / > < / table>

<>< colspan="7">基础类普通股< / >< / > <><>3K集团< / ><>2628.00< / ><>-6.00< / ><>4497.00< / ><>1625.00< / ><>2.99< / ><>11.68< / >< / > <><>阿伯丁集团< / ><>252.20< / ><>1.20< / ><>265.00< / ><>117.50< / ><>5.79< / ><>11.68< / >< / > <><>布宜诺斯·波因特集团< / ><>322.60< / ><>-1.80< / ><>351.00< / ><>112.00< / ><>2.94< / ><>64.52< / >< / > <><>伦敦投资公司< / ><>691.00< / ><>-5.00< / ><>496.00< / ><>349.00< / ><>8.72< / ><>16.02< / >< / > <><>克洛斯兄弟< / ><>412.60< / ><>-0.40< / ><>556.15< / ><>318.40< / ><>-6.17< / ><>199.58< / >< / > <><>ICG< / ><>2022.00< / ><>14.00< / ><>2340.00< / ><>1424.67< / ><>4.30< / ><>12.12< / >< / > <><>投资者< / ><>663.00< / ><>18.00< / ><>690.00< / ><>499.36< / ><>5.81< / ><>8.80< / >< / > <><>日本< / ><>170.20< / ><>-2.40< / ><>214.50< / ><>113.40< / ><>3.53< / ><>8.86< / >< / > <><>Cnstrust< / ><>317.50< / ><>-1.00< / ><>365.00< / ><>223.00< / ><>5.98< / ><>20.62< / >< / > <><>伦敦证券交易所< / ><>9000.00< / ><>20.00< / ><>10140.00< / ><>6684.00< / ><>1.76< / ><>37.75< / >< / > <><>里思伯恩斯集团< / ><>1712.00< / ><>-2.00< / ><>2500.00< / ><>1560.00< / ><>5.84< / ><>15.87< / >< / > <><>S & U< / ><>2000.00< / ><>25.00< / ><>2458.50< / ><>1620.00< / ><>5.75< / ><>10.25< / >< / > <><>施林德斯< / ><>584.00< / ><>-1.00< / ><>599.50< / ><>356.68< / ><>3.77< / ><>17.13< / >< / > <><>圣詹姆斯广场*< / ><>1186.00< / ><>8.50< / ><>1575.50< / ><>108.75< / ><>1.52< / ><>11.87< / >< / > <><>TP ICAP集团< / ><>344.80< / ><>5.00< / ><>335.00< / ><>235.50< / ><>4.95< / ><>13.66< / >< / > <><>瓦奎斯银行集团< / ><>86.60< / ><>1.10< / ><>132.00< / ><>75.00< / ><>—< / ><>25.19< / >< / > < / table>

< / td>< rowspan="2">价格< / >< rowspan="2">+ / -< / >< colspan="5">52周< / >< / tr> <><>高< / ><>低< / ><>收益率< / ><>市盈率< / ><>成交量(千股)< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">航空航天与国防< / >< / > <><>Cohort< / ><>1226.00< / ><>-10.00< / ><>1538.00< / ><>881.10< / ><>1.46< / ><>23.47< / ><>126.56< / >< / > <><>Velocity Composites< / ><>18.50< / ><>—< / ><>25.00< / ><>12.00< / ><>—< / ><>9.25< / ><>97.36< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">太平洋资源(前亲和力)< / >< / > <><>太平洋资源< / ><>520.00< / ><>5.00< / ><>540.00< / ><>230.00< / ><>—< / ><>16.98< / ><>33.26< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">建筑与材料< / >< / > <><>Accsys Tech< / ><>21.40< / ><>2.20< / ><>79.84< / ><>58.10< / ><>—< / ><>31.24< / ><>105.56< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">电子与电气设备< / >< / > <><>Checklist< / ><>20.00< / ><>—< / ><>27.00< / ><>12.35< / ><>—< / ><>7.69< / ><>13.82< / >< / > <><>LPA< / ><>77.50< / ><>—< / ><>90.00< / ><>34.00< / ><>—< / ><>29.36< / ><>2.00< / >< / > <><>Thorpe FW< / ><>260.00< / ><>—< / ><>320.00< / ><>240.00< / ><>2.76< / ><>11.99< / ><>82.27< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">金融综合< / >< / > <><>Adbuthnot Banking< / ><>795.00< / ><>-15.00< / ><>1100.00< / ><>765.00< / ><>6.92< / ><>7.29< / ><>74.28< / >< / > < / table>

投资公司

<><>高< / ><>低< / ><>收益率< / >< colspan="3">52周< / ><>收益率< / ><>市盈率< / ><>溢价< / >< / > <>< colspan="9">传统型(不含私募股权)< / >< / > <><>3i Infra< / ><>395.50< / ><>—< / ><>399.50< / ><>325.00< / ><>3.40< / ><>404.02< / ><>-2.59< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Abit GVT< / ><>93.00< / ><>1.25< / ><>96.77< / ><>76.00< / ><>6.56< / ><>102.39< / ><>-11.48< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Ald Smr< / ><>1780.00< / ><>4.00< / ><>1786.00< / ><>1408.07< / ><>2.69< / ><>1980.44< / ><>-10.19< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Aberdeen Asia Foc< / ><>453.00< / ><>3.00< / ><>464.00< / ><>342.00< / ><>1.42< / ><>502.00< / ><>-9.80< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Aberdeen Asian Fund Inc< / ><>318.00< / ><>-1.00< / ><>357.00< / ><>236.00< / ><>5.90< / ><>341.10< / ><>-7.14< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Aberdeen Eq Inc< / ><>462.00< / ><>3.00< / ><>473.00< / ><>355.25< / ><>5.00< / ><>460.52< / ><>1.06< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Aberdeen Sml< / ><>533.00< / ><>4.00< / ><>539.00< / ><>441.50< / ><>2.63< / ><>579.99< / ><>-8.70< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Alliance Witan< / ><>1379.00< / ><>6.00< / ><>1394.00< / ><>1178.00< / ><>2.13< / ><>1445.48< / ><>-4.39< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Allianz Tech< / ><>712.00< / ><>0.00< / ><>764.00< / ><>618.00< / ><>—< / ><>787.00< / ><>-7.76< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Artemia Future Lead< / ><>400.50< / ><>-1.50< / ><>405.00< / ><>321.00< / ><>3.86< / ><>445.16< / ><>-10.76< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Aurora UK< / >

Alpha / 257.00 / -1.00 / 279.00 / 222.00 / 1.83 / 286.55 / -10.59 / -

AVI Japan / 172.50 / -0.50 / 194.00 / 145.50 / 1.28 / 179.61 / -4.07 / - BG China Growth / 306.00 / -1.50 / 331.04 / 277.00 / 0.82 / 337.90 / -8.39 / - BG Euro / 127.50 / 1.00 / 133.00 / 91.40 / 0.56 / 136.37 / -7.72 / - Japan / 1078.00 / 2.00 / 1090.00 / 811.10 / 0.93 / 1182.22 / -9.49 / - Shire / 174.20 / 1.00 / 176.00 / 123.00 / 1.40 / 184.96 / -9.84 / - US Growth / 340.50 / 3.50 / 369.50 / 261.00 / - / 360.10 / -6.56 / - Baillette GOff Ltd / 227.00 / — / 231.00 / 180.12 / 2.73 / 249.91 / -9.07 / - Bankers IT / 151.60 / 0.00 / 154.80 / 121.79 / 1.86 / 165.46 / -8.69 / - Biotech Growth / 1738.00 / -30.00 / 1786.00 / 882.00 / — / 1879.12 / -7.27 / - BkR Amer Snrl / 278.00 / 1.00 / 289.55 / 201.00 / 5.34 / 275.95 / 1.77 / - BkR Energy & Res / 186.00 / -0.50 / 205.00 / 123.00 / 3.12 / 195.36 / -6.61 / - Front / 194.00 / 0.50 / 208.00 / 164.50 / 3.92 / 194.04 / -1.67 / - GEur / 610.00 / -3.00 / 625.00 / 506.95 / 1.17 / 652.93 / -6.61 / - I&G / 234.00 / 3.00 / 240.00 / 200.00 / 3.29 / 261.50 / -11.18 / - Smlr / 276.50 / -0.50 / 288.40 / 230.80 / 2.87 / 317.02 / -11.90 / - World Mining / 1960.00 / -1.00 / 1076.00 / 962.00 / 2.26 / 1092.59 / -2.74 / - Brunswick / 1580.00 / 14.00 / 1588.00 / 1336.00 / 1.71 / 1741.35 / -10.06 / - Caledonia Inv / 397.00 / — / 402.00 / 312.00 / 1.94 / 584.41 / -32.41 / - CanGen CS / 2851.38 / -3.64 / 2857.59 / 2244.38 / 2.31 / 90.75 / -40.02 / - City of Lon / 591.00 / 2.00 / 599.00 / 486.00 / 3.75 / 577.75 / 1.83 / - CCS NariRes / 433.00 / 3.00 / 467.00 / 208.33 / 6.54 / 402.31 / -0.66 / - CS Healthcare / 135.00 / 1.60 / 152.00 / 114.40 / 3.98 / 140.68 / -1.80 / - CT Mgmt / 131.00 / 1.00 / 135.00 / 114.00 / 6.11 / 134.06 / -2.37 / 。

MgtG / 327.00 / 1.00 / 330.00 / 270.00 / — / 338.28 / -3.49 / -

CT CpB / 358.00 / — / 373.00 / 320.00 / 3.76 / 375.57 / -4.55 / - CT UK HIT B / 109.00 / — / 120.00 / 92.00 / 5.47 / 119.54 / -9.89 / - CT UK HIT Ord / 122.00 / 1.00 / 126.00 / 97.00 / 4.89 / 119.89 / -1.64 / - Edwards Int'l Inc / 319.00 / 2.68 / 323.00 / 275.00 / 6.32 / 319.56 / -7.56 / - Edinburgh Inv / 860.00 / 1.00 / 867.00 / 737.60 / 3.72 / 925.35 / -7.06 / - Edinburgh Worldwide / 266.50 / 1.00 / 294.50 / 188.20 / — / 290.56 / -7.95 / - The Euro SmiCo / 242.50 / 2.50 / 247.21 / 193.80 / 5.21 / 265.82 / -9.67 / - F&C Inv Trust / 345.20 / 2.20 / 1332.00 / 325.80 / 1.21 / 375.37 / -8.39 / - Fidelity Asian / 626.00 / 2.00 / 672.00 / 546.09 / 3.27 / 656.53 / -4.24 / - Fidelity China / 364.00 / 1.50 / 339.00 / 241.00 / 3.41 / 356.96 / -4.96 / - Fidelity EmeriMits / 1508.00 / 6.00 / 1574.00 / 842.00 / 1.31 / 1619.44 / -6.08 / - Fidelity Euro / 438.50 / 1.50 / 447.50 / 367.50 / 2.26 / 459.98 / -4.71 / -

Price / + / - / 52 Week / Vol 000s

High / Low / Yld / P / E | Food & Beverages | | | | | | | AEP Plantations / 205.00 / 9.80 / 229.00 / 117.37 / 2.97 / 12.02 / 834.72 Assoc. Bitt Foods / 2932.00 / -12.00 / 2359.00 / 1729.45 / 3.07 / 14.49 / 939.56 BASF / 598.00 / -0.00 / 715.20 / 496.00 / 3.14 / 14.10 / 104.33 Fevera / 145.00 / 4.50 / 149.50 / 114.50 / 1.68 / 6.29 / 15.14 Coca-Cola HBC / 4570.00 / 0.00 / 5195.00 / 3270.00 / 2.25 / 20.62 / 1544.79 Craniotext / 5380.00 / 10.00 / 5810.00 / 4775.00 / 2.09 / 18.22 / 88.47 Diageo / 1709.00 / -1.50 / 1928.00 / 1285.50 / 2.16 / 28.70 / 4347.24 Greencore / 266.80 / 2.00 / 307.50 / 191.10 / 0.97 / 20.21 / 1622.82 Kerry Group / 7362.38 / 108.67 / 7646.35 / 5567.81 / 1.68 / 21.49 / 97.09 Tate & Lyle / 554.00 / -0.50 / 580.00 / 319.40 / 3.57 / 25.18 / 1971.91 Unilever* / 476.00 / 24.00 / 5542.11 / 3644.00 / 3.45 / 12.88 / 7147.30

GN Store Nord< / td><>1102.67< / ><>-1.00< / ><>1429.97< / ><>984.75< / ><>-< / ><>14.18< / ><>513.42< / >< / tr> <><>Smith&Neph< / ><>1062.50< / ><>-10.00< / ><>1441.50< / ><>1046.00< / ><>2.75< / ><>20.00< / ><>3800.36< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">房屋、休闲与个人用品< / >< / > <><>Barratt Redrow< / ><>318.20< / ><>-1.30< / ><>410.29< / ><>235.40< / ><>5.37< / ><>23.40< / ><>3606.14< / >< / > <><>Bellway< / ><>2160.00< / ><>-6.00< / ><>2890.00< / ><>1715.00< / ><>3.33< / ><>16.27< / ><>269.78< / >< / > <><>Berkeley< / ><>3570.00< / ><>28.00< / ><>4442.00< / ><>2796.00< / ><>-< / ><>10.77< / ><>297.46< / >< / > <><>Berberry Group< / ><>1084.00< / ><>12.00< / ><>1376.50< / ><>978.00< / ><>-< / ><>3644.41< / >< / > <><>Cairn Homes< / ><>221.50< / ><>0.50< / ><>238.00< / ><>161.00< / ><>3.86< / ><>12.15< / ><>169.41< / >< / > <><>Games Workshop+< / ><>1942.00< / ><>100.00< / ><>2540.00< / ><>14670.00< / ><>3.12< / ><>29.52< / ><>40.66< / >< / > <><>Harrison (MJ)< / ><>279.00< / ><>7.00< / ><>435.00< / ><>221.00< / ><>3.94< / ><>10.29< / ><>23.20< / >< / > <><>Headlam Group< / ><>10.50< / ><>1.18< / ><>75.40< / ><>4.64< / ><>-0.10< / ><>< / ><>302.85< / >< / > <><>McBride< / ><>206.00< / ><>38.60< / ><>214.10< / ><>106.20< / ><>1.46< / ><>10.56< / ><>2357.53< / >< / > <><>Philips< / ><>1975.86< / ><>-15.05< / ><>2413.42< / ><>1790.38< / ><>3.68< / ><>-46.16< / ><>835.74< / >< / > <><>PZ Cussons< / ><>103.60< / ><>-< / ><>114.00< / ><>65.09< / ><>3.57< / ><>22.04< / ><>605.14< / >< / > <><>Vistry Group< / ><>302.60< / ><>-0.40< / ><>746.40< / ><>220.00< / ><>-< / ><>7.17< / ><>2042.40< / >< / > < / table>

<><>Coats Group< / ><>81.20< / ><>-0.75< / ><>98.10< / ><>73.15< / ><>3.02< / ><>18.65< / ><>6119.82< / >< / > <><>Macfarlane< / ><>77.00< / ><>2.80< / ><>99.00< / ><>59.80< / ><>4.75< / ><>19.30< / ><>797.53< / >< / > <><>Smiths< / ><>2612.00< / ><>-14.00< / ><>2754.18< / ><>2088.00< / ><>1.79< / ><>30.48< / ><>2157.86< / >< / > < / table>

<><>Braemar< / ><>223.50< / ><>-3.50< / ><>260.00< / ><>203.11< / ><>3.13< / ><>30.87< / ><>43.68< / >< / > <><>Fisher (J)< / ><>442.00< / ><>6.00< / ><>554.00< / ><>325.00< / ><>-< / ><>-50.80< / ><>95.75< / >< / >

<><>Admiral Group< / ><>4024.00< / ><>-52.00< / ><>4128.00< / ><>2624.00< / ><>3.56< / ><>16.33< / ><>1352.08< / >< / > <><>Aviva< / ><>730.40< / ><>8.40< / ><>740.60< / ><>590.60< / ><>5.50< / ><>27.15< / ><>7431.55< / >< / > <><>Chesnara< / ><>376.00< / ><>17.00< / ><>376.00< / ><>264.58< / ><>6.11< / ><>-74.46< / ><>2224.16< / >< / > <><>Ecclesiastical Insurance< / ><>139.50< / ><>-0.75< / ><>155.00< / ><>135.00< / ><>6.18< / ><>—< / ><>33.08< / >< / > <><>Hansard Global< / ><>53.00< / ><>1.25< / ><>57.00< / ><>43.20< / ><>8.40< / ><>40.77< / ><>20.05< / >< / > <><>Hiscox< / ><>1842.00< / ><>7.00< / ><>1904.00< / ><>1257.18< / ><>2.11< / ><>13.84< / ><>826.90< / >< / > <><>Lancashire< / >

Hldg / 616.00 / 1.00 / 700.00 / 549.00 / 2.73 / 6.91 / 596.90

Legal & General / 293.40 / 2.20 / 318.10 / 217.20 / 7.47 / 29.37 / 57028.68 Old Mutual / 58.40 / — / 78.80 / 54.00 / 6.95 / 6.47 / 120.12 Prudential / 1018.00 / 4.50 / 1238.00 / 910.20 / 2.01 / 8.96 / 7018.24 Standard Life / 940.00 / 10.50 / 948.50 / 615.00 / 5.89 / -199.57 / 2616.97

Price / + / - Div Chg / 52 Week High / 52 Week Low / Yld / P / E / Vol 000s

BP Marsh / 680.00 / -- / 710.00 / 613.00 / 5.34 / 5.13 / 3.33 Burlington Capital / 302.40 / -2.40 / 1038.00 / 279.80 / 2.95 / 15.00 / 97.09 Dominion Merton Group / 39.00 / -0.60 / 66.00 / 34.53 / 7.69 / 50.00 / 136.61 | Food & Beverages | | | | | | | | Camellia / 5650.00 / -- / 6300.00 / 4800.00 / 4.60 / -30.26 / 0.33 Fevertree Drinks / 853.50 / 0.50 / 973.00 / 711.00 / 2.03 / 45.45 / 237.62 Nichols / 1140.00 / -15.00 / 1240.00 / 880.00 / 3.41 / 19.43 / 82.55 | House, Leisure & Pers Goods | | | | | | | | Churchill / 370.00 / -- / 460.00 / 271.00 / 5.98 / 9.32 / 2.31 Frontier Dev / 429.00 / 13.00 / 588.56 / 382.00 / -- / 10.12 / 87.99 Portmeirion / 53.00 / -- / 138.00 / 47.14 / -- / -1.17 / 16.15 Sanderson Design Grp / 78.00 / 1.00 / 80.00 / 40.00 / 1.92 / 26.17 / 48.37 | Industrial Engineering | | | | | | | | MS Intl / 1695.00 / 5.00 / 1800.00 / 1120.00 / 1.53 / 25.15 / 7.16

Price / + / - Chg / 52 Week High / 52 Week Low / Yld / NAV / Div.($) Prem Fidelity Spec / 473.50 / — / 479.50 / 372.00 / 2.18 / 470.24 / 0.85 Fresbury G&I / 836.00 / 7.00 / 902.00 / 706.25 / 2.42 / 897.40 / -6.61 Foresight Small Co / 193.40 / -0.60 / 198.60 / 162.72 / 1.63 / 183.74 / -4.43 GRT(susp) / 1.25 / — / 1.25 / — / 14.40 / -91.32 Hansa / 334.00 / 2.00 / 346.00 / 250.00 / 1.32 / 545.63 / -37.85 Hansa A / 330.00 / 5.00 / 335.00 / 244.00 / 1.33 / 545.63 / 2.00 Hen FarEs / 264.50 / 3.50 / 281.50 / 229.00 / 9.47 / 255.17 / 4.36 Hen High Inc / 207.00 / -1.00 / 214.00 / 173.25 / 5.37 / 217.31 / -5.50

Smir / 988.00 / — / 998.00 / 109.00 / 2.93 / 1072.20 / -8.28 / < / td>< / tr> Huntington / 295.00 / 15.00 / 326.00 / 226.00 / — / 3344.40 / -10.71 / < / >< / ><><>HICL Infra / 137.40 / 1.20 / 141.00 / 107.20 / 6.19 / 159.46 / -12.56 / < / >< / ><><>Impax Env / 450.50 / 2.50 / 494.76 / 379.00 / 1.13 / 507.15 / -12.27 / < / >< / ><><>IndiBiotech / 1135.00 / -5.00 / 1235.00 / 667.50 / 2.76 / 1201.61 / -6.01 / < / >< / ><><>Intl FP / 140.00 / 1.00 / 145.80 / 115.60 / 6.28 / 150.88 / -7.46 / < / >< / ><><>Inv Asia Dragon Tst / 503.00 / 4.50 / 519.00 / 369.00 / 3.82 / 534.52 / -6.74 / < / >< / ><><>JPM Bond Inc / 171.50 / 0.50 / 178.50 / 150.11 / 7.14 / 168.74 / 1.62 / < / >< / ><><>JPM Amer IT / 1218.00 / -2.00 / 1258.00 / 1041.00 / 0.94 / 1255.70 / -2.81 / < / >< / ><><> Asia G&I / 592.00 / 8.00 / 652.00 / 398.00 / 5.25 / 598.14 / -2.57 / < / >< / ><><> China G&I / 275.00 / 2.00 / 313.00 / 259.50 / 4.93 / 302.42 / -10.69 / < / >< / ><><> Claw / 978.00 / — / 986.00 / 791.74 / 3.73 / 988.57 / -1.37 / < / >< / ><><> Global(susp) / 84.20 / — / 86.60 / 68.00 / — / < / >< / ><><> Emrg EMEA / 239.50 / — / 310.00 / 181.65 / 0.25 / 71.68 / 235.48 / < / >< / ><><> Emrg / 168.00 / 0.80 / 181.20 / 118.40 / 4.48 / 181.05 / -8.24 / < / >< / ><><> Eur Disc / 643.00 / 6.00 / 666.00 / 548.00 / 2.49 / 689.94 / -7.78 / < / >< / ><><> Eur G&I / 147.60 / 0.60 / 153.00 / 124.50 / 3.69 / 149.59 / -1.80 / < / >< / ><><> Em Mk Div / 211.00 / 1.00 / 221.00 / 148.00 / 2.84 / 226.91 / -8.72 / < / >< / ><><> Oil G&I / 820.00 / 4.00 / 641.00 / 529.60 / 4.00 / 622.66 / -0.20 / < / >< / ><><> S&P Mid Cap / 880.00 / -1.00 / 1098.00 / 994.00 / -8.39 / 1098.00 / -8.73 / < / >< / ><><> Japan / 818.00 / 3.00 / 867.00 / 661.00 / 1.06 / 886.43 / -7.66 / < / >< / ><><> UK Sm / 356.50 / 1.50 / 369.00 / 287.92 / 4.19 / 382.59 / -6.59 / < / >< / ><><> US Smrl / 435.00 / -4.00 / 463.00 / 365.00 / 0.74 / 481.14 / -9.31 / < / >< / ><><>Law Deb / 1254.00 / 6.00 / 1298.00 / 977.40 / 2.95 / 1226.94 / -2.61 / < / >< / ><><>Lindallin

Train / 760.00 / — / 778.00 / 536.00 / 5.00 / 7.01 / -19.99

Lindustrial Eur / 198.50 / -0.50 / 191.50 / 165.50 / 3.63 / 203.67 / -6.70 Marwyn Val / 138.00 / — / 138.83 / 137.75 / 6.57 / 258.29 / -46.37 Mercantile / 289.00 / 0.50 / 290.50 / 234.31 / 2.85 / 319.56 / -9.58 Merch, Trust / 684.00 / — / 691.00 / 536.00 / 4.34 / 717.15 / -4.65 Mid Wynd / 800.00 / 4.00 / 804.00 / 682.00 / 1.04 / 815.70 / -2.27 Monka Int'l / 1636.00 / 8.00 / 1664.00 / 1366.00 / 0.06 / 1718.19 / -5.17 Morgan Stanley Eur / 181.00 / — / 189.00 / 169.00 / 0.86 / 186.98 / -6.91 Murray Inc / 1002.00 / 5.00 / 1036.00 / 854.66 / 4.09 / 1069.98 / -6.92 Murray Intl / 372.50 / -1.50 / 376.00 / 293.00 / 3.44 / 367.12 / -1.50 New Star IT / 142.00 / — / 148.00 / 108.00 / 2.50 / 198.87 / -29.35 N. Atl Snrl IT / 420.00 / -5.00 / 434.00 / 329.00 / 1.67 / 634.88 / -33.21 Parc. Horiz. / 1122.00 / -2.00 / 1262.00 / 663.00 / 1.13 / 1234.79 / -11.00 Petrobras Ltd / 556.00 / — / 558.00 / 527.00 / 1.01 / 555.35 / -0.47 Polar Health / 450.00 / -4.50 / 465.50 / 340.00 / 0.49 / 445.66 / 0.79 Polar Finr. / 254.50 / 1.50 / 256.00 / 199.16 / — / 255.82 / -1.67

Price / + Day Chg / 52 Week High / 52 Week Low / Yld / P / E / Vol 000s

| Leisure | | | | | | | | MI Group / 129.80 / 1.80 / 205.00 / 98.50 / 6.46 / 8.65 / 2506.94 WPP+ / - Autotrex Grp+ / 528.00 / -8.20 / 828.80 / 418.60 / 2.20 / 15.45 / 3676.57 Informa+ / 901.40 / 10.20 / 1000.00 / 719.00 / 2.49 / -- / 5574.38 ITV / 71.00 / -0.35 / 87.35 / 65.70 / 7.04 / 12.03 / 9410.07 Pearson+ / 1233.50 / 4.00 / 1337.00 / 674.80 / 2.08 / 24.00 / 2751.88 Reck+ / 42.90 / 0.15 / 73.70 / 40.10 / 13.75 / -1.02 / 490.99 Rolls7-8 / 2072.00 / -1.00 / 3575.00 / 1991.00 / 2.58 / 23.72 / 7916.09 Rightmove / 510.20 / -3.40 / 767.00 / 391.40 / 2.11 / 18.16 / 3074.05 STV Group / 112.00 / 2.50 / 129.50 / 95.60 / -- / -10.37 / 5.00 WPP / 382.60 / -1.70 / 412.60 / 218.50 / 3.92 / 7.61 / 4756.64

Rio Tinto** / 7674.00 / -14.00 / 9117.00 / 4528.00 / 4.46 / 16.97 / 2984.60

BP●●< / td><>514.50< / ><>-0.90< / ><>609.40< / ><>399.35< / ><>4.81< / ><>-< / ><>64928.09< / >< / tr> <><>Capricom< / ><>343.00< / ><>-< / ><>384.00< / ><>181.80< / ><>-< / ><>16.63< / ><>24.99< / >< / > <><>ExxonMobil Hldgs●< / ><>11516.40< / ><>-< / ><>11589.40< / ><>11442.00< / ><>2.64< / ><>-< / >< / > <><>GeoPark●< / ><>723.41< / ><>-< / ><>738.89< / ><>716.78< / ><>0.94< / ><>11.98< / ><>-< / >< / > <><>Hellenic Energy< / ><>1324.37< / ><>-< / ><>1326.94< / ><>1295.27< / ><>3.88< / ><>5.32< / ><>338.48< / >< / > <><>Imperial Oil C$< / ><>9648.42< / ><>-84.14< / ><>10397.16< / ><>6229.98< / ><>1.91< / ><>-< / ><>218.22< / >< / > <><>TC Energy Corp< / ><>4554.89< / ><>-< / ><>4585.14< / ><>4538.43< / ><>4.09< / ><>-24.73< / ><>827.15< / >< / > < / table>

<><>AstraZeneca●< / ><>11970.00< / ><>-144.00< / ><>15732.00< / ><>9892.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>24.62< / ><>3627.82< / >< / > <><>Chemical Works< / ><>3160.69< / ><>-< / ><>3160.69< / ><>3105.90< / ><>4.86< / ><>16.14< / ><>0.34< / >< / > <><>GlaxoSmKline●< / ><>1853.50< / ><>1.50< / ><>2282.00< / ><>1440.29< / ><>3.78< / ><>13.14< / ><>7790.23< / >< / > <><>Hikma Pharm●< / ><>1616.00< / ><>-12.00< / ><>1865.00< / ><>1187.00< / ><>3.92< / ><>12.05< / ><>444.44< / >< / > < / table>

<>< colspan="8">REITs< / >< / > <><>British Land< / ><>426.20< / ><>-1.40< / ><>451.60< / ><>318.60< / ><>5.42< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Derwent London< / ><>2048.00< / ><>-2.00< / ><>2196.00< / ><>1469.33< / ><>4.00< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Great Portland Est< / ><>337.60< / ><>-3.00< / ><>377.00< / ><>270.00< / ><>2.43< / ><>—< / ><>0.00< / >< / > <><>Land Securities< / ><>686.50< / ><>—< / ><>726.00< / ><>522.50< / ><>6.00< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>LondonMetric Prop< / ><>189.00< / ><>-0.40< / ><>216.20< / ><>175.30< / ><>6.64< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Primary Health Prop< / ><>95.55< / ><>-0.45< / ><>109.60< / ><>87.40< / ><>7.64< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Segro< / ><>961.20< / ><>-2.80< / ><>997.40< / ><>603.00< / ><>3.28< / ><>—< / >< / > <><>Shaftenbury Capital*< / ><>147.20< / ><>-0.70< / ><>155.10< / ><>124.10< / ><>2.92< / ><>7.87< / ><>2702.88< / >< / > <><>Tritax Big Bex< / ><>157.40< / ><>-1.60< / ><>175.00< / ><>132.20< / ><>5.24< / ><>—< / >< / >

<><>Grainger< / ><>173.70< / ><>0.60< / ><>202.79< / ><>149.44< / ><>4.84< / ><>6.34< / ><>4126.84< / >< / > <><>Harworth Group< / ><>176.80< / ><>-3.20< / ><>185.00< / ><>116.80< / ><>1.00< / ><>60.97< / ><>211.86< / >< / > <><>Helical< / ><>200.00< / ><>-< / ><>236.25< / ><>180.60< / ><>1.31< / ><>41.41< / ><>61.00< / >< / > <><>Mountview Estates< / ><>8750.00< / ><>-< / ><>10200.00< / ><>8350.00< / ><>6.00< / ><>16.76< / ><>0.01< / >< / > <><>Savills*< / ><>1070.00< / ><>20.00< / ><>1142.00< / ><>791.46< / ><>2.20< / ><>20.58< / ><>863.63< / >< / > <><>Sirius Real Estate< / ><>98.00< / ><>1.35< / ><>113.00< / ><>86.80< / ><>5.59< / ><>7.55< / ><>2471.82< / >< / > <><>Smart (J)< / ><>115.00< / ><>-< / ><>140.00< / ><>106.00< / ><>2.83< / ><>8.80< / ><>-< / >< / >

< / td>< rowspan="2">价格< / >< ="2">日涨跌< / >< colspan="2">52周< / >< ="2">收益率< / >< ="2">市盈率< / >< ="2">成交量(千)< / >< / tr> <><>最高< / ><>最低< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">媒体< / >< / > <><>Mission Group< / ><>21.00< / ><>—< / ><>27.00< / ><>12.00< / ><>—< / ><>—0.99< / ><>10.06< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">矿业< / >< / > <><>Central Asia Metals< / ><>178.00< / ><>3.60< / ><>244.00< / ><>125.27< / ><>8.71< / ><>—5.68< / ><>2485.72< / >< / > <><>Crim Therapeutics< / ><>11.50< / ><>—< / ><>18.50< / ><>8.00< / ><>—< / ><>—2.25< / ><>65.15< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">石油与天然气< / >< / > <><>BoStarPet< / ><>12.00< / ><>—0.40< / ><>14.00< / ><>7.60< / ><>—< / ><>—101.81< / ><>2940.08< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">制药与生物科技< / >< / > <><>Sareum Holdings< / ><>33.50< / ><>—1.50< / ><>40.00< / ><>9.50< / ><>—< / ><>—13.96< / ><>398.19< / >< / > <>< colspan="8">零售商< / >< / > <><>Boohoo Group< / ><>20.70< / ><>—0.95< / ><>29.50< / ><>10.30< / ><>—< / ><>—2.67< / ><>3054.70< / >< / > <><>CVS Group< / ><>1322.00< / ><>24.00< / ><>1648.00< / ><>1062.00< / ><>0.64< / ><>17.94< / ><>213.65< / >< / > < / table>

<>< ="2">< / >< ="2">价格< / >< ="2">涨跌< / >< colspan="3">52周< / >< ="2">收益率< / >< ="2">市盈率< / >< ="2">成交量(千)< / >< / > <><>最高< / ><>最低< / ><>< / >< / > <>< colspan="9">零售商< / >< / > <><>Caffynix< / ><>500.00< / ><>—< / ><>550.00< / ><>350.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>—12.29< / ><>3.01< / ><>< / >< / > <><>Dunelm Group< / ><>870.00< / ><>—4.00< / ><>1246.00< / ><>707.00< / ><>8.05< / ><>11.27< / ><>799.46< / ><>< / >< / > <><>Halfords Group< / ><>273.50< / ><>6.50< / ><>276.10< / ><>123.80< / ><>3.29< / ><>17.99< / ><>953.70< / ><>< / >< / > <><>Inchapsil< / ><>849.50< / ><>12.00< / ><>895.00< / ><>640.50< / ><>3.96< / ><>11.72< / ><>842.25< / ><>< / >< / > <><>JD Sports< / ><>86.70< / ><>0.26< / ><>106.18< / ><>63.98< / ><>1.38< / ><>10.05< / ><>18142.69< / ><>< / >< / > <><>Kingfisher< / ><>315.50< / ><>—2.60< / ><>372.30< / ><>240.30< / ><>3.93< / ><>22.54< / ><>6040.93< / ><>< / >< / > <><>Marks & Spencer< / ><>394.80< / ><>3.40< / ><>418.33< / ><>301.10< / ><>1.08< / ><>31.09< / ><>9251.44< / ><>< / >< / > <><>Saga< / ><>679.00< / ><>—8.00< / ><>747.00< / ><>192.80< / ><>—< / ><>247.52< / ><>< / >< / > <><>Sainsbury< / ><>333.60< / ><>1.50< / ><>380.30< / ><>292.27< / ><>4.11< / ><>19.28< / ><>13860.04< / ><>< / >< / > <><>Tesco< / ><>457.30< / ><>2.30< / ><>510.40< / ><>411.70< / ><>3.17< / ><>16.63< / ><>35886.55< / >< / > < / table>

<>< ="2">< / >< ="2">价格< / >< ="2">日资本化涨跌< / >< colspan="3">52周< / >< ="2">收益率< / >< ="2">净资产值< / >< ="2">股息率-溢价< / >< / > <><>最高< / ><>最低< / ><>收益率< / >< / > <><>Polar Tech.< / ><>658.00< / ><>2.50< / ><>743.50< / ><>385.83< / ><>—< / ><>714.11< / ><>—8.21< / >< / > <><>Rights & Iss IT< / ><>2488.00< / ><>20.00< / ><>2528.00< / ><>1905.13< / ><>1.82< / ><>2916.48< / ><>—15.07< / >< / > <><>S&P Cap.< / ><>2955.00< / ><>—< / ><>2945.00< / ><>2022.00< / ><>1.75< / ><>3190.60< / ><>—17.42< / >< / > <><>Buffalo Int'l.< / ><>299.50< / ><>1.00< / ><>317.00< / ><>281.28< / ><>2.07< / ><>317.40< / ><>—4.88< / >< / > <><>Schl.< / ><>2< / ><>—< / ><>3< / ><>9< / ><>500.00< / ><>550.00< / ><>350.00< / >< / >

AsiaPlc< / td> 842.00< / ><>-2.00< / ><>892.00< / ><>608.00< / ><>1.54< / ><>926.51< / ><>-9.90< / ><>< / >< / tr> <>Schl. AsiaTotal< / ><>712.00< / ><>7.00< / ><>738.00< / ><>492.00< / ><>1.62< / ><>733.22< / ><>-4.39< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Schroder Inc< / ><>376.00< / ><>---< / ><>380.00< / ><>311.90< / ><>3.91< / ><>395.41< / ><>-4.95< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Schl. Japan< / ><>387.00< / ><>1.00< / ><>401.00< / ><>276.00< / ><>3.13< / ><>417.13< / ><>-7.30< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Schl Orient.< / ><>459.00< / ><>1.00< / ><>466.00< / ><>303.00< / ><>2.88< / ><>468.86< / ><>-2.28< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Schl UK Mid< / ><>782.00< / ><>-2.00< / ><>798.00< / ><>652.00< / ><>2.85< / ><>825.59< / ><>-6.64< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Schl

American< / ><>585.00< / ><>-2.00< / ><>572.00< / ><>439.00< / ><>2.98< / ><>683.96< / ><>-7.17< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Scot Mortgage< / ><>1492.50< / ><>14.00< / ><>1563.00< / ><>1015.74< / ><>3.01< / ><>1812.53< / ><>-8.47< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Scot Oriental< / ><>273.00< / ><>-2.50< / ><>305.00< / ><>240.00< / ><>1.25< / ><>302.33< / ><>-9.79< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Strategic Eq.< / ><>358.00< / ><>-3.00< / ><>415.00< / ><>330.00< / ><>1.19< / ><>392.65< / ><>-8.17< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Temple

Bar< / ><>420.50< / ><>2.00< / ><>429.50< / ><>334.00< / ><>3.71< / ><>414.85< / ><>0.89< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Tetragon< / ><>1035.03< / ><>37.42< / ><>1446.64< / ><>892.96< / ><>3.35< / ><>< / >< / ><><>TRIG< / ><>76.90< / ><>0.50< / ><>80.50< / ><>63.20< / ><>9.62< / ><>100.51< / ><>-23.77< / ><>< / >< / ><><>UBS< / ><>204.00< / ><>---< / ><>204.00< / ><>3.92< / ><>282.29< / ><>-29.35< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Ultico EmeMtrs< / ><>279.00< / ><>---< / ><>302.00< / ><>243.00< / ><>3.47< / ><>309.22< / ><>-9.91< / ><>< / >< / ><><>VEI< / ><>740.00< / ><>1.00< / ><>865.00< / ><>682.00< / ><>---< / ><>843.44< / ><>-14.42< / ><>< / >< / ><><>Worldwide

Hlth< / ><>389.50< / ><>-3.50< / ><>401.50< / ><>320.00< / ><>0.62< / ><>420.59< / ><>-6.91< / ><>< / >< / table>

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AEW UK REIT / 106.00 / 1.00 / 113.20 / 95.90 / 7.55 / 105.99 / 0.42

TR Prop / 305.00 / -1.50 / 364.50 / 291.00 / 5.28 / 340.86 / -10.11 | VCTs | | | | | | | | Bmd 2nd VT / 44.40 / — / 54.00 / 39.50 / 9.01 / 46.70 / -4.50 Nthn 2 VCT / 53.00 / — / 56.50 / 47.00 / 5.66 / 55.40 / -4.33 Nthn 3 VCT / 82.00 / — / 86.50 / 79.50 / 5.49 / 86.00 / -4.65 Nthn Venture / 56.00 / — / 59.50 / 53.00 / 5.54 / 58.60 / -4.44

| 科技 - 软件与服务 | | | | | | | |

Computacenter / 5670.00 / 45.00 / 5685.00 / 2234.00 / 1.32 / 38.70 / 204.41 NCC Group / 145.00 / 0.80 / 161.60 / 107.20 / 3.21 / 25.89 / 1142.48 The Sage Grp / 1092.00 / -11.50 / 1181.00 / 771.66 / 2.06 / 28.93 / 10625.60 Triad Group* / 410.00 / — / 430.00 / 236.00 / 2.20 / 41.33 / 2.78

Aberforth GV / 117.50 / — / 120.18 / 109.50 / — / 115.73 / 1.55

Airtel Africa / 332.80 / -7.20 / 436.20 / 212.08 / 1.57 / 24.29 / 6296.94 BT Group / 205.30 / -0.90 / 242.09 / 173.00 / 4.05 / 18.66 / 18524.41 Telecom Plus / 875.00 / 12.00 / 1914.00 / 638.00 / 5.71 / 8.65 / 279.08 Vodafone / 118.45 / 1.35 / 131.10 / 83.40 / 3.35 / -83.86 / 64070.46

Brit Amer Tobacco / 4129.00 / -23.00 / 5326.00 / 3677.00 / 5.93 / 11.76 / 3595.18 Imperial Brands+ / 2527.00 / 4.00 / 3632.04 / 2476.00 / 6.60 / 10.06 / 4057.01

easyJet / 674.00 / -0.60 / 683.80 / 332.60 / 1.96 / 10.24 / 2355.06 FirstGroup / 179.00 / 1.00 / 227.80 / 152.10 / 4.02 / 8.36 / 1738.38 Fullters 'A' / 752.00 / -2.00 / 776.00 / 550.00 / 2.82 / 19.17 / 63.31 IntConti Hotels+ / 11982.00 / -11.37 / 13305.06 / 8618.00 / 1.17 / 33.13 / 1528.81 Intl Cons Air / 438.20 / 1.30 / 492.90 / 332.70 / 1.55 / 7.18 / 14172.49 Whitbread / 2459.00 / -13.00 / 3302.00 / 2098.00 / 3.94 / 19.94 / 661.65

Drax Group / 775.00 / 8.00 / 937.50 / 613.90 / 3.91 / 37.44 / 1363.14

National Grid■ / 1170.00 / 10.00 / 1428.50 / 1000.00 / 4.14 / 17.86 / 14591.71 Pennon● / 479.00 / 4.60 / 606.00 / 439.40 / 6.11 / 24.69 / 1728.38 Severn Trent / 3146.00 / 46.00 / 3335.00 / 2381.00 / 4.01 / 25.47 / 2111.29 SSE● / 2449.00 / 68.00 / 2767.50 / 1597.00 / 2.81 / 23.21 / 3046.44

52 Week / Vol000s

Price+ / - / Dly Chg / High / Low / Yld / P / E | Support Services | | | | | | | | Christie / 162.50 / 10.00 / 165.00 / 90.00 / 2.15 / 31.99 / 40.09 LonSec / 3650.00 / — / 3800.00 / 2100.00 / 2.66 / 18.81 / — NWF / 153.00 / — / 187.50 / 110.00 / 5.69 / 8.23 / 23.60 Petards / 10.00 / — / 12.50 / 7.00 / — / -14.93 / 0.35 Renew / 977.00 / 15.00 / 984.70 / 772.00 / 2.08 / 15.84 / 367.65 | Tech - Software & Services | | | | | | | |

Oxford Metrics / 39.00 / -1.40 / 60.40 / 37.50 / 8.33 / -70.91 / 139.50 | Travel & Leisure | | | | | | | | Gaming Realms / 29.50 / -0.50 / 52.00 / 29.00 / — / 14.53 / 667.35 Jet2 / 1528.00 / — / 1651.78 / 980.00 / 1.11 / 7.23 / 289.19

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廉价食品时代终结的影响远超杂货店

尽管多年来物价上涨和巧克力棒缩水让人感觉食品仍不便宜,但在大多数发达国家,食品仍相对廉价。官方数据显示,食品仅占英国家庭平均每周支出的10%,且数十年来呈下降趋势。但全球多地农民正面临压力。如果廉价食品时代终结,将会发生什么?

北半球今夏极端天气已预示气候变化可能带来的影响:欧洲大陆数以万公顷的农田陷入野火。

接下来,一组科学家与欧洲央行经济学家的研究估计,到2035年,气候相关冲击可能令全球年度食品通胀率上升0.9至3.2个百分点。这将令整体通胀率上升0.3至1.2个百分点。

除气候因素外,美国农民预测,战争推高燃料和化肥价格,将导致40年来最严重的衰退。再加上劳动力成本上升、人口增长和盈利能力疲软,农民难以投资未来。瑞银分析师认为,全球食品通胀率将“结构性”高于历史平均水平约2.5%。

瑞银研究指出,这一变化可能影响超过100家上市集团:对瑞典阿法拉伐等供应乳制品设备的公司有利,对Next和雅高等零售商和酒店集团则不利,因消费者可能削减可自由支配开支以应对更高食品价格。

云端新贵如何放大AI生态系统中的风险

AI基础设施的稀缺使得新兴公司需求激增。其中就包括Nscale,该公司上周与Anthropic签署了一份为期六年的租赁协议,价值约450亿美元。这家总部位于伦敦的初创公司计划最早于下个月上市。

在上一轮融资后,Nscale的估值为146亿美元(投后估值)。其董事会成员包括Meta Platforms的元老级人物——前Facebook首席运营官谢丽尔·桑德伯格,以及曾任英国副首相、负责全球事务的尼克·克莱格。

同行表现同样令人鼓舞。美国CoreWeave公司的订单积压超过1000亿美元,自去年上市以来股价已翻倍。

当然,风险在于AI基础设施需求的预测可能过于乐观,或高昂价格将吸引其他玩家入局。

当这一时刻到来时,局面将变得一团糟。云端新贵将循环性推至新高度:芯片制造商如英伟达既是供应商、投资者,又是担保方。正如2000年互联网泡沫破裂所显示的供应商融资风险,由于资金来自那些自身利益与产能建设挂钩的参与者,最终往往会出现产能过剩。

另一个潜在风险点在于,云端新贵与大型AI公司签订长期租赁合同,期限可能超过10年。但对于自身成本如何演变,他们却鲜有清晰的展望。

到那时,英伟达曾经的顶尖芯片可能会像老式诺基亚手机一样过时。云端新贵对此不以为然,认为未来一代AI初创公司可能满足于更旧的处理能力。

但终止条款显示,客户或许并不认同这一观点。尽管合同各异,但据SpaceX招股说明书披露,今年5月Anthropic与xAI达成的协议中,每吉瓦年费用高达近380亿美元,任一方仅需提前90天通知即可终止合同。

从积极的一面看,这个行业已证明其达尔文式的适应能力。Nscale和Ionic Digital的前身曾利用电力和计算资源进行加密货币挖矿。

若有朝一日再次转型——但愿不会如此——这些经验或许能助其东山再起。

高端拿铁咖啡的兴起掀起一场小型投资热潮

本周英伟达的财报提醒人们,人工智能已催生出一项利润丰厚的贸易——为生产AI所需的设备供货。AI芯片或许自成一派,但在咖啡市场,高端平白咖啡(flat white)也在掀起类似的热潮。

饮品商贩们正做得风生水起。美国连锁咖啡品牌Blank Street本周从投资者处筹集了$75mn,用于扩张至富裕的加州社区。其最新公开账目显示,Blank Street在2024年的英国收入增长了3倍。同类精品连锁WatchHouse在截至2025年7月的年度内营收增长了50%。这些高端咖啡师正在蚕食星巴克、Caffè Nero和可口可乐旗下的Costa Coffee的市场份额——餐厅数据提供商Meaningful Vision数据显示,后者的客流量占比在五年间下降了逾10个百分点。

高端咖啡店的受益者不仅限于零售商。意式咖啡机制造商De'Longhi第二季度收入按固定汇率计算增长9%,但其专业业务(包括Blank Street门店中使用的全自动咖啡机)增速几乎是其四倍。再上游则是咖啡豆本身,消费者越来越倾向于选择咖啡豆而非胶囊。

对精品咖啡的热情还蔓延至家用电器领域。Breville在截至6月的财年内,其咖啡业务营收增长了两位数,超过了该澳大利亚集团的整体增速,得益于新推出的高端咖啡机及其浓缩咖啡机Barista Express的持久吸引力。

新入局者包括生产吹风机、吸尘器和搅拌机的SharkNinja,该公司十年来一直在销售咖啡机,但近期加大了对豆磨咖啡机的推广力度。NielsenIQ估计,其咖啡机及咖啡壶业务在截至8月初的年度内增长了88%,而该公司整体业务仅增长19%。

将这一现象与AI贸易相提并论或许有些夸张。英伟达的估值为$5.5tn。不过,AI仍是新兴事物,其长期轨迹尚不明朗。而咖啡生意至少已有五个世纪的历史。此外,一旦喝过正宗的平白咖啡,你很难再回头。

凯蒂·马丁 长期视角

用普通人的话来说,“金融压制”这个听起来很宏大的术语,有时可以理解为把枪顶在某人脑袋上,强迫他们购买你的债券。这并不是字面意思。

然而,就在一周前,唐纳德·特朗普暗示的正是这种做法。当被问及斯科特·贝森特最近为支持美国政府债券市场所做的努力时,这位总统随意地表示,财政部长扩大的回购计划是“一种干预”,而“终极干预是我们的军事力量。如果我们必须使用它,我们就会使用”。

分析师和投资者似乎愿意放任这一耸人听闻的言论——若换作其他任何国家的总统,这种言论几乎难以想象。

下次有人告诉你美国的“过度特权”已死,或其作为全球首要安全资产和主要储备货币保护者的角色是一种负担时,请记住这一点。正如其现任总统一般,美国在金融市场上为所欲为,而其他任何国家都无法做到这一点。

但通过胁迫、监管或其他手段,强行将美国政府债券塞给不情愿的投资者的想法,正越来越受到认真对待。这是与债券市场开战的一种方式。

其他债券推高策略正在苦苦挣扎。最巧妙的或许是采用欧洲央行行长马里奥·德拉吉在2012年使用的策略。他仅通过声明将“不惜一切代价”实现目标,便成功在债务危机中将借贷成本拉回。

即便如此,例如在法国,借贷成本仍远低于其本应达到的水平,这要归功于——并非实际行动,仅仅是威胁——在危机中强行压低成本的可能性。但这需要坚如磐石的信誉,而美国目前恰恰缺乏这种信誉。

赢得债券战的最持久方式,是通过修复从根本上导致债务问题的经济力量来解决问题。例如在土耳其,这意味着让央行不顾该国总统的强烈抗议,大幅提高利率。对美国而言,则需要大幅削减政府支出,或大幅提高税收,或两者兼具,以应对席卷全球债务市场的真正根本性风暴。

所有主要借款国都感受到了

全球金融体制若朝此方向发展将是深刻转变

从日本到英国和美国,这种痛苦无处不在。政府在税收与支出之间的巨额缺口并非新鲜事。但市场总是相安无事,直到不再如此——眼下情况正开始变得不妙。然而,几乎没有人预期主要责任方会为此进行适当调整。

眼下,美国得以暂时避免在债券战争中面临军事干预风险,原因在于另一项有利资源:运气。通胀作为债券市场的传统大敌,在这一最新事件中并非主要担忧,但油价近期下跌确实为债务市场带来些许喘息空间。自财政部宣布国有购买长期债务以来,收益率已在高位趋于稳定。

"The primary preoccupation henceforth stands to be financing government expenditure, and with monetary policy being subordinated to this need," warned David Skilling and John Llewellyn of Independent Economics in a note last week.

“Monetary policy support will likely involve financial repression, with lower real interest rates for the US (and others) as yields are capped in various ways and ownership of Treasuries is required or incentivised . . . The US will use economic and geopolitical pressure to attract capital, in increasingly aggressive ways. These capital wars stand to be markedly more consequential than the recent trade wars.”

Any serious moves in this direction would mark a profound shift in the global financial regime. Yet it is already a sufficiently live possibility that money managers are starting to advise clients on what to do if it happens. “Initiatives that result in financial repression and yields being brought down artificially should be favourable for equities, while gold would be another beneficiary,” was the breezy assessment of UBS Wealth Management in a note this week.

海洋温度在2024年创下新高,太平洋厄尔尼诺现象加强

海表温度异常值*(摄氏度)

数据来源:C3S / ECMWF *与1991-2020年长期平均值对比

根据欧洲地球观测机构哥白尼气候变化服务局(C3S)本周发布的数据,全球平均海表温度已达到有记录以来的最高水平。

该记录已在8月22日得到确认,温度为21.1℃,超过此前2024年3月创下的水平。

这一记录的时间点尤为引人注目。全球海洋热量通常在3月和4月达到峰值,紧随南半球夏季之后,但这一记录却是在8月达到。

目前,热带太平洋正在形成加强的厄尔尼诺现象,为一个已因人为气候变化而多年升温的海洋进一步增添热量。

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牧羊人的哀叹

在坎布里亚山区的高地上,黎明时分的“赶羊”活动变成了一场与不断上升的气温赛跑的挑战。詹姆斯·雷班克斯(James Rebanks)讲述了古老的农耕实践如何不得不适应英国日益严酷的夏季

前一晚组织我们“赶羊”的老牧羊人打来电话,说我们必须在凌晨4点出发。

“我会去的。”我说道。

每年7月,山地和荒原的绵羊都会下山到农场接受剪毛。即使在正常天气下,这也是对半打左右的牧羊人和约20只狗的艰苦工作。在30摄氏度的高温下,没有哪只牧羊犬能连续工作超过一个小时,它们要在成百上千只绵羊身后来回奔跑。我们必须在黑暗中徒步登上山丘,并在日出前开始使用牧羊犬。

我14岁的儿子已经到了觉得上学毫无意义的年纪。他可怜巴巴地望着我。

“那就睡觉去吧……把闹钟定在3点30分。”

他没等母亲出来干预并破坏他的计划,就一溜烟跑上楼去了。几小时后,他正在厨房等我。

我们驾驶四轮摩托车沿着山谷前行,浓雾弥漫,让人悲观地认为在这种能见度下根本无法完成工作。但当我们到达山脚的栅栏时,我们已穿过浓雾,脚下是一片云层倒置的景象,向东延伸至奔宁山脉。我们身后是浩瀚无垠的灰色云海,其中升起一座座黑色的岛屿——山峰和丘陵,色泽如石墨。在我们脚下几块田地处,云层似乎像巨大的瀑布般流过低矮的山脊。

赶羊是一项奇特的工作。每个人都有自己的职责和固定位置,以确保绵羊被集中起来并赶下山。这是一项古老的社区工作——有10群绵羊在山上——因此无论我们是否喜欢彼此,都必须协同合作。

一些牧羊人来自我们坎布里亚山谷周围的其他农场,他们爬上山坡到达指定位置,但我们大多数人要么步行,要么搭乘仅有的两辆四轮摩托车穿过山中较平缓的部分。不到一小时,我们就开始清理母羊和羊羔。一条由男人、女人和狗组成的巨大间断绳索在山上延伸一英里或更远。狗儿们奔跑吠叫,牧羊人偶尔大喊“回来”或“走开”。一个人呼唤他那只消失在峡谷中的狗:“本,本……本。”绵羊们惊慌地抬起头,呼唤羊羔并四散而去。很快,一两只绵羊变成五六只,最终小股的绵羊流穿过石南花丛。

太阳升起——一个巨大的火红球体,将云层照亮,如同文艺复兴绘画中上帝作为世界之光的景象,万物都转向祂的注视。

这个夏天很奇怪。这是连续第二个,也是五年内第三个。在此之前的十年里只有一场严重干旱。我们正逐渐习惯看到我们的景观干旱枯竭。对于我的儿子以撒来说,这很正常,但我是20世纪70年代和80年代的人。

我成长过程中听过关于过去传奇干旱夏季的神话——1976年及其他。但我们现在有了值得炫耀的资本,因为今年夏天更糟。英国气象局表示,这是自1836年以来英格兰和威尔士7月最干旱的时期。

上个月英格兰几乎滴雨未下。记录显示,1976年英格兰西南部许多地方连续45天无雨。而今年夏天,几个气象站的无雨天数超过了50天,萨里郡的一些地方甚至超过了60天。

酷暑

天气异常炎热,而且是极其炎热。5月、6月、7月,现在连8月都在打破温度纪录。到7月15日,超过30摄氏度的天数已经超过了1976年整个夏天的总和。

没有人曾经历过这样的天气,至少在现代历史上没有。它正在改变我们的耕作方式。

人们可以听到男人们大声呼喊、吹口哨指挥狗,我们每个人都开始判断自己的位置是否正确,或者是否过于积极以至于开始削弱队形,让狡猾的老母羊从我们之间溜走。

两个比我更年轻(也更优秀)的牧羊人带着他们的技能娴熟的牧羊犬向更高处进发,清理出远处聚集区的一大片区域,而我的工作一直是保护他们身后的缺口,防止羊只逃脱。当他们有一群羊从悬崖中出来时,我就用我的狗将羊群沿着山路赶下去。

交流的言语很少。

多年来,你学会了自己的角色——在与他人相对的位置,以及在羊群以某种方式移动时该做什么。

我能从小伙子们的声音中听出他们正在与时间赛跑,或者更准确地说,是在与令人担忧的烈日赛跑。他们对狗的指令简短而带有焦虑。我们必须完成这项工作并离开。我们还有一个小时左右的时间来将羊群聚集起来,让它们在天气变得太热之前赶回家。

我接过他们在高处聚集的羊群,沿着泥炭沼泽地——这片起伏的泥炭沼泽地是我们的公共用地的一部分——将羊群赶回。这个地方通常是湿润的——到处都是水洼,深到你可以陷到胸口,或者让四轮摩托车陷住,但现在已经干涸了。

一只红狐狸从百码外的石南丛中跃起,飞快地跑过荒原。我看向我的狗Tig,看它是否想追赶,但它几乎没有竖起颈背毛。

这是前所未有的局面,至少在现代历史上如此。它正在改变我们耕作的方式

没过多久,我便重新加入了我儿子的行列,他一直在下方半英里处拦截我。他之前几乎没有聚集过那么多次,此刻看起来既野性又兴奋——年轻人在意识到生活可能无比辉煌、男人或许能在这些地方获得自由时,就会露出这样的神情。我担心学校再也无法长久地束缚他——相比起山脉与蓝天的自由,书本和教室又算得了什么?

在我们所站之处的西边,能听到口哨声和呼喊声,因为上面的两个小伙子正在清理“狼岩”,他们放下猎犬,沿着悬崖上的草地羊肠小道,将顽固的野母羊和羔羊赶下山。太阳的热度令人不安。大多数在下方家中的人此时正在享用早餐。

一位牧羊人在悬崖顶上现出剪影,脚边跟着一条狗,他倚着手杖,俯视着下方。

曾经松散的牧羊人队伍已然收拢,我们能看到彼此,数百只羊正在远去

人工智能能否复兴社会主义梦想?

在关于未来人工智能将为我们带来何种变革的所有猜想中,有一点似乎已达成共识。人们普遍认为,如果人工智能将改变我们的经济体系,那么它将以“更多相同”的形式实现——即更强化的资本主义。从你的角度出发,这可能是好事(生产力提升),也可能是坏事(赢家通吃式的剥削加剧),但大多数争论都集中在需要何种补救措施、再分配或监管来应对。

但这会不会是想象力的失败?当我们以被称为“社会主义计算争论”的百年旧争议为背景,审视我们正经历的技术飞跃时,一个截然不同的可能性浮现出来。如果人工智能兑现其部分承诺,它可能预示的不是当代资本主义的强化版本,而是一条“回到未来”的轨迹:它可能成为20世纪许多人梦寐以求的社会主义计划经济的助手——而这种经济在当时几乎完全不切实际,直到现在。

1989年标志着资本主义在政治上战胜了社会主义。但在技术和知识层面,这场战斗早已尘埃落定。

想象一台超级人工智能,能够访问我们允许设备记录的所有数据……它必然会让哈耶克的观点相形见绌

哈耶克的观点在今天大多被遗忘,但在两次世界大战之间的经济思想家中,其争论最为激烈。这场争论并非关乎哪种社会制度更公正、更平等或更自由,而是更基础的问题:哪种制度更高效?无约束的市场还是政府指令能够更合理地分配社会经济资源?

人工智能有潜力重新点燃并颠覆这场持续一个世纪的关于中央经济计划的辩论。在资本主义倡导者中,有奥地利学派的泰斗,如路德维希·冯·米塞斯和弗里德里希·冯·哈耶克。与他们针锋相对的,最著名的有波兰经济学家兼外交家奥斯卡·兰格,以及才华横溢但行为古怪的英裔美国经济理论家阿巴·勒纳。后两位均认为,国家计划能够与(甚至优于)市场分配资源,并展示了如何在古典经济学框架内实现这一点。

从19世纪晚期开始,理论家们就阐明了通过可调整价格这一机制,自由市场如何能够收敛于共同价格并实现资源的高效稳定分配,开创了对亚当·斯密“看不见的手”的数学建模。然而,支持计划经济的思想家们利用这些理论证明,集中机构能够模仿——并进一步改善——市场的效果。(例如,有一种构想是发布草案生产计划,并允许国有企业管理者在中央给定的价格下对供应和产出数量进行投标——然后调整计划直至所有投标与计划制定者的目标相匹配。)

但要在实践中实现这一点,中央计划者需要从经济的每个角落获取海量信息。这正是哈耶克1945年发表于《社会中的知识使用》一文的核心洞见,该文奠定了此后半个世纪的基调。哈耶克的天才之处在于,他不仅将市场价格视为平衡供需的工具,更视其为信息的载体。要想良好分配资源,所需的知识——即谁需要什么、谁能在何种条件下提供什么——是如此本地化且分散,以至于任何中央计划者都无法收集齐全。但哈耶克认为,市场价格以单一数字传递的正是本地决策所需的信息,从而匹配整体有效的市场分配。而这些信息大多仅存于人们的头脑中,无法以集中化、可传播的形式存在。

直到上世纪末,这一论点仍占据上风,这也由社会主义政权未能满足民众物质福祉的惨痛失败所强化。然而,若自由市场一方在社会主义计算争论中赢得了实践胜利,社会主义一方则通过证明计划经济在理论上可行而占据一席之地。哈耶克的结论始终是或然性的——且仅在政府缺乏必要的信息与计算能力、无法令中央计划超越自由市场之时才成立。

问题是,人工智能是否会改变这一局面。我在20世纪90年代研究社会主义计算争论时,曾有个笑话:共产主义在计算机革命

价格调整无法稳定宏观经济;因此我们得到了商业周期、泡沫与崩溃

理论让计划经济看起来不再那么绝望地不切实际。

想想最近几十年IT领域已经迈出的巨大步伐。在哈耶克的时代,关于当地价格和数量的信息只能由手持写字板的人工工作者收集。如今,随着大量商业活动在线进行,价格可以从互联网上全面“抓取”。先驱之一便是恰如其名的“十亿价格项目”,这是哈佛-麻省理工学院于2008年由经济学家阿尔韦托·卡瓦略(Alberto Cavallo)和罗伯托·里戈本(Roberto Rigobon)发起的研究计划,旨在收集实时价格以改进官方统计数据。同样适用于数量:库存、订单簿和销售量均已数字化,原则上可供政府规划者获取。

再加上物联网,收集、处理和存储的信息量进一步倍增。这些信息直到最近可能仍以原始形式无法使用。但如果说有一件事AI显然能做到,那就是组织非结构化信息。结果是,收集、组织和处理数据的实际挑战再也不能被视为计划经济效率的遥远约束条件。

不仅如此。AI承诺超越价格信息本身,通过预测谁想要、需要或能以何种成本生产何物,比市场价格更好地总结。行为算法,尤其是在广告领域,已经在这方面做得相当出色:当搜索引擎和社交媒体推送的广告似乎精准到让人不寒而栗时,我们对此并不陌生。从大型科技公司的广告收入来看,各类生产商认为广告投放算法物有所值。

那么,想象一下一台超级AI,它能获取我们让设备记录的所有交易数据,以及更多其他信息。这样的AI必然会让哈耶克相形见绌。

诚然,社会主义计算辩论的一个重要动机在于,市场价格在很多方面都存在错误。人们并不总是拥有足够的知识来选择最佳商品——他们会上瘾、被欺诈或破产。消费和生产会对第三方产生溢出效应——“外部性”——而价格决策无法捕捉这些效应;因此我们面临污染、资源枯竭和气候损害。价格调整无法稳定宏观经济;因此我们得到了商业周期、泡沫与崩溃。这些价格机制的缺陷在大萧条之后变得显而易见。考虑到许多年轻人对资本主义的幻灭感,同样的认识可能正在重新获得力量。

在此背景下,若一台超级AI被要求就资源分配提供建议,它仅仅遵循自由市场最高出价的结果,而非自行计算其能找到的最有效分配方式,这简直让人难以置信。为何AI代理会放弃中央规划?

这一思想实验比它回答的问题更多。它几乎无法证明AI将带来社会主义。但它确实表明,AI消除了20世纪最强——或许是最强——反对中央规划的论据。并且它表明,随着公共和私营部门均采用AI指导决策——投资多少、投资什么、如何最好地征税以实现预期政策结果?——我们的经济将越来越像计划经济,而越来越不像市场经济。

这引发了一些重大政治问题。当前AI开发的领导者——几乎都是强硬的自由意志主义者——会支持由AI驱动的规划者而非自由金融市场决定资本分配吗?要知道后者有多偏袒他们。相反,公众对AI的怀疑情绪正在上升,他们会被能为自己带来更多利益的“理性”经济决策所打动吗?归根结底,一个由AI主导大部分决策的经济体能否克服现有经济体制中长期阻碍生产力提升的利益冲突与协调困境——各种各样的公地悲剧和囚徒困境?(例如,试想一位被赋予资源分配权的超级AI是否会容忍我们如此缓慢的脱碳进程。)

那么,我们无法确定超人类AI的能力是否能摆脱所有人类固有的约束、激励与利益。读者们只能自行判断,这究竟是令人失望的源头——还是值得庆幸的解脱。

马丁·桑德布是《金融时报》欧洲经济学评论员

牧羊人的叹息

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从我们这里沿着山坡向下到羊圈。现在大家都松了口气,因为狗和人可以互相帮衬,羊群也能顺畅下行,不会遇到太多阻力。但狗的舌头耷拉着,气喘吁吁,于是我们停下来让它们歇会儿。

太阳现在火辣辣的。

我们两人爬上天际线,任务是确保没有羊跑回去或偏离队伍,并抓住可能在高处吃草的落单羊。另一位牧羊人凯文沿着峡谷侧面而下,他的狗能喝到水。我走高处路线,将两只母羊和羊羔赶下山,加入正在移动的羊群。

二十分钟后,我们将整个羊群赶向羊圈——一大群绵羊,约500只,排成楔形,绵延四分之一英里。身后跟着六位牧羊人和他们的狗,还有我们两人在山坡高处沿着小径确保羊群不会跑高。

年纪最大的牧羊人艾伦年事已高,无法在崎岖的荒原上行走,但现在有个关键任务:在羊圈前拦住羊群并将它们赶进去——这对他的老龄牧羊犬是个严峻考验。

薄雾已退至山谷最低处一两英里外,我们能看到下方棕色的干草田和星罗棋布的农田。干草早早就收割并运进石砌谷仓——连续几周的阳光和高温带来了福音。我们在五月和六月有足够的雨水种植冬季作物,也有足够的牧草度过夏天。再往南,农民就没这么幸运了,牲畜正在啃食昂贵的冬季储备饲料。

十分钟后,我们将这群庞大的羊群圈进旧羊圈。这些用干石垒成的羊圈属于另一个时代,但仍能发挥作用,将羊群圈住并分群。羊群大声呼唤着羊羔,互相"认母"——你几乎听不到自己的说话声。

狗群全都扎进冰冷的溪水中。十几只各色品种的牧羊犬,肚皮浸在浅水池里。男人们也洗了脸,从上游喝了几口干净水。狗舔着水,男人们拂去脸上的苍蝇,讨论下一阶段的工作。

我们今年夏天从美国牧场主那里学到了经验

现在对狗的危险基本已经过去,大家都放松了下来——我们将羊群简单分类,赶进脱毛通道,迫使它们排成单行经过凯文身边,他挥动栅门将它们引入三个围栏。他只有两三秒时间读取羊毛上的“smit mark”或耳朵上的“lug mark”,这些标记会告诉他羊属于哪个羊群,以及该将它们赶往何处。围栏开始被同一羊群的羊填满,有些肩膀上有红色标记,有些背上有黄色圆点,我的是肩膀上有蓝红两色圆点。在山谷入口处,我们留下一群流浪羊或无主羊在围栏里。今晚日落后我们会回来,或者阿兰会给邻谷的牧羊人打电话,让他们来领走这些“迷途羔羊”。

一个小时后,我们回到家中,羊群在自家的田野里休息,它们可以在树荫下纳凉,为剪毛日做准备。剪掉羊毛后它们会很开心。之后它们会再次被标记,并被赶回“栖息地”——它们在山上的固定位置。

早餐后,我们沿着山谷前往牛群所在处。在这炎热天气里,牛群必须有树荫和清洁的淡水,但它们可能会冲撞拥挤,有时还会弄坏水槽,因此我们每天至少要去检查两次确保它们安好。在正常的夏天,它们会在我们土地上的溪流和池塘饮水,但这些水源早在几周前就干涸了,现在成了公牛磨蹭脑袋的“尘浴场”。牛群正在山坡上吃草,头顶上一只红隼在盘旋。

我抚摸一头喜欢被爱抚的老牛的背。它名叫霍莉,总会跑过来打招呼。它背上趴着两只巨大的马蝇,深深扎进肉里吸血,完美地落在它的肩胛骨之间。这些虫子有£2硬币那么大,肥硕肿胀,像小直升机一样在牛群周围飞来飞去。它们知道该落在哪里,让牛只能疯狂甩头或伸出粉红的舌头拍打。我用手挥赶它们,它们便嗡嗡叫着飞向下一只动物。

农耕总是在不断演变和变化。过去几年,我们一直在向美国牧场主学习,而今年夏天这对我们大有裨益。他们坚持认为我们必须改变土地管理方式以应对干旱——并暗示过去的降雨可能掩盖了我们放牧的缺陷。与大多数英国农民相比,他们更注重计划放牧,不断轮换牛群,并让牧场有更长的休养期以生长出更高更粗的草。这些经验并不容易学会,但似乎确实有效。

[从上方俯瞰:几周前溪流就已干涸;更高的植物意味着更深更有韧性的根系——安东尼·索伊卡]

更长的牧场能让地面保持凉爽,形成更湿润的微气候。更高的绿色植物意味着地下正在形成更深的根系,能够吸取更深处的水分并变得更具韧性。更多光合作用的叶片能让更多碳和糖分流向这些根部。通过最佳管理,我们或许能延缓干旱,更好地熬过干旱期,降低成本,并更快恢复。

我不是科学家。我也不知道未来的夏天会是什么样子。但随着干旱似乎成为常态,我开始思考艾萨克在工作生涯中会经历什么,他将不得不适应什么。英国乡村的农耕是否需要不同的作物、不同的牲畜和不同的土地管理方式?我们的小小世界不再像从前那样恒久不变了。

一周过去了,云朵——老朋友——又回来了。它们在我们头顶上分层排列,灰白色,像邋遢床单的里子,远眺赫维林山。

我们穿过村庄,经过电话线杆,上面现在栖息着几百只燕子。它们看起来像是村里今年孵出的雏鸟,有些从线上俯冲而下,在羊群周围觅食。许多幼燕都有着典型的钝尾;它们成群结队地跟在父母身后,六七只一组,大声鸣叫索食,却被迫在田野上空盘旋,自己捕捉飞虫。

版权所有 © 詹姆斯·里班斯,2026

詹姆斯是一位定居于英格兰湖区的农夫兼作家。他的作品包括《牧羊人的生活》和《英格兰田园牧歌》。

“这简直是赤裸裸的保护主义”

这是8月一个闷热的下午1点,吉塔·戈皮纳特选择的午餐地点证明了她的先见之明。我们在Sumiao湘菜厨房碰面,

这是一家位于哈佛附近几站地铁的热闹中餐馆,当时正在网上就她最近与人合著的一篇文章展开辩论。这篇发表在《经济学人》上的文章反驳了主流观点,即北京对人民币的低估是全球经济失衡的主要驱动力。

我提前15分钟到达,就在这时,这位前IMF二号人物走进来,穿着一件深蓝色花衬衫、牛仔裤。当我问她是否仍然庆幸选择了中餐时,她笑了。她坚持说,选择与她对世界第二大经济体的评估无关。“我喜欢这家餐厅——它实际上很有创意且地道。”结果证明,地道意味着辣味十足。

作为IMF的第一副总裁,此前还担任首席经济学家,她负责制定该组织应对新冠疫情的经济对策,并协助推动针对乌克兰和长期经济问题户阿根廷的项目。

如今重返学术界,显然戈皮纳特意欲利用她新获得的言论自由,捍卫战后以自由贸易和金融一体化为核心的经济秩序——这一秩序正遭受特朗普政府前所未有的攻击。

在我们转向讨论美国总统的政策及其对加元作为全球主导货币地位的潜在经济影响之前,戈皮纳特先回应了网上对她在对华立场上批评者。她认为许多人误解了她的文章——这篇由她与前IMF首席经济学家皮埃尔-奥利维耶·古兰沙及即将加入国际清算银行的埃莱娜·雷共同撰写的文章,被解读为在为北京官员开脱。

她说,她的论点是,敦促这些官员增强国内需求,比仅聚焦汇率调整更有利于世界其他地区。“坦率地说,我认为,如果那一点不解决,你将无法通过汇率调整从世界其他地区获得大规模需求刺激。”

服务员已经来过我们桌两次,却发现我们正陷入热烈讨论。第三次光顾时,我们快速浏览菜单,戈皮纳特挑出几道她最爱的夏季菜品让我们分享。我加了一道辣黄瓜和一些糙米饭。我们都点了鸡尾酒——戈皮纳特选了芒果糯米酒,而我选了荔枝花。

我问及7月下旬美国和日本罕见联合干预以支撑日元的举措。戈皮纳特表示,干预设计的“一切”都表明,美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特“非常担心”疲软日元对$32万亿加元美国国债市场的后果。

日本是美国国债最大的官方外国持有国。如果日元再次走弱,东京可能抛售国债换取加元,再将加元抛售以购买日元并为干预提供资金——这可能在过程中提高华盛顿的融资成本。

戈皮纳特认为,贝森特的举动还侵蚀了美联储的领地——并可能损害加元作为世界最重要货币的声誉。

她指出,贝森特在近几周呼吁央行“扩大”其危机应对后盾之一,即官方称之为“外国与国际货币当局回购设施”的规模,这影响了美联储在免受政治压力下制定货币政策的权利。

如果美联储听从贝森特的建议,日本可能无需立即抛售更多国债即可获得加元。尽管贝森特的行动目前对加元“没有产生非常大的负面影响”,但削弱央行“正是你需要敏感对待的那类行为”。

我询问戈皮纳特对美国新任央行行长、特朗普于1月提名并在5月底上任的凯文·沃什的看法。在经历短暂的蜜月期后,沃什在华尔街招致批评,许多人认为他未能充分解释如何降低已持续半个多世纪高位的美国通胀率。

戈皮纳特通过"三十人集团"这一顶级官员与金融家精英组织与沃什相熟,沃什直到最近还是该组织成员。她相信美联储主席确实有意将通胀重新控制在合理水平,但他在如何实现这一目标的沟通上存在不足。"他的意图是好的,"她说,"第一次记者会我认为还不错,第二次……就不是他最好的时刻。"

餐桌上摆满了菜肴。13-香大虾碗和大锅辣香莲藕看起来都很诱人,但我注意到每道菜上辣椒的分量都不小。清爽的辣黄瓜看起来没那么吓人,于是我尝了尝,而戈皮纳特径直奔向了莲藕。"希望辣度不会太高,"她说。

她承认沃什面临的任务极为复杂——如何为全球最大经济体制定正确的货币政策。但当谈到特朗普总统试图颠覆她毕生致力维护的经济秩序时,她的同情心就少了很多。

特朗普在2025年1月重返白宫,决心废除他指责摧毁美国制造业基础的自由贸易规则。戈皮纳特认同现状支持者存在盲点——例如未能警告德国过度依赖俄罗斯能源,以及在帮助因全球化失业的工人方面做得不够。

但特朗普第二任期经济议程的核心——高关税——构成了"极端形式的赤裸裸保护主义——且针对的不仅是你认为有竞争关系的国家,还包括盟友。

我询问特朗普与印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪对主流经济思想及实践这些机构(如IMF和哈佛大学)的蔑视是否有相似之处。

"我不认识任何一位经济学家会说这些政策是好的。"

包括戈皮纳特办公室隔壁的阿马蒂亚·森在内的许多经济学家,批评印度政府在2016年11月未经预警突然宣布废除86%现金的激进决定,以打击影子经济。莫迪回应森时宣称"勤奋"比"哈佛更强大"。

在贝森敦促下,IMF可能缩减气候融资努力,转而专注于维护全球经济金融体系稳定这一核心使命。

戈皮纳特迅速回应:"我从未想过会说出这话,但我认为美国的经济政策相比印度的政策更加非正统。这一点非常明显。"

一些IMF员工曾担心特朗普政府会实施右翼智库"传承基金会"《2025计划》中的方案,令美国退出IMF和世界银行——美国在这两家机构中均为最大股东。

戈皮纳特在2025年7月宣布辞职,并于次月离任,赴哈佛大学出任格雷戈里与阿尼亚·科菲经济学教授。她的继任者是丹·卡茨,此前为贝森的幕僚长。

当我上次在IMF采访她时,我们周围都是press officers,每一个字斟句酌的回答都要经过长时间的停顿。现在她似乎解放了。“我跟以前的同事开玩笑说,现在我可以用整个词汇表了。我甚至可以直接说‘贸易战’,而不是‘贸易紧张’……当然,你永远都会有种感觉,你不想引发一个国家的危机。”她说——尽管她补充道,她“可能比实际需要的更加谨慎”。

美国会切断对IMF的资助的担忧被证明是无稽之谈,尽管该基金会面临

我尝了尝虾。它们如此鲜嫩可口,以至于我鲁莽地又吃了几只。然后我皱起了眉头。这道菜的辣劲会先悄悄袭来,然后突然攻击你的喉咙后部。我尽量不表现出来——但还是失败了。“你还好吗?辣到你了吗?”她建议再来一杯荔枝花茶。

将戈皮纳特带到IMF顶峰的职业生涯始于偶然。在她位于西南部卡纳塔克邦迈索尔的学校里,戈皮纳特痴迷于科学。但她的父亲和几个表亲说服她尝试报考印度行政服务——一个精英政府部门——并认为在德里学习经济学会有帮助。

然而,当戈皮纳特在1989年来到竞争激烈的什里拉姆女子学院时,她已经决定申请政治学作为备选。当她说也想尝试经济学时,校长——一位政治学家——变得恼火。“我紧张极了,就说‘好的,好的,帮我报政治学。’”

一位负责课程注册的高年级学生介入了。“如果不是她,我可能就去读政治学了。这完全是随机的。”她说。

印度early 1990s的国际收支危机将IMF带到该国,也让戈皮纳特对这门“沉闷的科学”有了切身体会。在德里经济学院获得硕士学位后,她前往华盛顿大学,接着去了普林斯顿,她的博士导师是古林查斯、未来的美联储主席本·伯南克和肯尼斯·罗戈夫。

她将罗戈夫视为自己最大的职业导师,称他在鼓励女学生方面走在了时代前列。

“国际金融领域有相当多女性[的现状]表明,肯在这方面发挥了重要作用。”她说。

戈皮纳特曾公开谈及自己的部分经历,包括经常被打断,甚至被要求挪座位为IMF首席经济学家让路——而当时她本人正是担任这一职位。今年5月,她在X上发布了一张特朗普与中国国家主席习近平会晤的照片,两位领导人周围全是清一色的男性团队,并配文:“精英管理终结的画面”。

“见过很多高级官员后,我可以告诉你,你不会离开时心想,‘哇,这些人能得到这些职位,这里就是精英管理。’”她说。

尽管在哈佛的日程远不像在IMF时那样紧张,戈皮纳特仍继续在世界各地旅行——包括回到印度。她今年计划回国四次,看望父母、姐姐和其他家人。

戈皮纳特是美国公民,也是印度的海外公民。我问她美国是否仍然让她有家的感觉。她说“当然”。 “这是一个伟大的国家,毫无疑问……它让你免于许多国家——包括印度——人们每天都会面对的种种烦恼。

有时凌晨两点,我会在加油站加油,而不会担心安全问题。这种无忧无虑的感觉让人倍感自由,因为它让我能够专注于更令人兴奋的工作。我在这里感到比在德里安全得多,例如,如果我在德里,我会对去哪里格外小心。”

我问她是否喜欢这里的食物,或者是否觉得太清淡。她说,辣虾与清淡的蔬菜搭配“很好”,并以一种在多年工作中培养出的外交手腕补充道,这两道清淡的菜肴“相得益彰”。

戈皮纳特仍然认为,美国的大学是攻读经济学博士的最佳场所——尽管与她1994年离开时相比,印度现在有更多私营部门的机会。然而,她表示,特朗普的移民限制政策会让她现在重新考虑是否来美国。“那会让人感觉太过冒险、太不确定、太难以预测。”

她补充道:“这是一个巨大的错误——美国过去一直擅长从世界各地吸引人才。这种做法曾经备受重视和赞扬,而现在不幸的是,我们正在走向相反的方向。”

虽然戈皮纳特赞扬印度自她离开以来实施的大规模经济改革,但该国仍然缺乏适合年轻人的就业机会。

许多人——就像她当年一样——继续从事公共部门的工作,在二十多岁时备考,却面临着缺乏提供医疗保障的稳定私营部门就业机会的窘境。她担心人工智能的出现会加剧印度复杂官僚体系带来的问题——尤其是在一个长期依赖软件服务业提供优质就业机会的经济体中。“如果你身处一个创业困难的国家,这将带来严重后果,”她说,“美国在这方面超级容易……而在印度,这仍然很复杂……如果他们不解决营商便利度问题,现在的后果比人工智能出现之前更为严重。”

“美国曾是全球人才的巨大磁石。如今,不幸的是,我们正在走向相反的方向”

戈皮纳特认为,AI和地缘政治将在未来几年定义全球经济。她说,我们正处于一个她称之为“巨大赌博”的时代。

她本人将投身于创建一个新的非营利组织——全球经济实验室(Global Economics Lab),该实验室将设在哈佛大学,但会汇集包括古林查斯和罗格夫在内的分布在美国各地的经济学家网络。其目标是确保,即使在当前地缘政治碎片化的时代,新兴技术(如AI和数字货币)的红利能惠及所有人,而不仅仅是少数人。

由于IMF等官方机构受制于地缘政治带来的尴尬外交局面,大学,她说,“是探讨这些棘手问题的绝佳场所”。戈皮纳特已从哈佛大学获得了种子资金,并聘请了办公室主任和研究团队,目前“已接近”建立网站。

未来几个月,她将寻求外部资金以扩大运营规模,招募更多经济学家和政策专家。她说:“我们完全不知道这种AI与地缘政治动荡的组合会走向何方。‘巨大赌博’可能带来美好前景,也可能将我们置于极其困难的境地。”

我们的午餐已进行近两小时,餐厅里几乎空无一人。我们已吃掉了大部分点的菜品——包括所有的虾。

临别前,我们聊起罗格夫和她在普林斯顿的学习经历。我说,从那以后你就再未回头。她答道:“这也是我的态度。我不太喜欢回顾过去。”

克莱尔·琼斯为英国《金融时报》美国经济编辑

美妆的睫毛膏反噬

趋势 / 浓密睫毛向来被视为化妆必备。但对许多女性而言,素颜更自在。作者:Yazzi Gokcemen

无睫毛膏妆容早已通过"试用期"。在明星、化妆师、模特及网红的推波助澜下,过去一年,它从小众审美演变为跨代际的广泛流行,衍生出无数话题标签:"幽灵睫毛"、"素颜睫毛"、"无睫毛膏妆容"。

在《纽约》杂志时尚版上月将其定为"无睫毛膏之夏"后,美妆评论家们纷纷加入,发表各自褒贬不一的观点与实操建议。但除去成为新潮流之外,放弃睫毛膏对许多女性而言也意味着解放。

在"幽灵睫毛"去年春季成为谷歌搜索热门趋势之前,就已有迹象显示夸张睫毛可能正在走下坡路。自2021年起,美妆企业家海莉·比伯(Hailey Bieber)就一直在推广自然睫毛,作为"清洁女孩"审美的代言人。帕梅拉·安德森(Pamela Anderson)在2023年巴黎时装周上以素颜亮相——不仅没有睫毛膏,甚至全素颜——一举走红。2024年,Gen-Z微网红开始在TikTok上发誓戒掉黑色睫毛膏。

今年,无数一线女星——包括在纽约《奥德赛》首映礼上亮相的 Zendaya——在红毯上以若隐若现或完全无睫毛膏的妆容示人。在 Dior 2026 春夏高定系列发布会上,同样难觅浓墨重彩的睫毛膏踪影,而在 Simone Rocha、Jean Paul Gaultier、Erdem、Chloé 等品牌的 2026 秋冬系列伸展台上也是如此。即使某些"自然"妆容实际使用了棕色睫毛膏轻轻点染,它们仍与长期根深蒂固的"明眸定睛"主流审美背道而驰。

对"清洁"美妆博主和模特行之有效的妆容,未必容易在现实生活中复制。然而对许多女性而言,拥抱真正素颜睫毛的动力并非来自潮流,而是实用性。

杰西卡·雅各布斯(Jessica Jacobs)24岁,从16岁起就每天涂睫毛膏。但去年夏天,在开始一份需每天通勤两小时的全职营销助理工作后,她决定受够了。"这是一天下来看起来最邋遢的东西,"她说。尽管雅各布斯注意到社交媒体上自然睫毛的流行趋势,但这并非直接促使她行动的原因:"我只是再也不想涂它了……看到无睫毛膏妆容被正常化后,我不再觉得不涂它有什么奇怪或不舒服。"随着夏季愈发炎热,这种改变尤其受欢迎——"我洗完脸后依然看起来不错!"

显然,睫毛膏疲劳早已存在,而其被时尚化则是后来的事。现年37岁的凯伦·陈(Karen Chan)是一家创意策略工作室的商业总监,她在疫情期间放下了睫毛膏。在多年"虔诚"使用美宝莲 Falsies 防水睫毛膏后,她同样感到厌倦:"卸妆太痛苦了——唉,那些随着猛力揉搓而脱落的睫毛。"在戒掉睫毛膏后,她说自己的美妆观念发生了转变:"我有意识地减少整体化妆品使用量……这帮助我接受素颜。"

"幽灵睫毛"被归入"清洁女孩"审美,一种以"自然"外表为中心的美妆理想,却往往需要付出相当的努力,同时还常常植根于以欧洲中心主义和保守审美观为核心的吸引力标准。在很多情况下,这与女性停止日常使用睫毛膏的初衷背道而驰。

"我想,不在乎是否涂睫毛膏,这确实很酷,"塞尔玛·拉

随着夏季更加炎热,这种调整尤其受欢迎:“我可以洗完脸后看起来还不错!”

儿子,另一位Z世代年轻人,在过去一年里也逐渐放弃了这种产品。“但对我来说,主要还是不舒服和费劲。睫毛膏曾是我化妆步骤中最繁琐的部分。”

而且,即使那样,卷翘效果也不总能持久。“我试图让睫毛做一些它们天生做不到的事,”她说,“然后我开始问自己,‘好吧,我为什么要这样做?’”

对于化妆师米歇尔·达西洛来说,六年前她经历了这种个人觉醒。作为一名东南亚女性,她的睫毛天生笔直。她曾尝试用加热卷睫器和两层防水睫毛膏来提升效果——

在审视了美容标准后,她决定划清界限。现在,裸睫已成为达西洛工作中大胆妆容的标志性特征之一。“人们认为睫毛膏是眼妆的锚点,但我认为去掉它反而能创造出更有趣、更能表达自我的效果。”

在近一个世纪的时间里,好莱坞和西方时尚产业将长而浓密、轻轻颤动的睫毛定位为女性气质与优雅调情的关键。但这种产品也能勾勒出情绪失控女性的形象——通过眼下的黑色污迹和脸颊上的条痕——想想格伦·克洛斯在《致命诱惑》中的样子。达西洛指出其中的悲剧诗意:

“睫毛膏是第一个显露瑕疵的化妆品,无论是因为出汗、下雨还是情绪激动的日子,所以如果你化妆是为了展现整洁得体,睫毛膏可能会让这一切土崩瓦解。”

大多数女性并未完全放弃睫毛。得益于产品创新,全球睫毛膏市场仍保持健康,2025年价值为76億加元,预计到2030年将以每年6.8%的复合年增长率增长,据商业研究公司数据。此外,韩式睫毛提升(一种比常规睫毛提升化学成分更温和的替代方案)正在兴起,自去年同期以来,英国谷歌搜索兴趣增长了750%。

尽管如此,曾经是许多女性“荒岛美容产品”的睫毛膏正在被边缘化——沙子、阳光和海水从来都与睫毛膏不太兼容。达西洛对这种趋势如何影响人们与化妆品的关系持乐观态度:“跳过曾经感觉必不可少的东西,让我们有空间去问自己:我们真正需要什么,不是让自己看起来更美,而是让自己感觉更像自己?”

顺时针方向:Dior 2026春夏高级定制时装秀上的模特;去年美国演员工会奖颁奖典礼上的帕梅拉·安德森;5月大都会艺术博物馆慈善晚宴上的海莉·比伯;格伦·克洛斯在《致命诱惑》中流泪的睫毛膏;《时尚》杂志,法新社。Getty Images:Alamy

Z世代在TikTok上拯救父母时尚店铺

零售业 / 通过店主子女发布的视频,突出创业背后的人文故事,实体店铺焕发新生。撰文:杰西卡-贝尔·格里尔

左图:该店铺是意大利鞋履和配饰的宝库 Zineb Lazraq

这是伦敦东区肖尔迪奇一个闷热的周二晚上,顾客们挤过挤满皮革包包和鞋子的货架。有人惊呼:“这简直是Y2K风格的极致体现!”只见女士们提着古驰复古包和紧身牛仔超短裙,拿起彩虹色的小猫咪高跟鞋及其配套手包,手机仍握在手中。

对于一家原计划在夏末关门的店铺来说,客流量着实可观。这一切都始于TikTok博主卡罗琳·里维尔(Caroline Rivier)在6月底发布的一段视频,她在视频中介绍了The Rich Collection“隐藏的宝藏”鞋履,引起了店主女儿Zineb Lazraq的注意。在此过程中,她们无意间开启了本季最温馨的时尚潮流——下一代在社交媒体上发布父母店铺的内容,吸引同龄人前来购物。

25岁的Lazraq此前很少光顾这家店,但在7月初受到启发,发布了一段视频,该视频迅速走红。“ overnight爆红,”她说,“当排队开始形成时,我想,我得去帮我爸爸一把。”尽管没有零售经验,她仍需忙碌两小时的排队接待。

59岁的父亲拉希德(Rachid)经营The Rich Collection已有30年,见证了哈克尼路(Hackney Road)上那排色彩缤纷的皮革店铺逐渐被咖啡烘焙店和精酿啤酒厂取代,新冠疫情、租金上涨和生活成本危机接踵而至。

多亏社交媒体的奇迹,The Rich Collection如今为成千上万的新顾客提供服务(其中许多人也在网上分享自己的购物体验),7月中旬“清仓大甩卖”的告示被摘下——顾客在店外排队欢呼。如今周六通常才会排起长队,Lazraq和19岁的妹妹玛丽亚姆(Maryam)仍会到店帮忙,并雇佣了一名兼职店员。线上需求仍在增长,Lazraq正在筹备网站和Vinted个人主页,以触及全球购物者。

Lazraq继续发布动态,常常突出店铺的“Y2K”美学(TikTok上流行的关键词和标签,指代上世纪90年代末风格),她的父亲也会客串出镜,面带微笑地介绍店铺。

时隔六年,The Rich Collection首次推出三款新品——坡跟夏季凉鞋,这些产品由意大利那不勒斯的制造商共同开发。“看到顾客开心,我也会真心感到快乐,这激励着我,”拉希德说,“我认为未来他们会看到更多风格、更多设计。”

受The Rich Collection启发,喜剧演员兼女演员萨凡纳·格雷西(Savannah Gracey)在7月中旬改变了平时的Instagram和TikTok短剧风格,真诚地发布了一段关于母亲珍妮特·德尔万(Janet Dervan)的古董店The Arc的视频,后者位于伦敦卡姆登市场,正准备关门歇业。

“我一开始是想帮妈妈一把,”26岁的格雷西站在一排仍在售的丝绸和缎面围巾前说,“她都快哭了,我就说,天哪,振作起来。这真的就此开启了一切,”63岁的德尔万补充道,“从那以后,这两周简直太美妙了。我有392,400名关注者(在格雷西的社交媒体平台上合并计算)。”

在采访中,购物者在成排的连衣裙之间停下脚步,向格蕾西打招呼。其他人则悄悄拍摄挂在高处的20世纪60年代花呢套装照片。“大家都喜欢这个故事,”她说,“每个人都想参与其中。”

和拉希德·拉兹拉克一样,德尔万也在三十年前开设了她的第一家店——伦敦卡姆登市场的首家店。她记得格蕾西出生六周时,她还在收银台工作,并向海伦娜·伯翰·卡特、黛比·哈利和博伊·乔治出售过服装。德尔万曾多次搬迁The Arc,并在11年前在马厩区开设了最后一家店。在经历了低迷的生意、高额租金和额外的服务费后,她今年决定不再续租。

虽然这家店在8月初就关门了,但格蕾西的视频为她的母亲注入了新的希望。The Arc的Vinted账号刚刚突破2,000名关注者,其新开设的TikTok账号也有12,000名关注者,德尔万将通过该平台发布未来市场参展的消息。“她让我有能力在未来继续经营,”德尔万说,“我没意识到她的技能有多强,她能随时进来拯救公司。”

虽然这两个故事各不相同,但这些病毒式视频营销活动的成功不仅展现了Z世代的社交媒体参与技巧,也体现了情感购物的力量。“让它成为独特卖点的,是背后有着非常、非常人性化的角度,”26,岁的Z世代营销机构The Z Link创始人兼首席执行官埃里菲莉·古纳里在视频通话中表示,“这触动了我们的共情神经,让我们更倾向于去支持。”

同样,31,岁的金采媛(Chaewon Kim,网名Chaey)正在帮助她的母亲、59,岁的郑美贞(Mijeong Jung)打理她的Kool Kitten品牌——她真诚地在社交媒体上分享帮助母亲拓展线上新受众的视频,同时围绕其在纽约概念店的理念建立社区。

郑女士在时尚行业工作超过30年;她在2023年于韩国创立了最新时尚品牌。该品牌以少女风格为主,是对她两个女儿的致敬——她的女儿们在纽约帕森斯设计学院实现了她的梦想。位于纽约苏活区的Kool Kitten店铺陈列着20个不同品牌,包括金采媛自己的Popsiz,并已实现最初的营收目标。

“我开始帮助妈妈是因为我能看到这个行业发生了多大变化,”金采媛在首尔一边用笔记本电脑准备下一季的系列,一边说道,“我想在将她毕生心血传承给新一代的同时,帮助保护她所建立的一切。”

正是年轻一代对父母的信任,让这一切得以延续。“他们看待父母的方式中有某种特质,能让我们感受到他们对父母的同样看法,这往往显得更加珍贵,”营销专家古纳里说。

“这不是我感到有义务去做的事,”金采媛补充道,“这是我真心觉得幸运能做的事。”

回到The Rich Collection,齐奈布正在思考她为如今由家族经营的生意拍摄的视频所取得的成功。“如果我能引领任何潮流,那[这]听起来就是一个不错的开始,”她说,“它实际上正在产生真实的影响。”

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jogging时,这位前曼彻斯特市长会自豪地展示他右上臂内侧的蜜蜂纹身。伯纳姆并非首位纹身的英国首相,但他以如此大胆的方式展示纹身却颇为特别;20世纪70年代的首相詹姆斯·卡拉汉在二战期间的海军服役期间纹过身,但总是用长袖遮盖双臂。

现任首相是YouGov报告的26%英国人中会纹身的一员——据皮尤研究中心数据,美国这一比例为三分之一——因此他毫不在意地露出双臂也就不足为奇了。他的态度凸显了近年来身体艺术在主流社会中日益普及。

但事实果真如此吗?在医院、政府部门或企业环境等专业领域,是否真的对纹身持开放态度?

Friday Jones在纽约上西区经营高端纹身店Studio Privé,她表示90%的顾客都有某种企业工作背景。“我目前的客户中有一位私人厨师和一位DJ,但其余的都是严格意义上的白领专业人士或已从该领域退休。”作为一名前五角大楼高级官员的女儿,且其职业生涯的起步也在美国企业界,Jones专门为高管纹身,尤其是女性,许多人在事业稳定后会聘请她设计首个纹身。“当你年纪较大才纹身时,必须拓展自己的自信,”她说,“我理解这种压力——在纹身时,你必须考虑到自己的未来。”

那么,如何在追求企业事业的同时保持对纹身的热爱?我们采访了四位亲身体验过纹身与否的当事人,分享他们的经历。

约翰·布罗修斯 45,美国内华达州

“一切都太过饱和了,”约翰·布罗修斯在被问及自己的纹身时如是说,“脚、脚趾,甚至腋下——我在那里纹了捕蝇草,所以当我张开手臂时,那些小绒毛就像触须。”他甚至在2023年4月1日自己开业一周年之际,纹了人生第一个脸部纹身。“所有人都以为这是愚人节玩笑,但到了4月2日,纹身依然存在。”

他18岁时“心血来潮”纹了肩膀上的十字架纹身,并向陪他去纹身店的室友借了\$180支付费用。接下来的几年里,布罗修斯零星纹了其他图案。“那些纹身藏在我的手术服下,在轮转期间没人会知道我有纹身。评分我们的教授们仍然非常老派,纹身可能会危及我的职业生涯,”他坦承。

命运让他在拉斯维加斯获得了住院医师资格,这是一个比他宾夕法尼亚家乡开放得多的地方。他遇到的许多人,无论是病人还是其他人,都公开纹身;这激发了他进一步纹身的欲望,但他仍确保在必要时能将纹身隐藏起来。这是明智之举,因为他毕业后的第一份工作回到了匹兹堡。“合伙人确实对我说过,如果面试时他们知道我有一整袖纹身,可能就不会聘用我了。当时这一行对纹身仍颇为忌讳。”

"It's a Clark Kent-Superman thing – I still look very professional. Part of me is bound by the rules, part of me is a wild card"

詹姆斯·塞克斯顿 53岁,纽约,美国

职业:离婚律师

一位年长的女同事看到詹姆斯·塞克斯顿手腕上看似黑色记号笔的痕迹,便问他:“是你的孩子在你胳膊上画的吗?”

“在我的职业生涯前15年里,没人知道我有纹身,”塞克斯顿说。“我会买17.5英寸而不是17英寸的衬衫,这样袖口会更长,多出的边缘让我的纹身袖子不会露出来。”

大约十年前的一场杂志拍照经历让他改变了主意,当时摄影师劝他卷起衬衫袖子。塞克斯顿的身体艺术包括一整幅背部作品、两条袖子(“黑白骷髅,这样我穿短袖时看起来像个连环杀手”),以及散布在腹部、腿部、脚部和胸部的图案。

塞克斯顿的兴趣与他对武术的热情不谋而合。“我一直信奉这个理念:驯化心灵,让身体变得强悍,”他说道,并补充说自从他18岁开始纹身以来,每一个设计都经过了仔细考量。“我在天主教家庭长大,后来离开了信仰,所以我的所有纹身都有一定的精神寓意。”

这些纹身如今已成为他职业形象的一部分。“我的诉讼风格执着强硬,纹身就是其中的一部分。”他乐于见到自己张扬的身体艺术与定制西装之间的冲突。“这就像是超人与克拉克·肯特的关系——我看起来依然很专业。我的一部分受规则约束,另一部分则是个不按牌理出牌的角色,”塞克斯顿兴奋地说道。他仍记得在健身房更衣室偶遇一位“刻板严谨”的法官时对方惊讶的表情;他走上前去打招呼。“那位法官说:‘天哪,我真没想到你有纹身。’”

梅雷迪思·巴巴内尔·桑兹 60岁,美国佛罗里达州 职业:半退休,创立并曾运营制药行业研究公司The Conference Forum

“如果你以尊重和成熟的态度与人交谈,了解自己的行业并清楚对方是谁,他们会看你的纹身大约两秒钟,然后就不会再注意它了,”企业家梅雷迪思·巴巴内尔·桑兹说。在过去的20年里,她逐渐增加了自己身上的纹身收藏,包括双臂的袖套纹身和另外七处独立纹身,其中包括用白色墨水在脸上纹的心形图案。“我认为那代表我要做真实的自己,不让任何人说你不能这样做,”她回忆道,“但你现在真的看不出来了。”

巴巴内尔·桑兹在纹身被视为非法的纽约长大——1961年因试图减少乙型肝炎传播而被禁止,直到1997年因艾滋病危机才解除禁令。

然而,她一直想拥有一个纹身,直到40岁生日时才纹了第一个——脚踝上的小蝴蝶纹身。巴巴内尔·桑兹是犹太人后裔,这也让她犹豫不决。“我母亲在一年前去世了,但父亲还健在,而且他是所有人中最不高兴的。他认为这是对身体的亵渎。但你会上瘾。”

她承认,更大的阻力来自家人;科尔贝克出生于前苏联地区。“我的整个家庭都是医生,他们认为在身体上纹身不是什么好事,在许多东欧国家和中东地区,人们仍然会对我的纹身感到相当惊讶。每个人都会遮盖它们。但白色纹身的好处在于它们会引发很多对话,”她解释了纹身对自己职业生活的影响,“每个人都会问:你手臂上的线条是什么?”

在接下来的几年里,她断断续续地增加纹身,从1到10的保守程度来看,“这个行业大约在7左右”,她说。巴巴内尔·桑兹知道有些高管可能会暗中评判她,但纹身也有一种凝聚力,帮助她与年轻客户建立联系。有一次,她在自己组织的展览大厅里走动,展示纹了墨水的手臂。一位年轻男子拦住她,赞赏纹身,然后撩起自己的袖子比较设计。很快,两人聊了起来,他告诉她自己正考虑向她的公司投入更多资金。“在企业环境中,你会有这种凝聚体验:就像一起造反,加入一个小圈子。”

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维罗妮卡·科尔贝克的四处纹身很特别:它们是用白色墨水设计的。“我爱上白色纹身是因为它们很低调。虽然它们并非完全隐藏,但也不会一下子就引人注目,”她解释道。她的纹身设计包括左前臂从肘部到手腕的《易经》灵感纹身,以及脖子上的一只小乌鸦。她背部还有一处紫外线墨水纹身,几年后会褪色,另外脚踝上有一个巴尔干十字架纹身,纪念她曾被一只致命蜘蛛咬伤的地方。

科尔贝克偏爱这些低调的纹身,部分原因是她的工作带她走遍世界,从卢旺达到沙特阿拉伯;她从事目的地开发和建筑设计工作。“我确实考虑过要小心,我的纹身并不是为了冒犯他人,”她说,并指出她从未觉得有必要隐藏它们。“令我大为惊讶的是,它们受到了如此多的正面关注。”

旅行

希腊 / 1954年,悲伤的芭芭拉·赫普沃斯在帕特莫斯岛找到了创作的新生。乔·巴林沿着这位雕塑家的足迹

n 1930年,雕塑家芭芭拉·赫普沃斯(Barbara Hepworth)与艺术品收藏家玛格丽特·加德纳(Margaret Gardiner)相识。她们交谈并享用了“她们一起喝下的数百杯茶中的第一杯”。当一段破碎的恋情令加德纳心情不佳时,赫普沃斯将她送到萨福克的一处农舍,并建议这位朋友“把脑海中浮现的一切都写下来……很多东西被硬生生地压在了心底”。

希庇沃斯的阳光之岛

多年来,她们分享着私密,也在战时无休止的家务中互相安慰(“为了一些小事——比如蛾子、清洁和卷心菜——就轻易耗尽生命,又是为了什么呢?”希庇沃斯曾对加德纳如是说)。1953年2月,友谊进一步加深:希庇沃斯的长子保罗在泰国的一场飞机失事中丧生,年仅23岁,这令艺术家陷入“难以言喻的痛苦”。保罗曾在皇家空军服役。翌年,1954年夏天,玛格丽特·加德纳带着悲伤的朋友前往希腊。

我沿着她们的足迹出发,从伦敦盖特威克机场开始,等待飞往科斯岛的航班。冰雹延误了行程——希腊的金色阳光似乎遥不可及——但我翻开她们乘坐的斯旺·赫勒尼克邮轮的原始小册子,沿着她们的旅程前行。

希庇沃斯只去过希腊一次,但那里成为她生命中的一个触点,一个滋养与灵感的源泉——无论艺术还是精神——她在生前的著作和访谈中多次提及。她保留了一本旅行日记,记满了思绪、描述和色彩,还有一本素描本。“我等了30年才见到希腊。”她宣称。

多年后,朋友们乘坐小册子所称“战后首次从希腊至爱琴海群岛的英国邮轮”,希庇沃斯曾私下坦言:“那段经历如此深刻地融入我的生命,以至于整整十年后的今天,我仍难以言表。它深深植根于我的作品之中。”

旅程始于威尼斯的一晚,入住“高级二等酒店”,随后登上邮轮“米奥利斯”号。航程中,四位牛津剑桥出身的古典学者为乘客讲座,并在“非外出参观时”提供下午茶。邮轮途经科孚岛、克里特岛的克诺索斯考古遗址,并在伊萨卡岛“短暂停靠但未登陆”。抵达罗德岛后,“米奥利斯”号于1954年8月29日抵达科斯岛。

正是在这里,我与希庇沃斯相遇。我的航班晚点,夜色浓重,从出租车到酒店几乎无法看到外面。我将观光推至次日早晨,转而翻阅笔记。邮轮行程显示,在科斯岛,乘客可参观“希腊与罗马古城遗址,以及那棵巨大的悬铃木——据说希波克拉底曾在此树下行医”。希庇沃斯在日记中记下此树,称其为“巨大无比的悬铃木”。对她而言,科斯岛“如诗如画”“纯粹真实”,在罗德岛之后“令人愉悦”。我兴致盎然,查阅她对罗德岛的记述,却只找到三句简短的话:“老城非常奇特”,其中暗含神秘,但她也承认港口的风车“可爱”。

清晨起身,我步行前往历史中心,寻找科斯镇东部考古区的阿佛洛狄忒圣殿遗址。这里杂草丛生,石块散落各处,残存的立柱勾勒出昔日宏伟。圣殿始建于公元前3世纪末至2世纪初,可能在更早的圣殿遗址上重建,但公元469年的地震将其摧毁。在科斯考古博物馆,我见到最非凡的希腊与罗马雕塑,衣褶如此逼真,仿佛超越了大理石本身。但——正如希庇沃斯7点到达、中午离开一般——我在科斯岛停留的时间并不长。我匆匆赶往港口,经过(颇为平淡的)希波克拉底之树。买了杯咖啡后,我等待渡轮。

对于赫普沃斯而言,希腊“远远超出了我最大的期望”,但正是帕特莫斯“尤其”打动了她,传递出“完美提升人类精神的境界”。帕特莫斯长期以来被视为圣地。在出发前,我订购了一本二手的彼得·弗朗斯所著《灵魂疗愈之地》一书。作为记者,弗朗斯初到帕特莫斯时是一名怀疑论者,但最终被这里深深吸引,皈依希腊东正教,在此度过余生。

主图,从左至右:帕特莫斯的圣约翰神学家修道院;岛屿东北部的利瓦迪海滩;修道院白色粉刷的外立面

上图:芭芭拉·赫普沃斯于1955年在她的圣艾夫斯工作室与“椭圆雕塑(德洛斯)”合影,该作品部分灵感源自她的希腊之旅;修道院内部的霍拉镇;帕特莫斯一家水滨餐厅的日落

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托马斯·格拉瓦尼斯摄影(为《金融时报》)

在我的书的扉页上有一段题词,大概是原买家所写:“愿你的旅程充满疗愈,亲爱的,佩妮。”正如我希望那位陌生旅者穿越时间的旅程能够疗愈,我也想到赫普沃斯,正在哀悼儿子的离世。

帕特莫斯没有机场——大多数游客乘渡轮从雅典或其他岛屿抵达,包括科斯和萨摩斯。这是我第一次乘坐希腊岛屿渡轮,没想到它们像火车一样,会在预定出发前不久出现。

在渡轮即将离港的前15分钟,一位英国女子问我是否到了正确的地方。我们聊了起来。她是一名监狱牧师,已申请成为一名受戒神父。经过最后一轮艰苦的面试后,她正在等待结果。她知道电话将在何时到来,并希望在帕特莫斯接到这一消息。

最终,在仅剩几分钟时,我们的渡轮轰鸣着高速驶入港口,伴随着汽笛和驶近的车辆。在她的希腊日记中,赫普沃斯承认此行“反社会”,试图“逃避一切接触和正常的人类义务”。她“独自第一个下船,独自第一个到达现场,逃避讲座”。

我感同身受,便与新结识的朋友道别,沉浸在赫普沃斯的文字中。她对帕特莫斯的描述如同轻拍港湾墙壁的柔和海浪般诱人。她曾骑驴抵达岛屿的“巅峰”,在那里发现了圣约翰神学家修道院。从那里,“地平线的曲线无比强大,群岛如同在阳光下盛开的花朵般自水中升起”。

如今已不再有驴子通往修道院的路线,但我没有选择新修的公路打车,而是沿着驴子曾走过的古老鹅卵石小径前行。小径从帕特莫斯的主要港口斯卡拉出发,那是一片由狭窄街道、广场和敞开大门、点燃蜡烛的教堂构成的绚丽拼布。当小径与新公路交汇时,我选择了一条岩石小径,它时而消失在茂密的黑麦草丛中。

很快,我便置身于一片松树和柏树林的阴凉中。继续走向阳光,我的手指拂过迷迭香枝条,它们释放出热浸的香气。我摘下一枝。当我抵达修道院时,我看到了色彩的闪耀简洁。身着黑衣的神父们伫立在蓝天下。明亮的盆栽植物点缀在白粉墙内。

七十年前,赫普沃思将这座修道院描述为“充满了绚烂绽放的植物”。最令她动容的,是那里的景色。她觉得“那就像一本展开的地图。你能看到无数个岛屿渐渐远去。那种感觉就像身处太空”。今天,我也感受到了同样的感受。此时没有一丝微风,万籁俱寂。游客们的任何交谈声

FT 追随前人的足迹

天气炎热,空气中一片沉闷。燕子在天空中划出弧线,土耳其的海岸线隐没在远处的薄雾中。

帕特莫斯。这是一处圣地,据说公元95年左右,圣约翰在此获得了《启示录》中的异象。我从圣安妮小教堂进入,该教堂始建于修道院创立之时,但在17世纪重建。教堂位于山腰,围绕着洞穴本身而建。我的眼睛需要一段时间才能适应。洞穴内烛光照明,外面强烈的阳光只能在火山岩的缝隙中投下阴影。

或许是修道院外小摊上的熏香,空气显得格外沉重。时间似乎凝固了。修道院由克里斯托多洛斯于1088年创立,自此成为持续朝拜的圣地,甚至可能更早,因为传统上认为它建在阿尔忒弥斯神庙的遗址上。

修道院坐落于帕特莫斯的首府霍拉。这里历史建筑的优雅令人惊叹。细节之处熠熠生辉——雕刻的石制山墙盘旋于淡蓝色的门框上方,一只镀青铜的手戴着戒指和精美的袖口,充当门环。慵懒的猫咪躺在珍贵的阴凉处。

赫普沃斯从霍拉步行而下,抵达启示录洞穴——

金光闪闪的圣像下悬挂着灯笼。我触摸冰冷的岩壁,坐了下来。很快,游轮团队接踵而至。数到14批团队后,我便失去了耐心,想起赫普沃斯渴望像“野兔”一样从同伴中奔逃而去的愿望,甚至在日记中写道:“我怎能在……身边围绕着两百人,1954年,英国人形象的情况下,处于感知的状态?”

但她做到了。在后来的一次采访中,赫普沃斯回忆道:“在帕特莫斯,我正从山坡上走下来,看到一位身穿黑袍的希腊东正教神父站在下方洁白的庭院中,蓝色的大海在远处,弯曲的地平线上是其他陆地的海岸。这一单独的人影在我看来,仿佛赋予了整个宇宙的尺度。”

第二天清晨,我再次来到启示录洞穴。此时天色尚早,我听到希腊东正教仪式深沉的旋律在洞穴内回荡。熏香的气息在门槛处徘徊。后来,我在渡轮码头遇到一位女子。她得到了好消息,将成为一名受戒的神父。泪水夺眶而出;若没有游轮团队,这近2,000年的虔敬似乎正从洞穴的裂缝中渗出。

回到酒店,我找到了赫普沃斯日记中绘制的启示录洞穴页面。这是一幅简洁的铅笔素描,全是曲线与十字架,背景是一抹蓝色,随着页面上升逐渐变浅,如同大海渐渐融入天空。素描中还夹杂着压制的花朵与植物,我感受到与赫普沃斯的联结。当我写下这些文字时,手中仍握着从帕特莫斯小径采摘的迷迭香枝条,这抹触感与芬芳将我带回那片蓝与白的风景,群星在其中坠落,融入闪烁的海洋。

乔·巴林的新书《图腾:雕塑的未讲述故事》将于9月10日由Canongate出版社出版。芭芭拉·赫普沃斯与希腊主题的新展览将于11月21日至2027年5月2日在奇切斯特的帕兰特美术馆举办;pallant.org.uk

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西班牙

哈穆斯·德·哈穆斯是西班牙北部莱昂平原上一个不起眼的小村庄,从未出现在任何人的度假愿望清单上。这个由砖砌房屋和农业仓库组成的平凡村落实在乏善可陈。或许唯一吸引眼球的,是那些奇特的小土丘,有些上面开有门和烟囱,宛如霍比特人的房屋,其下则是挖掘于柔软当地石头中的葡萄酒地窖。

如果这个无名小镇现在能被人所知,主要要归功于何塞·戈登。戈登出生于一个酿酒世家,1978年在酒庄外开了一家小吃店(merendero),而戈登现在掌管着这家简陋小吃店的蜕变成果:专注于长寿优质牛(西班牙语称buey)高档部位的餐厅博德加·埃尔·卡普里乔(Bodega El Capricho)。在获得一系列赞誉后,包括2014年Netflix纪录片《牛排(R)进化论》(Steak (R)evolution)将埃尔·卡普里乔的牛排描述为世界最佳,希门内斯·德·哈穆斯(Jiménez de Jamuz)已成为肉食爱好者的朝圣地。自2014年2月起,餐厅的新开发项目正吸引着一批又一批的朝圣者。拉库普拉(La Cúpula)是一场为期六小时的“体验”,最终以在洞穴般地窖中供应多道牛肉菜单收官,将肉食鉴赏推向新的神秘境界。

在这个炎热的夏日周日,一群国际食客报名参加拉库普拉:在我的15位同伴中,有美国人、葡萄牙人、意大利人和西班牙人。临近中午,我们挤进几辆路虎,在尘土飞扬的乡间小道上颠簸,驶向一个用巨大木桩围起的围场。戈登在伊比利亚半岛寻觅至少四岁、在小型农场饲养的牛,每头牛的价格高达€30,000;他目前拥有约300头牛。其中有些体型极为庞大,重达1,500公斤或更多,长有堪比牛头人神话中牛角的犄角——但据东道主说,它们性情温顺。

回到村庄后,一行人被引入一个昔日酒窖,现改为熟成塞西纳(西班牙干腌牛肉)之用。侍者端上薄薄的干腌牛肉片,配以一杯香槟:这只是下午晚些时候才会结束的肉宴的第一口。但现在我们要继续深入。在地下厨房,厨师们手持屠刀,俯身于巨大的带油花牛肉侧边,T骨牛排被切成硕大的厚片。

在每一站的巡游中,都有美食等待:在这间厨房里,我们品尝的是一小块韩式烤牛耳;在埃尔·卡普里乔新酒窖(需乘电梯抵达),由侍酒师Yam Iungman斟上的陈年马德拉酒,与酥脆的牛胸腺馅饼完美搭配。被称为“库普拉”的房间位于地下12米处。它是在偶然中被发现的,在埃尔·卡普里乔酒窖群的另一部分施工时,这个房间如帝王谷中的某座陵墓般被封闭已久,几乎被世人遗忘。

这里的温度比地面的35摄氏度至少低20度。唯一的光源来自房间中央闪烁的火焰——戈登像自己肉类崇拜的大祭司一般站立其旁。身着粗布棕色罩袍的侍者静静侍立,宛如中世纪的修士。我们在石凳上围墙而坐,菜单以一个泥制杯盛放的牛骨清汤开始,汤在火边的大锅中沸腾。接下来是一道美味的烤牛骨髓薄片。一层烟雾升向穹顶顶端的烟囱。

隔壁的酒窖,我们在此享用18道菜的核心部分,更像一家传统餐厅,马蹄形长桌上摆放着大玻璃杯,将注满优质西班牙葡萄酒。即便如此,天花板上仍悬挂着牛皮,墙上的壁龛由(猜猜看)熔化牛油驱动的粗陋油灯微微照亮。

随后是一系列以牛为食材的料理。有薄切生牛肉(carpaccio)、风干牛肉(bresaola),以及一份配以 Oscièra 鱼子酱、橄榄油和青柠的绝佳鞑靼牛肉。其中一大亮点是用牛脂慢炖的韭葱,搭配 romesco 酱和烤榛子。在经过一道由发酵卷心菜、苹果和生姜组成的益生菌清口菜后,菜单迎来了高潮:一份切成厚片的炭烤 T 骨牛排。我们的主人用一种充满敬畏的低沉声音解释道,我们享用的这头牛是来自葡萄牙北部的八岁稀有品种 Mínhota 牛,其肉在 El Capricho 的熟成室中经过了 140 天的熟成。在 Gordón 看来,La Cúpula 不仅仅是一顿餐厅美食,而是一场原始的仪式,是对一种高贵生物的致敬之礼。

我瞥了一眼手机:现在是下午五点。随着这场漫长的午餐接近尾声,我感到一种奇妙的启发,甚至有些亢奋——尽管在接下来的几周内,我并不太想再吃牛肉了。

保罗·理查森(Paul Richardson)是 El Capricho 的客人。La Cúpula 的价格为每人 360 欧元(不含配酒);网址:lacupuladelcapricho.com

保罗·理查森

吼猴在树枝间跳跃, 独木舟载着渔民 前往他们的捕鱼场。

少有人走的水路

哥伦比亚 | 几十年来,除了最勇敢的旅行者,马格达莱纳河(Magdalena)一直被禁止进入。现在,一次先驱性的巡航再次向人们开放了这里的湿地、历史名镇和孤立的社区。作者:Ruaridh Nicoll

在卡塔赫纳(Cartagena)的老码头,几艘看起来并不像真的海盗船正挤满了派对参与者,准备在激烈的萨尔萨(salsa)和雷鬼顿(reguetón)舞曲中迎接日落。驾驶室的一名 DJ 抬头大喊:“Saluden a los gringos!”(向外国人问好!),我们面对的是阵阵欢呼和摇摆的臀部。

我从 AmaMelodia 号上轻轻地挥手回应。这是一艘拥有 32 间客房、长 223 英尺的船,形状像一支优雅的雪茄。顶层甲板从开放式船头延伸,经过一个有顶棚的社交区,一直到后方的空调休息室。我们也解开了缆绳,蒸汽驱动着驶入这座城市宽阔的海湾,当海盗船被甩在身后时,这种平静令人感到宽慰。

我们的船长埃迪森·德·科罗(Edison de Coro)将航向设定为迪克运河(Canal del Dique),这是一条建于 1582 年、全长 75 英里的水道,将这座著名的加勒比城市与马格达莱纳河连接起来。前方是一次前往哥伦比亚大三角洲的旅程,在过去的六十年里,这里实际上除了最勇敢的旅行者外都无法进入。这是一次进入猴子与水牛、木棉与咖啡、零散渔村与热舞之地的水上世界之旅,这一切都唤起了人们对作家加西亚·马尔克斯(Gabriel García Márquez)、自然学家亚历山大·冯·洪堡(Alexander von Humboldt)以及南美洲伟大的解放者西蒙·玻利瓦尔(Simón Bolívar)故事的回忆。

20 世纪初,客运蒸汽船在河上航行,但最后一艘伟大的船只“大卫·阿兰戈号”(David Arango,马尔克斯的最爱)在 1961 年被大火摧毁。从那时起,只有大型货运驳船和漂亮的 pirogues(当地独木舟)在这些水域穿梭。严重的淤积以及武装政治团体及其相关毒品帮派带来的危险,在随后的很长一段时间里吓跑了潜在的旅游运营商。但去年,一家在多瑙河、尼罗河和湄公河拥有船队的加州公司 AmaWaterways 再次向游客开放了这条航线。

当我们进入运河时,热带的黑暗降临,我们被召集到三层甲板中间的一间舒适餐厅用餐。在这里,丝绸窗帘遮挡住了窗外的荒野。晚餐令人惊喜,超出了预期。主厨费利佩·阿拉尼奥(Felipe Aranyo)制作的海鲈鱼和牛排非常出色,而且他在汤品方面也是天才,例如 gazpachos 和 ajiacos。

我们大部分同行的旅伴都是美国人,比如杰斐逊市(密苏里州)的韦斯利和瓦莱丽·兰,他们正从照顾孩子中抽身出来。瓦莱丽是来自山区家庭的九个孩子之一,举止随和。她说:“我们平时会去牙买加。但这次也很棒。”

侍者们因我们来探索哥伦比亚而显得很高兴,尽管他们会说英语,但与我那位古巴籍妻子聊天时又自在地切换回西班牙语。

一切都非常平静,之后我们下去试用我们的船舱。它面积达22平方米,与其他四个大套间以外的所有船舱一样,配备一张特大号床、藤条面的橱柜,甚至浴室里还有两个洗手池。它还有一个阳台,我在那里与朋友迈克尔——以他关于马格达莱纳河的书《记忆的劫掠者》的形式——一起小坐,品着朗姆酒。但我没有读书,而是望着水面,水面仅在脚下一英尺左右,水面上漂浮着水葫芦,鹭鸟栖息其上,岸边消失在黏稠的夜色中。

迈克尔在完成这本书后不久的2014年去世。当我真的打开它时,书以他在卡塔赫纳与诺贝尔奖得主加西亚·马尔克斯的邂逅开篇,后者已深受阿尔茨海默症困扰。听闻迈克尔计划乘驳船沿马格达莱纳河旅行,他曾急切地说:“我记得这条河的一切。”

我们醒来时,船已系在堤岸上,榕树在初升的阳光下温暖着广阔的湿地。小型货车等着带我们进行首次远足,前往圣巴西利奥德帕伦克。

我一直想去帕伦克看看;它让我觉得这是拼图中不可或缺的一块,以此理解拉丁美洲。1603年,一名逃亡奴隶本科斯·比奥霍在这里建立了他的自由聚居地。他最终被绞死,但他创立的社区幸存了下来,这是罕见的事。

壁画家们用鲜艳的色彩覆盖了整个村庄。墙上绘有精致发型的广告,据说当地居民传统上会将钱藏在其中。埃斯卡利·迪亚斯·巴尔德兹迎接我们,他是一位导游,以不带自怜的态度对待他的主题。

他带我们去了一户人家,向我们展示了过去的艰难生活方式,又带我们去当地的治疗师那里,后者声称在他照料下无人死于新冠,随后还给了我们私酿酒。

“我们是一个紧密的社区,所以这里从来不会有太多麻烦,”埃斯卡利说。在卡塔赫纳,我听到人们表达对帕伦克人的偏见恐惧,正如我猜测的那样,这种情况已持续了400多年,但埃斯卡利说村里有足够的自豪感,年轻人即使接受了大学教育后也会回来。他本人就是一个例子。

回到船上,我们沿运河上行。一艘挖泥船正在向岸边喷洒淤泥,我们抵达真正的马格达莱纳河,河面稳定宽达半公里,我想起了加西亚·马尔克斯的《迷宫中的将军》——这本书讲述的是玻利瓦尔的最后一次旅程:“这条河变得如此广阔而庄严,像一片没有起点或终点的沼泽。”

卡拉马尔镇位于交汇处,我们驶入由阿玛公司新建的码头。人力车之旅带我们来到一个文化中心,当地剧团“圣马丁舞蹈团”表演了一场狂热的、带着微笑的威胁性非洲裔哥伦比亚舞蹈。当暴风雨袭来时,表演达到高潮,我们被淋得湿透后返回船上。

随着阿玛梅洛迪亚号离开码头逆流而上,雨水来得快去得也快,当天最后一缕阳光穿透云层,仿若天堂过度渲染的幻象。

夜晚过去,黎明时分,鹭鸟闪耀如星辉。野生腰果树、吉贝树和香脂树簇拥而过,某处树枝因跃动的吼猴而颤抖,独木舟载着渔夫驶向狩猎场。

我在镶板木桥边停下,询问德·科罗船长关于他42年航行于变幻莫测水域的经历。他曾是国营内河航运公司Naviera Fluvial的驳船船长,祖父和父亲也曾是船长。“有些地方水位浅得可怜,”他说道,随即补充说,和全体船员一样,他为“这个美丽的项目”感到欣喜。

后来我会询问阿玛水道公司哥伦比亚区总监贝诺·阿坦,重新开通这条航线有多困难——考虑到河道淤积、设施缺乏以及哥伦比亚的暴力历史,这几乎是个不可思议的项目。“挑战确实存在,”他说道,“但我们下定了决心。其中一位船东有一张全球所有河流的电子表格,马格达莱纳河始终排在首位。”

时不时有快艇来接我们出行,无论是观看渔夫抛撒atarraya(渔网)捕捞当地主食bocachico,还是穿行于仿若巨型鸟舍的水域。我们目睹了翠鸟、唐纳雀、霸鹟、长尾小鹦鹉、啄木鸟、卡拉卡拉鹰、蜂鸟、黄鹂以及脚掌巨大的水雉(雌鸟拥有雄性后宫)。

最终,我们驶入一条更窄的水道,圣克鲁斯-德蒙波斯小镇出现在眼前。我再次想起《迷宫中的将军》,想到垂死的玻利瓦尔抵达他所爱的小镇时说:“‘上帝的国度,’将军说着,连眼睛都未曾睁开。”接着,更为著名的那句:“蒙波斯并不存在。有时我们梦见她,但她并不存在。”

当我们靠近码头时,小镇宛如海市蜃楼般出现。优雅的殖民地风格河畔建筑在热浪中摇曳,当地人开玩笑说,这股热浪能让母鸡下出煎蛋。

蒙波斯是早期西班牙殖民者藏匿财宝的地方,远离加勒比海盗的劫掠。洪堡曾在此停留研究鳄鱼。1812年,出生于委内瑞拉的玻利瓦尔在此开始解放哥伦比亚的征程,招募了400名士兵。

然而到了1900年代,河道淤塞,船只开始改用另一条航道。2011年迈克尔·雅各布斯经过此地时,“这里简直是一潭死水,偏远且毫无生机”。自此之后,桥梁被修建,将小岛与过境高速连接。我和妻子散步时,一位从亚诺斯平原来此购牛的牧场主停下脚步,为这地方赞不绝口。两位来自北部瓜希拉的店主告诉我们,阿玛水道公司的到来为小镇注入了新的活力。

我们在圣芭芭拉教堂前停下,爬上塔楼。教堂阳台上描绘着芭芭拉被反基督父亲囚禁的场景(最终她被斩首——但命运奇异反转,她父亲的首级却躺在教堂金色祭坛前她的脚边)。

我们俯瞰广场,稍后将在此享用用nispero(一种对温带地区居民而言神秘的甜果)制成的冰淇淋。我们继续登上塔顶,栖息在窗边的秃鹫不情愿地振翅飞入炽热的天空。

这是一座壮丽的小镇,我们本可在此愉快地度过数日,但两晚过后,阿玛梅洛迪亚号解缆调头,顺流而下,驶向海岸。阿玛梅洛迪亚号的姊妹船阿玛马格达莱纳号正从对岸驶来。

The company would love to go further inland, as the steamships once did. "We want to," says Atan. "But there are a lot of different things that need to happen in order to get higher up, not least around general security."

Even though we still have two days to go, departing Mompox feels like an ending and the river now carries us swiftly. Our ultimate destination is Barranquilla, the industrial town at the northern end of the river delta where we will eventually disembark (to a fiesta of carnival dancers).

But there's more in between. We stop at Santa Barbara de Pinto, a village that has never hosted tourists, Colombian or otherwise. Argemiro Celestino Méndez, a teacher in a remote school, waits for us on the riverbank. He walks us along a road raised to beat the annual floods, pointing out medicinal rose balsam, guanacaste used for Easter sweets, and bell trees whose shade is loved by both stock and man.

Once, he says, the entire area was in the hands of the Boteros, a family of cattle ranchers whose history in the region goes back to 1719. Argemiro is one of several teachers I notice AmaWaterways using, and he speaks passionately about his calling.

When we reach the riverbank again, townspeople are milling about. A local farmer is demonstrating cigar making, telling an unconvinced American crowd that his cheroots are healthy. Fishermen use local children as quarry in a demonstration of net throwing and a group of frisky twentysomethings dance cumbia, girls rotating away from their beaux's proffered kisses.

It's not a platitude to say Ama Waterways' boats provoke warmth wherever they go. Another guest, the English composer Michael Hoppé, tells me it's what has struck him the most: "How these people have overcome the devastation they endured, how they see this boat as part of that."

A group of schoolgirls approach. Sharith, the most inquisitive, is pushed forwards by the others. “Pleased to meet you,” she says, giggling. They have come down to practise their English. There is no angle, no sale. “Whenever the boats arrive, I bring them,” says their teacher Maria Carolina del Castillo. “It’s the best English laboratory they can have.”

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Ruaridh Nicoll was a guest of AmaWaterways (amawaterways.com). A seven-night cruise on the Wonders of Colombia itinerary travelling from Cartagena to Barranquilla starts at 4,309 英镑 per person (or 3,879 英镑 per person on the Magic of Colombia itinerary travelling in the opposite direction), including flights from London, via Bogotá or Miami

威尼斯之外的“最宁静之城”

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那些在电影字幕滚动后最爱去的地方。文 / 戴夫·卡尔霍恩

威尼斯 / 那些参加过世界上最具魅力的电影盛会之一的资深人士分享

每年,成千上万的影迷和业内人士来到威尼斯参加其国际电影节——这也是世界上历史最悠久的此类活动,创办于1932年,每年仲夏在威尼斯潟湖中最大的岛屿——利多岛举行。在人群中,既有为一睹明星走红毯风采而来的人(今年预计有乔治·克鲁尼、佩内洛普·克鲁兹和罗伯特·帕丁森等),也有为观看世界首映式而来的资深电影节常客——导演、制片人、宣传人员、节目策划人和记者,他们对威尼斯及其周边岛屿了如指掌。

他们有什么建议,能让游客在电影节之外发现并享受威尼斯的魅力?

导演马克·库辛斯

我第一次去威尼斯还是在上世纪80年代,当学生时。一旦踏入那里,它就再也不会离开你。如果你在夜晚抵达,乘船疾驰而过,风拂过你的头发,经过穆拉诺岛,那种体验令人难忘。这是世界上最伟大的旅程之一。你会觉得自己仿佛置身于费德里科·费里尼的电影中。

我的建议

在北部的卡纳雷吉奥区有一座教堂——玛多娜德尔奥尔托(Madonna dell'Orto)。那里更安静,你会在那里找到伟大的丁托列托的绘画作品,还有他的墓地。丁托列托几乎从未离开过威尼斯。他极其多产。教堂宏大,他有两幅几乎15米高的画作。他是我最喜欢的画家。我经常将他比作奥逊·威尔斯,以及《公民凯恩》和《午夜钟声》等电影中夸张的前景和纵深景深。你站在这些16世纪的画作下,仿佛在观看巨幕电影。

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另一个心仪之地是位于圣马可广场的奥利维蒂商店(Negozio Olivetti)——奥利维蒂大楼。其建筑师是卡洛·斯卡帕。它最初是为奥利维蒂公司(以生产打字机闻名)而建,但如今更像是一座建筑博物馆。它美得令人窒息——青铜与玻璃的运用,以及他将玻璃嵌入砖墙的方式。那里永远不会太拥挤。

没有人居住的地方?但如果你从旅游景点步行五分钟,就会看到孩子们在广场上踢足球,邻居们在窗边聊天。在兵工厂(Arsenale),你能感受到威尼斯作为海上强国的历史。傍晚日落时分前往,红色的砖墙在金色余晖中熠熠生辉。那里是拍照的绝佳去处。

酒店礼宾部经理塞巴斯蒂亚诺·斯孔帕林

我出生在利多岛——海滨。我被认为有80%的威尼斯血统!在里普里亚尼酒店(Hotel Cipriani)工作23年后,我更容易告诉你哪些大牌明星没在那里住过,而不是列出那些住过的人。名人喜欢那里,因为乘船就能轻松抵达电影节现场,同时又远离喧嚣。

我的小贴士

要吃要喝的话,我有一家喜欢的地方,看起来像是旅游景点,但其实并非如此:位于卡斯特洛区的里索托内·维尔德纳(Ristorante Wildner),它坐落在斯基亚沃尼滨河路(Riva degli Schiavoni)的水滨。店主是威尼斯人卢卡·富林(Luca Fullin),一位了不起的葡萄酒爱好者。食物棒极了。还有一家新开的餐厅,奥斯特利亚·达·布比(Osteria Da Bubi),那里

我第一次来威尼斯是在1998年,和现在的妻子一起。一年后我搬到一小时车程外的一个村庄,不久之后便在大学找到了一份工作。我将电影节视为自己第二份职业——作为一名电影作家。有一年,一个朋友给了我一张记者证。我深感内疚,因为我并不是记者。这不是冒名顶替的综合征:我就是个冒名顶替者。

对我来说,威尼斯是一座大学城,圣马格丽塔广场(Campo Santa Margherita)是学生夜晚活动的中心,尤其是在学期期间的斯普利兹时光。那里还有一家不错的书店,马可波罗书店(Libreria MarcoPolo)。广场旁边就是普尼桥(Ponte dei Pugni),即“拳头桥”。桥顶两侧的大理石上,有面对面的脚印。这些脚印标志着节日期间各氏族和区(sestieri)之间大打出手的起始位置。

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威尼斯有六个区。我的建议是:全部探索一遍。所有地方都在步行距离内,几乎每个角落都有值得一看的景点。和其他地方一样,如果你去旅游景点,就会找到游客。但如果你拐进小巷,周围就空无一人了。


电影宣传人乔纳森·拉特

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自1994年以来,我从未错过一届电影节,之前还去过好几次。我也去过电影节之外的威尼斯。过去25年来,我一直住在利多岛的阿尔贝戈·夸特罗·方塔内(Albergo Quattro Fontane)酒店。它的花园是电影节期间最放松的社交中心之一,人们在这里随意聚会、喝上一杯。那里的氛围美妙极了。我的小贴士

去朱代卡岛(Giudecca),那里的节奏与众不同。我喜欢斯帕齐奥·庞奇(Spazio Punch),一个致力于艺术、时尚、出版和建筑的非营利文化中心。它体现了威尼斯创意、独立的一面。在岛上用餐的话,我推荐特拉托利亚·阿尔塔内拉(Trattoria Altanella),一家充满浓厚威尼斯特色的美丽餐厅;或者如果你回到威尼斯本岛,在多尔索杜罗区(Dorsoduro)有奥斯特利亚·达·科德罗马(Osteria da Codroma),那里的氛围和食物同样让我喜爱。


制片人杰里米·托马斯

作家约翰·布莱斯代尔

罗纳德·菲利普斯

在卡斯特洛区有一家非常棒的餐厅,科尔特·斯康塔(Corte Sconta)——你再也找不到比这更好的了。它曾是我已故好友保罗·艾伦(微软联合创始人兼电影制片人)和已故加拿大音乐家罗比·罗伯逊的最爱。这里供应高品质的威尼斯菜肴——并不花哨,但有一个不错的炭烤炉。

我小时候第一次去威尼斯。我的父亲(导演拉尔夫·托马斯)1952年在那里拍摄了一部电影《威尼斯之鸟》(Venetian Bird)。我们会住在利多岛或托尔切洛岛。我喜欢利多岛的颓败之美。我和贝纳多·贝托鲁奇去过那里很多次。他对威尼斯了如指掌。我的小贴士

还有一家绝美的餐厅,位于利多岛南部渔村马拉莫科(Malamocco)的特拉托利亚·达·斯卡尔索(Trattoria Da Scarso)。它美得几乎不忍分享。威尼斯有太多完美的事物。所有那些传说和传奇,所有那些王子和宫殿。

摄影师斯特凡尼亚·达莱桑德罗

我的小贴士

威尼斯是我作为摄影师每年都要经历的例行活动,我要拍摄红毯和媒体见面会。我总是疯狂地奔波,携带沉重的相机。你要在拥挤的空间里等上几个小时,争夺最佳位置。但当一天结束时,当你知道自己拍到了精彩的照片,那种感觉棒极了。

我总会在"蓝色时刻"返回福南达门外滨河步道——日落后天空转为深蓝的时刻。我喜欢眺望潟湖和圣米凯莱墓岛。那感觉像是一种疗养。只有水、远处的木桩和船只。威尼斯最让人惊讶的往往是它的寂静。

2023年开业。它位于圣马可广场后方。今年我在那里吃到了最喜欢的一道菜,一份加入角虾(一种潟湖中的虾蛄物种)的奶酪辣椒意面。味道超赞。别错过

我也喜欢从福南达门走到兵工厂。你穿过安静的街道,直到抵达这座古老的造船厂。砖墙和塔楼很美。人们说威尼斯是一座死气沉沉的博物馆,那里

佩莱斯特里纳岛上有一家餐厅Da Celeste——从利多岛再往前一座岛屿——那里美得惊人。去那里很有意思。你先坐巴士到利多岛南端,然后巴士直接开上一艘小渡轮,渡轮穿过一小片水域。当我告诉他我在利多岛参观(不在电影节期间)时,艺术总监阿尔贝托·巴尔贝拉向我推荐了这家餐厅。我也喜欢卡纳雷吉欧,威尼斯最北边的区。如果有空档,我会冲过去,因为那里很适合吃奇切蒂——几份廉价小吃和一杯葡萄酒。想吃正餐的话,Osteria Anice Stellato很棒,而且临水。我还喜欢卡斯特罗区的Osteria Alle Testiere。你得提前几个月预订,但食物和服务无可挑剔。别错过

我喜欢圣拉扎罗-德利-阿尔梅尼人岛,位于利多岛旁边的亚美尼亚岛。岛上有一座18世纪的修道院。探索那里的花园很美妙。他们有一个藏书丰富的图书馆,书籍可追溯至14世纪。那里非常特别。

电影节策划人盖亚·富尔

我第一次来电影节是在1997年8月31日,戴安娜王妃去世的那天,在去利多岛的水上巴士上,人们谈论的唯一话题就是这件事。我那时是一个年轻的电影爱好者来参加电影节。甚至从未去过威尼斯的人也能感受到威尼斯的魅力。它属于集体想象。我的小贴士

威尼斯酒店经理埃德瓦尔多·布里托

我最喜欢的散步之一是在日落时沿着扎特雷海滨步道漫步,眺望对面的朱代卡岛。你能感受到潟湖的开阔。这段步道应包括在尼科冰淇淋店(Gelateria Nico)停留,品尝威尼斯传统的冰淇淋。

每年我都会去圣保罗区的里扎尔迪尼糕点店(Pasticceria Rizzardini)。这是一个没有座位的小店。你站在那里在吧台喝一杯双份浓缩咖啡,糕点每个售价还不到一欧元。我也喜欢多尔索杜罗区坎波·圣玛格丽塔的罗索咖啡(Caffè Rosso),那里的人们一边喝苦艾酒或塞莱克汽酒,一边吃三明治。

对于艺术爱好者,我推荐多格纳角(Punta della Dogana)和格拉西宫(Palazzo Grassi),不仅是为了展览,还为了当代艺术与威尼斯空间之间非凡的关系。若想在城市中找到片刻宁静,我喜欢圣马可区的皇家花园(Giardini Reali),这是一个绿色的避风港,或是卡斯特罗区的塞雷花园(Serre dei Giardini),在那里可以喝咖啡、读书,远离人群。

我在威尼斯担任Excelsior酒店总经理已有一年,因此对这座城市有了新的视角。我选择住在利多岛,因为它距离威尼斯仅10分钟路程,且拥有自己的特色。这里有长长的海滩、数英里的自行车道和大片绿地。你可以享受这种轻松的户外生活方式,同时身处世界文化名城的几步之避。我的小贴士

体验利多岛的最佳方式是骑自行车——我就是这么通勤上班的。这个岛约12公里长,你几乎可以骑行其全程。我喜欢阿尔贝罗尼(Alberoni),这是岛屿南端的自然保护区,有沙丘、步道和鸟类。这是威尼斯的另一面,许多游客从未发现。最大的误解是认为你可以在两天内“游览”威尼斯,只需勾选主要景点:五个广场、Kialto桥、乘坐贡多拉,就大功告成。这座城市由多个街区和岛屿组成,每个都有自己的传统。岛屿间乘坐汽船轻松往来,但人们不理解这一点,他们不愿离开主广场。别错过

英语,约1765年

乔治三世镀金雕刻镜

如果你住在利多岛,不妨在格兰维亚莱·圣玛丽亚·伊丽莎白塔(Granviale Santa Maria Elisabetta)度过一个夜晚。那里是当地生活发生的地方。人们漫步、见朋友、停下来喝一杯开胃酒,享受氛围。你会听到周围有人说威尼斯方言。我喜欢的一个小地方是海滨餐厅M22,位于利多海滨大道(Lungomare)上。它远离岛上的繁忙区域。夏天这里有微风,视野很好。店主是卡拉布里亚人,食物也带有卡拉布里亚风味。

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俄罗斯与西方

随笔 / 普京能在乌克兰取胜吗?克里姆林宫是否已颠覆美国政治?

查尔斯·克洛弗评三本新书分析莫斯科的长期战略

在阿富汗长达20年的美军驻扎期间,塔利班叛乱分子深知总会有时间限制。他们认为,美国在战场上的技术优势无法抵消华盛顿容易分心的能力。

事实证明,两万亿美元和20年,就是美国对阿富汗承诺的全部,最终在2021年混乱收场。如今,陷入僵局的俄罗斯正在指望西方注意力不集中的外交政策,据《我们将比你们活得更久》一书作者、詹姆斯·马丁防扩散研究中心俄罗斯问题专家汉娜·诺特(Hanna Notte)所言,这是俄罗斯为挫败西方制裁而制定的战略。

诺特的著作是三本新书之一,另外两本分别是基尔·贾尔斯(Keir Giles)的《美国推翻:莫斯科与华盛顿长期战争的终局》和迈克尔·霍达尔科夫斯基(Michael Khodarkovsky)的《草原与帝国》。这三本书从截然不同的角度切入俄罗斯,却都聚焦于一个已成为乌克兰战争结局关键的问题:冲突如何终结,在多大程度上取决于基辅西方支持者的实力与持久力。倘若西方过于边缘化、过于分裂,或沦为虚构的概念,又怎能取胜?

倘若莫斯科认为时间站在自己一边,那它或许是对的?俄罗斯承受了非凡的战场损失,并被切断了与西方经济的大部分联系,却未放弃战争,也未沦为许多人预言的国际贱民。

俄罗斯孤注一掷的赌注不仅仅是乌克兰最终会屈服,更是支持乌克兰的联盟会瓦解(许多人认为这一联盟早已瓦解)。

「西方」,莫斯科估计,既不像几年前那样团结,也不像从前那样普世:因唐纳德·特朗普当选而分裂,又被全球南方大部分国家忽视,这些国家仍一如既往地与俄罗斯做生意。但正如霍达尔科夫斯基的书所暗示的,在莫斯科对西方的虚张声势背后,或许隐藏着一个更古老的论点——关于俄罗斯在世界中的位置,以及其对欧洲若即若离的关系,这种关系滋养了霸权野心。

诺特认为,俄罗斯为熬过西方所做的努力重塑了该国的国际关系。但与人们预期的朝鲜或伊朗式的孤立相反,「这个国家在入侵乌克兰后并未沦为国际贱民,反而开启了一个崭新的对外开放时代」,她写道。

尽管俄罗斯经济已严重受损,但能源制裁的某些意外后果却让其得以维持运转——这些制裁实际上抬高了西方的能源价格,同时降低了印度和中国的价格。「印度抓住机会购买廉价石油,为俄罗斯提供了最关键的经济救命稻草。」她表示。

欧佩克拒绝了美国试图压低油价、削弱俄罗斯收入的努力,而迪拜则成为俄罗斯影子船队油轮避风港。「俄罗斯石油资金继续流动」,与此同时,西方国家却只能「玩打地鼠游戏」。

尤其是北京,通过贸易和出口所需技术,帮助俄罗斯继续战争。代价则是俄罗斯对中国的依赖加深:「对普京而言,为追逐统治乌克兰的梦想,甘愿沦为中国的附庸。」

上图:2025年8月阿拉斯加普京-特朗普峰会在纽约布莱顿海滩一家供应俄罗斯菜肴的餐厅「塔季扬娜」的电视屏幕上播出(盖蒂图片社)

《我们将比你们活得更久:普京打击西方的全球行动》 作者:汉娜·诺特(Hanna Notte) 出版社:WW Norton 定价:£24,320,320页

《美国推翻:莫斯科与华盛顿长期战争的终局》 作者:基尔·贾尔斯(Keir Giles) 出版社:Hurst 定价:£18.99,384页

草原与帝国:俄罗斯帝国及其欧亚对手

《草原与帝国:俄罗斯帝国及其欧亚对手》(The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts)作者:迈克尔·霍达科夫斯基(Michael Khodarkovsky),耶鲁大学出版社,定价£20 / $30,224页

但诺特(Notte)明确指出,塑造更有利于俄罗斯的世界秩序的主要工具,是其在冷战期间磨砺出的能力——利用冲突谋取杠杆。莫斯科在哈萨克斯坦展现了军事存在,并支持亲俄的“格鲁吉亚梦想”党在选举中获胜,而乌克兰的例子在选民心中分量极重。

诺特的最后一章还涉及俄罗斯迄今为止最具决定性的外交政策成功案例:特朗普的连任。这一结果在关税和格陵兰争端的争议中动摇了西方的决心。俄罗斯是否因美国政治中的偶然危机而受益,抑或积极策划了特朗普的当选,仍是一个备受争议的话题。

《美国颠覆》(American Overthrow)一书由查塔姆研究所俄罗斯问题分析师基尔·贾尔斯(Keir Giles)撰写,该书详细梳理了俄罗斯支持特朗普的证据,并认为后者代表了“莫斯科在与华盛顿长期战争中的终极目标”。他指出,莫斯科正濒临胜利,“不是通过军队或核武器的公开而可怕的冲突——这种冲突长期以来为世人所惧,而是通过长期而隐蔽的运动,从内部侵蚀美国”。

该书通过一位与普京治下的俄罗斯有着深刻熟悉度的观察者的视角,为美国政治提供了引人入胜的观察。

贾尔斯列出了一份令人印象深刻的平行清单:特朗普削弱了司法体系;通过对媒体母公司和所有者施压令其就范;并派遣武装准军事组织恐吓政治反对势力活跃的社区。

他写道:“俄罗斯权力的核心原则——即一个腐败金字塔顶端的精英阶层对大众的剥削——正是正在美国酝酿的新政治体系的主导特征。”

尽管贾尔斯列举了特朗普专制手段的有力证据,但其中有多少与普京政府直接相关仍未完全确定。例如,很容易证明俄罗斯热情支持特朗普的竞选活动,并从其行动中获益。但这并不意味着克里姆林宫确实策划了特朗普上台,并通过他持续操控美国政治。

难以想象俄罗斯情报机构(如军队总参谋部情报总局(GRU))能够展现出足够的纪律、保密性和技巧,令一名俄罗斯资产当选美国总统,并进而操控美国最反莫斯科的政党。2018年,俄罗斯军事情报机构GRU在英国索尔兹伯里的一条街道的垃圾箱中遗留了半罐诺维乔克毒剂,用于一起秘密暗杀行动。

然而,正是美国政治被颠覆的规模与突然性,亟待解释。另一种对俄罗斯阴谋论的替代解释——即美国政界的大批人士突然对普京的魅力及其成功记录产生钦佩——同样难以置信。

有些特朗普政策坦率而言别无解释,只能归因于其受莫斯科启发或源自莫斯科。2025年,白宫发布的《国家安全战略》与多份类似的俄罗斯文件有诸多相似之处。该战略批评美国精英试图“永久主宰整个世界”,并对美国“文化健康”表示担忧

——原文在此自然截断,以下内容缺失,严禁推测或续写—。

莫斯科最大的外交政策成功或许是特朗普的再次当选,这令西方阵营四分五裂

并称“觉醒”政策正威胁欧洲面临“文化灭绝”。该文将国际关系描述为大国划分势力范围的游戏。在白宫公布其战略的前一年,普京签署了一份外交政策纲领,勾勒出对称性愿景。该纲领将俄罗斯描述为一个“独特的国家-文明与广袤的欧亚和太平洋强国,团结俄罗斯人民及其他属于俄罗斯世界文化与文明共同体的各民族”。

“文化”一词在此处承担了大量解释功能。尽管俄罗斯传统上以其欧洲身份为傲,但如今它已成为一个“独特的国家-文明”,在拒绝西方的同时,仍觊觎着莫斯科昔日统治的帝国领土。

迈克尔·霍达尔科夫斯基(Michael Khodarkovsky)的《草原帝国》(The Steppe Empires)一书恰逢其时,深入探讨了这种欧亚身份的历史根源。作为一名在芝加哥洛约拉大学研究俄罗斯与草原民族(从蒙古人到突厥人再到卡尔梅克人)互动的历史学家,他试图解释当下现实:他并非试图通过学术支持为克里姆林宫背书。

他表示,这种历史遗产的政治效用或许显而易见,并将其描述为“克里姆林宫为寻找一种既能证明其地缘政治野心、又能将俄罗斯引上复仇主义道路的意识形态而进行的绝望探索的终结”。但这并不意味着它毫无真实性可言。“讽刺的是,克里姆林宫的宣传大师们对欧亚主义的主张完全站得住脚;俄罗斯始终是一个彻底的混合型社会,其根基与领土横跨欧亚两洲,”他写道。

霍达尔科夫斯基的分析始于金帐汗国对莫斯科统治的终结(15世纪)与伊凡雷帝的崛起。他指出,俄罗斯与草原游牧民族的互动遵循着一个惊人地可预测的模式。他通过追溯俄罗斯帝国与其他四个欧亚边缘地区帝国(清朝中国、萨非王朝伊朗、莫卧儿帝国与奥斯曼土耳其)在同一时期因与内亚草原游牧民族互动而形成的共性,来论证这一观点。

与自然边界不同,草原帝国面临着不断变动的边界。霍达尔科夫斯基并非首位主张历史与地理因素塑造了俄罗斯对其利益认知的学者。理查德·派普斯(Richard Pipes)与乔治·凯南(George Kennan)曾论证,缺乏天然边界与持续威胁使俄罗斯倾向于征服与中央集权。

霍达尔科夫斯基认为,“欧亚帝国的决定性特征在于其军事-官僚性质,其核心关注点始终是战争准备与管理”。奴隶制盛行,权力的绝对集中阻碍了欧洲式封建制度的出现,直至很晚近的时期且仅在部分地区。“欧亚帝国的宗主-臣属二元对立几乎没有中间地带。”

一个颇具意义的后续研究或许是考察当代“草原帝国”传人及其如何利用共同的历史遗产。霍达尔科夫斯基并未深入展开这一话题。这些国家大多为威权政体,且对其历史遗产多感不安:中国将晚清描述为“百年耻辱”,而印度的印度教民族主义者视莫卧儿王朝为穆斯林黑暗时代。土耳其在凯末尔·阿塔图尔克的领导下与过去决裂,但在反复遭欧盟拒绝后,又开始对其根源产生暧昧情愫。

在这些国家中,唯有俄罗斯近期双手紧抓其草原遗产,试图用历史为当下辩护。这一概念在国内颇为有用,将威权主义包装为传统;在国外,则在一个充满竞争性文明的世界中,为一个不存在普世“西方”以制定规则的世界提供了理论依据。

它也为诺特所描述的战略增添了历史的宏大感:俄罗斯无需击败西方,只需等待西方主导时代的终结。

查尔斯·克洛弗(Charles Clover)是《金融时报》的国防与安全记者

谁的影响?

贾里德·戴蒙德问领导者或运气在引导历史进程中扮演更大角色。撰稿:布龙温·马多克斯

面对贾里德·戴蒙德最新著作《利润、先知、教练与国王:领导者何时能改变历史?》的标题,人们很容易联想到一个平行的问题:“编辑何时能改变历史?”或许答案是:当他们迫使作者提出并回答一个明确问题之时。副标题中的括号暗示了书中充斥的模糊暧昧——尽管书中充满了丰富的案例与思考的启发。

戴蒙德,一位美国科学家兼历史学家,以提出关于世界各国社会演变的宏大问题并以原创且出人意料的论据与证据加以解答而享誉学界。其《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》(1997)曾获普利策奖,该书探讨非洲经济发展困境是否主要源于地理而非人为缺陷——如该大陆众多动物难以驯化、纬度地区疾病与寄生虫肆虐,以及少数可饲养动物极易感染或受害。这些观点虽有争议,但绝非可随意忽视——这正是戴蒙德著作的魅力所在。Debatable, certainly, but not dismissible – that is the pleasure of a Diamond book.

在其最新作品中,他触及一个重大问题:领导力是否能改变历史?一位政治或宗教领袖能否改变历史进程,抑或仅是体现了本可产生相同结果的潮流或运气?这正是历史上“大人物理论”与其对立面的传统对立——前者认为个人影响举足轻重,后者则认为趋势或运气才是真正的决定因素。

令读者略感失望的是,戴蒙德在开篇即宣布将采取中间路线——比偏执一方更现实,但也预示其后内容将无法形成响亮的理论结论。“中间观点认为,个别领导者有时能改变历史,有时则不能。”

他对“传记方法”陷阱有着精妙的见解:研究一位杰出个体的生平往往会诱使人们高估其影响力。即便如此,为使其方法论“科学化”,他对案例研究进行了“自然实验”,试图分离领导者的影响并“测试其他可能的领导者会取得何种成就”。

《利润、先知、教练与国王:领导者何时能改变历史?》(Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Make a Difference?)作者:贾里德·戴蒙德 出版社:Allen Lane 定价:£25 Mariner Books \$32 288 页

受实验室科学家使用对照组的严谨性启发,他援引了一项由事件进程自然产生的“自然实验”——“数十位现代政治领导人遭暗杀,而数百位未遇害”,以及每年“数千名企业CEO被解雇或未被解雇”。这些“如果……会怎样”的假设分析不仅拖慢了进度,反而未能有效推进研究。

尽管方法论笨重,分析却引人入胜。他最佳的案例是塞雷茨·卡马,1966年博茨瓦纳独立后的首任领导人。戴蒙德指出,在独立后的几十年里,博茨瓦纳拥有了世界上增长最快的经济体之一。“如今,它吸引外国投资者的原因在于其治理最佳、腐败最少、最安全,且几乎是非洲最富裕的国家……它始终实行自由选举,且从未爆发内战。”

他认为,作为首任领导人本身就是一项优势。他写道,你能创建让国家或组织起步良好的制度,并援引乔治·华盛顿、新加坡首任总理李光耀以及亚马逊的杰夫·贝佐斯和苹果的史蒂夫·乔布斯为例。

一年后博茨瓦纳独立,钻石被发现,为这个此前贫穷落后的国家开辟了一条通往财富之路

不必认同“伟人论”,也能认为某些理念具有变革潜力

然而,这些理念也可能带来浪费、腐败和部落冲突的风险。不过,卡马出身于发现钻石的部落,并做出了将权利移交给国家政府的变革性决定。

迪亚蒙德摒弃其“自然实验”方法论,转而采用他所谓的“哈姆雷特测试”这一传记方法的精细化版本:除了莎士比亚,还有谁能写出《哈姆雷特》?(迪亚蒙德认为无人能及。)他由此得出结论:除了卡马,无人能让博茨瓦纳起步如此顺利。这颇具说服力——但并未回答其书名所提的问题。在分析中,似乎刻意回避对纳尔逊·曼德拉的更多讨论(玛格丽特·撒切尔仅获片言只语的赞誉)。

他所谓的第二位“政治领袖”实例更难令人信服——雷切尔·卡森,其著作《寂静的春天》(1962年)揭示了杀虫剂对自然界的破坏性影响。迪亚蒙德将美国环保署于1970年成立归功于该书的影响。

首先,一位没有正式政党或追随者、或仅以非政府组织领导人身份行事的知识分子是否算作政治领袖,本身就值得商榷。但为支撑其论点,他又忽视了推动环保运动并使卡森著作产生影响的诸多因素:俄亥俄州凯霍加河于1969年因污染起火、纽约和洛杉矶的烟雾事件,以及阿波罗太空任务拍摄的地球图像等灾难与景象均功不可没。

当他转向商业领袖(“利润”主题)、宗教领袖(“先知”)和体育教练时,这些例子虽引人思考,但结论更加难以捉摸。他总体上轻视首席执行官的贡献,认为若换作他人,即使企业结构不同,也能做出同样的成就。这显然忽视了创新及其衍生价值的独特性。

在某些读者看来颇为气人的段落中,他甚至认为体育教练的实际影响或许不如其声名显赫的名声所暗示的那样,解雇他们“如同掷骰子”。从挑衅到平庸的转变中,他不容置疑地断言宗教领导力“要取得成功,不仅需要合适的人选,还需合适的地点和时机”。

他不愿过分强调“合适的人选”,转而寻找“合适”的环境,到最后似乎又暗示他对理念、创新或技术的重视不足。你无需认同“伟人论”,也能认为正是某些理念的力量——无论是揭示如何纠正错误,还是创造新技术—。

迟疑的首相

这篇对里希·苏纳克的分析与其说是为其辩护,不如说是对其所继承的毒瘤与衰落的研究,大卫·高克撰文

我们真的需要研究倒数第二位首相的任期吗?苏纳克在10岁时是安东尼·塞尔登共同撰写的首相个人档案系列中的第六部(他大概不会想到,16年前当他出版《布朗在10岁时》时,会写出如此多的续作),而苏纳克并不像他的一些前任那样色彩斑斓或举足轻重。

苏纳克在政坛上升迅速。在金融界取得成功后,他于2015年成为下议院议员,仅在2020年被任命为财政大臣后才进入国家视野。但当他于2022年10月入主唐宁街10号时,他继承的是一个疲惫且分裂的保守党。他的政府挣扶着仅维持了一个垂死的任期,最终注定以惨重的选举失败告终。事实确实如此——2024年7月,基尔·斯塔默爵士领导的工党赢得了胜利。

然而,塞尔登及其合著者汤姆·埃格顿成功完成了一部有价值且颇具洞察力的作品,记录了一个仍具现实意义的时期,以及一个值得重新评价的个体。

苏纳克很可能被铭记为英国首位非白人首相,以及带领保守党遭遇有史以来最惨败选举结果(截至目前)的政治家。书中传达出的信息是,他也是近年来少数几位在唐宁街10号任职期间表现出色且能力出众的人之一(这并非夸大其词)。与苏纳克共事过的许多人在接受采访时认为,他勤奋、聪明、尽职,是一位忠诚的丈夫和父亲。

批评者指责他野心过盛,在推翻鲍里斯·约翰逊后又无情地清除任何阻碍其接替莉兹·特拉斯的障碍。实际上,他是一位迟疑的首相,当特拉斯——苏纳克在首次领导权竞选中败给她——的政府陷入崩溃时,其团队不得不劝说他再次参选。苏纳克明知选举失败几乎是必然的,但仍认为自己有责任尝试稳定国家。

《苏纳克在10岁时:最后一位保守党首相?》,作者:安东尼·塞尔登、汤姆·埃格顿,Atlantic Books,£25 624,624页

塞尔登和埃格顿指出苏纳克的成功之处,尤其是在外交领域——这是他经验最薄弱的领域。他与多国领导人建立了牢固的私人关系,这比许多前任做得更好。这提升了英国的全球地位,并帮助他与布鲁塞尔达成《温莎框架》协议,缓解了他所继承的英国脱欧后最棘手的混乱局面之一。

但这并未为他赢得党内多少感激。塞尔登和埃格顿明确指出,保守党难以管理、放纵且自我毁灭。

这在一定程度上是由于其高级同僚的个人缺陷所致。例如,加文·威廉姆森和纳迪姆·扎哈维在苏纳克入主唐宁街10号的早期就因行为不端而被迫离职。但更大的问题是,苏纳克在党内右翼面前处于弱势地位。保守党的公众支持率因"聚会门"丑闻和2022年9月的"迷你预算"而崩溃,但这位新领导人却因担心疏远约翰逊和特拉斯的支持者而未能与他们保持距离。他错失了重新开始的唯一机会。他甚至感到有义务任命苏拉·布雷弗曼为内政大臣,尽管她在特拉斯政府任职仅数日后便因向议会同僚泄露机密文件而被迫辞职。

Sunak的安抚右翼之举反而令其处境雪上加霜。约翰逊、特拉斯及其盟友处处试图削弱他,而布雷弗曼——连同她的内政部副大臣兼曾为苏纳克盟友的罗伯特·詹里克(Robert Jenrick)——则要求转变移民政策,苏纳克认为此举“不负责任且行不通”。自2019年大选以来,保守党已两度换帅,但他对右翼议程的抵制仍招致严重的罢免阴谋,据塞尔登(Seldon)与埃格顿(Egerton)所言,其商业大臣基米·巴登诺(Kemi Badenoch)几近支持此类行动。

他最终坚持下来,但苏纳克与该党的最后几个月却惨淡无光。他并非无可指摘。除了在对抗右翼时的谨慎外,他缺乏一个令人信服的理由,说明保守党为何应继续执政;他曾夸口要“阻止偷渡船”,却在遏制非法移民上承诺过头;其政治手腕亦显不稳,例如那次在2024年诺曼底D日纪念活动中提前离场的灾难性决定。但归根结底,他继承的是一个令全国厌恶的保守党。

对右翼中的某些人而言,苏纳克象征着一种失败的政治模式:技术官僚且与民粹选民基础脱节。但塞尔登与埃格顿传递出一个更复杂的故事:一个品行端正的男人,却是一位有缺陷的政治家,试图在治理需求与领导一个纪律尽失、诚信扫地、经济能力名誉扫地的政党之间寻求平衡,而该党早已沦为依赖一个无法满足其分歧选民的组织。

当保守党苦苦思索为何仍如此不得民心时,明智之举或许是读一读这本书,并领悟到——等到苏纳克入主唐宁街10号之时,大部分损害早已铸成,通常正是他党内最严厉的批评者所为。尽管他有种种优点,但要弥补这些损害,却非他所能。

大卫·高克(David Gauke)为前保守党司法大臣

罗伊·科恩(Roy Cohn)于1977年在纽约走向其宾利车——纽约时报 / Redux / eyevine

无赖律师的教训

约瑟夫·麦卡锡的首席法律顾问罗伊·科恩的引人入胜传记 其人如何启发了唐纳德·特朗普的行事风格。撰文:克里斯托弗·格里姆斯

1973年10月的一天,时年27岁、来自皇后区的唐纳德·特朗普正试图打入曼哈顿房地产界。

一天晚上,他在会员制餐厅Le Club餐厅与罗伊·科恩相遇,后者是纽约臭名昭著的律师,客户包括黑帮分子和名人。特朗普和其开发商父亲刚刚被美国政府起诉,罪名是歧视寻求在其名下公寓居住的黑人。"您觉得我该怎么办?"特朗普问科恩。"让他们见鬼去,把官司打下去,让他们证明你歧视了,"科恩对他说。这种大胆的建议令特朗普耳目一新——这也开启了一段关系,对美国及其全球关系产生了深远影响。

科恩既是特朗普的律师,也是其导师。在接下来的十年里,特朗普吸收了科恩的行事准则,后者在年轻时作为律师在"红色恐慌"和麦卡锡时代曾残酷地运用这些手段:永远攻击,永远不留纸质痕迹,让自己的名字见报头条,永远不认输。

特朗普在房地产界成名之时便效仿科恩,而科恩的阴影至今仍笼罩着这位世界最有权势的办公室主人。"我的罗伊·科恩在哪里?"特朗普在第一个总统任期内面对棘手法律问题时曾如此发问。在他因艾滋病于59岁去世40年后,科恩对美国政治的恶劣影响依然强劲如昔。

"科恩的右翼、反智主义精神从他的皇后区陵墓中萦绕着我们,"凯·伯德和苏珊·戈德马克在《美国无赖》一书中写道,这是一部引人入胜且启人深省的新传记。"他就在这里,与我们同在,我们噩梦中的恶鬼,一个将个人道德败坏的种子播撒进美国,使其陷入21世纪政治愚行的男人。"

毫无疑问,科恩才华横溢。他出身特权家庭;其父阿尔伯特·科恩是纽约最高法院法官,母亲则是一位富有银行家的女儿。科恩8岁时便开始阅读父亲的法庭摘要。

他16岁进入哥伦比亚大学,随后就读哥伦比亚法学院。通过父亲的人脉,他于21岁时成为助理美国检察官。尽管经验不足,但他拥有其他才能:过目不忘的记忆力、审问证人的天赋以及向媒体炒作案件的天分。

战后"红色恐慌"初期,科恩成为全国性人物。他参与了针对朱利叶斯和埃塞尔·罗森伯格的间谍案,后者被指控向苏联转移原子弹相关文件。科恩还在法官的选择中发挥了关键作用:欧文·考夫曼,在科恩父亲的支持下获得法官职位。

联邦调查局局长J·埃德加·胡佛将罗森伯格案称为"世纪审判"。然而,该案仅持续了三周。科恩说服法官和陪审团认定罗森伯格夫妇有罪,两人均被判处坐电椅处决。经过两年的上诉,他们最终被处决。

"普通美国人震惊地得知,35岁、两个幼子的母亲埃塞尔也将面临电椅处决,"伯德(曾因2005年罗伯特·奥本海默传记《美国的普罗米修斯》与人共享普利策奖)和戈德马克写道。就连胡佛也反对判处埃塞尔死刑,唯恐引发公众强烈抗议。但科恩从未退缩。"我自己都会拉下电椅的拉杆,"他后来如是说。

该案揭示了科恩的"行事原则",作者写道:"永远不要为遗憾浪费时间,永远不要表现出任何疑虑,永远不要道歉。"

Cohn在二十多岁时就成为参议员约瑟夫·麦卡锡的首席法律顾问,后者是“红色恐慌”的公众代言人。据称,Cohn从麦卡锡那里学会了“如何在成为煽动者的同时逃脱惩罚”。麦卡锡和Cohn在1954年垮台前,毁掉了多名军人、外交官及其他人士的声誉

《美国无赖:罗伊·科恩从乔·麦卡锡到唐纳德·特朗普的黑暗之旅》(American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump,Simon & Schuster出版社 £30;Scribner出版社 $32,528,共32,528页)

“陆军-麦卡锡听证会”通过电视转播被2000万美国人观看。Cohn曾多次在宣誓下撒谎,却逃脱了起诉。

“罗伊·科恩在哪里?”特朗普在其首个总统任期内面对棘手法律问题时曾这样发问

Cohn回到纽约,加入一家律师事务所,并与芭芭拉·沃尔特斯、安·兰德及多位媒体人物结交。在20世纪60年代和70年代的不同时期,他曾代理该市五大黑手党家族。他还挡下了曼哈顿地区检察官罗伯特·莫格索的三次针对其自身行为的调查。“科恩很肮脏,我们都知道,”莫格索宣称,“问题是找不到证据。”

1967年,Cohn的母亲去世。他用遗产购买了一栋五层、28个房间的联排别墅,作为律所与住所。母亲的离世也标志着Cohn开始更公开地谈及其同性恋身份——尽管他从未公开出柜。“白天,这栋房子是律所;夜幕降临后,它几乎变成了一家同性恋妓院,”作者写道。

到20世纪70年代中期,特朗普成为Cohn最显眼的客户。Cohn代理特朗普的房地产交易,并为其与首任妻子伊万娜签订了一份极不平等的婚前协议。他还将特朗普引荐至夜总会Studio 54,后者正是特鲁曼·卡波特、碧安卡·贾格尔、卡尔文·克莱因及其他各路明星的聚会场所。Cohn与里根夫妇关系密切,并以座上宾身份出席白宫晚宴。

特朗普与Cohn有诸多共同点,但特朗普的一位表亲指出两人间的重要差异。特朗普“兼具自恋与不安全感。但在罗伊身上,除了不愿公开承认自己是同性恋外,他对自身的认同感极为坚定”。

1984年,Cohn被诊断出患有艾滋病。他从未公开承认患病,但安迪·沃霍尔在日记中写道:“人人都说罗伊看起来病得很重,快要死了。”同一时期,在逃避数十年刑事指控后,Cohn因伪证、挪用公款、胁迫及撒谎等罪名面临取消律师资格的处罚。他于1986年8月2日去世。

“他的价值观、不道德行为及政治理念已存活并取代了他所憎恨的建制派价值观,”作者写道,“他确实为我们带来了唐纳德·特朗普式的自恋政治。”

失落激情的钥匙

《事物的旋律》是娜迪亚·比尔德的回忆录,讲述了一位钢琴家重新找回对乐器的热爱的动人故事。撰文:黛安·科尔

娜迪亚·比尔德和我一样,是一位职业作家兼业余钢琴家,对音乐的热爱让她成年后重拾童年未完成的键盘学习。这只是比尔德迷人回忆录《事物的旋律》深深打动我的原因之一。

身为新闻组织《Coda Story》的主编,比尔德将自己的音乐回归描绘为在远离音乐多年后的个人重新发现之旅。直到那时,“弹钢琴和大提琴曾是我生命的核心,”她回忆道。在英格兰东南部长大的她,与心爱的祖母因共同的音乐爱好而紧密相连——祖母确保比尔德和她的姐姐学会弹钢琴,而她的天赋足以让她赢得私立学校的奖学金。

但到了30岁时,她已全身心投入新闻事业。以至于当她在德国朋友家做客时,发现一间空荡荡的房间里放着一架大钢琴,她一时冲动坐下弹奏时,自己都感到惊讶。她的手指流淌出亨德尔和舒曼的记忆碎片,令她又惊又喜。朋友们也同样震惊,他们根本不知道她曾弹奏过钢琴。

“他们的惊讶成为我完全忽视音乐的可怕证明,”她写道。更强烈的是,通过自己努力创造音乐所迸发的情感浪潮,她诱人地描述为“一种难以捉摸、令人上瘾的感觉,我认出它也曾萦绕在初恋的第一刻”。

她笨拙的手指总是按错音符。“虽然我今年年初还是一名钢琴家,但年底时可能不再是了”

音乐再次将她俘获。尽管她的技艺已荒废多时。在接下来的章节中,比尔德记录了她如何仿佛被海妖的歌声召唤,试图重拾这份失去的爱好。

她几乎立刻开始行动,在接下来的一年半里,每天在全职编辑工作前后各挤出三小时练琴,全然不顾这份艰苦的日程会彻底抹杀社交生活的可能。她的首要任务是准备巴赫、贝多芬和斯克里亚宾的作品,希望能凭此通过试听进入格鲁吉亚第比利斯音乐学院的一年制课程。

然而,当她前往法国参加一个乡村春季钢琴驻留项目为试听做准备时,她坦承在众多成就斐然的音乐家面前,自己感觉像个“冒牌货”。但她坚持了下来,并反思道:“音乐课程与疗愈之间的相似之处是多么不可思议”,当钢琴教练劝她“别让自己成为绊脚石”时。

录取通知书在2020年夏天寄达。她欣喜地将即将到来的学年视为“一个起点,一次尝试加深我与音乐的关系、提升它并赋予其意义的开始”。她也不为需要搬到一个陌生国家或在远程工作之余仍需投入大量练习时间而气馁。

尽管如此,她仍无法抛开少女时代的记忆——那时她随意逃避练习,并“向自己和他人保证自己不够优秀”,无法从事职业生涯。

沉浸于此类思绪中,她几乎无法回答音乐学院老师的第一个问题

《万物的旋律:重拾遗忘的快乐》(The Melody of Things: On Returning to Forgotten Joys)作者:纳迪亚·比尔德·法伯 定价:£18.99 256

玛娜娜·戈齐里泽问她:是什么让她决定来此学习。在长时间的沉默后,她才几乎听不见地答道:“因为我热爱音乐。”

对善解人意的戈齐里泽而言,这已足够。“选择你热爱的音乐,我会教你如何演奏它。”她说。但比尔德的自我怀疑并未消退,多年来对舞台恐惧症的挣扎也雪上加霜。

现实很快验证了她的担忧:在开始学业不久后,她获准演奏苏联超级巨星斯维亚托斯拉夫·里赫特当年访问第比利斯时曾演奏过的那架钢琴。比尔德几乎立刻崩溃,手指在正确的音符上慌乱地寻找,却总是按错。“虽然我今年年初还是一名钢琴家,但年底时可能不再是了。”她忧心忡忡。

不久之后,一位随和的加拿大大提琴手阿尔洛出现了。作为浪漫或音乐伴侣,他们一开始似乎完全不般配——他对练习的漫不经心与比尔德对练习的狂热形成鲜明对比。但他那种天生的乐观情绪支撑了她的信心,说服她先为小团体演奏,再逐渐扩大规模。

尽管阿尔洛后来返回加拿大,比尔德仍留在当地,在坚定的戈齐里泽指导下提升自己的音乐素养与技巧。

她完成了这一年——也完成了她的回忆录——最终有信心在欧洲与一个小型室内乐团以独奏者身份登台。她学会了直面音乐,也教会读者即使在寻找支撑我们的旋律时,也要承受那些错误的音符。

纳迪亚·比尔德在她第比利斯的公寓中 《金融时报》摄影师:纳特拉·格里戈拉什维利

1967年,当约翰·赫伯特创作其煽动性的同性恋剧作《命运与男人的眼睛》时,同性恋行为仍属违法

in his native Canada. When, at the beginning of Marlon James's Booker Prize-longlisted The Disappears, eight gay men meet in 1988 to discuss staging a production of a play in Kingston, homosexual acts remain illegal in Jamaica. A conviction could be punished with 10 years' hard labour. Almost four decades later, this remains the case, Jamaica never having repealed its strict, repressive legislation.

Tatyana Alanis Out of sight

The play brings together a ragtag assortment of would-be actors; those who frequent the small cluster of remaining gay bars, and those like Eddy Porteous, the narrator of the novel's first section, who can spot "gay code" in a supermarket flyer. Eddy is 18, newly experienced but far from streetwise, and James gives him an irresistible voice, one that feels intimate and confessional, yet retains the brag and swagger of a teenager trying to impress.

Among his pitch-perfect pop-cultural references, catty portraits of the other actors and lustful imagination, Eddy relates a devastating catalogue of how precarious life is. In one early scene at the local mall, friend holds up an LP and waves it at him. "Nuh this record you looking for?" she shouts. The album cover shows a "naked Prince with backside on the bed of a flower, looking at the sky and playing with nipple". It is an unintended outing, and one from which Eddy runs at speed, fearing a beating from anyone who witnessed it.

That threat of violence is there in every aspect of the actors' daily lives, but even more so when the men meet to rehearse the play. It's not long before that violence arrives. One evening, the company is attacked by a gang of 12 men. They murder one man, blind another, and beat the rest within an inch of their lives.

We do not see the violence through Eddy's eyes – he fortunately misses the ill-fated rehearsal – but through the perpetrators'. Their voices cascade with self-justification, with loathing, with barely contained excitement at the brutality. There are religious leaders among their number, a repressed homosexual, an American and a reggae star whose biggest hit is a homophobic anthem. It is a litany of visceral and unrelenting hate that is both punishing and unrelenting.

In the aftermath of the attack, two of the actors – Orrin Turner and Matt Chin – disappear, “Gone like thieves in the night.” Eddy and another member of the cast, Jordan Brown, resolve to find the missing men, their efforts recorded through transcripts of interviews with a journalist, Peta-Gaye Burke, working on a project called The Disappeared.

Marlon James's Booker-longlisted novel is a full-blooded and righteously angry examination of homophobia, erasure and survival. By Stuart Evers

The Disappearers by Marlon James Hamish Hamilton £20 Riverhead $32 640 pages

正如他在早期的虚构作品以及近期的奇幻小说《黑豹,红狼》(Black Leopard, Red Wolf)和《月之巫,蛛之王》(Moon Witch, Spider King)中所充分证明的那样,詹姆斯(James)是一位多变且具有复杂性、深度和坚定愿景的作家。《失踪者》(The Disappears)是他自2015年获得布克奖的《七次杀戮简史》(A Brief History of Seven Killings)以来,第一部以牙买加为背景的小说,书中迸发出他的愤怒与才智,而且至关重要的是,他拒绝采取任何保守的写法。

在塑造了埃迪(Eddy)这样一个如此令人信服且血肉丰满的角色后,不再直接地回到这个角色身上似乎有违直觉。然而,尽管我们可能会想念他的声音,但决定将他移至背景之中的做法是大胆且令人满意的。当埃迪在客串中回归时——幸福、恋爱、结婚、成功——这与乔丹·布朗(Jordan Brown)那个阴郁且日益不稳定的世界形成了鲜明对比。

乔丹与埃迪之间的差异是詹姆斯在《失踪者》中穿插的众多对立关系之一;这些对立揭示了男同性恋者为了能在岛上生存而必须做出的极其艰难的选择。尽管乔丹说,在牙买加没有一个男同性恋者是在真正地生活。“我们甚至不存在。我们只是在生存。”詹姆斯暗示,被强迫转入地下、强迫隐藏、强迫结婚以示顺从,男同性恋者一直都在“失踪”,即使他们表面上就在那里。

因此,作为书名,《失踪者》显得尤为贴切。它既是指奥林(Orrin)和马特(Matt)——乔丹甚至称马特为“失踪者”——也是指那些希望让他们消失的力量:来自父母和家庭要求顺从的无情压力,以及不顺从时不可避免的放逐;来自教会、国家和媒体将其妖魔化的无情压力;因恐惧暴力报复而不得不隐藏爱情的无情压力;以及那些被用来侵犯、摧毁精神的词汇,以及在流行歌曲中听到这些词汇时所感受到的无情压力。这些才是真正的“失踪者”。马龙·詹姆斯(Marlon James)在这部卓越且重要的小说中,以严谨、美感和正义的愤怒揭露了这一切。

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为MI6执行的意外任务

威廉·博伊德最新的达克斯小说以其标志性的幽默与讽刺重温了20世纪60年代的谍报活动,玛格达莱娜·米埃奇尼茨卡撰文报道

时值1964年,旅行作家加布里埃尔·达克斯正在圣莫尼卡码头的一家咖啡馆享用早餐。表面上,他来到加利福尼亚是为了为下一本书做研究。实际上,他正在为军情六处执行一项任务。

他此行要见的那位诗人掌握着二战期间安全漏洞的重要情报。英国情报部门仍在因剑桥背叛而备受打击,金·菲尔比仅在一年前叛逃至苏联。菲尔比或许不是潜伏在英国情报部门的最后一名克格勃间谍。

达克斯正是完成此任务的合适人选。在博伊德的两部小说中,他已为军情六处领薪水,而《冷日落》是献给他的三部曲中的第三部。

这部系列小说以每年一本的惊人速度出版,首部《加布里埃尔之月》于2024年出版,讲述达克斯前往刚果民主共和国采访总理帕特里斯·卢蒙巴,不久之后卢蒙巴于1961年遇刺。一次军情六处的随意请求随之而来,达克斯作为意外间谍的生活就此开始。

达克斯最初的动机很简单:金钱,以及对军情六处联系人——有时也是情人的费丝·格林——说“是”的乐趣。在第二部《困境》(2025年)中,他卷入了一场挫败暗杀肯尼迪的行动。

在《冷日落》中,达克斯开始意识到,他原本视为次要职业的间谍活动已悄然占据了他的身份。写作生活被边缘化,原本轻松有趣的附带工作突然变得严重。此外,随着对代号“科里奥兰纳斯”的间谍追捕加速,他被派往莫斯科执行一项危险的撤离任务,这不仅威胁到他的生命,或许更令人不安的是——威胁到他对朋友们身份的认知。

我们得以享受其中的趣味奇特之处。达克斯是一个类似《阿甘正传》中阿甘的角色,迷失在历史事件的丛林中

——他分不清在朋友、同事和爱人中,到底该信任谁。

博伊德曾说:“间谍与人类行为之间有着非常强的联系,因为在间谍类型中,你能看到人际关系的一切,只是音量被调高了。我们都撒过谎;我们都背叛过他人。”

与启发了他的格雷厄姆·格林、金斯利·艾默斯和伊夫林·韦——所有人都令他深受影响——一样,博伊德骨子里是一位喜剧作家,即使叙述最戏剧性的事件也带着讽刺与幽默。与他们相似,他既写过“严肃”的作品,如其最著名且最具雄心的小说《人生如铁》(2002),也写过纯粹荒诞的作品,如早期的《非洲好人》(1981)。《冷日落》与《达克斯三部曲》的其他作品同属后者,是一本愉悦的读物,其细节无需过多停留。

如其两部前作般高度娱乐性,《冷日落》的间谍惊悚情节让读者欲罢不能,但其强度始终不足以令心跳加速。我们从未真正为叛徒的身份焦虑不已,角色的命运也鲜少引发怜悯或恐惧。

《冷日落》 作者:威廉·博伊德 维京出版社 £20 / 大西洋犯罪出版社 $28 272页

相反,我们得以享受其中的趣味奇特之处。达克斯是一个类似《阿甘正传》中阿甘的角色,迷失在历史事件的丛林中。

博伊德以其标志性幽默重温1960年代的风尚:达克斯“难以想象地伸手去拿香烟,随即停下……香烟如今被认为是——甚至可以说是主要的——肺癌成因……也许这又是耸人听闻的故事之一,他想着,还是点燃了一支自己的吉塔内斯。”他还像《广告狂人》中的唐·德雷珀般饮酒,倒不完的伏特加、喝不尽的葡萄酒,哪怕在焦急等待一次充满敌意的会面或潜在刺客之际也不例外。

整部小说中,达克斯继续在汉普斯特德拜访他的心理分析师,这一情节设置让他得以倾诉——颇为有趣地——他和军情六处的深层秘密。

博伊德自诩为契诃夫迷,尽管并非他挂在墙上的所有猎枪最终都会开火。或许正因为此,《冷日落》中作者对间谍类型并不完全严肃。书中引入的人和事件更多是为小说的心理内核服务,而非其情节。

这使得《冷日落》成为一本愉悦的读物,尽管结局留下了不少未了之缘。达克斯系列被宣传为三部曲,但略显未竟的结局或许反成读者的最终收获:或许博伊德这位“意外间谍”还会回归。

万物之伟与奇

奥尔加·托卡尔丘克的第三部长篇小说《原初与其他时光》,首版于1996年在波兰问世,随即获得评论界的广泛赞誉,并奠定其作为欧洲最令人振奋的当代小说家之一的地位。该作于2010年首次出版英文版(由安东尼娅·劳埃德-琼斯再次翻译),现再版发行。小说体现了托卡尔丘克那令人振奋、超越类型的写作风格,其2018年获诺贝尔文学奖亦与此殊荣相符。

故事以东波兰虚构村庄“原初”为背景,开篇第一句便将其描述为“宇宙的中心之地”,并通过1914年至20世纪80年代初的时光流转,记录村民们在动荡与安宁中的命运变迁。这片土地被两条河流环抱,由四位天使守护,却无法抵御两次世界大战、帝国崩溃、纳粹占领与苏联接管的侵袭。

故事的主线围绕磨坊主之妻格诺维法展开:丈夫米哈尔被征入沙皇军队时,她正怀着长女米西亚;自此,她与家族三代人的命运与财富便随之起伏。米西亚长大后嫁给雄心勃勃的瓦工之子帕韦乌,后者渴望“塑造未来”,并与她育有四个子女。她的弟弟伊济多则是一位白痴天才:纯洁的灵魂能洞察超乎理解的真相,却无法用言语表达。

这些角色的故事与其他众多人物交织:能驯蛇预言未来却无法拯救女儿的女巫“角刺”;对月咒骂的疯女人弗洛伦廷卡;迷失于一位老拉比所赠“巨型圆形迷宫”棋局的乡绅波皮尔斯基,他曾就生命意义向老人求教。

意识并非人类专属。托卡尔丘克将叙事框架扩展至天使、动物、树木、植物乃至无生命之物。某夜,一株巨型欧芹变身为金发少年,“将角刺揽于胯间,深深扎根于她的节奏之中,渗透她的整个身心”。

《原初与其他时光》以细腻的日常生活描摹为基调,间以对灵性与超自然的探索。当米西亚痴迷于家中珍藏之物时,她的天使“却能看到浩瀚的存在阶梯、那非凡的结构与其中包含的八重世界……却难以将注意力集中于米西亚的世界,那里……黑暗而充满苦难,如同长满浮萍的浑浊池塘”。

小说以万花筒般的结构与跨时代的叙事,勾勒出一个既宏大又细腻、既精确又普世的社群肖像。其间时而闪现黑暗童话的气息,融入魔幻现实主义与哈西德民间传说的回响;时而又回归历史现实的坚实领域。书中对原初犹太人被灭绝的“时光”描写冷峻而毫不留情。

在托卡尔丘克迄今创作的九部小说中,她刻意拒绝固定视角与单一叙事语调。正如她在诺贝尔奖获奖演讲中所解释的,这种“包容而超越”的叙事手法,旨在展现“万物如何相互联结为一个整体,即便其间的关联尚未为我们所知”,从而让读者“在微小的事件颗粒中发现整个星群”。

Primeval and Other Times在这一方面并不完全成功。在后期阶段,叙事动力减弱,各条故事线戛然而止,人物也逐渐淡出视野,被宇宙的运转与漩涡所吞没。

与之后《飞行》(2007)、《驱赶你的犁越过死者的骨头》(2009)等充满创意的作品,或是恢宏巨制《雅各书》(2014)相比,这里留给人的感受与其说是万物之间的相互关联,毋宁说是人类存在的可悲荒诞与无足轻重。

男孩的成长故事

一段关于在1970年代意大利成长的温暖而戏谑的故事,充满焦虑与欢乐。撰文:约翰·塞尔夫

尽管桑德罗·韦罗内西(Sandro Veronesi)在意大利数十年来一直是备受欢迎的小说家——他是第二位两度获得著名的斯特雷加奖的作家——但直到其最新小说《蜂鸟》(2021)问世,他才在英语世界获得突破性成功。

与《蜂鸟》类似,他新近翻译的小说《黑色九月》同样讲述一个男人回顾个人历史,试图弄清它如何将自己带到现在的位置。(《韦罗内西的早期小说之一名为《过去的力量》,这个短语或许是其小说的宣言。)

"人回顾一生"并非一个看似充满希望的构思,但问题不在于你做什么,而在于你如何去做。我们的叙述者吉吉奥·贝兰迪(Gigio Bellandi)开篇就赢得了读者的好感,像是一个更友好的霍尔顿·考尔菲德:"要开始讲述这个故事,首先我得谈谈我的父母。"

他的母亲是爱尔兰人,头发是"无法形容的红色,相信我,那种红色只存在于她的头上"。她小时候移居意大利,后来她的"魅力"吸引了吉吉奥的父亲——一位刑事律师,"一个充满活力的好男人",因工作常常不在家,但正因为如此,吉吉奥反而更爱他。

故事从一开始就设定在1972年夏天,当时他12岁,吉吉奥不断暗示即将到来的重大 revelations。"世界第一次直接、毫无遮掩地击中了我,"他在第一页告诉我们,当"轮到我崩溃时"。三十页后,他承诺:"现在,那个事件。"再往后,"我们已经到了故事急转直下的时刻。"接下来发生的事很少能达到预期,很难判断这些吊人胃口的伎俩是韦罗内西的调皮把戏,还是吉吉奥对自己童年经历扭曲的重要性的反映。

这样的表演手法并非必要。吉吉奥在Vinci, Tuscany——这个"羊水般的小镇"——的童年生活中,充满了生动的微型场景(由迈克尔·F·摩尔(Michael F Moore)优雅翻译),这些场景既增强了故事的表面吸引力,又丰富了我们对吉吉奥成长过程的感知。其中有一段关于童年玩"clacker"球的描述——掌握技巧的过程、对他人更擅长此道的羡慕,以及一种时尚玩具带来的社区感——仅用两页就道尽了童年的况味。更为绚丽的是叔叔焦蒂的出场:他蹲在收音机旁,现场复盘鲍比·菲舍尔的国际象棋对局,像完成善举般"微笑着、默默地"拧断鸡脖子,饭后还会在盘子里留下一点食物,原因直到很久后才揭晓。

这大多是一个关于存在与缺席的故事。在那个核心的夏天,吉吉奥的父亲无法与家人一同度假,但正值青春期前夕的吉吉奥,却被一个名叫阿斯特尔的13岁女孩迷住了。他们一起听音乐、看奥运会;对吉吉奥来说,第一次观看彩色电视是通往令人兴奋的未来的一扇窗。但奥运会很快也消失了——在小说标题所影射的针对以色列运动员的恐怖袭击后,奥运会被取消。

我们期待的 revelations 最终确实到来了,但它们的铺垫过程比吉吉奥故弄玄虚的急转直下更为有效。通过对青春期情感的充分渲染,《黑色九月》成功地同时成为一则关于快乐与悲伤的故事,两者相互增强——且同样令人信服。

《黑色九月》 作者:桑德罗·韦罗内西 译者:迈克尔·F·摩尔 斯凯普特出版社,£20 256页

为什么蒂尔达·斯温顿要重新穿上她的平角内裤

人与人 / 在近40年后重返舞台,这位演员与重聚的团队告诉莎拉·赫明为何这部纳粹时期的性别转换故事如今显得格外切题

“我想我应该在这里吃点东西,”蒂尔达·斯温顿说着,懒散地瘫坐在伦敦皇家宫廷剧院排练室里一台脏兮兮的旧电视机旁的椅子上,“也许这会是我的‘黄瓜时刻’?”

即使身着刺眼的红白相间平角内裤、背心和工装靴,斯温顿仍散发着磁性的存在感。她身材修长、超凡脱俗,却又充满活力,整个房间仿佛都因她而充电。这让人很难相信,她正在排练的这部戏剧《人与人》将让她时隔数十年后首次重返舞台:这是德国作家曼弗雷德·卡尔格于1982年创作的激进作品。更为引人注目的是,此次重聚让她与近40年前首演该剧的原班创作团队再度合作。

“感觉就像有个40年前被我塞在楼梯下的鞋盒,现在我把它拿了出来,”她后来一边翻找茶包一边说道,“而且它现在让我感到如此鲜活。我觉得它现在比当年更让我心潮澎湃。”

1987年,当她、导演斯蒂芬·昂温、舞美设计师邦尼·克里斯蒂和灯光设计师本·奥默罗德携手推出《人与人》的英国首演时,斯温顿年仅26岁。

受真实案例启发,卡尔格的独角戏聚焦于贫困寡妇埃拉·格里克。为了在20世纪30年代德国的贫困中生存,她决定穿上已故丈夫马克斯的衣服、工作和身份。凭借坚韧、机智与无畏的勇气,这个“新马克斯”在法西斯主义、战争与战后共产主义的夹缝中求生,在一个充斥着粗俗男性沙文主义的世界里独当一面,并将观众紧紧吸引。

这是一个非凡的坚韧故事。这也是一部辛辣、诗意的戏剧,以强大的气势登台,并如其角色般不断变形。回顾1987年在爱丁堡特雷弗斯剧院的首演,我曾形容它是“勇敢与荒诞的大胆结合”。时至今日,我仍能回忆起这部奇特却感人戏剧的振奋人心的能量——斯温顿饰演的无法抑制的马克斯在舞台上横冲直撞,喷洒啤酒罐,挑战任何人同情她。

该剧次年转战皇家宫廷剧院,而那支年轻的创作团队此后均成就斐然、获奖无数——昂温、克里斯蒂和奥默罗德主要活跃于舞台,斯温顿则以银幕演员的卓越才华闻名,她罕见的变形能力与一长串闪耀的合作者名单:德里克·贾曼、吉姆·贾木许、韦斯·安德森、佩德罗·阿尔莫多瓦等。而今,他们再度聚首排练室,讨论德语俚语、争论黄瓜,显然每一刻都乐在其中。

“老狗身上还有活力呢……生活从66岁开始。”某刻,斯温顿饰演的马克斯对着麦克风咆哮道,引发全场一阵笑声。

新版演出将在伦敦、爱丁堡、柏林和纽约上演。然而,尽管这部戏剧的幽灵印记

“1987 / 88年,我们还处在‘这些事只发生过一次’的阶段。现在它们又再次上演”

这部剧的早期版本在外观和感受上仍清晰可见,但团队决心不让它沦为一件博物馆展品。“我们在审视每一个决定,”斯温顿说。

Y字裤将保留,邦尼·克里斯蒂标志性的舞台布景也将保留:一个白色立方体,散布着与马克斯生活相关的破旧物品,设计师将其比作“实验室或展览空间”。但那些复古的啤酒罐必须由道具部门重新制作,有些东西则未能入选。“我们曾有一个很棒的烫衣板,”克里斯蒂略带遗憾地说。

实际上,真正的趣味在于昔与今之间的摩擦。1987年,德国尚未统一;柏林墙仍矗立,马克斯的双重人格具有特定的民族和政治共鸣。

如今世界已今非昔比。我看着剧团排练卡尔格新创作的场景,涵盖柏林墙倒塌及马克斯随之产生的迷失感。

但真正令人不安的是,在极右民粹主义兴起的背景下,马克斯穿越德国20世纪黑暗历史的漫长旅程如今显得格外切中时弊。

法西斯主义曾是遥远的历史。我的母亲在纳粹德国还是孩子时就逃离了;我父亲在战争中受伤。但那一切都已过去。”

“[1987年]它关乎过去那些古怪的事,”斯蒂芬·昂温回忆道,“德国分裂了,但那都‘发生在遥远的彼方’,而我们身处西方。”

“我们在创作之初就很清楚,这是一部历史剧,”斯温顿附和道,“1987 / 88年,我们还处在‘这些事只发生过一次’的阶段。而[现在]它们又再次上演。”

正如贝托尔特·布莱希特的《阿图罗·乌依的可抵抗的崛起》(近期由皇家莎士比亚剧团重新排演)一般,这部剧如今的紧迫感远超从前。重读剧本,我注意到其中多处提及人们隐藏真实身份——或许是同性恋,或许是犹太人——以求生存。

为这部剧重新设计灯光的本·奥默罗德认为,这仍是一个持久的议题:“它关乎生活,关乎政治,如何迫使我们成为不真实的自己,”他说,“以及这对你造成的伤害:当你永远无法做真实的自己时,如何在世上立足。”

从个人层面看,这部关注身份认同的剧作让团队直面他们年轻时的稚嫩与经验不足。昂温坦言,这有时颇为谦卑。“当我们回顾它时,有时会觉得自己当年是些聪明的年轻人,在舞台上放了很多烟花,”他说,“烟花固然精彩,我们也会保留一些,因为它们有趣。但事实上,这部剧比我们当年所想的更为深刻。”

“剧中确实有些方面我们当年并未真正理解,”斯温顿认同道,“现在我们都经历了人生,有人离世,我们懂得那对你意味着什么。我们懂得,当你背后已有40年时光,并设法挺过来时,那意味着什么。”

他们将此次制作献给已故的挚爱之人,包括斯温顿的前伴侣约翰·伯恩,以及剧本译者安东尼·维维斯。斯温顿说,悲伤在这次的剧中感受更为强烈。

“我记得[1987年]曾感到它是一个解放的故事。有人选择成为马克斯,是一种力量的体现,”她说,“但现在这种感觉完全不同。我们正在挖掘的一件事是,它是多么悲哀:这种失去的感觉是如此悲伤。这并非关于女权主义。它关乎生存。有人身陷‘成为马克斯’的境地。这是一个不稳定的处境。最终,剧中承认了失去的代价:生存是有代价的。”

我们谈论的是表演的层次:艾拉是否能在私下继续伪装,以及在多大程度上她会变成马克斯。正如莎士比亚的一些戏剧那样,《人与人》利用舞台来探索身份的复杂性,以及服装和期望如何定义一个人。

在她二十几岁时出演这部戏对斯温顿产生了巨大影响。她说,除非找到“如此富有表现力且诚实”的作品,否则她无法考虑重返舞台;

“我觉得这是一个解放的故事。对艾拉来说,穿上马克斯的鞋子是一种力量的体现”

同时,它让她得以在银幕上饰演迷人、捉摸不定的角色。

“它确实开启了我工作中一种全新的灵活性别维度,”她说。“莎莉·波特看到了它,并邀请我参与《奥兰多》(她1992年执导的弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫小说改编影片)……我对《奥兰多》的理解是,如果伍尔夫再写300页,或许下一周奥兰多就会变成一只西班牙猎犬或一只夜莺。这并非二元选择,而是关于转变:一种灵活自由的身份感,一种多重性。”

她认为,同理适用于《人之男》。《人之男》这部戏若认为它仅关乎某一件能被明确界定的事,那便是浪费了这部作品的意义。“它关乎那种被疏离的处境——从字面上讲——而这适用于任何感到无法安身的人。”

上图:蒂尔达·斯温顿在《人之男》排练现场;上排左起:美术指导邦尼·克里斯蒂、导演斯蒂芬·昂温、斯温顿与灯光设计师本·奥默罗德;斯温顿在1987-88年由吕迪格·格拉茨执导的制作中

美国硬汉风格的纯真年代

摄影 / 路易斯·怀斯:布鲁斯·贝拉斯的中世纪牛仔摄影作品中,同性恋情与怀旧情怀并存

保罗·科尔在1996年热门歌曲中唱道:“牛仔都去哪儿了?”——但今年秋天你会知道在哪里能找到他们。

一整支军团正入驻巴黎皇家宫殿的阿克内纸业画廊:一排排20世纪40年代至70年代美国牛仔后台的男性照片。

有人开心地对着镜头微笑,有人若有所思地望向别处。有人随意坐在栅栏或地板上,也有人略显尴尬地靠坐着,神情不安。所有人都穿着同样的制服:衬衫、牛仔裤、牛仔靴和帽子,偶尔还有一条闪亮的腰带,一切都恰到好处——但有一个人的衬衫完全敞开,露出粗犷的毛茸胸膛。他知道有人在给他拍照吗?

布鲁斯·贝拉斯(1909-1974),又名“洛杉矶的布鲁斯”,被称为“体格摄影之父”;换句话说,他是同性恋摄影的鼻祖。这位来自内布拉斯加州阿莱恩斯的前化学老师,凭借其性感、明快的男性裸体摄影作品赢得了邪教般的追随者。这些作品最初刊登在名为健身导向的邮购杂志上,但背后却有大量地下同性恋粉丝群体。从1956年起,他创办了自己的出版物《男性体态》,同样以“为有志成为艺术家的人”自居。

贝拉斯的标准作品机智、直白且带着几分俏皮的艺术感。而这些牛仔照片则有些不同寻常,不仅仅因为模特们衣着整齐。尽管布鲁斯对男性之美的迷恋依然显而易见,但效果却更柔和、更甜蜜,几乎带有浪漫色彩,无需硬性推销。策展人兼摄影评论家文斯·阿莱蒂表示,这些照片“朴素而 sensual,没有任何炫耀或明显性感的感觉”。

阿莱蒂著有两本探讨男性情色主题的摄影书:《抽屉》(2022)和《体格》(2025)。他在纽约东村家附近的“体格纪念品店”——一个“阁楼式的私人沙龙”,专售各类古董同性恋影像——发现了这些照片。阿莱蒂得知,贝拉斯是在去怀俄明州、科罗拉多州或加拿大观看牛仔竞技表演时拍下这些照片的,大多出于个人爱好而非工作。最终,他还是将这些照片作为选项收录在《男性体态》中,成为一本“男性魅力”的邮购目录。“在我看来,这些照片显然非常私密。”阿莱蒂说。

自19世纪末牛仔这一形象驰骋于北美意识形态之时起(其前身是西班牙殖民地的牧牛人),牛仔(最终也包括女牛仔)便牢牢占据了我们的想象空间。牛仔依然存在,在美国大陆的牧场上辛勤工作,但我们更多将他们视为一种风格的体现。照片中男人们所穿的大部分服装已成为日常基本单品;每当你穿上衬衫和牛仔裤时,便是在轻柔地cosplay牛仔造型。这也是为何孤独的牛仔形象

韩式韩屋的无法抗拒的魅力

建筑 / 艺术家们为这种由复杂木工工艺和儒家原则定义的传统木屋所倾倒,埃德温·希思科特撰文

如果你想用一个例子来展示一个国家如何通过建筑定义自身,那么韩屋再合适不过。这个词汇直

接意为“(ok)韩国的(han)房子”。这是一个沉迷于现代主义光环的国家,无论是科技还是建筑,无不如此。然而,这种精美的传统木屋——带有高耸屋顶、复杂木工工艺,且比例蕴含儒家原则——却萦绕在韩国艺术家和建筑师的想象中,其形象反复在记忆与文化意识的瞬间迸发。

现在正是其中一个时刻。在今年的首尔弗里兹艺术博览会上,总部位于首尔的非营利组织阿鲁姆基金会(致力于保护韩国传统文化)将搭建并展示一座韩屋;英国巴斯及洛杉矶弗朗西斯画廊在该市北村社区的一座修复后的韩屋内举办展览;韩国现代与当代艺术博物馆(MMCA)也正在举办一场回顾展(至2月9日),展出旅英韩裔艺术家徐道获的作品。他的作品对建筑——尤其是韩屋——的轻盈诠释,宛如渐渐消逝的空间与表面记忆。

不同寻常的是,徐道获是在韩屋中长大的,去年他在泰特现代美术馆举办的备受赞誉的展览《漫步房屋》(Walk the House)的标题,直接源自他的成长经历。他在电话中告诉我,正在MMCA布展时说:“这是我从木匠那里听到的表达。‘韩屋’的设计能够被拆卸并搬运。这让我产生了‘房子可以行走’的想法。于是我将所有空间、曾居住过的地方,几乎视作幽灵或活生生的动物,追随着我度过一生。”

徐道获“可能八九岁或十岁时,我们家的房子建成。那是上世纪60年代末到70年代初。理解当时的背景很重要:韩国正经历巨大的转型与现代化。许多传统建筑被拆毁,取而代之的是西式建筑。因此,建造一座传统房屋——我的父母实际上是在‘倒退’。”

那为何选择韩屋?“我父亲想体验韩国文人的生活,并需要整体环境。他曾研究景福宫建筑群中的一栋建筑。”

韩屋的建造由一位年长的本地工匠监督。“当我们找到他时,他只是在当地做些零活,但他其实是一位木匠大师,”徐道获说,“他怀疑父母为何想要这栋房子。他‘面试’了他们。接受委托后,他没有任何承包商的图纸,整个设计全在他脑海中。他只去过一次宫殿原址,并测量了一次。仅凭此,他便能计算出建筑的所有其他尺寸。”

徐道获父亲的韩屋是仿照1878年建造的一栋房子。“整栋房子就像一件巨大的家具,全是榫卯结构,没有钉子,”徐道获说,“参与建造的工匠当时已七八十岁。建造耗时约六年,我们就住在旁边。工地成了我的游乐场。”

曾经的平凡典范:韩屋既是艺术品,也是文化符号

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首尔韩屋花园

对于弗朗西斯画廊馆长罗莎·帕克而言,韩屋的意义略有不同。"韩屋的建筑设计充满性别色彩,"她在洛杉矶的视频通话中告诉我。"正面是男性的居住区域,内部则是女性活动的后院。作为一名女性,"她微笑着说,"你会开始产生很多疑问。"

在Frieze首尔艺术博览会上,拥有韩裔和加州血统的帕克汇聚了两位美国女艺术家——阿什·罗伯茨和纳迪亚·亚龙——举办了一场名为《满月即半月》的展览。这一展览既体现了她长期以来将美国艺术家介绍到韩国的兴趣,也探讨了文化交汇时的碰撞。"我想让女艺术家在这个背景下展示作品。我不想说‘重新夺回’,但或许可以‘重新诠释’这个空间,"她说。

正如韩屋的设计理念早已深植于掌握榫卯工艺的工匠心中,它也同样根植于徐冰的记忆里。"我有幸见证了整个建造过程,"他说。"我当时还很小,没有意识到自己吸收了多少信息,但它已成为我身份的一部分。"

我向同样在首尔长大并在当地为自己建造了一座韩屋的韩国建筑师俞炳初询问在传统房屋中生活的感受。他描述了韩屋的通透与轻盈(在两种意义上),以及它的"中间空间……总是带有一个庭院——某种起居室,各种日常活动在此进行。门窗采用传统纸张(半透明的长宝纸)制成,房间开放,让你能感受到风、光线和声音。"

几年前参观过他的韩屋后,我既惊叹于空间布局,也惊叹于它与花园的融合。一切似乎天衣无缝,房屋位置恰到好处,仿佛只能坐落于此。你在室内穿行,始终能感受到花园、庭院和更远处的空间,既诱人又自成一体。这段经历令人难忘。

徐冰和俞炳初都谈到了打造韩屋的精湛工艺。风水原则决定了材料的存放、处理和朝向。"我真正珍视的是老工匠的仪式,"徐冰说。"树木从山坡上砍伐后,被制成木筏沿河漂流而下。当木材运抵现场后,工匠会让它们在原地旋转一年,这样木材不会只有一面暴露在风中。房屋中没有劈裂的木材……有数以千计的构件,而在竖立的那天,每一块都完美契合。没有任何浪费。"

尽管徐冰和俞炳初与韩屋的关系极为个人化,但这种传统韩式房屋却在当代艺术中意外地获得了前所未有的关注。或许这正是全球化文化的体现:毕竟,作为一种原型,韩屋既根植于本土,又如徐冰所言,具有奇妙的可拆卸性和可移动性。

诚然,韩屋深具传统特色,其空间划分极为细致:有些区域专为接待宾客设计,而其他空间则更为私密,属于家庭日常生活的领域,也是女性的专属空间。对此,罗伯茨将展出一系列以传统韩式色彩调色板及她对自然的观察为灵感的新绘画作品。与此同时,亚龙则在整个房屋中展示雕塑作品。

但更广泛的理念也在酝酿。作为一个致力于保护自二战以来快速消失的传统工艺的组织,阿鲁姆基金会在Frieze首尔展出的韩屋将这座房屋定位为艺术品与文化符号,尽管它曾是一种日常语言,一种平凡的体现。

Rubber / Loving:首尔之家(2013-22) by 徐道洪;左侧:阿加洪,首尔北村百年韩屋,洛杉矶弗朗西斯画廊展览场地

艺术

庭院,“石与木”,帕克说,“沉重,用油锯制作”。

如果这些令您心生好奇,但首尔路途遥远,不妨前往伦敦的大英博物馆,在韩国馆中您可看到昌德宫书斋「舍廊房」的全尺寸复原陈列。那里还有一幅徐老先生的画作。徐世岳是墨水抽象派先驱,其作品《舞蹈的人们》(1991)是一幅黑色墨水在纸上绘就的简洁美作,今年10月将有其子2019年创作的《自画像》与之相伴——这幅画以韩屋为主题,与徐道洪的身份紧密相连。这是一幅以绳索为线的绘画,五彩细线嵌入纸面并向下延伸——可移动之家的矛盾根基。《自画像》将成为大英博物馆秋季韩国展的收官之作。

“当我离开首尔赴美时,我居住过的地方让我的身体感到不适,”徐道洪告诉我,“韩屋的墙壁比西式建筑少,有折叠门,因此可扩张或收缩。这种灵活性是最大的不同。某种程度上,我感受到的不适正是我所有艺术作品的源泉。”随着年岁增长,他对韩屋的执着愈发虔诚。“这成了我的激情所在,”我们结束交谈时他告诉我,“我现在的使命,除了艺术本身,就是保护父母的房子。”

9月2-5日,frieze.com 「韩国」展,10月1日至1月31日

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牛仔风格持续回归潮流——无论是在荧幕上(《黄石镇》),T台上(路易威登2024秋冬男装秀),还是音乐中(碧昂丝《牛仔卡特》专辑)。

但无论我们多么怀疑这种阳刚、单音节的牛仔形象是否已过时——无论科尔的歌曲实为对其浪漫主义的讽刺,哀叹她那些冒充约翰·韦恩的男友如何将她留在家中洗碗——我们似乎仍然钟爱它。这种不动声色又令人印象深刻的牛仔形象提醒我们:美国及其对我们欲望的影响仍无可回避。

不过,这些《牛仔》中的照片确实传递出一种阳光乐观的美国精神,如今想必已成往昔。画面中的主体及摄影行为本身都带着一种天真,如今看来似乎颇为古雅。诚然,这些男人在摆拍,但他们的自然流露如今已近绝迹。

“如今要找到毫不做作、英俊潇洒的男人似乎更难了,”阿莱蒂说,“他们现在都太在意自己的外表和穿着。这些人,我敢肯定,对牛仔竞技的外表都很在意,因为他们大多在某种程度上在表演,是在做某种公开的事。但同时,他们又不会过分炫耀。”

艺术表现男性气概如今是一件更为复杂且自觉的事,同时也是一门大生意。试想这样一长排相似的男性形象与可能出现在Instagram上的长排相似男性形象相比,前者的图像如今被精心修饰、策划并配上标题;男性本人则会被打扮得一丝不苟、肌肉发达,甚至——天理难容——还要“looksmaxxed”。若这些可怜的牛仔今天上了社交媒体,他们或许会发现Reels告诉他们如何精确地将衬衫下摆塞进裤子,以及如何最佳训练双腿以便完美骑马。他们还会被不断提醒要涂防晒霜。相比之下,在当年,他们唯一奉行的营养建议大概就是“好好吃一块血淋淋的牛排”的美德罢了。

这并非说他们当年没有在表演。也并非说男性气概的规则在那时就不那么严苛。只是,当年的契约可能更简单,快乐也更纯粹。阿莱蒂喜欢想象贝拉斯在牛仔竞技比赛后台四处闲逛,径直走向某人要求拍照,而对方也会不假思索地答应。他甚至都不需要劝说他们脱衣服;拍照这一行为本身——尽管听起来疯狂——就足够了。“他们只是在等待某事发生。”阿莱蒂简洁地说道。

至于贝拉斯本人,他于1974年在一次牛仔竞技比赛中因心脏病发作而去世。阿莱蒂说,这场演出恰如其分地成为他的纪念。The show, says Aletti, is a fitting memorial. It's also a memorial for a certain way of being。

9月3日至10月7日,acnestudios.com 《牛仔:洛杉矶的布鲁斯》由文斯·阿莱蒂编辑,由Acne Studios出版

艺术

“我希望让人感到惊喜。我希望看到更好的艺术”

瑞安·甘德 / 这位英国艺术家正在进行一项使命,

从首尔弗里兹艺术博览会的大型寻宝活动到

在伊斯特本的趣味性干预。撰文:汤姆·法伯

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yan Gander停不下来为艺术品构思点子。“幽灵香蕉,”他脱口而出,“一种新口味的泡泡糖。”还有什么?“由建筑工人跳的编排芭蕾舞。”

“艺术可以是任何东西,”他说道,“那么为什么每个人都在制作挂在墙上、有四个角的平面作品呢?”甘德说话温和,但他对艺术的见解却火热。在一个炎热的夏日早晨,我们在伦敦蛇形画廊的粗野主义庭院见面,讨论两个即将举办的展览:9月在首尔弗里兹艺术博览会举办的全市公共艺术项目,以及今年秋季在伊斯特本汤纳美术馆举办的个人展览。尽管天气酷热,50岁的甘德坐着轮椅到场,身穿一身厚重的黑色衣服,点缀着闪闪发光的金色耳环和圆框眼镜。

他的作品很少能被描述为“挂在墙上、有四个角的平面作品”。在其广泛多样的创作中,涵盖绘画、雕塑、装置、版式设计和电视纪录片,他展现了当代艺术的无限可能。他的作品让日常物品变得陌生,带来愉悦、惊喜,有时还附带一个需要破解的密码。

有自动售货机吐出纸币而非零食;有位于桑德兰市中心完全由玻璃制成的投注站;有故意未完成的户外雕塑,其形状只能通过降雪才能最终完成。这些作品每一个都始于几个词,就像“幽灵香蕉”或他现场想到的另一个——或许更好的点子:“寻找策展人的嗅探犬”。

“一切始于一个假设或猜想,”他说道,“然后你去玩味它。”他将这些点子贴在萨福克郡梅尔顿村的工作室墙上,他的前妻和三个孩子也住在那里(不在旅行时,甘德在伦敦和那里分时居住)。他估计,在过去18年里,他已收集了约22,000张这样的卡片。当需要新项目时,他会从这些卡片中寻找灵感并组合想法。

“有一些作品我制作出来后,和我想象的完全一样。有点无聊。那便是失败的作品,”他说道,“大多数作品因周围的人、我所处的环境以及想法的碰撞而发生巨大变化。这就像不炼金的炼金术。”如果不是黄金,那结果是什么?“这是对人类知识的贡献。艺术应创造人们尚未知晓的新事物。最重要的就是带来惊喜,打破期待。”

惊喜是甘德在首尔的新大型项目《发现》的核心,该项目将在今年弗里兹艺术博览会期间,在首尔的画廊和社区中隐藏16,000枚特别设计的硬币:一场面向大众的寻宝活动。这些硬币分为三种,每种都刻有与“时间”“关注”和“集体性”主题相关的箴言。通过将这些无形的理念铸造成硬币——因为金钱是人们直观重视的东西——甘德希望戏谑地强调它们的重要性。“这展现了真正的宝藏是什么,”他说道。

他们可能不知道自己正在参与一件艺术品,而这正是甘德所看重的切入点。在他看来,“寻宝”项目是通往艺术的大门。

“他们通常不是艺术圈的人,而是普通大众,”他说道,“99%的人觉得艺术矫揉造作、一无是处。但当人们找到硬币,意识到它是这个庞大项目的一部分时,他们会想:‘也许我确实喜欢艺术,因为这真的很有趣。’”

甘德在柴郡的工人阶级家庭长大,生活中鲜有艺术的踪影。他的父亲在附近的埃勒斯米尔港为沃克斯豪尔汽车公司工作。他知道艺术对大多数人而言遥不可及,但他希望自己的作品能与他们对话。这也是他选择在英国最后一所免费艺术学校——皇家艺术学院任教的原因之一。

他还协调了今年皇家艺术学院夏季展览。甘德的目标是成为一名成功的艺术家,其作品既能被大众接受,又能获得业界认可。他解释说,平衡的关键在于让作品易于理解,同时不流于肤浅的说教。“如果作品中留有空白,你便为观众留出了想象的空间,”他说道,“如果一件艺术品只有一种解释,那它就不是艺术,而是传播。”

在他看来,当代艺术的问题在于它总是试图取悦观众,而非挑战他们。“不幸的是,我们对自己在博物馆里想要什么的期待是多么的没有雄心。我希望看到令我惊讶的事物,我希望看到更好的艺术。我认为我们在艺术史上的现状并未体现人类的复杂性。如果这就是我们能做到的最好水平,那实在是太可悲了。”

甘德作品数量之丰,构成了对现代艺术现状的有力反驳。他的维基百科页面长如小国。他强大的工作伦理源于他从未想过能有幸一生从事艺术创作。在曼彻斯特艺术学院就读前,他曾在联合地毯公司工作,并以为三年后学业结束便会回到商店。

“我们正处于一个渴望舒适的时代,”他说道。

因此,他希望充分利用每一秒时间。“即使在曼彻斯特念大学时,我也从不去酒吧。我会在清洁工早上开放画室时进去,直到他们让我回家才离开。成年后的每一天,我都在不停地工作。”

11月,甘德在伊斯特本汤纳美术馆的展览将展出其作品的广泛精选。作品包括:顺时针方向从左至右——瑞安·甘德在萨福克工作室的照片;“我们只是人类(为斯卡伯勒未完成的雕塑,将由雪完成)”(2022);首尔Frieze展出的“寻宝”项目硬币;“一个移动的物体,或意图”(2017)。

此外,还有多件作品灵感源自他7岁自闭症儿子巴克斯特,包括一个铺满二手玩具的房间,地板上精心排列着图案,以及参考其儿子教育用语言卡片的绘画,其中一些甚至是巴克斯特亲自涂色的。

There’s plenty of talk about safe spaces, treading carefully, emotional refuges, and mindfulness. I’m not surprised, because the world is terrifying. But historically, contemporary art hasn’t been a safe space. When I was at art school, you went there to be scared, to do something impossible, to ask questions there’s no answer to . . . It’s a space of exploration, challenge, and pushing boundaries.

“He’s non-verbal, and I’m non-physical because I’m in a wheelchair. So there’s a kind of mismatch there,” he says. It’s often in just such a mismatch, a collision of unexpected ideas, that Gander finds his alchemy.

So is he disappointed in the state of contemporary art? “I’m disappointed in

Throughout our conversation, Gander can’t stop riffing new ideas. When I ask about pipe-dream art projects, he suggests a new national holiday for everyone in the country, or a novel form of national service that compels everyone to spend a year in art school, which he describes as “going to the gym for your brain.”

It’s obvious that nothing will stop that archive of 22,000 idea cards from continuing to grow. Even if “ghost banana” doesn’t have the juice, there’s clearly always more where that came from.

‘The Find Seoul’, September 2–5, frieze.com; ‘Maybe: Ryan Gander’, Towner Eastbourne, November 14–April 11, townereastbourne.org.uk

2026年9月19日至23日 大皇宫

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THE SONG "SURFIN' BIRD" 的传奇人生

1964年,一场美国电视节目改变了音乐的发展轨迹。不,不是甲壳虫乐队在《埃德·沙利文秀》上演唱《She Loves You》的那一刻。对于一些年轻观众而言,完全不同的表演产生了深远影响:那是身着西装的史蒂夫·沃勒(The Trashmen乐队主唱)在《美国流行音乐舞台》上表演笨拙的鸡舞,同时用荒诞的歌词大喊鸟类,这一时刻被证明是一个分水岭。(沃勒是乐队唯一出现在节目中的人,因为他们无力支付所有人的机票。)

这首歌就是《Surfin' Bird》,而这一表演被“韦尔德·阿尔”扬科维奇称为1964年的“定义性时刻”。他曾在2009年告诉NPR:“这首歌响亮、愚蠢且毫无意义……却完美诠释了摇滚乐的一切精髓。”

乍听之下,这首歌显得单薄,仅由三和弦结构构成,时长不足两分钟,并点缀着沃勒疯癫的胡言乱语。但其由冲浪音乐启发的强劲鼓点和吉他声赋予了歌曲粗犷的边缘,这种风格后来成为车库摇滚,乃至朋克摇滚的常见特征。

这只“鸟”——最初发行于1963年——其血统颇有争议。乐队称沃勒是在后台随意哼唱时构思出《Surfin' 》的,当时他听到另一支当地乐队演唱这些荒谬的歌词。当晚,一位名为“蜡大师”比尔·迪尔的当地DJ在观众席中,敦促乐队反复演奏这首实验性的《Surfin' 》。他鼓励乐队立即录制这首歌。

律师很快介入。《Surfin' 》似乎是两首独立歌曲《The 's the Word》和《Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow》的混合体,这两首歌均由名为The Rivingtons的doo-wop组合在前一年发行。虽然这两首歌温和的旋律和缓慢的节奏与沃勒的演绎相去甚远,但其中部分旋律明显相同。The Trashmen声称他们未听过这些录音,但仍选择将《Surfin' 》的作者署名为The Rivingtons。与此同时,这首歌成为热门歌曲,在排行榜上停留超过三个月,并于1964年达到第4位。

1977年,Ramones乐队在《Rocket to Russia》专辑中以明快、失真的版本重新演绎了这首歌。他们在1978年为黑色安息日乐队在圣贝纳迪诺演出时,也亲身体验了这首歌的争议性。据乔伊·拉蒙回忆:“《Surfin' 》激怒了重金属乐迷,乐队不得不躲避飞来的化油器、火花塞和威士忌瓶,最终在一把冰镐落在他们脚边时退出舞台。”

这只“鸟”在psychobilly先驱The Cramps乐队的手中找到了更合适的归宿,他们在1978年的首张EP中收录了翻唱版本。他们的版本陷入混乱,随着其颤抖的尖叫声让位于Poison Ivy Rorschach的混响吉他狂暴演奏。很少有主唱能像Cramps乐队的主唱Lux Interior那样如此自信地为这只“鸟”增添光彩——唯一的例外是Iggy Pop,他于2016年被拍到对着他的 Moluccan cockatoo Biggy Pop哼唱《Surfin' 》。

这首充满活力的歌曲还多次被电影制作人采用,最著名的是在约翰·沃特斯的《粉红色火烈鸟》中那场令人难忘的奇异场景。斯坦利·库布里克也在其越战史诗《全金属外壳》中用这首喧闹的歌曲捕捉导演所谓的“战后亢奋”。

But it was the cartoon Family Guy that really gave “Surfin’ Bird” a new set of wings and rammed home its status as the divisive king of earworms. The song was the basis for a 2008 episode in which the character Peter Griffin’s obsession with singing and dancing to the song at every juncture is countered by other characters trying to destroy all copies of it. It went on to become a recurring joke in the series. In the UK, the song charted in 2009, and again in 2010 when it rose to number 3, after an unsuccessful push by fans to block an X Factor winner from obtaining the Christmas number one.

一款策略游戏的新希望?

《星球大战:零小队》|回合制类型长期由“XCOM”统治,但这款挑战者颇有几招奇技。撰文:克里斯·阿尔纳特

在《星球大战:零小队》的首个任务开始前,你会从太空俯瞰世界:一场壮观的战斗正在上演——无数不明身份的巡洋舰和驱逐舰激战,激光炮轰鸣,船体解体,爆炸四起。当镜头拉近至沙漠行星瑟洛尼斯时,小型飞船掠过地表,身后拖着爆能枪的火舌。再进一步,就看到你自己:仅由三名士兵组成的小队,被困在尘土飞扬的庭院中,与一支战斗机器人大军展开殊死搏斗。

这与首部《星 Wars》电影相去甚远——《零小队》的新作设定在1977年电影事件的约20年前,距离卢克·天行者的家乡塔图因星球数万光年之遥。但《星球大战》向来以个人在绝境中战胜强敌为核心,而《零小队》也不例外。在这款回合制战术(TBT)游戏中,是你与你的微小队伍在逆境中奋战

你和你的小部队正在挑选战斗,试图智胜并击败数量上远超己方的敌人

你的战斗,试图智胜并击败数量上远超己方的敌人。

你的对手并非帝国——它甚至尚未正式存在。你所率领的这支佣兵团队,被称为零公司(Zero Company),目标是快速赚钱,不择手段地偷窃或射击任何能弄到手的东西,以偿还其对吝啬、肥硕的赫特人戈尔加(Jabba的侄子)所欠下的巨额债务。如果这意味着要对抗疾病缠身的准军事邪教组织“无限线圈”——一个决意将瘟疫传播至整个共和国的团体——那也在所不惜。

作为《星球大战》宇宙的新增内容,同时也是回合制战术(TBT)游戏类型的入口,《零公司》肩负重任。在前一类别中,自2000年代初备受喜爱的《星球大战:旧共和国武士》系列(或许除2023年的《绝地:幸存者》外)以来,几乎没有值得庆祝的作品。而在后一类别中,这意味着《零公司》将直接与一个粉丝文化如此深厚的TBT游戏系列竞争,以至于让“无限线圈”看起来像是一个教区委员会。

几乎没有哪款游戏能像2012年的《XCOM:未知敌人》及其2016年续作《XCOM 2》那样定义其所在的类型。这些游戏承袭了人类抵抗外星入侵地球这一陈旧故事,但通过引入引人入胜的大卫对抗歌利亚式游戏循环,使得任何新作都无法逃脱与它们的比较。

与《零公司》类似,《XCOM》系列也是由策略与战斗两部分构成——在组织基地度过的数小时或数日里,你必须管理决定人员和装备的研究与工程项目。相比之下,回合制任务的节奏则更为紧凑,在这些任务中,你将使用这些装备与入侵的外星人战斗。

在《零公司》中,佣兵可招募克隆士兵(上图)

在这些任务中,每回合没有时间限制。你可以从容思考策略(与即时战略游戏不同,后者要求你和对手必须同时行动)。在更高难度级别中,士兵的补充时间更长,完美主义是《XCOM》的追求目标:不仅要避免在战斗中遭受任何失败,还要避免遭受AI对手的任何攻击。

然而,你终究会失败,或者你的攻击也会无功而返。“这就是《XCOM》啊,宝贝!”是粉丝间常用的口头禅,用以形容被随机数生成之神彻底摆布的感受。回合制游戏本质上就是概率的练习:你是否能成功发动攻击通常基于一个百分比,而你很快就会发现,80%的命中率确实意味着你每五次攻击就会有一次落空。

然而,这正是乐趣的一部分,因为这些游戏让你对所控制的角色产生责任感——你可能曾不智地用自己朋友和家人的名字为他们命名。

“《XCOM》系列会随机生成士兵,让你为他们命名、装扮、配备装备并培养数十小时。”《战术突袭巫师》开发者Tom Francis表示,“你会为你的士兵感到无比自豪,也会为外星人用心灵控制术让其中一个士兵向其他士兵投掷手榴弹而惊骇不已。”

《战术突袭巫师》(2024)跟随一支由法师组成的团队,试图揭露一个私人军事承包商支持的阴谋,并成为近年来最受好评的回合制游戏之一。其成功很大程度上归功于巧妙的编剧和易于上手但难以精通的游戏机制。

转基因游戏擅长让你使出巧妙的策略,但它们又如此严苛,以至于大多数玩家都被吓得只敢保守行事,”弗朗西斯说,“我们让你随意回溯回合,尝试任何疯狂的计划,并精确预见其后果。”

2020年曾有过其他尝试复制《幽浮》的成功:这一年推出了简化版外传《幽浮:奇美拉小队》,同一年《战争机器》系列也从常规第三人称视角中跳脱出来,推出了前传《战争机器:战术版》。此外还有《凤凰点》,一款由该系列原创者朱利安·戈洛普设计的精神续作。然而,这些作品都未能真正满足玩家的期待。

《星球大战:零小队》则使出了几招奇招:第三人称平台动作片段让你得以实时探索世界;基于文本的抉择迫使你跳出下一场战斗思考;加之一个酝酿了五十年的叙事与世界观。

但真正的考验在于其耐玩性——是否足够耐玩,让你一次次回归通关。若不能,那我还是会去玩《幽浮2》,并纳闷为何我要把一名士兵命名成我弟弟的名字。

《星球大战:零小队》将于8月27日起在PC、PlayStation 5与Xbox Series X / S平台上线

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作者:朱利叶斯

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1 用于那些在银行间转移股票的人(7,6) 8 男仆承认在布龙泰家中生火(9) 13 出租车开始失去能量的消息(5) 14 为那些训练者供电的供应商?(5,4) 15 欧洲政治家陷入审判风暴(7) 16 《金融时报》:歌德精心打造了主要获奖作品的结尾(3,9) 17 由柱子支撑的座位?(5,5) 18 强盗驳回传统智慧的言论(6) 19 新机场覆盖欧洲首都城市(8) 21 卡罗琳女士开始起草一封信(6) 24 不供应大杯金汤力的接客处?(7,3) 26 在洛杉矶点的利物浦炖肉、下水和甜点(12) 29 酒店递送法律请愿书(4) 30 可能挂吊灯的修理区(8) 31 大使正在访问一个地下廉价酒吧(8) 34 外星行星受袭,俘获了军团最后的飞行员(5,3) 35 无所事事、无聊的成年人来自大洋彼岸(8) 36 避免牢狱之灾后清除35(4) 39 仍然庇护七人于海上(12) 40 当股票在二月走弱时,标记以太坊(4,6) 43 睡眠障碍应用几乎已宣布(6) 44 普拉姆博·菲恩斯忘记后留在法国度假屋(8) 45 检查一下——英国航空通常接受一小件行李(3,3) 49 龙族:极其任性(10) 51 他会免费获得特价外卖,新鲜烹制(12) 53 法国人肯定会拥抱当前的工作时间(7) 54 意大利军方未采取立场而夺权(9) 55 清洁空气现在笼罩苏格兰港口(5) 56 查特利夫人有一次抓到斯坦利?(9) 57 海洋专家的锚绳因年久而磨损(13)

纵向

1 这份报纸雇佣的诙谐专家由债务支持(9) 2 腐败的小特雷弗在北上的长途汽车上(7) 3 不屈不挠的受欢迎前情人,健康,追求男性(10) 4 摆脱空虚的乔治,一个贵族(3,3) 5 有影响力的希腊人通过议员身份(12) 6 退休后早餐啤酒(8) 7 下一场比赛:无装饰的测试(4) 8 交付岩石后翻起地面(10) 9 火车上的啮齿动物定期啃食柳条制品(6) 10 1930年代的作品,遵循最周密的计划?(2,4,3,3) 11 设立剧院的时代(5) 12 进入主要自行车展的大帐篷(13) 20 报纸刊登的晚间公告?(8) 22 安全专家在俱乐部外打乱新西兰人(9) 23 伯明翰医院区域配备独立的二楼(8) 25 业余爱好者对阵英格兰后回到汉普顿?苏格兰球员阵容的奇怪决定(3,6) 27 米利班德在厨房内阁中的严格形式?(8) 28 数字化传输的批准标志?(6-2)

POLYMATH 1,402 猜想

横向

1 小型北部沿海水域刺背鱼,以及2018年(11) 7 第二次世界大战西线最后一次大规模德军进攻战役(5) 11 录制《美国艺术:机场音乐》的音乐家(5,3) 12 像老鹰或其钩状喙形状的(8) 13 2005年自传《像超级英雄一样亲吻我寻找爱与艺术》的美国演员(4,6) 14 南天星座,位于天鹰座与人马座之间的暗弱星座,又称(6) 15 装有微缩数据的小卡片或胶片条(5) 16 中世纪建筑中两个开口之间的墙或柱的部分(7) 18 德国西北部一条河流,源于特图堡森林,向北流入多拉湾(3) 21 公元113年完工的罗马建筑,纪念皇帝在达契亚战争中的胜利(7,6) 24 北韩和南韩的标准货币单位,等于100分(3) 25 在医院执行一般非医疗职责的护理人员(7) 26 英国航海天气预报区域,显示《希伯来书》(5) 29 清真寺墙壁上的壁龛,指示麦加方向(6) 30 1992年历史爱情女性题材电影,主演为艾玛·汤普森和安东尼·霍普金斯(7,3) 31 苏格兰无檐圆平顶帽,带有球形装饰(8) 32 淹没、压倒、使不堪重负(8) 33 英国电视节目《蓝色彼得》的常驻狗,首次出现于1962年(5) 34 伦敦街道,1835年纽约蜡像馆杜莎夫人蜡像馆所在地(5,6)

纵向

19 1979年BBC年度海外体育人物奖获得者(5,4) 20 1982-84年由奥斯汀·罗孚集团生产的掀背车车型,为《公主》的后续车型(10) 21 圣徒、本笃会修士兼传教士,于754年殉道(8) 23 尤指印刷和哥特式建筑中的藤蔓、树枝、树叶等装饰图案(8) 27 北诺福克海滨度假胜地,多次获得"年度最佳码头"称号(6) 28 艾莉森·克劳斯。与摇滚歌手罗伯特·普兰特合作2007年专辑《升起的沙子》的美国蓝草音乐家(6) 30 古希腊刺穿术中,手持重物进行的跳远(5)

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《小鸟》(Little Bird

播出平台: Sky Atlantic,每周二晚9点;可在Now平台流媒体观看 ★★★★☆

这部庄重、悲恸且感人至深的剧集最初于2023年在加拿大播出,如今在英国电视上焕发第二春。它讲述了“六十年代掠夺行动”(Sixties Scoop)这一历史时期——从20世纪60年代到80年代,加拿大政府当局强行将数千名原住民儿童从家庭中带走。这是一个赤裸裸且令人痛苦的故事,但叙事中充满了敏感与细腻,并提出了关于身份与归属的尖锐问题。

《小鸟》中的家庭虽为虚构,但故事却基于真实历史。1968年,幼年的贝齐格·小鸟(由凯丽丝·霍普·希尔饰演)与家人生活在萨斯喀彻温省朗派恩保留地。每当有车经过他们简陋的房子时,贝齐格和她的三个兄弟姐妹便会被母亲帕蒂(由出色的埃尔琳·贾德饰演)告知藏起来。

帕蒂的紧张不无道理。当贝齐格的弟弟尼兹(由吉迪恩·斯塔尔饰演)用弹弓不小心打碎警车车窗时,社会服务部门便扑向这个家庭。一名恶劣的社会工作者(这里是为数不多的夸张笔触之一)捏造儿童被忽视的借口,将他们带走监护。

《闪亮的职业》(My Brilliant Career

上线平台: Netflix ★★★★☆

该剧在时间线上跨越两个时代:1968年,孩子们被送入寄宿学校并被公开“待领养”;1985年,我们见到了长大后的贝齐格。在蒙特利尔,贝齐格被一位离异的犹太女性戈尔达(由丽莎·埃德尔斯坦饰演)收养,并改名为埃丝特·罗森布拉姆(由出色的达拉·孔图瓦饰演)。她的养母以已在波兰集中营丧生的姐姐之名为她命名。我们在为埃丝特(现为见习律师)与医生未婚夫大卫(由罗文·卡恩饰演)举办的订婚派对上见到了罗森布拉姆一家。

这部六集的改编剧集改编自迈尔斯·富兰克林1901年的经典小说,讲述了20世纪初澳大利亚乡村一位渴望成为作家的年轻女子西比拉·梅尔文的冒险经历。

但她的成年生活开始分崩离析。尽管她有着坚强的

drinker with big debts. Sybylla's grandmother, Mrs Bossier (a wonderfully crisp Anna Chancellor) summons her to Caddagat, where her mother was raised, to introduce Sybylla into polite society, marry off and, hopefully, settle some of father's debts.

Sybylla agrees to the plan, but only because she is in need of some new material for writing. At Caddagat, she becomes entangled in a sort of love triangle between the standoffish English foreman Frank (Jake Dunn) and the neighbour's buff and brooding nephew Harry (Christopher Chung, who is a world away from his oafish Slow Horses character).

The Murder Detective On Channel 4 now ★★★★☆

Anyone drawn to this documentary about the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and their investigation into the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry in 2019 may already know the outcome of the case. In July, after a trial that lasted more than two years, three men were found not guilty of McKee's murder. Of the nine men prosecuted in relation to killing, seven were acquitted of all charges.

This knowledge inevitably casts a shadow over what is otherwise a gripping, though complex, series. On April 18 2019, McKee was observing a riot in Creggan, Derry, when she was shot in the head and killed. Republican dissident group the New IRA claimed responsibility for death. Much of that night was captured on camera by bystanders and an MTV documentary crew, who had been filming in Derry. Their focus was on Saoradh, a group that the PSNI has described as the political wing of the New IRA, though in

A hoot: Phillipa Northeast and Chris Chung — Ian Routledge / Netflix

Line of duty: Jason Murphy, head of the PSNI investigation into the murder of Lyra McKee

a statement, Saoradh denied playing a role in McKee's death and said they "do not speak on behalf of the Irish Republican Army".

In this new three-part series, a camera crew has been granted access, for the first time in Northern Ireland, to a terror-related murder investigation as it unfolds. The detective of the title is Jason Murphy, the PSNI's head of major investigations and the man in charge of the McKee case. While it touches on Murphy's family life, 30-year career in the police and what he calls the "heavy weight" of responsibility to solve the case, the series develops to offer a much broader and more sprawling picture. Ultimately, it is about the impossibilities of policing in Northern Ireland, particularly when it comes to terrorism.

Filmed over seven years, the access to police interviews with suspects, bodycam footage of arrests and radio communications from the night gives viewers a detailed insight into what becomes a mammoth case, which reaches the suspected leadership of the New IRA. It also makes clear the devastating human impact of this crime. McKee's sister Nichola represents the family, describing Lyra's brief, brilliant life and the aftermath of death. The family's pain is conveyed with distressing honesty.

尽管有大量影像资料,墨菲的调查困难重重且充满风险。多名证人不愿与北爱尔兰警察总署(PSNI)合作,墨菲的部分团队成员因此被数字化改变面容,以防止遭到新 IRA 的报复。像许多警官一样,他每天早晨都要检查车底是否有炸弹。

今年7月,法官在裁决中指出调查中的复杂程序错误,导致部分证据被驳回。墨菲对错误如何发生进行了简要说明,但对问题为何如此严重却语焉不详。因此,这部剧集让人感到不安,部分原因在于它最终未能实现正义。然而,作为对北爱尔兰警务工作的坦诚记述,它又颇为引人入胜。

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迈克·D 《感谢你》 Capitol Records ★★★★☆

当迈克尔·戴蒙德——以“迈克·D”更为人熟知的前Beastie Boys成员——首次考虑制作个人专辑时,他认为“一切都必须是全新且不同的”。他本月在接受《滚石》杂志采访时改变了想法:“有些东西是无法逃避的我,而这没关系。”在《感谢你》——迈克·D的首张个人专辑中,你能听到他对新颖与熟悉的双重追求和谐共存。这是自2012年该乐队因MCA(亚当·亚奇)去世解散后,任何Beastie Boys成员发布的首个新作品。

另一方面,迈克·D的声音无可替代——带着一股叛逆、鼻音的尖锐——但同时,他在专辑中将自己包裹在电子音效和当代嘻哈循环中。有时,他会像在《Make It Stop》中那样,落脚于MIA式的狂躁、刺激工业嘻哈。

其他歌曲,如《I Don't Care》,则让人想起Turnstile等乐队那种充满气泡感的嘻哈 / 摇滚混搭。当然,Beastie Boys正是这些风格的发源地,以及数十种如今充斥流行乐坛的其他声音——但在《感谢你》中,它们被赋予了当代触感,或许部分要归功于其儿子们的制作。

质感在《感谢你》中至关重要——《Crypto》是一场爆裂的陷阱音乐攻势,完全掩盖了迈克·D的歌声,而他在《That’s Right》中快速、激烈的节奏随着重低音的侵蚀,开始逐渐成为节奏的一部分。但专辑中也不乏情感与反思的时刻,涉及迈克·D所描述的、直到亚奇去世后才得以处理的挥之不去的创伤。

“我想今天可能就是那一天 / 你觉得呢,那太好了?”他在《It’s Time》中这样说,这首歌探索了他对自身死亡的思考。“所有我想完成的事 / 那么多我想做的事 / 放手,放松一下。”他这样说,将年轻时的Beastie Boys风格转化为一首他或许只能在60岁时创作的歌曲。

而在专辑的同名曲中,他回顾了Beastie Boys早期岁月,配合一段动人的器乐,介于迷人独立摇滚与狂热巴西放克之间。“尴尬的时机 / 我们只是孩子,”他这样说,“我们只是在摸索,在解决问题。”这首歌不仅因其对乐队生活的生动描绘而引人注目,更因他能将如此流行的节奏融入说唱中。他反复大喊“摸索 / 解决问题”,让人想起Playboi Carti——但话说回来,若没有迈克·D,也就不会有Carti。

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阿拉巴马·晃动乐队《我一定是在做梦》 Island Records ★★★★☆

阿拉巴马·晃动乐队(Alabama Shakes)向来是一支比大多数人想象中更复杂的乐队。该团于2009年在阿拉巴马州雅典市组建,2012年凭借《男孩与女孩》(Boys & Girls)一举成名——这张充满温暖蓝调复兴风格的专辑为他们赢得了狂热的乐迷基础、广泛赞誉,并引起巴拉克·奥巴马的关注,后者在专辑发布后不久邀请该团在白宫演出。

本可轻易停留在复兴风格的领域,但这支乐队——主唱兼吉他手Brittany Howard、贝斯手Zac Cockrell和主音吉他手Heath Fogg——在2015年推出《声音与色彩》(Sound & Color)时向外扩展,这张专辑广泛涵盖美国流行音乐,融入了爵士、独立摇滚、节奏布鲁斯、朋克等多种风格。随后他们进入休团期,未明确是否会重组。Howard在此期间成为一位备受瞩目的明星,发行了两张备受喜爱且广获好评的个人专辑,而乐队其他成员则开始组建家庭。

经过长时间的休团后,乐队如今回归,新专辑《我一定是在做梦》(I Must Be Dreaming)证明了他们的复杂性。歌曲在充满原始奔放灵魂的时刻(如《另一种生活》(Another Life))与即兴、不可预测的曲目(如开场曲《茶歇》(Tea Time)的酝酿)之间游走。这是他们十多年来的首张专辑,《我一定是在做梦》凸显出:尽管他们的高能另类蓝调风格常被模仿,却鲜有乐队能超越其水平。

这张专辑标志着乐队迈出了显著的一步。充满迷幻与奇异感的《我一定是在做梦》,仿佛有意以音乐的奔放与广阔力量,对抗当代美国政治局势的阴暗面。

在专辑收官之作《齐腰深》(Waist Deep)这首优美的抒情曲中,Howard唱出了报复循环的主题:“我有东西 / 值得发泄在某人身上 / 当你再也无法承受 / 你会去哪里?”她的歌词未给出答案,但歌曲本身——充满嬉戏的过载吉他与美妙上升的钢琴旋律——似乎在暗示:并非所有事物永远都必须如此阴暗。能听到他们的回归,且乐队比以往更有活力、更少受结构或风格束缚,实在令人欣慰。

Psychedelic and strange: Alabama Shakes return — Bobbi Rich

即将上映的电影

《狗星》

雷德利·斯科特

118分钟(15)★★☆☆☆

雷德利·斯科特不是一个善于处理人际关系的人。想想《异形》和《银翼杀手》——这两部仍是导演最优秀的作品,至少在设计层面上,它们都暗示着我们生来就是为了被改进的。在漫长而不均衡的职业生涯中,斯科特始终在思考人性的真正意义,他最终也必然会触及后 apocalypse 题材。现在我们有了《狗星》。《狗星》以科罗拉多州乡村为背景,是一部末日世界的风景画——那种上帝可能希望通过重新创造来做得更好的空白画布。

我们的集体灭亡早在多年前就因一场大流行病而到来。但命运却对希格(雅各布·埃尔奥迪)网开一面,对他来说,疾病和斯科特都会网开一面。作为一名和善的机械师,他现在驾驶一架双翼飞机并筹集补给品,其中许多都捐赠给一个小型的和平主义宗教社区。他自己的家是一个飞机库,与另外两个同伴共享。其中一个是另一名幸存者、鹰派前海军陆战队员班格利(乔什·布洛林);另一个是希格忠实的德国牧羊犬贾斯珀。

剧透一下:别对贾斯珀太过依恋。但它的退场发生得很早,我之所以提到这一点,只是因为这种情况很说明问题。这部电影改编自彼得·海勒2012年的同名小说。在原著中,老狗的敌人是年龄。在这里,斯科特和编剧马克·L·史密斯让它成为流浪强盗的受害者,班格利则饶有兴致地将其击毙以捍卫边境(他的话)。戏剧性地,这一场景为其他一切奠定了基调。主题上,它凸显了故事中心的争论。对班格利而言,他们所需的一切都在这里(“电力、水、食物、武器”)。但希格渴望更多,仍然被已故妻子和逝去世界的记忆所困扰。

于是他离开去寻找不同的未来。救赎以昔日医生西玛(玛格丽特·库瓦利饰)的形式到来。目光温柔。牲畜被照料。效果就像科马克·麦卡锡的小说《通往公路》被重新想象为一则乐观的有机农业广告。

前方还有更糟糕的恶棍。据说他们来自“墨西哥或德克萨斯”,这是一句谨慎的模糊表述。无论如何,入侵者被描绘成一场噩梦——一群剃光头的杀人犯,尖叫着咿呀作语,后来骑马带来恐怖,宛如最古老西部片中的人物。斯科特始终是一位美学家;对他来说,这或许只是布景设计罢了。

尽管如此,这部电影无一不是对当前美国关于领土安全的担忧的回应。理论上,我们应该支持希格的顽固人文主义。但实际上,班格利式的观众会感到被理解,而这不仅仅因为斯科特只在枪战场景中醒来。

无论你的政治立场如何,剩下的部分都是一步一步的平淡。埃尔奥迪有足够的魅力让电影勉强维持下去(仅此而已),但即使是最有才华的演员也难以应对一个让他角色的选择显得如此随意的剧本。他也需要一位导演告诉他,何时从坚毅沉默的状态滑向仅仅看起来有些无精打采。

但话说回来,斯科特本人也在扮演一个角色,装作对民间音乐和自种蔬菜的乐趣深信不疑。得了吧。当 apocalypse 真的到来时,斯科特自然会幸存下来,他肯定也会继续照常营业——继续拍摄质量参差不已的电影,面向可能仍然存在的观众,一如既往。

《耳语人》

詹姆斯·阿什克罗夫特

111分钟(R)★★★☆☆

罗伯特·德尼罗、亚当·斯科特和米歇尔·莫娜汉

戴维·芬奇从未让Netflix批准其犯罪心理杰作《心理猎人》的第三季。这位导演或许会将流媒体平台如今支持《低语人》视为某种安慰——詹姆斯·阿什克罗夫特的这部平庸之作似乎在大喊着致敬。一切都在芬奇于2000年代奠定的蓝灰调色板中展开。这种《七宗罪》等作品的影响力始终挥之不去,从片头小镇树林中寻找失踪儿童的长镜头即可见一斑。

新面孔满怀希望地登场。亚当·斯科特饰演鳏居的犯罪作家汤姆·肯尼迪,带着年幼的儿子(父与子成为这里指定的主题)。然而没过多久,一部充斥恐怖元素的片段中,男孩遭到绑架。影片的大部分篇幅都在追踪寻找他的下落。米歇尔·莫娜汉饰演的忧郁女士领导调查。罗伯特·德尼罗则扮演退休警察,当然也是肯尼迪的疏远父亲,为故事提供疲惫的协助。

《低语人》确实是一个安全的陈词滥调空间,甚至连另一位知名演员在狱中露面扮演连环杀手、悬而未决的帮助也成为套路。你可能还会好奇哪更奇怪:斯科特长时间从故事中消失的段落,还是他未消失时饰演的忧郁酒鬼形象——明显不符。即便如此,情节仍在有效推进。德尼罗表现不错,尽管他的表演如今如此简约,以至于他看起来简直像被冻住了,仿佛整部电影就是一个缓冲中的Zoom会议。

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《苦涩圣诞》 佩德罗·阿莫多瓦 111分钟(15)★★★☆☆

“自体小说?”片中一位角色在尖锐的新作《苦涩圣诞》中鄙夷地吐出这几个字,“胡扯!”作为文化批评,这部电影立场鲜明——对那些窃取身边之人的生活作为素材的创作类型发出冷酷一击。扭转在于被谴责的正是这种行为的始作俑者:一个刻意与阿莫多瓦本人相似的形象。

两条时间线交织。首先回到2004年。遵循阿莫多瓦的传统,一名女性濒临崩溃边缘。她是埃尔莎(巴尔巴拉·伦尼)——时尚杂志般的光彩照人,却被偏头痛折磨。在她头痛欲裂之际,电影将她的人生拼凑就位。她在广告业事业蒸蒸日上,却有未完成的电影导演梦。不久之后,她将受到激励再次尝试——MacBook屏幕大开,新剧本正在创作。

视觉上,影片闪耀着口红红与午夜蓝。观看阿莫多瓦的作品永远不会是苦差事。然而,电影的前半部分已接近他从未达到的极限。无论是在兰萨罗特海滩还是可卡因驱动的马德里派对上,氛围都是冰冷而超然的。我们意识到自己正在观看一个关于头痛的故事。

但随后电影进入当下,登场一组新角色。其中一位是另一位电影制片人、西班牙大师级导演劳尔(莱昂纳多·斯巴拉格利亚)。他正处于艰难时刻。忠诚的助手莫妮卡(艾塔娜·桑切斯-吉洪)刚刚退休,而男友圣地亚哥(基姆·古铁雷斯)仍在身边。劳尔也有一部正在进行的剧本。

最终,核心构思浮出水面。埃尔莎实际上是他“电影中的电影”里的创作。她也是他秘密挖掘莫妮卡和圣地亚哥真实生活作为情节素材的代理。(阿莫多瓦最巧妙的手法在于演员选择,角色间存在微微而挥之不去的外貌相似性。)

埃尔莎即劳尔。而劳尔即阿莫多瓦?《苦涩圣诞》确实散发着看似自责的气息。这位大师级导演被无关紧要的念头困扰,在石油国家资助的电影节上兑现票房价值。

然而实际上,影片的两面都有置身引号的既视感。这种忏悔或许仅止于此。(在近期采访中,阿莫多瓦表示,实际上他从未为了艺术而大肆背叛他人。)最终,甚至电影的平淡也被归咎于劳尔。与此同时,阿莫多瓦本人则隐含地始终领先一步——在镜头内却仍掌控全局。

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I Want Your Sex

Gregg Araki

90 mins (18) ★★★☆☆

Older generations have long scowled at the sex lives of the younger. Nothing changes. Now, though, it is a much- discussed lack of carnal action on the part of Gen Z that meets social disapproval — and inspires goofy comedy I Want Your Sex.

The movie is rendered in bubblegum colours and flesh tones. Some belong to Olivia Wilde, playing a frankly lustful visual artist, Erika

Tracy; others to Cooper Hoffman as Elliot, the young naif who stumbles first into a job as her assistant, then into her bed as a submissive.

Just how much this mere idea would horrify HR is the movie's first gag. But the thought of pleasing Erika is a buzz for Elliot, stranded in near-sexlessness with an unsmiling girlfriend, Minerva (Charli XCX, suitably brisk).

Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman in 'I Want Your Sex'

And the reality brings him bliss – happiness as piece of meat. Elliot's flatmate says his boss "looks evil". But could she also be his soul mate? Maybe. Either way, Wilde is mischievously good.

Director Gregg Araki will always have a special place in movie culture for films such as Nowhere and The Doom Generation – wryly transgressive and, yes, sexy pictures from a high-cheekboned, indie 1990s. The nostalgia of so many modern twenty-somethings for that era is winked at by Elliot's Sonic Youth T-shirt. But the movie also loudly says they are missing something crucial.

Amid the kink, Wilde is given a speech about the importance of sexual adventure, as rejected by "whiny, repressed" kids today. It lands as both a heartfelt call to get it on and the kind of back-in-my-day grousing that is amusing to hear from Araki.

As if aware, he quickly spirals off into further wilful silliness with a side order of art-world satire. Araki can do gravity when he wants, and there is surely a smart, differently provocative film to be made about why young people might now be so sex-negative. But I Want Your Sex doesn't want to be that movie. It is strictly here for fun — no strings attached.

Theatre Sarah Hemming

A Slow Fire

Jermyn Street Theatre, London ★★★★☆

两名男子坐在桌旁进行着一场友好的对话。"你和你父亲关系亲近吗?"其中一人随意地问道。另一人脸上顿时涌现出惊慌失措的神情。"呃,我不太确定,"他结结巴巴地答道。就在这时,在《慢火》这部剧的开场不久,我们意识到一切并非看似如此。

伦敦狭小的Jermyn Street Theatre为西蒙·斯蒂芬斯这部深思熟虑且黑色幽默的后末日新剧的英国首演增添了独特气质。剧场位于地下,靠近熙熙攘攘的摄政街,这个私密场地呈现出一种地下掩体的特质——既是安全庇护所,又是幽闭的陷阱——雷克斯·瑞安扣人心弦的制作中,阿什顿和里斯这两个角色与观众一同栖身其中。

这个地点对于一部以可怕事件余波为背景、探讨现代生活被摧毁后何为重要的剧作而言,显得格外贴切。该剧(首演于都柏林)在伦敦上演之际,正值英国经历一夏野火肆虐,同时政府正计划发起一项运动,鼓励公民为国家紧急情况做好准备。

当我们加入他们的故事时,阿什顿(罗斯·盖纳)和里斯(伊恩·托纳)似乎已经做好了准备。他们拥有水、大米、毯子和烤豆,却没有止痛药,因为阿什顿过早地服用了它们。

掩体 心态: 罗斯·盖纳饰演阿什顿 伊恩·托纳饰演里斯 《慢火》 亚历克斯·布伦纳

过早?是的,我们很快得知,他们已经在这里待了好几年。

但尽管这些物资维持着他们的生命,真正支撑他们的却是讲述故事。他们扮演着小小的场景——各自过去的关键时刻——一人回忆,另一人进行角色扮演(因此才会对父亲的问题感到困惑)。

他们还绘制地图:看似体格更强壮的里斯外出行走于空荡的街道,而阿什顿则疯狂地记录同伴的描述。在极端情况下,他们的驱动力不仅是求生的渴望,更是人类将经历赋予形状的根本需求。他们在重温失去的过去与迈向改变的未来之间左右为难。

这部剧思考的是记忆、男性气质、面对无望时的希望,以及改变的可能性;同时也极大程度地关乎戏剧、仪式与艺术的角色。我们能看到品特、贝克特等人的影子,但斯蒂芬斯自有其坦率、幽默的声音和灵活的风格。随着里斯和阿什顿在角色间切换,盖纳和托纳巧妙地转换表演风格,我们意识到他们正在重温个人的转折点——那些本可做出不同选择的时刻。就在这时,第三个角色闯入:普雷斯利(菲恩·奥·隆伊斯希格),一个性情极其不稳定的男人,带着新鲜的肉、发电机和枪支。他同样善于讲述故事,也擅长表演,但他的优先事项截然不同。当一名年轻女子跌跌撞撞闯入,倾诉着被吞噬一切的大火的可怕描述——霍莉·德梅因电光火石般的表演——我们从未确定她是否是一种幻觉。

该制作在某些地方拖沓,强度有所削弱。但它也充满了生动的瞬间(一次可怕的拔牙;一场男人们随着旧唱片起舞的动人场景)。最终,如同所有反乌托邦小说,它真正关乎的是当下。

至9月26日 jermynstreettheatre.co.uk

As You Like It

As You Like It

Shakespeare's Globe, London ★★★☆☆

你喜欢《皆大欢喜》的哪个版本?拉尔夫·费因斯2025年在巴斯执导的莎士比亚喜剧版本充满智慧与忧郁,更多关注阿登森林中的阴影。而莎士比亚环球剧院的新制作,由肖恩·福尔摩斯和查理·约瑟芬执导,则是一场明亮得多的演出。尽管缺乏层次感令其有所不足,但它通常令人愉悦。

《仲夏夜之梦》的舞台新生与《年谱》的家庭记忆

篡位公爵的压迫法庭带有浓厚的18世纪风格。残暴的弗雷德里克公爵(科姆·戈米利饰)头戴精致的卷曲假发趾高气扬;朝臣们摆出僵硬的姿态;女主角罗瑟琳(洛拉·沙拉姆饰)与西莉娅(格雷西·奥迪-詹姆斯饰)则身着宽大得荒谬的裙撑蹒跚而来。在这里,没人敢做真实的自己。于是当罗瑟琳被放逐,她与西莉娅乔装出逃至森林时,这简直是天赐良机——一个发现全新生活方式的机会。

然而,她们对乡村生活的真实模样却一无所知。沙拉姆饰演的罗瑟琳化身为恋爱中的青年诗人伽倪墨得斯,而奥迪-詹姆斯饰演的西莉娅则穿着极不实用的"小波佩"牧羊女装束四处招摇——这与在森林中劳作的真正牧羊人形成鲜明对比。

Bo-Peep show: 格雷西·奥迪-詹姆斯饰西莉娅 — 马克·布伦纳

仿佛这些年轻女子,连同所有流亡至此的贵族,都在尝试新的身份。随着伪装成伽倪墨得斯的罗瑟琳与同样在逃的年轻奥兰多(约瑟夫饰)上演浪漫闹剧,公爵流亡朝臣们开始在空白画布上勾勒树木——先是树干和树枝,接着是树叶和花朵。整部作品贯穿着一个美妙的理念:每个人都在塑造属于自己的阿登森林。

这出戏蕴含着丰富的机智。沙拉姆饰演的罗瑟琳在扮演伽倪墨得斯时,面对对奥兰多(约瑟夫饰)的强烈爱意,却要竭力维持严厉的男性假象。她与奥迪-詹姆斯饰演的西莉娅配合默契,在危机中即兴应对。而约瑟夫饰演的奥兰多则是个冲动的青年,因自身的苦难愤怒不已,对忠诚的仆人亚当(彼得·伯克饰)也粗鲁相待,直到后者突然倒下。

乔尼·布罗德本特饰演的弄臣触斯通妙语连珠,穿着小猫咪高跟鞋和巨大的皱领四处嬉戏,并与菲比·诺顿饰演的性感牧羊女奥黛丽一拍即合。莫莉·麦迪根饰演的傲慢菲比和布萨·维克拉马苏里亚饰演的多愁善感牧羊人西尔维斯(追求菲比)也带来了精彩的喜剧表演。

整出戏充满新意,凯蒂·理查森的民谣音乐也极为丰富。然而,这部作品缺少的正是更深层的内涵。在一片热闹喧嚣中,戏剧中更细腻、更阴暗的线索悄然消失:宫廷中几乎感受不到真正的威胁,而流亡公爵的森林部下中也看不到任何明确的替代治理模式——这都削弱了这部作品苦乐参半的结局。这出戏很有趣,但留给观众的思考却不够。演出至10月25日,shakespearsalobe.com

《金融时报》周末版

瞬间快照

《年谱》之《无题》(2026年)尼克·海姆斯摄

作为纪实摄影师,尼克·海姆斯从未打算拍摄一本仅记录家庭熟悉里程碑的家庭相册。他这项长达25年的项目以《年谱》为名于本月结集出版,始于2001年的9 / 11——这位英裔美籍摄影师意识到生命短暂,决定与现任妻子莉娜组建家庭。近1,000张照片跨越两个儿子的成长历程,记录了养育过程中的兴奋、混乱、痛苦与幽默。

最终呈现的是一段未加修饰的成长叙事。韧性与嬉戏是核心主题:一张照片中,两个男孩眼睁睁看着积木塔倒塌;另一张则捕捉到他们在纽约雨中滑行时被淋湿的瞬间。

在这里,我们看到其中一个男孩在荒唐的泡泡丝大战中猝不及防的表情。随着时间推移,这种嬉戏逐渐演变为自我表达:他们染头发、纹身,开始直视镜头。

亚齐·戈克琛 《年谱》由尼克·海姆斯摄,SPBH / MACK出版社出版

哈里与梅根——续集准备好了吗?

根据《中华人民共和国公司法》、《中华人民共和国证券法》、《上市公司重大资产重组管理办法》等法律法规及《公司章程》的规定,公司股票在交易所上市交易。公司股票在交易所上市交易期间不得转让或者委托他人管理其持有的公司股份 。公司股票在交易所上市交易期间不得

乔·埃利森 热门话题

哈里与梅根已抵达英格兰。本周三,他们乘坐私人飞机降落在伯明翰——请注意。

六年后,他们从蒙特西托的“自由之飞”归来,而仅仅一年多前,他还曾宣称:“我看不到任何让我带妻儿回英国的世界。”

不可避免的是,他们身后跟随着一整个利益产业。皇家记者们长期缺乏八卦素材,如今如僵尸般复活,试图解析这一举动的每一个细节——而关于此事,事实几乎为零。哈里与梅根将居住在“伦敦以外”,并已将子女注册入读英国学校。据称,梅根正在协商重返演艺圈,出演盖伊·里奇执导的《绅士们》系列,该剧似乎已获第三季绿灯,但相关报价是否已被撤回仍无定论。王室成员目前在巴尔莫勒尔聚首,据称他们与普通民众一样,也是在同一时间才得知此计划。据说国王对孙辈能离他更近感到高兴;威尔士亲王与威尔士公主则尚未对此发表任何言论。

诚然,没有苏塞克斯一家,整个国家的光彩似乎暗淡了不少。我记得他们最后一次公开亮相是在2020年3月伦敦的市长官邸(你记得吗,那天她在钻石般闪耀的雨夜中宛如灰姑娘),当时我就想,若没有他们闪耀、活泼的存在点缀日常资讯流,一切将变得多么乏味。

困在蒙特西托期间,他们不再作为王室的傀儡与时尚模特,不得不转向用文字表达自我。六年来,他们被包裹在平淡的自我提升“伊甸园”中,用自家蜂蜡制作蜡烛、救助母鸡,并发布孩子们凌乱头发的艺术照片。梅根主导着“As Ever”这一自家果酱与食品的小产业,而哈里则“热衷”于慈善工作。这段间歇期让人们逐渐看到王室头衔背后真实的人。而他们远非光彩夺目,只是一对自恋的千禧一代长者,对礼品篮和刺绣坐垫式说教情有独钟。

或许现在他们可以提升档次,踏上红毯,拥抱更空洞的名流生活。哈里与梅根回到一个既变化又似曾相识的环境。他们可能定居在北安普敦郡,毗邻他母亲的家族庄园,或者

他们可能定居在科茨沃尔德……下一章节感觉像极了盖伊·里奇的风格。但也像《对手》与格里·霍娜(婚前姓哈利韦尔)的戏剧性。这简直是ITV电视台的精彩剧目。

哈里与梅根的动机始终难以捉摸。他们的财务状况并不明朗。王子回国还不到一周,便被勒令向《每日邮报》出版方及其他六家媒体支付£9.5,因败诉其媒体隐私案。(倘若他认为媒体在2026年会对他的报道采取更宽容的态度,那他未免过于天真。)这对夫妇与Spotify和Netflix达成的交易大多已泡汤。美国观众也已移情别恋。

一位深感愤世嫉俗的我忍不住怀疑,这种非永久性的搬迁是否是他们与Netflix签订的新合约——《苏塞克斯夫妇回家》的体现。

抑或这只是格温妮丝·帕特洛综合征——某些明星不分好坏都渴望成为头条新闻的奇怪冲动。帕特洛也是蒙特西托的前居民之一,在外界猜测她将为OpenAI首席执行官萨姆·奥特曼(Sam Altman)举办晚宴后,她被贴上了“好莱坞‘最不接地气明星’”的标签。艺术界则将此视为电影产业走向自动化毁灭的又一征兆。帕特洛既未证实也未否认该传闻,但她在Instagram上发布了一系列恶搞请柬,进一步推波助澜。

同样,苏塞克斯夫妇也无法抵御这种挑衅。他们本可在蒙特西托过上清静的隐居生活,却偏偏在皇室丑闻和自传《备胎》的炒作中度过。真正渴望隐私的人,又怎会邀请奥普拉来帮自己讲述悲惨故事呢?

然而,除了重提家族恩怨,苏塞克斯夫妇的品牌重塑并未取得成功。梅根试图将自己打造成品味引领者,其Goop式的潜力初现端倪,但她的Netflix节目却乏善可陈,过于聚焦育儿小玩意而非她那条定制裤装的购买渠道。她已陷入典型的网红困境:能卖出数百万件产品,却无法将自身变现。

如今,他们的品牌正借助这股新的英国风潮重新焕发活力。一旦他们安顿下来(我敢打赌),距离戴安娜王妃长眠的奥尔索普庄园仅咫尺之遥,苏塞克斯夫妇的神话便可重生。别忘了,斯宾塞勋爵(查尔斯·斯宾塞)即将推出回忆录《天鹅之歌:黛安娜,我的妹妹》。而哈里王子若在该闹剧周边徘徊,必然会推动销量暴涨。

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在我的一生中,仅有两次认为英国可能会屈服于暴民。一次是戴安娜王妃去世后,当时若有人认为人们过度悲伤是不明智甚至不健康的,那将是不明智的。另一次是在2012年,作为金融危机后的延迟反应,银行家们遭到如此强烈的抨击,以至于我认识的一些人甚至感到不安全。

我应该把最新的盖洛普全球民意调查发给他们。在受危机冲击最严重的25个国家中,对金融机构的信任度在2012年降至37%的低点。而如今这一数字已升至63%。作为对比,这一比例甚至高于危机前的水平。金融业已超越国家政府和司法机构,在公众尊重度上仅次于军队。HBO / BBC的剧集《行业》以其中立到美化的金融业形象,若放在几年前简直不可想象。

如今科技业成了“黑羊”。看看那些法庭和解案,看看对监管的呼声。科技业或许能从金融业学到如何完成自我救赎?

首先,走出帕洛阿尔托。我不是说多出差,而是要搬迁。金融中心坐落于大城市,邻近其他行业及多元视角。在伦敦和纽约,银行(即使不是基金)都回到了波希米亚区域。业务的客户导向也迫使从业者走出办公室。结果呢?来自外部世界的反馈源源不断,公众情绪清晰可辨。相比之下,帕洛阿尔托是个糟糕透顶的观察世界之地:过于封闭且单一文化。这也解释了为何科技高管们总对公众不信任他们的善意感到困惑。

科技业或许难免带有某种数学式的天真。但其总部所在地的贫瘠隔绝——英伟达总部简直像海湾机场——进一步强化了这种特质。这种隔阂是双向的。公众的不安、那种“他们到底在搞什么?”的疑问,若行业不再如此与世隔绝,或许会有所缓解。

除了地理位置,金融业还能教给科技业另一课:多捐钱,或者说更显眼地捐钱。即将在

科技成了另类弃儿。看看那些庭外和解,再看看那一片监管呼声

国家美术馆背后是对冲基金大佬肯尼思·格里芬。罗特希尔德家族的公司则出现在泰特现代美术馆。弗里达·卡罗的作品?美国银行。你或许更想去JPMorgan标志的伦敦圣帕尔坛板球场看场板球。你可以骑一辆红色的桑坦德共享单车去那里。

金融品牌悄然渗透到国家生活的娱乐或软性领域。结果人们在不知不觉中放下了戒心。(在英格兰,英超足球被俗称为“巴克莱”,比如“这是个多么棒的巴克莱周末”。)回想起来,各国社会在1964年金融危机后放松了对银行的反感,部分原因是担心代价太大。若没有这个行业,许多文化和体育生活将岌岌可危。毋庸置疑,科技同样慷慨解囊,而且或许更严格,因为它热衷于衡量投入与产出。但有效利他主义必须是“看得见”的利他主义,才能消除公众的敌意。

如果搬迁不现实,高调慈善又太过粗俗,金融界其实有更简单的公关建议可供借研:

闭嘴。

金融高管们往往不会对文明进程、美学或某个外国国家的应对之策高谈阔论。除少数例外(如比尔·阿克曼),他们的只言片语仅限于宏观经济学,且以机构式的枯燥语调传达。这种“保持沉默、拿钱走人”的做法最大限度地减少了冒犯。

恕我直言,我认为科技与金融的声誉此消彼长并不公平。前者未曾获得公共救助,至少没有规模可观的救助。其产品以零边际成本让人类知识总和触手可及。而科技被归咎的社会问题范围之广,简直令人难以置信。但只要在达克·帕特尔播客上随便说句关于出生率的话,我就想推出断头台了。

“AI会毁掉世界吗?”这个问题没有好答案。“我们必须总是听这些人说些什么吗?”答案显然是肯定的。战略性沉默:我无法判断科技界是否最容易实施这一建议,抑或这将成为最困难的挑战。

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市场原本可能在为期九周的比赛开始时进入假期模式(该比赛于5月底启动)。但事实证明这是一个动荡不断的时期:从SpaceX IPO的启动,到AI资本支出担忧的尾声,再到微软创下的单日股价新高。阅读一位耐心投资者如何克服动荡最终胜出的故事。封面报道,第6和7页

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伦敦购房者面临平均首付大幅上涨

购房者需额外存款以抵消更高抵押贷款利率

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假设贷款价值比(LTV)为75%,期限为27年,用于购买平均价位房屋 数据来源:Zoopla研究

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借款人需额外支付3.5 万英镑以应对贷款利率上涨

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伦敦购房者今年需额外支付平均3.5 万英镑作为伦敦房产的首付,因抵押贷款利率上涨削弱了其购买能力。

最新研究显示,与年初相比,全国购房者的首付平均需增加18,200 英镑,凸显上半年利率上升对英国购房者的影响。

固定利率抵押贷款成本在3月以色列-伊朗冲突爆发后上升,推高了贷款机构的借贷成本。Zoopla房产网站表示,该利率从冲突前的4%峰值攀升至4月的近5%,目前已回落至约4.8%。

该网站称,一位此前能负担20 万英镑抵押贷款的购房者,如今在相同月供下仅能借款约18.2 万英镑——购买能力下降9%。

Zoopla执行董事理查德·多内尔表示:“平均抵押贷款利率已趋于稳定,但仍接近5%而非4%,意味着可负担性对众多购房者选择下一处住房仍是重要因素。”

即便如此,Zoopla在最新房价指数中仍察觉到购房者重返英国房产市场的首批迹象,此前夏季市场表现低迷。该机构发现,过去四周在其网站上寻找房源的人数增长了7%。

Zoopla表示,此次复苏似乎预示着“秋季反弹”,因在过去12个月中,英国各地区首次出现更多人搜索房源。搜索活动最为强劲的地区为东南部(增长8.9%)和英格兰东部(增长8.5%)。

Zoopla称,8月底至9月初秋季购房季第一阶段常会推动定价调整,因卖家为在该季节吸引买家而下调要价。

伦敦北部房产经纪人杰里米·利夫表示:“抵押贷款成本的小幅上涨强化了买家的议价能力,导致出价降低,尤其是公寓,其中许多长期未能售出。”

今年房价增长乏力。Zoopla最新价格指数显示,截至7月的年度涨幅仅为0.9%。该机构还表示,待售房屋库存较去年同期高出5%。

过去四年来,工资增长为购房者提供了助力。英国国家统计局数据显示,自2022年第三季度以来,平均周薪已增长23%。

萨维尔斯住宅研究主任卢西安·库克表示,抵押贷款监管机构对借款人可负担性采取更宽松态度,帮助首次购房者克服了抵押贷款成本上升的困境。这种较为宽松的做法还有望降低首付门槛,为更广泛的购房者群体开放市场。

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民粹金融诈骗的时代

如果你主持犯罪广告,就应为其结果承担责任。平台因帮助共谋欺诈而获得报酬。

我惊讶于因欺诈蒙受损失的人似乎在法律上无权获得任何赔偿。——32 way,via FT.com

一个很好的第一步是将在诽谤法下,未经当事人许可创建、发布或传播特定个人的AI生成图像定为犯罪。——Looking-in,via FT.com

为何更多年轻工作者正在抛弃英国

作为有幼儿的家庭,我正考虑离开。为什么?我的学生贷款实际上相当于额外9%的收入税。如果我赚超过

10 万英镑,孩子的幼儿园费用就变得无法负担。我的房租对于一套两居室小公寓来说高得离谱,我们连攒钱买一套小房子都很困难——实际上,房价高得离谱。这个国家破产了,沉迷于支出,看来税收必然会继续上涨。——HM,via FT.com

移民阿联酋是我做过的最佳财务决定。不仅薪资更高,我还能在几个月内还清学生贷款。三年内,我攒下并投资的金额超过了在英国整个职业生涯所能获得的。——Mister mister,via FT.com

大多数夫妇无法回答的财务问题

我理解史蒂夫·韦伯的立场,但养老金及英国整体税制已过于复杂。任何改动都会增加更多层面的复杂性、规则和豁免。因此,除非同时进行重大简化,否则请不要这样做。——Eye of the Beholder,via FT.com

或许可考虑结婚,如果你们是同居伴侣且即将退休。

除了养老金,在医疗决策等问题上也有优势。有些医院对未婚伴侣在直系亲属讨论中的对待方式不同。——Quercia Robur,via FT.com

零售投资者在跳入Anthropic IPO前需了解的事

如果Anthropic所言属实,生产力将大幅提升,但必然伴随大量失业,以及在职者口袋中的钱更少。

谁来购买并消费生产力成果?若人们无力购买,企业将无法实现预期利润。我们是否正步入通缩世界?——Fair is foul, foul is fair,via FT.com

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年轻英国人认为AI理财建议受监管

英国金融行为监管局(FCA)发出警告

根据最新研究,近半数英国年轻成年人错误地认为AI生成的金融信息受到监管,这凸显了该技术在投资和金融决策中日益普及所带来的风险。

在英国金融行为监管局(FCA)调查的18至40岁人群中,有44%的人认为AI聊天机器人提供的金融信息受到监管,另有32%的人错误地认为若AI建议出错,他们能获得赔偿。

“AI正迅速成为新一代散户投资者的首选渠道,但人们的信心显然超越了对其的理解程度。”咨询公司Broadstone的个人理财规划主管罗布·希洛克表示。

各年龄段人群越来越多地使用AI工具来指导预算、投资和其他个人理财话题。但研究显示,年轻人使用率尤为突出。

根据2025年劳埃德银行集团的一项调查,18至24岁人群中,有76%曾使用AI处理个人理财,而55至64岁人群中这一比例为47%。在40至64岁人群中,有40%的人使用过AI工具处理个人理财。

Fairview Investing咨询公司董事本·耶尔斯利表示,AI工具是“金融信息的有用起点”,并能帮助缩小能负担得起正规建议与无法负担者之间的金融知识差距。

“很多人犯的错误在于将其视为终点,”耶尔斯利称,并补充道,AI公司应在聊天机器人回答金融问题时引入“明确的风险警示”。

Evelyn Partners财富管理公司首席AI官本·帕什利表示,聊天机器人的回复可能“听起来像是个人推荐,却缺乏适用于正规金融指导的问责机制或数据保护措施”。

在18至40岁人群中,有38%的人认为仅凭AI建议就做出投资决策是可以接受的。

Z世代投资者急于追求快速投资回报

研究发现,超过三分之一的成年Z世代投资者期望在一年内获得回报,这表明许多年轻人在投资方面采取短期思维。

投资信托公司Alliance Witan对英国成年人的调查显示,有38%的18至28岁受访者表示他们只愿等待一年就期期待获得显著投资回报,相比之下,千禧一代为30%,X世代投资者为20%,婴儿潮一代为15%。

根据对2,000名英国成年人的民意调查,18%的Z世代人期望在6个月内实现增长。

"如果你在生命早期以持续的方式进行投资,你一生中可以获得非常高的回报......但如果你因为看不到快速回报就频繁买卖,你会错过享受税收优惠的长期投资机会。"诺丁汉大学金融经济学教授约翰·加瑟古德表示。

"初学者往往误解了投资在短期内能够现实地实现什么。"管理Alliance Witan的保险公司Willis Towers Watson董事总经理马克·阿特金森表示。

根据世界经济论坛2024年《全球零售投资者调查》,人们开始投资的年龄越来越小。30%的Z世代在进入职场前的早期成年阶段就开始投资,相比之下,千禧一代为15%,X世代为9%,婴儿潮一代为6%。

该报告还显示,与年长一代相比,Z世代和千禧一代更可能投资于复杂产品,如加密货币、另类资产类别和衍生品。

特许金融分析师协会(CFA Institute)研究主管罗德里·普里斯表示,社交媒体上关于人们通过加密货币投资快速获得可观回报的故事可能会"塑造Z世代的预期"。他补充道,年轻人"没有完整的市场周期历史来真正理解短期内可能发生的情况"。

英国金融行为监管局(FCA)对近700名英国成年人的调查显示,许多人正在使用AI来帮助投资决策。

英国金融监管机构表示,AI可以帮助人们在做出决策前研究公司或探索选项,但他们需要运用自己的判断并了解自身的保护措施。然而,研究也表明许多年轻成年人意识到使用AI进行个人理财的潜在陷阱。86%的受访者表示,他们了解在使用AI研究投资时需要核实所引用的信息来源。

"人们相当理智地广泛使用AI,并且保持着健康的怀疑态度。"金融网站Boring Money创始人兼首席执行官霍莉·麦凯表示,"风险在于人们没有意识到金融服务品牌在使用AI提供低成本帮助时,可能会误以为这是金融建议并享有相应保护。"

英国金融服务补偿计划(FSCS)表示,对于在2019年4月1日后因英国监管金融机构倒闭而蒙受损失的个人,最多可赔付8.5 万英镑。

FSCS表示:"FSCS仅保护由授权公司提供的监管金融服务。通用AI工具不太可能纳入FSCS保护范围。"

软件与生物技术引领风险投资回升

投资英国需求主要来自海外投资者

艾伦·利夫西

英国风险投资在今年上半年激增至144亿英镑,有望创下年度记录,进一步巩固该国作为欧洲AI交易主要中心的地位。

根据PitchBook数据,全年交易总额有望达到260亿英镑,超过2021260亿英镑的历史最高纪录。今年的投资主要集中在软件以及制药或生物技术领域的后期风险投资。

PitchBook高级研究分析师纳维娜·拉詹表示:“英国拥有欧洲最大的人工智能生态系统,包括工程师中心和网络。”她补充道:“对英国风险投资公司的投资兴趣普遍更高。”

需求主要来自海外投资者,尤其是美国投资者,他们认为英国是新兴成长型企业的优质投资目的地。尽管风险投资市场主要集中在美国,但英国在欧洲地区领先。PitchBook数据显示,在AI领域,英国仅次于美国和中国,排名第三。

毕马威新兴巨头业务英国主管妮可·洛表示:“英国在AI领域展现出巨大实力,特别是在伦敦及周边地区,得益于优秀人才,形成了完美风暴,助力打造出世界领先的AI企业,投资者希望支持并助其成长。”

今年英国投资者仅占风险投资总额的11%,历史上这一比例偏低,而美国买家通常占主导地位。

总体而言,富裕的英国零售投资者对旨在支持早期企业的风险投资信托基金的兴趣已大幅下降。2025年,时任财政大臣雷切尔·里夫斯将风险投资信托基金(VCT)的前期税收减免从30%降至20%,降低了投资者可抵扣其他收入税的最高扣除额,立即冲击了对这些信托基金的需求。

受益者:自动驾驶集团Wayve——彭博社

英国风险投资募资在疫情期间急剧上升后,随后大幅下降,去年仅为20亿英镑,远低于截至2024年八年间每年75亿英镑的平均水平。而今年的募资总额已超过2025年全年总额。

尽管英国IPO市场相对平静,但今年风险投资退出的潜力已有所改善。PitchBook分析师在本月早些时候的一份报告中写道:“我们对欧洲IPO市场的持续分析始终将英国视为IPO候选企业的关键中心之一。我们最新分析显示,欧洲整体的IPO积压案例已减少近一半。”

今年第二季度,AI与生命科学公司Isomorphic Labs以及自动驾驶技术集团Wayve分别募资15亿美元£945mn,成为今年募资主力。

拉詹表示,对于今年风险投资活动回升有两种观点:“一种认为AI是一个独立生态系统,而underlying VC市场并不健康;另一种观点则认为这是科技投资的下一波浪潮。”

自金融危机以来,英国抵押贷款批准量已大幅下降

月度批准量(单位:‘000

未经季节性调整的房价同比增长率

秋季盼望已久的卖房者

理解市场季节性有助于获得最佳交易,尼尔·哈德森表示

虽然我们仍处于8月,但天气似乎已开始转折。对于任何想要出售房产的人来说,我猜测秋季盼望已久。

这是因为房地产市场具有高度季节性。夏季是一片死寂。今年夏天比全国干涸的草坪还要干燥。

根据Zoopla的数据,7月份尽管市场上挂牌房源数量众多,但最终找到买家的房源数量比去年同期低9%。自中东冲突爆发以来,更高的抵押贷款利率一直在压制市场。

现在,随着9月的临近,市场活动可能即将回升。本周Zoopla的数据显示,过去四周的买家搜索量同比增长7%。

如果你正在寻找买卖房产,了解季节性如何影响市场甚至可能让你在谈判中占据上风。我记得一位老旧的房产经纪人曾给过我一些建议:春季卖房,秋季买房。

即使在当前低迷的市场中,你也很难照此行事——更不用说还需要一位极有耐心的买家。即便如此,他说的也不无道理。

春季是买家需求最高的时段。根据Rightmove的数据,房产在4月至6月间在市场上停留的时间最短。土地登记处的数据显示,在印花税假期之外,6月底是完成交易最受欢迎的时段。

但了解季节性对于任何试图理解房地产市场动态的人至关重要。每周似乎都会出现新的房价上涨、下跌或横盘的头条新闻——有时甚至在几天内朝两个不同方向变化。

那么它是如何运作的呢?大多数房地产统计数据都经过了季节性调整。例如,当英国央行报告1月份有60,000笔住房抵押贷款批准时,实际数字仅为44,800笔,但季节性调整后的数据反映出1月份较低的数字仍使全年保持在每月60,000笔批准的轨道上。差异在其他月份得到弥补,届时批准数量将高于季节性调整后的数据。

季节性调整的好处在于,我们可以轻松比较月度变化,从而洞察短期市场,而年度变化则不受此过程影响。

复活节作为一个可变节日,会对挂牌和已达成交易的模式产生重大影响,进而影响房产门户网站发布的数据以及出售时机的决策。

对于房价而言,季节性意味着我们通常在夏季前就能了解全年房价增长的情况。忽略季节性调整显示,房价通常在年初强势上涨,在前六个月上涨后,会在夏季略有回落,然后在11月和12月趋于稳定。

当然,事件也可能介入。今年年初与其他年份相似,全国房屋价格指数报告显示前几个月

房价通常年初表现强劲,在前六个月上涨,随后有所缓和

个月的表现本可使其年增长率达到约5%这一常规水平。但中东战争带来的高利率使其轨迹提前转向。其指数预计将以约2%的涨幅收官——不过别太当真,因为秋季往往是经济冲击(从金融危机到特拉斯执政)的多发期,而当前全球经济看起来相当脆弱。

有一个房价指标经常令头条作者和公众感到困惑,即Rightmove要价指数。除去它是要价而非成交价指数外,其数据还会出现波动。

5月该指数显示要价较上月上涨1.2%;8月则下跌2%。这描绘了一幅动荡的图景——直到你考虑到价格几乎总是在8月下跌。

Rightmove指数虽是有用的领先指标,但其月度波动或许最好忽略。

Rightmove指数的特点是对高端市场的权重较大。其要价指数的季节性波动在大型房产(五卧室或以上)上比小型房产更为明显。当这些市场出现重大分化时(如当前情况),有时会影响其整体指数。高端住宅正大量涌入市场,这或许解释了为何Rightmove指数报告年跌幅1%,而Nationwide等机构则显示上涨(1.8%)。

因此季节性调整虽有用,但并非完美。要使这一过程有效,需排除任何可能对市场产生一次性影响的独特事件(常见例子为印花税假期结束)。2020年,房产市场关闭及交易量暴跌为历史数据增添了额外波动。

这一问题在次月即被快速修正,但这凸显了密切关注基础数据的重要性,尤其是在重大独特事件期间。

回到今年,炎热的夏季为购房或售房决策推迟提供了又一个借口,而此前已有经济、政治等多重理由。房地产行业希望今年秋季能最终标志着复苏的开始,但当树叶转为橙色之际,一切将主要取决于全球经济走向——以及一位同名世界领导人的决定——以及利率是否会下降到足以令市场反弹的程度。

尼尔·哈德森是房地产市场分析师

你的问题 如何处理家族企业的所有权?

永久授权书可确保企业延续性 — 《金融时报》蒙塔日 / 波约斯瓦夫 / 梦思时

露西·沃里克-清

我父亲多年前创立了我们的家族企业,但他现在罹患痴呆症,无法再像从前那样管理事务。我们正在设法处理企业所有权和决策事宜,同时兼顾他的最佳利益。我们应采取哪些法律和实际步骤?

霍华德·肯尼迪律师事务所合伙人兼信托与遗产争议主管部门负责人娜奥米·奥汉尼表示,痴呆症是一种复杂而艰难的疾病,这对你和你的家人而言想必是一段非常艰难的时期。你着手调查如何处理企业所有权是正确的,因为提前准备至关重要。

当痴呆症开始影响家族企业所有者时,人们通常会将问题框定为继承或控制权的问题。实际上,起点往往更为根本:该个人是否仍具备做出相关决策的能力?

痴呆症诊断并不意味着某人必然丧失能力。能力是特定于决策且特定于时间的。一个人可能能够做出某些决策,但无法做出其他决策,且能力可能随时间波动。相关问题不是你父亲是否患有痴呆症,而是他能否做出重要决策,无论这些决策涉及投票股份、任命董事还是批准交易。

确定这一情况通常是最重要的一步。可能需要专科能力评估,因为在涉及重大财务决策时,全科医生的证明可能不足以胜任。

如果能力尚存,则有机会进行规划。在英格兰和威尔士,针对财产和金融事务的永久授权书(LPA)可在能力丧失后提供延续性。然而,在家族企业中,授权人的人选需要仔细考量。最适合管理个人财务的人选,可能并非最适合处理企业资产的人选。在某些情况下,可单独设立企业授权书,以任命具备管理企业事务所需经验或专业知识的人选。

即使存在LPA,其局限性也常被误解。授权人可处理委托人的财产和金融事务,包括个人持有的股份,但无法直接接任董事或受托人职位。董事的职责是个人性质的,而信托资产可能在新受托人任命前仍被束缚。在所有情况下,授权人必须以委托人的最佳利益行事,而非以企业或更广泛的家族利益为先。

与此同时,应早期审查公司的章程文件。公司章程、任何股东协议,以及在合伙企业的情况下,合伙协议,可能已包含规范丧失能力、所有权和决策事宜的条款。

如果不存在LPA且能力已丧失,则可选择向监护法院申请任命代理人。此途径通常比提前规划更缓慢、昂贵且受限。

从根本上说,实际步骤如下:确定能力是否仍存,如能力尚存则建立适当授权,并审查规范企业的文件。困难很少源于法律框架本身,更多是因为这些对话被推迟到危机已经出现之时。

本专栏中的观点仅供一般信息参考,不得替代专业建议。金融时报有限公司及作者不对任何直接或间接后果承担责任,包括任何损失,并最大限度地排除相关责任。

No one ever won a stock picking game by choosing good companies. Or did they? Nathan Brooker reports

FT股票挑选游戏结果:基本面的胜利

股市是个残酷无常的动物。且看伍迪5.0,这位《金融时报》新股票挑选游戏的参与者。

在为期九周的比赛中第三周,他们的投资组合表现最佳。一周后他们登顶排行榜。自此便一路领先,似乎无人能及。

直到比赛结束前约十天。

几笔交易未能奏效,他们跌至第五位,后又降至第七位。他们做出更多调整。排名上升几位。他们引入了几只投资信托,又随即撤出。他们买入了航空公司维斯航空和英航母公司IAG,又再次卖出。他们再次开始下滑。

他们重新投入微芯片股,买入SanDisk、超威半导体、英特尔以及他们一周前刚卖出的SK海力士美国存托凭证。

接着他们掷出最后一注:保留SanDisk,卖出另外三只股票,买入西部数据、诺和诺德、Mercado Libre和eBay。最终跌至第16位。

在比赛最后72小时内,他们亏损了15,135英镑虚拟资金,当比赛于8月7日午夜结束时,他们最终排名第387位。

"赌徒的幻觉认为,如果你再转一次轮盘赌的转轮,你已经输了那么多次,这次总该轮到你了。"

在40年的投资生涯中,基金经理西蒙·埃德尔斯坦多次见识过这种情况。

"这种行为曾让巴林银行破产,"他开玩笑道,指的是伦敦城最古老的商人银行——巴林银行,在1995年因罗格·里森追加亏损最终达到8.27亿英镑而倒闭。

"这就是赌徒的幻觉,"他说道。"人们认为,如果你再转一次轮盘赌的转轮,你已经输了那么多次,这次总该轮到你了。不幸的是,概率之神并不在场倾听。"

值得庆幸的是,在我们的游戏中,没有人损失一分钱。这只是个有趣的游戏——而且肆意的投机行为受到热情鼓励。

毕竟,没有人能通过买入好公司的好价格赢得股票挑选游戏。或是他们真的做到了?

近13,000名读者报名参与这款新游戏,与以往版本不同的是,本次允许参与者在比赛期间随意交易股票。

"这九周恰逢市场出现相当重大的转折点,"埃德尔斯坦表示。"我不认为市场已从贪婪转向恐惧——我认为实际上股市仍相当贪婪……但的确经历了一个起承转合的过程。"

在比赛的前几周,玩家们将虚拟资金投入英伟达、美光和超威半导体,随着半导体热潮达到顶峰。

随后,6月底美光公布了第三季度业绩:利润增长15倍,调整后毛利率达84.9%。

报告发布后数小时内,美光股价交易价格超过1,200加元,首席执行官桑杰·梅赫罗特拉告诉投资者,AI宣告了存储芯片行业繁荣与萧条周期的终结。市场并不买账。

从那时起,领先存储芯片制造商的股价暴跌。比赛结束时,美光股价较6月峰值下跌28%,三星下跌32%,SanDisk下跌48%。

And in the closing weeks of the game, with fears growing over the amount of money that technology giants were spending on AI infrastructure, the market started the process of what Edelsten calls "separating the sheep from the goats".

At no time was this more apparent than on July 29, when both Meta and Microsoft posted earnings reports.

With investors concerned over the Facebook owner's high capital spending, its share price dropped 8 per cent the next day to its lowest point in four months. Not so with Microsoft. Owing to strong cloud and Copilot metrics, its shares surged by more than 15 per cent, increasing the company's market cap by nearly half a trillion dollars in a single trading session – the largest one-day gain in US history.

And all the while, quietly at first, software-as-a-service stocks such as Adobe and Salesforce that the market had seemingly written off in the so-called SaaS-pocalypse slowly started to climb in value.

Some players embraced the ability to trade to great effect. A player called DeviT nearly won the grand prize when, in the last week of the competition, they bought Palantir the morning before its share price shot up 30 per cent. They were catapulted into the top slot – but faded in the last 48 hours to finish fourth.

When Mikey K, a retired civil engineer in his mid-sixties, noticed he was approaching the final week of the game in the top 20, he went hell-for-leather to finish as high as he could.

Until this point, his portfolio mostly held insurance and construction firms. In came AstraZeneca, BP and McDonald's. "Then I had a wild punt in the last two days," he says.

After releasing earnings on August 4, SpaceX shares dropped to $108 – 20 per cent lower than the company's IPO price – and this was just a few days before its first major lock-up period expired and more than 900 million shares were free to flood the market.

"I think at the time you said in your newsletter that no self-respecting player still owned SpaceX," says Mikey K, helpfully reminding me. "But over the years I've picked up that the market overreacts all the time. So I thought: there's a chance this could come back."

And he was right. In the last 48 hours of the competition, SpaceX shares rose more than 23 per cent, giving Mikey K a late surge and allowing him to finish inside the top 10 at number nine.

Some players – and I suspect more than would freely admit to it – used AI to help construct their portfolios. Among them was Nadine Graville. The 56-year-old from north London had not invested before but, inspired by her son, a university student interested in AI and planning to go into finance, she thought: why not?

She used the Perplexity chatbot to help pick her stocks, which included Rolls-Royce, Bunzl and Robinhood. And, frankly, she couldn't believe what happened next.

Her portfolio shot out of the traps, gaining 18 per cent in the first week. For most of the first month she was in the top 30, and once even got inside the top 10. "When I showed my partner, who works in [finance], we thought it was hysterical," she says, laughing.

Unfortunately, after a few weeks, the wheels came off. "Obviously," she says, "my failure was SanDisk."

Because she asked the chatbot to select stocks it thought would perform well over the game's nine weeks, she chose not to make any changes — something she says she'll do differently next time. In the last few weeks of the competition, she plummeted, finishing in 2,276th place.

Still, Graville says she can't wait for the new game to start in October. "I am 100 per cent going to do it again. I'm going to do some different tactics and see if my AI skills will get me a better result next time – and maybe even a prize."

谁赢了?请欢迎斯瓦普尼尔·英戈尔。这位来自萨里郡的40岁合作社商店经理在与13,000名玩家的角逐中胜出,其投资组合增长超过36%。

在启动比赛的文章中,《金融时报》撰稿人兼股票挑选游戏爱好者布赖斯·埃尔德鼓励玩家“赌博如同堕落者”,并专注于高贝塔(波动性高、风险更大)股票。他写道:“基本面分析无法在可用时间内可靠地带来足够大的回报。”

英戈尔笑着说:“我忽略了那条建议,”他说,“我专注于基本面。”他的股票均为低贝塔股——部分贝塔值低于1,意味着其波动性低于大盘。他按规则购买了五只股票(最低数量),并给予它们相同权重,且全程未做任何调整。

“频繁进出[股票]是摧毁投资组合的一种方式,”他说,“另一种则是过度分散化。”

“Jumping in and out [of stocks] is one way to kill your portfolio. The other is to overdiversify.”

英戈尔原籍印度,2008年移居英国。2016年,他开始在YouTube“导师”的指导下进行当日交易,但表现不佳。他说:“那三年间我亏了不少钱。后来我意识到——我不是在投资,只是在赌博。”

于是他停止交易,开始研究世界顶级投资者的做法。就在这时,他发现了沃伦·巴菲特。他说:“我之前不太爱读书,但从那以后开始大量阅读。现在我每天几乎要花四五个小时读书。”

他开始遵循巴菲特的原则,投资真正的股票,选择那些他能理解业务的公司,并主要构建由英国小型和微型股组成的投资组合。

在疫情期间赚到一些钱后,他卖掉部分股票,用这笔钱支付了购房首付。

不过,在比赛中他被限制只能选择大盘股,但仍保持了自己的方法,即评估基本面。

他选择了软件股Adobe和Salesforce。他说:“随着所有人都转向AI,它们的估值确实不错。”Adobe——他现实投资组合中也持有——毛利率为89%,自由现金流充沛,投资资本回报率强劲。他买入时,其滚动市盈率约为11,较五年平均水平低约70%。股价为197加元。到比赛结束时,股价已升至265加元。

另外三只股票分别是Accenture(他在现实生活中也持有)、Cognizant和微软,分别上涨38%、42%和34%。

英戈尔比其他玩家起步晚,且一开始进展缓慢。但随着AI退潮行情加速,Adobe、Salesforce和Accenture等股票开始录得强劲涨幅;随后微软股价也出现了上涨。

他说:“一旦股票像那样上涨,你就会忍不住想卖出。”但他努力忽略这种冲动。“就像管理我的真实投资组合一样,我尽量不常登录查看,否则你会忍不住做些蠢事……我在2016年到2019年间就是这么学到教训的。”

“现在我只是买入并放着不动……”

我们的获胜者:斯瓦普尼尔·英戈尔的投资组合增长超过36% (图:《金融时报》)

下一季比赛注册将于9月21日开放。

竞赛中交易最活跃的股票

| | 交易数量 |

| | 买入 | Nvidia / 4,760 Micron Technology / 3,174 Alphabet C / 2,750 Advanced Micro Devices / 2,207 Microsoft / 1,971 | | 卖出 | Nvidia / 1,346 Micron Technology / 918 SpaceX / 559 Alphabet C / 625 Advanced Micro Devices / 565

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伍德福德投资者七年后仍在寻求答案,基金崩盘后资金迅速蒸发

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十年前,在问题出现之前,尼尔·伍德福德简直如同投资界的“救世主”。用投资术语来说,这位备受推崇的基金经理宛若一尊神祇,投资者趋之若鹜。

然而十年后,许多昔日投资者仍在追问:他们的资金为何在伍德福德旗舰基金于2019年轰然崩盘后如此迅速地蒸发?

有人寻求法律赔偿,有人呼吁对这场灾难性失败展开全面独立公查。但显而易见的是,大多数人对这位66岁男子的评价已不再宽容。

“他是个傲慢自大、自我膨胀的男人,从未真正为自己的不当行为承担过责任。”伊恩·达菲尔德如是说。他在伍德福德股票收益基金关闭后损失了超过£10,该基金曾一度持有£10bn的资产。

不过责任已被归咎。一年前,金融监管机构对伍德福德及其前投资公司伍德福德投资管理开出总计£46mn的罚单,裁定其“对自身职责存在缺陷且狭隘的理解”。

尼尔·伍德福德已对英国金融行为监管局(FCA)就其基金崩盘所开出的罚单提起上诉——图片来源:金融时报拼图 / Geoff Pugh / Shutterstock

米勒表示:“这种行为造成的伤害是可衡量的。自2022年以来,零售投资者从主动管理基金中撤出超过1200亿英镑,而2025 saw record outflows from equity funds。”

监管机构表示,在2018年7月至2019年6月期间,伍德福德做出了“不合理且不当”的投资决策,并“过度抛售更具流动性的投资”以购买流动性较差的资产。这意味着在基金被暂停时,仅有8%的资产可在七天内变现,而现有规定本应确保投资者在四天内即可取回资金。

“时至今日,我仍对他极其愤怒,”达菲尔德对《金融时报》Money版表示,“他违反了英国金融行为监管局的规则。他并未按自己所承诺的方式投资我们的资金。”

布赖恩·霍尔与妻子投入的£10几乎血本无归,他同样怒不可遏:“伍德福德的自负压倒了一切。他涉足那些自己并不熟悉的非流动性领域,却自以为‘点石成金’的能力能让一切顺利。”

关于崩盘的原因已有诸多解释

100亿英镑 伍德福德股票收益基金的一次性持有

“这一丑闻从来都不是关于正常的投资风险,”前影子大臣约翰·麦克唐奈表示,他呼吁对伍德福德基金倒闭展开独立调查。

“它始终是关于监督、治理和监管的灾难性失败——这些失败让数十万投资者在无过错的情况下面临灾难性损失,却无处求助。”

但或许正如达菲尔德和霍尔所指出的,引发崩溃的导火索是伍德福德过度依赖大额、非流动性资产。

72岁的达菲尔德虽已部分接受经济损失,但损失仍在困扰着他。“我感到心碎,但也为做出这一决定而感到内疚和羞愧。”

人们还深切担忧基金倒闭对投资行业的影响,以及对投资者信心造成的伤害。

那笔可能永远无法收回的资金并非威慑,而是一场表演。”

基金的失败,从一连串糟糕的股票选择到肯特郡议会撤回£250mn投资委托书,不一而足。

投资管理专家、《实证投资者》编辑罗宾·鲍威尔指出,英国金融行为监管局(FCA)甚至尚未对任何人处以罚款,因为伍德福德正在对两项处罚提起上诉,这意味着案件已被移交上级法庭。

与此同时,伍德福德却发了财。据向英国公司注册处提交的文件显示,伍德福德及其商业伙伴克雷格·纽曼在截至2019年3月的五年间从伍德福德投资管理公司获取了£111.5mn的股息。他们还在基金暂停后继续向投资者收取管理费。

“鉴于上级法庭的排期,这可能需要数年时间。对一家支付能力存疑的公司处以数百万英镑罚款,不过是纸上数字。而且无论如何,这些罚款都不会流向投资者(而是归财政部所有)。”

她承认其他因素也导致了这些损失,但她补充道:“恰恰在英国试图重建零售股权文化之际,伍德福德事件让一代投资者认识到——当事情出错时,受保护的唯独不是他们。”

投资活动家吉娜·米勒表示:“伍德福德个人被FCA处以£5.9mn罚款;然而,在基金濒临崩溃的2019年3月前12个月里,他和商业伙伴却从中分得£20mn股息。这一处罚实在过于宽松。”

伍德福德拒绝就本文置评,但此前在被问及对其投资流程的批评或是否有话想对投资者说时,他曾对《金融时报》Money版表示:“这些问题我已回答过多次。感谢你的联系,但我无新话可说。”

伍德福德对英国金融行为监管局的处罚提出上诉

£5.9mn

然而,他的批评者们却有很多话要说。

推动透明度工作组(旨在敦促议会调查伍德福德股票收益基金崩溃)创始人安迪·阿加桑格鲁表示:“对伍德福德处以£5.9mn罚款、对一家支付能力存疑的公司处以£40mn罚款,与超过350,000名投资者在基金暂停时被困并损失约£1bn相比,简直是九牛一毛。一项处罚

阿加桑格鲁补充道:“当(伍德福德的)信托崩溃时,它证实了许多人早已怀有的猜疑——这个系统存在的目的,是为了保护行业,而非他们。”

诚然,一个反复出现的指控是FCA偏袒投资行业而非个人投资者。该机构因行动过慢、错过伍德福德基金陷入困境的早期预警信号,以及批准一项令投资者感到被严重剥夺的清算流程而受到批评。

在其辩护中,英国金融行为监管局(FCA)强调所有投资均存在风险。该局表示:“我们为那些因基金流动性管理失败而被不公平困住的投资者争取到高达23000万英镑的赔偿。伍德福德先生及伍德福德投资管理公司,而非我们,应对这一失败负责。”

这场相互指责的游戏无疑将继续,但投资者和倡导者仍然希望能够得到问题的答案。

“英国现已有了一位新首相,他将自己的政治身份建立在‘威斯敏斯特长期未能修复为普通民众服务不力的体系’这一主张之上,”阿加桑格鲁说,“人们不禁要问:财政委员会何时才会最终对伍德福德丑闻展开正式调查。”

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我们的专家本周讨论了哪些公司值得买入、卖出或持有

切斯纳拉管理着价值£21bn的资产——金融时报蒙太奇 / 玛丽莲·巴伯尼 / 切斯纳拉 / 梦幻图片社

汇丰人寿业务收购为切斯纳拉增值

1666年的伦敦大火摧毁了数千栋房产、数十座教堂以及圣保罗大教堂,将这座城市最古老的部分夷为平地。

这场大火也点燃了伦敦首家保险公司于1680年成立的星星之火,开启了一个如今每年为政府贡献约£20bn税收的行业。

在随后的几个世纪里,随着商业目标的变化,保险公司在一些市场退出,而在其他新兴市场则大举进军。数据和风险分析、监管复杂性以及定价压力削弱了保险业的吸引力。

但退出特定市场并停止销售某些类型的保单(如定期保险、分红保险、投资连结保险和个人养老金)可能会使保险公司承担维护和管理所谓"封闭账簿"的责任,并确保符合新的监管要求。这可能成为一项成本高昂且麻烦的负债。

然而,对一家保险公司而言不受欢迎的业务,却可能成为另一家公司的金矿。这正是标准人寿(前Phoenix Life,现已更名)和切斯纳拉等整合者的机会所在。它们的机会在于通过规模经济更高效地管理保单组合,将保单转移至单一平台,并至关重要的是,通过政策成熟后的剩余资本收益提取价值。

切斯纳拉是投资者的心水股,管理着£21bn的资产,并通过定期收购来扩展业务。在过去一年里,它收购了汇丰人寿英国业务部和劳埃德银行苏格兰寡妇欧洲业务。

汇丰交易预计在保单存续期内能产生约£800mn现金,而苏格兰寡妇欧洲业务的收益(该交易耗资€110mn并涉及46,000份保单转移)预计为€250mn。

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强劲现金状况

切斯纳拉是FTSE 250指数成分股的寿险专家,在截至6月的六个月中公布了强劲的中期业绩,受益于今年1月完成的汇丰人寿英国业务部收购(现为切斯纳拉人寿)。

运营资本生成(衡量集团日常业务产生的现金)同比增长79%,至£96mn。

该集团目前正推进从劳埃德银行收购苏格兰寡妇欧洲封闭寿险业务的交易。

贝伦贝格分析师迈克尔·胡特纳表示,集团"强劲的现金状况意味着切斯纳拉现在已准备好在英国及欧洲寻找更多交易机会"。

切斯纳拉股票的预期股息收益率为7%。瑞银资本市场指出其自由现金流收益率超过13%,"在同行中处于顶尖水平",而1.2倍的账面估值(按《偿付能力II》框架下高质量资本计算的价格 / 无限制一级股权比率)也优于同行平均的1.5倍。克里斯托弗·阿克斯

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包装集团麦克法兰在经历去年一段时期后正逐步恢复正常运营。

其2029年成本节约目标提前三年达成,但管理层认为仍有进一步提效空间。值得注意的是,此次裁员主要针对后勤岗位,而非招聘顾问岗位——后者的产能将被保留以应对市场复苏。希乐仕正转向临时及高附加值岗位,认为这些岗位受AI颠覆风险较低。

净债务小幅上升

眼下最关键的问题是,9月(该月贡献希乐仕首季逾40%费用)能否为周期转折提供证据。

在公司面临“挑战”期间,其营收增长仍保持稳定。麦克法兰还面临聚合物成本上涨及为应对中东战争后供应链中断风险而增加库存支出的压力。整体来看,价格上涨与成本节约使利润表现相对稳健,在当前环境下,营收仅下降5%已属合理。但因更多现金被用于库存,净债务小幅上升200万英镑至1.79亿英镑。麦克法兰还宣布,在下月400万英镑回购计划完成后,将启动新一轮600万英镑回购。

本周哪些公司高管在买卖自家股票?

买入 / 董事 / 管理层责任人 / 日期 / 价格(便士) / 总价值(英镑) ------ / ------------------ / ------ / -------------- / --------------- AB Dynamics / Sarah Matthews-DeMers(ce) / 2026年8月20日 / 104.4 / 32,174 Acceler8 Ventures / Richard Kilsby / 2026年8月14日 / 93 / 102,300 Caledonia Mining / July Ndlovu / 2026年8月13日 / 1,706 / 365,084 CT Healthcare / Sarah MacAulay / 2026年8月17日 / 141.8 / 95,006 International Workplace / Christian Schmitz(ce) / 2026年8月19日 / 172 / 258,538 KRM22 / Garry Jones(ch) / 2026年8月20日 / 27.2 / 24,917 KRM22 / Keith Todd / 2026年8月20日 / 28 / 98,000 PetroTal Corp / Gavin Wilson / 2026年8月14-17日 / 25.7-26.5 / 104,300 PZ Cussons / David Tyler(ch) / 2026年8月17日 / 103.1 / 41,233 Sirius Real Estate / Andrew Coombs(ce) / 2026年8月17日 / 96 / 239,875 TBC Bank / Guy Stevens(cfo) / 2026年8月18日 / 4,825 / 49,840 Tesco / Gerry Murphy(ch) / 2026年8月17日 / 448.5 / 44,845 Wizz Air / Janos Pal(PDMR) / 2026年8月18日 / 1,072 / 97,413

卖出 / 董事 / 管理层责任人 / 日期 / 价格(便士) / 总价值(英镑) ------ / ------------------ / ------ / -------------- / --------------- GlobalData / Michael Danson(ce) / 2026年8月13日 / 85 / 17,099,690 Hargreaves Services / Nicholas Mills / 2026年8月19日 / 820 / 902,000 InterContinental Hotels / Tejas Katre(PDMR)* / 2026年8月14日 / 11,770 / 94,635 Polar Capital Holdings / Alexander Black(PDMR) / 2026年8月17日 / 894.5 / 261,784

* 交易由配偶 / 家人 / 近亲代为执行 * 由美元 / 欧元换算而来 管理层责任人(PDMR);首席执行官(ce);董事长(ch);首席财务官(cfo) 数据来源:投资者纪事报

董事交易

国际工作场所集团(International Workplace Group,旗下拥有Regus和Spaces等联合办公品牌)因其租赁密集型商业模式历经重重困难。传统上,该公司会承租长期办公室并自行投入装修,从而承诺多年租金支付。

尽管该集团正在持续转型,更多地为业主运营办公空间而非自行承租,但其债务负担依然是一大隐忧。

调整后息税折旧摊销前利润仅增长1%至2.65 亿加元,主要受到营业成本上升26%的拖累。今年以来,该公司股价下跌18%,目前与FactSet共识目标价相差逾50%。不过,首席执行官仍保持乐观态度,并购买了价值258,500 英镑的股票。

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世界市场 / 8月28日 / 涨跌 / 涨跌幅 / 8月28日 / 涨跌 / 涨跌幅

澳大利亚 / 普通股指数 / 9294.30 / 51.10 / 0.55 / 意大利 / 米兰FTSE MIB指数 / 52616.12 / 351.00 / 0.67 巴西 / 博韦斯帕指数 / 174520.14 / -615.27 / -0.35 / 日本 / 日经225指数 / 66405.56 / 273.58 / 0.41 中国 / 上证综指 / 3952.18 / -4.39 / -0.11 / 新加坡 / 海峡时报指数 / 5699.93 / 15.81 / 0.28 法国 / CAC 40指数 / 8401.18 / 81.31 / 0.98 / 西班牙 / 马德里SE指数 / 1988.00 / 16.90 / 0.86 德国 / DAX指数 / 26569.99 / 202.75 / 0.77 / 瑞士 / 瑞士市场指数 / 14399.77 / 15.40 / 0.11 香港 / 恒生指数 / 25584.79 / 19.05 / 0.07 / 美国 / 道琼斯工业平均指数 / 53555.37 / -14.07 / -0.03 印度 / BSE S&P SENSEX / 77264.51 / 330.92 / 0.43 / 美国 / 纳斯达克指数 / 26578.13 / 294.06 / 0.14

最大涨跌幅

货币 / 8月28日 / 涨跌 / 涨跌幅

加元 / 欧元 / 1.162 / -0.003 / -0.215 加元 / 欧元 / 1.357 / -0.001 / -0.059 欧元 / 0.856 / -0.001 / -0.157 日元 / 加元 / 159.865 / 0.545 / 0.342 日元 / 欧元 / 217.009 / 0.612 / 0.283 瑞郎 / 欧元 / 0.938 / 0.002 / 0.176 欧元 / 加元 / 0.861 / 0.002 / 0.216

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即将分红

欧元区 大宗商品与加密货币

《金融时报》私人投资者指数系列

政府债券

<><>< / ><>支付< / ><>上期< / ><>登记日< / ><>除息日< / >< / ><>< colspan="5">周二< / >< / ><><>戈尔街能源储存基金< / ><>1.75便士< / ><>1便士< / ><>7月31日< / ><>7月30日< / >< / ><><>JPM Claverface 6< / ><>8.5便士< / ><>8.4便士< / ><>24日< / ><>23日< / >< / ><><>JPMorgan中国增长与收益< / ><>2.79便士< / ><>2.73便士< / ><>8月10日< / ><>8月9日< / >< / ><><>JPMorgan中国增长与收益< / ><>11.00便士< / ><>10.00便士< / ><>8月14日< / ><>8月13日< / >< / ><><>八爪鱼可再生能源基础设施信托< / ><>1.56便士< / ><>1.54便士< / ><>8月14日< / ><>8月13日< / >< / ><>< colspan="5">周三< / >< / ><><>汇丰环球基金政府债券投资< / ><>9.7773便士< / ><>10.0443便士< / ><>8月14日< / ><>8月13日< / >< / ><><>汇丰环球基金公司债券< / ><>23.9188便士< / ><>22.4547便士< / ><>8月14日< / ><>8月13日< / >< / ><><>汇丰环球基金环球< / ><>$0.226966< / ><>$0.214084< / ><>8月14日< / ><>8月13日< / >< / ><><>汇丰环球基金环球聚合< / ><>17.0208便士< / ><>15.4365便士< / ><>8月14日< / ><>8月13日< / >< / ><><>汇丰环球基金环球政府债券< / ><>16.0277便士< / ><>15.0894便士< / ><>8月14日< / ><>8月13日< / >< / ><><>汇丰环球基金环球股权政府债券< / ><>$3.91197< / ><>$3.74600< / ><>8月14日< / ><>8月13日< / >< / ><><>先锋基金(美元)< / ><>$0.018038< / ><>$0.017464< / ><>8月21日< / ><>8月20日< / >< / ><><>先锋基金< / ><>1.7201便士< / ><>1.7426便士< / ><>8月21日< / ><>8月20日< / >< / ><>< colspan="5">周四< / >< / ><><>贝莱德短期< / ><>2.225便士< / ><>0.00便士< / ><>8月31日< / ><>8月30日< / >< / ><><>Bravura Solutions< / ><>0.0669澳元< / ><>0.00澳元< / ><>8月25日< / ><>8月24日< / >< / ><><>惠顿贵金属< / ><>$0.195< / ><>$0.165< / ><>8月20日< / >< / ><><>Xstraccs MSCI日本英国< / ><>€0.4352< / ><>€0.431< / ><>8月20日< / ><>8月19日< / >< / ><><>Xstraccs MSCI日本英国< / ><>€1.3186< / ><>€1.3000< / ><>8月20日< / ><>8月19日< / >< / ><><>Xstraccs Stoxx环球精选股息< / ><>€0.4129< / ><>€0.3932< / ><>8月20日< / ><>8月19日< / >< / ><><>Xstraccs MSCI英国ESG< / ><>4.91便士< / ><>5.16便士< / ><>8月20日< / ><>8月19日< / >< / ><><>Xstraccs富时250< / ><>24.15便士< / ><>24.44便士< / ><>8月20日< / ><>8月19日< / >< / ><><>Xstraccs富时100< / ><>8.36便士< / ><>8.35便士< / ><>8月20日< / ><>8月19日< / >< / ><><>Xstraccs Stoxx环球特色优质股息< / ><>€0.9015< / ><>€0.9164< / ><>8月20日< / ><>8月19日< / >< / ><><>Xstraccs哈佛CA300指数< / ><>$0.081< / ><>$0.0915< / ><>8月20日< / ><>8月19日< / >< / table>

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27 / 1 Month% / 3 Month% / 1 Year% / 5 Years%

Ultra Conservative Index / 981.44 / -0.87% / -1.58% / -1.92% / -19.48% Investor Conservative Index / 1540.73 / 0.13% / -0.19% / 5.27% / 5.98% Income / 4319.21 / 0.64% / 0.51% / 9.24% / 18.37% Balanced / 6614.65 / 1.06% / 1.03% / 12.48% / 29.14% Growth / 8715.72 / 1.39% / 1.44% / 15.22% / 39.10% Ultra Growth / 3473.67 / 1.83% / 1.87% / 19.00% / 54.47% Global Growth / 3608.53 / 2.09% / 1.50% / 19.84% / 56.19% FTSE All-Share / 5826.09 / 0.55% / 3.15% / 16.28% / 41.37% FTSE All-World Ex UK / 873.65 / 2.16% / 1.60% / 20.09% / 58.60%

通胀率

零售价格指数 / 消费者价格指数

1个月变动 / 12个月变动 RPI / Jul 419.10 / 0.62% / 3.2% RPIX / Jul 412.20 / 0.61% / 3.1% CPI / Jul 142.90 / 0.28% / 2.9%

8月28日 / 前值 / 变动

美国2年期 / 4.33 / 4.20 / 0.13 美国10年期 / 4.72 / 4.65 / 0.07 美国30年期 / 5.21 / 5.18 / 0.03 英国2年期 / 4.40 / 4.34 / 0.06 英国10年期 / 5.06 / 5.03 / 0.03 英国30年期 / 5.78 / 5.76 / 0.02 日本2年期 / 1.68 / 1.67 / 0.01 日本10年期 / 2.90 / 2.87 / 0.03 日本30年期 / 4.10 / 4.05 / 0.05 德国2年期 / 2.90 / 2.85 / 0.05 德国10年期 / 3.27 / 3.25 / 0.02 德国30年期 / 3.76 / 3.75 / 0.01

银行利率 / 国际利率

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英国央行基准利率(7月) / 3.75% 美国联邦基金利率 / 3.50 - 3.75% 美国长期债券 / 4.71% 欧元区基准利率 / 2.40%

报告类型 / 日期 / 公司 / 报告类型 Interim / 2026年9月3日 / Tribal集团 / Interim Final / 2026年9月7日 / Ashmore集团 / Final 2026年8月8日 / Dunelm 2026年10月10日 / Genus 2026年10月10日 / Glenveagh 2026年10月10日 / Oakley

日期 / 公司 2026年1月1日 / Ashtead科技 2026年1月1日 / Michelmersh砖业 2026年2月2日 / Anglo-Eastern Plant 2026年2月2日 / Cairn Homes 2026年2月2日 / 牛津生物医药 2026年2月2日 / TT电子 2026年3月3日 / Grafton集团

价格 / 日涨跌 / 折价 / 溢价 3i基础设施 / 395.50 / — / -2.59 Abf GVIT / 93.00 / 1.25 / -11.48 Abf小型 / 1780.00 / 4.00 / -10.19 Aberdeen亚洲焦点 / 453.00 / 3.00 / -9.8 Aberdeen亚洲收益基金 / 318.00 / -1.00 / -7.14 Aberdeen股票收益 / 462.00 / 3.00 / 1.06 Aberdeen英国小型 / 533.00 / 4.00 / -8.7 Alliance Writon / 1379.00 / 6.00 / -4.39 安联科技 / 712.00 / 13.00 / -7.59 Artemis英国未来领导 / 400.50 / -1.50 / -10.76 Aurora英国Alpha / 257.00 / -1.00 / -10.59 Avi Japan / 172.50 / -0.50 / -4.07 BG中国增长 / 306.00 / -1.50 / -8.39 BG欧元 / 127.50 / 1.00 / -7.72 BG日本 / 1076.00 / 12.00 / -9.49 BG Shin / 174.20 / 1.60 / -9.84 BG美国增长 / 340.50 / 3.50 / -6.56 Baillie Gifford英国 / 227.00 / — / -9.07 Bankers IT / 151.60 / 0.60 / -8.69 生物技术增长 / 1738.00 / -30.00 / -7.27 BldRk美国小型 / 279.00 / -1.00 / 1.77 BldRk能源与资源 / 186.00 / -0.50 / -4.51 | BldRk |

Front< / td> 194.00< / ><>0.50< / ><>-1.67< / >< / tr> <>BldRk CtrEur< / ><>610.00< / ><>3.00< / ><>-6.61< / >< / ><><>BldRk R&G< / ><>234.00< / ><>3.00< / ><>-11.18< / >< / ><><>BldRk Smir< / ><>276.50< / ><>-0.50< / ><>-11.9< / >< / table>

<><>< / ><>Price< / ><>Dly< / ><>Disc / Prem< / >< / ><><>BlackR World Mining< / ><>1090.00< / ><>12.00< / ><>-2.97< / >< / ><><>Brunner< / ><>1580.00< / ><>14.00< / ><>-10.06< / >< / ><><>Caledonia Inv< / ><>397.00< / ><>< / ><>-32.41< / >< / ><><>CanGen C$< / ><>2851.38< / ><>-3.64< / ><>-40.02< / >< / ><><>City of Lon< / ><>591.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>1.83< / >< / ><><>COS Natlres< / ><>433.00< / ><>3.00< / ><>-0.66< / >< / ><><>CT Healthcare< / ><>135.00< / ><>-1.60< / ><>-1.89< / >< / ><><>CT MgdI< / ><>131.00< / ><>—< / ><>-2.37< / >< / ><><> MgdG< / ><>327.00< / ><>1.00< / ><>-3.49< / >< / ><><> Cp&I< / ><>358.00< / ><>—< / ><>-4.55< / >< / ><><> UK HIT B< / ><>109.00< / ><>—< / ><>-9.89< / >< / ><><> UK HIT Ord< / ><>122.00< / ><>3.00< / ><>-1.64< / >< / ><><>Dunedin Inc< / ><>319.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>-7.56< / >< / ><><>Edinburgh Inv< / ><>860.00< / ><>1.00< / ><>-7.06< / >< / ><><>Edin Worldwide< / ><>266.50< / ><>1.00< / ><>-7.95< / >< / ><><>The Euro SmCo< / ><>242.50< / ><>2.50< / ><>-9.67< / >< / ><><>F&C Inv Trust< / ><>345.20< / ><>2.20< / ><>-8.39< / >< / ><><>Fidelity Asian< / ><>626.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>-4.24< / >< / ><><>Fidelity China< / ><>264.00< / ><>1.50< / ><>-6.96< / >< / ><><> Emer Mkts< / ><>1508.00< / ><>6.00< / ><>-6.08< / >< / ><><> Euro< / ><>439.00< / ><>1.50< / ><>-4.71< / >< / ><><> Spec< / ><>473.50< / ><>—< / ><>0.65< / >< / ><><>Finshbury G&I< / ><>836.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>-6.61< / >< / ><><>The Glbl Small Co< / ><>193.40< / ><>-0.60< / ><>-4.87< / >< / ><><>GRIT(susp.)< / ><>1.25< / ><>< / ><>-91.32< / >< / ><><>Hansa< / ><>334.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>-37.85< / >< / table>

<><>< / ><>Price< / ><>Dly< / ><>Disc / Prem< / >< / ><><>Hansa A< / ><>330.00< / ><>5.00< / ><>-39.32< / >< / ><><>Hen FarEs< / ><>264.50< / ><>3.50< / ><>4.36< / >< / ><><>Hen High Inc< / ><>207.00< / ><>-1.00< / ><>-5.5< / >< / ><><>Hen Smirl< / ><>989.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>-8.68< / >< / ><><>Herald< / ><>2995.00< / ><>15.00< / ><>-10.71< / >< / ><><>HICL Infra< / ><>137.40< / ><>1.20< / ><>-12.56< / >< / ><><>Impax Env< / ><>450.50< / ><>2.50< / ><>-12.27< / >< / ><><>IntBiotech< / ><>1135.00< / ><>-5.00< / ><>-6.01< / >< / ><><>Intl PP< / ><>140.00< / ><>1.00< / ><>-7.46< / >< / ><><>Inv Asia Dragon Tst< / ><>503.00< / ><>4.50< / ><>-6.57< / >< / ><><>Inv Bond Inc< / ><>171.50< / ><>0.50< / ><>1.62< / >< / ><><>JPM Amer IT< / ><>1218.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>-2.81< / >< / ><><>JPM Asia G&I< / ><>592.00< / ><>8.00< / ><>-2.57< / >< / ><><> China G&I< / ><>275.00< / ><>2.00< / ><>-10.69< / >< / ><><> Clavi< / ><>970.00< / ><>< / ><>-1.37< / >< / ><><>JPMGblCore (susp)< / ><>84.20< / ><>< / >< / ><><> Emrg EMEA< / ><>239.50< / ><>< / ><>235.48< / >< / ><><> Emrg< / ><>168.00< / ><>0.80< / ><>-8.24< / >< / ><><> Eur Disc< / ><>643.00< / ><>6.00< / ><>-7.78< / >< / ><><> Eur G&I< / ><>147.60< / ><>0.60< / ><>-1.8< / >< / ><><> En Mk Div< / ><>211.00< / ><>1.00< / ><>-8.72< / >< / ><><> Gbl G&I< / ><>620.00< / ><>4.00< / ><>-0.2< / >< / ><><> India Gwth Inc< / ><>880.00< / ><>5.00< / ><>-8.39< / >< / ><><>

日本 / 818.00 / 3.00 / -7.66

JPM UK Sm / 356.50 / 1.50 / -6.59 JPM US Sml / 435.00 / -4.00 / -9.31

价格 / 日涨跌 / 折价 / 溢价

Law Deb / 1254.00 / 6.00 / 1.94 Lindell Train / 560.00 / -19.99 Lowland / 188.50 / -0.50 / -8.37 Marwyn Val / 138.00 / — / -46.37 Mercantile / 289.00 / 0.50 / -9.58 Merch. Trst / 684.00 / — / -4.65 Mid-Wynd / 800.00 / 4.00 / -2.27 Monks IT / 1636.00 / 8.00 / -5.17 Montanaro Eur / 181.00 / 2.00 / -8.56 Murray Inc / 1002.00 / 5.00 / -6.92 Murray Intl / 372.50 / -1.50 / 1.5 New Star IT / 142.00 / — / -29.35 N. Atl Smlt IT / 420.00 / -5.00 / -33.21 Pac. Horiz / 1122.00 / -2.00 / 1.11 Pers. Assets / 556.00 / -0.43 Polar Health / 450.00 / -4.50 / 0.79 Polar Fin. / 254.50 / 1.50 / -1.67 Polar Tech. / 656.00 / 2.50 / -8.21 Rights & Iss IT / 2480.00 / 20.00 / -15.07 RIT Cap. / 2565.00 / — / -17.42 Ruffer Inv Pr / 299.50 / 1.00 / -4.88 Schdr. AsiaPac / 842.00 / -2.00 / -9.49 Schdr. AsiaTotal / 712.00 / 7.00 / -4.39 Schroder Inc / 376.00 / -4.95 . Japan / 387.00 / 1.00 / -7.3 . Orient. / 459.00 / 1.00 / -2.28

价格 / 日涨跌 / 折价 / 溢价 UK Mid / 782.00 / -2.00 / -6.64 Scot American / 565.00 / 2.00 / -7.12 Scot Mortgage / 1492.50 / 14.00 / -8.47 Scot Oriental / 273.00 / -2.50 / -9.79 Strategic Eq. / 358.00 / 3.00 / -8.17 Temple Bar / 420.50 / 2.00 / 0.89 Tetragon / 1035.03 / 37.42 TRIG / 76.90 / 0.50 / -23.77 UIL / 204.00 / — / -28.35 Usilico EmerMkts / 279.00 / — / -9.91 VEIL / 740.00 / 1.00 / -14.42 Worldwide Hlth / 389.50 / -3.50 / -6.91

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信用利息 开户即享奖金 月利息最高至 5,000 英镑 最长90天通知期 1 万英镑

短期定期利率< / td>< / tr><><>first direct< / ><>4.59%,期限2年< / ><>60%< / ><>£490< / ><>前2年< / >< / ><><>Santander< / ><>4.81%,至2.12.28< / ><>90%< / ><>£999< / ><>至2.12.28< / >< / ><><>first direct< / ><>4.63%,期限3年< / ><>75%< / ><>£490< / ><>前3年< / >< / ><><>Santander< / ><>4.95%,至2.12.29< / ><>90%< / ><>£999< / ><>至2.12.29< / >< / table>

离岸账户 1 万英镑 透支服务

<><>利率与期限< / ><>最高贷款价值比< / ><>手续费< / ><>提前还款收费期< / >< / table>

ISA利率

<>< colspan="6">无通知期 5,000 英镑< / >< / ><><>Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com)< / ><>夏季账户(1)< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.33%< / ><>月< / >< / ><><>cahoot (cahoot.com)< / ><>简易储蓄(18)< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.52%< / ><>年< / >< / ><><>Spring(应用内)< / ><>加速储蓄< / ><>无< / ><>£10< / ><>5.00%< / ><>月< / >< / table>

<><>United Trust Bank (utbank.co.uk)< / ><>UTB限制性存取< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.30%< / ><>年< / >< / ><><>Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com)< / ><>夏季账户(1)< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.33%< / ><>月< / >< / ><><>cahoot (cahoot.com)< / ><>简易储蓄(18)< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.52%< / ><>年< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="6">无通知期 5 万英镑< / >< / ><><>Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com)< / ><>夏季账户(1)< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.33%< / ><>月< / >< / ><><>Monument Bank(应用内)< / ><>欢迎储蓄< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.51%< / ><>月< / >< / ><><>cahoot (cahoot.com)< / ><>简易储蓄(18)< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.52%< / ><>年< / >< / table>

<><>Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com)< / ><>夏季账户(1)< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.33%< / ><>月< / >< / ><><>Monument Bank(应用内)< / ><>欢迎储蓄< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.51%< / ><>月< / >< / ><><>cahoot (cahoot.com)< / ><>简易储蓄(18)< / ><>无< / ><>£1< / ><>4.52%< / ><>年< / >< / table>

<><>Shawbrook Bank (shawbrookbank.co.uk)< / ><>45天通知 - 23< / ><>45天< / ><>£45< / ><>4.21%< / ><>年< / >< / ><><>Kent Reliance(分行)< / ><>60天通知储蓄 - 75< / ><>60天< / ><>£60< / ><>4.25%< / ><>年< / >< / ><><>StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)< / ><>90天通知 - 12< / ><>90天< / ><>£12< / ><>4.35%< / ><>月< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="6">最长90天通知期 5,000 英镑< / >< / ><><>Shawbrook Bank (shawbrookbank.co.uk)< / ><>45天通知 - 23< / ><>45天< / ><>£45< / ><>4.21%< / ><>年< / >< / ><><>Kent Reliance(分行)< / ><>60天通知储蓄 - 75< / ><>60天< / ><>£60< / ><>4.25%< / ><>年< / >< / ><><>StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)< / ><>90天通知 - 12< / ><>90天< / ><>£12< / ><>4.35%< / ><>月< / >< / table>

<><>Kent Reliance(分行)< / ><>60天通知储蓄 - 75< / ><>60天< / ><>£60< / ><>4.25%< / ><>年< / >< / ><><>StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)< / ><>90天通知 - 12< / ><>90天< / ><>£12< / ><>4.35%< / ><>月< / >< / ><><>BLME A (blme.com)< / ><>90天通知(10)< / ><>90天< / ><>£10< / ><>4.37%< / ><>季< / >< / table>

Kent Reliance (via branch) / 60 Day Notice Savings - 75 / 60 Day / 1,000 英镑 / 4.25% / Yly

StreamBank (streambank.co.uk) / 90 Notice - 12 / 90 / 1,000 英镑 / 4.35% / Mly BLME A (blme.com) / 90 (10) / 90 / 1 万英镑 / 4.37% / Qly

Kent Reliance (via branch) / 60 Savings - 75 / 60 / 1,000 英镑 / 4.25% / Yly

StreamBank (streambank.co.uk) / 90 - 12 / 90 / 1,000 英镑 / 4.35% / Mly BLME A (blme.com) / 90 (10) / 90 / 1 万英镑 / 4.37% / Qly

cahoot (cahoot.com) / Simple Saver (18) / None / £1 / 4.52% Spring (via app) / Accelerate Saver / None / £10 / 5.00% (.com) / Sunny (6) / £1 / 5.00%

StreamBank (streambank.co.uk) / 90 - 12 / 90 / 1,000 英镑 / 4.35% (.com) / Simple (18) / £1 / 4.52% Spring (via app) / Accelerate / £10 / 5.00%

Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com) / Summer Account (1) / 1,000 英镑 / 4.33% (.com) / Simple (18) / £1 / 4.52%

Monument Bank (via app) / Welcome / 3 万英镑2}} / 4.51%

| Standard Bank international. | | | | | | (standardbank.com) / Offshore Reserve Savings / 3 万英镑3}} / 1.15% / ½ Y / y | NatWest International | | | | | | (natwestinternational.com) / Premium / £1 / 1.36% | Standard Bank international. | | | | | | (standardbank.com) / International 36 / 36 / 3 万英镑4}} / 2.70% / Y / y

Nottingham BS (thenottingham.com) / Bonus Access 18 / £1 / 4.25% / Y / y Ulster Bank (ulsterbank.co.uk) / Limited Edition -3 / 3 万英镑5}} / 4.30% / M / y Principality BS (principality.co.uk) / Online Bonus Triple Access (9) / £1 / 4.30% / Y / y Post Office Money ® (postoffice.co.uk) / Online 89 / £1 / 4.31% / Y / y Chase (via app) / Chase Boosted / £1 / 4.50% / M / y SAGA (saga.co.uk) / Easy Access Savings / £1 / 4.50% / M / y Tesco Bank (tescobank.com) / Internet

储蓄账户 / 无 / £1 / 4.53% / Y / y

Tembo Money(应用内) / 无 / £10 / 4.55% / M / y First Active (firstactive.com) / 即时存取 / £1 / 4.55% / M / y LemFi(应用内) / LemFi即时存取 / £1 / 5.00% / M / y

注:所有利率均为AER浮动利率,除非另有说明。开户及账户运营方式各异。所有利率与条款可能在未事先通知的情况下变更,应在最终确定任何安排前核实。对于因使用或依赖本信息而直接或间接产生的任何损失,概不承担责任。非金融专业读者应寻求专业建议。详情请访问Moneyfactscompare.co.uk。数据编制日期:2026年8月27日。

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长期固定利率

银行 / 建屋互助会 / 利率 / 最大贷款价值比 / 存款要求 / 固定期限

桑坦德银行 / 4.54% 至 2.12.31 / 60% / £999 / 至 2.12.31 桑坦德银行 / 4.73% 至 2.12.31 / 85% / £999 / 至 2.12.31 桑坦德银行 / 4.78% 至 2.12.31 / 90% / £999 / 至 2.12.31 Nationwide建屋互助会 / 5.49% 10年期 / 80% / £999 / 前10年

转按揭

银行 / 建屋互助会 / 利率 / 最大贷款价值比 / 存款要求 / 固定期限 桑坦德银行 / 4.56%F 至 2.12.28 / 60% / £999 / 至 2.12.28 桑坦德银行 / 4.77%F 至 2.12.28 / 75% / £499 / 至 2.12.28 first direct / 4.99%F 3年期 / 85% / £490 / 前3年 汇丰银行 / 4.89%F 至 31.10.31 / 85% / £999 / 至 31.10.31

首次购房者

Nationwide建屋互助会 / 5.34%F 2年期 / 95% / - / 前2年 汇丰银行 / 5.41%F 至 31.10.28 / 95% / - / 至 31.10.28 West Brom建屋互助会 / 5.20%F 至 31.10.29 / 95% / £499 / 至 31.10.29 汇丰银行 / 5.24%F 至 31.10.31 / 95% / - / 至 31.10.31

折扣浮动利率

West Brom建屋互助会 / 4.49% 2年期 / 90% / £999 / 无 Beverley建屋互助会 / 4.54% 2年期 / 80% / - / 前2年 Newbury建屋互助会 / 4.29% 3年期 / 75% / £850 / 前3年 Newbury建屋互助会 / 4.99% 3年期 / 90% / £850 / 前3年

浮动利率

桑坦德银行 / 4.03% 2年期 / 60% / £999 / 无 约克郡建房互助会 / 4.13% 至 31.1.29 / 75% / £995 / 无 Nationwide建屋互助会 / 4.17% 2年期 / 80% / £999 / 无 Nationwide建屋互助会 / 4.29% 2年期 / 85% / £999 / 无

购房出租浮动利率

汇丰银行 / 4.39%V 2年期 / 65% / 1,999 英镑 / 无 Hinckley & Rugby建屋互助会 / 4.75%D 2年期 / 75% / 1,249 英镑 / 前2年 巴斯建屋互助会 / 5.09%D 2年期 / 80% / £999 / 前2年

购房出租固定利率

若威银行 / 4.73% 至 30.11.28 / 75% / £995 / 至 30.11.28 汇丰银行 / 4.35% 至 31.10.31 / 60% / 3,999 英镑 / 至 31.10.31 TSB / 5.49% 至 31.1.32 / 80% / 1,995 英镑 / 至 31.1.32

D=折扣利率。F=固定利率。V=浮动利率。贷款条款可能适用。所有利率和条款可能随时变更,请在最终确定任何安排前核实。本信息仅供参考,不对因使用或依赖本信息而产生的任何直接或间接损失承担责任。读者应咨询专业建议。

| 房价 | |

房价指数 / 抵押贷款利率 Nationwide 房价平均值(2026年7月) / £277.54 Nationwide 房价指数(月度) / 551.10 Nationwide 房价(年度变化) / 1.80% Lloyds 房价平均值(2026年7月) / 299,253 英镑 Lloyds 房价(月度) / 516.00 Lloyds 房价(年度变化) / 0.10%

活期账户

提供商 / 账户名称 / 账户费用 / 利率

Nationwide Building Society / FlexDirect / 无 / 5% Bank of Scotland / Vantage Classic Account / 无 / 3% Lloyds / Club Lloyds / 无* / 3%

提供商 / 账户名称 / 账户费用 / 利率

Starling Bank / Current Account / 无 / 15% First Direct / 1st Account / 无 / 39.90% Virgin Money / M Plus Account / 无 / 19.90% | 满足最低要求时免收账户费用 |

信用卡利率

介绍性利率

提供商 / 卡种 / 介绍期购买利率 / 年利率(APR) -------- / ------ / ---------------- / -------------- TSB / 白金购买 / 25个月0% / 24.95% Barclaycard / 白金余额转账 / 24个月0% / 24.90% M&S Bank / 购买增值 / 24个月0% / 24.90%

余额转账

提供商 / 卡种 / 介绍期购买利率 / 转账手续费 / 年利率(APR) -------- / ------ / ---------------- / ------------ / -------------- MBNA / 长期余额 / 36个月0% / 2.99% / 24.9% HSBC / 首个账户 / 36个月0% / 3.19% / 24.9% Barclaycard / 白金余额转账 / 36个月0% / 3.15% / 24.8%

余额转账

提供商 / 卡种 / 年利率(APR) / 返现 -------- / ------ / -------------- / ------ American Express / 日常返现 / 29.1% / 0.5%-1%。介绍期5%长达5个月(最高£125) Virgin Money / 日常返现 / 24.9% / 0.25%。介绍期1%长达3个月(每月最高£15) Natwest / 旅行奖励 / 27.9% / 0.1%-1%(年度消费超过£1)

养老金年金

提供商 / 排名 / 每年金额 / 提供商 / 排名 / 每年金额 -------- / ------ / ---------- / -------- / ------ / ---------- 单身年金 / 55岁 / 单身年金 / 60岁 自19 / 08 / 2026起变动 / 6.00% / 自19 / 08 / 2026起变动 / 5.19% 英杰华养老金年金 / 1 / 6,981 英镑.96 / 英杰华养老金年金 / 1 / 7,338 英镑.48 苏格兰友好养老金年金 / 2 / 6,946 英镑.68 / 苏格兰友好养老金年金 / 2 / 7,329 英镑.36 乐购人寿养老金年金 / 3 / 6,944 英镑.64 / 标准人寿养老金年金 / 3 / 7,310 英镑.04 标准人寿养老金年金 / 4 / 6,916 英镑.92 / 加拿大人寿终身年金 / 4 / 7,166 英镑.04

提供商 / 排名 / 每年金额 / 提供商 / 排名 / 每年金额 -------- / ------ / ---------- / -------- / ------ / ---------- 单身年金 / 65岁 / 联合年金 / 男性60岁 / 女性57岁 自19 / 08 / 2026起变动 / 5.34% / 自19 / 08 / 2026起变动 / 2.92% 苏格兰友好养老金年金 / 1 / 8,208 英镑.48 / 苏格兰友好养老金年金 / 1 / 7,020 英镑.72 标准人寿养老金年金 / 2 / 8,001 英镑.24 / 英杰华养老金年金 / 2 / 6,995 英镑.64 乐购人寿养老金年金 / 3 / 7,794 英镑.36 / 标准人寿养老金年金 / 3 / 6,900 英镑.24 加拿大人寿终身年金 / 4 / 7,782 英镑.60 / 加拿大人寿终身年金 / 4 / 6,890 英镑.76

提供商 / 排名 / 每年金额 / 来源:美世财务规划 0345 072 6774 联合年金 / 男性65岁 / 女性62岁 / Mercer Private Wealth为Mercer Limited的交易名称。Mercer Limited获得英国金融行为监管局授权与监管。英格兰及威尔士注册号984275 自19 / 08 / 2026起变动 / 5.33% 苏格兰友好养老金年金 / 1 / 7,580 英镑.28 标准人寿养老金年金 / 2 / 7,461 英镑.96 / 注册地址:伦敦EC3R 5BU,塔尔广场西1号塔尔广场 加拿大人寿终身年金 / 3 / 7,369 英镑.44

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所有付款均为事后按月支付,无保证期且无递增,如适用则包含配偶50%收益。性别中性费率。数据假设年金购买价格为10 万英镑,且为毛利显示。邮编LS1。某公司在某一收益或年龄段排名靠前,但在其他收益类型(例如指数联动年金)或年龄段可能表现不佳。因此,您必须货比三家,选择适合自身情况的年金产品。表格未包含针对吸烟者或健康状况不佳者的增强型年金费率,亦未包含仅为特定退休群体提供年金的公司。未显示低收益提供商。排名列显示该提供商相对于最高收益年金提供商的位置。

账户与债券 / 通知期或期限 / 最低 / 最高 / 年化等效收益率 / 利息支付

担保增长债券第92期 / 1年期债券 / £500 / 100万英镑 / 4.82% / 按年 担保收入债券第92期 / 1年期债券 / £500 / 100万英镑 / 4.82% / 按月 担保增长债券第80期 / 2年期债券 / £500 / 100万英镑 / 4.81% / 按年 担保收入债券第80期 / 2年期债券 / £500 / 100万英镑 / 4.81% / 按月 担保增长债券第82期 / 3年期债券 / £500 / 100万英镑 / 4.83% / 按年 担保收入债券第82期 / 3年期债券 / £500 / 100万英镑 / 4.83% / 按月 担保增长债券第74期 / 5年期债券 / £500 / 100万英镑 / 4.85% / 按年 担保收入债券第74期 / 5年期债券 / £500 / 100万英镑 / 4.85% / 按月 绿色储蓄债券第9期 / 3年期债券 / £100 / £100K / 4.45% / 按年 直销储蓄账户 / 无 / 100 万英镑 / 200 万英镑m / 3.75% / 按年 收入债券 / 无 / £500 / 100万英镑 / 3.75% / 按月 投资账户 / 无 / 200 万英镑0 / 100万英镑 / 2.05% / 按年

所有费率均显示为年化等效收益率可变,除非另有说明。开户和运营账户的方式各异。所有费率和条款可能在未经通知的情况下变更,应在最终确定任何安排前核实。对于因使用或依赖本信息而直接或间接产生的任何损失,概不承担责任。非金融专业读者应寻求专业建议。详情请访问Moneyfactscompare.co.uk。

现金ISA / 账户 / 通知期或期限 / 存款 / 转入 / 年化等效收益率 / 利息支付

Monument Bank(通过应用) / 简易存取ISA增强版 / 无 / 1 万英镑 / 是 / 4.34% A / 按月 Moneybox(通过应用) / Moneybox ISA / 无 / £500 / 是 / 4.57% A / 按月 Chip(通过应用) / Chip智能ISA / 无 / 100 万英镑 / 否 / 4.60% A / 按月 Sidekick(通过应用) / 现金ISA / 无 / 100 万英镑 / 是 / 4.61% A / 按月

账户 / 通知或期限 / 存款 / 转入 / %年化收益率 / 利息支付

| | 固定利率现金ISA | | | | | | Castle Trust Bank (castletrust.co.uk) / 固定电子现金ISA / 1年期 / 1,000 英镑 / 是 / 4.70% / OM Video Savings (vidabank.co.uk) / 固定ISA / 1年期 / 1,000 英镑 / 是 / 4.70% / Y / y UBL UK (ublik.com) / 固定ISA / 1年期 / 2,000 英镑 / 是 / 4.71% / OM Vanquis Bank (vanquisavings.co.uk) / 固定ISA / 1年期 / 1,000 英镑 / 是 / 4.71% / Y / y 账户与债券(免税) / 通知或期限 / 最低 / 最高 / 转入 / %年化收益率 / 利息 NS&I儿童ISA / 18岁 / £1 / - / 3.70% / Y / y

A = 介绍利率(限期)。OM = 到期支付利息。除非另有说明,所有利率均为年化收益率(AER)可变利率。开户和管理账户的方式各异。所有利率和条款可能随时变更,应在最终确定任何安排前核实。对于因使用或依赖本信息而造成的任何直接或间接损失,概不承担责任。非金融专业读者应寻求专业建议。详情请访问Moneyfactscompare.co.uk。

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Algebris Investments

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Algebris Core Italy I EUR / € 251.03 / - / -1.14 / 0.96 / 0.00 Core Italy R EUR / € 231.74 / - / -1.06 / 0.85 / 0.00 Financial Credit I / € 229.80 / - / -0.07 / 0.15 / 0.00 Financial Credit I GBP / £ 203.59 / - / -0.04 / 0.17 / 0.00 USD / $ 212.34 / - / -0.05 / 0.18 / 5.66 R / € 193.22 / - / -0.07 / 0.10 / 0.00 Equity B / € 400.31 / - / -0.58 / 5.84 / 0.00 Equity R / € 324.38 / - / -0.48 / 4.66 / 0.00 Equity Fund B GBP / £ 334.59 / - / -0.44 / 4.95 / 0.00 Equity Fund B USD / $ 504.53 / - / -0.69 / 7.47 / 3.90 Income I / € 308.80 / - / -0.53 / 1.78 / 0.00 Income R / € 271.74 / - / -0.47 / 1.52 / 0.00 Income Fund I GBP / £ 226.86 / - / -0.36 / 1.35 / 6.02 Income Fund I USD / $ 259.15 / - / -0.42 / 1.55 / 0.00 Global Opportunities I / € 155.23 / - / -0.11 / 0.16 / 0.00 Global Opportunities R / € 148.89 / - / -0.10 / 0.15 / 0.00 Global Opportunities I GBP / € 154.45 / - / -0.09 / 0.19 / 0.00 Global Opportunities I USD / $ 159.42 / - / -0.10 / 0.19 / 0.00 IG I / € 120.48 / - / -0.07 / 0.09 / 0.00 IG R / € 116.44 / - / -0.07 / 0.07 / 0.00 Strategic Fund R / € 116.14 / - / -0.05 / 0.11 / 0.00 Global Equity Select B / € 154.23 / - / -0.06 / 0.11 / 0.00 Global Equity Select R / € 146.72 / - / -0.06 / 0.06 / 0.00

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American Dynamic / $ 9475.08 / - / 0.00 / -94.45 / 0.00 American One / $ 11210.70 / - / 0.00 / -20.06 / 0.00 Bond Global / € 1638.26 / - / 0.00 / -7.60 / 0.00 Eurocroissance / € 1349.76 / - / 0.00 / 13.80 / 0.00 Far East / $ 1278.40 / - / 0.00 / -6.33 / 0.00

ASB Capital

CP Global Asset Management

ASB SUKUK - ACC / $ 104.15 / - / 0.00 ---------------- / ---------- / --- / ------ SUKUK - DIST / $ 97.58 / - / 0.00 / 0.50 State Street Global Equity / $ 125.21 / - / 0.00 Global Technology / $ 157.94 / - / 0.00 / 1.50 / 0.00 MENA Equity / $ 100.08 / - / 0.00

Artemis Fund Managers Ltd (1200)F

Blue Whale Growth USD T / $ 24.68 / - / 0.09 / -0.03 / 0.00

Blue Whale Investment Funds ICAV

Artemis Corporate Bond I Acc / 118.74 / - / -0.15 / 0.12 / 0.00 ----------------------------- / -------- / --- / ------- / ------ Global Income I Die / 245.09 / - / 0.01 / 2.72 / 0.00 High Income I O Inc / 75.64 / - / 0.00 / 0.22 / 0.23 Income I Inc / 358.21 / - / -0.84 / 2.65 / 5.48 Monthly Dist I Inc / 103.15 / - / 0.09 / 0.72 / 0.00 Short-Dn Strat Bond / 134.01 / - / -0.04 / 0.09 / 0.00 SmartGARP Eur Eq I / 1027.68 / - / 1.88 / 2.57 / 0.00 SmartGARP Global Small Co I / 259.69 / - / 1.82 / 5.37 / 1.95 GlcEmr Eq I / 349.24 / - / -0.33 / 2.05 / 0.00 Gb Eq I / 807.33 / - / -0.95 / 10.57 / 0.00 UK Eq I / 4632.84 / - / 3.65 / 33.59 / 2.41 Strategic Assets I / 109.38 / - / 0.44 / 0.95 / 0.00 Strategic Bond I O / 126.30 / - / -0.07 / 0.15 / 4.46 UK Select Fund Class I / 1505.18 / - / -5.02 / 19.83 / 0.00 UK Smaller Cos I / 2663.82 / - / 3.98 / 32.94 / 1.81 UK Special Sits I / 1258.85 / - / -3.74 / 8.09 / 0.00 US Extended Alpha I / 595.48 / - / -2.12 / 7.73 / 0.00 US Select I / 581.48 / - / -1.29 / 6.49 / 0.00 US Snirt Cos I / 531.46 / - / -2.11 / 6.01 / 0.00

CP Global Asset Management Pte.Ltd.

Brown Advisory Funds PLC

ARTEMIS 利润猎手

http: / www.brownadvisory.com 电话:020 3301 8130

纽约人寿投资公司

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全球领袖基金(美元)C类 / $ 33.43 / - / 0.01 / 0.43 / 0.00 全球领袖可持续发展基金(美元)C类 / $ 19.58 / - / 0.03 / 0.26 / 0.00 全球可持续总回报债券(英镑)B类 / £ 9.46 / - / -0.02 / 0.00 全球可持续总回报债券(美元)B类 / $ 10.50 / - / -0.02 / 0.00 美国股权增长基金(美元)B类 / $ 78.41 / - / 0.68 / 1.39 / 0.00 美国灵活股权基金(美元)B类 / $ 42.88 / - / 0.01 / 0.36 / 0.00 美国中盘增长基金(美元)C类 / $ 25.60 / - / 0.14 / 0.36 / 0.00 美国小盘混合基金(美元)B类 / $ 31.87 / - / -0.08 / -0.12 / 0.00 美国小型公司基金(美元)B类 / $ 47.93 / - / -0.03 / -0.10 / 0.00 美国可持续增长基金(美元)C类 / $ 41.35 / - / 0.48 / 0.75 / 0.00 美国可持续价值基金(美元)C类累计 / $ 18.27 / - / -0.11 / 0.09 / 0.00

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FCA认可< / td>< / tr><><>Candriam绝对回报股票市场中性C类< / ><>€ 227.33< / ><>-< / ><>0.26< / ><>0.12< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam债券欧元高收益C类< / ><>€ 1454.57< / ><>-< / ><>0.23< / ><>0.48< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam债券全球高收益C类< / ><>€ 291.37< / ><>-< / ><>0.12< / ><>0.80< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam债券全球通胀挂钩短期C类< / ><>€ 166.74< / ><>-< / ><>-0.13< / ><>-0.28< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam债券全收益C类< / ><>€ 144.02< / ><>-< / ><>-0.05< / ><>-0.36< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam分散化期货H类< / ><>€ 13724.81< / ><>-< / ><>7.32< / ><>56.17< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam Epts L澳大利亚C类A$< / ><>A$

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778.35< / ><>-< / ><>0.04< / ><>3.15< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam可持续债券欧元C类R-C类< / ><>€ 111.67< / ><>-< / ><>-0.12< / ><>-0.00< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam可持续全球高收益H类< / ><>€ 1286.03< / ><>-< / ><>0.33< / ><>3.17< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam股票循环经济R-C类< / ><>$ 164.46< / ><>-< / ><>-0.27< / ><>1.40< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam股票中心行动C类< / ><>€ 2178.39< / ><>-< / ><>10.25< / ><>21.96< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam可持续股票新兴市场C-C类< / ><>€ 187.78< / ><>-< / ><>-0.52< / ><>1.59< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam可持续股票欧元区货币联盟C-C类< / ><>€ 223.35< / ><>-< / ><>-1.00< / ><>1.54< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam可持续欧洲中小市值H类< / ><>€

2582.66< / ><>-< / ><>-2.83< / ><>42.49< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Candriam可持续股票全球C-C类< / ><>€ 46.68< / ><>-< / ><>0.19< / ><>0.55< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>NYLIM GF美国高收益债券R-C类< / ><>$ 174.94< / ><>-< / ><>0.08< / ><>0.58< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

<><>CP多策略基金< / ><>$ 465.42< / ><>-< / ><>0.23< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

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<>< colspan="6">国际共同基金< / >< / ><><>CP双重目的基金< / ><>$ 213.06< / ><>-< / ><>-0.06< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>CP环球阿尔法基金< / ><>$ 507.35< / ><>-< / ><>-0.15< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>CPS-大师私募基金< / ><>$ 613.16< / ><>-< / ><>-0.02< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

均衡策略< / td><>£< / ><>1.18< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.00< / >< / tr> <><>均衡策略A类< / ><>£< / ><>1.18< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>1.84< / >< / > <><>谨慎均衡策略< / ><>£< / ><>1.48< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.91< / >< / > <><>谨慎均衡策略A类< / ><>£< / ><>1.06< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>1.84< / >< / > <><>增长策略< / ><>£< / ><>2.68< / ><>-< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.03< / ><>0.76< / >< / > <><>增长策略A类< / ><>£< / ><>1.28< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.54< / >< / > <><>高增长策略(英镑)< / ><>£< / ><>3.94< / ><>-< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.05< / ><>0.24< / >< / > <><>高增长策略A类< / ><>£< / ><>1.34< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.52< / >< / > <><>高收益债券基金B类(月度)< / ><>£< / ><>0.99< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / >< / > <><>高收益债券基金B类(季度)< / ><>£< / ><>1.00< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / >< / > <><>美元增长策略< / ><>$< / ><>2.60< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.02< / ><>0.21< / >< / > < / table>

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道奇与考克斯全球基金

Candriam投资集团

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Candriam Bds Euro Sh Term Cap / € 2193,24 / - / -0,88 / 0,60 / 0,00 Candriam Bonds Credit Opportunities / € 222,19 / - / 0,10 / 0,14 / 0,00 Bonds Emerg Mk C-Cap / $ 3124,04 / - / 2,75 / 15,44 / 0,00 Equities L Eurp Opt Dlt €- / € 258,94 / - / -0,91 / 1,48 / 0,00 Equities L Global Demg R- / € 380,15 / - / 1,38 / 4,76 / 0,00 Equities Onco mprt-C- / $ 3744,87 / - / -17,41 / 9,20 / 0,00 Equities L Riot&InnTech I- / $ 8008,04 / - / 286,90 / 241,74 / 0,00

Cantab资产管理有限公司 / (英国)

| 01223 522000 | | | www.cantabam.com | |

VT Cantab平衡A英镑累积 / 141.44 / - / 0.24 / 1.37 / 1.80 VT Cantab稳健A英镑累积 / 139.61 / - / 0.17 / 1.07 / 2.12 VT Cantab可持续全球股票A英镑累积 / 172.03 / - / -1.24 / 0.63 / 1.37

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绝对回报M英镑收益 / £ 144.64 / - / 0.01 / 0.36 / 2.61 资本配置投资组合英镑P / £ 30562.90 / - / 7.99 / 89.51 / 1.95 资本配置投资组合英镑V / £ 192.55 / - / 0.04 / 0.44 / 1.94 美元基金Cis英镑收益 / £ 151.83 / - / -0.25 / 0.43 / 2.82 美元对冲英镑收益 / £ 94.60 / - / -0.05 / -0.11 / 2.54 真实回报Cis英镑A收益 / £ 182.82 / - / -0.23 / 0.43 / 2.55 英国指数挂钩债券英镑G收益 / £ 105.12 / - / 0.09 / 0.07 / 2.10

Chartered资产管理私人有限公司

| 其他应缴税项 | | | | | | CAM-GTF VCC / $ 459918.30 / 459918.30 / 0.00 CAM Gt VCC / $ 1440.68 / - / 0.00 RAIC VCC / $ 1.89 / - / 0.00

新兴市场股票基金A美元累积 / $ / 16.34 / - / -0.05 / 0.23 / 0.00 新兴市场股票基金A英镑累积 / £ / 17.01 / - / -0.04 / 0.29 / 0.00 新兴市场股票基金D英镑分红 / £ / 15.39 / - / -0.04 / 0.26 / 1.69 新兴市场股票基金A欧元累积 / € / 17.04 / - / -0.05 / 0.28 / 1.51

欧元累计类< / td><>€< / ><>18.21< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.11< / ><>0.00< / >< / tr> <><>欧元累计类(H)< / ><>€< / ><>12.24< / ><>-< / ><>-0.01< / ><>0.03< / ><>0.00< / >< / > <><>欧元分配类< / ><>€< / ><>11.23< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.07< / ><>0.00< / >< / > <><>欧元分配类(H)< / ><>€< / ><>7.49< / ><>-< / ><>-0.01< / ><>0.02< / ><>5.05< / >< / > <><>英镑分配类< / ><>£< / ><>11.80< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.08< / ><>4.75< / >< / > <><>英镑分配类(H)< / ><>£< / ><>8.48< / ><>-< / ><>-0.01< / ><>0.03< / ><>4.70< / >< / > <><>美元累计类< / ><>$< / ><>15.30< / ><>-< / ><>-0.01< / ><>0.05< / ><>0.00< / >< / > <><>瑞士法郎分配类(H)< / ><>Sfr< / ><>7.64< / ><>-< / ><>-0.01< / ><>0.02< / ><>0.00< / >< / > < / table>

道奇与考克斯全球基金-全球股票基金

类别 / 货币 / 价格 / - / 日 / 周 / 年收益率

美元累计股份类别 / $ / 50.22 / - / -0.21 / 0.30 / 0.00 英镑累计股份类别 / £ / 60.78 / - / -0.24 / 0.54 / 0.00 英镑分红股份类别 / £ / 39.04 / - / -0.16 / 0.34 / 0.00 欧元累计股份类别 / € / 64.74 / - / -0.25 / 0.55 / 0.00 英镑分红股份类别(H) / £ / 21.61 / - / -0.10 / 0.12 / 0.00 美元分红类别 / $ / 20.53 / - / -0.09 / 0.12 / 0.00 加元累计类别 / C$ / 65.65 / - / -0.39 / 0.68 / 0.00

类别 / 货币 / 价格 / - / 日 / 周 / 年收益率

美元累计股份类别 / $ 61.44 / - / -0.32 / 0.30 / 0.00 英镑累计股份类别 / £ 70.33 / - / -0.34 / 0.55 / 0.00 英镑分红股份类别 / £ 40.97 / - / -0.20 / 0.32 / 0.00 欧元累计股份类别 / € 68.39 / - / -0.33 / 0.51 / 0.00 英镑分红股份类别(H) / £ 23.22 / - / -0.12 / 0.11 / 0.00 美元分红类别 / $ 22.51 / - / -0.11 / 0.11 / 0.00

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基金 / 买入价 / 卖出价 / 日 / 周 / 收益率 / 基金 / 买入价 / 卖出价 / 日 / 周 / 收益率

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其他国际基金

越南股票(UCITS基金A美元)< / td><>$ 36.54< / ><>-< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.97< / ><>0.00< / >< / tr>< / table>

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<>< colspan="6">获授权投资基金< / >< / ><><>EdenTree全球影响债券< / ><>86.93< / ><>-< / ><>-0.12< / ><>0.05< / ><>4.18< / >< / ><><>EdenTree绿色影响股票< / ><>136.10< / ><>-< / ><>0.30< / ><>1.20< / ><>0.93< / >< / ><><>EdenTree绿色影响基础设施< / ><>78.93< / ><>-< / ><>0.17< / ><>0.37< / ><>6.64< / >< / ><><>EdenTree全球可持续政府债券< / ><>96.98< / ><>-< / ><>-0.18< / ><>0.04< / ><>3.10< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续欧洲股票A< / ><>496.80< / ><>-< / ><>1.20< / ><>1.84< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续欧洲股票B< / ><>502.20< / ><>-< / ><>1.30< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续全球股票A< / ><>499.20< / ><>-< / ><>0.30< / ><>2.00< / ><>0.53< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续全球股票B< / ><>463.30< / ><>-< / ><>0.30< / ><>2.10< / ><>0.95< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续管理收益A< / ><>141.20< / ><>-< / <>0.10< / ><>0.10< / ><>4.02< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续管理收益B< / ><>153.00< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.10< / ><>3.99< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续短期债券< / ><>95.67< / ><>-< / ><>-0.06< / ><>0.03< / ><>4.58< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续英镑债券A< / ><>95.03< / ><>-< / ><>-0.10< / ><>0.05< / ><>4.99< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续英镑债券B< / ><>98.14< / ><>-< / ><>-0.12< / ><>0.06< / ><>4.99< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续英国股票A< / ><>253.80< / ><>-< / ><>-0.20< / ><>2.80< / ><>1.77< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续英国股票B< / ><>253.10< / ><>-< / ><>-0.10< / ><>2.80< / ><>2.14< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续英国股票机会A< / ><>328.80< / ><>-< / ><>-0.80< / ><>2.00< / ><>1.47< / >< / ><><>EdenTree可持续英国股票机会B< / ><>335.60< / ><>-< / ><>-0.80< / ><>2.10< / ><>1.92< / >< / table>

FIL Investment Services (1200)F

Beech Gate, Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth KT20 6RP 免费咨询热线:Private Clients 0800 414161

Allocation World Fund W-Acc-GBP< / td><>£< / ><>4.35< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.04< / ><>0.98< / >< / tr><><>American Fund W-Acc-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>86.38< / ><>-< / ><>0.13< / ><>2.14< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>American Special Sits W-Acc-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>29.45< / ><>-< / ><>-0.20< / ><>0.29< / ><>0.41< / >< / ><><>Asia Funds W-Acc-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>29.30< / ><>-< / ><>-0.16< / ><>0.20< / ><>0.50< / >< / ><><>Asia Pacific Opps W-Acc< / ><>£< / ><>3.48< / ><>-< / ><>-0.01< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.66< / >< / ><><>Asian Dividend Fund W-Acc-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>3.70< / ><>-< / ><>-0.01< / ><>0.01< / ><>2.01< / >< / ><><>Cash Fund W-Acc-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>1.21< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>3.83< / >< / ><><>China Fund W-Accumulation-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>2.52< / ><>-< / ><>-0.01< / ><>-0.04< / ><>1.48< / >< / ><><>Emerging Mkts NAV< / ><>< / ><>1619.44< / ><>-< / ><>22.28< / ><>40.03< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Enhanced Income Fund W-Inc GBP< / ><>£< / ><>0.95< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>6.08< / >< / ><><>European Fund W-Acc-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>32.54< / ><>-< / ><>-0.04< / ><>0.18< / ><>1.43< / >< / ><><>Global High Income Bond W-Acc-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>1.58< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>5.73< / >< / ><><>Sustainable Euro Equity Fund W-ACC-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>7.41< / ><>-< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.08< / ><>1.13< / >< / ><><>Sustainable Global Equity Fund W-ACC-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>43.63< / ><>-< / ><>-0.15< / ><>0.50< / ><>0.30< / >< / ><><>Japan Fund W-ACC-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>10.49< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.21< / ><>0.91< / >< / ><><>Select 50 Balanced Fund P / Az-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>1.55< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>2.14< / >< / ><><>Special Situations Fund W-ACC-GBP< / ><>£< / ><>74.30< / ><>-< / ><>0.10< / ><>0.65< / ><>2.23< / >< / table>

Fundsmith Equity Fund

Fundsmith LLP (1200)F

PO Box 10846, Chelmsford Essex CM99 2BW 0330 123 1815 www..co.uk, enquiries@.co.uk

Authorised Inv Funds

<><>Equity T Acc< / ><>710.27< / ><>-< / ><>2.06< / ><>15.52< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Equity T Inc< / ><>641.06< / ><>-< / ><>1.86< / ><>14.01< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

GUINNESS INVESTORS

Guinness Investors

<><> Equity Income Y GBP Dis< / ><>£< / ><>24.92< / ><>-< / ><>-0.06< / ><>0.26< / ><>2.05< / >< / ><><> Innovators Y GBP ACC< / ><>£< / ><>47.84< / ><>-< / ><>0.57< / ><>1.15< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><> Quality Mid Cap Y Gbp Acc< / ><>£< / ><>16.08< / ><>-< / ><>0.11< / ><>0.29< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="6">HPB Assurance Ltd Anglo Intl House, Bank Hill, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 4NL 01638 563490< / >< / ><>< colspan="6">International Insurances< / >< / ><><>Holiday Property Bond Ser 1< / ><>£< / ><>0.49< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Holiday Property Bond Ser 2< / ><>£< / ><>0.66< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

Janus Henderson INVESTORS

Janus Henderson Investors

PO Box 9023, Chelmsford CM99 2WB 咨询热线 0800 832 832 www.janushenderson.com

<>< colspan="6">Regulated< / >< / ><><>Marwyn Value Investors< / ><>£< / ><>362.11< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

McInroy & Wood Portfolios Limited

获授权投资基金< / td>< / tr><><>均衡基金(累计)< / ><>7022.30< / ><>-< / ><>4.30< / ><>21.60< / ><>1.75< / >< / ><><>均衡基金(收益)< / ><>6630.30< / ><>-< / ><>4.00< / ><>20.40< / ><>1.77< / >< / ><><>新兴市场基金(累计)< / ><>2330.60< / ><>-< / ><>-13.10< / ><>19.40< / ><>1.72< / >< / ><><>新兴市场基金(收益)< / ><>2100.00< / ><>-< / ><>-11.80< / ><>17.50< / ><>1.75< / >< / ><><>收益基金(累计)< / ><>3639.20< / ><>-< / ><>4.50< / ><>-3.70< / ><>2.69< / >< / ><><>收益基金(收益)< / ><>3225.20< / ><>-< / ><>4.00< / ><>-3.30< / ><>2.77< / >< / ><><>小型公司基金(累计)< / ><>7364.60< / ><>-< / ><>19.90< / ><>111.70< / ><>1.20< / >< / ><><>小型公司基金(收益)< / ><>6922.50< / ><>-< / ><>18.70< / ><>105.00< / ><>1.21< / >< / table>

司法部共同投资基金

<>< colspan="5">英国房地产及其他单位信托< / >< / ><><>股票追踪器基金(收益)< / ><>2696.00< / ><>-< / ><>2.00< / ><>21.00< / >< / table>

Nutshell Asset Management Ltd, Mybridge House, 1-5 Adam Street, London WC2N 6LE www.nutshellam.com

获授权投资基金

<><>Nutshell成长基金(英镑,机构创始人类别)< / ><>£< / ><>190.55< / ><>-< / ><>6< / ><>3.70< / ><>6.21< / >< / table>

Oasis Crescent Global Investment Funds (UK) ICVC(英国)

<>< colspan="6">监管< / >< / ><><>Oasis Crescent全球股票基金(美元)A类(分红)< / ><>$ 59.12< / ><>-< / ><>-0.13< / ><>0.14< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Oasis Crescent全球收益基金(美元)A类分红< / ><>$ 10.27< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.02< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Oasis Crescent低股权基金(美元)D类(分红)< / ><>$ 16.58< / ><>-< / ><>-0.02< / ><>0.04< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Oasis Crescent中股权基金(美元)A类(分红)< / ><>$ 19.47< / ><>-< / ><>-0.03< / ><>0.06< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Oasis Crescent房地产股权基金(美元)A类(分红)< / ><>$ 11.09< / ><>-< / ><>-0.09< / ><>-0.06< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Oasis Crescent短期收益基金(美元)A类(分红)< / ><>$ 0.96< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Oasis Crescent可变基金(美元)A类(分红)< / ><>£ 12.45< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.11< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

<><>Monument Growth 25 / 08 / 2026< / ><>£< / ><>623.79< / ><>629.74< / ><>10.90< / ><>1.23< / >< / table>

Purisima Investment Fds(英国)(1200)F

中央广场三层,惠灵顿街,利兹LS1 4DL 下单台及咨询电话:0345 922 0044

获授权投资基金

<>< colspan="6">获授权法人董事 — Waystone Management(英国)有限公司< / >< / ><><>全球总基金 / PCG A类< / ><>709.23< / ><>-< / ><>-0.20< / ><>10.03< / ><>0.41< / >< / ><><>全球总基金 / PCG B类< / ><>698.33< / ><>-< / ><>-0.20< / ><>9.84< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>全球总基金 / PCG国际类< / ><>681.16< / ><>-< / ><>-0.02< / ><>9.57< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

Purisima Investment Fds(泽西)有限公司

<>< colspan="6">监管< / >< / ><><>PCG B类< / ><>579.74< / ><>-< / ><>2.56< / ><>0.38< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>PCG C类< / ><>559.39< / ><>-< / ><>2.47< / ><>0.35< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>基金< / ><>买入价< / ><>卖出价< / ><>D< / ><>W< / ><>收益率< / >< / ><><>英国皇家伦敦< / ><>< / ><>(英国)< / >< / ><><>80芬丘奇街,伦敦EC3M 4BY< / ><>< / >< / table>

其他国际基金

管理基金服务

皇家伦敦可持续多元化A股< / td><>286.00< / ><>-< / ><>0.30< / ><>2.30< / ><>1.54< / >< / tr><><>皇家伦敦可持续全球A股< / ><>509.60< / ><>-< / ><>1.80< / ><>6.70< / ><>0.76< / >< / ><><>皇家伦敦企业债月度收益< / ><>76.87< / ><>-< / ><>-0.09< / ><>0.10< / ><>4.44< / >< / ><><>皇家伦敦欧洲增长信托< / ><>298.50< / ><>-< / ><>0.30< / ><>2.80< / ><>1.14< / >< / ><><>皇家伦敦可持续领导者A股< / ><>1026.00< / ><>-< / ><>-3.00< / ><>9.00< / ><>1.47< / >< / ><><>皇家伦敦英国增长信托< / ><>877.20< / ><>-< / ><>-2.80< / ><>3.70< / ><>1.69< / >< / ><><>皇家伦敦英国增值收益信托< / ><>259.30< / ><>-< / ><>-0.10< / ><>1.30< / ><>3.83< / >< / ><><>皇家伦敦美国增长信托< / ><>657.70< / ><>-< / ><>0.60< / ><>7.20< / ><>0.01< / >< / table>

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<><><>海湾股票基金< / ><>$ 583.47< / ><>-< / ><>-3.93< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Sico海湾股票基金< / ><>$ 198.62< / ><>-< / ><>0.17< / ><>0.00< / >< / >

<><><>SICO王国股票基金< / ><>SAR< / ><>10.66< / ><>-< / ><>-0.27< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>SICO中东北非股票基金< / ><>SAR< / ><>21.34< / ><>-< / ><>0.13< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>SICO资本货币市场基金< / ><>SAR< / ><>13.92< / ><>-< / ><>-0.03< / ><>0.00< / >< / >

Superfund资产管理有限公司 www.superfund.com, +43 (1) 247 00

Bid Offer D W Yield

<><><>Superfund趋势黄金< / ><>$ 2006.47< / ><>-< / ><>3.87< / ><>60.72< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Superfund趋势白银< / ><>$ 2219.65< / ><>-< / ><>43.25< / ><>64.86< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Superfund趋势< / ><>$ 803.48< / ><>-< / ><>-0.31< / ><>8.50< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Superfund比特币0-2x< / ><>€ 99.08< / ><>-< / ><>15.93< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Superfund基金中基金< / ><>$ 157.85< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / >< / >

利兹中央广场,惠灵顿街,利兹LS1 4DL 3楼 订购台与咨询:0345 601 9610

全球最佳投资构想 股票基金

<><>< colspan="6">授权法人董事 — Waystone管理(英国)有限公司< / >< / ><><>WS Ruffer总回报C累计< / ><>601.12< / ><>-< / ><>-0.84< / ><>4.52< / ><>1.78< / >< / ><><>WS Ruffer总回报C收益< / ><>351.30< / ><>-< / ><>-0.49< / ><>2.64< / ><>1.80< / >< / >

<><><>Superfund区块链< / ><>€< / ><>23.48< / ><>-< / ><>-0.50< / ><>2.40< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Superfund黄金白银+矿业< / ><>€< / ><>22.06< / ><>-< / ><>-0.36< / ><>0.87< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>SuperfundQuadriga全天候< / ><>€< / ><>15.22< / ><>-< / ><>-0.03< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>Superfund通胀< / ><>Sfr< / ><>11.69< / ><>-< / ><>-0.04< / ><>0.11< / ><>0.00< / >< / >

基尔摩尔大厦,斯宾塞码头,北墙码头,都柏林1,D01 YE64,爱尔兰 咨询电话:+353 (0) 1672 1600

基金 / 买入价 / 卖出价 / 日涨跌 / 周涨跌 / 收益率

Trajan Fund Acc / 467.53 / - / 0.07 / 2.50 / 0.80 Trajan Fund Inc / 366.34 / - / 0.06 / 2.18 / 0.88 Global Income O Acc / 178.91 / - / -0.11 / 1.86 / 3.25 Global Income O Inc / 132.81 / - / -0.09 / 1.38 / 3.32 Income O Acc / 408.51 / - / -0.94 / 6.05 / 2.72 Income O Inc / 179.98 / - / -0.42 / 2.66 / 2.82

管理公司 - Universal Investment Ireland

Trojan Funds (Ireland) Plc< / td>< / tr><><>Trojan Europe O EUR Acc< / ><>€ 1.0317< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><> Exclusions X GBP Acc< / ><>£ 1.3375< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><> Global Equity O GBP Acc< / ><>£ 6.1409< / ><>-< / ><>-0.02< / ><>0.09< / ><>0.20< / >< / ><><> (Ireland) O GBP Acc< / ><>£ 1.8799< / ><>-< / ><>0.00< / ><>0.01< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

Troy Asset Management (1200)

3rd Floor, Central Square, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL Order Desk and enquiries 0345 608 0950

Stonehage Fleming Investment Management Ltd

<>< colspan="6">Regulated< / >< / ><><>SF Global Best Ideas Eq B USD Acc< / ><>$ 307.70< / ><>-< / ><>-0.94< / ><>2.51< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>SF Global Best Ideas Eq D GBP Inc< / ><>£ 343.70< / ><>-< / ><>-0.90< / ><>4.06< / ><>0.00< / >< / table>

Authorised Corporate Director-Waystone Management (UK) Limited

<>< colspan="6"> Investment Funds< / >< / ><><> Ethical Global Inc O Acc< / ><>115.05< / ><>-< / ><>0.14< / ><>1.29< / ><>2.95< / >< / ><><> Ethical Global Inc O Inc< / ><>101.32< / ><>-< / ><>0.12< / ><>1.14< / ><>3.01< / >< / ><><> Ethical O Acc< / ><>159.87< / ><>-< / ><>0.10< / ><>1.02< / ><>0.67< / >< / ><><> Ethical O Inc< / ><>154.33< / ><>-< / ><>0.09< / ><>0.98< / ><>0.67< / >< / ><><> Ethical Income O Acc< / ><>172.51< / ><>-< / ><>-0.37< / ><>2.37< / ><>2.51< / >< / ><><> Ethical Income O Inc< / ><>129.80< / ><>-< / ><>-0.28< / ><>1.78< / ><>2.60< / >< / table>

FT基金数据指南

本版所列基金价格由基金运营商、基金管理公司及基金管理机构提供。页面上发布的基金详情(包括价格)仅供参考,不构成投资建议。英国《金融时报》有限公司对其准确性或完整性不作任何陈述,投资者不应仅依赖这些信息进行投资决策。在某些司法管辖区,页面所列基金的权益销售可能受到法律限制,且基金不一定向所有发行地区的公众开放。如有疑问,应咨询专业人士。数据由ICE整理。本版所列基金价格及其他信息亦可在《金融时报》网站www.ft.com / funds查阅。页面所列基金按基金管理公司分组。除非另有说明,价格以便士为单位。所显示的变动为相对于上一报价的变动(并非所有基金每日更新价格)。标注“$”但无前缀的价格指美元。收益率百分比(周二至周六报纸)已计入购买费用。某些较旧保险联结计划的价格在出售时可能需缴纳资本利得税。

OEIC(开放式投资公司):类似于单位信托,但采用公司而非信托结构。发行不同股份类别以反映不同货币、收费结构或持有人类型。 卖出价格:又称“买入价”,即投资者出售单位信托份额时的价格。 买入价格:又称“卖出价”,即投资者购买单位信托份额时的价格。 单一价格:基于标的投资的中间市场估值。OEIC股份与单一价格单位信托单位的买卖价格相同。 管理费用处理:24个月和36个月:采用该期间的总收益(或亏损)计算年化业绩,公式已调整以考虑参考期内的收益分配。收益率:以基金预计年收入除以最新可用净资产值计算。


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忽视简·奥斯汀,收入投资也有问题

仅靠投资收入生活不再构成更富裕英国人的理财策略

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乔纳森·格思里 金融思考

“不要动用本金”是收入投资的核心原则。其纯粹形式是,依靠你保持完整的储备金所产生的回报生活。

这一主题在英国根深蒂固。在简·奥斯汀的小说中,乡绅阶层依靠土地、股票和债券的收益维持生计。若将《理智与情感》改写为金融惊悚片,谨慎的埃莉诺会是一名收入投资者。轻浮的玛丽安娜则会追逐最新热门主题的资本收益而走向毁灭。

“呸,先生!”她在舞厅中旋转时或许会对一位不受欢迎的追求者说,“我察觉你是个传统金融圈的币圈投机者!而我早已用‘模因股’和比特币装满了我的靴子!”

收入投资对英国私人投资者(包括本专栏的部分读者)而言始终是永不过时的主题。实际上,成熟的传统企业在英国股市中占主导地位,部分原因正是历史上受收益驱动的投资偏好。

这种方法如今是否仍然明智?作为一名前英国收入基金投资者,我如今大量投资于由资本增长推动的外国追踪指数基金,这一问题令我忧心忡忡。

纯粹的收入投资在两个主要方面颇具吸引力。首先是安全感。若不动用本金,其收益应能在需要时长期支撑你。其次是管理便利。你的股票、债券或基金会定理产生收益,无需为生活开支从资本收益中提取何种比例而犹豫不决。

但近年来也出现了重大负面因素。最大的问题在于机会成本。全球股市回报主要由美国科技股驱动,这些股票已实现巨额资本收益,其股息要么微薄,要么根本不存在。

当政府债券收益率约为5%时,股票指数的股息收益率看起来毫无吸引力。“不触动本金、仅靠股息生活的想法在理论上极具吸引力,”投资平台AJ Bell市场主管丹·科茨沃思表示,“但3%的收益率远远不够。”

图表显示了这一问题。它还表明,仅关注百分比回报率有多荒谬。自2021年以来,富时100指数的股息收益率看似稳定在3%至4.5%之间。实际上,现金分红的波动性与计算收益率的股价波动同样剧烈。

若股息是你唯一收入来源(例如作为退休人员),这种波动将使家庭预算变得棘手。你需要一笔可观的资金——约£1.2mn,按4.5%的年收益率计算,才能达到养老金英国机构设定的税后“舒适”退休生活标准(每年4.5 万英镑)。

股票回购(长期股东无法获得收入)作为回报投资者的方式已日益盛行。与股息不同,回购不会为持续投资者带来所得税,他们只需记录股份的可观增值。

与其他专家一样,我过去常常抨击回购。直到意识到自己听起来像是电影评论家告诉观众不该享受《波希米亚狂想曲》或《妈妈咪呀!》时,我才停止批评。没人在乎。

多年来,投资者大量抛售英国收入基金。全球股票基金凭借其更优的增长前景表现更佳。据投资协会数据,零售基金整体呈现净赎回态势。

我的感受是,收入投资在投资中可以发挥作用,

尽管它已失去了作为全面解决方案的吸引力。

如果您将投资组合的一部分分配给收入投资,应该买什么?大多数投资者会将股息收益率为3.5%至7%的股票定义为收入股。

超过7%,可能潜藏危险。"高收益可能将你引入价值陷阱,"阿伯丁投资公司高级投资总监马蒂·康纳汉警告道。"公司可能即将削减股息。"股价可能已因预期而下跌。

康纳汉建议检查另外两个指标以评估股息可持续性。第一个是股息保障倍数。通常认为当每股收益超过每股股息(DPS)时,这一指标是可接受的。第二个测试是每股自由现金流大于DPS。自由现金流剔除了大部分可能扭曲收益的非现金项目。

固定收益债券呢?在这里,除非发行方违约,否则支付几乎是有保障的。阿尔忒弥斯基金经理杰克·福尔摩斯表示,高收益债券的收益率高达7%。"垃圾债券"这一俗称令人望而却步。"但你要错过那7%的收益,需要发生很多不好的事情,"福尔摩斯说。

仅靠投资收入生活不再是大多数富裕英国人的财务策略。

相比之下,简·奥斯汀的书永不过时。最近,我听到了一位40多年前认识的音乐家的消息。那时,他被寄予成为摇滚明星的期望。我发现他仍在一个乐队中,但不是作为吉他手,而是作为小提琴手。现在,他为穿着乔治时代服装的奥斯汀粉丝们在舞会上演奏符合时代的音乐。

乔纳森·格思里是一名记者、顾问,著有《投资真相》;邮箱:jonathanbuchananguthrie@gmail.com

做猎人。不是追踪者。

与您的财务顾问交谈或扫描了解更多信息。由阿尔忒弥斯基金管理有限公司发行,该公司已获得英国金融行为监管局授权和监管。

在动荡的投资环境中,积极寻求利润可能更有利可图。如果您仅追踪指数,可能会发现一些利润中混杂着不愉快的惊喜。这就是为什么我们的猎人始终选择选择性路径。依靠猎人的直觉,而非追踪者。您的资本可能面临风险。

泽西海岸...还是东部好莱坞?

随着Netflix及其制作伙伴进驻,演员、导演和制片人必然会随之而来,但在新泽西州朗布兰奇的长长Ocean大道上,慢跑者在起重机和新种植的街道之间穿梭,玻璃立面公寓楼矗立在木板路之上。下方,父母们紧握着新开的精品咖啡馆里买来的外带拿铁,望着孩子们涌向宽阔的大西洋海滩,延续着海滨夏日避暑的传统——这传统可追溯至纽约人乘坐汽船抵达的时代,总统们也曾在此度假。

但如今,蒙茅斯县的房产经纪人谈论的不再是长期以来的度假租赁市场,而是近期对第二居所和全年家庭住宅需求的激增。他们指出,最新建设热潽就是明证:在2020至2025年间,该县批准建造了14,827套新住宅,比前六年增长了52%。

当前的热情很大程度上源于Netflix。在经过多年努力吸引电影和电视制作回归新泽西州后——包括在2018年《花园州电影与数字媒体就业法案》下推出的慷慨税收抵免,以及前州长菲尔·墨菲持续的魅力攻势——这家流媒体巨头于2022年12月宣布计划将距离朗布兰奇四英里的前蒙茅斯堡军事基地改造成庞大的制作基地。明年夏天,耗资10亿加元的园区将投入使用,届时将与附近的Unlimited Studios相邻;该制作公司已于今年6月在朗布兰奇开设了3,000平方英尺的设施,1,500名永久员工将需要住房。墨菲承诺将打造“全新的住房、酒店及配套商业和服务生态系统”。

但要将泽西海岸打造成“东部好莱坞”——正如房产经纪人所期待的那样——绝非易事。对许多美国人而言,泽西海岸这个名字仍让人联想到2009至2012年间同名的真人秀节目,其主演是木板路T恤店的员工,每日例行“健身、晒黑、洗衣”,最终以彻夜狂饮和偶尔的斗殴收场。

这种刻意迎合低俗品味的形象与今日朗布兰奇新公寓楼的屋顶泳池、海景露台及迈阿密式精致生活广告相去甚远。改变天际线易,但推动泽西海岸转型的房产经纪人和开发商还需改变其名声。他们能成功吗?

By Hugo Cox

Netflix并非唯一一家在新泽西州设立据点的加州娱乐业巨头。在距离朗布兰奇约一小时车程的贝永,Paramount正在建立一个大型制作基地——作为新影棚综合体的一部分,预计创造2,000个就业岗位——其首席执行官甚至威胁要将公司彻底迁出加州;它

对许多美国人来说,“泽西海岸”这一名称仍会让人联想到2009至2012年播出的真人秀节目

该综合体计划于2028年开业。而在新泽西州最大城市纽瓦克,狮门影业正在打造一个耗资1.25亿加元、占地12英亩的影视综合体,预计2027年开业,该项目预计将创造600多个长期制作岗位,并为纽瓦克经济每年带来超过8亿加元的收益,据新泽西州电影电视委员会称。这三项举措均发生在娱乐产业低迷期的关键时刻,去年美国电影和电视制作支出下降了五分之一,因为影视公司为降低成本而在美国境外寻找拍摄地。

影视综合体的即将落成正在对当地房地产市场产生连锁反应。Zillow数据显示,自Netflix宣布进驻后,朗布兰奇的房产中位数售价已上涨19%。而蒙茅斯县的房地产经纪人已开始为当地Netflix项目招募演员和制作人员,今年当地已开拍包括凯文·哈特主演的《72小时》、亚当·德赖弗尚未上映的《兔子,兔子》系列剧以及在附近米德尔敦拍摄的电影《无辜女孩》等。

克里斯汀·莱恩(Christine Lane)是当地一家Compass经纪公司的经纪人,在新泽西房地产市场已有25年经验,她在过去两年见证了当地短租需求的急剧上升。她补充道,投资者“现在一直在打电话给我”,希望购买朗布兰奇的期房、新竣工房和二手房,计划在明年新校区开业后转售给Netflix或相关工作人员。“他们都在押注Netflix效应。”

上图:新泽西州两栋滨水别墅,由Fox & Roach代理销售,总价2600万加元。上图:悠闲的生活方式和社区氛围正在吸引新买家——建筑媒体服务公司;Shutterstock / MattariStudio

帕梅拉·达西(Pamela D’Arc)是纽约一家顶级销售经纪人,同时也为该市演员和制片人在新泽西州寻找短租房源,她同样见证了来自洛杉矶的租赁咨询激增。“今年春天,我接到很多要求在封闭社区租房的电话,这些高知名度演员是来拍戏的,因为那里提供隐私和安全保障,”她说。

但并非所有人都只是短暂停留。房地产经纪人表示,演员和制造商越来越多地寻找可购买的房产,这些城镇的独立式住宅、游艇俱乐部和备受推崇的公立学校长期以来吸引着富裕的纽约人,他们希望在距离城市不远的地方获得更多空间。这些城镇包括老钱区鲁姆森,那里林荫街道和木瓦风格庄园沿纳夫辛克河和舒鲁斯伯里河向私人码头延伸,还有适合家庭的费尔黑文和小银。迪尔作为一个独家海滨飞地,也颇受欢迎。

在新泽西州标准下,鲁姆森的房价极高——据Zillow数据,平均价格为236万加元——而其吸引力与屋顶泳池或品牌化设施无关。“这里有强烈的社区感和邻里氛围。从加利福尼亚搬来的人会发现新泽西是一个截然不同的环境,”达西说。

但定居的洛杉矶客户数量仍然很少——而泽西海岸的转型仍极不均衡。最新城市数据显示,朗布兰奇在截至2023年的五年间共颁发了2,453个新住宅许可证,而鲁姆森仅96个——低于前五年的173个——小银仅23个——低于前五年的80个。

Again, the challenge is reputational. According to Josh D'Ambrosio, 33, a longtime resident of New York City who grew up in Monmouth County, there are plenty of charming, quiet settlements "with a small beach-town community vibe" such as Manasquan, his local beach growing up, and Belmar, five miles north. But the area is still mostly ignored by those seeking a suburban relocation or beachside second home. "New Yorkers will go east [to Long Island] or upstate to the Hudson Valley," he says. "They still associate the area with a select few towns full of

我的无水之夏

在过去的三个月里,我无法依赖西方文明生活的基本需求之一:家中水龙头流出的自来水。水管断断续续停水,最长时达八天之久。有时水流几天又停,或仅流上一两个小时。我和妻子越来越脏,房子也越来越臭。

我的新早晨仪式是"水流轮盘赌"。起床后,我满怀希望地拧开浴室水池的水龙头,却只听到吸气般的空响,仿佛管道深处有个恶毒的咕噜姆在偷走最后的水滴。我开始把这个家伙叫做"玛吉",以纪念玛格丽特·撒切尔——这位推动英格兰和威尔士自来水行业灾难性私有化的首相。

检查完水龙头后,我们必须决定如何分配当天有限的瓶装水储备。这些水要么从超市购买,要么从所谓供应商"东南水务"设立的取水点领取。(他们居然厚颜无耻地称之为"礼遇水"。)我们当天能冲几次马桶?哪些花园植物会被迫枯萎?

马丁·迪克森

我们远非受影响最严重的地区。村里的酒吧、理发店、社区商店和咖啡馆都已断水。邻居们经营的度假出租屋也失去了客源。

观点

我难以接受这种事发生在富裕的肯特郡通勤村庄本南登——距伦敦不到50英里。我和村里其他人再也无法信任我们的自来水公司,他们无法按需供应他们唯一生产的产品——洁净水,也无法给出明确的失败原因。

他们的说法前后矛盾,说得好听点是这样。他们将大部分责任归咎于干旱和热浪下的高需求。但邻居们打电话报告问题时,公司代表却时不时地将责任推给爆裂的主管道、故障水泵、爆裂消火栓、抽水救火、系统气锁,甚至厚颜无耻地归咎于至少一个用户家中的管道故障。

诚然,气候变化和这个炎热干燥的欧洲夏季是因素之一,但近几年本南登和附近的皇家唐桥并未在冬季缺雨时长期断水。

不,根本原因是自私有化以来多年对自来水行业的投资不足、过度分红、公司债务累累以及监管框架软弱。

东南水务董事长克里斯·特雷恩和首席执行官大卫·欣顿在5月因议会调查发现公司领导层无能且缺乏问责文化而辞职。7月,政府水务监管机构"水务办公室"(Ofwat)因过去六年问题对东南水务处以£30.5mn罚款,用于改善基础设施。这些问题包括2020年至2023年间约30万人反复断水,以及未能维护关键基础设施如服务水库、钻井和主管道。

当城市中心断水时,能引发政治波澜并迫使公司做出改变。而我们这样的小型边缘社区则毫无影响力,只能被轻易忽视。

然而,小小的本南登最近却上演了一出精彩的公关反击。上周,一个有创意的女性团体在村庄绿地的神圣板球场上用东南水务的空水瓶摆出一个巨大的"救救我们!"标志。

这一巧妙的抗议旨在凸显紧急供水的成本和环境影响,以及仅靠每天几瓶水维持家庭生活的困难。

通过反复试验,我发现冲一次马桶至少需要5升水。当你几周都没水用时,再奢侈地冲一次马桶——简直奢靡到极点。

这场抗议经区域和全国媒体报道后产生了戏剧性效果。南方水务公司(South East Water)的新任首席执行官约翰·哈尔斯尔(John Halsall)上任伊始便承诺要改造公司,并在村庄会议厅召开紧急会议。他还承诺下个月再来查看情况。于是,水又流了出来——至少目前如此。

当然,全世界数百万人会认为这篇文章是在西方人矫情。什么自来水?你们根本不知道自己生在福中。与加沙人民因缺乏淡水和基本卫生设施所遭受的苦难相比,我生活中的这点不便简直微不足道。

但我们的期望是由“正常”来定义的,在西方,自来水如此充裕,我们早已习以为常。而我再也无法这样想。我现在要尽可能多囤水,因为我预期南方水务公司会一次次让我失望。

由于英国供水行业35年来的长期投资失败,全国性问题无法迅速解决,随着地球变暖,问题只会愈演愈烈。在肯特的小角落里,我认为自己正在经历的,很可能是未来数百万人即将面临的一个缩影。

未来的花园

到2050年,萨默塞特的气候将与"波尔多以北某地"相似

占地2.6英亩的萨默塞特种植地块由种植先驱詹姆斯·希钦芒设计,旨在应对未来25年的气候变化。其中包括2英亩的林地牧场和一片树木环绕的林间空地。

园艺 / 詹姆斯·希钦芒是谢菲尔德大学园艺生态学名誉教授,长期研究全球植物群落。他最为人所知的成就包括设计可持续、具韧性且生物多样性的城市种植方案,曾与园艺学家奈杰尔·邓尼特及设计师萨拉·普莱斯合作打造2012年伦敦奥运公园花园,并与汤姆·斯图尔特-史密斯共同完成西萨塞克斯郡尼普庄园的荒野花园改造。(他赞扬了今年早些时候去世的邓尼特,认为其将"审美理念"引入了原本缺乏美学的领域,如排水系统。)

希钦芒于2022年开始打造自己的花园,将其作为园艺生态学实验者和先驱的背景与他自诩的"戏剧性"天赋结合。当他站在10天前刚刚修剪过的草甸中时,他透露这里是一个"露天剧场"的核心,一年四季都能欣赏和观察253棵树木和灌木。在约50种木本植物中,他近乎屏息地详细介绍了各个品种:以30米间距种植的幼年橡树;实生苗的湖北海棠,春季绽放壮观的白色花朵;野生梨树,包括高加索梨(Pyrus communis subsp. caucasica);以及13种山茱萸,包括香港四照花(Cornus hongkongensis)和东瀛四照花'博丹'(Cornus kousa 'Bodnant'),它们在仲夏绽放独特的花序苞片,秋季则呈现深紫红色叶片。

希钦芒致力于将这一露天剧场打造成"城市空间的典范——那里本已有草地,但无需修剪,也不必成为森林"。种植前的夏季,他先清除了周边的灌木丛,随后建起了防鹿围栏。围栏的施工委托给承包商,但修剪工作由他亲自完成,以确保

好莱坞在泽西

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周末游客挤满木板路、游乐园和酒吧。"

价格差异显示出这项任务的规模。蒙茅斯县单户住宅的中位数房价为850,000加元,约为汉普顿(260万加元)——那个令房地产经纪人热情推荐的超级梦想之地——的三分之一,也约为曼哈顿(650万加元,含联排别墅)——的八分之一。尽管疫情后纽约人的需求增长推动朗布兰奇的中位数房价在过去五年上涨了36%,但同期汉普顿的涨幅却达到了99%。

目前,泽西海岸的改造集中在朗布兰奇,该地区最近的一栋公寓以595万加元的价格售出,为斯蒂尔曼开发公司价值2.5亿加元的大西洋俱乐部公寓项目销售开了先河

“加州税收高,影视工作室收缩,无家可归问题严重”错误

镇上一套公寓的销售记录。开发商罗伊·斯蒂尔曼在这里设计的综合体更像是高端的迈阿密而非新泽西,配备泳池、水疗中心、礼宾服务、联合办公空间、高尔夫模拟器,甚至还有一个宠物水疗中心。“我问人们想要什么,然后我就建了什么。”他说道。

“部分买家来自曼哈顿——甚至是海外——寻求第二套住宅,但其他人则是为了永久搬到朗布兰奇而购房。”克里斯蒂国际房地产公司(Atlantic Club Residences的独家代理)的特蕾莎·明尼克表示。

另一个正在进行重大改造的城镇是阿斯伯里帕克,位于朗布兰奇以南五英里。该镇因布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀的首张专辑《来自新泽西阿斯伯里帕克的问候》而闻名,昔日充斥着皮条客、性工作者和赌博机厅的景象已被精品酒店、画廊、备受赞誉的餐厅以及新泽西最大的骄傲节(Pride festival)所取代。2019年,阿斯伯里海洋俱乐部的开业奠定了其奢华目的地的地位;而原定于2021年开业的LIDO阿斯伯里帕克则再次提升了标准,配备屋顶跳水池、土耳其式哈玛姆浴场以及度假村级别的设施(一居室公寓起价为117万美元加元)。据Realtor.com数据,截至8月,阿斯伯里帕克的中位销售价格在三年间上涨了36%,主要受新建更高端住宅开发的推动。

这种转变与Netflix无关,常年居住在新泽西的知名本地经纪人帕特里克·索瑟兰表示。朗布兰奇的房产买家以“投资者、度假屋主、空巢老人和候鸟老人”为主,而阿斯伯里帕克则吸引了年轻的纽约家庭,他们在新冠疫情后寻求以可负担价格搬到郊区(据Zillow数据,当地房屋均价为$708,377)。“阿斯伯里帕克就是带海滩的布鲁克林。”索瑟兰说。

蒂姆·麦克卢恩是一名餐饮家,在蒙茅斯县生活了50多年,最近在该镇开设了第三家休闲餐厅。他将当地重新走红归功于LGBTQ+社区,这些成员在20世纪70年代和80年代房价下跌后修复了被忽视的维多利亚式住宅并开办了企业。

与他在朗布兰奇的三家餐厅相比,后者的销售额仍未恢复到疫情前水平,而阿斯伯里帕克的每家餐厅营业额均创历史新高。他说道:“你瞧瞧我们那里外面的木板路,人群如此多样——服装、年龄、族裔、家庭、情侣——根本没有主导群体。在朗布兰奇,我周末抬头看新建的公寓楼,大部分窗户都黑着;我不知道那里住的是谁。”

搬到该地区的不仅仅是年轻家庭。今年早些时候,盖尔·菲尔斯坦——一位在纽约市高盛工作了25年的员工——与丈夫亚当搬到了阿斯伯里帕克以南两英里的海滨小镇阿冯拜海滩,永久定居。两人均年近六旬且刚退休,尽管菲尔斯坦开始在附近的贝尔马尔镇教授普拉提作为兼职。

上图:克里斯蒂国际房地产公司以629.5万美元加元挂牌出售拉姆森的一栋五居室。下图:阿斯伯里帕克附近的海滨,该地区众多正在改造的城镇之一(图片来源:Getty Images / iStockphoto)

“The疫情是Avon的一个转折点,”她说。“高街上真的开起了很多餐厅,商店种类也更丰富。现在这里的人流动性没那么大了——70%的人在这里是全职工作。”这对夫妇此前在纽约州北部的伍德斯托克拥有一处度假屋,他们很欣赏Avon临近曼哈顿的优势——开车大约90分钟——以及这里友好的氛围和沿海位置。“我们是狂热的网球爱好者,所以喜欢户外生活,而且靠近海滩是必不可少的。我们每周至少三次骑自行车去阿斯伯里帕克,享受现场音乐和精彩的美食。”

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作为一名在洛杉矶度过整个职业生涯的编剧,Caleb Wilson正在观察泽西海岸的繁荣,心中交织着忧虑与羡慕。“加州税收很高,电影工作室在收缩,无家可归问题严重;洛杉矶已经变成了一个该死的垃圾场,”他说。尽管他的朋友和同事尚未计划搬到新泽西,但随着工作机会稀缺,搬迁很快会成为许多人的不二选择。“每个人都面临这种收缩;他们只能去有工作的地方。”

现有的乡土林木物种得到了保留,而不是被粗暴地修剪。

Hitchmough在英格兰东北部的一个矿村长大,父母打理着四分之一英亩整洁的草坪,周围是花坛。正是通过被雇佣浇灌矮牵牛花,他对野生动植物的兴趣逐渐发展成对植物的痴迷。他发现了园艺文献的世界,很快“彻底将花园改造成[克里斯托弗·]劳埃德式的景观”,并熟记《希利亚树木与灌木手册》的内容。他的父母或许对他们的孩子“感到有些不安”,最终决定“让这个疯子放手去做”,他说。

在巴斯大学攻读环境园艺学期间,

Hitchmough前往美国中西部的一家植物苗圃工作,开启了他对国际旅行的终生热爱。他已50多次前往中国研究稀有植物,“去那些[其他]西方人不被允许的地方”;在澳大利亚讲学并研究当地植物群;探索全球各地的荒野。在野外观察植物让他学会“反向推断它们如何在栽培中被应用”。他指向我们身后狭窄花境中探出的一个球茎颈部,上面罩着玻璃框保护。这是布伦瑞克约瑟夫二世百合,一种南非烛台百合,夏季保持高温以促进开花——这一过程可能需要数年时间。

Hitchmough的学术研究让他“能够高瞻远瞩”,帮助他识别出未来花园中表现良好的植物。他估计自搬到这里以来,已从种子繁育出20,000多株植物,这种执着部分源于他少年时在汤普森-摩根种子目录封面上看到的“切割不锈钢”般的刺芹花图像。

When he and his wife Sarah moved here from Sheffield four years ago。

“如果你害怕万物凋零,就永远无法了解边界在哪里”

希钦莫夫留下的花园规模虽小,但他带走了多年来在此培育的许多植物和种子。他意识到“规模与戏剧性之间存在必然联系”,并乐于在更温暖的气候中种植“更强健、更可靠”的植物。

尽管今年夏天的高温和冬季降雨让花园表现良好——许多植物正是为应对这种环境而选种——希钦莫夫仍指出,在树木遮荫下的“最少开发种植区”里,他最近几周不得不比以往更频繁地为Selinum wallichianum浇水。

希钦莫夫的花园设计简洁而精致,一大片倾斜的种植区被自结砾石步道和更窄的“山羊小径”(用于维护)穿插其中。基于他对植物群落的理解,设计“全在于重复模式、景观式理念,营造连接,让万物在空间中流动而不被定义”。十几株Stipa gigantea为花园增添高度,但他并不希望禾草成为主要亮点。他用三种稀有丛生禾草(Schizachyrium scopariumThemeda triandraMuhlenbergia reverchonii)营造自然韵律,期望找到“既不太高也不具竞争性”的植物群落。

现场土壤略偏酸性,他保留了原土,并在其上铺设了25毫米厚的砾石层。(希钦莫夫随即补充道,若当地当时能更容易买到再生骨料,他会选择使用,正如他在克内普庄园所做的那样。)为降低维护成本,他选择了比克内普更大的卵石,称这是“任何植物都难以在其上生根的严酷环境”;去年仅用了五小时便完成了“间苗”(即除草)。砾石介质还意味着Echinacea paradoxaEchinacea pallida等植物“在长期内不会被软体动物侵蚀”,尽管他承认,由于气温升高,这些植物今年的花期较短。

希钦莫夫主要种植他认为具有“超强耐旱性”的物种,如Aster amellus ‘Violet Queen’Eriogonum alleniiEchinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus。种植多在初秋进行,以便植株在冬季来临前扎根。“将植物推至极限”是他理念的核心:“如果你害怕万物凋零,就永远无法了解边界在哪里。”因此,今年他仅为花园浇水一次。

尽管已从学术生涯退休,即将年满70岁的希钦莫夫并未放慢脚步。对他来说,花园是创造“属于我的特别时刻”的机会,同时“对传粉者和其他生物也是特别的”。这也是活生生的证明:在花园中,美学与可持续性并不矛盾。“许多生物多样性保护与人类审美观殊途同归。”

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詹姆斯·希钦莫夫的未来植物精选

Agapanthus inapertus ‘Tall Boy’ 该品种为淡蓝色垂花种,盛夏开花。需充足阳光与排水条件。可与Stipa giganteaPatrinia scabiosifolia在重复模式中搭配。难以寻获;‘Sky’为类似品种,可从Beth Chatto和Pan Global Plants购得。

Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ 希钦莫夫将这种手帕树的矮生栽培品种描述为“早熟”。从第一年起便在五月开出白色苞片,耐一定遮荫,需良好冬季排水。可从Suttons Seeds或Frank P Matthews购得。

刺头菊亚种‘铂蓝’(Echinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus 'Platinum Blue')

一种更为紧凑、叶片更小的知名球菊品种,深受授粉昆虫的喜爱。耐旱且可自由自播。其独特的建筑感外观适合插花布置。可从D'arcy和Everest购买。

大果月见草(Oenothera macrocarpa)

一种蔓生型月见草品种,喜爱干燥土壤。适合种植于花境边缘或排水良好的花盆中,其金黄色且持久的花朵在白天闪闪发光(对于月见草而言较为罕见)。可从Claire Austin Hardy Plants和Proctors Nursery购买。

石防风(Peucedanum officinale)

一种应更广泛种植的稀有本土伞形科植物。茂密的卷曲叶片上长出雕塑感的黄绿色花朵,茎秆可长至1米以上。需良好排水,耐沿海环境。种子偶有来自Derry Watkins' Special Plants和Chiltern Seeds供应。

伊特鲁里亚薰衣草(Santolina etrusca)

一种常绿地中海亚灌木,具芳香、细碎的灰绿色叶片和特色奶油白色球状花序。全季可进行修剪,花后适度修剪以保持形状并为邻近植物留出空间。偶有来自Beth Chatto和Shire Plants供应。

华丽花楸(Sorbus splendens)

这种不寻常的花楸在排水良好、中等肥沃的土壤中生长良好,亦可在城市或沿海环境中栽培。春季簇生白花后结出红色秋果。通常以多干型栽培。

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当你从炎热的街道进入她位于谢泼德丛林的凉爽住宅时,数百件物品映入眼帘。“这栋房子就是我内心世界的外化。如果把我翻过来,你就会看到这个样子。”扬笑着说。画作和雕塑充斥房间,植物从角落溢出,五颜六色的陶瓷和小雕像排列在架子和壁炉台上。其中有一组在开罗购买的泥塑小乐队,描绘的是埃及歌手乌姆·库勒苏姆与她的乐队。她说:“我喜欢用小人、小物件围绕自己。‘它们就像想象中的朋友。’”

最近,扬脑海中的居民变成了《卡扎莱特编年史》中的角色——这部由她已故姑姑伊丽莎白·简·霍华德创作的系列小说。该系列跨越从1937年开始的二十年,追踪上层中产阶级卡扎莱特家族的生活;2001年被改编成BBC电视剧。现在,扬正在续写这个故事。

“我在思考创意。我原本想写一系列以歌剧情节为基础的犯罪小说。”她说,“但几乎是随意一想,我突然意识到:我可以继续《卡扎莱特编年史》。我总觉得有些线索悬而未决,想知道角色们后来怎么了——所以我知道其他读者可能也有同样的疑问。”下周,《黄金时光》将出版,这是三部续作中的第一部,接续霍华德的故事。

“对于《卡扎莱特》这样的系列,你必须设法让所有角色保持联系并固定下来。我继承了55个角色。房子在这方面真的很有用——它能在塑造故事中发挥如此重要的作用。”扬说。在《卡扎莱特》中,那个房子就是“家园庄园”,萨塞克斯的庄园,卡扎莱特家族的几代人在这里经历着不同的幸福、健康与心碎。

塑造扬自己生活的房子,是位于贝斯沃特路、俯瞰肯辛顿花园的早维多利亚式建筑,她在这里与弟弟和四个妹妹一起长大。这也是她父亲、政治家兼作家韦兰·扬(肯尼特勋爵)的童年故居——据说他是第一个在全国性报纸上使用“fuck”这个词的人。在这之前,这里还是作家J.M.巴里创作《彼得·潘》的地方。“小时候大人会吓唬我们,‘不刷牙彼得·潘就会来抓你们。’但我们偏偏希望他来抓我们。”扬微笑着说。

这栋房子后来被卖掉了,但它的精神却启发了她现在的家——1993年怀着女儿伊莎贝尔时,她买下了这栋房子。这栋楼最初被分成两套公寓,她将其合并,逐渐改造成三居一卫的住宅,后来还扩建了阁楼。

现在,顶楼的一间卧室住着一位房客,而伊莎贝尔的父亲路易斯——他常在伦敦和加纳之间往返——住在另一间。她说:“我们是很好的朋友。‘这太可爱了。’”她的长期伴侣、荷兰小说家米歇尔·法伯(著有《深红花瓣与白》和《在皮肤之下》)则定居在福克斯通,这对双方都很合适。“我从未和男友同居过,”扬说,“我是自己生活方式的女王。”

[⚠ 低质量翻译,建议复核] 'I felt there were threads of the Cazalet Chronicles left hanging. I knew other readers might wonder too'

她在这里度过了超过三十年。"我不搬家,"她说。"我搬的是家具。这样更简单。"她的家里摆满了艺术品,其中许多出自朋友和家人的手笔。在厨房的一角,矗立着她祖母凯瑟琳·斯科特——这位艺术家兼南极探险家罗伯特·费尔康·斯科特的遗孀——创作的一尊青铜小雕像。附近还有她姐姐、石雕艺术家艾米丽·扬的作品,其中包括她的标志性作品之一:一颗神秘的头像从粗凿的石块中浮现。由米歇尔·诺阿赫基于百年极地探险照片创作的3D效果透镜印刷品在墙上闪闪发光。

在剑桥大学攻读历史后,扬于1980年代回到伦敦。伦敦"是一个了不起的地方,比现在自由得多"。她接下来的七年是在巴特西的一个非法占用空房中度过的。"当时有很多半废弃的建筑,"她回忆道。"许多人将它们视为地产或开发机会。我们则视其为供人居住的房屋。我是个老派的社会主义者——任何人竟然让任何与利润相关的东西靠近住房,我都无法理解。"

她将接下来的自由撰稿人生涯——为《玛丽·克莱尔》和《自行车》等杂志撰稿——描述为"我的摩托车手年代",并提到她在1970年代末购买的一件华丽的皮革夹克。"我经常被派往美国报道英国人完全无法理解的事情,比如再生基督教摩托车帮派或德克萨斯州加尔维斯敦的《美国完美夫妇》选美大赛。"

1989年,在采访乡村歌手约翰尼·卡什时,她经历了一次顿悟。他告诉她:"你必须做真实的自己。无论你是什么,你都必须坚持。"她回忆道。于是,她成为了自己一直以来所认为的那个人:一个写书的人。卡什当天别在她马尾辫上的水仙花仍然保存着;它隐藏在厨房壁炉中溢出的干花丛中。

在客厅的角落里,静静地摆放着一架1920年代的钢琴。她17岁时结识了它的主人,作曲家罗伯特·洛克哈特。他们的数十年断断续续的关系在洛克哈特于2012年去世时终结。"我无法处理掉这架钢琴;它就是他,"她说。

如今,钢琴被用作展示艺术品的平台,其中包括由福克斯通艺术家Whelkboy制作的红帆模型船。"这关乎移民、跨越海洋、恐惧、战争——那些被人们遗忘的经历,"扬说。附近还矗立着木偶制作师塞缪尔·怀尔创作的胶合板雕塑,描绘的是《姆明》中的小不点。"我非常喜欢《姆明》,"扬说。"它们充满了奇妙的哲理。"

现在三十多岁的伊莎贝尔从大约八岁时就开始与母亲一起写作。她们共同出版了青年奇幻三部曲《狮子男孩》(Lionboy),笔名为“Zizou Corder”。该系列于2003年至

“我是个老派的社会主义者——谁会让任何与利润相关的东西靠近住房,我都无法理解”

2006年,该系列被翻译成32种语言,带她赴日本、阿根廷和泰国进行图书巡回。2006年,她还在3个国家举办了图书巡回。

楼上,扬的书房刷着“Fired Earth”土耳其蓝,与她卧室的色调相同。她每天在这里写作,直到下午四点左右,除非她在床上、咖啡馆或浴室工作。她的书桌上放着第二本《卡扎莱特》的打印稿,上面有手写修改,还有她的笔记本,旁边是一对蓝白相间的代尔夫特烛台。扬买下它们,是因为它们让她想起了《卡扎莱特编年史》中备受珍视的角色波莉所珍爱的烛台。

“我喜欢天然的东西,”她说着,展示了她在旅行中收集的石头,精心排列在卧室里的贝壳和干种子荚中,“我对塑料完全过敏。”她对气味的态度也一样。扬轮换使用两款香水:香奈儿的“西科莫尔”,灵感来自奥弗涅的火山景观;以及“帕尔弗姆·德·安佩尔”的“科西嘉暴怒”,捕捉了乳香灌木的树脂香气。她喷洒后者说:“这就像在南方一样。你能感受到干燥、沙沙作响的植被,还有从灼热土地中升起的气息。”

对户外的热爱延伸到这座种满植物的花园,园中铺满药草小径,百合花丛生的边界。户外淋浴间部分被一棵苹果树和一丛玫瑰遮掩。“如果可以的话,你应该总是在花园里洗个澡。”她平静地说。

在离开前,我们停下来欣赏一幅她姑姑的刺绣,挂在客厅沙发上。她是扬最早的支持者之一,鼓励她写作并带她参加文学节。她会赞同扬继续《卡扎莱特》的故事吗?“如果她在这里告诉我不要写,我可能就不会继续了。”扬说。停顿片刻后,“实际上,我想她会为此感到高兴的。”

《黄金时光》将于9月3日由曼特尔出版社出版

家居“管家助理”

房产 / 你的家需要“母爱”吗?这种介于私人助理、清洁工和管家之间的角色为房屋及其主人提供贴心支持——马克·埃尔伍德撰文

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艺术家阿什利·朗肖(Ashley Longshore)的日程安排异常紧凑。她在工作室作画的同时,还要往返于路易斯安那州的农场与纽约的公寓,并拜访全国各地的收藏家。每天的行程难以预测,为此,朗肖雇有多名员工——例如一名管家和一名高级助理。但64岁的马农·谢瓦勒罗(Manon Chevallerau)填补了一个截然不同的角色,既贴心又高效。“马农会为我的兰花换盆,按颜色整理我的胸衣,补充我最爱的润唇膏。她还会照顾我——以一种方式滋养我。”朗肖解释道。她有时称谢瓦勒罗为“仙女教母”,有时又称其为“家居管家助理”。

这位荷兰裔纽约人最初从事产后护理工作;她将这些技能重新定位为一种完全不同的室内护理服务。“我营造一个平静的环境,让人能放松身心,并以井然有序的状态开始新的一天。”她说。这正是介于私人助理、清洁工和管家之间的缝隙——一种“按需母爱”服务。“我需要被照顾。”朗肖平静地说道。

图片 多拉·基斯特莱基(Dóra Kisteleki)

过去18个月里,谢瓦勒罗每周两次来到朗肖的公寓,每次工作数小时,处理一切所需——整理衣柜、打包行李、取送干洗物品。“我在情感和实际层面上滋养房屋及其中的人。”她这样描述自己的职责范围。“管家助理对人的支持方式,如今我将其用于房屋及其中的人。”

在伦敦,西米·桑哈(Simmi Sangha)扮演着类似的角色。她是房产管理公司Eccord约50名客户的“家居管家助理”;过去五年里,桑哈一直在为他们处理私人生活中的种种琐事。需求日益增长,她现在已有一位同事与之搭档。桑哈的背景是地产经纪人,但Eccord的大多数客户已有管家;他们需要的支持略有不同。她将“家居管家助理”比作为忙碌的富裕人士提供的生活方式管家服务。“这是一个能减轻琐碎细节压力的人。”桑哈解释道。

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她曾为一位从正在滑行的出租车上发来消息的客户寻找丢失的订婚戒指,步行到她家并安慰她戒指被遗忘在床头柜上。“我的客户一整天都可以给我打电话。”她说。最近,另一位客户的儿子从游泳池爬出来时眼睛充血,她接到求助电话。“我说,‘我们别担心泳池的pH值——他今天涂防晒霜了吗?问题就在这。’”桑哈继续道,“我们就像人肉谷歌。”

这正是三年前一个自称“艺术界名门望族”的家庭所需的“家居管家助理”角色;其800字的招聘广告迅速走红。该职位年薪起薪为$65,000,,“理想候选人必须致力于一个简单目标:在各方面为这对夫妇简化生活”,并需具备“在动态、无结构环境中无缝协调多重优先事项”的能力。

罗尚·塞西的眼光

这则广告因引发强烈反对而在流传不久后被紧急撤下,但它还是引起了罗尚·塞西的注意。这位从医生转行的导演,曾与他人共同创作了热门电视剧《驻院医师》,对这则广告感到好奇。他将其作为灵感,创作了刚刚出版的首部小说《傻瓜》。这部黑色幽默的小说聚焦于反英雄拉杰,一个为谋求荧屏明星梦而甘愿成为好莱坞权势夫妇全能管家的临时演员。但他那充满权谋的努力最终却让所有人都陷入困境。

“House doula这个词太贴切了,”塞西说,“对许多助手而言,这样的描述同样模糊、广泛,且与[雇主]生活的方方面面交织。”这位加拿大裔印度裔的医生指出,这种包罗万象的角色模式在许多印度家庭中早已司空见惯。“那里普遍雇佣一个仆人来承担包罗万象的工作。”他补充道,这种角色传统上“远超你能要求任何美国人做到的范围”。但这种情况正在美国发生改变。“随着富人越来越富,人们对帮助的期待和需求也在一列无法停下的列车上不断攀升。”

塞西的小说将这种新兴角色作为噩梦般闹剧的跳板,但朗肖则将谢瓦利尔的角色描绘得不可或缺:“她已为这个唯一的‘女人-孩子’准备了27年。我没意识到自己有多需要她,但她是我生命中最棒的存在之一。”


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土壤中的避风港

位于达勒姆郡的一座中世纪主教宫殿及其花园已得到和谐的修复。

今年八月的日食期间,我身处一座中世纪主教宫殿之中,在暮色中俯瞰其巨大的、新种植的围墙花园。主教们虽已离去,但他们曾在此种植桃子和葡萄,用于主教的宴会。其中一位甚至在18世纪建造了一座玻璃房,用来生产新鲜的菠萝。他或许没有在人间推进上帝的国度,但确实实现了一个水果的王国。

在喝了一杯为他举杯庆祝的香槟后,在现任所有者的慷慨安排下,我幻想自己成了当地的一只蝴蝶。位于达勒姆郡比绍普奥克兰(Bishop Auckland)的奥克兰宫(Auckland Palace),因乔纳森·鲁弗(Jonathan Ruffer)和简·鲁弗(Jane Ruffer)的项目而闻名,他们先是拯救了宫殿中精美的西班牙绘画收藏,随后又拯救了宫殿本身。当英国国教会难以找到这座巨宅的买家时,鲁弗夫妇在六十岁出头时接下了这一挑战并搬入其中。自2013年以来,他们对其进行了修复,并重新设计了花园及许多其他部分。

在投资管理领域获得巨额成功后,乔纳森成立了慈善机构,为这个靠近他早年生活根基的多方面项目提供资金。在最后一位驻地主教时期,进入宫殿花园和宽阔步道的门一直锁着。现在这些门已经打开,欢迎许多访客免费进入,围墙花园也是如此。“这不是那种国民信托(National Trust)式的方案,”他向我解释道。为了维持运营成本,他开发了几个额外的分支,并为付费观众增加了一场户外历史盛演。他认为,将花园访客作为唯一收入来源的常规模式是行不通的,而且这也会与他利用个人公民慈善事业造福比绍普奥克兰、为当地居民提供新关注点的计划相冲突。

这些关注点包括一家前银行,现已扩建为一座卓越的西班牙黄金时代绘画展馆,其中包括四幅精美的穆里略(Murillo)作品。简负责监督宫殿花园,但在她把我送往花园之前,乔纳森详细介绍了他的历史盛演——我觉得这场演出对他而言极具吸引力,因为他像是一个原本可能怀才不遇的艺术策展人。为了实现这一目标,当地志愿者团队演绎了一场时长90分钟的英国历史之旅,从亚利马太的约瑟到披头士乐队,他们是以不同方式成为传奇的人物。身着维京人服装的战士乘坐长船抵达;身穿锁子甲的骑士骑马奔驰并进行比武;显贵们重演维多利亚女王的金禧庆典;在花园外为8,000名观众建造的露天剧场中,五彩斑斓的灯光和音乐背景增强了效果。乔纳森的外在举止谦逊,思维精准,但在描述每年11天演出季期间有50,000名访客购买晚间演出门票时,他显得兴致盎然。

就像我曾经就读的牛津学院曾举办过一场“选美赛”(竞标赛)来为股票投资组合寻找包括乔纳森在内的基金经理一样,简和乔纳森也举办了一场“选美赛”来为宫殿的花园和场地寻找一名景观设计师。最终胜出的是皮普·莫里森(Pip Morrison),他正是该职位的不二人选。在格雷特迪克斯特(Great Dixter)跟随克里斯托弗·劳埃德(Christopher Lloyd)从事园艺工作后,他的足迹遍布各地,包括为

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我想知道,当我们超越礼貌的寒暄,进入这座围墙花园——他过去两到五年设计的作品——时,我们是否能达成共识。从上方的围墙望去,我看到盆中的土耳其无花果树在无情的酷暑中渐渐枯黄。茴香和球形朝鲜蓟在一座种满天竺葵和高产番茄的大型新温室旁,构成了一道半透明的帘幕。再往后,长长的路径将花园分为不同的露台,向下延伸至五个较低的层级,那里的蔬菜在干旱中变得焦褐。在下方的边界墙之外,地面再次陡峭地升起,形成一座覆盖着绿树的山坡。

当我们走下第一条宽度适中的小径时,我们心意相通。莫里森(Morrison)在斜坡上种植了重复分布的花卉和叶植物:视野中几乎看不到任何观赏草。这些花带和谐地相互流动,而刻板的方块状布局则无法做到这一点,那些曾深受花境权威格特鲁德·杰基尔(Gertrude Jekyll)青睐的狭窄菱形分组也同样如此。银色的俄罗斯鼠尾草、薰衣草、紫菀、鼠尾草、迷迭香、彭斯坦草、景天、鲁德贝基亚、灰色羊耳草等等并非罕见,但它们的平衡感出奇地好。一种名为“草原紫”(Prairie Purple)的紫菀保留了名副其实的叶片,不受干季的影响。中间点缀着 Rugosa 玫瑰丛,因其香气以及对高温和黑斑病的抵抗力,它们是我的首选。我们的想法不谋而合,彼此独立却又平行。

抬头看向这些带状种植,我发现其技巧更为明显。它们引导视线延伸,而不是让视线在某个突兀之处戛然而止。在较低的层级,即使是人工浇水也无法维持今年的草莓、大丽花或香豌豆,但成排的剑兰依然打破了焦褐作物的单调。黄色剑兰“Bananarama”以及名称直观的“Black Jack”和“Cherry Cola”弥补了日益萎缩的豆类植物。在下方的边界墙边,银色柳树(Salix exigua)的灌木依然显得清新,尽管我原以为它们广泛分布的根系会厌恶干旱。

我们一致认可常绿亮叶Choisya的耐旱性,并同样渴望那些不耐旱的边境福禄考。我们讨论了替代那些易受蛾类和枯萎病侵害的黄杨木的方案,我了解到深绿色的微叶冬青(Euonymus microphyllus)在伦敦表现良好,但在干旱以及北方寒冷气候的春霜中会受损。我们花了好几个小时愉快地交流经验,随后我开始思考,为什么这座花园的整体效果如此令人愉悦。

(图注)从左至右:围墙花园;Rugosa 锦葵,背景是詹姆斯·怀亚特(James Wyatt)设计的雉堞屏墙;景观设计由皮普·莫里森(Pip Morrison)操刀。

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宫廷花园分为不同的区域,巨大的围墙区域仅是其中之一。明智的是,鲁弗斯家族(the Ruffers)选择莫里森来负责所有区域的种植和设计。拥有不同子区域的公共花园往往被分割给不同的主题和设计师,导致结果混乱不堪。在奥克兰(Auckland)这个场地,全程由同一个大脑主导,赋予了其潜在的统一感。大片的薰衣草花境、一个种植耐旱刺槐树的庭院,以及另一个种在盆中的美丽春花苹果(Malus transitoria)庭院,都与古老的围墙风格相协调,而异域的香蕉和蓖麻植物则不能。

在入口外的宽阔步道以及附近的保龄球场上,莫里森有勇气将随机分布的树木砍伐稀疏,以恢复一种更简单的……

不同设计师在花园中各行其是,最终却殊途同归

草地的统一性体现了整体规划。传统主义者最初曾有微词,但最终被这份用心的成果所打动。在这类场地的种植设计中,少即是多。

简解释道,她在实践一套变革理论。自矿业及相关铁路网络衰落后,毕晓普奥克兰失业率高企、绝望情绪蔓延,选民先是支持工党,近来则更多转向改革。奥克兰项目旨在通过参观场地吸引当地游客,每年接待多达11,000名学生团体,让他们首次接触这片土地及其历史。随后可能还会有工艺课程,并由此开启一系列后续工作。

鲁弗斯慈善机构的规划周期为25年。乔纳森谈及开发当地古罗马考古遗址时眼中闪烁着光芒。当被问及是否已为自己规划墓地时,他答道:“我有些想法。”13年前,毕晓普奥克兰找到了鲁弗斯:至今仍未触礁搁浅。

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Healey to defer defence spend target

- Fiscal curbs box in chancellor $\bullet$ $3 \%$ of GDP by 2030 goal shelved $\bullet$ Budget focus on funding gap

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Chancellor John Healey will shelve his own target of spending 3 per cent of Britain's GDP on defence by 2030 when he presents his first Budget in October, with tough decisions on how to fund the military pushed down the track.

Healey resigned as defence secretary in June over what he saw as inadequate ambition for military spending by Sir Keir Starmer's government, but since arriving at the Treasury he has had to grapple with financial constraints.

His previous insistence that Britain should spend 3 per cent of its GDP on defence by 2030 – as a milestone to reaching a Nato target of 3.5 per cent by 2035 – is now up in the air.

Government insiders told the FT that Healey's Budget would focus on filling a defence equipment funding gap of nearly £5bn left behind by the former prime minister, amounting to about £1.2bn a year. But much bigger decisions on an uplift in defence spending will be delayed until a Treasury spending review next year.

One government figure said: “The immediate priority is to fund the defence investment plan that was published by Keir Starmer, and the chancellor will set out more details on that at the Budget.”

“Beyond that, at the spending review we’ll set out a clear path to meet our 3.5 per cent Nato target in 2035 and set a target date for us to hit 3 per cent on that path. The spending review is the right place to set a target date,” they added.

Bee Boileau, a researcher at the Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank, said raising spending to 3 per cent in 2030 would cost an extra £10bn a year in today's terms. Boosting spending further to 3.5 per cent of GDP would cost £25bn compared with existing levels.

Defence spending is currently set to reach 2.7 per cent of GDP by 2030.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has refused to commit himself to hitting a


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3 per cent of GDP target by 2030. He said this week that the fiscal backdrop to the Budget was “challenging”.

The government was “committed to fully funding the Defence Investment Plan”, a spokesperson said.

"At the spending review we will set out a pathway to meet our Nato commitment of 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2035 and will set a target date to hit 3 per cent on that path," they said.

James Cartlidge, the shadow defence secretary, said it was “extraordinary that [Healey] is backtracking on the very pledge which sealed the fate of the last PM”.

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Nicholas Cullinan told the FT that the return of the near-1,000-year-old embroidery, which will go on display on September 10 after a deal between Britain and France, was “a very compelling example of international partnership” that pointed to the success of “reciprocal exchange”.

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The deal that brought the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK could pave the way for a loan of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, the director of the British Museum has said, reviving the prospect that one of the world's thorniest arts disputes could finally be resolved.

that it took several goes to pull off the Bayeux Tapestry loan might provide a glimmer of possibility to move forward [on the sculptures].”

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"I would hope that some tangible progress can happen," Cullinan added, of the 2,500-year-old carvings. "It would be a wonderful thing."

In 2023 Burnham said the sculptures should be sent back to Greece with “no strings attached” and, as far back as 2002, he supported a change in the law to facilitate the move.

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Cullinan said it would “always remain open for dialogue”. But he warned of “unintended consequences” if the law were amended to allow artefacts in its possession to be removed. “You never know how future generations will perceive what you’ve done,” he said.

Greece made its first formal request for their permanent return in 1983, and talks picked up after former Conservative chancellor George Osborne became chair of the British Museum in 2021. As prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer made clear he would not block a loan accord, but Greece has insisted on ownership.

The sculptures, often known as the Elgin Marbles after the Scottish aristocrat who brought them to Britain from the Acropolis in Athens in the early 19th century, have long been contested.

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Draft proposals at odds with devolution agenda of new premier, insiders say

ROBERT WRIGHT

A drive to create bigger regional police forces for England and Wales faces a significant delay after Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe, the former senior officer devising the plans, was told to revisit his proposals to fit in with Andy Burnham's devolution agenda.

A person familiar with the situation said the change meant Hogan-Howe's report on a new police force structure would be delivered in the autumn rather than by the end of this month, as originally planned. There was no new deadline for the review's completion, the person said.

The delay highlights how the prime minister's enthusiasm for regional devolution has the potential to complicate Westminster policymaking.

Several people involved said regional mayors had expressed concern that the draft proposals would create new police force boundaries that did not match up with the boundaries of combined authorities in areas such as north-east England and the East Midlands.

Hogan-Howe, a former commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, began his independent review of police force structures in March, looking at which of the 43 forces across England and Wales should be merged.

Home secretary Shabana Mahmood has argued bigger regional forces would be more able to undertake the specialist investigations needed to tackle modern organised crime, online fraud and other complex types of offending. But a series of people said Hogan-Howe's draft proposals were at odds with the cabinet statement on devolution issued in July days after Burnham, previously mayor of Greater Manchester, took office.

The statement pledged to create new “local police units” — subunits of new regional forces — with the same boundaries as individual local councils. It said new regional police forces, as well as fire and rescue services and health service Integrated Care Boards, would have the same boundaries as the strategic authorities that run many of England’s urban areas.

"There are a lot of fine details that will need to be considered," a person linked to one combined authority said.

Burnham's commitment to devolution had made "coterminosity" — a jargon term for ensuring different organisations had the same boundaries — important in a way it had not been under Sir Keir Starmer, the person said.

A person linked to another combined authority said mayors were unhappy with what they said was a low level of engagement from Hogan-Howe's review team.

Both Labour and Conservative governments have long sought to reduce the number of police forces in England and Wales, to make them more efficient and allow them to create more specialist teams.

The current structure has been untouched since 1974 and features some very small forces, such as City of London Police and Lincolnshire Police, which have only about 1,000 officers each.

Mahmood in January announced plans to create a new National Police Service for England and Wales, centralising functions such as counterterrorism, and forming new, far bigger regional police forces. She subsequently asked Hogan-Howe to make recommendations on the boundaries of the new regional forces.

The Home Office said it was “working closely with policing partners to deliver major reform”.

Additional reporting by Ashley Armstrong in London

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Cleveland crisis exposes limits of small forces

Constabulary has had to call in backup after tit-for-tat attacks put strain on capacity

ROBERT WRIGHT

When a car carrying five young men smashed head-on into a police vehicle on August 22 near Middlesbrough, the incident at first looked like a horrific but isolated event.

Blame for the crash on the A66, which killed all five in the car and two police officers, initially focused on a social media craze for young men to post videos of themselves driving the wrong way on busy roads.

But the latest information and further violent incidents have suggested the local Cleveland Police are grappling with a series of tit-for-tat attacks that have strained the capacity of a relatively small force. It has arrested 24 people since August 22 – including seven on Friday – on suspicion of involvement in serious and organised crime.

The force is also dealing with an alleged arson attack, on a house near the scene of the August 22 incident, in the early hours of Wednesday that killed a 34-year-old woman and her seven-year-old niece. Cleveland Police has said it is not currently linking that incident — for which two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder — to the crash.

Cleveland Police's Assistant Chief Constable Dave Sutherland yesterday acknowledged the attention that the incidents had drawn.

He said: “Since these tragic incidents, the reality of policing in Cleveland, and the levels of violence suffered in our communities, have come under the spotlight on a national level.”

Helen King, a former assistant commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, now principal of St Anne's College, Oxford, pointed out that Cleveland Police currently had only about 1,500 officers, about 250 fewer than in 2009.

The force, the 13th smallest by officer numbers of the 43 in England and Wales, has had to call in 200 officers from the National Crime Agency and other police forces to help it cope with the crisis.

"They've got all the complexity and

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intensity of crime issues that are normal levels in forces like Merseyside or West Midlands or Manchester that have got a much larger infrastructure and resource pool to call on," King said.

Alec Brown, Labour leader of the local Redcar and Cleveland council, said the “unprecedented” events had left people in the area concerned for their safety. "People feel . . . unsupported and forgotten," he said.

The factors underlying this week's events have not been fully explained. Police have said that in the hours before the August 22 crash, two cars were seen being driven dangerously in the Middlesbrough area, with one – a Volvo XC60 – ramming into properties. The other vehicle involved – a Volkswagen Passat – was later involved in the head-on crash on the A66. Police have said that four of those killed in the Passat – who were aged between 17 and 23 – had criminal records.

Brown said police had asked him not to speculate on what was behind the various incidents.

King said the challenge of incidents involving organised crime groups was that members felt “reputation-dependent”. She added: “When a gang or any individual has been subject to some

'When a gang or any individual has been subject to some attack or slight, they have to have some kind of public retribution'

attack or slight, they have to have some kind of public retribution."

She added that, in a situation where large numbers of people from one group had died or otherwise been taken out of action, it would create “instability” as survivors worried about issues such as where any illegal drugs, firearms or money might be.

King said that, as well as seeking to arrest those responsible, police could mount visible patrols in the affected areas to reassure residents.

The police force was coping with the crisis while officers were also mourning the two colleagues who had died, she pointed out. "It's a very difficult situation all round."

Brown insisted that overall numbers of calls to the police were down for the time of year. "It's my job as council leader to try to give people reassurance." However, Brown also pointed to wider problems. As well as the cuts to policing, his area had suffered cuts to wider public services in the past 15 years, including mental health services, he said.

Cleveland Police's most recent inspection report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary said the force had the highest levels of deprivation in any police force in England and Wales and the highest number of recorded incidents per head of population. Incidents include reports of crime and other complaints, such as antisocial behaviour, that may not qualify as a crime.

Cleveland Police's Sutherland yesterday said the force would remain "unwavering" in its efforts to tackle criminals.

King, meanwhile, said the week had shown the continued importance of reforming policing in England and Wales. Home secretary Shabana Mahmood in January announced plans to reduce sharply from the current 43 the number of police forces in England and Wales.

Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe, leader of a review charged with devising plans for force mergers, has been asked to revisit his conclusions to fit in with the prime minister's thinking on devolution.

King said that, without reform, forces such as Cleveland would struggle to develop the specialist capabilities needed to tackle organised crime.

Labour market

Football clubs' demand for data experts boosts hiring

AMY BORRETT AND DAN CLARK

Professional football clubs' share of UK hiring has tripled over the past five years, with a jump in demand for data experts as Britain's top teams use their growing financial strength to expand their off-field operations.

The clubs have emerged as a bright spot in an otherwise sluggish jobs market, now accounting for more than 7 in every 10,000 roles advertised, up from 2.4 per 10,000 in 2020, according to data from recruitment website Indeed.

Data and analytics make up 5 per cent of the roles advertised by Premier League teams this year, according to job analytics firm Lightcast. This is double the share two years ago. The hiring boom has been fuelled by the deep pockets of Premier League clubs, which have seen revenues soar from strong performances in European competitions and lucrative commercial deals.

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“Data and analytics is an area where clubs have increased their focus to try to find an edge on rival clubs in areas like player recruitment and opposition analysis,” said Jack Kennedy, senior economist at Indeed.

Brighton and Hove Albion, Newcastle United and Manchester United have increased hiring for data and analysis roles the most over the past five years, according to analysis by Lightcast.

Current openings include a scouting insights analyst at Tottenham Hotspur, described as “a key role in shaping the club’s player recruitment strategy through data-driven analysis and insight”, and a position in Brentford’s insights and strategy department.

Kennedy said Brentford and Brighton, both promoted in the past decade, “really punch above their weight” as they tend to be more effective at using data. “Both of those club owners made their money as professional gamblers so they’ve always been very data-driven and applied that to owning football clubs,” he added.

"The legacy clubs can almost buy their way out of trouble, so if they make a signing that doesn't work out, they can just spend £100mn on another player. Smaller clubs cannot do that."

Joris Bekkers, a football analytics consultant at UnravelSports, said the rise in hiring was probably down to expanding budgets, the buzz around AI, younger and more innovative decision makers and clubs recognising that the workload has become too great for a one-person data department.

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Budget warning

Lower immigration likely to cramp Healey's fiscal headroom

SAM FLEMING, AMY BORRETT AND JIM PICKARD

John Healey could suffer a hit of several billion pounds to the public finances as lower immigration forecasts dent the outlook for economic growth, analysts have warned.

Lower net migration projections could lead to a reduction of up to £4bn in the buffer against the chancellor's key fiscal rule when the Office for Budget Responsibility delivers its next forecast, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank. This comes on top of pressure on the public finances from the war in Iran, which has driven up inflation and government borrowing costs.

Healey, the chancellor, is preparing for his October 28 Budget, when the OBR will deliver its latest economic and fiscal projections.

The final figure will be the product of several moving parts, with other factors potentially mitigating the hit to the budget headroom, economists stressed. Higher inflation and wage growth can also help swell tax receipts, offsetting some pressure on public finances.

But Healey and Prime Minister Andy Burnham face a difficult fiscal inheritance as they attempt to reassure investors they will keep the UK on a path towards lower borrowing at a time of volatility in global bond markets.

Part of that is a self-inflicted wound from the government's clampdown on work, study and family visa routes, reflected in Home Office figures published on Thursday. They showed a sharp decline in the number of people arriving through the skilled worker and health and care worker routes.

Immigration has been a key source of growth in the labour force. Slower growth in the adult population means a smaller economy, trimming the tax take. "It will be one of the things that play a role in the Budget," said Nick Rid-path, economist at the IFS.

Ben Brindle, senior researcher at the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, said: "A decline in net migration will have more of a negative impact in the short term than over the longer term, so it is more of a concern for a government that's living from Budget to Budget."

The OBR cut its central forecast for net inward migration by about 60,000 people a year in the Spring Statement and said it would reflect new figures from the Office for National Statistics' population projections in the autumn.

Jonathan Portes, a professor at King's College London, said the ONS figures were "still on the high side", noting that revisions may be necessary if the government pressed ahead with plans to introduce stricter settlement rules.

Higher interest rates resulting from the energy shock sparked by the Iran war could put further pressure on the forecasts. Pantheon Macroeconomics has estimated the extra interest costs could drive the Budget headroom down to roughly £15bn, compared with just under £24bn in the March forecast.

Some experts argue that OBR predictions of extra economic output from


Source: UK Home Office

Labour reforms to unlock more house-building could also be trimmed. In March last year, the watchdog said planning reforms on home construction would by 2029-30 deliver a £3.5bn increase in government receipts.

But Rob Wood, at Pantheon, said the OBR assumptions were now “at risk” since the government had been failing to meet its own home-building targets.

On the other hand, if higher than expected inflation flows through into wages and income tax, the public finances could receive a boost, making it difficult to forecast exactly where the final Budget headroom figure will land.

Healey has committed to stick to fiscal rules set by Rachel Reeves when she became chancellor in 2024. They require the government to bring the current Budget, excluding investment, into surplus by 2029-30 and to get public debt on a declining trajectory as a share of GDP by the same time.

The Treasury said Healey was “fully focused on his priorities to boost business, help with the cost of living and support people in every postcode, underpinned by fiscal discipline and a commitment to meeting the fiscal rules with a buffer against uncertainty”.

The OBR did not respond to a request for comment.

NATIONAL

Winemakers reap heatwave rewards but warn extreme weather brings risk

As vineyards toast an exceptional summer they must also prepare for more changeable conditions

ELIZABETH BRATTON

England's wine industry is celebrating a successful harvest, with the year's hot weather raising hopes of a potential expansion of red wine production. But there are also fears about the impact of more extreme weather in future.

In a year that has seen temperatures as high as 38.1C and the majority of England in drought, winemakers say the quality of their grapes has been enhanced.

Yet, keenly aware of the risks that heavy rainfall may pose, many are reluctant to focus all their efforts on preparing for heatwaves.

Alastair Benham, head of wine operations at Kent-based producer Gusbourne, said the heat has had a “really positive impact” on the vineyard, with the fruit harvested so far in “exceptional condition”.

But Benham notes that just two years ago “we had quite a cool, wet vintage”.

"I think it's [about] allowing ourselves to be nimble and . . . [using] techniques to try and mitigate the impact of those extreme events," he said.

Ian Beecher-Jones, owner of JoJo's Vineyard in Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, told the FT: "It's gearing up to be a good year . . . from a grape point of view." He suggested that producers should not limit themselves to preparing for hot weather.

"While it's easy to focus on higher temperatures . . . we may well be looking at greater rainfall and how we man-

'One of the things we can't do that well . . . at the moment is red wine. That's certainly changing'

age the soils," Beecher-Jones said, adding: "As farmers, we're having to look at either ends of the spectrum."

He said it would be too early to go down the “drastic route” of considering new grape varieties solely to account for the heat.

Beecher-Jones added they should instead consider “more affordable, cost-effective” tools that protect against various weather events, such as “cover crops”, which are planted off-season to preserve and enrich the soil.

Sam Lindo, who runs Camel Valley vineyard in Bodmin, Cornwall, said the grapes were looking "really good" at the moment.

However, sparkling wine will be "slightly different" and it will be necessary to "minimise" the yield's flavour through whole-bunch pressing, a much lengthier process by which entire bunches of grapes are put into a press rather than being crushed and de-stemmed first.

"For the traditional method of sparkling wine that we make here . . . the wine that you start with before the second fermentation is one of minimal character because the bubbles are going to exaggerate any character you have . . . That's why the best sparkling wines are not made in really hot places," he explained.

"To carry on making traditional method sparkling we need to make sure there is not too much flavour in the base wine . . . It was an easy job that was done by nature until this year," he added.

The vineyard at Gusbourne, Kent, where Alastair Benham says the heat has had a ‘really positive impact’ on the fruit harvested so far, below. Cherie Spriggs, bottom, at Nyetimber says the only way to plan for future harvests is to prepare for both ends of the weather spectrum Gusbourne Wines; Charlie Clift; Nyetimber

Although Lindo said it is “too early to start ripping up some of the varieties that are grown in the UK”, he believes that for others, their days are “numbered”. Varieties such as Schönburger and Siegerrebe were ripe far too early this year with “extremely low acid” levels, he said.

Wine expert and business consultant Kent Barker said continued hot weather could improve English winemakers' chances of producing high-quality red wine, which is often associated with France and Spain.

"One of the things we can't do that well . . . at the moment is red wine. That's certainly changing," he said.

"At the moment we produce wonderful sparkling wine and our white wine is gaining ground, but our red wine has always lagged," Barker added.

Christopher Walkey, co-founder of wine consultancy Clerissa, also thinks the warmer weather could lead to more winemakers in England. “New producers are up, production is up and sales internationally are up. These positive figures intrigue and attract business individuals.”

Cherie Spriggs, head winemaker at Nyetimber, which has 11 vineyards in West Sussex, Kent and Hampshire, said it was difficult to know how to prepare for future harvests “because it’s not a straightforward scenario”.

"We've had years in very recent history . . . where frankly the growing season was the opposite [to this one], quite cool or quite wet," she said.

"The only way we can continue to work is how we have already been working, which is to be prepared for both scenarios. And that's very hard," Spriggs added.

Changing grape variety is one option for Denbies Wine Estate in Kent. Chief executive Chris White told the FT that, if hot summers persist, they may turn to grapes that “ripen slightly earlier on in the season”, such as the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay varieties.

But if wet periods become more frequent, Denbies may move towards hybrid varieties that are “slightly more disease resistant”.

Galia Pike, creative director at Westwell Wine Estates in Kent, told the FT the business will experience an “amazing harvest” this year.

However, she said that just because some years are “really exceptional”, like this one, “that’s not to say that next year’s going to be anything like it”.

Infrastructure

Burst water pipe restricts Gatwick airport supply

ELIZABETH BRATTON

Gatwick airport yesterday suffered disruption to its water supply because of a burst main nearby, the second time supply has been hit this summer.

Water supply in both of the airport's terminals was affected by the incident, said a person familiar with the matter. Some toilets in the North Terminal were closed yesterday afternoon and its restaurants had stopped serving food and drink. The majority of toilets in the South Terminal were unaffected.

Flights were operating as normal.

The burst main had hit supplies in “the local area”, the airport said, adding that it was under investigation by supplier SES Water. It apologised “for any inconvenience to passengers”.

SES Water said on X that the burst main was located in a field in the nearby town of Horley. The water company said the incident was “temporarily affecting” water supply, including to Gatwick airport. It apologised and said it had deployed a team to “repair the burst as quickly and safely as possible”.

At about 4.40pm yesterday, more than four hours after the disruption began, SES Water said it had “restored water supplies” to Gatwick and surrounding areas, though added: “We’re continuing to work closely with the airport as we understand water isn’t yet flowing throughout their buildings.” SES Water staff were still “on site repairing the burst”.

This is the second time the transport hub, owned by France's Vinci and BlackRock's GIP, has suffered disruption to its water supply this summer. Late last month, Gatwick was left without running water for several hours after a power outage at a local treatment works.

Throughout the day, the airport handed out bottled water to passengers and staff as many of its water fountains, toilets and taps had stopped working.

Turnberry case

Terrorism claim over Trump course damage

ALISTAIR GRAY AND SIMEON KERR

Prosecutors have accused pro-Palestinian activists who are charged with vandalising one of US President Donald Trump's Scottish golf courses of committing acts connected with terrorism.

Seven individuals are accused of digging up turf at the prestigious Turnberry course in Ayrshire, spraying a chemical substance over the fairways and daubing red paint across the resort in the alleged incident last year.

In the indictment, Scottish prosecutors said the offence of malicious mischief was “aggravated by reason of having a terrorist connection”, which could lead to a tougher sentence if proved.

It is the latest case in which activists taking part in direct actions have been accused of having a connection with terrorism, drawing criticism from human rights groups.

Four members of direct-action group Palestine Action who sabotaged a UK site of Israeli arms company Elbit Systems were sentenced as terrorists by a judge this year. A police officer suffered serious injuries in that incident.

Prosecutors also pushed for five Palestine Action activists who vandalised a Barclays branch in Burnley to be sentenced under terrorism laws, though the judge in that case ruled last week that they would not be.

MPs last year voted to proscribe Palestine Action, although the Supreme Court has given Huda Ammori, the group's co-founder, permission to appeal against the ban and hearings are due to be held in early November. A separate judicial review of the proscription in Scotland remains suspended pending the English appeals process.


Red paint daubed over a building at Turnberry golf course last year

In the Turnberry case, Scottish prosecutors highlighted the apparent political nature of the incident. The indictment reads: "You did . . . paint political offensive slogans on the grass, score a political slogan into the turf, paint political and offensive slogans on a building, walls and pillars."

In March last year, before the ban on Palestine Action, Trump described the alleged vandals as “terrorists” who should be “treated harshly”.

Kieran Robson, 35, of Galashiels, Uzma Bashir, 56, of Leeds, Ricky Southall, 34, of Wakefield, Autumn Taylor Ward, 22, of Liverpool, Rebecca Sian Davies, 29, of London, John Moxley, 58, of London, and Dylan Chiaramello, 24, also of London, are due to appear at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday.

Robson, Bashir and Davies are additionally charged with attempting to "defeat the ends of justice".

WORLD WEEK IN REVIEW

Trump orders Lake Ontario to be 'Lake America' in slight to Canada

Donald Trump has ordered his government to change the name of Lake Ontario, which sits between Canada and the US, to "Lake America".

The US president on Thursday signed an executive order to rename the vast body of water in an important federal mapping system, widely followed by state and local governments and private industry.

The decision underscores fraying relations between the US and Canada, which are launching tit-for-tat tariffs against each other after trade talks collapsed.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said the name Lake Ontario was 400 years old and "comes from the Wendat word Ontari'io, which, appropriately, means 'the lake is beautiful, the lake is big'".

Le Pen vows to tackle French budget deficit in appeal to business leaders

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pledged sweeping cuts to public spending if she wins next year's presidential election, as she sought to reassure business leaders who are wary of her party.

During a first presidential debate on Thursday, seven candidates clashed on how to tackle France's high debt level and finance the pensions system.

"I'm extremely concerned about the trajectory of our debt," Le Pen said, adding that the state would have to "drastically" cut spending. France's government is straining to reduce a budget deficit which, at more than 5 per cent of GDP, is among the highest in the Eurozone.

Le Pen is the frontrunner in next spring's election in what will be her fourth run for the presidency.

Nasa's Roman telescope to seek out exoplanets and explain dark matter


Nasa will tomorrow launch a \$4.3bn space telescope to scan the universe, which has the potential to discover thousands of distant planets. The Roman Space Telescope, named after Nasa's first chief astronomer, the late Nancy Grace Roman, is expected to also help explain the mysteries of dark matter.

Singapore offers families big cash incentives to have more children

Singapore unveiled a package of measures to encourage families to have more children, offering parents more than \$55,000 per child as the city-state battles a falling birth rate that has made it one of the fastest-ageing countries in the world.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced an overhaul of child payment and parental leave during his annual National Day Rally speech, saying the government aimed to “make it easier for Singaporeans who want children to start and raise a family”.

Singapore, with a population of just over 6mn, registered a record-low fertility rate of 0.87 children per woman last year — nearing South Korea's world-lowest rate of 0.8.

INTERNATIONAL

North Africa

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Anger grows over migrants in Ceuta

Spanish interior minister urges calm after residents' violence against arrivals

BARNEY JOPSON — MADRID

Spain is battling to quell violence in Ceuta as local residents vent their anger over thousands of migrants who have remained in the North African exclave a month after they entered illegally from Morocco.

After 24 hours in which Ceuta residents blocked food deliveries to migrants, chased them off beaches and tore down their temporary camps, Spain's interior minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska yesterday issued a "call for calm and for an end to all forms of violence".

More than 70,000 people rushed into

Ceuta on a single day at the end of July. It was the most dramatic episode of illegal immigration into the EU in recent years and reopened Europe's deepest divisions over migration.

While the vast majority of migrants were ushered back to Morocco within two days, thousands are still living rough in the city, which is home to 83,000 people and has one of two Spanish land frontiers with Africa.

Over the past month, some Ceuta residents have complained that the presence of migrants means they are unable to relax on the city's beaches or even walk safely on its streets.

Tensions began to boil over on Thursday when local protesters sat in a road to temporarily block a Red Cross convoy with a police escort seeking to deliver food to migrants on Trampolín beach.

Later in the day, dozens of local men, some carrying Spanish flags, charged migrants on the beach, scaring them away and then setting fire to some of their belongings. The Spanish assailants were eventually dispersed by police firing warning shots into the air.

The Spanish government has condemned the migrant influx as a “violation of Spain’s territorial integrity”, blaming it on human traffickers and social media and insisting that Morocco remains a “reliable partner”.

But the migrants' continued presence in Ceuta has been the source of political controversy and local discontent.

Arantxa Campos, president of the Ceuta Employers' Confederation, said of the migrants: "They forced their way into your country. They are living in the playgrounds of your children, living on your beaches, invading your space.

"Then you hear them at night fighting

'When you come across them in the street, no, you don't feel safe'

among themselves . . . So when you come across them in the street, no, you don't feel safe."

Ceuta residents and opposition politicians have accused Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of inaction. “The people of Ceuta have been robbed of their rights and freedoms,” Ana Vázquez Blanco, from the opposition People’s Party, told Spain’s interior minister at a hearing yesterday. “They remain abandoned by the Spanish government.”

The Spanish authorities have confirmed that at least 82 people died trying to cross into the exclave from Morocco by swimming around a breakwater.

The several thousand migrants still in Ceuta include about 1,400 children, most of them in reception centres, the government said on Wednesday. Additional reporting by Carmen Muela

Monarchy. Constitutional powers

Prince tightens grip on Liechtenstein

Alois expands his authority while reducing checks within Europe's richest ruling family

PAUL CARUANA GALIZIA — VALLETTA

Prince Alois chose Liechtenstein's national day on August 15 to announce a break with three centuries of dynastic tradition: future generations of women could inherit the throne on equal terms with men.

For a country that was Europe's last to give women the vote – in 1984 – the change was hailed as overdue progress. But it also masked a much broader consolidation of power.

Internal documents reviewed by the FT show that three days earlier, behind the walls of Vaduz Castle, Europe's wealthiest ruling dynasty had quietly approved an overhaul that strengthens the authority of a prince who already wields extraordinary power over his 42,000 citizens, while reducing some of the rights and checks exercised by his relatives in the Princely House of Liechtenstein.

Even before the changes, Prince Alois could veto legislation, dismiss the government, dissolve parliament, appoint judges and reject laws approved by referendum. In June, the Catholic prince said he would veto a citizens' initiative to legalise abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, even if voters backed it.

"The prince is the most powerful 'politician' in the country," said Wouter Veenendaal, professor of kingdom affairs at Leiden University, who has studied Liechtenstein. "Such a role for the monarch would be unthinkable in Europe's larger constitutional monarchies."

Hereditary Prince Alois, 58, has acted as Liechtenstein's head of state since 2004, when his father, Hans-Adam II, handed him day-to-day sovereign powers while retaining the title of reigning prince. Educated at Sandhurst in the UK, Alois served briefly in the British army and worked for an accountancy firm in London before returning to Vaduz.

Alois's political authority is backed by extraordinary private wealth. The

National day: Liechtenstein's Prince Alois and Princess Sophie wave to crowds at Vaduz Castle during Liechtenstein's celebrations on August 15 Fabrice Coffrini(AFP)Getty Images

Princely House of Liechtenstein owns LGT, the international private banking group overseen by Alois's brother, Prince Max, which manages about \$482bn in client assets – including the family fortune. Last year, the bank paid the princely family a dividend of about \$878mn.

In the tiny country, wedged between Switzerland and Austria, that financial clout makes the dynasty difficult to disentangle from the state itself. In 2002, Hans-Adam II threatened to move his family to Vienna unless voters backed reforms giving the monarchy the power to appoint and dismiss governments.

Liechtensteiners backed him in a referendum, despite a Council of Europe warning against the expansion of princely power.

The Strasbourg-based rights watchdog described Liechtenstein's Hausgesetz, or House Law governing the monarchy, as "astonishing" for sitting outside the state constitution.

The latest changes to the House Law go far beyond succession. According to internal documents, the prince gains greater discretion over who belongs to the dynasty and explicit authority to set rules on family names, titles and coats of arms. The Family Council, a body of relatives that oversees dynastic affairs, will expand from three to five members but loses an important check: the prince will no longer need its consent for pardons, only to consult it.

Checks on the prince were already "quite limited", said Veenendaal.

Some of the reforms appear liberalising. Aside from allowing female succession, the new House Law widens family voting rights from adult male members eligible for the throne to all adult members by birth.

The Princely House rejects the suggestion that the changes consolidate the monarch's powers. Many were technical or codified existing practice, said spokesperson Anja Nöstler, and they did not "affect the constitutional balance between the reigning prince and the people".

The reforms were approved not by parliament or the public, but by members of the dynasty itself.

Documents dated June 11 show voting family members – adult males eligible for the throne – were sent a proposal for the amendment, rather than the full text, and asked to return “yes” or “no” ballots by post by August 11.

On August 12, the ballots were counted at Vaduz Castle. An internal letter reviewed by the FT named Hans-Adam II and four other princes as present. Alois was not among them. Nöstler said the count was attended by six family members, not the five listed in the letter, but later confirmed that Alois was the additional family member. She added that two non-family members were also present, but declined to identify them for “data protection reasons”.

In a letter sent that afternoon, the family was told the reform had passed with a 70 per cent majority. Members were asked to keep the result “strictly confidential” until Alois’s National Day speech.

The same letter suggested disagreement behind the result. It thanked relatives who had backed the changes as well as those who had “reservations or held a different view”, then urged the dynasty to unite behind the decision.

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Northern Europe

King Harald of Norway dies as royal family battles controversy

RICHARD MILNE — OSLO

King Harald of Norway, Europe's oldest reigning monarch, has died at the age of 89, at a moment of deep turmoil for the Scandinavian country's royal family.

Harald, who became king in 1991 and was the first monarch born in Norway for almost 600 years, died yesterday after a short hospital stay for haemolytic anaemia, a condition in which red blood cells are destroyed faster than they can be replaced.

"It is with deep grief that we announce that His Majesty King Harald has passed away," Norway's Royal Court said in a statement. "King Harald died peacefully at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Friday August 28, at 6.35am."

His death is likely to prompt an outpouring of grief in Norway, where the monarchy has long enjoyed broad public affection.

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said: "A whole nation is in mourning . . . For more than three decades as monarch, Harald V demonstrated an unwavering faith in the Norwegian people. He helped us to see the best in ourselves — and in one another."

Harald will be succeeded by Crown Prince Haakon, 53, a popular figure who has acted as regent several times in recent years during his father's bouts of ill health.

But Haakon will inherit one of the deepest crises for Norway's royal family since the second world war, after his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, faced critical questions from the public and politicians over her friendship with the deceased child sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

Marius Borg Høiby, Mette-Marit's son from a previous relationship, was convicted in June of two counts of rape and sentenced to four years in prison. He is appealing against the conviction.

Mette-Marit's health has also drawn public attention. She received a lung transplant only days after her son's conviction, drawing sympathy from a public otherwise consumed by the crisis around the royal family.

Harald was the first Norwegian monarch born on the country's soil since the 14th century. Norway had re-established its monarchy after independence in 1905 with the accession of his grandfather, a Danish prince who became King Haakon VII. Harald was born in 1937, the youngest of three children of the future King Olav V and Crown Princess Märtha, and their only son.

After the German invasion in 1940, Harald fled Norway with his mother and two older sisters, first to Sweden and then to the US at the invitation of president Franklin D Roosevelt. Harald attended two military colleges in Norway before studying politics, economics and history at Balliol College, Oxford.

A keen sailor, Harald represented


King Harald: his personal popularity remained high among the public

Norway in three Olympic Games and won a world championship in 1987 and a European championship in 2005.

He married Sonja Haraldsen, a commoner from western Oslo, in 1968 and together they had two children, Märtha Louise in 1971 and Haakon in 1973.

Recent royal controversy has also centred on Märtha Louise's second marriage to Durek Verrett, a US self-described shaman who sold a medallion he claimed could help protect against Covid-19 and accused the king of failing to understand racism.

For many Norwegians, the episode sat uneasily with memories of Harald's 2016 speech marking 25 years on the throne, in which he embraced a broader definition of national identity, including Norway's increasingly multicultural population and diverse sexual identities.

Even as revelations about Mette-Marit's relationship with Epstein affected the public's opinion about the monarchy, Harald's personal popularity remained high. A February poll for state news outlet NRK gave him an average rating of 9.2 out of 10 as a representative of the royal family.

Nepal rushes to save lives after flood ‘like nothing before’

Destruction of infrastructure by the torrent has left many victims stranded

ANDRES SCHIPANI — BIDUR, NEPAL

Indra Kumari Dhakal has seen a lot in her 95 years of life in Nepal: floods, mudslides, earthquakes, civil war and political turmoil. But nothing prepared her for the wall of water that swept away her house this week, killing five members of her family.

"The water was so high it reached the sky," Dhakal said of the disaster that engulfed a string of riverside settlements on and near Nepal's border with China on Wednesday. "This flood was nothing like before . . . it took everything from us."

Chinese and Nepali authorities said the torrent that roared down into the Bhote Koshi river valley after an ice and rock avalanche killed more than 580 people, with nearly 2,500 missing, including more than 500 foreigners.

Nepali helicopters took Dhakal and other victims and survivors from some of the worst-affected areas to the Maithili Barracks in Bidur, a municipality north of the capital Kathmandu that has become a centre for rescue efforts.

"We are in a race to save lives," Sudan Gurung, Nepal's interior minister, told the FT during a visit to the area yesterday, as army rescue teams rushed survivors in stretchers off helicopters.

Nepal is one of Asia's poorest countries and the disaster is a huge test for the new administration of Balendra Shah, who was elected prime minister in March after a youth uprising toppled the previous government last year.

Shah's government has deployed more than 15,000 army and police — who it says have rescued more than 4,450 people — and insists it can handle immediate relief efforts on its own. The foreign ministry said the country was declining offers of foreign assistance for search-and-rescue operations. "For now we do not require such help."

Nepal's Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said up to 80 bridges and $40\mathrm{km}$ of paved highway had been damaged or swept away, hampering efforts to reach survivors and deliver supplies to remote villages.

Deepak KC, an army lieutenant colonel involved in the rescue operation in Bidur, said the flood was the country's "worst disaster" since a 2015 earthquake that killed nearly 9,000. "So many villages have been wiped out."

Suraj Chaudhari, who was evacuated by helicopter from the hard-hit district of Rusawa, said he had narrowly escaped when disaster struck as he was working in a tunnel at a South Korean-led hydropower project. "I was inside the tunnel when the flood came," he said. "The water came all of a sudden with a huge bang, like a bomb exploding. There were 13 of us. Many of us ran uphill and saved our lives."

But another evacuee, Shiva Thapa, said a brother-in-law who was working as a safety officer at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project was still missing. Yonhap news agency reported that nine South Koreans who were working at the project were also unaccounted for.

"No one would have predicted the magnitude and the scale. This was defi-"

A survivor is carried to safety near the Nepal-Tibet border on Wednesday. Below, Indra Kumari Dhakal, left, with one of her surviving daughters. She lost five family members in the disaster Nepali army/AFP/Getty Images; Andres Schipani/FT

nitely beyond one's comprehension," said Sudarshan Neupane, the country director for charity WaterAid. "A lot of these communities are now cut off, and due to the topography, it is impossible for the government to reach some of these locations."

The disaster destroyed China's Gyrong border crossing, severing one of Nepal's main trade links just as an economic recovery is threatened by higher fuel costs and a decline in tourism.

'The water came all of a sudden with a huge bang, like a bomb exploding. There were 13 of us. Many of us ran uphill and saved our lives'

More than three quarters of Nepal's exports to China passed through Gyrirong in 2024-25, according to data cited by the Nepal Economic Forum.

Officials also worry that tourism, a crucial source of foreign exchange, will be hard hit. The flood disrupted routes used by Himalayan trekkers and climbers, as well as Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims bound for sacred sites in Tibet.

Family members of the hundreds of Indian and foreign tourists who were on the pilgrimage route waited in Bidur for any information about them.

Pradeep Pandit, who runs a tourism agency in Kathmandu, said he had flown to the border searching for survivors and found settlements mostly razed. "We could not see any hotels or the immigration building or the bridges. We only saw the banks of the river and stones." Pandit said he had located 20 Indians in the area, but could only bring back one of them in his helicopter.

Many local people were waiting desperately for news of their loved ones.

Rusawa resident Tinzi Ghale said her brother and his entire family were missing, as were most of her sister's family.

"I am waiting here for my sister's daughter because the rescue team said she is alive," said Ghale, 42, who was at her riverside home when the flood hit. "Everyone shouted 'run, run'. I ran and saved myself. Then, everything turned dark. I thought we were going to die. In a flash, everything was gone." Additional reporting by Krishn Kaushik

Rescuers push through Chinese advance teams reach border crossing

China's advance rescue teams reached a border post destroyed by the flash flood on the Tibet-Nepal border, after being forced to pause operations yesterday because of fear of further flooding.

The rescuers pushed into the Gyirong border crossing using dinghies, drones and on foot, reaching the area two days. They arrived at the site and began searching for survivors at 5pm local time yesterday. Chinese authorities said hours earlier that rescue efforts were being suspended because of the risk that a lake formed upstream by the disaster might overflow.

"Rescuers searched the area while shouting for any trapped individuals," Chinese state media CCTV said, showing photos of the workers with a flag planted in the area. It gave no details of how long rescue efforts had been suspended.

In neighbouring Nepal, rescue workers used helicopters to try to reach survivors.

Chinese state television CCTV reported yesterday that a lake had been formed by the landslide more than 10km upstream and 1,000 metres above the crossing, which is known as Gyirong Port. But in an update, the broadcaster cited China's resources ministry as saying the barrier lake had decreased in size, indicating water had begun to flow slowly and its total volume was diminishing.

The size and violence of the flash flood have prompted an unusually strong public response from China's top leadership. China's President Xi Jinping yesterday held a moment of silence for the victims before presiding over a meeting of the Communist Party's leadership body to consider rescue work.

He also dispatched second-ranked leader Li Qiang to lead rescue efforts. State media said Li went at the president's behest, a rare public gesture intended to show Xi's concern, analysts said. Joe Leahy in Beijing and Andres Schipani in Bidur, Nepal

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Warsh signals willingness to raise Fed rate

Investors' bets on increase next month jump as bank chair warns on price rises

CLAIRE JONES JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING

Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh has signalled that the US central bank is prepared to raise interest rates if inflation does not fall soon, as he warned that persistently high price growth had become “more concerning”.

In an address at the Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole symposium, Warsh said rate-setters would have "work to do" if the pace of price growth in the world's biggest economy did not ease, sparking Wall Street bets that rates would rise.

"The Fed's predominant focus right now should be on prices," Warsh said in his most detailed account yet of how he views US economic conditions. He described the labour market as broadly robust but warned that "on the price-stability side of our mandate, the numbers are more concerning".

His address came just weeks before crucial midterm elections. President Donald Trump, who nominated Warsh for the Fed job, has relentlessly lobbied for lower borrowing costs and sharply criticised Jay Powell, the previous central bank head, for not reducing them.

Warsh said the Fed had missed its goal of 2 per cent inflation for 65 months and signalled that, without progress soon, it would need to raise rates from the current level of 3.5 to 3.75 per cent.

"We must be confident that underlying inflation is moving to our objective, clearly and at sufficient speed," he said. "Otherwise, we have work to do."

Warsh also noted that the Fed's preferred PCE price index was running at a 3.7 per cent annual rate and a 4.1 per cent six-month annualised pace in July.

Investors' odds on a rate increase at the Fed's next meeting in September jumped to 62 per cent following the speech, from 35 per cent the previous day, according to CME Group data.

US short-term Treasury yields, which reflect expectations for monetary policy, also jumped. The two-year yield rose as much as 0.11 percentage points to 4.34 per cent. The US dollar was up 0.5 per cent against a basket of six peers.

“It is a hawkish speech,” said Priya Misra at JPMorgan Asset Management, adding that Warsh was “making a forceful statement that [policymakers are] committed to price stability”.

Matthew Amis, investment director at Aberdeen, said the speech “sets up a September [Fed] meeting where if they don’t hike, credibility will take another bashing”.

Warsh has come under pressure from investors to spell out what it would take for him to back a rate increase. While he was seen as an inflation hawk during his previous stint at the Fed from 2006 to 2011, his appointment by Trump raised doubts about his commitment to bringing inflation under control.

The Fed chair said there were few signs rates were at a level that was depressing US growth, adding that “on balance, I would be hard pressed to describe broad financial conditions as restrictive”.

He also said the Fed remained firmly committed to its 2 per cent inflation target, measured by the PCE price index, describing it as “a firm, fixed target”. Additional reporting by Emily Herbert in London, Harriet Clarfelt and George Steer in New York and Myles McCormick in Dublin

FT Series. Cheap poultry

Cult \$4.99 rotisserie chicken defies inflation

Costco uses 'loss leader' to keep loyalty of customers who pay membership fees to shop

GREGORY MEYER — NEW YORK

At Costco's chicken slaughterhouse in Nebraska, some 2mn birds a week are stunned, suspended by their feet, decapitated, picked free of feathers, cleaned, chilled, boxed and trucked to stores where many become a \$4.99 cult item: the retail giant's beloved rotisserie chicken.

But its customers are hungry for more.

Demand for chicken – the cheapest meat protein – is on the rise in the US. The average US resident eats 103lb (47kg) of poultry meat annually, an increase of 6lb from five years ago.

A significant portion of that meat comes home in a fragrant plastic bag kept warm under lamps at a Costco warehouse store. Costco sold 157.4mn rotisserie chickens worldwide last year, almost double the number of a decade ago.

"It's \$4.99 and for Costco members, that's one fantastic deal. I don't think you can produce it for that," said Walt Shafer, who oversaw the construction and management of the Nebraska site before he retired from Costco this year.

Roasted in ovens in the rear of the retail giant's hundreds of cavernous stores, the birds have cost only \$4.99 since 2009 even as the US retail price of chicken almost doubled.

The product has become a textbook "loss leader", buttressing the loyalty of Costco customers who pay membership fees for the right to shop there.

When Costco increased membership fees in 2024, chief financial officer Gary Millerchip told analysts that customer complaints were subdued in part because of the goodwill generated by holding the line on chicken.

The succulent bird has an enthusiastic online following. TikTok videos of "hack" recipes concocted in the bag in which the chicken is sold regularly gain more than 1mn views.

Former CFO Richard Galanti in 2015 acknowledged that Costco was “willing to eat, if you will, \$30mn, \$40mn a year in gross margin by keeping it at \$4.99”.

"It's all the way in the back of the store," said Amy Smith, protein analyst at Advanced Economic Solutions. "You've got to pass the clothes, the books, the snacks, the miscellaneous items . . . Chances are you

Costco prepares chicken in warehouses across the US, above. Walt Shafer, below, oversaw the construction of the Nebraska facility — Peter Willott/St Augustine Records/USA Today/Reuters

aren't walking out of there with just a rotisserie chicken."

On average, the cost to produce the roughly 4.5lb (2kg) bird sent to rotis-serie ovens is about \$3.50, accounting for current livestock feed prices, said Mark Jordan of Leap Market Analytics. With marinade, transport and cooking costs included, “almost surely they’re a little bit underwater per bird”.

But Costco has devised ways to mitigate losses on rotisserie sales. One was to construct the \$500mn slaughterhouse, which has reshaped a rural corner of the Midwest since its started operations in 2019. Building the plant gave Costco negotiating leverage with third-party poultry suppliers, according to Shafer, who was chief operating officer at Lin-

Coln Premium Poultry, the Costco subsidiary that runs the Nebraska chicken business.

The company has looked into building a second Nebraska plant, but executives said that idea had been shelved for now.

Birds killed at the Nebraska slaughterhouse meet about a third of chicken sales at the retailer's hundreds of US stores. Costco almost single-handedly created a more than \$500mn poultry industry in a cattle state, said Brad

Lubben, an agricultural policy specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

"There is some irony that an item that is a presumed loss leader at Costco is in fact a major part of the Nebraska agricultural system," he said.

Rotisserie accounts for only a portion of the chicken processed in Nebraska. The plant also cuts breasts, thighs and other cuts delivered in six-pouch “saddle packs” to stores. Raw breast meat, for example, sells for \$2.99 a pound, helping make up for losses on rotisserie.

The Lincoln Premium Poultry plant is also at the forefront of an automation wave sweeping an industry known for dangerous manual work. Machines scoop up birds from barn floors for delivery to the plant's holding pens.

Stunned by gas, their limp bodies hang upside down from chains before being pulled through a mechanical head snipper. Robots truss a finished rotis-serie bird with string in five seconds, according to vendor Scott Technology.

Costco's plant in the city of Fremont, Nebraska, has about 800 production workers, 500 fewer than a typical plant of its size, said Shafer.

This year, Costco became the only retailer to join meatpacking companies in backing a Trump administration proposal to allow chicken-processing lines

Source: USDA Economic Research Service calculations using data from USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, US Department of Commerce and US Census Bureau

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to operate even faster, raising the speed limit by 25 per cent to 175 birds a minute.

Jessica Kolterman, Lincoln's director of corporate and external affairs, told federal regulators that higher production line speeds were needed in part to offset the rising cost of labour.

Opponents of the line-speed proposal claim that a faster rate worsens the risk of conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome. Kolterman told the FT “we do not believe that it would put any of our team members in jeopardy from a health and safety standpoint”.

To offset losses, unsold birds are turned into chicken burritos, pot pies or noodle soup, while excess grease is sold to biofuel refiners, according to a Costco sustainability report.

Costco's decision to open the Lincoln plant was aimed at vertical integration. Far from the chicken heartland of the US South, Costco recruited about 100 farms to raise chickens under 15-year contracts. They built long barns that hold 42,000 birds each and turn over six flocks a year.

Farm operators range from local families to Gallus Capital Partners, a North Carolina investment firm that calls itself “one of the largest independent owners of poultry farms” in the US.

About 500 barns have sprung up around eastern Nebraska and western Iowa within a 90-mile radius of the Lincoln Premium Poultry plant.

Raising chickens has delivered a new income stream for farms long reliant on crops for income, while the \$18.50 starting hourly pay at the plant is \$3.50 above the state minimum wage. A study by the University of Nebraska estimated the plant added more than \$1bn a year to the state's economy.

But the manure and odour associated with millions of birds have led to pushback from some local residents.

Culture

AI doubles push Chinese influencers and actors out of the picture

JOE LEAHY AND ISAAC CASTELLA-MCDONALD — BEIJING

AI video generation programmes are threatening the jobs of millions of Chinese actors and online influencers, hitting a once-vibrant part of the country's gig economy.

The software, such as technology group ByteDance's Seedance 2.0 model, has allowed digital actors to replace humans, enabling the production of higher-quality videos more quickly.

In the first quarter, about 128,000 short dramas were released in China, more than three times the entire previous year, and 95 per cent of them were AI generated, according to the China Netcasting Services Association.

In May, 89 of the top 100 animated dramas on Douyin, ByteDance's domestic Chinese version of TikTok, were AI productions, according to DataEye, a marketing analytics company.

The economic consequence could be dramatic. China's short drama industry employs 690,000 people directly, according to a report this year from the National School of Development at Peking University.

About 15mn people cite live streaming as their primary profession, according to a 2024 report from the China Netcasting Services Association.

Whereas a three- to five-minute drama production would take five people three months to produce in 2024, today it takes a single employee one to two days, according to Professor Shen Yang, director of the metaverse laboratory at Tsinghua University and director of AI animation firm Zeelin.

The average price was Rmb600-Rmb800 (\$90-\$120) per minute, 10 per cent of the cost of using humans.

The digital takeover intensified after this year's release of Seedance 2.0, said Greg Wollner, a short-drama actor and producer in Beijing. Before its release, he was shooting three productions a week. "And after that, everything just went." Many of Wollner's friends "had to quit doing what they love and change to something else", he said.

A digital double of human streamer Luo Yonghao outsold the real person in several product categories, generating Rmb55mn (\$7.7mn) in just seven hours, according to tech group Baidu.

Actor Todd Kuhns' work has dried up. He and his colleagues felt a "general sense of frustration and resignation as we see our livelihoods stripped away".

In some cases, performers are being forced to "distil" their images and voices into AI tools before losing their jobs.

"I was pretty much pinned against a wall," said the host of a popular children's educational programme, who was told in April to consent to the creation of an AI replica of herself or the company would find others who would.

"At first, the actors who signed for these things were shamed because they were seen as taking jobs from others," said the host, who declined to be identified for this story. "Now it seems that . . . change is unavoidable."

Lawyers said AI-related labour disputes had risen noticeably over the past two to three years, with workers able to use dismissal because of AI as grounds to negotiate higher redundancy payments, according to Jiang Xiaotong, a Zhejiang-based labour lawyer.

ByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. See FT Big Read

Detection software offers quick answers, but the risk of false positives and the stigma of being accused is leading to societal mistrust in the written word. By Elaine Moore

Did AI write this? It's getting harder to tell

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hen Max Spero reads something online, he trusts his intuition to tell him whether it was written by AI even before he runs it through his detection software.

It's not the classic signifiers of large language models he looks for – the em dashes, the hallucinations and the smoothly pleasant tone. Instead, it's a sense of emptiness. "I look for information density," says the former Google software engineer. "When a person writes, every word has intention behind it. When AI generates text, it does not."

Spero is one of a small but determined group of self-appointed linguistic detectives calling out what they believe is the deceitful use of AI.

When you see a headline claiming a third of new web pages were written using AI, or a fifth of Kindle ebooks, the researchers will often have used Spero's AI detector, Pangram. It was at the centre of the Shy Girl scandal, in which claims of AI led to the novel being removed from bookstores, despite author Mia Ballard denying she used the technology. This summer, it was used to accuse Trinidadian Jamir Nazir of submitting an AI story to the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize.

Texts published by judges, consultants, lawyers and newspapers (including The New York Times, the FT and The Wall Street Journal) have been flagged by AI detectors. AI content passed off as human “pollutes the commons”, says Chris Best, the chief executive of publishing platform Substack, which is working with Pangram to scan its newsletters.

Spero created Pangram in 2023 because he and co-founder Bradley Emi were worried about what would happen if we could no longer distinguish machine content from our own. Their pitch is that in the age of AI, authenticity is more valuable than ever.

But some are unconvinced that we can draw a clean line between human and AI text. Universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard, which all support the use of generative AI by students, do not endorse the use of commercial AI detectors to scan work.

about benches, he says, was his way of saying that a woman could be so beautiful that inanimate objects would come alive. "It's a literary technique," he says. "Don't they understand mysticism, these readers?"

Nazir, a 62-year-old retired civil servant, remains hurt at the critique of his writing and exasperated at the claims he used AI. His writing style, which some described as stilted and artificial, is the result of a career spent writing technical reports and a lifetime reading poetry. "I don't use AI, I use GI," he says. "God's intelligence."

His critics are unmoved. Tuhin Chakrabarty, an assistant professor in the computer science department of Stony Brook University SUNY, who co-authored a paper on AI use in ebooks, points out that the story contains six instances of the word hum — something he says ChatGPT is known to use in fiction. “I think there should be stigma [about using AI],” he says.

The Commonwealth Foundation stood behind Nazir. But Granta, the literary magazine, announced that it would no longer publish the winning stories. "At this stage there is really no way of determining whether a piece is authentic or not," says Sigrid Rausing, Granta's publisher. Still, she adds, she is not opposed to AI. "If a writer creates an experimental text with AI material and is transparent about it, I would be happy to read it and publish it, if it's good."

At the end of this year, the EU plans to introduce watermarks to AI text, something campaigners have been demanding for years. Anthropic says its new Claude models will contain these imperceptible marks.

Yet instead of clearing things up, watermarks could complicate them further. Editing, paraphrasing and copying text could erase the marks. Anthropic notes the absence of watermarks will not prove that AI was not used.

Writers point out that the tics commonly attributed to AI all appear in human writing too and that both detection software and gut feelings can be wrong. Many worry about the implications of a false accusation.

Some of the writers accused of using AI are pushing back too, claiming that paranoia around synthetic content has led to witch-hunts. Nazir has repeatedly said that he did not use AI to write his story, The Serpent in the Grove, which won the final Commonwealth prize.

"We trained this thing on all of our language," he tells the FT. "And now it is impossible to trust each other."

Arguments over authorial provenance have been around since the dawn of literature. The difference now is volume. The speed and ease with which AI can generate text means it is reasonable to assume that what we see online may have been artificially generated.

Reality bytes Signs that text was created by AI
Original AI textAI can write quickly and convincingly, but it will never replace the magic of human writing. The best stories, speeches, and poems come from real life – our memories, emotions, mistakes, and personal experiences. AI doesn't fall in love, lose someone, celebrate achievements, or learn lessons the way people do. It can imitate these feelings by recognizing patterns in language, but it can't truly understand them. That's why human writing has a unique voice and authenticity that readers connect with on a deeper level, while AI is ultimately reflecting what people have already created rather than expressing a life it has actually lived.
Em dash with list of words afterwards
'Can X but can't Y' formulation
'Deeper' is one of the words often found in AI writing
AI text edited by a humanAI may be able to write quickly and convincingly but it will never replace human writing. The best stories, speeches and poems all come from real life – from memories, emotions and real experiences. AI cannot fall in love, lose someone or learn lessons from failure and success the way that people do. It may be able to imitate those feelings by copying patterns in our language but it lacks the understanding that creates depth in communication. Every writer has a unique voice. The authenticity that connects writer to reader will never be replicated by a machine.
Repetition of 'from' changes the rhythm and creates uneven lines
The long run-on sentence is broken up
AI text run through a humaniserAI can produce writing that's clear and convincing in a snap, but – and this is a big but – it will never be able to replace the special magic that comes with human writing. The most memorable stories, speeches, and poems always come from real life – our memories of important moments, the emotions that we've experienced, the mistakes we've made and what we've learned from them. AI can try to catch those feelings by spotting patterns in language but it just doesn't truly get it – it can't fall in love, lose someone it cares about, relive happy moments or (the hard bits) learn from its mistakes the way we do. It can try to mimic all that with language but it can't genuinely understand it. And that's why the writing of humans has its own voice & authenticity that readers can really connect with– while AI is, at the end of the day, just reflecting what people have already created rather than putting down its own thoughts– the thoughts and feelings it would have had if it had actually lived a life.
The writing is less polished
The 'can X but can't Y' formulation remains
Same rule of three appears
Rambling run-on sentence

AI detectors like Pangram, GPTZero, Winston AI or Copyleaks let users feed in suspicious extracts and produce a percentage score estimating how much of the text was generated by AI.

Ethan Mollick, an AI researcher and associate professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, thinks the fact that no detector or watermark is 100 per cent foolproof means we have already passed AI's "K-T boundary" – the geological marker of an extinction event.

But understanding exactly how they get to their scores is not easy. Detectors do not reveal their technical workings, nor which texts were used in training.

Broadly, what the detectors look for are patterns: not one supposed tell-tale AI word, like the frequently cited "delve", but combinations that match the decisions a large language model might make.

Top: Jamir Nazir has repeatedly said that he did not use AI to write his story 'The Serpent in the Grove'. Above: Max Spero created the AI detector Pangram to crack down on literary deceit

Pangram gathered millions of human texts written pre-AI models — everything from Amazon reviews to poetry — then generated “synthetic mirror” texts from various chatbots and fed the pairs into its model in order to train it to tell them apart. The training is updated as new AI models appear.

In leading detectors, text is broken down into fragments and processed as tokens that are converted into numerical representations. These are compared to numbers generated by AI and human text to see if there are overlaps—not only in word choice but word placement, frequency, sentences and paragraphs. The more text there is, the more patterns there are to look at.

This is why the best detectors can still spot AI use even after someone has changed a few words or rearranged some lines. Some have also added plagiarism analysis and image identifiers.

The founders of detection companies know that they are in a race with AI labs, who have an interest in making their output as natural as possible.

The real enemy, however, is false positives – the risk that a model might incorrectly flag human text as AI generated. OpenAI removed its own detection programme in 2023 after reporting a 9 per cent false-positive rate. In 2024, one detector reportedly misidentified the Declaration of Independence as 98 per cent AI. A Stanford study found that text from non-native English writers was more likely to be mis-flagged as AI.

This is where an AI detector's threshold for evidence becomes important.

Economist Brian Jabarian at Carnegie Mellon University published research last September that compared three commercial AI detectors: Pangram, OriginalityAI and GPTZero. He fed in nearly 2,000 human-written text samples alongside AI-generated equivalents and then set various evidence thresholds. Dial the threshold down, and while more text is identified as AI-generated, the chance of a false positive rate slightly rises.

Pangram says its latest model has a false positive rate of just 0.0041 per cent, or roughly one false positive for every 24,000 documents. The question is whether we are willing to accept the risk of that one false accusation. "That's a decision that isn't up to tech companies," Jabarian says. "It's social."

Prize in May, an anonymous X account posted a screenshot that showed Pan-gram identified it as 100 per cent AI-generated.

Other commentators pointed to what they considered giveaways. “Not the bees’ neat industry . . . but a belly sound” was a “not x but y” formulation common in AI output. The line “she had the kind of walking that made benches become men” was a nonsensical AI metaphor, while “the quiet chores, the patient hands, the unlit lamp” was a rule-of-three typical of AI text.

Speaking from his sunny, plant-filled home in Trinidad, Nazir says that no, his story was not written with AI. The line

'At this stage there is really no way of determining whether a piece is authentic or not'

"Authenticity is going to be a problem everywhere," he says. "We're still in the middle of negotiating what parts of writing we want to keep human and which parts we accept can be AI."

Codes of conduct are in flux. If AI is unacceptable when writing literature, is it fair game for more prosaic text like legal drafts and audits so long as the quality is high and the time saved is reflected in the price? Are AI-drafted emails a useful tool or an insult to those on the receiving end? Must AI drafts and edits always be disclosed? And will accusations of AI based on intuition and detectors lead to greater surveillance and semantic contortions?

Edward Tian, creator of AI detector GPTZero, believes “the future will be an equilibrium – a balance of human and AI writing”. But we will still need to find ways to communicate with one another without machines mediating, he adds.

"Writing is more than just output. It reflects our critical thinking," he says. "There is something beautiful about it that is worth preserving."

Obituary Nashville star who went from poverty to music legend

Dolly Parton Singer-songwriter 1946-2026

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Dolly Parton was at once larger than life and down to earth. The Nashville star, who has died aged 80, was a vision of fabulous folksiness with her blonde wigs, rhinestones and dazzling smile. She wrote songs in industrial quantities, about 3,000 in her estimation, but performed them with a very human wit and warmth. With more than 100mn record sales to her name and a renown stretching far beyond the boundaries of her genre, she ranks among the greatest artists in the history of country music.

She was born in rural Tennessee in 1946. Her father was a sharecropper who later became a tobacco farmer. Her mother had 12 children, including Parton, by the age of 35. It was an impoverished upbringing. According to Parton, her penniless father paid the doctor who delivered her with a sack of cornmeal. “I have often joked that I have been raking in the dough ever since,” she wrote in her autobiography.

There was neither self-pity nor selfishness in her passage from rags to riches. She sang about being mocked by schoolmates for wearing a coat made from scraps of fabric in “Coat of Many Colors”. “I couldn’t understand it, for I felt I was rich,” Parton sang in the 1971 signature song. "And I told them of the love my momma sewed in every stitch."

She could dole out schmaltz with the best of them, although she was a sophisticated singer and songwriter too. Drawn to music from a young age, she was brought up amid the singing of church and family gatherings rather than records or radio. After graduating from high school, she left home for Nashville in 1964.

Her first country hit as a recording artist came in 1967 with the single "Dumb Blonde". It was penned by another Nashville songwriter, but the mix of self-mockery and defiance was typical of Parton. Country music's tradition of strong womanhood allowed a certain degree of challenge to its even more powerful culture of sexism. Parton was audacious yet also astute in testing the limits that she faced.

Initially, her quivering voice was divisive. "I just don't think the girl can sing," a record executive told Nashville veteran Porter Wagoner when he proposed teaming with Parton as a duo in 1967. Wagoner insisted, and the partnership was a success. It provided the platform for her solo career to blossom

In 1974 she released her 13th solo album, Jolene. Its title track highlighted Parton's storytelling talents, a mini-masterpiece in which she sings the part of a woman pleading with an alpha rival not to take her man. The album also contains "I Will Always Love You", written as a farewell to her mentor. It was given a powerhouse pop-soul revision by Whitney Houston in 1992, one of the best-selling singles ever.

The untutored twang of Parton's vocal tone carried memories of the Appalachian region where she was raised, a rural heartland for the bluegrass music that preceded the Nashville country machine. But Parton was not a purist. She crossed over into the mainstream pop charts with 1977's adult-contemporary classic "Here You Come Again".

"It costs me a lot of money to look this cheap," she liked to quip of her look, an exuberant cartoon of Southern femininity involving high heels, sequins and figure-hugging dresses that turned her bust into an American icon. She claimed to have been inspired by a local "lady of the night" whom she saw while growing up. But her diva appearance was crafted in the 1970s with the help of celebrated designer Bob Mackie, who costumed


Parton became known for her mix of self-mockery and defiance

Nicknamed the Iron Butterfly, she cultivated her image assiduously, but with good humour and authenticity

Liza Minnelli and Barbra Streisand.

A move into films with the 1980 comedy 9 to 5 sealed her superstar status. Its theme song provided her with another imperishable hit, a boogying number whose beat ingeniously mimicked the click-clack of acrylic fingernails hitting typewriter keys.

In Nashville, she was nicknamed the Iron Butterfly. She cultivated her image assiduously, but with good humour and authenticity rather than cynical self-branding. In 1986, she founded a theme park in Tennessee called Dollywood. Her many charitable ventures included a literacy foundation that had distributed more than 300mn books to children across the English-speaking world by 2025.

She was married to businessman Carl Dean from 1966 to his death in 2025, and marked his passing with a song, "If You Hadn't Been There". Their time together was shrouded in privacy, the unseen backdrop to Parton's expansive public life.

"If you become a star you make a pact with the world that you belong with them," she once said. Few have honoured that pact as magnificently as her. Ludovic Hunter-Tilney


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The age of the e-bike

There are ways to make them safer without banning them from city centres

Leaving Como city hall in northern Italy in the rain in July, mayor Alessandro Rapinese says he remembers a brief hissing sound before an electric bike moving at full pelt "mowed him down". Rapinese did a "360-degree somersault" than hit the ground with bruises and cuts to his arms, he told his own online channel. The mayor's response was swift: he announced that from September all cyclists – not just e-bike riders – must dismount and walk in 30 streets in central Como. The backlash was swift, too. Civic groups are protesting and cyclists plan a defiant ride to city hall on September 12.

Rapinese has attracted international headlines and accusations of making rules based on his own experience. (Why not, he counters: "I know what it's like to be hit by one of these beasts.") His story has tapped into growing cultural tensions. Some high-profile and unfortunate incidents, like Rapinese's, have drawn attention to the risks of e-bikes, particularly heavy rental versions — and many motorists accuse cyclists of being too ready to break road rules. The cycling community feels unfairly demonised.

The take-off of cycling in many western cities in the past decade or so is, in general, a good thing. Cycling replaces car journeys, improving air quality and reducing traffic. E-bikes, easier to pedal, broaden access to cycling and have helped to transform mobility in cities from London (with around 50,000 rental e-bikes) to Paris (up to 18,000) to New York (15,000).

But they do have downsides. While e-bike motors are limited to 25km/h (15.5mph) in the UK and the EU, which decent pedal cyclists can easily exceed, even casual and novice riders can ride them at a fair clip. Rental e-bikes are also heavy, built to withstand rough use. That combination can cause more severe injuries than pedal bikes if they hit pedestrians. The number of UK pedestrians killed or seriously injured in collisions involving a bicycle jumped 71 per cent from 2016 to 2025, a period in which e-bike usage surged.

Some correctives are needed, though. Statistics show motor vehicles still cause vastly more deaths than bikes or e-bikes do, though incidents caused by the latter attract more media attention. Cyclists are far more likely to be killed or injured by cars or trucks than they are to injure pedestrians. Studies suggest motorists and pedestrians break rules at similar rates to cyclists.

While e-scooters are more problematic in safety terms – Paris has ended its rental e-scooter scheme – e-bikes' benefits overall outweigh their risks. So what might Rapinese's counterparts elsewhere do to make them safer?

They should start by clamping down on illegal e-bikes modified to defeat

Given the scrutiny they are under, cyclists could help their own cause by avoiding the temptation to break rules

speed limiters that are far more dangerous and give such vehicles a bad name. For legal rental e-bikes it makes sense, as in many central London boroughs, to have mandatory parking zones, enforced by operators through GPS tracking, to avoid carelessly parked cycles creating hazards. Fines should be better enforced for infringements such as jumping red lights or pavement riding. Rental bikes could be required to display a large and visible ID number. "Geofencing" can be used to create go-slow or no-ride zones in city squares, pedestrianised areas or parks.

Given the scrutiny they are under, cyclists could help their own cause by avoiding the temptation to break rules, and could reduce their injury risk by always wearing helmets. But the best way to improve safety is to continue adapting street layouts to improve separation between — and encourage good behaviour by — different types of road users. That would leave even less need for bans like the one in Como.

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US manufacturing is booming in spite of tariffs

Tej Parikh

U

S manufacturing is showing signs of a revival. After six months of expansion, factory activity surged to its strongest in more than four years in July. So far this year, production has edged higher, around 30,000 new jobs have been created, and just this month industrial titans Siemens, Amazon and SK Hynix unveiled hefty investment plans.

For the Maga movement this is evidence that President Donald Trump's protectionism-powered “renaissance” of American manufacturing is taking shape. Speaking at a General Motors plant in Michigan in July, Trump said that his “historic tariffs” were reviving the nation’s industrial heartlands.

But this claim is a rather disingenuous reading of the data. American manufacturing is resurgent despite

The resurgence that the Trump administration is touting isn't the one it advertised

the president's protectionist measures, not because of them. Nor does the boom look much like the one he promised.

For starters, since Trump's second term began, uniquely strong demand conditions in two sectors have underpinned the expansion of industrial output, rather than a surge in tariff-related onshoring. The first is computer and electronic products, which includes the chips and servers feeding the ongoing AI frenzy. Next is aerospace, where aircraft backlogs – most notably at Boeing – are being filled and global conflict is swelling defence order books.

Demand for other components used to build data centres, such as transformers, cooling equipment and cement, has helped to prop up broader US industrial output.

Crucially, AI and aerospace inputs have benefited from significant carve-outs from the administration's various tariff schemes. By contrast, sectors facing some of the highest duties – including textiles, furniture and wood – have contributed little to output, or have shrunk, according to data compiled by Scott Lincicome, vice-president at the Cato Institute. Indeed, since Trump's second inauguration, manufacturers' earnings reports have repeatedly cited the squeeze of duties on their profit margins, both directly and via their domestic supply chains.

There is another inconvenient data point for tariff backers. If tariffs were driving a broad reshoring boom, one would expect domestic production to displace imports. Instead, the manufacturing revival has dovetailed with a notable pick-up in purchases from abroad. The strength in US capital goods imports since January last year has been driven by demand for components linked to AI.

The timing of this year's surge in manufacturing is perhaps most damning for the protectionists' cause. The jump in production since January has coincided with a drop in the effective duty rate and the easing of trade uncertainty following the Supreme Court's decision in February to strike down the bulk of Trump's "liberation day" tariffs.

That's not to say tariffs have delivered none of Trump's vaunted benefits. The small gain in jobs this year may be linked to insulation from foreign competition in a few sectors. Tariffs have also compelled some companies to make commitments to build US factories. That said, eye-catching investment pledges often have a patchy record of panning out, and annual private expenditure on new factory construction has continued to fall since Trump's return to the White House.

"The AI build-out, aircraft backorders, tax deductions for capital expenditure in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and even the Iran war are driving the recent US manufacturing surge," says Lincicome. "Tariffs have mostly been a headwind." Getting the narrative straight matters. Reports on Thursday suggested that the administration was mulling new duties on semiconductors. Doing so would only impede a sector that is helping to drive US manufacturing output.

Still, it is no surprise that the White House is using the topline data to promote its performance ahead of the midterms. The irony is that the manufacturing resurgence the administration is touting isn't the one it advertised. Even with this year's bounce, manufacturing employment is 82,000 below its level when Trump's second term began. It has not brought back the labour-intensive production lines that the president's team promised. Instead, it has been high-tech output, produced largely by machines drawing on foreign parts in industries that require skilled workers.

In other words, Trump's tariffs are proving a blunt tool for reviving his nostalgic vision of manufacturing. America's industrial strengths are proving resilient in spite of them – and would have been stronger still without them.

tej.parikh@ft.com

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What Baumol's disease tells us about the productivity puzzle

Chrystia Freeland is right (“Unhappy voters are suffering from ‘Baumol’s disease’”, Opinion, FT Weekend, August 15) that economist William Baumol’s cost disease theory poses a structural challenge for public services. But it is worth being careful about what follows from that diagnosis.

Public-service productivity is not simply a question of how much human labour is required to perform a task. It also matters how effectively public money is turned into services, and whether those services ultimately

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America's census and its role in the Constitution

Regarding Gillian Tett's Weekend Essay on President Trump's bid to reform the 10-year census and the explosive politics behind who gets included and who gets to decide, my observation is that tinkering with the census is a sideshow ("Who counts in Trump's America?", The Weekend Essay, August 22).

The greater travesty is that 435 seats in the House of Representatives cannot possibly “represent” 330mn Americans. Nor were they supposed to. The Constitution had specified that House seats be distributed among the states based on population. Yet in 1929 House membership was frozen at 435 by statute.

The combination of steadily increasing population and a fixed number of representatives has yielded two results. First, power has shifted from the people to a political class and its masters. The average district size has ballooned from 241,000 to 761,000 between 1920 and 2020 diluting the value of each vote.

Between 1929 and 2025, federal government spending as a per cent of GDP climbed from 3 per cent to 23 per cent making the holder of each House seat significantly more influential. Increased congressional districts would reverse the flow – empowering voters and diluting each representative's importance.

Second, because it is mathematically impossible to apportion 435 seats among the 50 states, the House and its derivative, the electoral college, fail to conform to the Constitution. While the 991,000 people of Delaware share a single representative, each of Montana's two districts contains only 543,000 constituents. Other states range between the two extremes.

The census has failed in its primary constitutional role. From 1790 through 1910, every 10 years the number of seats increased and were redistributed among the states so that each person was represented in the House more of less equally. No longer.

"Who Counts in America?" is a question about a great deal more than data collection.
Gail L Johnson
Ewing, NJ, US

Homer Simpson on mind-body dualism

In Jan Farrell's account of “the troubling vocabulary of machine consciousness” (Letters, FT Weekend, August 22) there is more than a whiff of Gilbert Ryle's “ghost in the machine”.

This was the British philosopher's disparaging term for René Descartes' "cogito, ergo sum" argument, that assumes the mind is a non-physical entity residing in a physical body.

If there is room for questioning the assumption, then the assertion

achieve the outcomes they are intended to produce.

Freeland's example of childbirth shows why this distinction matters. A woman in labour may need a midwife by her side for an hour, two hours or much longer. That time is not inefficiency; it is the care itself. But if another woman is waiting for a bed because someone who is ready to go home is still waiting to be discharged, that is a different productivity problem. Freeland is persuasive on why the first becomes more expensive.


Homer Simpson: 'What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind'

becomes “I think therefore I am, I think”. This in turn would become “dubito, ergo sum” – “I doubt therefore I am”. By a similar twist of logic that would become “I doubt, therefore I doubt that I am”.

Perhaps the American thinker Homer Simpson had the more elegant solution: "What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind." Austen Lynch Garstang, Lancashire, UK

Our rivers need more than well-run water companies

Gill Plimmer's magazine piece on the fight to save England's rivers ("A river runs through it", Spectrum, Arts & Life, August 22) makes telling points about the failure of the privatised water companies to provide the investment required to protect our rivers.

But even with the best-run water companies in the world, our rivers would still be in a parlous state, and the article therefore misrepresents the true challenge they face.

The view from the River Brent in north west London shows that our rivers are also despoiled by town planners, who treat them merely as drains, by builders who plumb foul waste directly into them, by building inspectors and local authorities who fail to do anything about it, by businesses who dump food and other waste into surface water drains, by casual flytippers, by the heedless use of forever chemicals, by road designers and drivers whose toxic tyre waste is washed into rivers every time it rains, and by those who flush wet wipes unthinkingly down their toilets.

The future of our rivers lies in all of our hands, and it is up to us to decide what kind of value we want to give them. The available evidence suggests that value is currently low. Ben Morris

Founder of CURB, Clean Up the River Brent, London W13, UK

But the harder public-sector productivity question is why the second is allowed to persist.

That is where the policy focus should shift. Too often the response is still a blanket demand to do more with fewer staff.

A more useful question is where, along the delivery of a public service, productivity is actually being lost: in the cost of inputs, in how organisations turn those inputs into services, or in whether those services achieve their intended outcomes. Baumol's

Founding Fathers and English Georgian summers

I really enjoy Robin Lane Fox's gardening column on a Saturday ("A French revolution", House & Home, August 22). However regarding his comments that the Georgian public did not visit gardens until late in the 19th century, I would refer him to Abigail (Nabby) Adams Smith, daughter of John Adams, the future US president, who wrote to her brother John Quincy in July 1786, after visiting and staying at The Hyde, Ingatestone here in Essex with her father: "Viewing the Houses and Gardens of Noblemen, constitutes one of the principle Summer amusements of this Country. Natives as well as strangers, and the Gardens of all the Nobility are open to the Letter . . . The Houses are generally seen only by Tickets from the Owner." (Massachusetts Historical Soc.)

Adams and Jefferson had already done the rounds of some English houses and gardens while staying in London. The Adams party also visited Lord Petre's nearby Thorndon Hall, now converted to flats. Sadly no ticket will get you to visit The Hyde and gardens today. The house was destroyed by fire in 1965 and demolished soon after. Robert Fletcher Ingatestone, Essex, UK

Imagining what Kublai Khan said to Marco Polo

Janan Ganesh invites us to reflect on a recurring question: "Which is the next No 1 city on Earth?" (Opinion, Life & Arts, August 15). There are many plausible candidates, yet none seems entirely convincing.

Perhaps ranking cities cannot answer his question. Consider Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities (Le città invisibili, 1972). In the book, the ageing Mongol emperor Kublai Khan – Genghis Khan's grandson and the founder of China's Yuan dynasty – questions the Venetian merchant Marco Polo about the territories of his vast empire.

Instead of describing geographical locations, Polo evokes imaginary cities associated with memory, desire, death, language and time. His accounts become reflections on cities and the human experience.

In one dialogue (chapter three), Polo tells Kublai: "You take delight not in a city's seven or seventy-seven wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours." Kublai adds: "Or the question it asks you, forcing you to answer, like Thebes through the mouth of the Sphinx."

Perhaps therein lies an answer to Ganesh's question – and to many others like it. The world's "No 1 city" depends on the question we bring to it, and the question it asks of us – not simply on its seven or 77 wonders. Alessandro Lomi Ravenna, Italy

constraint does not apply equally to every part of that chain.

That distinction matters for Freeland's wider argument about democratic dissatisfaction. The political risk is to mistake higher cost for lower performance: Baumol can make services more expensive without making them worse, while poor organisation can make them worse for reasons Baumol does not explain. Nina Jörden Bennett School of Public Policy.

Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK

Musk Sr's 'state of Britain' lament inspires this reader

Errol Musk is an unlikely advocate for rewilding (“I’m Elon’s father, not his pal”, Lunch with the FT, Life & Arts, August 22), yet I was enthralled by David Pilling’s interview with the SpaceX billionaire’s father.

Gripping and brilliant in equal measure, it revealed at least as much about Elon Musk as Vladimir Putin's "cornered rat" story did about the Russian leader.

Errol's opinions on Putin, the British far-right activist Tommy Robinson and South African apartheid had me reading with my head in my hands but when it came to the state of Britain his description filled me with glee, "unkempt roadsides, weeds growing out everywhere".

In this drought our verges harbour wild creatures that otherwise would not survive. As for the weeds, to coin a phrase in keeping with Errol's tone — in Britain's dried out land they're "the last man standing".

Nature Writer and Performance Poet, Broad Chalke, Wiltshire, UK

Textile artist's shout-out for Bayeux's embroiderers

In her feature on the style credentials of those who made the Bayeux Tapestry, one group Constance Ayrton fails to credit is the skilled English embroiderers whose needlework was famous across Europe at the time ("Dressed to conquer: the fashion of 1066", Style, Life & Arts, August 22).

Bishop Odo of Bayeux commissioned the embroidery for his new cathedral and Queen Matilda (wife of William the Conqueror) and her court ladies took the credit!

Many historians believe it was stitched in Canterbury — so it's more or less "coming home".

Today in England, embroidery and textile work continues to thrive, going from strength to strength with imagination and flair.
Penny Jolley
Textile Artist, Brixham, Devon, UK

Poignant memories of a Chagall show

Jackie Wullschläger wrote of “Chagall and Magritte – beloved painters who have not had London museum shows in, respectively, 40 and 50 years”.

The Royal Academy held an exhibition of Chagall's works entitled "Marc Chagall – Love and the Stage" in the autumn of 1998 – 28 years ago. Perhaps this doesn't qualify as a major exhibition.

But I can remember it clearly, not least because I visited it as part of a first date with the woman who became my wife!

Jon Gundry London HA6, UK

Tough-on-Russia son of a philosopher is seeking the presidency amid a populist rise. By Adrienne Klasa and Sarah White

ost politicians launch their campaigns from a podium. Raphaël Glucksmann began his bid for the French presidency this week by climbing an 80-metre wind turbine. “I’m not afraid, I can’t wait to be at the top,” said the newly declared candidate, clad in a helmet and harness. Back on the ground, he promised a “100-day environmental revolution” if elected in 2027 to fight climate change and wean France off fossil fuels.

After one of France's hottest summers on record and devastating wildfires, the issue puts him at the forefront of public debates. But his bid for the Élysée faces formidable odds: the French left has not reached a presidential run-off since 2012. With the far right's Marine Le Pen all but certain to secure one of two places in next May's run-off, Glucksmann will also be squeezed by Jean-Luc Mélenchon's radical left, which is gaining in the polls, and Emmanuel Macron's centrist heirs.

Glucksmann, 46, a writer and activist turned EU parliamentarian who launched his own party Place Publique in 2018, gained national prominence after leading a joint list with the Socialists to come third in European elections two years ago. Though awkward at times – his primetime announcement of his candidacy appeared heavily rehearsed – advocates say his convictions come through.

"I don't come from the usual political mould," Glucksmann told TF1 news. "I wasn't a parliamentary attaché at 20 or an official in a political party, I was standing beside people who had escaped genocide in Rwanda, and opponents of Russian imperialism in Georgia and Ukraine."

“Many French people no longer believe in politics because it’s not sincere. It’s good to have a fresh start with someone sincere,” said close ally Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the Socialist mayor of Rouen. Yet an elite, intellectual background may not always play in his favour, and some positions irk leftist voters, who have accused him of being too pro-Israel, too pro-nuclear power, and not radical enough on the economy.

He forms a power couple with his partner Léa Salamé, one of France's best-known broadcast journalists, who stepped down from anchoring her primetime news show for the duration of his candidacy. Paris Match splashed photographs of the pair on the beach in Corsica on the cover in August just beneath images of Macron on a jet ski. Glucksmann has a slight “champagne socialist” air that could hurt him, said Daniel Boy of Sciences Po.

Glucksmann was born just outside Paris to activist, intellectual parents. His late father, André Glucksmann, was a well-known philosopher who broke with his early dabblings with communism to become an anti-Maoist leftist for most of his life, like his wife, Françoise, also an activist and a screenwriter. The Glucksmann household played host to a rotating cast of activists and political outcasts. His late mother, whom he called “Fanfan”, has described

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The new hope of the French left

how a five-year-old Raphaël would lie on the floor with his father discussing the non-existence of God.

Glucksmann's outspoken critiques of Russia come from formative experiences in Kyiv during the Orange revolution in 2004 and in Georgia, advising then president Mikheil Saakashvili following Russia's 2008 invasion.

His early warnings to the EU about Russian interference and advocacy for China's Uyghur minority are examples of his steadfast views, his backers say. "He's someone who is tenacious, determined. When he takes on a subject — even if it's not fashionable, even if no one cares — he'll be right," said Aurore Lalucq, a Place Publique MP in Brussels.

Early polls show that Glucksmann's campaign has a long road ahead. A survey this week put him fourth at 11 per cent in first-round voting intentions, behind Le Pen, Mélenchon and former Macron prime minister Édouard Philippe. Yet in a hypothetical run-off against Le Pen, he performed substantially better than Mélenchon.

“What is different this time is that the RN doesn’t just have a foot in the door, they have nine-and-a-half toes in at the Élysée,” said Mayer-Rossignol. “The left needs to ask itself if it wants to win. I’m not interested in being the best-looking corpse in the graveyard.”

Glucksmann's first test will be an

'Many people no longer believe in politics. It's good to have a fresh start with someone sincere'

October primary against other Socialist candidates for the centre-left nomination. But his biggest task is to close the gap with Mélenchon by persuading leftwing voters that he offers their best chance of reaching the run-off, said Mathieu Gallard of Ipsos. Glucksmann is not yet known as a national politician and his message is less closely aligned with voters' traditional priorities like cost of living, he added.

At a conference organised by the main business lobby this week, Glucksmann drew applause for his attacks on Le Pen's bid to curb immigration to cut France's debt. But he also highlighted his fight against “the religion of free trade” and promised to create a society of “workers not trustafarians and heirs”, notably via a new tax on inheritances over €2mn.

During the Covid pandemic, Glucksmann advocated cancelling Eurozone sovereign debt held by the European Central Bank, although he now opposes Mélenchon's attempt to revive a similar idea. "There are still some rough edges in his programme," said one executive.

Glucksmann is determined to beat the odds. “The illusion of the global village, where Europe is the butt of the joke, is over,” he told business leaders on Thursday. “We are a vast country with a gigantic destiny that is not yet over; let us not give in to defeatism.”

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Zero-sum thinking is fuelling resentment

SOCIETY

Camilla Cavendish

he age of prepping is upon us. In Sweden, a brochure instructs citizens to keep at least a week's supply of water and food "in case of

crisis or war". Similar leaflets have been issued to Norwegians, Danes and Finns, and are online in the UK. Even without Russian aggression, cyber attacks and extreme weather mean such precautions are no longer the preserve of doomsday survivalists hoarding baked beans and duct tape. But in such a crisis, social solidarity would also matter. So it's worrying that we seem increasingly suspicious of one another.

A good deal of public discourse now feels framed as zero sum: the assumption that one group must lose in order for another to gain. It's common to suggest that immigrants are taking our jobs, the wealthy are getting even richer at others' expense, or that female workers are hurting employment prospects for men.

It's as if we are stuck in a game of musical chairs, with too few seats and some players doomed to miss out. The idea that we can expand the circle, that entrepreneurs can spread prosperity, is getting lost. And, worryingly, there is evidence that this kind of thinking undermines willingness to co-operate.

Zero-sum thinking is not new. But it seems to be on the rise, especially among the young. An analysis of English language books finds the use of “zero-sum” terminology has leapt since 1990, pulling far ahead of “positive-sum” descriptions.

Economists Stefanie Stantcheva and Sahil Chinoy have found that American Gen Z and millennials are far more likely than Gen X and baby boomers to imagine the world is a fixed pie, and not just if they're poor: those making \$100,000 a year feel aggrieved, and postgraduates even more so. Residents of big cities displayed the highest tendency for zero-sum thinking: mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected by New Yorkers who see themselves as losing out. Older people tend to have a more expansive mindset – apart from Donald Trump, whose zero-sum tariffs are making US consumers poorer.

Stuttering economic growth since the 2008 crash and anxiety about a precarious world can make the young more likely to see resources as scarce. Researchers suggest this may be down to very real competition in job markets, university admissions and housing.

There is also evidence that beliefs about social mobility can be self-fulfilling. When presented with a fictional company where highly rated employees got bonuses and low-rated ones didn't, young people in a recent University of Chicago experiment tended to assume

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Such mindsets are not always irrational. The postwar international order was built on the idea that interdependence would boost opportunities for all, and so it did. But, as the century ended, the tide of globalisation was not lifting all boats.

Moreover, across the west, pensions have strained the social contract, charging dwindling numbers of working-age people to support growing numbers of retirees. In big cities where Harvard found the strongest zero-sum mindsets, planning restrictions are a major constraint on housing supply. A reckoning is due, but inequality will not be reduced by penalising success.

If we are not careful, we are heading for a future that is poorer both economically and culturally.

In a study of 57 nations, those who agreed that “if someone gets richer, it means somebody else gets poorer” also tended to be more cynical about institutions and less likely to volunteer. This bodes ill for the social fabric. Indaventently, this also increases the pressure to expand government. According to Stantcheva and Chinoy, zero-sum thinking is strongly associated with support for government redistribution as well as calls for immigration restrictions: cutting across partisan lines, yet an ever-expanding state is likely to entrench managed decline.

How do we move from a conversation

How do we move from a conversation about who gets the biggest slice to how do we increase the pie?

about “who gets the biggest slice” to “how do we increase the pie”? It’s easier for politicians to indulge in the politics of grievance than to build voter confidence that we can grow our way out of this. It’s especially challenging when trust is falling in authorities and employers, belief that leaders lie to us is at an all-time high and large majorities think the wealthy take more than their fair share, according to the Edelman Trust Barometer.

Confidence comes from effective policy. We can build affordable housing that is attractive and doesn't upset the neighbours. We can tackle climate change while also creating jobs, and welcome entrepreneurs, not drive them abroad.

The Swedish leaflet on emergencies emphasises “we must all help each other”. The British equivalent says to “find out if you are eligible for a priority service register”. There’s nothing wrong with extra help for the vulnerable in a crisis: it was vital in the pandemic. But I can’t help feeling that someone in authority has already given up on us trusting one another.

camilla.cavendish@ft.com

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Saudi Arabia replaces head of real estate project in shake-up

- New Murabba removes UK-born CEO - PIF conducts review of subsidiaries


A gate to the New Murabba mega-project in Riyadh, which includes plans for a 400-metre by 400-metre structure known as the 'Mukaab' — Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters

ANDREW ENGLAND — LONDON

Saudi Arabia has replaced the chief executive of one of Riyadh's flagship real estate mega-projects in the latest sign of a shake-up of the sprawling portfolio of subsidiaries owned by the country's sovereign wealth fund.

Michael Dyke, a Briton who had been head of New Murabba for less than three years and was previously involved in the UK's High Speed 2 rail project, has been replaced by Sabah Barakat.

A veteran of Saudi's Public Investment Fund, Barakat has taken over as acting CEO of the more than \$50bn project, which includes ambitious plans for a 400-metre by 400-metre cube structure known as the "Mukaab".

The move comes after the PIF, which is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, conducted a review of the more than 100 portfolio companies and projects it has launched over the past decade, many of which have suffered delays and cost overruns.

Under pressure to deliver returns after a massive decade-long spending spree, the near \$1tn sovereign fund has been reassessing its projects as it decides which should be prioritised and which should be scaled down or held back.

"The PIF has had a big shift in strategy. I think there's a clear emphasis away from these large-scale speculative, infrastructure-heavy projects and a greater reliance on Saudi-based leadership and capability," said a person familiar with the matter.

"There's a general trend towards trying to reduce the expat exposure across all of the portfolio companies as there's a contraction across the projects."

The sovereign fund has this year replaced foreign executives at several of its companies, including Alat, launched with a pledge to invest \$100bn by 2030 in advanced manufacturing. Some of the kingdom's grandiose development projects, including Prince Mohammed's Neom development, are also being downsized or delayed.

The PIF has been spearheading the crown prince's development plans, but its priorities have shifted as it seeks to manage its vast financial commitments and prepare the kingdom for Expo 2030 and the Fifa World Cup in 2034.

Dyke, who was appointed in December 2023, was previously a managing director at Balfour Beatty VINCI, where he was responsible for that company's interests in Britain's HS2 rail project, which has been blighted by massive cost

'There's a general trend towards trying to reduce the expat exposure across all portfolio companies'

overruns and delays.

Prince Mohammed announced the launch of New Murabba in February 2023 with the goal of developing “the world’s largest modern downtown” in Riyadh as part of his Vision 2030 plan to transform the kingdom.

Its centrepiece was supposed to be the Mukaab, touted as being one of the world's largest built structures, but it has been delayed, according to the person familiar with the matter.

The person said the leadership changes were part of “a process of consolidation” in the PIF domestic real estate portfolio. One of the reasons for the leadership changes was that the “costs had blown out on” the Mukaab “in the order of about 100 per cent, and progress had stalled”.

They added that the master plan for New Murabba, which has a target of accommodating more than 280,000 people on completion in 2040, was approved by its board earlier in the year and was expected to proceed on “a staged basis”. Knight Frank estimated in 2023 that New Murabba would cost \$50bn.

New Murabba told the FT that Barakat's appointment had happened "in accordance with the company's governance framework and is consistent with its long-term strategic plans. The company's operations, partnerships and strategic direction remain firmly in place".

Barakat is also listed as acting CEO of Roshn, a real estate developer that is one of the PIF's five so-called "gigaprojects". A British-born CEO of Roshn, David Grover, was fired in 2024.

Anthropic launches first AI tool for physical world

ing and repeating experiments in a simi-lar way to humans.

MADHUMITA MURGIA — LONDON

Anthropic is launching a research system that allows its software to control scientific and engineering devices to conduct experiments, marking its first tool designed to operate in the physical world.

The advance comes as the Claude chatbot maker seeks to expand its enterprise business and boost revenues with new applications in manufacturing, robotics and pharmaceuticals, ahead of its planned initial public offering, which could value the company at \$2tn.

The new tool, called Model Hardware Standard, enables AI agents to autonomously operate devices that can be programmed using computer code, ranging from complex microscopes to liquid handlers, lasers and robotic arms.

"The conceptual leap here is going from Claude agents working in the digital world [of] analysis, hypothesis generation . . . to do experiments in the physical world, in the lab," said Jonah Cool, who leads partnerships and deployment for science at Anthropic.

For instance, advanced microscopes can be composed of hundreds of mirrors, motors and lasers that are normally operated by expert engineers. "Claude is now able to directly talk to and control all of those individual mirrors," Cool added.

Anthropic has been testing the technology with a small group of labs and hardware manufacturers in biotech, robotics and quantum computing, including the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Genentech and QuEra. The scientists observed the AI agents tracking, adjust-

Alek Kemeny, an Anthropic scientist, said he observed Claude looking at live brain tissue for the first time during a neuroscience experiment, and asked it to find the alveus, part of the brain that he had not heard of before. "[Claude] was able to successfully manipulate all the different mirrors and lasers to find the focus on the correct part of the brain, and the neuroscientist sitting there said: 'Yep, that's right,'" he said.

Anthropic says it plans to make this

Anthropic's new tool can control scientific and engineering devices to conduct experiments

new technology open source, but not until it has worked to safeguard the system from making unforced errors.

Dario Amodei, chief executive, said society lacked awareness of the risks AI posed around biology compared with cyber security. AI developers have cautioned that bad actors could use models to create novel diseases or bioweapons.

In June, Anthropic launched Claude Science, its first product dedicated to scientists, with use cases including rendering 3D protein structures and drug discovery.

AI has become increasingly important to drug research. Eli Lilly has partnered with AI chipmaker Nvidia and invested in Insilico Medicine, a company focused on AI for drug discovery. Additional reporting by Cristina Criddle Legal battle page 15

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Walmart settles DoJ lawsuit over painkiller prescriptions

Retail & consumer

ELLA LEE — WASHINGTON

Walmart has settled with the US Department of Justice to resolve a lawsuit that accused the retailer of unlawfully filling prescriptions for painkillers, fuelling the nation's opioid epidemic.

The DoJ confirmed the settlement, though the terms of the agreement were not immediately available. Court filings showed the federal government agreed to dismiss the case.

"We will continue to hold accountable companies and individuals whose unlawful prescribing, marketing, dispensing or distributing practices contributed to the opioid crisis and put American communities at risk," a DoJ spokesperson said. Walmart did not respond to a request for comment.

The US government sued Walmart in December 2020 alleging the company filled invalid prescriptions and failed to report orders of opioids and other drugs that were suspicious. The lawsuit followed a multiyear probe by the DoJ.

The suit said Walmart's managers made it “exceedingly difficult” for its pharmacists to comply with legal requirements for filling prescriptions by pressuring them to do so “as quickly as possible”.

Walmart had preemptively sued the DoJ and US Drug Enforcement Agency in October 2020 and suggested that its pharmacists were put in an impossible bind by federal authorities.

The retailer said at the time that it had blocked “thousands of questionable doctors from having their opioid prescriptions filled”. The suit was thrown out in 2021.

The company stood to face billions of dollars in penalties if found liable. In 2022, Walmart separately said it would pay \$3.1bn to settle states' claims it contributed to the opioid crisis by failing to regulate prescriptions for the highly addictive drugs at its stores.

Between 1999 and 2023, deaths caused by drug overdoses increased by about 520 per cent, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Annual deaths started to decline after 2022.

Energy. Branding

Fusion start-ups reject ‘nuclear’ label in effort to alter perceptions over risk

Groups set to enjoy lighter US regulation by creating distance

with conventional fission plants

RYOHTAROH SATOH — LONDON

For fusion start-ups, one of the industry's biggest breakthroughs may have come not in physics but in branding.

Years of efforts to distance themselves from conventional nuclear power are beginning to pay off as US regulators prepare rules that would separate fusion and place it under a lighter licensing regime.

The industry's best-funded companies and leading trade groups avoid the use of terms such as “nuclear” and even “reactor”, arguing that they wrongly evoke the risks associated with conventional nuclear power. “Smart marketing” as one veteran fusion investor put it.

The debate comes as billions of dollars pour into fusion, which seeks to replicate the process that powers the sun by fusing atomic nuclei rather than splitting atoms, as in conventional nuclear power plants.

More than 50 start-ups are racing to commercialise the technology, with Google and Microsoft among those backing companies in the hope of securing abundant clean energy for power-hungry AI.

A US government laboratory has demonstrated that a so-called net energy gain is possible through fusion, but no company has yet proved it can build a commercially viable power plant.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) was among the earliest companies to deliberately distance fusion from the language of nuclear power, according to executives and industry watchers. The US company is one of the sector's biggest players, with about \$4bn in funding and backing from Google.

Bob Mumgaard, chief executive, said the debate over whether to describe fusion as “nuclear” began about a decade ago. Fusion should “stand on its own” and be “judged on its merits”, rather than be defined by a term that “carries the good and bad” of the nuclear industry, he said.

Helion Energy, backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, similarly argues that “the common perceptions of ‘nuclear power’ do not apply to fusion”

and refers to its machines as "generators" rather than reactors.

Some executives dismiss the term "reactor" altogether, saying it has little meaning outside engineering.

"Beer is technically made in a reactor," one executive said. "Most people aren't nuclear physicists."

Fusion joins atomic nuclei rather than splitting them as conventional nuclear fission plants do. Although both are technically nuclear reactions, fusion cannot sustain the runaway chain reaction that characterises fission.

The proposed rules by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) would regulate fusion facilities more like particle accelerators than nuclear plants, allowing many projects to fall under state rather than federal oversight.

That could give fusion companies an advantage as states compete to become the first "fusion state" by offering streamlined permits.


Commonwealth Fusion Systems has about \$4bn in funding — Cassandra Klos/Bloomberg

Christina England-Livengood, a partner at White & Case and a former NRC lawyer who helped to develop the regulatory framework for Congress in 2023, said that the industry's advocacy “definitely” influenced the policy discussion as the commission considered a separate regulatory pathway for fusion.

It laid the foundation for the rules now being finalised, she said, adding that industry input helped regulators to “see the rest of the picture” at an agency that was traditionally “very closed”.

The Fusion Industry Association, which was one of the leading voices advocating for a separation of fusion from conventional nuclear power regulations, also makes “conscious decisions” to avoid the use of the term “nuclear” and “reactor”, said Andrew Holland, its chief executive.

The distinction is crucial for fusion companies, which have attracted more than \$11.5bn in private funding to date, according to PitchBook, and are racing to connect commercial power plants to the grid. It could spare them the lengthy licensing process designed for nuclear fission reactors.

The industry's argument rests on technical differences. Fusion systems still use radioactive fuels such as tritium, and structural materials become radioactive after prolonged neutron exposure. Even so, the International Atomic Energy Agency describes fusion as “inherently safe” because the reaction cannot sustain a runaway chain reaction.

Fuels such as tritium have a half-life of 12.3 years and are generally far easier to manage than many radioactive materials produced by fission reactors, some of which remain hazardous for millions of years.

Colin McNally, a fusion physicist, argued that, despite tritium's relatively short half-life, the need for an on-site inventory would inevitably become a political issue as companies sought to build larger power plants.

"There's a difference between poisoning the landscape for 20,000 years and causing people damage for 10 years," he said, adding that harming people for a decade was still bad.

CFS chief executive Mumgaard was steadfast. "Fusion deserves to be its own thing," he said. "So we should make language that highlights that."

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French challenger sees opening to unseat Palantir in Europe

Silvano Sansoni Group general manager, ChapsVision

A little-known French software group is seeking to position itself as the European answer to Palantir as governments across the region try to cut their reliance on US tech companies.

ChapsVision, which won a French government contract in June to replace Palantir at the country's domestic intelligence agency, is in talks with governments across the EU and competing for major German defence and police contracts.

Its pitch is that Europe's sovereignty concerns, combined with growing unease over Palantir's political ties and operating model, have created an opening for a European-owned data platform.

"We are not, and we do not wish to be, a black box . . . Our algorithms, our architecture, and our code are transparent. They are open," ChapsVision group general manager Silvano Sansoni told the FT.

The French project includes contracts to create the data infrastructure for all government ministries and about 50 public agencies, setting up a wide-ranging test case for whether a sovereign solution can be deployed at this scale.

Palantir, whose software is widely used by US defence and intelligence agencies, has faced growing scrutiny in parts of Europe as governments reassess their dependence on US technology companies.

Germany's armed forces have excluded Palantir from contracts, while officials in Denmark and the Netherlands have also said they want to uncouple from the US-based software group.

Swiss authorities have declined to adopt its software, while in the UK a £330mn deal for the health service has faced significant scrutiny and London's mayor vetoed a £50mn contract with the city's Metropolitan Police.

Beyond the sovereignty argument, ChapsVision is also challenging Palantir's business model. Sansoni said ChapsVision's software did not require the long-term dependence on embedded engineers that has become a hallmark of Palantir's approach.

ChapsVision general manager Silvano Sansoni. The group's clients include L'Oréal, below Julien De Rosa/AFP/Getty Images

"Our goal is to transfer the skills to the client and then move on to the next project. We, as a software publisher, don't aim to stay with the client for 10 or 40 years and, so to speak, take over their business. This is somewhat different from Palantir's approach."

Paris-based ChapsVision, whose name derives from the first initials of founder Olivier Dellenbach's children, started out in 2019 developing tools for financial services.

It has since grown to about €200mn in annual revenues,

Ecoohm in annual revenues, with much of that growth coming from acquisitions. It has made nearly 30 acquisitions to date, buying in expertise in areas including translation AI, defence software and semantic search as it tries to become a European data champion.

While half of its business is from the public sector, it also works for large companies such as Pfizer, LVMH, L'Oréal, Airbus, Safran, ExxonMobil, Total and AstraZeneca. With backing from investors including Bpifrance, Tikehau, Jolt and Qalium, ChapsVision is considering a potential initial public offering by the end of the decade.

Europe's drive for tech sovereignty has already helped the company win a German intelligence contract this year. It is also competing with Palantir for two major German contracts, covering North Rhine-Westphalia police and the Bundeswehr.

The introduction of ChapsVision's software across France's domestic intelligence agency will test whether

'The product is ready, we have worked on it for four years . . . but the client determines the timeline'

the country can replace a critical US software platform with a domestic alternative after years of mixed success with state-backed digital projects.

Under French President Emmanuel Macron, France has sought to champion domestic technologies, though several state-backed digital projects have suffered from fragmented procurement, technical flaws or limited adoption.

"The move from Palantir to ChapsVision is first and foremost a political manoeuvre," said Charles Thibout, an expert in digital transformations and technology at the Institute for International and

Strategic Relations. "The question we can ask ourselves is whether this is truly a strategic choice, informed by a clear awareness of the stakes and ChapsVision's technological capabilities, or rather a public relations move to silence criticism about the government's close ties with major American tech companies."

The migration from Palantir to ChapsVision's tools in French intelligence is expected to take up to two years while the government expands computing capacity, transfers intelligence data and trains officials.

"The product is ready, we have worked on it for four years . . . but it is the client who determines the timeline," said Sansoni, adding that the company's "goal" now was to secure further large-scale public projects.

ChapsVision still faces an uphill battle against its much bigger rival Palantir, which has a market cap of \$418bn and reported annual revenues of \$4.5bn last year.

Sansoni noted that “humility is important”, given ChapsVision is up against a company with “much larger investments”.

“But we have still managed to position ourselves on differentiating factors for customers. We have mainly looked for the areas where one would say Palantir is less effective.”

BUSINESS

WEEK IN REVIEW

Meta settles

Meta agreed to pay up to \$18bn to settle its blockbuster legal battle with US states over alleged failures of child protection and social media addiction, in one of the largest legal settlements by a US company.

- European football's governing body Uefa is preparing a criminal complaint against Gianni Infantino over the Fifa president's failed plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors.

- Lego is to boost investment in products such as software-enabled bricks as the world's largest toy group reported revenues up by more than a fifth to a record DKr42bn (\$6.6bn) in the first half.

- OnlyFans, the British streaming platform used by sex workers, paid out more than \$700mn in dividends to its owner, Ukrainian-American entrepreneur Leonid Radvinsky, before his death from cancer earlier this year.

- Nvidia boosted its forecast for AI chip sales next year as the \$5tn tech giant beat Wall Street expectations to report quarterly revenue of \$96.2bn and projected sales of about \$108bn for the current quarter.

- Jes Staley, the former JPMorgan executive who went on to lead Barclays, told US lawmakers he did not connect Jeffrey Epstein's large cash withdrawals from JPMorgan Chase with his sex offences, saying it

Jes Staley told US lawmakers he did not link Jeffrey Epstein's large cash withdrawals from JPMorgan Chase with his sex offences

was “incredible” that the financier continued to abuse minors after his release from prison.

- Deloitte agreed to pay the US government \$21.5mn to settle claims that its diversity practices were discriminatory as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on corporate hiring practices.

- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said certain jobs should be designated as “human reserved” to stop them being replaced by AI, warning that governments were not prepared for the “turbulent times” that the technology would bring.

- Liquidators of Evergrande can pursue PwC globally for audit failings at the Chinese property group, a Hong Kong judge ruled, in a case that will test the Big Four firm's partnership network model.

COMPANIES & MARKETS

Bankers cash in on Italy's wealth boom during talent bidding war

Private lenders are paying huge upfront sums for key personnel with ultra-high-net-worth clients

ORTENCA ALIAJ AND MERCEDES RUEHL MILAN

Alberica Brivio Sforza, the head of private banking at Lombard Odier in Italy, had been in negotiations for months with a small group of bankers catering to ultra-high-net-worth clients.

But just as she was nearing a deal to poach them from Italian rival Mediobanca, another lender stepped in with an offer they could not refuse.

BNP Paribas offered the bankers a contract that paid them a percentage of the assets they brought to the bank upfront as well as awarding them a large portion of their future revenues – an agreement that could easily reach into the tens of millions of euros.

"For these guys it's the cash-in of their lives," said Sforza. "They're basically crystallising all that they've worked on in one go by cashing in millions and millions on day one."

Private banks in Italy are locked in a war for talent that is allowing bankers to command upfront payments previously unheard of in the ultra-high-net-worth market, with billions of dollars in assets up for grabs for those institutions willing to pay.

To compete, they are paying anywhere from 1 to 3 per cent of the assets a banker oversees, plus about half of the future revenue the portfolio generates.

Locally these are known as tied-agent contracts. But while promotori finanziari have long been a common feature in Italy's mass affluent market, working for the likes of Banca Generali and Intesa Sanpaolo's Fideuram, they were rarely seen in the higher-end market of private banking until recently.

Tied agent contracts allow bankers to work as self-employed advisers affiliated with a single institution rather than as employees and to be offered an upfront payment for moving clients over. Bankers generally agree to remain between three and five years or repay part of the signing package if they leave early.

The UniCredit Tower, above right, in Milan. An influx of private equity cash has turned entrepreneurs into sought-after clients for private bankers in the financial district, below Francesca Volpu/FT

The creep of tied agents into the ultra-high-net-worth market over the past two years has sown divisions in the relatively buttoned-up world of Italian private banking. It is increasingly seen as an aggressive recruitment tactic that executives predict will prove costly but are struggling to avoid.

"These banks are literally buying books. They are saying I will pay you a percentage of the asset that you transfer in the first year, which we have never done and will never do," said a senior executive at a large wealth management firm. "I think it will backfire big time."

The fierce competition for private bankers can be traced back to the Eurozone crisis of 2012 and a seminal speech by then-ECB president Mario Draghi, who pledged to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro.

Those three words marked a turning point for heavily indebted European nations such as Italy and Spain and reassured international investors that member states would not be allowed to “fall off a cliff”, in the words of one senior private banking executive.

It also helped trigger the wave of private equity cash that has poured into Italy since.

"From 2012 to basically today, we have seen a very active market for acquisition by private equity in Italy and that is one of the main reasons why the market has grown," said Alberto Cirillo, co-head of Goldman Sachs' private wealth management for continental Europe.

Private equity firms have vacuumed up Italian assets, largely small and medium-sized family-owned businesses referred to by bankers as “hidden gems” because they tend to have low leverage and good cash reserves.

These so-called liquidity events have helped Italian entrepreneurs cash in on hundreds of millions of euros and transformed them into sought-after clients for private bankers.

There were almost 3,500 deals between 2013 and 2025 totalling about €362bn, according to estimates from Swiss private bank Pictet and Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Management. They expect another 3,900 transactions worth almost €350bn in Italy over the next decade.

Italy's private banks hit a record €1.4tn in assets at the end of 2025, double the amount they had 10 years ago, according to data from industry group Associazione Italiana Private Banking.

"Italy has the sweet spot of transactions in the mid-market and upper mid-market because of family-owned businesses," said Rob Mullane, co-head of private wealth management for Emea at Goldman Sachs. "Italy has been one of the shining lights of growth for us."

The ultra-high-net-worth segment in Italy is largely dominated by international lenders such as US banks Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase as well as Switzerland's UBS. Morgan Stanley is notably absent after it sold its private wealth unit covering the UK, Italy and the Middle East to Credit Suisse in 2013, which passed to UBS in 2023.

To compete in an increasingly crowded market, Italian lenders and European banks with a smaller presence have turned to tied-agent contracts that larger companies have sworn off using.

"The war for talent is definitely out there," said Sarah Catania, head of JPMorgan's private banking business for continental Europe.

She added: “We always try to make sure that our people’s ambition is to build a career at the firm to mirror the long-term relationships we build with our clients and their families: you need stability to do that, so we try to disincentivise them from just short-term gain.”

Competition for bankers has accelerated over the past 18 months thanks to a wave of dealmaking in Italian banking, in particular Monte dei Paschi di Siena's takeover of Milan-based Mediobanca.

Rival banks have been quick to pick off Mediobanca's private bankers, which is the pre-eminent Italian brand in wealth management. Several executives told the FT they were competing for Mediobanca bankers who specialise in the ultra-high-net-worth market.

Dozens have already been poached as tied agents by European rivals such as BNP Paribas and Deutsche Bank as well as Italian lenders including Intesa Sanpaolo, according to people familiar with the situation.

Intesa in June jointly launched a

'For these guys it's the cash-in of their lives'

Alberica Brivio Sforza, Lombard Odier

€30.6bn takeover bid for Monte dei Paschi di Siena together with the country's fifth-largest lender BPER. If Intesa's approach for MPS succeeds, it would acquire Mediobanca's coveted private banking business – though in a twist of Italian dealmaking, MPS has since launched its own takeover bids for two other rivals.

Executives have warned that some of the agreements to lure bankers make little economic sense. One senior executive at a big Italian lender described the competition as "savage" over the past year.

"The market is looking for asset growth but what these banks end up with is non-profitable growth," they added.

While tied agents made up just over 60 per cent of the Italian private banking sector as of March, according to estimates from Lombard Odier, the vast majority still serve the mass affluent market.

The arrangement makes more sense in that market segment because the return on assets – the revenue a bank earns as a percentage of client assets – is higher for mass affluent clients who typically pay high recurring fees.

Returns quickly start to fall with high-net-worth clients who wield the power to bargain down fees but want tailored investments rather than packaged products, making them more expensive for banks to serve.

"[Tied agents] work for small clients where the return on assets of the account is between 2 and 4 per cent but when you move up to the ultra-high, that goes down dramatically so the model in theory doesn't work," said Lombard Odier's Sforza.

She added: “I’m convinced that this is a game that will end because these banks will never make money out of these bankers. They pay them too much.”

Property

Steel tycoon's family takes out £24mn mansion loan

ROBERT SMITH AND JULIE STEINBERG LONDON

Sanjeev Gupta's family has taken out a new £24.4mn mortgage against a central London mansion, refinancing one of several trophy assets amassed before the industrialist's business empire became beset with legal difficulties.

Topland Group, a property investment firm founded by Israeli-born billionaire Sol Zakay, last month provided an 18-month bridging loan against the Gupta family's six-storey Georgian townhouse in the Belgravia district, according to people familiar with the transaction.

The steel tycoon's wife Nicola Gupta purchased the property in Belgrave Square for £42mn in 2020, according to UK property records, using a mortgage from the Swiss private banking unit of Barclays.

Less than a year after Gupta's family acquired the luxury property, the metals magnate's GFG Alliance group was plunged into crisis by the collapse of its main funder, Greensill Capital, amid a financial and political scandal.

Gupta's companies have been beset by legal claims and probes from authorities around the world in the years following Greensill's collapse, while the British industrialist has also lost control of a number of steelmaking businesses due to insolvency proceedings.

The Belgravia mansion is the crown jewel in a personal property portfolio that stretches from the UK to the United Arab Emirates to Australia.

Two people familiar with the matter said Gupta had recently discussed potentially selling the property.

The FT reported last year that the metals magnate had sold a villa in Dubai for Dh43.5mn (£8.7mn), the smaller of two properties that he owned on the emirate's man-made Palm Jumeirah archipelago.

Topland announced last month that it had provided a mortgage against a “residence at one of Belgravia’s most prestigious addresses”, which “enabled a UAE-based ultra-high-net-worth family to refinance an existing loan from a private bank”. Topland said the “loan was made to Mrs Gupta, not Mr Gupta, in the ordinary course of its lending business following all appropriate due diligence”.

A spokesperson for Gupta declined to comment.

Short-term bridging loans typically carry higher rates of interest than standard mortgages and are often taken out by borrowers who would struggle to raise financing from a mainstream bank. The sector has come under scrutiny this year after Market Financial Solutions, one of the UK's largest bridging loan providers, collapsed amid fraud allegations.

The new loan came at a time when Gupta's legal woes have intensified, with the Scottish government last week announcing it was taking legal action against GFG Alliance after uncovering allegedly “unauthorised transactions” at an aluminium smelter in Lochaber.

GFG Alliance said it had made undertakings requested by the government and had “fulfilled all requests for information from the Scottish Government in connection with these matters”.

"These matters do not impact day-to-day operations or employment at the Lochaber smelter or hydropower plant," GFG added.

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COMPANIES & MARKETS

Telecoms. Transformation

'Juggernaut' BT's decade-long turnaround hits crunch time

Investors warn group has reached ‘inflection point’ after cost cuts and strategic changes

KIERAN SMITH — LONDON

Early last month, BT chair Adam Crozier addressed an investor who had expressed frustration at the company's stagnant share price.

“Look, I feel the pain, but all we can do is keep pushing the business in the right direction, keep delivering, keep improving the results, and eventually everything should follow,” he said at the company’s annual general meeting.

Crozier was adamant that BT's turnaround, which has been in the works for more than a decade – would soon be reflected in the company's shares. He also defended Allison Kirkby, the chief executive he hired in 2024 to “see through the transformation”.

"I think what Allison and the team have done over the last couple of years is really returning BT to focusing on the stuff that really matters to us as a business, to the country and to all of our customers," he added.

Investors, however, remain sceptical.

BT's share price has underperformed the broader market since Crozier joined five years ago, but it has risen by above 80 per cent since Kirkby's appointment.

Its market cap of £20.3bn still does not reflect the underlying value of its assets. New Street Research estimates that BT's Openreach broadband network alone could be worth £30bn.

Yet BT's executives insist shareholders will soon see the benefits. Kirkby says the group will generate £2bn in free cash flow by 2027 and £3bn by 2030. "Our share price is very much linked to the free cash flow that we're throwing off," she told the FT in an interview.

"The more consistently we deliver and [investors] see that free cash flow building back up towards the £3bn, I would expect anybody would see that the share price will very much marry that."

Kirkby has built on the work of her predecessor Philip Jansen, who merged BT Sport with Warner Bros Discovery's Eurosport UK in 2022, announced 55,000 job cuts and committed £15bn to upgrade Openreach to serve 25mn homes with full-fibre broadband by the end of this year. In her first full-year results as chief executive in May 2024, Kirkby went even further than her predecessor, announcing £3bn in additional cost cuts and increasing BT's dividend – moves that boosted the share price by 17 per cent.

She has subsequently increased the savings target to £3.7bn by 2030 and, in June, agreed a deal to merge the company's lossmaking international unit with US operator Verizon after years of failed attempts. Kirkby has also said Openreach will add another 5mn homes with fibre by 2030. "If you like investing in infrastructure in a country like the UK, you should be absolutely interested in investing in BT," she said.

The steps have given cause for optimism that the Glaswegian has been able to “execute” on what BT had been “promising for years”.

"Turning around BT is like turning around a juggernaut, it's got to be done very slowly and [with] careful manoeuvres – you can't do it overnight," said Matt Howett, founder of telecoms and tech research firm Assembly Research.

BT chief executive Allison Kirkby. She has said the group will generate £2bn in free cash flow by 2027 and £3bn by 2030 Charlie Bibby/FT

"But with the changes made, it's now pointing in the right direction."

Some of the current challenges emerged under Gavin Patterson, who refreshed the company's brand after becoming chief executive in 2013 through several bold moves, including the launch of BT Sport. "We realised that there was a way . . . where we could create our own sports business and we could use it to drive adoption of fibre

Hirings, firings, job losses and cost cuts

2013 ● Gavin Patterson becomes BT CEO and launches BT Sport

2016

- £12.5bn acquisition of EE, giving BT a mobile business

- Openreach is legally separated from BT, which remains its sole owner

2018

- BT commits to building full fibre to 10mn homes by the mid 2020s - Patterson is fired

2019 • Philip Jansen becomes BT CEO

2021

- Jansen raises the fibre build target to 25mn fibre homes by the end of 2026

2023

- BT announces 55,000 job cuts by the end of the decade

2024

- Allison Kirkby becomes CEO and announces £3bn in extra cost cuts

2026

- BT merges lossmaking international business with that of US operator Verizon

[broadband],” Patterson told the FT in a recent interview. BT Sport quickly gained subscribers with Premier League and Uefa Champions League football.

Patterson turned his attention to the company's lack of a mobile business, acquiring EE for £12.5bn in 2016 – still the company's largest deal.

After this initial success, Patterson ran into trouble. He became embroiled in a messy dispute with Ofcom, the communications regulator, which resulted in Openreach being legally separated from BT. As pressure on the business rose, Patterson announced £1.5bn in cost cuts and 13,000 redundancies. Shareholders began to lose faith in his leadership and he was sacked in 2018.

His successor, Jansen, faced a new threat to Openreach from “altnets”, a new breed of broadband competitors targeting customers frustrated by BT’s slow introduction of high-speed technology. Jansen decided to invest an “eyewatering” £15bn to install fibre in 25mn homes by 2026 – prompting a sell-off in BT shares.

"The prospects of BT were not great if we did not build fibre," Jansen told the FT in a recent interview. "Basically on this old technology . . . you'd become a legacy company."

Jansen announced 55,000 job cuts – more than 40 per cent of the workforce – in 2023, and left the company a year later.

Despite more than a decade of change, BT's transformation is still a work in progress.

The “altnet” threat remains, with Openreach losing more than 2mn customers since 2023. Kirkby said that it was “always going to end up a more competitive [broadband] market”, but that Openreach would remain “the only nationwide provider of fibre”.

"We're showing that despite the line losses, we are holding our revenue flat to slightly up, because it's a more valuable

'BT [is] focusing on the stuff that really matters to us as a business, to the country and to all customers'

BT's shares lag behind European competitors Rebased in pence terms

product with less faults and it's higher margin as well," she said.

Despite losing 825,000 customers in the fiscal year 2026, Openreach made £6.19bn, up 1 per cent from £6.16bn in the previous year.

Kirkby would not say when the losses would end but added that she “knew where we need to be to deliver on what we’ve promised to shareholders”.

The “big bets” of Kirkby’s tenure are twofold: merging the company’s international offering with that of Verizon in June, and a decision a month earlier to “bring back BT” as a consumer brand on broadband and select mobile customers.

Kirkby said she was “monitoring” BT’s lack of offering in the “value” segment of the UK mobile market but rejected the idea that expanding into new businesses such as data centres could help the company’s top line.

“I don’t believe telcos should invest in data centres, but I do believe we should be investing in the connectivity and the sovereign cyber security wraps that go around those data centres,” she said.

The BT boss also said that Sunil Bharti Mittal, the largest shareholder with a 24.95 per cent stake, had brought “phenomenal experience” to the company and had helped develop the “digital architecture” that it would use in the future.

"They've been super helpful in kind of networking us into Starlink [and] into some of the big frontier AI model companies as well," she said.

Yet as Openreach's fibre build nears its 25mn home goal and Kirkby's £2bn free cash flow target approaches in 2027, analysts say the time for financial delivery at BT is now.

“Investors have been waiting for the ‘show me the money’ moment for a decade,” said Andrew Lee, analyst at Goldman Sachs. “We’re now at that inflection point.”

Telecoms

Aberdeen fund takes £200mn hit over failure of broadband group Airband

KIERAN SMITH — LONDON

An Aberdeen fund will take a £200mn hit after the failure of UK broadband provider Airband and its sale to Macquarie-backed rival Voneus, in the latest sign of distress in the indebted "altnet" sector.

Airband's lenders, including HSBC and Lloyds, will also take a hit on the sale, according to people familiar with the matter, which comes after the FTSE 100 asset manager opted to stop funding the broadband business it has part-owned since 2020. The deal was struck at a sum in the single-digit millions, the people added.

The administration and sale of Airband is the latest high-profile loss in the heavily indebted UK sector, where more than £31bn was raised by dozens of would-be challengers to established providers BT's Openreach and Virgin Media O2.

However, the cost of building out networks has left many providers saddled with high debt levels. The altnet sector as a whole posted losses in 2024 that Enders Analysis put at more than £1.5bn, as consumer uptake of

‘This investment was one part of a diversified portfolio which has performed strongly’

their services also fell short of expectations.

Airband, which supplies full-fibre broadband to about 175,000 homes, posted revenues of £6.7mn in 2024 and total losses of more than £66mn over the same period, according to the latest figures from Companies House. The company had total liabilities of more than £224mn.

Aberdeen, which made its initial investment into Airband in 2020, put about £200mn into the company, which was held in one of its infrastructure funds.

A spokesperson for the asset manager said that “following a disciplined review of future funding requirements and risk-adjusted return prospects, we made the difficult decision to cease further funding. While the situation remains challenging, this investment was one part of a diversified portfolio which has otherwise performed strongly and is currently expected to deliver positive returns to fund investors overall.”

Macquarie-backed Voneus, whose other shareholders include Tiger Infrastructure Partners and the Israel Infrastructure Fund, serves about 100,000 homes with fibre broadband.

The Australian investment manager has also suffered heavy losses with its other investments in the UK broadband sector, which have included writing down its investment in rival provider KCom by more than £500mn earlier this year.

Christopher Traggio, chief executive of Voneus, told the FT that the two networks were “complementary in terms of their geographical scope”.

"The acquisition represents a significant opportunity to accelerate our mission of connecting hard-to-reach communities," he added.

Lloyds and HSBC declined to comment. Airband was contacted for comment.

Technology

Alphabet to pay £260mn over app fees lawsuit

ALISTAIR GRAY

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has agreed to pay £260mn to settle a UK class action lawsuit claiming the technology giant levied “unfair” charges on software downloaded from the Google Play app store.

The case, brought at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, alleged Google abused a dominant market position to impose excessive commissions on developers who devised apps used on mobile devices powered by the company's Android operating system.

The settlement, reached ahead of a 10-week trial due to begin next month, represents a limited breakthrough for claimants in UK class action cases.

Alphabet did not admit liability as part of the £260mn settlement, which is subject to approval by the tribunal.

About £160mn has been earmarked for UK developers if the tribunal approves the agreement, with the remaining £100mn to cover litigation funding, legal fees and other expenses.

The case was financed by litigation-funding firm Bench Walk and spear-headed by legal academic Professor Barry Rodger, who had sought as much as £1bn in compensation on behalf of

The Google owner reached the settlement ahead of a 10-week trial that was due to begin next month

app developers. In a statement he said that the settlement was a “great deal” for thousands of developers, who had “little choice but to pay Google’s commission”.

"If approved, meaningful financial compensation will become available for businesses that could never have taken on a company like Google alone."

Thousands of developers are expected to be eligible for some form of compensation via the Alphabet settlement, although the amount each gets will depend on their size.

Payouts are expected to vary from a £200 flat-rate sum for the smallest developers to several million pounds for a limited number of larger peers.

Alphabet said in a statement: “We are pleased to reach an agreement with the developers to end this litigation, subject to court approval. We remain committed to supporting the UK developer community in building the next generation of digital experiences.”

A series of UK class action cases, many against Big Tech groups, have been brought under legislation introduced a decade ago that brought US-style litigation to Britain, but hardly any have resulted in payouts.

However, claimants in a case against Apple secured an important win last year, when the Competition Appeal Tribunal found that the company levied excessive charges on developers who produced software downloaded from its App Store.

Fixed income. Debt sustainability

Paris overtakes Rome as European bond investors' biggest concern

Historical trend reverses amid 'perfect storm' in France of upcoming budget and elections

EMILY HERBERT, MADELEINE WRIGHT AND RAMSAY HODGSON — LONDON AMY KAZMIN IN ROME AND CLAIRE JONES WASHINGTON

France is replacing Italy as the focal point for market concerns about European debt sustainability, say investors, as Paris faces tricky budget negotiations next month and ahead of a presidential election next year where support for far-left and far-right parties is rising.

The yield on Italy's benchmark 10-year government bond, which for years traded well above that of France, has been below it for most of this summer as bondholders demand extra compensation to buy French debt. Yields fall as prices rise.

Investors say this reversal of the historical trend signifies a big shift in how the market views the relative risks of the two countries.

"If you ask anyone in the markets, what is Europe's weak link? They will mostly point to France," said Rohan Khanna, head of European rates strategy at Barclays. "Italy has managed to pass the ball [to France]."

France is a “perfect storm” for bond investors, given the combination of “growth risk, political risk, fiscal risk”, added Khanna.

Italy – one of the debt-laden so-called “Piigs” countries during the Eurozone debt crisis over a decade ago – has long been viewed as one of Europe’s riskiest borrowers, with a stock of public debt ranking among the continent’s biggest. France, in contrast, has generally been regarded as a safer bet.

With both countries facing tricky budget negotiations this autumn and elections next year, investors' attention has returned to Paris's deteriorating fiscal position and a growing likelihood of a victory for a less market-friendly candidate.

In Italy, a period of fiscal restraint and an unusually long run of political stability have won over a growing cohort of global investors.

“Italy is now the poster child of G7 bond markets,” said Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute think-tank in Washington and a former Bank of England rate setter.

Whereas Italy's debt-to-GDP ratio has fallen from 154 per cent in 2020 to 139 per cent this year, France's has risen from 114 per cent to 117 per cent, according to ECB data.

Italy is also running a primary budget surplus – where tax revenue exceeds spending before interest costs – while France's budget deficit has widened to more than 5 per cent of GDP.

"It used to be that Italy was really the biggest risk for Europe, the one country everyone was really worried about . . . but I think now France is joining Italy quite rapidly," said Tomasz Wieladek, chief European macro strategist at T Rowe Price. There were signs of a "reallocation" by investors away from French bonds and towards Italy, he said.

French bonds have come under

Walking away: pedestrians cross Rue de Rivoli in Paris. There have been signs of a reallocation by investors away from French bonds and towards Italy Dimitar Dikoff/AFP/Getty Images

pressure in recent weeks as the government has begun revealing details of its budget plans, the full draft of which is expected to be presented to the National Assembly on September 30.

Finance minister Roland Lescure said this week that he was aiming for a deficit as close to 5 per cent of GDP as possible. The Socialists, whose support the minority government will require to pass the budget, are likely to oppose social spending cuts. French governments fell in both 2024 and last year during budget showdowns.

This year's budget only passed after Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu agreed to suspend a reform to raise the retirement age until after 2027 in exchange for support to pass the legislation.

Despite initial market fears over fiscal profligacy or a hardline approach to Brussels, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and finance minister Giancarlo Giorgetti have gained plaudits from bond investors for their strong fiscal discipline, with the fiscal deficit dropping from 8 per cent in 2022 – the year they took office – to just above 3 per cent last year.

Chris Jeffery, head of macro strategy at Legal & General, said he had a below-benchmark weighting in French bonds and was “partly reallocating that to Italy”.

"It's quite difficult to see many politicians making the pitch for the budget cuts when you've got the presidential election," Jeffery said.

Other international investors have also been shifting their views on France and Italy, analysts said. Evelyne Gomez-Liechti, a multi-asset strategist at Mizuho, said that Japanese investors — traditionally large holders of French debt — had been decreasing their allocation to French bonds. “France is the new Italy,” Gomez-Liechti said.

Recent polling suggests it is increasingly likely that far-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon will secure a place in the run-off against far-right opponent

Marine Le Pen, a scenario Gomez-Liechti described as "the worst market outcome you could have".

Filippo Taddei, senior Europe economist at Goldman Sachs, said the rising foreign share of Italy's sovereign debt holdings since March 2023 reflected the "normalisation" of its status, after years of being treated as a problem case following the 2008 global financial crisis.

"As money is reallocated throughout Europe, Italy is part of the reallocation, which was not the case in the past," Taddei said.

Italian bond yields dropped below France's last year for the first time since the financial crisis but quickly jumped higher again as the US-Iran war sent oil prices soaring.

Italy is especially sensitive to rising energy prices, whereas France produces more of its energy domestically. But despite oil prices rising above \$94 this month, France's yields have once again climbed above those of Italy.

A measure of the extra risk premium attributed by investors to long-term French debt – the 15-year, 15-year forward spread over the benchmark German forward rate, which removes near-term monetary policy expectations – has surged over recent years.

France was “not that far off Eurozone debt crisis levels of risk premia”, said Mike Riddell, portfolio manager at Fidelity International, adding that “the fiscal situation looks like a mess”.

While Rome enjoys lower borrowing costs than France, at least for now, it faces plenty of pressure from the market not to veer from its fiscal path.

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"The market has a memory," said Goldman's Taddei, adding that investors would not easily forgive Italy's era of fiscal profligacy.

“Italy has to run a much more cautious fiscal policy than its peers France and Germany to be treated by market participants as well as France,” he said. Additional reporting by Adrienne Klasa in Paris

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Anthropic wins Pentagon legal battle over curbs on use of its AI in warfare

JOE MILLER — WASHINGTON CRISTINA CRIDDLE — SAN FRANCISCO

The Trump administration's attempt to punish Anthropic for imposing restrictions on the use of its AI in warfare has been blocked by a US court after months of legal wrangling between the Claude maker and the Pentagon.

California federal judge Rita Lin ruled late on Thursday that the defence department's attempt to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk – usually reserved for US adversaries – amounted to “unlawful retaliation”.

The decision is a win for Anthropic but it still faces a separate legal tussle in a Washington appeals court, which in April rejected its request to pause the designation. The government could also appeal against the California ruling.

The stand-off between Anthropic and the Pentagon began this year after it refused to sign an open-ended contract with the US Department of Defense.

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei indicated he would stick to two "red lines" prohibiting the use of its technology for lethal autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance, enraging defence secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump.

In late February, the administration made the supply-chain risk designation and ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic's products. The ban in effect barred all government defence contractors from doing business with the AI lab, although it included a transition period during which the Pentagon has continued to use its technology.

In her ruling, Lin admonished the


The Claude maker still faces a legal tussle in a Washington appeals court

Trump administration, writing that "the empty invocation of national security is not a blank cheque to punish and retaliate against government critics".

The judgment means that US agencies other than the defence department can continue to use Anthropic's products. Several agencies have already been testing its powerful Mythos model to analyse cyber and national security risks.

Relations between the leading US AI lab and parts of the Trump administration appeared to have improved in recent months, as they worked closely on the release of Mythos, which has been rolled out slowly due to concerns its cyber security capabilities could be used by bad actors.

The US government in June briefly blocked another Anthropic model, Fable, on security grounds before reaching a deal to permit its release.

Anthropic welcomed the court ruling and said it remained “focused on working productively with the government to harness AI for our national security so all Americans benefit from [it]”.

Regulation

The White House and the Pentagon did not respond to requests for comment.

US bank watchdogs narrow enforcement standards to put focus on material risks

AKILA QUINIO — NEW YORK

US banking regulators are narrowing their enforcement and supervision standards to put greater emphasis on material financial risk.

The Office for the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced a new set of rules centred on “refocusing supervision on what matters most – material financial risk”.

The overhaul is part of a wider deregulatory push under the Trump administration that has also led regulators to scrap “reputational risk” from their supervisory framework to prevent what they view as unfair “debanking”.

The agency said it was removing "Biden-era distractions" that caused bank examinations to often become a "check-the-box compliance exercise" instead of focusing on the most important financial risks that endanger banks.

The revamp includes the issuance of a new definition for the term “unsafe or unsound practice”, which was previously open to interpretation. It also sets a higher bar for the issuance of “Matters Requiring Attention”, the formal notices that regulators send to banks to correct deficiencies.

The increased focus on material risk comes after US regulators were criticised for their failure to address interest rate and liquidity risks at Silicon Valley Bank, which failed in 2023, even though its regulators at the Federal Reserve had issued several notices about the bank's governance, controls and anti-money laundering risks. The notices to Silicon

The revamp includes the issuance of a new definition for ‘unsafe or unsound practice’

Valley “should have been about the actual risks to the bank rather than a random assortment”, said a regulator involved in the joint action.

Under the new rules, the OCC and the FDIC were likely to stop issuing notices for minor infractions such as violations of the regulators' IT handbook, he added.

"We're causing us and the banks to focus on risks that matter to them most:

risks that affect their balance sheet significantly, their liquidity," the regulator said.

He added the agencies' aim was to make sure "executives at the bank [were] not focused on myriad compliance exercises" instead.

The OCC also said it would make its policies and procedural manual public for the first time in an attempt to foster transparency and accountability. It also highlighted a more demanding supervisory approach for large or complex banks, saying enforcement actions against such banks would not necessarily trigger a similar response for smaller community banks.

It said it would establish two distinct categories of legal and regulatory violations: "substantive" and "technical" violations. It will now seek to address non-substantive violations outside the formal written notice system.

"It is critical that examiners and institutions prioritise material financial risks and substantive violations of law over concerns related to policies, process, documentation and other non-financial risks," OCC head Jonathan V Gould said.

On Wall Street Banks face a struggle to weigh reputational risk

Craig Coben

Eurozone

ifa president Gianni Infantino triggered a huge backlash last month when proposing the creation of a wholly owned subsidiary to run the

moneymaking side of its football tournaments. The idea was that Fifa would sell a non-controlling 20 per cent stake for up to \$4.2bn to an investor consortium led by Joshua Kushner's Thrive Eternal, with JPMorgan Chase advising on the fundraising.

It sparked a huge uproar, forcing Fifa to beat a hasty retreat. Several regional confederations, including Uefa, expressed a loss of confidence in Infantino and threatened boycotts. Uefa has said it is even preparing a criminal complaint against Infantino.

As the controversy rumbles on, it raises the perennial issue of reputational risk: when, if ever, should an investment bank turn down a client or transaction if there's no legal or economic reason to decline it? Can a deal be legally sound but still too hot to handle in the public glare?

Ever since the financial crisis, financial institutions have ratcheted up the focus on reputational risk. Apart from a reminder of the cost of obvious wrongdoings, one lesson banks took from the financial crisis was that a transaction could be perfectly legal and impeccably documented and yet still expose them to bad publicity, political blowback, litigation and regulatory sanctions.

As a result, most banks bolstered their reputational risk committees – regional and global – to screen controversial

mandates. The premise is that a group of senior people with no involvement in the deal itself is better placed to give it a hard look and assess whether the bank should lend its name to it.

The RRC gathers various bigwigs – the heads of banking and global markets, senior legal and compliance executives, corporate affairs honchos, and members of the global executive committee who report to the chief executive. In other words, the committee has a mix of senior front-office and control-function personnel.

Contrary to what many might think, it is the opposite of a rubber stamp; it's structurally inclined to say "no". There's no upside for an RRC member to wave

It's one thing to find out all the facts; it's another to gauge how those facts will be interpreted

through a controversial transaction. If it subsequently blows up, nobody congratulates you for having a commercial mindset. Large banks are also allergic to negative headlines because damage control costs money and devours an inordinate amount of management time.

Getting a mandate through an RRC requires two things. First, the investment banking team needs to secure senior sponsorship. Someone at the top of the house must stand behind or "own" the transaction. Second, the bankers need to work the room beforehand. A briefing memo alone will not persuade anyone. The managing director leading the deal must speak to key members in advance and count the votes before the meeting even begins.

Reputational risk differs from other kinds of risk bankers are accustomed to evaluating. It's not like credit risk; you can't stress-test it the same way you can model, say, default probability. These cases are often one-of-a-kind.

Normally, the RRC weighs in when there are, for example, credible allegations of forced labour, environmental harm, money laundering, human rights violations, sanctions-busting or corruption. These committees are naturally better at identifying these standard red-flag risks than at something such as predicting broader public reaction to a proposal to monetise World Cup commercial rights.

There's also a powerful institutional factor at play. Like the butler Stevens in The Remains of the Day, many bankers would prefer simply to serve their client without casting judgment. "It's not our place to decide the optimal way for football to operate in Europe and the UK," said JPMorgan's then head of banking when it was criticised for backing the abortive European Super League project back in 2021.

But that's wishful thinking. Investment banks profit from lending their institutional credibility to other people's activities. When a bulge-bracket bank puts its name to a deal, counterparties treat it as an implicit endorsement that goes beyond strict legality. After all, that's why clients want the bank's name on the press release.

That sums up the challenge of managing reputational risk. It's one thing to find out all the facts and compile them in a report; it's another to gauge how those facts will be interpreted once exposed to public scrutiny. A bank can have all the information it needs to make an informed decision, but still not understand what it means until the damage is done.

Craig Coben is a former global head of equity capital markets at Bank of America and is now a managing director at Seda Experts


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What you need to know

- US bonds and stocks fall after Fed chair warns on high price growth - Dollar gains ground against basket of currencies, while euro and pound fall - Oil prices drop after Iran drafts list of conditions to reopen Strait of Hormuz

US bonds and stocks fell yesterday after Federal Reserve chair Kevin Warsh struck a hawkish tone in his first keynote address at the Jackson Hole symposium.

The yield on 10-year Treasury bonds was 0.06 percentage points higher at 4.72 per cent in lunchtime trading on Wall Street. The yield on the interest-rate-sensitive two-year Treasury was up 0.11 percentage points at 4.34 per cent, while the 30-year Treasury yield rose 0.02 percentage points to 5.21 per cent. Yields rise as prices fall.

European bonds also fell. The 10-year UK government yield rose 0.04 percentage points to 5.07 per cent and the yield on the 10-year German Bund climbed 0.02 percentage points to 3.27 per cent.

During his speech at the economic conference in Wyoming, Warsh warned that persistently high price growth had become “more concerning” and that rate-setters would have “work to do” if inflation did not fall soon.

Traders in futures markets increased their bets on an interest rate rise at the next Fed policy meeting in September, from around a 30 per cent chance to a roughly 60 per cent chance priced in after the address.

Francesco Pesole, FX strategist at ING, said Warsh's comments were "definitely hawkish-leaning" and "a nod to market expectations for monetary tightening". Rushabh Amin, portfolio manager at Allspring Investments, described the speech as "capitulation from Warsh".

The S&P 500 index was down 0.2 per cent, while the Nasdaq 100 index was 0.7 per cent lower.

The US dollar rose 0.5 per cent against a basket of other currencies, while the euro fell 0.6 per cent against the dollar to \$1.158 and the pound fell 0.4 per cent to \$1.353.

Stock markets in Europe and Asia largely rose. The Stoxx Europe 600 index gained 0.5 per cent. Germany's Dax

climbed 0.8 per cent and the FTSE 100 added 0.3 per cent. France's CAC rose 1 per cent, recovering some of its heavy losses from Thursday. Japan's Topix rose 0.7 per cent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.1 per cent.

Oil prices fell after Iran said it was drafting a list of conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, fell 0.4 per cent to trade around \$89.38 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, dipped 0.1 per cent to around \$83.48 a barrel. Madeleine Wright and Emily Herbert

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BYD profits increase for first time in five quarters as EV maker bolsters exports

KANA INAGAKI — LONDON

BYD's profits rose for the first time in five quarters as the world's largest electric-vehicle maker generated more than half of its revenue from international markets to offset a sharp slowdown in China.

For the April to June quarter, net profit jumped 30 per cent from a year earlier to Rmb8.2bn (\$1.2bn) even as revenue slipped about 3 per cent to Rmb194.6bn.

BYD had come under pressure from cut-throat competition from domestic rivals such as Geely and Xiaomi and the ending of many Chinese government subsidies, increasing its need to expand exports to Europe and other markets.

Beijing has also pushed BYD to pay thousands of suppliers faster, raising questions over its longstanding practice of using money owed to suppliers as a form of low-cost finance to fund its growth.

The Chinese group's reliance on overseas sales comes as geopolitical tensions have risen with the widening global trade war and the move in Europe to protect the continent's automotive industry.

"In the first half of 2026, the international environment was complex and challenging, with geopolitical risks intensified increasingly," BYD said in its earnings report yesterday.

Total EV sales – BYD's main business

‘Market leader BYD is losing [local] share faster than its rivals, squeezed by Nio, Xpeng and Xiaomi’

- rose for the first time in eight months in July, increasing 31 per cent year on year. Second-quarter sales of its EVs and plug-in hybrids declined 3 per cent.

Despite a slowdown in China, BYD has still sold more electric cars than US rival Tesla during the first six months of the year on the back of booming exports.

BYD's first-half overseas revenue accounted for more than half of the total for the first time as exports surged 68 per cent to 792,000 vehicles during the period.

In Europe, the company has focused on trying to crack the premium segment with the launch of its Denza brand as it seeks to retain higher margins to offset price pressures in China.

BYD's sales in Europe and the UK increased nearly 2.5-fold during the first half, accounting for roughly 10 per cent of its overall vehicle sales. Its sales of EVs and plug-in hybrids have also been helped by the rise in fuel prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East.

Some analysts warned the rising popularity of new tech-focused Chinese EV makers and software providers was squeezing BYD's local market share.

“Market leader BYD is losing share faster than its rivals, squeezed by Nio, Xpeng and Xiaomi on one side and traditional automakers tapping Huawei and Momenta on the other. The barriers to catching up are falling, not rising,” said Ernan Cui, car and consumer analyst at Gavekal Research.

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3i Group28.28-2.18-13.33Princess Group3.06-4.22-31.8
LondonMetric Prop1.89-2.07-0.37Harbour Energy2.51-4.2027.6
Shell33.45-1.9122.08PFHIE Hotel Group15.22-3.79-15.2

Day ▷ -0.11% Month ▷ 3.64% Year ▷ 2.82%

EPS(p)DIV(p)Pay DayXD
-0.690 (-0.630)n/a (n/a)--
-1.390 (-2.290)0.000 (0.000)--
-1.950 (-1.220)0.000 (0.000)--
0.7000 (1.360)7.100 (7.010)Oct 30Oct 08
45.400 (-41.000)5.500 (5.500)fbcfbc
-0.020 (-0.400)n/a (n/a)--
-3.500 (-3.800)n/a (n/a)--
-3.000 (-2.000)n/a (n/a)--
37.000 (18.000)4.000 (1.000)Oct 02Sep 03
37.900 (49.200)8.880 (7.710)Oct 22Sep 10

Jul 28 - Aug 28
FTSE 100
Index All World London
10871.0210824.26

EUROPE

WORLD MARKETS AT A GLANCE

Change during previous day's trading (%)

-0.21%
0.14%

Stock Market movements over last 30 days, with the FTSE All-World in the same currency as a comparison

MARKET DATA

Day0.14%Month7.23%Year33.77%
Dow Jones IndustrialNew York


Day ▶ -0.03% Month ▶ 1.91% Year ▶ 21.36%

CountryIndexLatestPrevious
AustraliaAll Ordinaries9294.309243.20
AustraliaS&P ASX 2009092.309038.20
AustraliaS&P ASX 200 Res8461.208396.90
AustriaAIX6786.586676.23
BelgiumBELT5480.085633.08
BelgiumBEL Mid6869.306630.08
BrazilBovespa174520.14175135.41
CanadaS&P TSX 602143.352155.28
CanadaS&P TSX Comp36575.8136634.25
ChileS&P/BUX 40PEN EON57714.5057632.15
ChinaCHINA TSE A20011804.4511738.65
ChinaChina Shanghai A14143.844148.40
ChinaChina Shanghai B292.02290.51
ChinaChina Shanghai Comp3952.183956.57
ChinaShenzhen A2698.492680.05
ChinaShenzhen B1154.601157.24
CroatiaCROBEX4430.004391.76
CyprusCSE M&P GON317.88317.24
CountryIndexLatestPrevious
Czech RepublicCzech Republic PX2807.132797.56
DenmarkOMC Copenhagen 201838.521634.06
EgyptEGX 3055106.5055106.50
EstoniaOMX Tallinn2144.282144.00
FinlandOMX Helsinki General13723.4313742.78
FranceFrench CAC408401.188319.87
GreeceSIF 1206362.816306.20
GermanyM-GAX33029.9132947.28
GermanyYen-Dax4119.284104.52
GreeceKETRA Dax26569.8926391.28
GreeceAOS 202679.872667.04
GreeceFTSE/ASRA6854.296819.22
Hong KongHang Seng25584.7925565.74
Hong KongHS China Enterprises8480.398480.31
Hong KongHSCC Red Chip4259.184250.44
HungaryBASF150866.52149646.52
IndiaIBSE Sensex77264.5376933.59
IndonesiaJakarta Comp6518.126521.75

STOCK MARKET: BIGGEST MOVERS

AMERICA
ACTIVE STOCKSstock traded m/sclose priceDay's change
Nvidia83.94220.18-7.80
Intel49.6589.31-2.78
Amazon.com25.77265.859.59
PayPal Holdings23.6053.80-7.67
Apple18.07320.966.38
Tesla17.59347.41-7.40
Moderna16.86136.17
Super Micro Computer16.2237.08
Micron Technology13.78920.08-15.31
Microsoft13.03516.4811.41
BIGGEST MOVERSCloseDay'sDay's

EURO MARKETS ACTIVE STOCKS

ACTIVE STOCKSstock traded m'sclose priceDay's change
Lloyds Big Gp114.861.100.01
Grencore68.075.96-
BP64.935.14-0.01
Vodafone64.071.18-0.01
Legal & General57.032.930.02
Tritax Big Box REIT36.631.57-0.02
Terco35.894.570.02
Barclays34.634.970.04
HSBC26.6515.280.24
Pan African Res25.331.36-0.02
BAGGEST MOVERSCloseDay'sDay's
CountryIndexLatestPrevious
IrelandISEQ Overall14208.2314791.46
IsraelTel Aviv 1254081.954094.17
ItalyFTSE Italy All-Share55256.6454894.95
ItalyFTSE Italy Mid Cap82023.0861711.85
ItalyFTSE MIB52616.1252265.20
JapanNikkei 22586405.5668131.98
JapanTopix4148.714117.22
KuwaitKXK Market Index9144.679144.67
LatviaDMX Riga955.40950.88
LithuaniaDMX Währse1501.601500.54
LuxembourgLux1985.011985.01
MexicoIPC Mexico City65508.0165629.98
MalaysiaFTSE Bursa KLD1725.881741.72
MoroccoMASI19853.0819646.92
NetherlandsAEX1112.281103.38
NetherlandsAEAR Share15028.7915028.79
New ZealandNZ$5013768.1813880.95
NigeriaSE All Share241296.47239156.09
ACTIVE STOCKSstock traded m'sclose priceDay's change
Stellantis41.424.680.10
Intesa Sanpaolo30.856.780.04
Enel13.779.460.09
Banco Santander11.1712.71-0.17
Royal KPN10.924.100.02
Nokia9.559.060.06
Orange8.0615.200.10
Banco De Sabadell7.223.63-
Iberdrola6.1920.280.22
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina5.6525.040.38
BIGGEST MOVERSCloseDay'sDay's
ACTIVE STOCKSstock traded m'sclose priceDay's change
Nippon Tel & Tel183.75168.600.40
SoftBank Corp56.31237.700.20
Nissan Motor Co42.43321.009.00
Fujikana39.795340.00-160.00
Mitsubishi UFJ36.983658.0050.00
Seven +! Holdings34.332001.50-11.50
Taiyo Yutien31.879244.00344.00
SoftBank Grp Corp29.065161.00-39.00
Tokyo Electric Power25.68528.10-1.40
Toyota Motor24.833116.0039.00
BIGGEST MOVERSCloseDay'sDay's

UK MARKET WINNERS & LOSERS

CountryIndexLatestPrevious
NorwayDio All-Share2488.42247.80
PakistanKSE 100177995.50177222.78
PhilippinesManila Comp5955.236004.58
PolandWig157108.25150545.28
PortugalPSI 209433.919388.24
PortugalPSI General6399.076365.01
RomaniaRomania BEE Index35007.4435457.73
RussiaRussia Traded Index in USD988.10988.10
Saudi ArabiaDADAMUL All Share Index11237.9311237.93
SingaporeFTSE Strata Times5689.505664.12
SlovakiaSvlon 20325.90325.90
SloveniaSBI TOP3208.183213.73
South AfricaFTSE/JSE All Share118173.36116806.24
South AfricaFTSE/JSE Res76167.1375324.43
South AfricaFTSE/JSE Top 40110675.48108323.09
South KoreaKospi6798.006912.23
South KoreaKospi 2001065.701068.61
SpainSpain BEX 2520041.8919881.60

FTSE 100price(£)% Chg week% Chg ytd
Winners
Computacenter56.7011.5093.52
Melrose Ind5.159.55-12.44
Anglo American42.694.9738.38
IG Group14.004.956.46
Lon Stock Ex90.004.630.54
Investec6.634.0820.22
Aberdeen Group2.523.8722.67
Intl Cons Airlines4.383.625.77
Halma36.323.482.66
Antofagasta40.393.4323.18
pricechangechange%
Ups
Trend Micro8050.00339.005.94
Recruit Hldgs17800.00830.004.89
Nomura Research Ins5266.00220.004.26
Fujitsu3904.00151.004.02
Mitsubishi Motors388.7014.503.87
Downs
Farukawa Electric3903.00-186.004.55
Sumitomo Electric Ind2180.00-75.00-3.33
J Front Retailing3047.00-92.00-2.93
Fuji Electric Co13815.00-415.00-2.92
Fujikura5340.00-160.00-2.81
CountryIndexLatestPrevious
SwedenOMX Stockholm 303331.263321.44
SwedenOMX Stockholm AS1154.651151.01
SwitzerlandSMI Index14399.7714384.37
TaiwanWeighted Stock Index46331.4545975.22
ThailandBangalore SET1586.201580.20
TurkiyeBIST 10014841.5614675.51
UKFTSE 10010824.2610792.54
UKFTSE 400/UK9427.539388.55
UKFTSE All Share5642.375626.09
U.S.A.FTSE techMARK 1009629.889658.04
U.S.A.DJ US Composite16843.5216946.80
U.S.A.Dow Jones Industrial53555.3753569.44
U.S.A.Dow Jones Transport21372.5321440.27
U.S.A.Dow Jones Utilities419.31425.09
U.S.A.Nasdaq 10029809.1329641.56
U.S.A.Nasdaq Composite26578.1326513.70
U.S.A.NYSE 10024575.7424648.03
U.S.A.S&P 5007715.057730.99
pricechangechange%
Ups
BMW62.642.704.50
Volkswagen pfd77.422.423.23
Mercedes-Benz Grp46.951.352.96
Ems Chemie791.0022.002.88
Volkswagen78.252.152.83
Downs
Lindt & Spruengli Reg90300.00-2400.00-2.59
UCB Cap216.50-5.40-2.43
Pernod Ricard63.20-1.30-2.02
Kingspan Grp102.10-1.90-1.83
Rheinmetall1154.60-18.60-1.59
pricechangechange/%
Ups
Workday206.0912.526.47
Amazon.com265.859.593.74
AirBnB190.606.213.37
Salesforce Inc259.887.833.11
Charter Communications152.764.442.99

¥ per \$ 0.3421%

FTSE 250price(E)% Chg week% Chg yld
Winners
Hartford's Group2.7317.6394.25
Victory Group3.0314.45-52.82
Atakaya Mining Copper11.0910.9029.71
ME Group1.307.27-14.04
International Workplace Gp1.906.74-17.89
AEP Plantations2.056.5549.63
Hays0.776.5136.50
Bytes Technology Group4.396.4622.31
discoverie Grp8.136.4135.50
TBC Bank Group50.505.8724.38
CountryIndexLatestPrevious
VenezuelaIBC5671.975694.55
VietnamViet Nam Index1832.121831.56
Cross-BorderEuro Stoxx 50 (Eur)6485.676424.73
NetherlandsEuronex 100 (E)1927.161912.90
Cross-BorderFTSE 400d Global ($)21460.6821514.46
Cross-BorderFTSE All World ($)758.83760.31
Cross-BorderFTSE €3002616.132602.39
Cross-BorderFTSE Eurotop 1005090.825030.15
Cross-BorderFTSE Global 100 ($)5754.975770.44
Cross-BorderFTSE Gold Mkt ($)6595.016595.01
Cross-BorderFTSE Latibex Top Eur)6130.006118.10
Cross-BorderFTSE World ($)1417.141419.90
Cross-BorderFTS Deutschland 100 (Eur)7252.427195.46
Cross-BorderFTS Deutschland 80 (Eur)8812.688733.25

pricechangechange%
Ups
Hays0.770.045.13
AEP Plantations2.050.105.02
Metro Bank1.730.084.59
SSE24.490.682.86
Workspace Group3.780.102.83
Downs
Oxford Nanopore Technologies1.76-0.05-2.81
B&M European Value2.38-0.06-2.62
Babcock International10.56-0.26-2.36
BAE SYSTEMS20.44-0.48-2.29
Shawbrook Group3.16-0.07-2.17
Downs
PayPal Holdings53.80-7.67-12.49
Fortinet163.51-9.27-5.36
CrowdStrike Hldgs215.90-12.06-5.29
Autodesk257.83-12.75-4.71
Synopsys443.29-21.60-4.65

FT.COM/MARKETSDATA

FTSE Small Capprice($)% Chg week% Chg yld
Winners
McBride2.0625.7640.52
PensionBee Group1.4510.27-10.49
Macerlane Gp0.777.696.94
SIG0.097.16-6.08
PureTech Health1.267.140.80
Geiger Counter0.676.9312.17
AGOS4.195.8147.80
C&C Group0.965.28-29.11
CT UK High Income Trust1.225.178.93
Aberforth Geared Value & Inc Ltd0.934.7914.11

CURRENCIES

Industry Sectorsprice(£)%Chg week%Chg yld
Winners
Finance & Credit Services14453.264.36-0.20
Electricity14288.772.718.95
Biotechnology21764.192.58-1.09
Hhold Goods & Home Const8698.842.53-19.35
Electronic & Electrical Equip14980.122.0817.50
Industrial Metals & Mining10039.611.9536.11
Personal Goods17948.101.85-1.84
Travel & Leisure10410.851.895.60
Software & Computer Svcs1941.931.86-4.90
Technology1669.481.83-4.65
Aug 28Closing MidDollarWeek's MidEuroChange MidPayout
ClosingDay's ChangeClosingDay's ChangeCloseWeek's Change
Argentina (*)153,410-0.701517.46631750.890227.803927.80392554.465-2.102616.2323
Brazil (*)1.30110.0014-0.69431.0173-0.0021-0.00216.89570.0010-0.0122
Bahrain (Dinar)0.37700.45810.00260.00260.5518----
Bolivia (Dinar)11.6000-0.0300-0.003013.74770.04620.046216.55870.0239-0.0226
Brazil (Dinar)5.32310.03300.00885.34640.10460.10460.03830.00330.0033
Canadian Dollar1.39810.00210.01091.6172-0.00100.00041.88430.00170.0078
Chinese Yuan909.460014.03604.13361081.316623.011723.0117233.0869-24.452024.4520
Chinese Tuan6.7254-0.0246-0.02467.69980.01870.01879.12270.00240.0034
Colombian Peso3205.200081.943051.94303724.7962116.8230116.82306520.563172.2518239.3067
Costa Rica (Dinar)449.12001.08561.0856521.89602.00181.30181.26830.29160.1916
Czech Koruna20.7022-0.2244-0.226624.1235-0.1185-0.118526.1812-0.1987-0.1987
Chile Leste6.47330.01430.02697.41880.00900.00907.1375-0.01430.0090
Egyptian Pound50.20000.34900.349058.36060.14420.144268.17110.72040.7204
Hong Kong Dollar7.83590.00060.00049.1108-0.0189-0.018710.4242-0.0558-0.0587
Indian Rupee314.5000-1.4751-1.4751364.9500-1.5388-1.53882.6383-0.2747-0.2747
Indian Peso36.3575-0.1067-0.1261110.8499-0.4233-0.4233126.4037-0.2919-0.3919

FTSE ACTUARIES SHARE INDICES

Aug 28Closing PriceDOLLARChangeVol 03/04EUROChangePOUND
Day'sWeek'sDay'sWeek'sDay'sWeek's
Indonesian Rugby17000.000-30.0000--2057.549048.748048.74802403.2191054.9000-88.4610
Ireland2.91500.1000-0.018-3.40500.0050-0.0020-0.9454-0.0120-0.0294
Japanese Yen159.85503.54500.900-185.17910.23200.2192217.00870.6124-0.4289
Kuwaiti Dlg129.4000---156.37580.80500.8050135.65470.70030.7553
Kuwaiti Sdn1.98893.0001--0.3880-0.0007-0.0013-0.4193-0.0018-0.0018
Malaysian Rngspt4.0250-0.0070-0.0215-4.6786-0.0463-0.04635.4651-0.0127-0.0371
Mexican Peso3.91490.0469-0.184-19.7182-0.0306-0.0306-0.0443-0.05280.0026
New Zealand Dollar1.69530.0040-0.012-1.95950.0004-0.00372.28780.00410.0062
Nigerian Naira1328.950-23.1800-21.1000-1555.1092-7.3719-17.31191817.225523.9332-23.9352
Norwegian Krone8.36283.0249-0.053-10.6726-0.0056-0.005612.77990.02490.0249
Pakistan Rupee277.4250--0.0050-322.3966-0.8836-1.5010339.5995-0.2219-1.4633
Philippines Peso3.3025-0.0227--3.8963-0.0027-0.00273.5596-0.0124-0.0124
Philippine Prima62.275755.37500.5902-72.34052.18872.188786.43140.49250.4944
Poland Zloty3.73180.0111--4.33900.03900.03905.06630.02640.0264
Romanian Pound4.5214-0.0114-0.0114-5.72680.01950.01957.08990.00990.0099
Russian Ruble86.15003.5500-3.5500-100.11494.70364.7036116.94445.26815.2681
Losers
Techn Hardware & Equip116.46-4.7892.21
Alternative Energy40.59-3.4984.60
Energy11054.27-3.2921.01
Oil Gas & Coal10510.62-3.2920.93
Automobiles & Parts948.34-2.16-40.70
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech23487.02-2.07-8.38
Health Care16440.85-1.97-8.40
Industrial Transportation4482.62-1.3313.67
Consumer Digital Services193.37-1.291.16
Leisure Goods43393.65-0.90-3.25
Losers
1.93abrdn Euro Logistics0.17-10.18
4.92Residential Secure Inc0.08-10.11
7.27Kenmare Resources1.90-9.52
6.12Gym Group1.96-7.11
1.31The Smarter Web Company0.33-6.60
1.21EnQuest0.25-6.51
1.43Gulf Marine Services0.18-6.28
1.89Boot (Henry)1.46-5.81
1.67Elaian International6.00-5.66
5.26Crest Nicholson Holdings0.64-5.46
£ Strg Aug-28Day's chg %Euro Index£ Strg Aug-27£ Strg Aug-26Year ago yieldDiv CoverP/E ratioXD adj.Total Return
FTSE 100 (100)13624.290.2998554.4910703.5410278.128531.383.052.2114.94232.22
FTSE 100 in investment Trusts (55)354.440.012630.00354.44263.00263.000.000.0087.16349.56
FTSE 250 (250)24839.380.16227039.0724988.6624819.4722410.383.052.2412.88545.55
FTSE 250 ex Inv Co (104)25919.470.10226822.0725836.8825811.5123036.143.071.6519.69587.66
FTSE 250 Inv Grade 2 (250)5983.600.105983.606033.605983.605983.600.000.0010.005983.60
FTSE 350 Investment Trusts (259)5657.170.2653175.295821.255865.155351.903.082.0615.79142.72
FTSE 350 High Yield (135)5192.580.2642585.115163.835230.004620.854.221.9212.33181.89
FTSE 350 Lower Yield (276)5982.410.035447.545884.235888.525645.001.753.1118.3494.66
FTSE SmallCap ex Inv Co (120)8230.400.047227.408230.408230.408230.401.752.0318.3494.66
FTSE SmallCap ex Inv Co (120)6880.750.446192.716757.676758.196306.893.570.5648.00142.64
FTSE SmallCap Financials ex Inv Co (17)153.470.77148.97156.23156.23150.065.021.5512.875.11
FTSE All-Share (D3)5943.270.2853320.025826.095866.595330.383.062.2314.64140.53
FTSE All-Share ex Inv Co (17)5718.790.2853320.025826.095866.595330.383.062.2314.64137.63
FTSE Hedging (H2)17262.690.8511321.6112054.8812496.5711263.655.13-1.21-1.47208.31
FTSE Hedging ex Inv Co (22)16817.940.80150263.4616578.6715532.4814203.424.61-4.03-4.71611.51
FTSE All-Small (22)5743.900.2953132.055707.235707.145246.473.801.0225.77138.41
FTSE All-Small ex Inv Co (122)5143.600.2949999.995143.605143.605143.603.801.0225.77138.41
FTSE AIM All-Share (D3)811.18-0.24738.65813.11814.90766.391.791.5635.888.73
FTSE All-Share Technologies (D)20666.64-0.181881.662070.312030.602154.292.391.8123.2046.10
FTSE All-Share Telecommunications (D)2143.670.341834.712117.502123.141838.213.320.8037.7641.30
FTSE All-Share Software & Services (2)10276.79-0.149399.9910276.7910276.7910276.793.320.8037.7641.30
FTSE All-Share Finance (23)8802.210.838015.568730.108794.897738.993.411.9320.13152.28
FTSE All-Share Real Estate (4)827.15-0.15788.50828.96836.89779.494.711.1516.4528.97
FTSE All-Share Industrial (2)6191.47-0.155799.996191.476191.476191.474.711.1516.4528.97
FTSE All-Share Consumer Staples (28)19598.640.2318714.1819813.6520196.7120151.954.071.4317.59523.46
FTSE All-Share Industrials (19)12677.35-0.4311543.9012732.6912749.6710928.881.462.0732.63151.87
FTSE All-Share Biodic Materials (2)12065.270.1210844.4512548.5112518.619168.892.432.0520.13779.93
FTSE All-Share Credit (1)1387.490.121387.491387.491387.491387.492.432.0520.13779.93
FTSE All-Share Utilities (9)11074.961.3210084.5010083.6311385.8710509.923.711.5317.59265.58
FTSE All-Share Software & Computer Srls (1)2239.38-0.1722318.162243.302176.372341.562.401.8123.0250.34
FTSE All-Share Tech Hardware & Software (2)3577.74-0.493257.863895.513561.733276.410.000.001294.600.00
FTSE All-Share Health Care Services (2)3308.76-0.493308.763308.763308.763308.760.000.001294.600.00
FTSE All-Share Health Care Providers (2)11287.241.1910287.9711154.2211187.978413.291.031.7954.1528.78
FTSE All-Share Medical Equipment & Services (2)5410.99-0.814027.115460.735439.935175.002.852.1317.76105.27
FTSE All-Share Pharmaceuticals & Biotech (8)23419.51-0.7621325.6323599.9922623.1520560.622.402.4317.16514.99
FTSE All-Share Automotive & Parts (1)1346.870.1113351.311346.871346.871346.872.402.4317.16514.99
FTSE All-Share Finance & Short Services (7)12467.830.2111331.3112441.7412306.1112503.511.971.8727.10244.47
FTSE All-Share Banking & Brokerage Secs (52)13570.220.2912559.1313532.9613537.7513507.983.872.869.52355.77
FTSE All-Share Retail & Investment (1)1569.640.291569.641569.641569.641569.643.872.869.52355.77
FTSE All-Share Real Estate & Services (1)8514.980.857753.688443.158548.658294.184.691.1918.00304.68
FTSE All-Share Insurance (2)6842.42-0.406230.386889.276903.315171.053.941.2520.27176.39
FTSE All-Share Real Estate & Services (1)1972.420.021786.071972.081954.311936.092.201.9323.9631.72
FTSE All-Share Automotive & Parts (1)20147.84-0.1419999.9920147.8420147.8420147.842.202.2023.9631.72
FTSE All-Share Automobiles & Parts (1)882.68-0.65776.45856.28865.411437.940.000.00-0.760.00
FTSE All-Share Consumer Services (2)3728.010.753394.703700.433650.043698.562.261.7725.0084.26
FTSE All-Share Hold Goods & Home Care (8)7119.31-0.136482.527128.337231.136988.714.391.6513.71730.81
FTSE All-Share Energy & Services (2)4629.74-0.134629.744629.744629.744629.743.991.6513.71730.81
FTSE All-Share Personal Goods (3)15384.740.6614009.2315264.4315430.3515672.830.251.1534.5937.50
FTSE All-Share Media (10)12708.310.0713178.2712636.1512542.6912025.173.161.7713.55332.34
FTSE All-Share Media (10)2844.52-0.022582.942847.982870.032591.682.312.7713.8151.32
FTSE All-Share Media (10)1325.44-0.021325.441325.441325.441325.442.312.7713.8151.32
FTSE All-Share Beverages (5)17221.500.5315681.7717313.1917498.7715618.323.101.5428.89183.93
FTSE All-Share Food Products (10)8189.540.107438.218193.408198.197556.822.652.0416.49115.21
FTSE All-Share Telecom Eq. (2)17573.28-0.2316867.2516536.2416494.6814755.585.931.7112.7765.44
FTSE All-Share Materials & Materials (16)12507.990.6712447.9412507.9912507.9912507.993.991.6530.6030.60
FTSE All-Share Aerospace & Defense (2)26199.48-0.7123854.3126303.5826515.6621014.131.072.4937.51229.46
FTSE All-Share Electronic & Material Equip (1)17506.57-0.0615886.7017708.1317545.1516423.051.003.0236.55132.24
FTSE All-Share Electrical Equipment & Parts (2)9071.76-0.078947.998977.998977.998977.993.991.6536.55132.24
FTSE All-Share Industrial Engineering (8)15767.83-0.1714588.0615974.6115981.6015129.622.241.6127.80225.31
FTSE All-Share Industrial Support Sectors (2)10867.010.219849.4410763.9310731.3310510.122.131.4631.76195.21
FTSE All-Share Industrial Transportation (1)8737.801.038155.488868.698787.655899.344.041.7713.98224.75
FTSE All-Share Industrial Machinery & Mining (8)3668.64-0.093668.643668.643668.643668.643.991.6530.6030.60
FTSE All-Share Chemicals (1)8892.581.038361.108762.068879.217617.183.780.9333.43281.55
FTSE All-Share Oil & Gas Co (12)15040.910.659598.4710472.5510548.658705.853.852.5610.15304.05
FTSE All-Share Alternative Energy (1)18.34-2.7218.4018.6618.839.940.000.00-16.950.00
FTSE All-Share Natural Resources (2)14262.99-0.4413626.2414262.9914262.9913626.243.991.6530.6030.60
FTSE All-Share Financials & Co (6) (2)217.480.94207.16215.46217.52190.333.592.3811.716.76
FTSE All-Share Gas Water & Multi-Use Oil (6)9641.690.688739.649562.139572.549502.823.991.4417.422708
FTSE All-Share Industrial Metals & Mining (6) (2)13879.190.119850.5010885.9910826.508099.632.382.0020.42254.23
FTSE All-Share Industrial Machinery & Mining & Mining (6) (2)4717.490.444699.994717.494717.494717.492.382.0020.42254.23
NY FRANCIS BANK (2) (3)8443.170.038636.678400.548443.745968.612.901.9518.151414

FTSE SECTORS: LEADERS & LAGGARDS

Year to date percentage changes
Techn Hardware & Equip92.21
Alternative Energy84.60
Industrial Metals & Mining36.11
Health Care Providers34.18
Basic Materials32.69
Nonlife Insurance32.32
Aerospace & Defense24.66
Energy21.01
Oil Gas & Coal20.93
Banks19.29
Electronic & Electrical Equip17.50
Industrials16.36
Telecomms Svc Providers15.59
Telecommunications15.59
Chemicals14.68
Construction & Materials14.65
Financials & Inv Co.14.29
General Industrials14.06
Financials13.85

FTSE GLOBAL INDICES

Avg 27 Regions & countriesNov of stocksUS$ IndicesDaily %ChgMonth %ChgYTD %ChgUS$ IndexYTD %ChgDiv YieldGr Div Yield
Global Indices
Global High1011412748.460.404.2513.832300.9715.191.58
Global Large Cap18701180.010.544.5513.362119.7114.681.51
Global Mid Cap22941307.070.374.3013.562119.7114.681.51
Global Small Cap68501457.870.234.1214.952098.0416.361.70
Global ex-Japan95001374.460.444.2814.682098.0416.361.70
Global ex-China75834305.190.414.3114.602112.0015.961.56
Global ex US85638243.66-0.064.2814.771658.8316.952.39
Global ex Japan13701374.440.444.2814.771748.2715.531.53
Global ex-Japan87581332.790.414.2813.572139.3814.921.56
Regional Average
Americas19791763.610.654.2513.322743.7514.241.18
Asia Pacific6323933.740.314.5519.911675.8721.931.55
Europe ex-Japan98671332.790.414.2513.572344.6814.921.58
Europe1452716.67-0.053.709.511546.3313.221.79
Eurozone12711000.000.003.809.511271.0010.001.58
Eurozone ex-JUK614749.34-0.664.329.941536.3112.652.69
Total388571.58-0.552.309.331712.1013.014.43
FTSE Developed Markets
Developed Europe53591325.580.434.2814.152258.1915.441.49
Developed North America1099986.890.004.2814.152098.0415.441.49
Avg 27 SectorNov of stocksUS$ IndicesDaily %ChgMonth %ChgYTD %ChgUS$ IndexYTD %ChgDiv YieldGr Div Yield
Digital Information Services
Consumer Goods & Computer Svcs3697.682.2713.870.484390.500.920.56
Media163829.08-1.718.92-8.931191.74-8.34
Technology
Software & Accessories283906.174.156.2445.27891.3645.74
Tech Hardware & Equip6936938.602.623.1643.189830.0643.70
Technology12314943.552.496.9823.278489.3523.76
Personal Goods & Equipment123331.15-0.143.3113.162311.74-0.14
Telecommunications Equipment114570.060.868.3170.526568.6471.62
Personal Goods & Equipment258262.620.352.9615.821362.801.98
Telecommunications Serv. Providers145449.55-1.053.662.521003.365.28
Electronic & Electrical Equip3442130.690.594.8825.363085.5726.38
Financials
Finance & Credit Services112940.790.152.27-5.061474.40-3.83
Financials1154732.40-0.521.2810.831527.0713.31
Financials & Insurance115740.00-0.101.2810.831527.0713.31
Banks489535.69-0.780.5114.641247.2917.80
Insurance & Insurance9100.00-0.560.5114.64234.732.67
Nonlife Insurance1251095.17-0.84-0.285.961974.508.92
Inv. Banking & Brokerage Svcs3441284.690.044.057.762064.899.11
Investment & Financing Svcs5651.63-0.175.011.66159.082.31
Real Estate
Real Estate646956.05-0.75-1.824.761166.867.28
Real Estate & Securities155154.36-0.49-0.28-0.28727.77-1.65
Real Estate Investment Trusts319367.63-0.83-2.939.001555.7511.71
Digital Information & Service
Consumer Digital Services98319.10-0.302.44-1.73323.51-1.52
Consumer Discretionary15131213.90-0.864.02-3.091161.21-2.32
Consumer Staples15131213.90-0.864.02-3.091161.21-2.32
Consumer Staples621998.34-1.23-0.175.381786.877.59
Retailers2671947.13-1.552.892.762879.673.32
Consumer Goods & Drug Grocery Strs15131213.90-1.552.892.762879.673.32
Personal Goods141817.12-0.470.03-11.391285.80-10.25
Personal Goods & Equipment153153.43-0.470.03-11.39934.67-1.47
Travel & Leisure2961204.241.781.44-0.431775.060.59
Aug 28Closing MidDOLLARClosing MidEUROPOUND
Day's ChangeWeeks ChangeDay's ChangeWeeks ChangeDay's ChangeWeeks ChangeChange
Saudi Riyal3.7544-0.0002-0.00024.3630-0.0096-0.01975.0864-0.0033-0.0191
Singapore Dollar1.27513.00170.00011.4794-0.0011-0.00301.73310.0013-0.0013
Thai Baht3.60803.08133.081310.88860.05450.0545-0.7224-0.0240-0.0240
South Korean Won1372.4000-8.0000-1.83001594.6660-43.3546-43.35461862.9444-12.2556-25.7200
Taita Netto9.56373.04950.000111.1140-0.0279-0.0627-1.9823-0.00270.0026
Sri Lanka3.88703.00320.00006.97180.00160.00291.09350.00060.0042
Iceland kronen31.6360-0.0725-0.258039.7172-0.4672-0.467242.9062-0.1238-0.5036
Thailand baht32.45653.02553.055538.3054-0.0103-0.138548.7213-0.0517-0.1363
Turkish Dinar2.9159-0.0081-0.00813.38850.00110.01113.55810.00490.0049
Turkish Lira48.24503.53403.554056.55560.55480.554863.40810.99400.8849
UAE Dirham3.4162-0.0082-0.00824.3683-0.0094-0.01948865-0.0032-0.0167
Pound Sterling3.73673.00043.00278.8551-0.0014-0.00091.0000--
United States Dollar1.0000--1.921-0.0025-0.00521.3578-0.0008-0.0050
Swedish Krona Cen26273.5000-42.5000-42.500026296.825087.211087.21103,538.1100-30.5440-30.5440
US Dollar8.96253.00150.003911.1140--1.98110.00180.0009
13.67Finance & Credit Services:-0.20
12.31Consumer Staples-1.00
11.65Biotechnology-1.09
10.33Personal Goods-1.84
9.42Personal Care Drug & Grocery-2.65
8.38Leisure Goods-3.25
8.09Real Estate Investment & Svcs.-3.59
6.74Consumer Services-4.38
6.04Technology-4.65
5.60Software & Computer Svcs.-4.90
5.37Tobacco-5.56
4.14Pharmaceuticals & Biotech.-6.38
2.84Health Care-6.40
2.79Medical Equipment & Svcs.-11.66
2.66Held Goods & Home Const.-19.35
1.10Automobiles & Parts-40.70
Aug.27 Regions & countriesNo of stocksUS$ IndicesDaily %ChgMonth %ChgYTD %ChgUS$/shareYTD %shareDiv Yield
Developed ex Canada515013285.000.444.2414.122960.1115.411.47
Developed ex Europe41681547.180.634.3915.082450.0616.081.26
Developed ex Japan47311351.130.514.2414.122456.4516.081.26
Developed ex US3808819.460.114.3816.111636.8618.432.40
Developed ex UK51281413.420.464.3514.322252.3715.551.43
Developed ex Canada40381285.270.514.3414.122256.2715.551.43
Developed Asia Pacific2318882.930.414.9626.762547.6128.512.02
Developed ex Japan40821285.270.514.9626.762547.6128.512.02
Developed ex USA1193735.890.653.879.301582.6012.112.79
Developed ex ex UK982863.95-0.604.049.141791.7211.952.71
Developed ex Europe1143744.720.664.049.141791.7211.952.71
Developed Asia Pacific3511188.410.184.2316.261589.1818.652.45
FTSE Emerging Indicators
Emerging Markets47551103.190.094.0211.062411.7220.362.36
Emerging Asia Pacific40051237.100.174.0011.762259.8213.401.86
Emerging Europe259377.32-0.895.6223.05865.7824.802.50
Emerging Asia Pacific259377.32-0.895.6223.05865.7824.802.50
Emerging Plus Korea52104380.070.424.9520.168050.4622.022.07
Emerging Multi-Bond37001270.400.404.9520.168050.4622.022.07
Advanced Emerging12301522.540.345.9139.733308.0842.282.50
Secondary Emerging35251026.270.142.30-7.161816.00-5.572.23
Sector
Sector AverageUS$ IndicesDaily %ChgMonth %ChgYTD %ChgUS$/shareYTD %shareDiv Yield
Tobacco1,083.81-0.831.61-0.811572.6213.214.42
1513849.67-1.69-3.6110.994334.2713.734.42
Health Care
Health Care8511204.37-0.875.248.561904.449.971.58
Health Care Providers1181819.82-0.441.0911.682217.9612.701.53
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech5231067.84-0.865.1214.081857.8515.871.78
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech & Surgical1081819.82-0.787.45-6.402088.06-5.941.49
Agricultural Food & Beverages
Food Producers306654.87-0.931.374.001174.686.653.14
Food Services104417.231.431.0913.651572.6212.512.60
Energy
Energy373895.61-0.214.4530.011507.2332.843.01
Electricity248668.63-0.62-3.883.121517.575.042.88
Alternative Energy8839.70-0.04-1.367.86124.179.892.53
Oil & Gas67430.390.57-1.36-1.361623.99-10.382.38
Oil & Gas Coat306719.61-0.254.4131.301623.59-34.323.15
Gas Water & Multi Utilities117710.51-0.89-3.044.531792.277.193.58
Gas Water & Gas Servi482109.76-0.76-3.37-3.371792.277.193.58
Transportation
Automobiles & Parts2981059.931.01-0.62-13.631741.62-11.921.51
Automobiles & Parts3861493.080.550.2216.452545.1418.382.20
Industrials
Agricultural Commerce & Defense1023065.02-0.72-0.848.086883.028.801.08
Industrial Engineering3302398.790.210.1721.382757.6722.561.36
Industrial Materials95287.600.341.773.39570.145.162.77
Industrial Metals & Mining214109.130.13-0.99-0.99214.13-0.99-0.99
Industrial Support Services2351233.87-0.296.123.011941.924.031.24
Industrials20621068.20-0.311.8612.192569.1813.361.41
Industrials & Parts2041011.350.35-0.99-0.99204.13-0.99-0.99
Resources & Materials
Chemicals9971320.211.1213.8022.192800.1823.961.90
Chemicals4331090.610.143.2817.921956.3919.742.06
Construction & Materials4611446.78-0.55-1.592.482848.873.721.62
Construction & Materials & Mining871090.61-0.22-0.99-0.991090.61-0.22-0.99
Precious Metals & Mining951691.350.5936.3719.012988.3720.351.37

UK RECENT RIGHTS ISSUES

Close (p)%ChgClose (p)%Chg
3i Group2809.00-0.21Intl Care Airlines438.20
Aberdeen Group252.300.46ICG2022.00
Admiral4024.001.28Interlink Group545(45.0)
Airtel Africa332.80-2.12Investec663.00
Alliance Witan1379.000.44JD Sports Fashion86.70
Anglo American4289.000.61Kingfisher315.50
Antofagasta4059.00-0.05Lancaster686.50
Avoc, Bk Fds2952.00-0.58Legal & General292.40
AstraZeneca11970.00-1.19Lion Finance13420.00
Australiad Group526.00-1.53Lloyds Baby Gp108.95
BASF730.451.09London/McMo's Pcp180.80
Babcock Intl1056.50-2.36Lam Stock Ex9000.00
BAC Systems2044.00-2.29M&G251.00
Barclays486.650.82Merck & Company204.80
Barrick318.20-0.31Miratiom Int'l180.80
Beadley1297.000.04Merien Energies4227.38
BP - Amer. Tobacco514.50-0.17Nat Grid1170.00
4139.00-0.55Natl Grid Inc675.95
British Land436.20-0.33Next10576.00
BT Group295.30-0.44Pearson1223.50
Bank2700.000.36Pershing Square Hldgs3000.00
Buckeye1094.001.19Perlmntech1178.50
Centrica155.400.52Palo CapitalCh696.00
Coca-Cola Europe7990.001.01Prudential1018.00
Coca-Cola HBC AG4570.000.13Reckitt Benckiser5132.00
Compass2257.610.58Risikawa2672.00
Computacenter5670.000.80Rentokil Initial345.70
Convolnc227.60-0.87Rio Tinto7674.00
Croda International3499.000.87Rolls-Royce1536.20
DCC Corp6370.00-0.33Sumbrose A/S333.85
Diageo1709.000.44Schroders564.00
Diploma7330.000.55Scott Mgmt Inv Tat1482.50
Eaton4142.000.06Sony961.28
Entain513.200.43Severn Trent3146.00
Experian3044.00-0.03Shell3344.50
F&C Inv Trust345.200.64Smith & Nephew1082.50
Fresnillo3170.00-0.03Smiths GP2617.50
Games Works18420.000.55Spirax Group7110.00
Glencore595.600.05SSZ2449.00
GSK1853.500.08Standard Chartered2177.00
Haleon368.20-0.25Truist146.00
Halma3632.00-1.09St James's Place1186.00
Hiscox1842.000.38Tesco457.30
Headlam Investors794.50-1.31The Daga Grp1092.00
IISBC1534.401.62Toll Creek Box157.40
IG Group1400.000.43Unilever475.00
IIM3112.00-0.38Utd. Utilities1431.00
Imperial Brands2527.000.16Vodafone118.45
Informa901.401.14Var2946.00
InterCont'l Hotels11982.00-0.09Writmead2498.00

FTSE 100 SUMMARY

UK COMPANY RESULTS

Close (p)%ChgClose (p)%Chg
ATC Mining Eq182.50-Mendell Helium5.100.99
Braunai Solutions163.000.31Meridian Mining97.602.74
Coastal Africa Group200.00-Paton Canes26.50-
Comish Metals109.00-1.60Power Probe64.00-3.29
Dach Corp470.001.29Ritch Helium7.601.33
EDX Medical Group10.00-Sensil Resources20.00-4.76
Generation Essentials95.770.06Sintana Energy20.50-4.65
Halo Minerals10.502.44Sunburst Romania$330.00-0.56
Firoux Financial145.00-Tapi Holdings44.00-
Mayflower Acquisition685.110.06The Smarter Web Co32.502.20

UK RECENT STOCK ADDITIONS

Company NameEvent
Petra Diamonds LtdRights issue: 10 for 17 at 18.5p p.s., payable in full by Nov. 21 (xr 07.11.25).

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CompanyTurnover(£)
Andrada MiningFin 30.1m (22.4m)
Beowulf MiningInt - (-)
Berkeley Energia $Fin - (-)
CT Private Equity TrustInt - (-)
FIH GroupFin 37.4m (36.6m)
Forgent €Int 197k (636k)
GenIP $Int 54k (125k)
Halo MineralsInt - (-)
Hochschild Mining $*Int 844.4m (520.0m)
Prudential $*Int 5.9bn (5.3bn)

United Kingdom (USD)
FT GLOBAL 500: THE WORLD'S LARGEST COMPANIES

Stock52 Week
Price +/-ChgHighLowYldP/EMV (bl)
Australia (AUD)
ANZ Group Holdings36.46-0.4941.0032.465.9718.73
BHP Group66.40-1.0068.7739.303.6034.30
Commonwealth Bank154.96-0.50185.59146.983.2623.75
CSI Ltd173.881.44222.4790.002.3427.04
Macquarie Group250.94-1.83267.90167.313.2125.63
National Australia Bank37.98-0.2849.4535.484.4817.19
Westfarmers79.46-3.6194.7070.802.7931.36
Westpac Banking33.68-0.1543.3233.464.5716.76
Belgium (EUR)
Arheuser-Busch InBevBrazil (BRL)67.26-0.4676.1848.871.2025.38120.88
Itau Unibanco Holding42.32-0.2847.8032.500.000.00237.74
Itau Unibanco Holding Prfd39.10-0.3549.6736.650.000.00211.50
Petroleo Brasileira47.311.3856.1430.960.0041.93352.09
Petroleo Brasileira Prfd42.701.2550.6929.310.000.00232.57
Vale79.110.6691.6254.810.0089.14336.67
StockSym+Div52 WeekP/EMkt Vol
HighLowYldP/E
Finland (EUR)
Nordbank Bank AG17.500.0117.7912.440.0012.5955.53
France (EUR)
Air Liquide166.78-1.94189.80154.862.0231.96106.43
Airbus203.40-2.45221.30157.421.5737.95161.15
BASF42.32-1.7946.6636.355.4111.9669.74
BNP Paribas A150.60-5.05113.8091.225.1211.4247.42
Compass de Groupe B.V79.40-2.8495.8685.892.8811.9639.32
Cresol Agroco18.25-0.7620.4015.290.008.3755.24
Danone64.70-1.0280.1460.643.4824.9844.21
BMW233.070.5333.3815.971.1725.6332.98
ENGL24.10-0.8629.8917.234.2815.8661.27
Essential Electrica157.50-1.70332.80158.182.5430.2973.12
Hermes International1503.0015.502330.001465.501.1535.58165.00
Linde380.00-1.00400.00300.00-10.00100.00
LMVH Nomine Homes440.40-6.40654.70440.002.9120.47221.29
Safran343.20-7.20366.50262.600.9845.16143.58
Sarofi77.28-1.0191.1571.255.339.8793.34
Schneider Electric259.55-1.65312.30208.901.4134.64172.16
TJX100.00-0.00100.0080.00-10.00100.00
VMCI114.85-4.65143.15112.404.4013.2867.42
Company NameTickerClosing PriceHighLowYldP/EMCap m
Agnico Eagle Motors298.241.44348.94168.460.9425.45151.95
Bank of America27.68-0.8795.1568.201.2328.6675.58
Bank of Montreal238.69-1.28259.20163.042.8727.79168.56
Bank of New Scotia126.84-0.97131.7264.883.5426.51158.80
Brookfield57.43-0.43102.5952.040.68102.55128.20
Brookfield Asset Management A72.18-0.0686.5158.093.6641.22115.26
Brookfield Capital Markets108.16-0.01116.1070.000.00100.00100.00
Canadian National Railway175.15-1.82185.25126.112.0930.84105.81
Canadian Natural Gas69.030.1070.9941.673.6216.64142.31
Canadian Pacific Airlines130.14-1.26133.3896.500.7641.31114.40
Construction Software3125.2755.244624.992106.80-0.18103.2866.23
Caterpillar Engineering100.000.00100.0050.000.00100.00100.00
Comeriprise Oil & Gas99.80-0.1763.5841.453.2422.3199.22
Royal Bank of Canada263.47-4.64306.38195.862.4825.75393.96
Slokey Inc.213.875.17253.10129.010.00143.40258.24
TCL Holdings102.00-0.05105.0062.000.00100.00100.00
TDI Financial Services85.91-1.25100.1868.414.0934.3685.91
The Toronto Dominion Bank Of Scotland147.971.97175.33100.012.5630.32283.57
Wells Fargo Securities229.78-2.28255.30203.460.8455.37517.92
Company (€m)
Anilis AG152.001.50494.40126.951.8320.5327.56
BASF400.00-6.00452.9039.803.8416.63169.36
BAIF51.51-0.2755.0541.484.3728.3045.97
BMW59.942.2697.9256.407.345.0436.91
Deutsche Bank34.44-0.1935.0123.822.9010.9065.80
Deutsche Securities188.80-3.80244.36166.202.6114.88146.28
Deutsche Telekom AG28.19-0.7434.3623.533.5514.31136.72
DHL Group56.42-0.4058.3036.393.3718.2664.88
Infineon Technologies57.171.9668.8330.820.6174.2574.66
JPMorgan Chase117.50-1.00134.0076.001.1715.0015.00
Merck140.101.45148.80100.701.5721.9218.11
Mounchener Bank514.40-1.40575.60437.404.8726.5785.31
Porsche45.221.3750.6635.622.2311.4520.60
SAP117.50-0.20123.0076.001.1715.0015.00
SAP189.889.86244.30127.501.3230.93233.27
Siemens286.95-1.15291.50198.001.8627.25224.38
Siemens Energy150.24-0.86191.6683.320.47208.48129.37
Volkswagen70.26-0.3574.8046.000.8716.8816.88
Volkswagen76.102.55110.2071.006.835.7322.46
Volkswagen Pref.75.002.58109.1569.207.015.6415.47
Agricultural Bank China A6.79-0.078.685.793.678.7121.08
Bank of China A6.14-0.066.395.133.698.3014.65
Bank of Communications A7.07-0.107.776.374.598.55409.38
China Mobile Telecom A7.07-0.107.776.374.598.55409.38
China Life Insurance A38.610.0351.9232.322.227.08804.00
China Merchants Bank39.58-0.2243.9935.285.096.94816.49
China Petroleum Chemical A5.25-0.048.114.434.1020.19513.89
China Dinhaihai Oil & Petro47.660.5451.1837.244.2117.97875.31
China Railway Group A28.100.0131.1022.102.1010.00100.00
CITIC Securities A27.930.1632.0823.773.0014.25340.76
Can Consorbents A (C)3733.00-6.00468.75272.720.9623.111644.32
East Money Information A19.620.2629.3617.220.5125.65310.43
Fleetcofund International A63.96-3.2984.9544.221.5335.691387.24
Fleetcofund Japan A10.00-0.0110.000.000.000.000.00
Industrial Bank A18.01-0.2022.9616.445.925.21381.14
Jiangsu Hengqin Pharma A47.610.8774.0445.260.4240.01303.70
Kweichow Midea A1230.30-10.501568.001151.034.0219.691615.48
Mitsubishi UFJ A10.00-0.0110.000.000.000.000.00
Midland Bank G88.18-0.2189.5071.524.9914.86600.04
PetroChina A11.080.0713.698.044.2412.881.79
Ping An Insurance Group A55.87-0.2674.8646.904.897.27555.58
Postal Savings Bank China A5.00-0.086.444.764.376.855.01
Zijin mining group A1.00-0.011.000.000.000.000.00
Wuliang Yihara A71.12-0.78131.5070.527.2538.93276.06
Zijin Mining Group A34.570.1044.9422.212.3117.73712.20
BosNTechHong Kong (HKD)111.40-1.16124.0079.520.0053.3028.17
AIA Group74.650.4592.1568.952.65126.31772.38
HK$Y422.201.40460.20360.002.3030.05535.28
Kuwait Finance House0.770.850.773.1023.2415.30
Mexico (MXN)
America Movil B19.97-0.1224.4917.482.700.001241.83
Wal-Mart de Mexico47.75-0.1863.9746.312.430.00833.06
Netherlands (EUR)
Adyen1079.608.201600.80772.400.0059.2934.21
ASML Holding1486.40-11.201741.00611.800.5274.66576.94
Heineken72.14-0.6880.4463.902.6615.4840.79
ING Group30.12-0.4431.2120.213.7715.2186.56
Praxus N38.0163.9436.170.747.1983.11
The Magnum Ice Cream Co17.32-0.1317.5711.020.0036.0910.61
Universal Music Group NV14.860.2125.3714.173.5034.5527.31
Norway (NOK)
Equinor384.00-3.60422.30226.403.74197.94918.05
Republic of Korea (KRW)
LG Energy Solution37500.0019500.0052700.0029500.000.0080.818697.00
SAIMUNG BIOLOGICS1594000.00-5000.001987000.00983000.000.0066.1773787.78
Samsung Electronics268000.004500.00374500.0067500.000.6340.270.00
Samsung Electronics Pref194000.00-2500.00243500.0055100.000.67103.72155900.72
Samsung Egis366000.006000.0077300.0032900.000.00305.629604.66
SK hynix1730000.0042000.002987000.00253000.000.1727.880.00
Agricultural Bank China-H6-24-0-046-525.054.518.00191.81
Allstate Group Holding1155-0-1.10186-200885.850.89139.182296.72
Bank of China-H5-55-0-055-624.114.647.44460.34
Bank of Communications H7-54-0-037-636.334.879.98263.99
CITIC Bank91-1050.2510-058.4010.0025.4925.49
CITIC CITIC BANK8-18-0-058-206.505.6012.41121.74
China Construction Bank-H9-13-0-089-367.184.807.0321.95
China Life Insurance-H29-230-1236-1620.903.885.38218.18
China Merchants Bank H-H48-520-1053-7043.344.598.69227.34
China Petroleum Chemical-H4-68-0-035-703.985.3717.86111.30
China Railway Corporation-H27-46-0-0527-5021.902.8010.00100.00
CITIC Securities H-H27-46-0-1832-5023.243.5514.0294.09
ICICI-H7-46-0-097-665.564.707.46647.05
JCI Com-A112-10-1.00143-6095.803.5018.27279.88
Mitsubishi UFJ(HK)57-55-0-55120-3063.650.0020.16432.71
Nasdaq Financial Corp (NIG)39-53-0-1046-1030.000.0010.00100.00
NetEase150-33-2-30248-60188.003.3818.24630.57
Nanjing Spring H-H42-94-1.1456-2538.272.6330.43216.19
PeriOneH-H9-970.0512-226.995.3011.59210.36
Ping An Insurance Group H-H57-20-0-4574-7050.005.577.45406.00
PetroChina Holdings H-H10-105-0-0512-206.995.3011.59210.36
Tencent Holdings H-H447-802.40683-0041.001.18163.094076.39
Xiamen Cuy-B27-48-0-9859-9021.300.0016.96586.14
Zijin Mining Group H-H37-66-0-4246-9824.382.4413.31225.54
AIA Group74.650.4592.1569.952.85126.31772.38
HEKX422.201.40469.20360.003.3030.05535.28
India (INR)
Bajaj Finance1077.00-10.051117.60788.400.5656.536705.36
Bharti Amel Ltd1678.00-27.002174.701145.001.28143.4711719.66
Hindi Bank107.00-0.00117.00100.000.0010.00100.00
HSBC Bank712.00-15.101023.05715.051.8314.3810937.72
Hindustan Unilever2007.00-23.002779.702006.902.0445.884715.63
ICICI Bank1444.0013.301479.901187.550.8322.8510362.98
Inkaya1189.65-14.151727.85884.004.3411.164485.85
JPMorgan267.40-3.45306.50269.105.429.623300.49
Kotak Mahalika Banka423.307.10435.15345.400.153.804310.72
Larsen & Toubro4033.10-10.704400.003288.650.9434.495549.01
Life Insurance Corp413.00-3.00836.80385.902.4214.515224.45
Manila Select India Ltd13409.00-100.0017311.6010232.101.0426.764211.80
Mitsubishi Utdash Co107.00-0.00117.0090.000.0010.00100.00
Ozara Bank of India1044.90-8.901234.60798.601.6612.029845.07
Sun Pharmaceutical Inc.1903.50-0.502094.751547.250.8441.684558.83
Tata Consultancy Srl2252.00-19.003336.701976.002.6916.788147.93
StockPrice+/Chg52 WeekP/EMV (bl)
HighLowYld
Shin-Etsu Chemical5953.0026.007530.004366.001.9423.7211868.08
SoftBank237.50-2.00241.60202.603.7120.9311480.86
SoftBank Group5200.0037.0027695.003065.000.215.9526701.61
Sony Financial Group162.50-0.20210.00125.304.9320.411100.18
Sony Group3970.00-8.004176.003043.000.8070.7523085.77
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial6754.0062.007260.003668.002.6518.4925824.84
Takeda Pharmaceutical5859.00-51.006033.004102.003.5160.049308.64
Tokio Marine Holdings7629.008448.005300.003.2127.3114754.48
Tokyo Electron56000.00500.008136.0019970.000.8244.6426285.83
Toyota Motor3077.007.004000.002686.003.2510.4244398.78
ACWA Power195.40-1.40252.60154.500.2481.42149.77
Al Rajhi Bank68.30-0.70113.0062.002.4417.51409.60
Saudi Arabian Mining69.70-0.7079.9051.250.0089.36271.05
Saudi Arabian Oil26.1027.9623.045.2018.1263.16
Saudi Basic Industries50.10-0.2564.0048.205.1998.24150.30
Saudi National Bank43.4045.2433.305.3010.74260.40
STC Co44.660.0645.3841.144.9315.04223.30
Full Truck Alliance8.77-0.0514.077.462.63292.33163.56
Futo Holdings A124.57-2.77202.5380.502.0511.9295.42
POD Holdings A84.69-2.05139.4171.940.0033.88480.92
Bank Central Asia6400.0050.008750.004820.000.0013.707889.60
PT Banko Renewables3400.0090.0010725.002300.000.120.00548.73
Italy (EUR)
Assicurazioni Generali43.91-0.1745.4831.763.7318.0767.39
Enel9.37-0.1410.317.695.2325.3295.24
Eni22.71-0.3225.0214.484.8416.1168.77
Fenari355.80-0.35431.20269.000.8451.4963.08
Intesa Gampaolo6.74-0.126.944.815.5829.31119.20
Stellantis4.580.1210.494.370.006.1513.26
UniCredit SpA83.42-2.7386.4257.363.7716.34130.28
Singapore (USD)
DBS Group Holdings75.65-0.5977.9749.704.2019.70215.14
Oversea-Chinese Banking30.90-0.5431.8616.193.401895.71139.52
United Overseas Bank Ltd40.64-0.3145.1533.253.9114.7267.60
Singapore (USD)
JOYY A74.830.0280.9051.426.39356.3350.97
Sea / Singapore A118.32-0.80199.3077.050.0044.6564.66
South Africa (ZAR)
CompanyTickerPriceDay ChgHighLowYldP/EMCap m
Canon4690.0050.005033.003897.0034116.1716.572024.00
Costco Wholesale6934.00-104.0010780.006923.0010026.34168.8412647.00
Davis Skyne2896.50-13.504178.002300.003469.095377.245377.24
FAST RETAILING71540.00-580.0086980.0043400.008950.6922705.5322705.53
Hitachi5423.00135.006028.003622.0010340.592464.702441.70
Honda Motor1692.50-12.001782.501236.0042115.687366.117361.11
IBM1188.00-10.001218.00868.0010016.8516.851688.00
iTOOGL2135.00-33.009895.001803.0023918.451645.8616806.96
Japan Tobacco7031.0019.007210.004652.003924.3614820.0014820.00
KDDI2690.50-17.003121.002307.5023215.6911545.4611545.46
Keyence62100.00600.0067800.0051500.0056744.7519879.5119879.51
Samsung1188.00-10.001218.00848.0010016.8516.851688.00
Mitsubishi Heavy3855.00-65.005208.003040.0067245.0113430.8913430.89
Microsoft U.S.F. Gen Inc3638.0029.003813.002152.0025616.5543916.7043916.70
Mitsui & Co4577.0033.006675.003309.0026416.9214141.2114141.21
Micronu Financial Group8340.0026.008819.004680.0011016.5820372.2220372.22
MitsubishiUFJ Finl8738.00-10.0011235.007135.0010016.8511255.3111255.31
NTR169.30-1.40170.00142.6032113.3412530.5612530.56
Rexcal Holdings18970.00-105.0017765.008040.0061546.5224988.4024988.40
Naspers N772.497.031311.44752.300.6691.57591.03
Spain (EUR)
Banco Santander12.54-0.1713.127.991.5513.78188.37
BBVA Spain24.66-0.2925.2815.283.0294.85137.63
CaixaBank13.10-0.1013.478.383.0938.5391.38
Bentrolsa SA20.06-0.1022.0815.332.7536.34133.86
Indus57.70-0.5659.4241.242.46130.84179.83
Sweden (SEK)
Atlas Copco A208.501.90212.30148.451.4438.40700.05
Atlas Copco B181.351.45185.20133.101.6533.40283.06
EQT337.100.20383.00259.001.48544.59413.49
Investor B414.900.15426.80280.851.358.07755.92
Volvo B346.40-4.90374.50244.903.7520.45551.71
ABB79.28-0.4289.1452.661.1930.61144.54
Alcan56.46-0.1468.3447.800.4856.2129.21
Cien Financeier191.050.05202.20127.201.7340.74102.71
Givaudan3274.00-99.003592.002596.002.2036.7730.23
Holcim72.76-1.0482.5460.102.3422.6041.25
Lonza Group588.400.60597.80454.600.8565.8941.32
Nestle78.52-1.3587.0970.293.9522.37202.31
Novartis124.64-2.54131.5096.032.9740.87253.62
Roche Holding373.60-1.00383.00264.602.6223.0939.86
Roche Holding Pref.364.00-4.30375.80291.002.6922.50255.73
Sika191.55-1.55197.60120.351.9329.4730.74
Swiss Re139.95-1.10153.85114.054.5010.7241.81
UBS Group43.80-0.1044.4428.251.9622.35143.57
Zurich Insurance Group (ZUH)590.80-7.00626.00521.005.0818.4789.34
Hon Hai Precision252.005.50314.00187.502.8518.523535.22
MediaTek3865.00-80.004970.001130.001.3858.426199.06
Taiwan Semicon Mtg2410.00-5.002535.001145.001.0836.3762497.01
United Arab Emirates (AED)
Denmark (DKK)
DSV A/S1351.50-23.501913.501233.000.5239.40324.96
Novo Nordisk B295.25-9.70409.95224.253.9612.801000.94
Ashmore Gas3.20-0.043.763.125.6247.76245.60
First Abu Dhabi Bank19.640.2220.7415.324.0710.62216.98
United Kingdom (GBP)
3i Group Plc28.28-0.0644.9718.252.995.2429.02
AstraZeneca119.70-1.44157.3298.922.0024.62185.66
BAE Systems20.44-0.4823.6015.291.8529.7161.37
Barclays4.970.045.543.532.3211.3466.83
BP5.14-0.016.093.994.8180.80
British Amer Tobacco41.29-0.2353.2636.775.9311.7689.20
Compass Group22.580.1325.8120.002.2527.8438.39
Diageo17.090.0721.0912.962.1629.7038.05
Experian30.44-0.0139.8722.031.7025.1227.01
Glencore5.960.007.072.622.1069.91
StockPrice+/-Chg52 WeekYldP/EMV (b)
HighLowYld
GSK18.540.0122.8214.403.7813.1474.98
Haleon3.68-0.014.162.741.9819.8032.38
H&E Holdings15.280.2416.108.433.6117.15262.38
Lloyds Banking Group1.100.011.180.773.6515.7163.77
London Stock Exchange Grp90.00-0.64101.6466.441.7517.251,000.00
National Grid11.700.1014.2910.004.1417.8658.81
NatWest Group6.790.017.265.005.1512.7054.03
Reckitt Benckiser Group51.320.1665.2336.644.2210.9632.57
RELX26.720.0435.7519.912.5823.7346.69
Rio Tinto76.74-0.1491.1745.284.4616.9796.32
Rolls-Royce Holdings15.300.0015.869.900.7222.05127.28
Shell33.450.3437.5925.544.5214.98185.00
Unilever47.760.2455.4236.443.4512.88102.89
INTEREST RATES: OFFICIAL
DateRateCurrentSinceLast
USFed Funds3.50-3.7529-04-20263.50-3.75
USPrime6.7529-04-20266.75
USDiscount3.7529-04-20263.75
EuroRepo1.92501-09-20252.40
UKRepo3.7530-04-20263.75
JapanO'night Call0.7522-01-20260.50
SwitzerlandLibor Target0.2521-03-20250.50
INTEREST RATES: MARKET
OvernightChangeOneMonthThreeMonthSixMonthOneYear
DayWeek
Aug 28
SDFR3.640-0.0200.0103.6783.7553.8644.019
EURIBOR---2.2832.5572.7462.956
ESTR2.1880.001-0.0032.3042.4072.5012.647
SARON-0.0490.0040.025-0.055-0.045-0.046-0.046
SONIA3.731-0.0010.0003.7463.7973.9204.136

BONDS: TEN YEAR GOVT SPREADS
Rates are fixed at 11am UK time.

COMMODITIES

BONDS TEN YEAR SOFF SPREADS
Bid YieldSpread vs BondSpread vs BondBid YieldSpread vs BondSpread vs Bond
Austria3.420.15-1.30Italy3.960.69-0.76
Australia5.061.790.34Japan2.90-0.37-1.82
Belgium3.730.46-0.99Netherlands3.280.01-1.44
Brazil14.7111.449.99Poland5.892.621.17
China1.71-1.56-3.01Portugal3.530.26-1.19
Denmark3.11-0.16-1.61Spain3.640.37-1.08
France4.010.74-0.71Sweden2.93-0.34-1.79
Germany3.270.00-1.45UK5.061.790.34
Ireland3.310.04-1.41US4.721.450.00

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United States (USD)
3M Co.1786.8-1.17184.90139.341.7431.5492.23
Abbott Laboratories111.59-2.51137.4981.972.2536.00193.09
AbbVie258.15-4.75267.47195.762.6872.50456.18
Accenture Plc A187.386.00201.08118.153.4814.84114.67
Adobe268.251.50274.00155.004.0010.0010.00
Advanced116.58-0.67130.22104.662.0912.5258.45
Air Products & Chemicals305.47-1.19314.67229.112.3732.1966.02
Airbus Inc.184.40-3.67193.45110.810.0049.1777.36
Altria Motors124.73-1.50134.0094.001.0010.0010.00
Alphabet C337.71-1.39404.47236.390.2616.751866.52
Altia Group67.67-1.4577.0654.764.2714.13112.99
Amazon.com256.26-4.02287.20190.000.0020.322764.10
AMD476.87-4.26564.73449.230.00120.07778.15
American Electric Power123.74-1.50135.0093.001.0010.0010.00
American Express334.16-1.99387.49269.171.1422.68225.66
American International76.63-0.3487.2971.252.6113.8640.07
American Tower174.16-1.57208.03160.004.0123.8981.15
American Midstream505.27-1.57535.00355.001.0010.0010.00
AMETEK Inc.243.67-1.53261.16179.240.5635.5255.66
Amgen436.99-3.35447.03299.772.3126.64236.25
Amphenol A161.380.04178.52105.450.3138.42184.98
Analog Devices374.522.72445.31223.471.1744.22101.46
Apploma Int’l B133.44-0.23153.2999.561.6946.9878.80
Apple Inc.314.581.13344.57225.950.3435.914501.04
Applied Materials Inc.482.362.00739.67154.470.4441.38382.80
Aptiv Systems Inc.237.00-0.10263.00168.000.0010.0010.00
Avon Management142.410.43186.8595.803.7965.3331.69
Acacia Networks201.09-1.16214.89114.520.0062.45253.62
Arch J & Gallagher260.15-4.88313.55190.751.0842.6566.68
AT&T25.43-0.4429.7919.894.368.39174.26
Autodesk Asia Corp.189.85-0.85208.00136.000.0010.0010.00
Autodesk270.5815.81329.09189.500.0039.2157.09
Auto Data Processing284.683.29305.31188.162.3925.95113.09
AutoZone2932.33-66.674388.112962.300.0019.6747.87
Bank of America168.98-0.48186.85136.000.0010.0010.00
Bank of New York Mellon162.24-0.84165.69102.631.5518.73110.08
Becton Dickinson188.13-2.08213.08140.112.2332.4451.24
Berkeley Whitney A75509.41-84.7283018.8768803.000.0094.91302.35
Berkeley Whitney B82.70-1.31527.7440.610.0019.47748.33
Blackrock1191.69-1.851345.58929.500.0010.0010.00
Blackstone143.640.44190.09101.732.3132.13107.82
Block A84.851.7586.7548.210.00146.2945.89
Block B209.69-2.20254.35176.770.0075.23165.69
Boeing61.17-0.3566.7542.230.0015.5715.57
Booking Holdings202.56-6.335693.00150.140.8123.36152.20
Boston Scientific46.67-1.50109.5042.200.0018.7467.64
Brother's Myers Squibb66.95-0.6268.6442.523.7614.69138.76
Broadcom Inc.371.5415.95495.00287.170.7060.021767.63
Broadcom Systems S.p.A.119.99-0.57138.9994.230.0016.5516.55
Capital One Financial216.67-0.54259.63174.241.1811.94132.92
Carrier Global58.840.1076.7650.241.6341.4448.50
Cavnear A74.090.1448.6956.120.0053.2253.24
Caterpillar617.00-4.535073.46410.510.8035.00375.55
Cencora147.34-0.67168.85109.220.0015.5715.57
Cenovus Inc.321.23-6.56377.54244.820.7523.3467.10
Charter Comms A148.32-5.57285.62111.550.003.8116.99
Cheniere Energy380.80-3.28330.88180.290.7021.2957.98
Chipotle mexicanPacif139.99-0.57168.7595.300.0022.2222.22
Chipotle Mexican Grill37.22-0.1242.9428.040.0034.1547.10
Chubb338.31-5.46365.91250.301.2154.76130.52
Citrus204.15-1.63217.16163.161.0241.0861.69
Cisco Systems112.15-1.73141.3786.130.0037.14442.03
Coca-Cola247.34-1.55268.16177.880.0022.2222.22
Cloudflare Inc.*308.232.34333.22158.630.00531.4399.44
CMG Group A280.94-0.04329.16216.814.3223.71101.02
Cincinnati Tech A b63.761.6787.0337.082.0713.6228.72
Cintas Inc.190.72-1.59228.88146.880.8936.43414.50
Citigroup Petrolncv90.96-1.1099.3374.552.3325.8172.51
Caterpillar25.41-0.7934.4521.285.008.4493.47
CameoProPcs129.52-1.09135.8885.572.5917.13155.60
Constellation Energy282.412.69412.70239.630.6027.59100.06
ConocoPhillips 2nd33.39-0.2838.8826.680.0023.3923.39
ConocoPhillips 3rd152.880.02271.78165.440.7368.63131.62
Coterra82.40-0.4890.9760.530.8749.9454.98
Costco Wholesale934.66-21.461096.90844.660.8346.94414.50
CrownMillion A18.23-0.1922.8814.880.0013.8813.88
CELK358.58-1.47131.5592.521.6318.8563.59
CrookShire Holdings A227.9638.78786.001,441.040.007508.672232.17

Tradeweb

Precious Metals
Gold4524.58-85.44
Silver ($)68.06-1.19
Platinum1856.4012.00
Palladium1433.7383.18
Iron Ore96.050.05
EnergyPriceChange
Brent Crude89.330.40
Natural Gas2.87-0.05
Light Crude Oil83.14-0.39
3.5 Fuel Oil492.96-0.28
Euro Naphtha Oil745.451.03
Base Metals
Aluminium3237.503.00
Copper14277.00-5.50
Lead1905.50-10.00
Nickel16775.00-103.00
Tin54870.00-484.00
Zinc3870.50-13.50
Bulk Commodities
Baltic Dry3186.0079.00
Richards ICE Futures109.35-0.10
AgriculturePriceChange
Corn514.504.25
Wheat212.502.25
Rapeseed546.256.25
Sunflower Seed10275.0033.00
Soybeans1271.0014.50
Soybeans Meal340.6010.40
Cocoa (ICE Liffe)4388.00239.00
Cocoa (ICE US)6491.00336.00
Coffee (Robusta)3522.00-52.00
Coffee (Arabica)401.00-3.00
White Sugar524.3010.30
Sugar #1117.54-0.65
Cotton90.60-0.46
Orange Juice133.95-3.40
Maple Leaf4496.44-58.56
Live Cattle219.50-0.80
Feeder Cattle321.75-0.70
Lean Hogs80.05-0.58
Palm Oil (Malaysian)1178.001.00

BONDS: GLOBAL INVESTMENT GRADE
Sources: Energy: NYMEX. Base Metals: LME / London Metal Exchange. Corn, Wheat, Soybeans: CBOT. Live Cattle, Live Feeder, Lean Hogs: CME.

StockPrice+/-Chg52 WeekYldP/EMdy's
ONEOK94.72-0.1897.9064.624.9216.3059.71
Oracle151.943.07345.72114.501.3225.58437.66
O'Reilly Automotive87.83-1.72108.7282.580.0027.7971.05
Otis Worldwide71.48-0.8894.5669.102.4623.3127.21
Palo Alto Networks144.10-0.88156.80106.001.0023.18100.00
PACCAR126.54-2.69139.2492.251.1126.5866.61
Palantir Technologies A185.938.43207.52106.370.00146.40427.77
Palo Alto Networks382.8543.54398.88139.570.00321.72312.02
Parker-Hannifin1011.20-28.291009.94751.370.0035.00127.46
Paychex144.10-0.88159.3893.763.7416.1959.00
PayPal Holdings81.47-0.3479.2738.460.8111.5352.59
PepsiCo139.72-2.47171.48133.734.2418.29190.70
Pfizer26.02-0.2828.7523.586.1436.39159.70
Philips 66 Inc.100.00-0.00100.000.000.000.000.00
Phillips 66239.81-2.42246.95126.742.1213.6495.69
PNC Financial Services P243.51-1.16258.86176.883.2913.3997.15
Progressive217.85-4.86249.63180.200.1810.89126.48
Prologis Inc.141.80-0.74153.35110.513.0231.38134.80
Public Storage121.00-0.00121.000.000.000.000.00
Public Storage311.20-6.17335.55256.543.8629.5858.03
QUALCOMM164.781.06259.82121.912.6318.66173.06
Realty Income61.80-0.4567.9455.865.2545.1156.48
Republic of Korea100.00-0.00100.000.000.000.000.00
Republic Services219.27-2.91235.18196.411.2231.0667.14
Robert's Markets A109.761.22153.8663.520.0047.5286.78
Roblox A38.150.59142.0033.860.0027.0625.56
Roper Technologies422.698.41532.18350.960.8617.5441.80
Stryker House137.43-0.34143.74106.550.0013.7413.74
Royal Caribbean Group284.80-5.20366.50232.101.76105.8776.38
RTA212.080.09226.88150.611.3836.88285.83
SSG Global435.39-1.10554.56301.610.8926.48128.35
Schwab Corp257.84-1.34267.74184.471.1424.48144.54
Schlumberger55.011.4158.8231.642.1512.2081.64
Sempra84.75-0.53101.0470.973.1024.5755.42
ServiceNow138.4312.6397.6381.240.0081.91143.14
Simon Property Group214.89-2.22236.52172.191.4915.1769.53
Southern329.11-1.44339.11233.801.4915.1769.53
Solstice Advisors56.34-0.0350.8040.430.5349.158.95
Southern Co89.05-0.71100.8383.403.4121.35102.44
Southern Copper216.282.53233.8892.941.8332.47182.61
Southern Grp109.98-0.46119.9877.991.8332.47182.61
Starbucks Corp107.26-1.23110.5577.992.3162.00122.28
Strategic A137.401.21365.2181.810.001.3950.09
Stryker322.12-7.55396.86281.001.0933.11123.56
Synopsys464.895.48615.79366.000.0080.5789.09
Target Software284.85-1.36326.55226.501.0924.99286.85
Target165.931.89170.7583.442.8021.8375.38
TE Connectivity203.00-2.03252.56190.271.5419.7558.77
Tesla354.818.99469.83257.380.00300.691401.24
Texas Instruments266.68-0.46277.74174.661.0026.99137.65
The Alcatase257.62-4.19277.22198.081.685.0965.14
The Charles Schwab108.05-1.34114.5383.961.1819.57186.85
The Cigna Group277.67-3.20315.47239.512.2511.6973.37
The Coca-Cola60.06-1.0262.4965.252.3826.74363.19
The Citigroup147.88-0.87157.99109.572.3826.74136.59
The Sherwin-Williams345.21-3.45377.77289.880.9331.5583.80
The J.C.Acs134.22-2.61170.00134.501.4325.81148.27
The Wilkins Cos.74.19-0.2280.0856.092.8329.5690.75
The Wall Street Journal146.68-0.66156.68106.552.8329.5690.75
T-Mobile US177.75-1.86258.66165.662.3019.55190.67
Trade Technology454.31-9.09505.67348.000.8234.4499.96
TransDigm Group1188.4820.581463.031132.610.0035.9965.58
Travelerspin369.93-1.62388.69255.281.359.1977.03
Uber Technologies50.38-0.0253.9943.990.0013.9959.00
Uber Technologies76.95-1.54101.9965.410.0016.66157.18
Union Pacific307.67-2.95315.99210.841.8525.64182.78
Universal Service Corp.105.680.03122.4160.216.2119.6479.19
UnitedHealth Group255.45-1.46267.74174.661.4325.81144.44
UnitedHealth Group395.05-5.96461.62255.972.3525.32354.59
US Bancorp52.40-0.4066.0845.023.3312.4697.22
Valero Energy346.59-1.44353.00146.761.3814.4599.79
Verizon Communications49.42-0.7651.6810.605.7312.67205.37
Vertex Systems54.30-0.3460.8844.880.7713.49109.79
Vertex Pharmaceuticals547.550.26555.69374.170.0031.63138.78
Visa A379.66-4.24385.57270.910.3326.25648.98
Vistra138.81-0.22219.82132.660.5623.3046.93
Walt Disney106.82-2.18118.7992.191.4021.93184.44
Waste Management217.76-3.48248.13194.111.7430.7687.04
Wells Fargo84.97-0.2697.7672.762.3512.21256.95
Welltower239.60-1.96255.20153.751.42104.17172.69
Wells Fargo Northrop Grp137.88-0.48153.98109.971.42104.17172.69
WW Grainger1321.08-14.311419.91906.520.7533.6262.22
Yum! Brands150.75-3.66170.14137.331.9918.8741.14
Zendita A75.02-2.50156.4971.002.8312.2431.00
Red DateCouponBid PriceBid YieldDailyWeekly
US$
Morgan Stanley30/014.0098.894.57-0.080.06
Truist Finl Corp28/064.1299.695.120.060.02
National Rural32/114.0294.555.270.000.18
Washington Gaslight Co36/035.7897.975.020.000.00
Northern States Power28/038.13100.665.050.000.00
Oklahoma Gas & Elec28/046.50103.014.580.000.00
Euro
Germany25/082.2289.202.93-0.14-0.10
Spain46/102.8882.454.20-0.19-0.02
Belgium47/061.5061.464.49-0.120.30
France48/052.0063.374.73-0.140.17
£ Sterling
United Kingdom46/124.2582.605.71-0.30-0.30
United Kingdom47/071.5048.565.77-0.18-0.18
StockPrice+Chg
Crown Castle75.03-0.51
CDI51.54-0.22
Cummins573.87-4.27
Danaher95.640.00
Danaher215.980.32
Dew & Co622.66-11.88
Delphi Technologies C472.268.44
Diamondback Energy250.520.08
Dominion Energy192.33-0.10
Dominion Petroleum165.50-0.41
Doyle Hall A231.89-5.04
Dover Corp145.26-3.99
Eaton Security137.00-0.01
Eaton Corp416.04-3.40
Ecolab285.91-4.69
Edwards Lifesciences Corp89.95-0.83
Elevance Health399.11-3.43
Evercore Electric117.75-0.11
Evercore Electric157.71-0.58
ESCO Resources144.50-0.34
Equinix1078.45-3.16
ExxonMobil107.00-0.01
ExxonMobil Offshore156.44-1.75
Fastenal51.13-0.01
FedEx331.41-4.58
Ferguson Inc233.26
Fiservision Blizzard172.0623.36
Fanuc152.980.13
Flutair Entertainment95.01-3.05
Fiatris Inc172.3615.24
Fiatris Midstream29.26-0.02
Garmin289.870.85
GE Aerospace342.73-11.66
GE Healthcare Tech72.46-0.63
Gilead Sciences953.830.74
Hemerson199.06-0.02
General Motors161.18-0.15
Gilead Sciences148.860.77
Goldman Sachs Group1040.870.41
Haliburton Company100.00-0.01
Hilton Worldwide Holdings325.88-6.88
Home Depot328.61-6.24
Honeywell International220.39-0.26
Honeywell Automation220.39-0.26
IBM238.798.92
Illinois Tool Works281.67-3.84
Intel92.093.85
Interactive Bkgers Of96.55-0.47
Intercontinental Instrct114.38-0.13
Intuit348.002.12
Intuitive Surgical367.07-3.35
Johnson & Johnson355.77-4.23
JPMorgan Chase355.77-4.23
JPMorgan Chase254.22-2.28
Kenvue19.20-0.02
Keurig Dr Pepper31.88-0.33
Kimberly Clark109.98-0.36
McKesson Corp74.13-0.11
McKesson & Co109.320.82
KLA183.77-0.06
L3Pharmos Technologies261.98-0.98
Lam Research316.51-1.15
Lucidigm465.35-4.98
Lockheed Martin565.890.27
Lowes206.74-3.62
Lauderdale athletics175.00-1.35
Marathon Int'l163.50-0.46
Marriott International A353.87-4.80
Marsh190.00-3.26
Marvell Technology241.45-3.66
Microsoft195.14-0.11
McDonald's260.06-6.87
McDonald's890.51-6.14
Medtronic85.57-2.05
Mesa & Co149.54-3.56
Medtronic57.10-0.10
MedLife96.25-0.27
Micron Technology935.39-3.01
Microsoft505.058.69
Microsoft213.43-0.43
Monster Paper60.70-1.11
Morgan Stanley509.02-5.53
Morgan Stanley214.860.78
Motorola Solutions486.54-0.74
Mckesson519.15-1.15
Nasdaq169.35-0.12
Netflix79.84-1.62
Newmont Corp132.290.69
NVIDIA83.41-0.43
NKE Corp38.44-0.15
Norfolk Southern347.83-4.75
Northrop Grumman545.13-4.62
Nu Holdings A14.88-0.29
Nokia58.19-0.29
NXP Semiconductors225.862.71
Occidental Petroleum139.170.55

VOLATILITY INDICES
BONDS: BENCHMARK GOVERNMENT

Aug 28Day ChgPrev52 wk high52 wk low
VIX14.27-0.2414.5135.3013.38
VXD12.99-0.0613.0542.712.43
VDAX15.41-0.9616.3635.5813.53
Red DateCouponBid PriceBid YieldDaily yield chgWkly yield chgMonthly yield chgYear chg
Australia06/544.7587.855.620.010.030.140.37
04/274.75100.034.69-0.010.090.091.32
Austria02/332.8897.833.280.000.030.180.40
10/533.1386.124.000.010.010.150.17
Belgium06/543.2579.654.610.00-0.030.180.33
Canada06/271.0098.852.820.000.00-0.03-0.18
12/552.7576.703.930.000.030.130.15
Denmark11/332.3595.722.380.000.00-0.020.20
11/294.50113.444.230.030.010.120.30
Finland09/270.5097.572.870.040.020.130.74
09/333.0097.763.350.030.020.170.38
France05/543.0072.134.840.00-0.030.250.40
11/333.5098.343.760.030.00-0.68-0.42
Germany08/232.6098.724.120.040.030.180.42
08/531.7567.123.760.000.000.160.27
Greece06/283.88101.473.01-0.080.020.160.57
06/334.25103.263.700.030.710.130.42
Ireland10/320.2583.882.300.07-0.45-0.220.67
Italy12/272.6399.652.950.030.040.110.70
03/344.13102.563.840.030.020.190.53
Netherlands01/542.0069.913.770.01-0.010.150.20
07/332.5095.613.180.020.020.160.39
Poland04/292.7597.693.23-0.06-0.030.010.38
10/336.00101.765.690.060.050.250.75
Portugal07/321.6391.523.240.040.030.190.45
Spain10/521.8882.394.330.010.000.170.28
10/533.50100.654.440.030.000.170.39
Sweden11/331.7596.302.500.000.000.00-0.14
Switzerland03/362.50119.630.320.00-0.02-0.22-0.49
United Kingdom06/280.0092.654.410.060.060.080.64
10/533.7572.094.880.03-0.020.130.59
United States11/334.5099.494.590.070.000.110.62
11/334.5793.115.230.02-0.080.100.40

GILTS: UK CASH MARKET

Aug 28PriceYieldRed YieldDayWeekHighLow
Tr 1.25pc '2797.441.284.25-0.030.0197.5195.36
Tr 0.875pc '2989.590.984.46-0.11-0.0691.000.01
Tr 1pc '3282.541.214.69-0.16-0.0685.0781.01
Tr 4.25pc '3693.734.535.09-0.25-0.0199.3992.65
Tr 4.5pc '4288.675.085.57-0.290.1096.4587.54
Tr 3.75pc '5272.975.145.77-0.270.2681.5072.00
Tr 4pc '6074.095.405.75-0.300.2783.5273.28

Closing prices and highs & lows are in traded currency. Market capitalisations are in local currency. Highs & lows are based on a rolling 52 week period

GILTS: UK FTSE ACTUARIES INDICES

Price IndicesFixed CouponAug 28Dayschg %TotalReturnMonthReturnYearReturnYield
Up to 5 Years84.72-0.062660.210.211.194.46
5-10 Years143.52-0.203397.86-0.23-0.534.91
10-15 Years141.85-0.283729.18-0.67-1.945.36
5-15 Years141.40-0.223468.89-0.37-0.975.09
Over 15 Years164.96-0.333292.47-1.28-5.375.71
All stocks125.23-0.183137.58-0.37-1.265.33
Index LinkedAug 28Day's chg %Month chg %Year's chg %Total ReturnReturn 1 MonthReturn 1 Year
Up to 5 Years363.010.050.682.193167.510.703.00
Over 5 Years468.00-0.020.61-2.143663.000.62-1.71
5-15 Years458.870.020.701.323848.290.711.88
Over 15 Years465.15-0.060.50-5.453507.940.51-5.13
All stocks465.75-0.000.65-1.283722.100.66-0.78
Yield IndicesAug 28Aug 27Yr Ago
5 Yrs4.634.594.26
10 Yrs5.125.094.59
15 Yrs5.475.444.88
20 Yrs5.655.625.02
45 Yrs5.585.564.91
Real Yield 0% InflationAug 28Dur YrsPreviousYr Ago
Up to 5 Years1.012.701.020.73
Over 5 Years2.3116.292.311.90
5-15 Years1.979.541.971.61
Over 15 Years2.4623.042.452.01
All stocks2.2513.402.251.86
Real Yield 5% InflationAug 28Dur YrsPreviousYr Ago
Up to 5 Years0.742.700.740.43
Over 5 Years2.2816.292.271.88
5-15 Years1.909.541.901.54
Over 15 Years2.4423.042.432.00
All stocks2.2113.402.201.82

FINANCIAL TIMES

Energy Source

Profit. Power. Politics.

Main Market

Price- Day ChgHighLowYldP/E000s
Aerospace & Defence
BAE Systems2044.00-48.002360.001529.001.8529.718034.75
Chemring Group*550.50-10.50650.75446.521.4730.931013.96
Automobiles & Parts
Ford Motors*1019.93-7.131319.04841.764.33-5.82
Banks
ANZ Group1944.2613.762128.501590.555.9218.862388.46
Banco Santander1082.0012.001122.00698.001.5413.893867.24
Bank of Nova Scotia6803.41-40.146977.804602.733.561147.57
Barclays**496.654.05554.10352.852.3211.3434628.24
Canadian Imperial8373.18-80.869198.885551.072.71671.87
HSBC**1528.4024.401610.00942.803.6117.1526652.77
Lionspace Corp1430.00-6.001820.006855.002.389.4479.59
Lloyds Bkg Gp*109.950.65117.9077.383.6515.71114693.50
NatWest Group*579.401.00726.00500.205.1512.7021271.10
GSI Group*514.502.00647.50479.006.986.811396.72
Penn TSB Group251.69-0.39291.66183.290.626.488.23
Royal Bank of CA15964.107.1316187.0310909.112.48994.81
Stand Chart*2177.0030.002278.001331.502.3515.128653.99
* 7.375%PI112.25128.84109.506.5753.45
* 8.25%PI128.25-1.05143.80125.006.4374.03
Toronto-Dominion8914.48-0.619256.885736.302.62847.99
Westpack1794.8411.182275.391755.744.5416.873819.00
Elementis●174.20-0.80195.40136.001.91-30.323621.93
Johnson Matthey●2276.0050.003245.252224.004.51-29.84571.27
Victrex841.005.00855.00515.007.0826.28337.35
Construction & Materials
Galliford Ty Hldgs608.00-6.00640.00407.503.2918.04566.70
Morgan Sindell4400.0012.005730.003915.003.7011.82112.62
Electronic & Electrical Equip
discoverE Grp813.00-9.00840.00505.001.6026.92762.91
Halma3632.00-40.004902.003194.000.6836.851314.98
Morgan Adv Mat241.003.50261.00179.805.0632.13736.70
Oxford Instruments2840.00-16.003318.001682.000.8333.57191.04
Renishaw5105.00-40.005490.003110.001.5344.3177.08
TT Electronics136.001.00154.8093.00-4.7728.34
XP Power1786.00-76.002060.00843.00-42.5295.58
Fundamental General
3K Group*2628.00-6.004497.001625.002.9911.68
Aberdeen Group*252.201.20265.00117.505.7911.68
Buenos Point Group322.60-1.80351.00112.002.9464.52
City of London Inv691.00-5.00496.00349.008.7216.02
Close Bros412.60-0.40556.15318.40-6.17199.58
ICG2022.0014.002340.001424.674.3012.12
Investor*663.0018.00690.00499.365.818.80
Japan170.20-2.40214.50113.403.538.86
Cnstrust317.50-1.00365.00223.005.9820.62
London Stock Ex*9000.0020.0010140.006684.001.7637.75
Reithbones Group1712.00-2.002500.001560.005.8415.87
S & U2000.0025.002458.501620.005.7510.25
Schlinders584.00-1.00599.50356.683.7717.13
St. James's Place*1186.008.501575.50108.751.5211.87
TP ICAP Group344.805.00335.00235.504.9513.66
Vaequis Banking Gp86.601.10132.0075.00-25.19
Price+/-52 Week
HighLowYldP/EVol 000s
Aerospace & Defence
Cohort*1226.00-10.001538.00881.101.4623.47126.56
Velocity Composites18.5025.0012.00-9.2597.36
Pacific Resources (Ex Affinity)
Copper/JP520.005.00540.00230.0016.9833.26
Construction & Materials
Accsys Tech21.402.2079.8458.1031.24105.56
Electronic & Electrical Equip
Checklist20.0027.0012.35-7.6913.82
LPA77.5090.0034.00-29.362.00
Thorpe FW260.00320.00240.002.7611.9982.27
Financial General
Adbuthnot Banking†795.00-15.001100.00765.006.927.2974.28

Investment Companies

Price- % Chg52 WeekYldP/EPrem
HighLowYld
Conventional (Ex Private Equity)
3i Infra395.50399.50325.003.40404.02-2.59-
Abit GVT93.001.2596.7776.006.56102.39-11.48-
Ald Smr1780.004.001786.001408.072.691980.44-10.19-
Aberdeen Asia Foc453.003.00464.00342.001.42502.00-9.80-
Aberdeen Asian Fund Inc318.00-1.00357.00236.005.90341.10-7.14-
Aberdeen Eq Inc462.003.00473.00355.255.00460.521.06-
Aberdeen Sml533.004.00539.00441.502.63579.99-8.70-
Alliance Witan1379.006.001394.001178.002.131445.48-4.39-
Allianz Tech712.000.00764.00618.00-787.00-7.76-
Artemia Future Lead400.50-1.50405.00321.003.86445.16-10.76-
Aurora UK Alpha257.00-1.00279.00222.001.83286.55-10.59-
AVI Japan172.50-0.50194.00145.501.28179.61-4.07-
BG China Growth306.00-1.50331.04277.000.82337.90-8.39-
BG Euro127.501.00133.0091.400.56136.37-7.72-
BG Japan1078.002.001090.00811.100.931182.22-9.49-
BG Shire174.201.00176.00123.001.40184.96-9.84-
BG US Growth340.503.50369.50261.00-360.10-6.56-
Baillette GOff Ltd227.00231.00180.122.73249.91-9.07-
Bankers IT151.600.00154.80121.791.86165.46-8.69-
Biotech Growth1738.00-30.001786.00882.001879.12-7.27-
BkR Amer Snrl278.001.00289.55201.005.34275.951.77-
BkR Energy & Res186.00-0.50205.00123.003.12195.36-6.61-
BkR Front194.000.50208.00164.503.92194.04-1.67-
BkR GEur610.00-3.00625.00506.951.17652.93-6.61-
BkR I&G234.003.00240.00200.003.29261.50-11.18-
BkR Smlr276.50-0.50288.40230.802.87317.02-11.90-
BkR World Mining1960.00-1.001076.00962.002.261092.59-2.74-
Brunswick1580.0014.001588.001336.001.711741.35-10.06-
Caledonia Inv397.00402.00312.001.94584.41-32.41-
CanGen CS2851.38-3.642857.592244.382.3190.75-40.02-
City of Lon591.002.00599.00486.003.75577.751.83-
CCS NariRes433.003.00467.00208.336.54402.31-0.66-
CS Healthcare135.001.60152.00114.403.98140.68-1.80-
CT Mgmt131.001.00135.00114.006.11134.06-2.37-
CT MgtG327.001.00330.00270.00338.28-3.49-
CT CpB358.00373.00320.003.76375.57-4.55-
CT UK HIT B109.00120.0092.005.47119.54-9.89-
CT UK HIT Ord122.001.00126.0097.004.89119.89-1.64-
Edwards Int'l Inc319.002.68323.00275.006.32319.56-7.56-
Edinburgh Inv860.001.00867.00737.603.72925.35-7.06-
Edin Worldwide266.501.00294.50188.20290.56-7.95-
The Euro SmiCo242.502.50247.21193.805.21265.82-9.67-
F&C Inv Trust345.202.201332.00325.801.21375.37-8.39-
Fidelity Asian626.002.00672.00546.093.27656.53-4.24-
Fidelity China364.001.50339.00241.003.41356.96-4.96-
Fidelity EmeriMits1508.006.001574.00842.001.311619.44-6.08-
Fidelity Euro438.501.50447.50367.502.26459.98-4.71-
Price+/-52 WeekVol 000s
HighLowYldP/E
Food & Beverages
AEP Plantations205.009.80229.00117.372.9712.02834.72
Assoc. Bitt Foods2932.00-12.002359.001729.453.0714.49939.56
BASF598.00-0.00715.20496.003.1414.10104.33
Fevera145.004.50149.50114.501.686.2915.14
Coca-Cola HBC4570.000.005195.003270.002.2520.621544.79
Craniotext*5380.0010.005810.004775.002.0918.2288.47
Diageo*1709.00-1.501928.001285.502.1628.704347.24
Greencore266.802.00307.50191.100.9720.211622.82
Kerry Group7362.38108.677646.355567.811.6821.4997.09
Tate & Lyle554.00-0.50580.00319.403.5725.181971.91
Unilever*476.0024.005542.113644.003.4512.887147.30
GN Store Nord1102.67-1.001429.97984.75-14.18513.42
Smith&Neph1062.50-10.001441.501046.002.7520.003800.36
House, Leisure & Pers Goods
Barratt Redrow318.20-1.30410.29235.405.3723.403606.14
Bellway2160.00-6.002890.001715.003.3316.27269.78
Berkeley3570.0028.004442.002796.00-10.77297.46
Berberry Group1084.0012.001376.50978.00--3644.41
Cairn Homes221.500.50238.00161.003.8612.15169.41
Games Workshop+1942.00100.002540.0014670.003.1229.5240.66
Harrison (MJ)279.007.00435.00221.003.9410.2923.20
Headlam Group10.501.1875.404.64-0.10302.85
McBride206.0038.60214.10106.201.4610.562357.53
Philips1975.86-15.052413.421790.383.68-46.16835.74
PZ Cussons103.60-114.0065.093.5722.04605.14
Vistry Group302.60-0.40746.40220.00-7.172042.40
Bodycote913.001.50935.00585.002.5529.451960.18
Goodwin18460.00260.0028500.009292.591.7925.00121.06
Hill & Smith2995.0050.003220.001994.00-29.16367.96
IMI+3112.00-12.003166.002216.001.1325.04894.42
Melrose•515.206.20685.00409.901.4617.775857.27
RHI+2755.00-25.003390.001920.005.5917.6831.90
Weir2846.00-6.003580.002254.001.4829.74684.39
Coats Group81.20-0.7598.1073.153.0218.656119.82
Macfarlane77.002.8099.0059.804.7519.30797.53
Smiths2612.00-14.002754.182088.001.7930.482157.86
Braemar●223.50-3.50260.00203.113.1330.8743.68
Fisher (J)442.006.00554.00325.00--50.8095.75
Admiral Group4024.00-52.004128.002624.003.5616.331352.08
Aviva730.408.40740.60590.605.5027.157431.55
Chesnara376.0017.00376.00264.586.11-74.462224.16
Ecclesiastical Insurance139.50-0.75155.00135.006.1833.08
Hansard Global53.001.2557.0043.208.4040.7720.05
Hiscox*1842.007.001904.001257.182.1113.84826.90
Lancashire Hldg*616.001.00700.00549.002.736.91596.90
Legal & General*293.402.20318.10217.207.4729.3757028.68
Old Mutual58.4078.8054.006.956.47120.12
Prudential1018.004.501238.00910.202.018.967018.24
Standard Life940.0010.50948.50615.005.89-199.572616.97
Price+/- Div Chg52 WeekYldP/EVol 000s
HighLow
BP Marsh680.00--710.00613.005.345.133.33
Burlington Capital302.40-2.401038.00279.802.9515.0097.09
Dominion Merton Group39.00-0.6066.0034.537.6950.00136.61
Food & Beverages
Camellia5650.00--6300.004800.004.60-30.260.33
Fevertree Drinks853.500.50973.00711.002.0345.45237.62
Nichols*1140.00-15.001240.00880.003.4119.4382.55
House, Leisure & Pers Goods
Churchill370.00--460.00271.005.989.322.31
Frontier Dev429.0013.00588.56382.00--10.1287.99
Portmeiraion53.00--138.0047.14---1.1716.15
Sanderson Design Grp78.001.0080.0040.001.9226.1748.37
Industrial Engineering
MS Intl*1695.005.001800.001120.001.5325.157.16
Price+/- Chg52 WeekYldNAVDiv.($) Prem
HighLowYld
Fidelity Spec473.50479.50372.002.18470.240.85
Fresbury G&I836.007.00902.00706.252.42897.40-6.61
Foresight Small Co193.40-0.60198.60162.721.63183.74-4.43
GRT(susp)1.251.251.2514.40-91.32
Hansa334.002.00346.00250.001.32545.63-37.85
Hansa A330.005.00335.00244.001.33545.63-39.32
Hen FarEs264.503.50281.50229.009.47255.174.36
Hen High Inc207.00-1.00214.00173.255.37217.31-5.50
Hen Smir988.00998.00109.002.931072.20-8.28
Huntington295.0015.00326.00226.003344.40-10.71
HICL Infra137.401.20141.00107.206.19159.46-12.56
Impax Env450.502.50494.76379.001.13507.15-12.27
IndiBiotech1135.00-5.001235.00667.502.761201.61-6.01
Intl FP140.001.00145.80115.606.28150.88-7.46
Inv Asia Dragon Tst503.004.50519.00369.003.82534.52-6.74
JPM Bond Inc171.500.50178.50150.117.14168.741.62
JPM Amer IT1218.00-2.001258.001041.000.941255.70-2.81
JPM Asia G&I592.008.00652.00398.005.25598.14-2.57
JPM China G&I275.002.00313.00259.504.93302.42-10.69
JPM Claw978.00986.00791.743.73988.57-1.37
JPM Global(susp)84.2086.6068.00
JPM Emrg EMEA239.50310.00181.650.2571.68235.48
JPM Emrg168.000.80181.20118.404.48181.05-8.24
JPM Eur Disc643.006.00666.00548.002.49689.94-7.78
JPM Eur G&I147.600.60153.00124.503.69149.59-1.80
JPM Em Mk Div211.001.00221.00148.002.84226.91-8.72
JPM Oil G&I820.004.00641.00529.604.00622.66-0.20
JPM S&P Mid Cap880.00-1.001098.00994.00-8.391098.00-8.73
JPM Japan818.003.00867.00661.001.06886.43-7.66
JPM UK Sm356.501.50369.00287.924.19382.59-6.59
JPM US Smrl435.00-4.00463.00365.000.74481.14-9.31
Law Deb1254.006.001298.00977.402.951226.94-2.61
Lindallin Train760.00778.00536.005.007.01-19.99
Lindustrial Eur198.50-0.50191.50165.503.63203.67-6.70
Marwyn Val138.00138.83137.756.57258.29-46.37
Mercantile289.000.50290.50234.312.85319.56-9.58
Merch, Trust684.00691.00536.004.34717.15-4.65
Mid Wynd800.004.00804.00682.001.04815.70-2.27
Monka Int'l1636.008.001664.001366.000.061718.19-5.17
Morgan Stanley Eur181.00189.00169.000.86186.98-6.91
Murray Inc1002.005.001036.00854.664.091069.98-6.92
Murray Intl372.50-1.50376.00293.003.44367.12-1.50
New Star IT142.00148.00108.002.50198.87-29.35
N. Atl Snrl IT420.00-5.00434.00329.001.67634.88-33.21
Parc. Horiz.1122.00-2.001262.00663.001.131234.79-11.00
Petrobras Ltd556.00558.00527.001.01555.35-0.47
Polar Health450.00-4.50465.50340.000.49445.660.79
Polar Finr.254.501.50256.00199.16255.82-1.67
Price+ Day Chg52 WeekYldP/EVol 000s
HighLow
Leisure
MI Group129.801.80205.0098.506.468.652506.94
WPP+/-
Autotrex Grp+528.00-8.20828.80418.602.2015.453676.57
Informa+901.4010.201000.00719.002.49--5574.38
ITV71.00-0.3587.3565.707.0412.039410.07
Pearson+1233.504.001337.00674.802.0824.002751.88
Reck+42.900.1573.7040.1013.75-1.02490.99
Rolls7-82072.00-1.003575.001991.002.5823.727916.09
Rightmove510.20-3.40767.00391.402.1118.163074.05
STV Group112.002.50129.5095.60---10.375.00
WPP382.60-1.70412.60218.503.927.614756.64
Anglo American*4268.0026.004321.002206.390.67-17.528918.69
Autofagasta4039.00-4475.002115.001.4240.672056.89
BHP Group3543.00-4.003592.001918.003.5824.84579.02
Ferrexpoil28.58-87.2327.20--4.56-
Fresnillo*3170.00-4472.001738.683.5322.911943.62
Glencore**595.600.30707.20281.932.10-88067.23
Harmony1529.47-39.591963.66946.963.8314.434625.33
Rio Tinto**7674.00-14.009117.004528.004.4616.972984.60
BP●●514.50-0.90609.40399.354.81-64928.09
Capricom343.00-384.00181.80-16.6324.99
ExxonMobil Hldgs●11516.40-11589.4011442.002.64--
GeoPark●723.41-738.89716.780.9411.98-
Hellenic Energy1324.37-1326.941295.273.885.32338.48
Imperial Oil C$9648.42-84.1410397.166229.981.91-218.22
TC Energy Corp4554.89-4585.144538.434.09-24.73827.15
AstraZeneca●11970.00-144.0015732.009892.002.0024.623627.82
Chemical Works3160.69-3160.693105.904.8616.140.34
GlaxoSmKline●1853.501.502282.001440.293.7813.147790.23
Hikma Pharm●1616.00-12.001865.001187.003.9212.05444.44
REITs
British Land426.20-1.40451.60318.605.42
Derwent London2048.00-2.002196.001469.334.00
Great Portland Est337.60-3.00377.00270.002.430.00
Land Securities686.50726.00522.506.00
LondonMetric Prop189.00-0.40216.20175.306.64
Primary Health Prop95.55-0.45109.6087.407.64
Segro961.20-2.80997.40603.003.28
Shaftenbury Capital*147.20-0.70155.10124.102.927.872702.88
Tritax Big Bex157.40-1.60175.00132.205.24
Grainger173.700.60202.79149.444.846.344126.84
Harworth Group176.80-3.20185.00116.801.0060.97211.86
Helical200.00-236.25180.601.3141.4161.00
Mountview Estates8750.00-10200.008350.006.0016.760.01
Savills*1070.0020.001142.00791.462.2020.58863.63
Sirius Real Estate98.001.35113.0086.805.597.552471.82
Smart (J)115.00-140.00106.002.838.80-
Price+/- Dly Chg52 WeekYldP/EVol000s
HighLow
Media
Mission Group21.00-27.0012.00--0.9910.06
Mining
Central Asia Metals178.003.60244.00125.278.71-5.682485.72
Crim Therapeutics11.50-18.508.00--2.2565.15
Oil & Gas
BoStarPet12.00-0.4014.007.60--101.812940.08
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
Sareum Holdings33.50-1.5040.009.50--13.96398.19
Retailers
Boohoo Group20.70-0.9529.5010.30--2.673054.70
CVS Group1322.0024.001648.001062.000.6417.94213.65
Price+/- Chg52 WeekYldP/EVol 000s
HighLow
Retailers
Caffynix500.00-550.00350.002.00-12.293.01
Dunelm Group870.00-4.001246.00707.008.0511.27799.46
Halfords Group*273.506.50276.10123.803.2917.99953.70
Inchapsil*849.5012.00895.00640.503.9611.72842.25
JD Sports86.700.26106.1863.981.3810.0518142.69
Kingfisher315.50-2.60372.30240.303.9322.546040.93
Marks & Spencer394.803.40418.33301.101.0831.099251.44
Saga679.00-8.00747.00192.80--247.52
Sainsbury333.601.50380.30292.274.1119.2813860.04
Tesco457.302.30510.40411.703.1716.6335886.55
Price+/- Dcy Cap52 WeekYldNAVDqld - Pm
HighLowYld
Polar Tech.658.002.50743.50385.83---714.11-8.21
Rights & Iss IT2488.0020.002528.001905.131.822916.48-15.07
S&P Cap.2955.00---2945.002022.001.753190.60-17.42
Buffalo Int'l.299.501.00317.00281.282.07317.40-4.88
Schl. AsiaPlc842.00-2.00892.00608.001.54926.51-9.90
Schl. AsiaTotal712.007.00738.00492.001.62733.22-4.39
Schroder Inc376.00---380.00311.903.91395.41-4.95
Schl. Japan387.001.00401.00276.003.13417.13-7.30
Schl Orient.459.001.00466.00303.002.88468.86-2.28
Schl UK Mid782.00-2.00798.00652.002.85825.59-6.64
Schl American585.00-2.00572.00439.002.98683.96-7.17
Scot Mortgage1492.5014.001563.001015.743.011812.53-8.47
Scot Oriental273.00-2.50305.00240.001.25302.33-9.79
Strategic Eq.358.00-3.00415.00330.001.19392.65-8.17
Temple Bar420.502.00429.50334.003.71414.850.89
Tetragon1035.0337.421446.64892.963.35
TRIG76.900.5080.5063.209.62100.51-23.77
UBS204.00---204.00204.003.92282.29-29.35
Ultico EmeMtrs279.00---302.00243.003.47309.22-9.91
VEI740.001.00865.00682.00---843.44-14.42
Worldwide Hlth389.50-3.50401.50320.000.62420.59-6.91
Buxel2792.0010.002868.001981.002.6519.801560.71
Capita280.500.50416.00215.00--1.95456.66
DCC Energy6370.00-20.006740.004188.003.40-224.76
Diploma7330.0040.007765.004970.000.8653.1510147.97
Essentra108.80-2.60115.2076.40--1015.03
Experianne3044.00-1.003987.002203.001.7025.122916.98
Hays76.853.7578.4529.680.57-21.1116852.12
Hewdes Joinery794.00-10.50981.00713.002.7716.141819.20
Hershey5845.00-10.006963.004057.502.8226.86478.57
Johnson Service148.300.80172.10123.903.2415.95576.99
MITIE Group208.60-0.40214.00134.802.1631.613715.37
RS Group756.505.00760.50536.903.0321.86978.30
Vp494.00-620.00420.008.00-35.8017.21
Conventional - Private equity
CT PrivEq490.005.00592.00439.845.78697.40-31.16
HGCapital440.509.50512.00318.641.14530.10-19.82
HVPE3380.00-35.003500.002745.004390.00-23.69
ICG Ent1494.008.001611.421288.312.812027.60-27.00
Pantheon Int394.001.00409.00325.00521.30-24.61
Partners PE €647.21-11.29945.52583.579.2611.57-35.70
Conventional - Property ICs
AEW UK REIT106.001.00113.2095.907.55105.990.42
TR Prop305.00-1.50364.50291.005.28340.86-10.11
VCTs
Bmd 2nd VT44.4054.0039.509.0146.70-4.50
Nthn 2 VCT53.0056.5047.005.6655.40-4.33
Nthn 3 VCT82.0086.5079.505.4986.00-4.65
Nthn Venture56.0059.5053.005.5458.60-4.44
Zero Dividend Preference Shares
Tech - Software & Services
Computacenter5670.0045.005685.002234.001.3238.70204.41
NCC Group145.000.80161.60107.203.2125.891142.48
The Sage Grp1092.00-11.501181.00771.662.0628.9310625.60
Triad Group*410.00-430.00236.002.2041.332.78
Aberforth GV117.50120.18109.50115.731.55
Investment Companies - AIM
Crys Amber82.50155.3980.66175.59-53.02
Airtel Africa332.80-7.20436.20212.081.5724.296296.94
BT Group*205.30-0.90242.09173.004.0518.6618524.41
Telecom Plus*875.0012.001914.00638.005.718.65279.08
Vodafone118.451.35131.1083.403.35-83.8664070.46
Tobacco
Brit Amer Tobacco4129.00-23.005326.003677.005.9311.763595.18
Imperial Brands+2527.004.003632.042476.006.6010.064057.01
Travel & Leisure
easyJet674.00-0.60683.80332.601.9610.242355.06
FirstGroup179.001.00227.80152.104.028.361738.38
Fullters 'A'752.00-2.00776.00550.002.8219.1763.31
IntConti Hotels+11982.00-11.3713305.068618.001.1733.131528.81
Intl Cons Air438.201.30492.90332.701.557.1814172.49
Whitbread2459.00-13.003302.002098.003.9419.94661.65
Drax Group775.008.00937.50613.903.9137.441363.14
National Grid■1170.0010.001428.501000.004.1417.8614591.71
Pennon●479.004.60606.00439.406.1124.691728.38
Severn Trent3146.0046.003335.002381.004.0125.472111.29
SSE●2449.0068.002767.501597.002.8123.213046.44
52 WeekVol000s
Price+/-Dly ChgHighLowYldP/E
Support Services
Christie162.5010.00165.0090.002.1531.9940.09
LonSec3650.003800.002100.002.6618.81
NWF153.00187.50110.005.698.2323.60
Petards10.0012.507.00-14.930.35
Renew977.0015.00984.70772.002.0815.84367.65
Tech - Software & Services
Oxford Metrics39.00-1.4060.4037.508.33-70.91139.50
Travel & Leisure
Gaming Realms29.50-0.5052.0029.00-14.53667.35
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The end of cheap food hits more than groceries

t might not feel like it after years of rising prices and shrinking chocolate bars, but in most developed countries food is still

pretty cheap. It makes up just 10 per cent of the average weekly spend for UK households, official data shows, and has trended downwards for decades. But farmers across much of the world are under pressure. What happens if the era of cheap food comes to an end?

A summer of extreme weather in the northern hemisphere is a preview of the potential impact of climate change: tens of thousands of hectares of farmland were caught in wildfires in continental Europe.

Next, an unusually strong El Niño weather pattern threatens to disrupt agriculture across South America, Africa and Asia. Research by a team of scientists and European Central Bank economists estimated that climate-related shocks could add between 0.9 and 3.2 percentage points to the annual rate of food inflation around the globe by 2035. That would lift headline inflation rates by between 0.3 and 1.2 percentage points.

Climate aside, farmers in the US have predicted the worst downturn in 40 years as war drives up fuel and fertiliser prices. Add on rising labour costs, growing populations and weak profitability and that makes it hard for farmers to invest in the future, and analysts at UBS argue the world is heading for food inflation "structurally higher" than the historic average of around 2.5 per cent.

If they're right, the impact for investors would be wide-ranging. The UBS research highlighted more than 100 listed groups it could impact: positively for Sweden's Alfa Laval, for example, which supplies equipment for dairy farms; negatively for retailers and hotel groups such as Next and Accor that would lose out if consumers cut discretionary spending to keep up with higher food prices.

That only covers companies with relatively direct exposure. But the knock-on effects could be much broader, and affect whole economies. Central bank rate-setters often look at "underlying" measures of inflation that exclude food, but for consumers the weekly shop is a key benchmark of price changes. If they start pushing for wage rises, it could nudge monetary authorities to raise rates.


Source: Office for National Statistics

Permanently higher food inflation would be a structural shift with economic consequences as far reaching as the development of AI or the spread of GLP-1 drugs. What does an investment portfolio have to do with the price of eggs? A lot, it seems.

Neoclouds show how to amplify risks in AI ecosystems

The scarcity of AI infrastructure means fledgling companies are in big demand. Among them is Nscale, which last week signed up Anthropic in a six-year rental deal worth around \$45bn. The London headquartered start-up is due to go public, possibly as early as next month.

Valued at \$14.6bn post-money at its last fundraising, Nscale is certainly dressed to go. Board members include Meta Platforms faithfuls Sheryl Sandberg, formerly the Facebook owner's chief operations officer, and one-time UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, who ran global affairs.

Peers' performance is encouraging. Shares in CoreWeave of the US, which has a \$100bn-plus order backlog, have more than doubled since it listed last year.

The risk, of course, is that projections of demand for AI infrastructure turn out to be overly optimistic or that high prices usher other players into the market.

When that moment comes, the unravelling will be ugly. Neoclouds take circularity to new levels: chipmakers like Nvidia are suppliers, investors and guarantors. The risk of vendor finance, as shown in the dotcom crash of 2000, is that because the money comes from those who have their own interest in capacity being built, there ends up being too much.

Another flashpoint is that neoclouds write long-term rental contracts to big AI companies, which can extend past 10 years. But there is limited visibility on how their own costs will evolve.

By then, Nvidia's once state of the art chips may look as dated as an old-school Nokia phone. Neoclouds shrug this off, reckoning that a future generation of AI start-ups may be content with older processing capability.

But termination clauses suggest customers may not share that view. While contracts vary, the deal agreed in May between Anthropic and xAI — carrying a superlative annual price tag of nearly \$38bn per gigawatt — can be terminated with just 90 days notice by either party, according to SpaceX's listing prospectus.

On the bright side, this is a sector that has earned its Darwinian stripes. In former guises Nscale and Ionic Digital were harnessing power and compute to mine crypto.

Should they need to pivot again, heaven forbid, that may yet stand them in good stead.

The rise of fancy lattes is whipping up its own mini investment boom

Nvidia's earnings this week were a reminder that AI has given rise to a lucrative trade in the items needed to produce it. AI chips might be a law unto themselves but something similar is happening in the coffee market, thanks to the upmarket flat white.

Beverage peddlers themselves are doing a roaring trade. US coffee chain Blank Street this week raised \$75mn from investors to expand into rich Californian neighbourhoods. Its UK revenue tripled in 2024, latest public accounts show. Fellow speciality chain WatchHouse grew its revenue 50 per cent in the year to July 2025. These premium baristas are gaining at the expense of Starbucks, Caffè Nero and Coca-Cola-owned Costa Coffee, whose share of footfall has dropped more than 10 percentage points in five years, according to restaurant data provider Meaningful Vision.

What benefits high-end coffee stores helps their suppliers too. Espresso-machine maker De'Longhi's second-quarter revenue grew 9 per cent at constant currencies, but its professional business – which includes the fully automatic beast found in Blank Street's shops – expanded at almost quadruple that rate. Further up the chain are the coffee beans themselves, which consumers increasingly prefer to pods.

Excitement over posh coffee has spilled over into home appliances too. Breville grew its coffee segment by double digits in the fiscal year ending in June, outpacing the Australian group's overall growth, helped by new premium coffee machine launches and the enduring appeal of its espresso machine Barista Express.

New entrants include SharkNinja, maker of hairdryers, vacuums and blenders, which has been selling coffee machines for a decade but made a push into bean-to-cup coffee machines. NielsenIQ estimates its coffee makers and pots business grew 88 per cent in the year to the beginning of August, versus 19 per cent for the entire company.

It might seem a little grandiose to compare this with the AI trade. Nvidia is valued at \$5.5tn. Still, AI is pretty new, and its long-term trajectory is uncertain. The business of selling coffee goes back at least five centuries. Besides, once you've had a proper flat white, it's very hard to go back.

Markets are braced for the arrival of financial repression

Katie Martin The Long View

n normal-person speak, the grand-sounding term "financial repression" is sometimes translated as like holding a gun to someone's head and making them buy your

head and making them buy your bonds. It is not supposed to be taken literally.

And yet a week ago, Donald Trump hinted at precisely that. Asked about Scott Bessent's recent efforts to support the US government bond markets, the president casually observed that the Treasury secretary's upsized buybacks are "one type of intervention" and that "the ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will".

Analysts and investors appear willing to let this wild statement slide — something it would be hard to imagine had it come from the lips of any other president of any country ever.

Remember this the next time someone tells you America's exorbitant privilege is dead or that its role as protector of the world's premier safe asset and leading reserve currency is a burden. Just like its current president, it simply gets away with stuff in financial markets that no other country could.

But the idea of pushing US government bonds down the throats of otherwise unwilling investors, through coercion, regulation or other means, is being taken increasingly seriously. It is one way to wage a war with the bond market.

Other bond-boosting tactics are struggling. Arguably the slickest is to employ the kind of Jedi mind control trick used by European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi back in 2012. He was then able to pull borrowing costs back down in a debt crisis simply by stating he would do “whatever it takes” to get there.

Even now, borrowing costs in, for example, France, are much lower than they might otherwise be thanks to the threat – not the exercise, just the threat - of forceful responses to push them down in a crisis. But this takes rock-solid credibility, and in the US at the moment that is in short supply.

The most durable way to win a bond war is to do the work to fix the underlying economic forces that have created it in the first place. In Turkey, for example, that meant letting the central bank crank up interest rates, despite howls of protest from the country's president. For the US, it demands a large retrenchment in government spending, or large tax rises, or both to address the real underlying storm sweeping through global debt markets.

All the big borrowers are feeling the

Any serious moves in this direction would mark a profound shift in the global financial regime

pain, from Japan to the UK and US. Massive levels of borrowing and huge gaps between what governments collect in taxes and spend at the other end are not new. But in markets, things are fine until they are not, and this is starting to look not so fine. And yet few expect any of the key offenders here to do the work for a proper reset.

Right now, the US is spared the apparent risk of military intervention in markets by another useful resource for winning a bond war: luck. Inflation, the bond market's traditional foe, has never been the main concern in this latest episode, but the recent fall in oil prices does give the debt markets some breathing room. Bessent also has at the very least succeeded in scaring some speculators out of pushing borrowing costs much higher right now. Yields have stabilised at elevated levels since his Treasury department announced state purchases of long-term debt.

But luck has a habit of running out. If and when it does, the chance of the US reaching for the button marked “financial repression” is rising. It is a dirty phrase in finance circles, encompassing a range of efforts including bank capital requirements and even capital controls to force private sector investors to accept low returns so that countries can keep on spending on the cheap. It’s rather antiquated and very un-American – a refusal to let markets do what they do best: pricing risk.

"The primary preoccupation henceforth stands to be financing government expenditure, and with monetary policy being subordinated to this need," warned David Skilling and John Llewellyn of Independent Economics in a note last week.

“Monetary policy support will likely involve financial repression, with lower real interest rates for the US (and others) as yields are capped in various ways and ownership of Treasuries is required or incentivised . . . The US will use economic and geopolitical pressure to attract capital, in increasingly aggressive ways. These capital wars stand to be markedly more consequential than the recent trade wars.”

Any serious moves in this direction would mark a profound shift in the global financial regime. Yet it is already a sufficiently live possibility that money managers are starting to advise clients on what to do if it happens. “Initiatives that result in financial repression and yields being brought down artificially should be favourable for equities, while gold would be another beneficiary,” was the breezy assessment of UBS Wealth Management in a note this week.

If the past few years have taught us nothing else, it is to imagine the unimaginable. This is the latest example to add to the list.

katie.martin@ft.com

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The timing of the record is particularly notable. Global ocean heat normally peaks in March and April, following the austral summer, yet this record has been reached in August.

A strengthening El Niño is now developing in the tropical Pacific, adding further heat to an

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A shepherd's lament

High in the Cumbrian fells, a dawn sheep 'gathering' becomes a race

against rising temperatures. James Rebanks on how ancient farming

practices are having to adapt to Britain's increasingly brutal summers

he old shepherd who organises our “gathering” rang the night before and said we must go at 4am.

"I'll be there," I said.

Each July, mountain and moorland sheep come down to the farmsteads for shearing. Even in normal weather, it is tiring work for half a dozen shepherds and 20 or so dogs. No sheepdog can work for much more than an hour in 30C temperatures, running back and forth behind hundreds of sheep. We must walk up the fell in the darkness, and start using the dogs before the sun rises.

My 14-year-old son has reached that age where school feels pointless. He looked at me pleadingly.

"Get to bed then . . . And set your alarm clock for 3.30am."

He loped off up the stairs before his mother could intervene and spoil his plans. A few short hours later he is waiting for me in the kitchen.

We drive up the valley on our quad bike through thick mist, pessimistic that the work could be done in such poor visibility but, as we reach the fell gate, the foot of the mountain, we have climbed through it and below us is a cloud inversion that stretches to the Pennines in the east. Behind us is a vast rolling ocean of grey, and from it rises an archipelago of dark islands – fells and hills, the colour of graphite. A few fields below, the clouds seem to flow over some lower ridges like a giant waterfall.

A fell gather is a curious business. Everyone has their roles and places where they are meant to be to ensure the sheep are gathered together and brought down off the fell. It is

Above: James Rebanks on the land he farms in Cumbria

Below: Herdwick sheep grazing a drought-afflicted hillside

Photographed by Antony Sojka for the FT

ancient community work - 10 flocks of sheep are on that mountain - so we must work together whether we like each other or not.

Some of the shepherds have come up from other farms around our Cumbrian valley, climbing hillsides to be in place, but most of us walk out or hitch a ride on the quad bike or two that can get us across the gentler parts of the fell. Within an hour, we have set to work clearing the ewes and lambs. A giant gapped noose of men, women and dogs stretches a mile or three across the hill. The dogs run and bark, and the shepherds yell occasionally, "get back" and "get away back". One man calls for his dog that has vanished down a ghyll: "Ben, Ben . . . Ben." Sheep lift their heads in alarm, call to their lambs and move away. Soon ones and twos become five and sixes, until little rivulets of sheep flow across the heather.

The sun rises – a giant ball of fiery orange, it brightens the clouds like in those renaissance paintings where God is the light of the world, and everything turns to his gaze.

This has been a strange summer. The second in a row and the third in five years. In the decade before that there was just one serious drought. We are growing used to seeing our landscape parched and dry. To my son, Isaac, this is normal, but I am a child of the 1970s and 1980s.

I grew up hearing myths about the legendary dry summers of the past – 1976 and all that. But we now have bragging rights because this is worse. The Met Office says it has been the driest July in England and Wales since 1836.

Scarcely a drop of rain fell across England last month. The records show that in 1976 many places in the south west went for 45 days without rain. This summer several weather stations passed the 50-day mark, some places in Surrey passed 60 days.

And it has been hot, seriously hot. Temperature records broken in May, June, July and now August. July had more days over 30C by the 15th of the month than in the whole summer of 1976.

No one has ever experienced this before, or at least not in modern history. It is changing how we farm.

Men can be heard hollering and shouting or whistling instructions to dogs, and we each begin to judge whether we are placed right, or perhaps too keen and beginning to weaken the line, allowing wily old ewes to break back between us.

Two younger (better) shepherds than me take their skilled dogs higher and clear out a swath of territory at the far end of the gather, and my job has always been to protect the gap left behind them from escapees, and, when they have a flock emerging from the crags, to take it from them with my dogs back down the mountain.

Few words are exchanged.

You learn your role over many years — where to be in relation to the others and what to do when the sheep move in certain ways.

I can tell by the lads' voices that they are racing the clock, or more accurately the worryingly rising sun. Their commands to their dogs are curt, tinged with anxiety. We must get this work done and away. We have an hour or so to gather the sheep and have them heading home before these dogs begin to struggle in the heat.

I take the growing flock they have gathered above, and walk it back across the peat hags — the lumpy peat bog landscape that is part of our common. This place is usually wet — pools everywhere, deep enough you can sink to your chest, or get the quad bike stuck, but it is dried out now.

A red fox lifts from the heather a hundred yards away and races off across the fell. I look to my dog Tig to see if she is minded to chase it, but she barely raises a hackle.

No one has experienced this before, or at least not in modern history. It is changing how we farm

And soon I rejoin my son, who has been blocking the line below me half a mile back. He has not gathered many times before and he looks fell-wild and elated, that look the young ones get when they realise that life might be glorious, and men might be free in such places. I fear school will struggle to hold him much longer – what are books and classrooms worth against the freedom of a mountain and the blue skies?

West of where we stand we can hear whistles and hollering, as the two lads above us clean out Wolf Crag, sending their dogs down the grassy sheep treads on the cliffs to push down stubborn and wild ewes and lambs. The heat of the sun is ominous. Most folk in their homes below will be having their breakfasts.

A shepherd is silhouetted, standing on the clifftop, with a dog at his feet, leaning on his crook as he peers down.

The once-loose string of shepherds has closed, we can see each other, and hundreds of sheep are heading away

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Could AI revive the socialist dream?

n all the speculation about what future artificial intelligence is about to usher in for us, everyone seems to agree on one thing. It is generally assumed that if AI will transform assumed that if AI will transform our economic system, it will do so in the form of more of the same – a more intense capitalism. Depending on your perspective, that is for better (higher productivity) or worse (more winner-takes-all exploitation), yet the debate is mostly about what sort of remedies, redistribution or regulation are needed in response.

But might all this be a failure of imagination? When we view the technological leaps we are living through in the light of the great century-old disagreement known as “the socialist calculation debate”, a profoundly different possibility suggests itself. If AI fulfils even a portion of the promises made for it, it might herald not a more intense version of the capitalism of the present but a “back to the future” trajectory: it could serve as the handmaid of the socialist planned economy that so many dreamt of in the 20th century but that was never remotely realistic — until now.

1989 marked the political victory of capitalism over socialism. But in technical and intellectual terms, the battle had been fought and concluded long before. The socialist calculation debate,

Imagine a super-AI armed with access to all the data we let our devices record. . . It would surely bury Hayek

largely forgotten today, raged most fiercely in the interwar years between the thinkers who understood most deeply how the economy functions. And it asked not which social system was more just, egalitarian, or free. Rather, it took the more fundamental question to be which was most efficient: whether unrestrained markets or government fiat could most rationally allocate society's economic resources.

Artificial intelligence has the potential to both reignite and overturn the century-old debate over central economic planning. By Martin Sandbu

Among the pro-capitalist economists were luminaries of the Austrian school, such as Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich von Hayek. Against them, most famously, were Oskar Lange, a Polish economist and diplomat, and Abba Lerner, a brilliant if eccentric British-American economic theorist. The latter pair both argued that state planning could allocate resources as well as (if not better than) markets, and showed how this could be so within the framework of classical economics.

From the late 1800s, theorists had elucidated how, through the mechanism of adjustable prices, free markets can converge on common prices and efficient, stable allocations of resources, pioneering the mathematical modelling of Adam Smith's "invisible hand". Pro-planning thinkers, however, used these theories to show how centralised agencies could mimic

– and then improve on – the effects of markets. (One idea, for example, was to publish draft production plans and let managers of state-owned companies make bids for supplies and output amounts at centrally given prices – then adjust the plan until all

Illustration by Bill Butcher

the bids were compatible and matched the planners' goals).

But to achieve this in practice, a central planner would need massive amounts of information from every little corner of the economy. That was the fundamental insight of Hayek's 1945 article "The use of knowledge in society", which set the tone for the half-century that followed. Hayek's genius was to see market prices not merely as devices to balance supply and demand, but as carriers of information. The knowledge needed to allocate resources well – of who needs what and who can provide what on what conditions – is so local and dispersed that no central planner could ever collect it. But, Hayek argued, the market price, in a single number, conveys just what is needed for local decisions that match the overall efficient market allocation. And this information, much of which just sits in people's heads, does not exist in centralised, communicable form.

Until the end of the last century, this was a winning argument, underlined by the miserable failure of socialist regimes to provide for their populations' material wellbeing. But if the free-market side won the socialist calculation debate in practice, the socialist side secured a toehold by showing how planning could succeed in theory. The Hayekian conclusion always remained contingent — and only true so long as governments lacked the necessary informational and computational capacity for central planning to outdo free markets.

The question is whether AI changes that. When I studied the socialist calculation debate in the 1990s, the joke was that communism had collapsed just as the computer revolu-

Price adjustments don't stabilise the macroeconomy; so we get business cycles, bubbles and busts

tion was making planned economies look less hopelessly unrealistic.

Consider the giant steps already taken in IT in recent decades. In Hayek's time, information about local prices and quantities could only be collected by human workers armed with clipboards. Today, with so much commerce being done online, prices can be comprehensively “scraped” off the internet. One pioneer was the aptly named “billion prices project”, a Harvard-MIT research initiative launched in 2008 by economists Alberto Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon to collect real-time prices to improve on official statistics. The same goes for quantities: inventories, order books and sales volumes are all digitised and in principle accessible to a government planner.

Add the internet of things, and the amount of information gathered, processed and stored multiplies further. That might have, until recently, been unusable in raw form. But if there is one thing AI can clearly do, it is to organise unstructured information. The upshot is that the practical challenge of collecting, organising and processing data can no longer be seen as a remotely plausible constraint on the efficiency of a planned economy.

That is not all. AI offers the promise of transcending price information altogether by predicting who wants, needs or can produce what at what cost, better than market prices could ever summarise. Behavioural algorithms, notably in advertising, are already doing a decent job of this: we are familiar with the uncanny feeling when search engines and social media serve up an ad that seems just a little too on-the-nose. Judging by the advertising revenues of Big Tech, producers of all kinds of products think that ad-placing algorithms are worth the cost.

Imagine then a super-AI armed with access to all the data we let our devices record for every transaction we enter into, and much more besides. Such an AI would surely bury Hayek.

Indeed, a big motivation for the socialist calculation debate was that market prices get a lot of things wrong. People don't always know enough to choose the best goods they get addicted, defrauded or bankrupted. Consumption and production have spillover effects on third parties – “externalities” – that pricing decisions don't capture; so we get pollution, resource depletion, climate damage. Price adjustments don't stabilise the macroeconomy; so we get business cycles, bubbles and busts. These shortcomings of the price mechanism were easy to grasp in the wake of the Great Depression. The same realisation may be gaining strength again, given the disenchantment with capitalism expressed by so many young people in particular.

Against this background, it beggars belief that once a super-AI was asked to advise on the allocation of resources, it would merely follow the outcome of the highest bids in free markets, rather than calculate the most efficient allocations it could find by itself. Why would AI agents abdicate from central planning?

This thought experiment raises more questions than it answers. It hardly proves that AI will bring about socialism. But it does show that AI removes one of the 20th century's strongest – perhaps the strongest – argument against central planning. And it suggests that to the extent that both public and private sectors adopt AI to guide decision-making – how much to invest; in what; how best to tax for desired policy outcomes? – our economies will look increasingly planned and decreasingly market-shaped.

This raises some huge political questions. Would the current leaders of AI development – almost all hardcore libertarians – support capital allocations being decided by AI-powered planners rather than free financial markets, given how much the latter favour them? Conversely, might the general public, whose AI scepticism is currently rising, be won over by more “rational” economic decision-making that delivers more for them than our existing form of capitalism? Above all, would an economy where AI informs most decisions be able to overcome the conflicts of interest and co-ordination that have always held back productivity in our actually existing economy – all kinds of tragedies of the commons and prisoner’s dilemmas? (Consider, for example, whether a super-AI empowered to allocate resources would tolerate our very slow rate of decarbonisation.)

We don't know, then, whether the superhuman capabilities of AI agents will break free of all-too-human constraints, incentives and interests. Readers will have to judge whether that is a source of disappointment – or relief.

Martin Sandbu is the FT's European economics commentator

A shepherd's lament

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from us down the hillside to the pens. There is a sense of relief now, because the dogs and men can all help each other, and the sheep should flow down without too much resistance. But the dogs' tongues hang low, and they are panting, so we stop to let them rest a little.

The sun is burning now, my son's cheeks are red.

Two of us go up to the skyline, as our task is to ensure no sheep break back and away, and to catch any stragglers who may be up there grazing. Another shepherd, Kevin, goes down the side of the ravine, and his dogs are able to get a drink. I take the higher line, and chase a couple of ewes and lambs down to the moving flock.

Twenty minutes later we have the whole flock moving towards the pens, in a giant wedge of wool, perhaps 500 sheep, stretched for a quarter of a mile – six shepherds and their dogs behind them, and two of us up the hillside above the track to ensure they stay low.

The oldest shepherd, Alan, is too old to walk across the rough fell ground, but now has a vital job to stop the sheep at the pens and turn them in – a tough test for his ageing sheepdog.

The mist has retreated a mile or two down to the lowest parts of the valley now, and we can see the brown hayfields below and the patchwork of fields. The hay has all been made and brought into the stone barns earlier than usual – weeks of sunshine and heat have their blessings. We had enough rain in May and June to grow our winter crop and enough grass to last the summer. Further south, farmers have not been so lucky and livestock are eating through their expensively made or bought winter forage.

Ten minutes later we have the giant flock enclosed in the old pens. These drystone-wall pens belong to another age, but they serve their purpose of holding the sheep and allowing them to be shed into different flocks. The sheep are calling loudly to their lambs, "mothering up" to each other — so you can hardly hear yourself think.

The dogs all pile into the cold water of the beck. A dozen or so sheepdogs of every colour and style, lying belly-deep in the shallow pool. The men wash their faces too, and take a mouthful of clean water from upstream. The dogs lap at the water and men swish flies away from their faces and discuss the next stage of the work.

We've been taking lessons from American ranching friends, and it has paid off for us this summer

The danger to the dogs is mostly over now, everyone relaxes – we do the simplest of sorts into flocks, running them through the shedding race, which forces them to run single file past Kevin, as he swings a gate to direct them into three pens. He has about two or three seconds to read their “smit mark” on their wool, or their “lug mark” cut in their ears. These tell him which flock they belong to, and which way to send them. The pens start to fill with sheep that belong to the same flocks, some with a red mark down their shoulder, others with a yellow dot on their backs, mine with a blue and red dot on their shoulder. At the fell gate we leave a bunch of strays or unclaimed sheep in the pens. We will come back when the sun goes down tonight, or Alan will ring the shepherds from neighbouring valleys to come and get their miscreants.

An hour later we are home, and our sheep in a field of our own, where they can rest in the shade of the trees for shearing day. They will be glad to get the wool off. And after that they will be marked once more and walked back to their “heft” — their place on the mountain.

After breakfast, we head down the valley to the cows. In this heat, cattle must have shade and fresh clean water, but they can rush and crowd, and sometimes break the water troughs, so we go at least twice a day to check they are OK. In normal summers they drink from the streams and ponds on our land, but all those dried up several weeks ago, and are now dust baths for the bull to rub his head against. The cows are grazing across the hillside, and above them a kestrel is hovering.

I scratch the back of an old cow that likes to be petted. She is called Holly and always wanders across to say hello. She has two dark giant horseflies on her back, buried in sucking blood and perfectly placed between her shoulder plates. These insects are as big as a £2 coin, bloated, and flit about after the cows like little helicopters. They know exactly where to land so that the cow can only reach with a wild swing back of her head and a lurching slapping pink tongue. I swish them away with my hand and they buzz off to the next animal.

Farming always evolves and changes. For the past few years we have been taking lessons from American ranching friends, and it has paid off for us this summer. They insist that we must change our management of land to respond to drought – and suggest rain might have been hiding our grazing faults in the past. They plan their grazing much more than most English farmers, move cattle constantly in rotational grazing, and allow much longer rest periods to grow longer, scruffier pastures. These are not easy lessons to learn, but they seem to work.


From above: the streams dried up several weeks ago; taller plants mean deeper, more resilient roots — Antony Sojka

Longer pastures keep the ground cooler, creating a damper microclimate. Taller green plants mean deeper roots are forming below ground, reaching moisture further down and becoming more resilient. And more photosynthesising leaves allow a greater flow of carbon and sugars to these roots. With the best management we might delay droughts, survive them a little better, with less cost, and recover from them more quickly.

Of course, this isn't magic. Plants ultimately need moisture to grow, and eventually – if that doesn't fall from the sky as rain – they wilt, turn brown and die.

I am no scientist. I have no idea what the summers will be like in the future. But with the droughts seemingly becoming a regular thing, I find myself wondering what Isaac will experience in his working life, what he will have to adapt to. Will farming in the British landscape require different crops and different animals and different ways of managing land? Our little world doesn't feel as timeless as it once did.

A week has passed, and the clouds, old friends, are back. They layer above us, grey and white, like the underside of scruffy bedsheets, to Helvellyn in the distance.

We pass through the village and under the telephone wires that are now laden with a couple of hundred swallows. They look like the year's crop of chicks from the village, and some swoop down off the lines to hunt around the sheep. Many have the tell-tale blunt tails of the juveniles; they fall in groups of six or seven behind their parents, calling loudly to be fed but forced to hawk across the fields and take their own flies from the sky.

Copyright © James Rebanks, 2026

James is a farmer and writer based in the Lake District. His books include 'The Shepherd's Life' and 'English Pastoral'

The former IMF deputy chief helped steer the global economy through the pandemic. Over spicy Hunan food and mocktails in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she talks to Claire Jones about Trump's assault on free trade, looming threats to the dollar – and why we're living through a 'great gamble'

'It's straight-out protectionism'

t's 1pm on a sweltering August afternoon and Gita Gopinath's choice of lunch venue has proven prescient. We meet at Sumiao Hunan Kitchen,

a bustling Chinese restaurant a couple of stops on the T from her Harvard base, amid an online debate over an article she recently co-authored. The piece, which appeared in The Economist, countered the prevailing view that Beijing's undervalued yuan currency is the driving force behind imbalances in the global economy.

I have not long arrived, 15 minutes early, when the former second-in-command at the IMF walks in, dressed casually in a dark blue floral shirt, jeans and pumps. When I ask if she's still happy she chose Chinese food, she laughs. The choice, she insists, has nothing to do with her assessment of the world's second-largest economy. "I like this restaurant – it's actually creative and authentic." Authentic, it turns out, means lots of spice.

As the fund's First Deputy Managing Director, and chief economist before that, she was responsible for shaping the organisation's economic response to the Covid pandemic and helped steer programmes on Ukraine and perennial economic problem child Argentina.

Now back in academia, it is clear Gopinath intends to use her newfound freedom to speak out in defence of the postwar economic order of free trade and financial integration coming under unprecedented attack from the Trump administration.

Before we turn to the US president's policies and the potential economic repercussions for the dollar's dominance of the global economy, Gopinath takes on the online critics of her stance on China. She believes many people have misread her article, written with former IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Hélène Rey, soon to join the Bank for International Settlements, as letting officials in Beijing off the hook.

Her argument, she says, was that pressing these officials to strengthen domestic demand would do more for the rest of the world than focusing narrowly on the exchange rate. "Frankly, I think, if that isn't fixed, you're not going to get a big demand stimulus for the rest of the world from the exchange-rate correction."

The waiter has already been over to our table a couple of times, only to find us locked in conversation. On his third visit, we quickly scan the menu before Gopinath picks out a couple of her favourite items for us to share from the summer menu. I add a spicy cucumber side dish and some brown rice. We both choose a mocktail — Gopinath the Mango Sticky Rice, while I go for the Lychee Blossom.

I ask about the US and Japan's unusual intervention in late July to prop up the yen. Gopinath says "everything" about the way it was designed points to US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent being "very concerned" about the consequences of a weak yen for the \$32tn US Treasury market.

Japan is the largest official foreign holder of US Treasuries. If its currency weakens again, Tokyo could sell its Treasury bonds for dollars, which it would then sell to buy yen and fund its intervention – potentially raising Washington's financing costs in the process.

Gopinath believes Bessent has also encroached on the Federal Reserve's terrain – and risks damaging the dollar's reputation as the world's most important currency.

She points to his call in recent weeks for the central bank to "upsize" one of its crisis-fighting backstops, known in the catchy official parlance as the Foreign and International Monetary Authorities Repo Facility, as affecting the US central bank's rights to set monetary policy free from political pressure.

If the Fed followed Bessent's advice, Japan could obtain dollars without immediately needing to sell more of its Treasury holdings outright. While Bessent's actions are not having "a very big negative effect" on the US currency right now, undermining the central bank is "exactly the kind of thing you need to be sensitive about".

I ask Gopinath about the new head of the US central bank, Kevin Warsh, who was nominated by Trump in January and took the helm in late May. After a brief honeymoon period, Warsh has come under fire from many on Wall Street, who say he has not done enough to explain how he plans to lower a US inflation rate that has been too high for more than half a decade.

Gopinath knows Warsh well through the Group of Thirty, an elite body of top officials and financiers, of which Warsh was until recently a member, and believes the Fed chair genuinely intends to bring inflation back under control. But he has communicated poorly on how he plans to do so. "His intentions are there," she says. "The first press

SUMIAO HUNAN KITCHEN 270 Third Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142

13-spiced jumbo shrimp \$34 Spicy cumin lotus roots \$24 Spicy crunchy cucumber \$12 Brown rice \$4.50

Mango sticky rice mocktail \$9 Lychee blossom mocktail x2 \$18 Total incl tax and tip \$133.98 conference I thought was fine, the second . . . was not his finest moment."

The food is laid out. Both the 13-spiced jumbo shrimp bowl and the jumbo pan of spicy cumin lotus root look delicious, though I notice with some trepidation the quantity of chillies on each. The spicy cucumbers look less intimidating, so I try those as Gopinath heads straight for the lotus root. “I hope the temperature’s not too much,” she says.

She acknowledges the complexity of the task Warsh faces in trying to work out how to get monetary policy for the world's largest economy right. She is less sympathetic when it comes to President Donald Trump's attempts to upend the economic order that she has devoted her life's work to.

rump returned to the White House in January 2025 intent on ripping up a free-trade rule book that he blames for destroying the

country's manufacturing base. Gopinath agrees that proponents of the status quo had blind spots — such as failing to warn Germany about being so beholden to Russian energy, and doing too little to help workers who lost their jobs due to globalisation.

But the high tariffs that have dominated Trump's economic agenda in his second term constitute "straight-out protectionism in an extreme form – and it's not just about countries you think you have some rivalry with, but towards your allies.

I ask if there are parallels between Trump's and Indian premier Narendra Modi's disdain for mainstream economic thought and the institutions, such as the IMF and Harvard, that practise it.

"I don't know any economist who'd say this is a good set of policies."

Many economists, including Gopinath's office neighbour Amartya Sen, criticised the Indian government's shock decision in November 2016 to ban 86 per cent of cash overnight, with no warning, as part of a crackdown on the shadow economy. Modi responded to Sen by declaring that "hard work" was "more powerful than Harvard".

pressure from Bessent to scale back its efforts on climate finance and focus on its core mission of maintaining the stability of the global economic and financial system.

Gopinath replies swiftly: “I never thought I’d say this, but I think the economic policies in the US are more heterodox compared to the policies in India. Quite obviously so.”

Some IMF staff feared the Trump administration would implement the plan set out in the rightwing Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 manifesto and withdraw the US from both the IMF and the World Bank, in which it is the largest shareholder.

Gopinath announced her resignation in July 2025, leaving the following month to take on the position of Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics here at Harvard. Her replacement was Dan Katz, formerly Bessent's chief of staff.

When I last interviewed her at the IMF, we were surrounded by press officers and every carefully worded answer came after a long pause. She seems liberated now. “I joke to my former colleagues that I can now use my whole vocabulary. I can actually say ‘trade wars’ instead of ‘trade tensions’ . . . There’s always a sense that you don’t want to trigger a crisis in a country, for sure,” she says — though she adds that she was “probably way more guarded” than she needed to be.

Concerns that the US would pull the plug on the IMF proved unfounded, though the fund has come under

I try the shrimp. They are so succulent and tasty that I rashly eat a couple more. And then wince. The dish has the sort of spiciness that creeps up on you before hitting you sharply in the back of the throat. I try not to let it show – and fail miserably. "Are you OK? Is the spice getting to you?" She suggests another glass of Lychee Blossom.

The career that took Gopinath close to the pinnacle of the IMF began by chance. At school in Mysore, in the south-western state of Karnataka, Gopinath was obsessed with science. But her father and some cousins convinced her to try for the Indian Administrative Service – an elite government service – and thought studying economics in Delhi would help.

By the time Gopinath arrived in 1989 at the highly competitive Lady Shri Ram College, however, she had decided to apply for political science as a backup. When she said she would like to try out for economics too, the principal – a political scientist – became annoyed. “I got super nervous and said ‘sure, sure, put me down for political science.’”

A senior student — responsible for registering people for the course — intervened. "If it was not for her, I would have done political science. It was completely random," she says.

India's balance of payments crisis in the early 1990s brought the IMF to the country and, for Gopinath, the dismal science to life. After a master's at the Delhi School of Economics, she headed to the University of Washington and then to Princeton, where her doctoral advisers were Gourinchas, future Fed chair Ben Bernanke and Kenneth Rogoff.

Lunch with the FT Gita Gopinath

She credits Rogoff as her biggest professional mentor, saying that he was ahead of his time in doing all he could to encourage his female students.

"The fact that there are quite a few women in international finance [shows] Ken has [had] an important role to play," she says.

opinath has spoken out about some of her experiences, including being constantly interrupted and even told to move seats to clear the way for the IMF chief economist – which, at the time, was the role that she herself occupied. In May, she posted an image on X of the meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, with both leaders surrounded by teams made up entirely of men, with the caption: "A painting of the end of meritocracy".

“Having met plenty of high-ranking officials, I can tell you, you don’t go away thinking, ‘Wow, this is a meritocracy how these people got these jobs,’” she says.

While her schedule at Harvard is nowhere near as hectic as it was during her time at the IMF, Gopinath continues to travel the world – including back to India. She expects to make four trips this year to see her parents, elder sister and other family members.

Gopinath is a US national and an overseas citizen of India. I ask her if America still feels like home. Very much so, she says. "It's a great country, no doubt about that . . . it frees you up from a whole lot of daily worries that people have in many countries — including India.

“Sometimes at 2am, I’m filling gas at a gas station and I’m not worried. And that is so liberating because it frees you up to do much more exciting work. I definitely feel much safer here than, for example, if I were in Delhi, [where] I’d be careful about where I was going.”

I ask her whether she is enjoying the food or if it's too bland for her taste. The combination of the spicy prawns with the plainer vegetable dishes "works well", she says, adding — with a diplomacy that betrays her years spent at the IMF — that the two milder dishes "balance things out".

Gopinath still believes US universities are the best places to pursue a doctorate in economics – even though there are many more private-sector opportunities in India now than when she left in 1994. However, Trump's immigration clampdown would, she says, have made her think twice about coming here now. "It would [have felt] too risky, too uncertain, too unpredictable."

She adds: "That's a big mistake – what the US has been fantastic at is drawing talent from around the world. That used to be valued and praised and recognised, and now, unfortunately, we're going in the other direction."

While Gopinath lauds India for the huge economic reforms the country has made since she left, there remains a lack of jobs for young people.

Many – like she once did – continue to pursue public-sector roles, spending their twenties preparing to sit exams amid a paucity of secure private-sector jobs that offer healthcare. She worries that the advent of AI will exacerbate the problems associated with India's complex bureaucracy – especially in an economy that has relied heavily on software services for good jobs. "If you're in a country where it's hard to start a business, it's going to bite a lot," she says. "The US is super easy . . . In India it's still complicated . . . If they don't fix that ease of doing business, it's even more consequential now than it was before AI."

Despite the US's lead in the AI race, its economic policymakers face the same conundrum – can the workforce adapt quickly enough? She notices lots of her students at Harvard are worried, echoing broader student protests over recent commencement addresses that have heaped praise on AI. "Personally, it's great technology for me – but I have domain expertise, I can combine [this] with the new technology, and that's a lot of fun. What we have to make sure of in universities, and we also [have to] con-

'The US has been fantastic at drawing talent from around the world. Now, unfortunately, we're going in the other direction'

vince students of, is that they need to gain that domain expertise — without that, it substitutes you out."

On campus, one answer may be a return to in-person exams and work done in class to ensure students have that domain expertise. "For that you're going to have to go analogue," she says.

Gopinath believes AI and geopolitics will define the global economy in the years to come. We are, she says, living through a period she likens to a “great gamble”.

Her own stake will involve setting up a new non-profit, the Global Economics Lab, that will run out of Harvard but will draw on a network of economists — including Gourinchas and Rogoff — based across the US. The aim is ensuring that, even in this era of geopolitical fragmentation, the benefits of emerging technologies, such as AI and digital currencies, improve living standards everywhere and not just for a select few.

With official institutions such as the IMF constrained by the uneasy diplomacy that geopolitics has thrust on them, universities are, she says, “great places to engage on these more tricky questions”. Gopinath already has some seed money from the university, has hired a chief of staff and research team, and is “very close” to having a website.

She will look to expand the operation with outside funds in the coming months to recruit more economists and policy staff. “We just have no idea where all this combination [of AI and geopolitical turmoil] is heading,” she says. “The great gamble could be wonderful, or it could put us in a very difficult spot.”

Almost two hours into our lunch, the restaurant has emptied out. We have managed to eat most of what was ordered – including all of the prawns.

As we prepare to leave, we talk about Rogoff and her studies at Princeton. You've never looked back since, I say. "That's also me," she replies. "I tend not to look back."

Claire Jones is the FT's US economics editor

Beauty's mascara backlash

Trend | Lavish lashes have long been regarded as a make-up must-have. But for many women, the bare look is better. By Yazzi Gokcemen

he no-mascara look has passed its probation period. Greenlit by celebrities, make-up artists, models and influencers, over the past year it has gone from a niche aesthetic to a widespread cross-generational trend with no end of hashtags: "ghost lashes", "bare lashes", "no-mascara-makeup".

After New York magazine's style section proclaimed it a “no-mascara summer” last month, beauty commentators weighed in en masse with their divisive takes and advice on how to pull off the look. But beyond being newly chic, opting out of mascara is also proving liberating for many women.

In the run-up to “ghost lashes” spiking as a Google search trend last spring, there were already signs that the exaggerated eyelash might be slipping out of fashion. Beauty entrepreneur Hailey Bieber had been championing natural lashes as the poster girl of the “clean girl” aesthetic since 2021. Pamela Anderson went viral for turning up not only mascara-less but completely make-up-free at Paris Fashion Week in 2023. Gen-Z micro-influencers on TikTok began swearing off black mascara in 2024.

This year saw countless female A-listers — including Zendaya at The Odyssey premiere in New York — showing up on red carpets with barely-there or no mascara. Conspicuous mascara was similarly lacking at the Dior SS26 couture show, and across the AW26 runways of Simone Rocha, Jean Paul Gaultier, Erdem, Chloé and more. Even if such natural looks actually involve, say, brown mascara applied with a light touch, they still go against a long-entrenched mainstream expectation of defined eyes.

A beauty look that works for “clean” beauty influencers and models isn’t always easy to adopt in real life. For many women, however, the catalyst for embracing genuinely bare lashes isn’t fashionability but practicality.

Jessica Jacobs, 24, began wearing mas-cara daily at 16. But last summer, after beginning a full-time job as a marketing assistant that involved two hours of commuting every day, she decided she'd had enough. "It's the thing that at the end of the day will look the messiest," she says. Although Jacobs had noticed natural lashes trending on social media, this wasn't directly what motivated her: "I just didn't feel like putting it on any more . . . seeing no mascara normalised meant that I didn't feel strange or uncomfortable without it." With summers getting hotter, the adjustment has been particularly welcome – "I can wash my face and look fine!"

Evidently, mascara fatigue existed before rejecting it became fashionable. Karen Chan, 37, a commercial director at a creative strategy studio, laid down her wand during the pandemic. After years of wearing Maybelline's Falsies waterproof mascara “religiously”, she similarly grew weary: “It’s a pain taking off mascara – RIP all the lashes that came off with the vigorous rubbing.” In giving it up, she says, her attitude towards beauty has shifted: “I’ve been consciously reducing my make-up consumption overall . . . It’s helped me embrace my natural face.”

“Ghost lashes” have been filed under the clean-girl aesthetic, a beauty ideal centred around appearing “natural” but which actually entails considerable effort, as well as tapping into often Eurocentric and conservative ideas of attractiveness. This is, in many cases, at odds with women’s rationale for ceasing regular mascara use.

"I suppose it's cool to not 'care' about putting mascara on," says Selma Lars-

With hotter summers, the adjustment has been particularly welcome: 'I can wash my face and look fine!'

son, another Gen-Zer who has gradually been relinquishing the product over the past year. "But for me, the main thing is the discomfort and the effort. Mascara was the most tedious part of my make-up routine."

and, even then, the curl wouldn't always hold. "I was trying to get my lashes to do something they just don't naturally do," she says, "and then I started asking myself, 'Well, why am I doing this?'"

For the make-up artist Michelle Dacillo, the personal reckoning came six years ago. As a south-east Asian woman, her lashes have always been naturally straight. She used heated curlers and two layers of waterproof mascara in an attempt to lift them —

After interrogating the beauty standard, she decided it was time to draw a line. Bare lashes have now become a signature of the otherwise bold make-up looks Dacillo creates in her work. "People assume that mascara is an anchor for eye make-up, but I think taking it away can actually create a more interesting and self-expressive effect."

For the best part of a century, Hollywood and the west's fashion industry positioned long, thick, fluttering lashes as key to femininity and graceful flirting. But the product that creates that effect can also conjure the image of an emotionally unhinged woman by way of black smudges under eyes and streaks on cheeks – think Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. There is something tragically poetic about the latter, notes Dacillo:

"Mascara is the first make-up product to show up imperfection, whether that be because it's a sweaty, rainy or emotional day, so if you're putting on this face to signify put-togetherness, mascara could make that fall apart."

Most women aren't completely bypassing their lashes. Thanks to product innovation, the global mascara market remains in good health, valued at \$7.6bn in 2025 and projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.8 per cent through 2030, according to the Business Research Company. Elsewhere, Korean lash lifts (a less chemically harsh alternative to the regular lash lift) are on the rise, seeing a 750 per cent increase in UK Google search interest since this time last year.

Nevertheless, it is significant that the make-up item that was once many women's desert island beauty product is being decentred – sand, sun and sea were never particularly compatible with mascara anyway. Dacillo thinks positively about how the trend could affect individuals' relationship with make-up more broadly: "Skipping this thing that used to feel essential makes room for us to ask ourselves what do we actually need to make us feel not more beautiful but more ourselves?"

Clockwise from main: a model at the Dior SS26 haute couture show; Pamela Anderson at last year's Screen Actors Guild Awards; Hailey Bieber at the Met Gala in May; Glenn Close with running mascara in 'Fatal Attraction'; the Simone Rocha runway during London Fashion Week in February — WWD, AFP. Getty Images: Alamy

The Gen Z-ers saving their parents' fashion shops on TikTok

Retail | Stores are getting a new lease of life thanks to videos by their owner's offspring that highlight the human stories behind the ventures. By Jessica-Belle Greer

Far left: the shop is a trove of Italian shoes and accessories Zineb Lazraq

t's a sticky Tuesday evening in Shoreditch, east London, as shoppers squeeze past tightly packed shelves of leather bags and shoes at

The Rich Collection Bella Italia. Someone exclaims “Y2K-esque like heck!” as women wearing vintage Gucci bags and denim miniskirts pick up rainbow kitten heels and their matching clutches, with their phones still in hand.

The footfall is impressive for a shop that was set to close at the end of summer. That is, until TikToker Caroline Rivier posted a video about The Rich Collection's trove of "hidden treasure" shoes in late June, and caught the attention of the store owner's daughter Zineb Lazraq. In the process, they unwittingly kicked off one of the most wholesome fashion trends of the season – the next generation posting their parents' stores on social media to compel peers to show up and shop.

Lazraq, 25, who previously had not spent much time in the store, was inspired to post her own "day-in-the-life" video of it in early July, which went viral. "It blew up overnight," she says. "And then when the queue started forming, I thought, I need to be there to help my dad out." With no retail experience, she was kept on her toes serving a two-hour-long queue.

Dad Rachid, 59, has run The Rich Collection for three decades and seen the colourful row of leather stores on Hackney Road slowly become coffee roasters and craft breweries as the effects of Covid, rising rent and the cost-of-living crisis have taken their toll.

Thanks to a social media miracle, The

Left: Rachid Lazraq and daughter Zineb, whose video of his shop went viral on social media

Rich Collection is now serving thousands of new customers (many of whom also share their own shopping experience online) and the “Closing Down” sign was removed in mid-July — to cheers from customers forming a queue outside the shop. While there is now typically only a line on Saturdays, Lazraq and her sister Maryam, 19, still help out in store, and they’ve hired a part-time shop assistant. Demand is still growing online, and Lazraq is working on a website and Vinted profile to reach shoppers worldwide.

Lazraq continues to post dispatches, often playing up the store's "Y2K" aesthetic (a popular keyword and hashtag on TikTok for late-90s style), and her father also makes cameo appearances, talking through his smile.

For the first time in six years, The Rich Collection has introduced three new styles — heeled summer sandals — which it developed with its manufacturer in Naples, Italy. “When I see customers happy, it really makes me happy, and that motivates me,” says Rachid. “I think in the future, they’re going to see a lot more style, a lot more designs.”

Inspired by The Rich Collection, comedian and actress Savannah Gracey changed up the usual sketches on her Instagram and TikTok for an earnest post about her mother Janet Dervan's

'I started helping my mom because I could see how much the industry had changed' vintage store, The Arc, in mid-July. Gracey was moved to tears while showing her 392,400 followers (combined across Gracey's social media platforms) the store in London's Camden Market as it was preparing to close down.

"I wanted to help my mum out," says Gracey, 26, standing next to a row of silk and satin scarves still for sale on closing weekend. "She went to cry, and I was like, for goodness' sake, get yourself together. And that's what kicked it all off really," adds Dervan, 63. "And [since] then it's been an absolutely joyous two weeks."

During the interview, shoppers stop between the racks of Laura Ashley floral dresses to say hello to Gracey. Others subtly take photos of the 1960s tweed sets hanging up high. “Everyone is loving the story,” she says. “Everyone wants to be a part of it.”

Like Rachid Lazraq, Dervan also opened her first store three decades ago – in London's Camden Market. She remembers working the till when Gracey was six weeks old, and selling clothes to Helena Bonham Carter, Debbie Harry and Boy George. She relocated The Arc a few times and opened her last shop in the Stables, 11 years ago. After experiencing low trade, high rent and additional service charges, Dervan decided not to renew her lease this year.

While the store did close in early August, Gracey's videos have given her mum new hope. The Arc's Vinted account has just over 2,000 followers and its new TikTok has 12,000 followers, to whom Dervan will post about future market appearances. "She's set me up to be able to trade in the future," says Dervan. "I didn't realise how transferable her skills are, that she can just come in and save the company."

While they are two different stories, the success behind these viral video campaigns shows not only the social media engagement skills of Gen Z but also how emotional shopping can be. "What makes it a unique selling point is when there's a very, very human angle behind it," says Erifili Gounari, 26, the founder and chief executive of Gen

Z-led marketing agency The Z Link, over a video call. "It hits our empathetic nerves, and then we feel a lot more inclined to go and support."

In a similar vein, Chaewon Kim, 31 who goes by Chaey, is helping her mother, Mijeong Jung, 59, with her Kool Kitten label – earnestly sharing social media videos about helping her mother reach a new audience online, while building a community around its concept store in New York.

Jung has worked in the fashion industry for more than 30 years; she founded her newest fashion label in South Korea in 2023. With girlish styles, it's an ode to her two daughters, who lived out her dream by attending Parsons School of Design in New York. The Kool Kitten store in SoHo stocks 20 different labels, including Kim's own Popsiz, and has already met its initial revenue goals.

“I started helping my mom because I could see how much the industry had changed,” says Kim, typing on her laptop in Seoul where she is preparing next season’s collection. “I wanted to help preserve what she’s spent her whole life building while bringing it into a new generation.”

It's the younger generation's belief in their parents that will see this through. "There's something about the way that they see their parents that makes them able to communicate that same view of them to us, and that tends to feel a lot more precious," says marketing expert Gounari.

"It's not something I feel obligated to do," adds Kim. "It's something I genuinely feel lucky to do."

Back at The Rich Collection, Zineb is musing on the success of her videos for her now family-run business. "If I could start any trend, then [this] sounds like a great one to start," she says. "It's actually having a real-world impact."

Ink vs inc: tattoos in the workplace

Report | Body art may be mainstream, but in boardrooms,

courtrooms and hospitals, professionals are still testing how

much the corporate world is ready to see. By Mark Ellwood

here's no risk of any international leader spotting Andy Burnham's tattoo next time he's at a global summit, but when he's out

jogging, the one-time Manchester mayor will proudly show off the bee tattoo on his inner right bicep. Burnham isn't the first prime minister to sport ink but he's certainly different in displaying it with such bravado; 1970s PM James Callaghan was tattooed during his naval service in the second world war but always covered his arms with long sleeves.

The new prime minister is one of the 26 per cent of British people YouGov reported as sporting a tattoo today – in America, according to Pew Research, the figure is one in three – so little wonder he's unbothered baring his arms. His attitude underscores how mainstream body art has become in recent years.

Or has it? Is the professional world, whether a hospital, government depart-

'One of the partners did say to me, if they had known when I interviewed that I had a full sleeve, they probably wouldn't have taken me on'

ment or corporate setting, truly open-minded about inking now?

Friday Jones runs the high-end tattoo parlour Studio Privé on New York's Upper West Side and says that 90 per cent of her customers have corporate jobs of some kind. “I have a private chef and a DJ currently on roster, but the rest are strictly white-collar pros or retired from that.” As the daughter of a high-ranking Pentagon official whose first career was in corporate America, Jones has carved out a speciality in inking executives, especially women, many of whom hire her for their first design once well established in their fields. “When you get tattooed later in life, you have to expand your own confidence,” she says. “I understand the pressures – you’ve got to think about your future when you’re doing this.”

So how do you square a corporate career with a love for tattooing? We asked four people to share their own first-hand experience of ink vs inc.

John Brosious 45, Nevada, US

"Everything is saturated," says John Brosious, when asked to quantify his tattoos. "Feet, toes, even my armpits - I have Venus flytraps there so when I open my arm up, the little hairs are like whiskers." He even celebrated the first anniversary of opening his own medical practice, on April 1 2023, with his first face tattoo. "Everyone thought it was an April Fool's, but then it was still there on April 2."

He got his first tattoo — a cross on his shoulder, aged 18 — “on a whim” and had to borrow the \$180 it cost from the roommate who accompanied him to the parlour. Brosious dabbled in other designs over the next few years. “They were hidden under my scrubs, and no one would ever know I had them on my rotations. The professors grading you were still very old school, and it would have been harmful to my career,” he admits.

It was kismet that he landed a residency in Las Vegas, a place far more permissive and liberal than his own, Pennsylvanian, background. So many people, patients and otherwise, whom he encountered were openly tattooed; it unleashed his urge to ink himself further, but he still made sure he could conceal them if needed. It was a smart move, as his first job after completing school was back in Pittsburgh. "One of the partners did say to me, if they had known when I interviewed that I had a full sleeve, they probably wouldn't have

Above and below left: surgeon John Brosious photographed for the FT by Tag Christof

Right: lawyer James Sexton photographed for the FT in his Manhattan office by George Etheredge

'It's a Clark Kent-Superman thing – I still look very professional. Part of me is bound by the rules, part of me is a wild card'

taken me on. It was still pretty taboo in the field."

Brosious was soon back in Las Vegas, although as an assistant professor at Nevada university, where he created the gender surgery programme as a world-class surgeon in that field. The plastic surgeon considers his tattoos an advantage, helping him find like-minded patients who see his alternative appearance as a marker of his talent. "If I'm able to pull off looking like this, then I must be comfortable in my skills. My patients have been judged every day on their appearance. They're nonconformists in society, and look at me, and we're in parallel."

James Sexton 53, New York, US

Occupation: divorce lawyer

It was a glimpse of what looked like a black felt-tipped pen at James Sexton's wrist that prompted an older female colleague to ask, "Did one of your kids draw on your arm?"

"For the first 15 years of my career, no one knew I had tattoos," says Sexton. "I would buy a 17.5in rather than 17in shirt so my cuffs were longer, an extra edge so my sleeves [of tattoos] wouldn't stick out."

He changed his mind after a photo shoot for a magazine about a decade ago, when the photographer cajoled him into rolling up his shirt sleeves. Sexton's body art includes a full back piece, two sleeves ("skulls, in black and grey so I look like a serial killer in anything short-sleeved") plus scattered designs on his stomach, legs, feet and chest.

Sexton's interest is in parallel to his passion for martial arts. "I've always subscribed to the idea: civilise the mind, make savage the body," he says, adding that every one of his designs has been carefully considered since he started inking as soon as he turned 18. "I was raised very Catholic and then left the faith, so all my tattoos have some spiritual purpose."

They're now synonymous with his professional persona. “I have a tenacious courtroom style, and the tattoos are part of it.” He relishes the clash between his swaggering body art and those custom suits. “It's a Clark Kent-Superman thing – I still look very professional. Part of me is bound by the rules, part of me is a wild card,” he exults Sexton still recalls the startled look from a “strait-laced” judge whom he chanced on in the locker room of their shared gym; he walked up next to him to say hello. “And he said ‘Oh my god. I would never have imagined you had tattoos.’”

Veronica Kohlbecker 40, London, UK

Meredith Barbanell Sands 60, Florida, US Occupation: semi-retired, founded and formerly ran pharma industry research company The Conference Forum

“I think if you speak with people with respect and maturity, and know your industry and to whom you’re speaking, they’ll see your tattoo for about two seconds and then they’re not going to see it anymore,” says entrepreneur Meredith Barbanell Sands. During the past 20 years, she’s slowly increased her assortment of body art to include sleeves on both arms and seven other standalone tattoos, including a heart on her face, picked out in white ink. “I think that was me saying I’m gonna be who I am and not let anybody say you can’t do that,” she recalls. “But you can’t really see it anymore.”

Barbanell Sands grew up in New York when tattooing was illegal — banned in 1961 to help reduce the spread of hepatitis, it remained outlawed until 1997 due to the Aids crisis.

However, she had always wanted a tattoo, and waited until her 40th birthday to get her first one, a small butterfly on her ankle. Barbanell Sands was raised Jewish, which also caused her to hesitate. "My mother had died a year earlier, but my father was still around and he was the most upset of anybody. He thought it was a desecration of my body. But you get addicted."

The bigger issue, she admits, was from her family; Kohlbecker was born in what was then the USSR. "My entire family, they're all doctors and they believed this isn't a positive thing to put on your body, and in a lot of eastern European countries and the Middle East, people are still quite surprised [by my tattoos]. Everyone does cover them up. But that's the nice thing with white tattoos because they lead to so many conversations," she explains of their impact on her professional life. "Every single person asks: what are the lines on your arm?"

During the next few years, she sporadically added to her inking, on a scale of one to 10 from liberal to conservative, the sector "hovers around a seven", she says. Barbanell Sands knows that some executives might silently judge her but there's a bonding aspect to tattoos that has helped her with younger clients. Take the time she walked into an exhibit hall during one of the shows she's organised, inked arms on display. A younger man stopped her, admired them, and then pulled up his own sleeve to compare designs. It quickly morphed into a conversation where he told her he was looking to spend more money with her company. "You have this bonding experience in a corporate setting: it's like being rebels together, in a little club."

Occupation: founder of Aaroh Group

Veronica Kohlbecker's four tattoos are unusual: they're designed using white or UV-reactive ink. "I fell in love with white tattoos because they were discreet. None of them are completely hidden, but they don't fall into your face straight away," she explains. Her designs include an I Ching-inspired tattoo on her lower left arm, from elbow to wrist, and a smaller crow on her neck. She also has a UV-ink tattoo across her back, which will fade in a few years, plus a Balkan cross on her ankle, marking where she was once bitten by a deadly spider.

Kohlbecker prefers these subtle inkings in part because her work takes her around the world from Rwanda to Saudi Arabia; she works on destination development and architectural design. "I did think about being careful, and my tattoos are not there to offend," she says, noting that she's never felt the need to conceal them. "It was a big surprise to me how


Veronica Kohlbecker and the white bird tattoo on her neck photographed for the FT by Sandra Mickiewicz

they were greeted with so much positive attention."

Travel

Greece | In 1954, a grieving Barbara Hepworth found creative renewal on Patmos. Jo Baring follows in the sculptor's footsteps

n 1930, sculptor Barbara Hepworth met the art collector Margaret Gardiner. They talked and enjoyed "the first of many hundreds of cups of

tea" that they drank together. When a broken love affair left Gardiner unhappy, Hepworth sent her to stay at a farmhouse in Suffolk, advising her friend to write "exactly what comes into your mind . . . a lot of stuff gets rammed down out of sight."

Hepworth's island in the sun

The pair shared intimacies over the years, as well as condolences over the endless housework during the war (“one can easily expire bothering about moths and cleanliness and cabbages and so on and for what purpose?” Hepworth asked Gardiner). Their friendship deepened further in February 1953, when Hepworth’s eldest son, Paul, was killed, throwing the artist into “unspeakable anguish”. Paul had been on active service with the Royal Air Force, and died in a plane crash in Thailand. He was 23 years old. The following year, in the summer of 1954, Margaret Gardiner took her grieving friend to Greece.

My journey in their footsteps begins at London's Gatwick airport, waiting for a flight to Kos. We are delayed by hail – the golden light of Greece feels very distant – but I have the original brochure from the Swan Hellenic cruise the women took and open it up, following their tour.

Hepworth visited Greece only once, but it was a touchpoint in her life, a source of nourishment and inspiration – both artistic and spiritual – which she referenced in writings and interviews until her death. She kept a diary of her trip, filled with jottings of thoughts, descriptions and colours, as well as a sketchbook. “I have waited 30 years to see Greece,” she declared.

It did not disappoint. Long after the friends took what the brochure calls the "first postwar British cruise from Greece to the Islands of the Aegean", Hepworth confided that it was "such a part of my life that even now, a whole decade later, I can scarcely speak of the experience. It is deeply part of my work."

The trip began with a night in Venice in a “superior second-class hotel” before joining the cruise ship Miaoulis. Guests could enjoy lectures from four Oxbridge-educated classicists as they sailed, with afternoon tea provided “when not away on visits”. The cruise took in places such as Corfu, the archaeological site of Knossos in Crete, and a “short call without landing” at Ithaca. After Rhodes, the Miaoulis arrived in Kos on August 29 1954.

It is here that I join Hepworth. My flight lands late, the darkness too enveloping to see much from the taxi to the hotel. I leave any sightseeing for the morning, instead reading over my notes. The cruise itinerary tells me that in Kos passengers could visit “excavations of the Greek and Roman city, and the huge plane tree . . . under which Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, is said to have performed his cures”. Hepworth records this in her diary, noting the tree as a “great plane of gigantic girth”. For her, Kos was “idyllic” and “authentic”, which “after Rhodes . . . was a joy”. Interest piqued, I look up her entry for Rhodes and find just three short sentences. “Old town very strange” is laced with intrigue, but she concedes that the windmills in the harbour are “lovely”.

Getting up early, I walk to the historic centre, finding the ruins of the Sanctuary of Aphrodite, part of the Eastern Archaeological Area of Kos town. Here weeds and grasses grow over stones that lie at all angles, and fragments of standing columns evoke a past grandeur. It was built in the late 3rd to early 2nd century BC, probably on the site of an earlier sanctuary, but was destroyed by an earthquake in AD469. In the Archaeological Museum of Kos, I find the most extraordinary Greek and Roman sculpture, drapery so real it belies the marble from which it is carved. But — like Hepworth, who arrived at 7am and left by noon — I am not on Kos for long. I hurry to the port, passing the (rather underwhelming) Hippocratic tree. I buy a coffee and wait for the ferry.

For Hepworth, Greece “more than fulfilled my greatest hopes”, but it was Patmos “in particular” that spoke to her, conveying “the perfect elevation of the human spirit”. Patmos has long been known as a holy site. Before my trip, I had ordered a second-hand copy of Peter France’s book A Place of Healing for the Soul. A journalist, France arrived on Patmos a sceptic, before being drawn in

Main, from left: the Monastery of St John the Theologian, Patmos; the beach at Livadi in the north-east of the island; the monastery's white-painted exterior

From top: Barbara Hepworth at her St Ives studio in 1955 with 'Oval Sculpture (Delos)', a work partly inspired by her Greek travels; inside the monastery in Chora; sunset at one of Patmos's waterfront restaurants

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For more on visiting Patmos, see visitgreece.gr; the fastest ferries from Piraeus take about seven hours; from Kos and Samos they take about two hours. Kos has direct flights from cities including London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Amsterdam

by the island's indefinable magnetism. Converting to Greek Orthodoxy, he lived out his days there.

Photographs for the FT by Thomas Gravanis — Bowness

On the flyleaf of my book is an inscription, presumably from the original buyer: "May your travels be healing, love, Penny." As I hope the travels of that stranger across time were healing, I think too of Hepworth, grieving the death of her son.

Patmos has no airport — most visitors travel by ferry from Athens or from other islands, including Kos and Samos. This is my first time taking a Greek island ferry, and I didn't realise they are like trains, appearing just before their scheduled departure.

Fifteen minutes before the ferry is due to leave, a British woman asks me if we are in the right place. We get chatting. She works as a prison chaplain and has applied to become an ordained priest. Having done the final leg of strenuous interviews, she is waiting to hear the outcome. She knows the date and time the phone call will come, and wants to receive the news on Patmos.

At last, with only a few minutes to go, our ferry blazes at speed into the harbour, among whistles and approaching cars. In her Greek diary, Hepworth admits to being “antisocial” on the trip, trying “to escape all contact and proper human obligations”. She is “first off the boat alone, first on the site alone, escaping the lecture”.

I feel an affinity with her, and leave my new friend, burying myself in Hepworth's writing. Her description of Patmos is as enticing as the soft waves that lap the harbour walls. She had reached the "sublime summit" of the island by donkey, where she found the Monastery of St John the Theologian. From there, "the curve of the horizon was omnipotent, and the islands rose up from the water like flowers in the sun".

There are no longer donkey trips up to the monastery but, rather than take a taxi on the new road, I walk the old cobblestone path which the donkeys used. It leaves from Skala, the main port on Patmos, a glorious patchwork of narrow streets, squares and churches with open doors and lit candles. When the path meets the new road, I choose a rocky track, which occasionally disappears within overgrown rye grasses.

Soon I am within the shade of a forest of pine and cypress trees. Continuing out into the sunshine, my fingers trail boughs of rosemary which release their heat-soaked scent. I pick a sprig. When I reach the monastery, I see a shining simplicity of colour. Black-clothed priests stand against blue sky. Bright potted plants sit within whitewashed walls.

Seventy years ago, Hepworth described the monastery as "filled with flowering plants of brilliance". What moved her most was the view. She felt it was "like an atlas laid out. You could see an infinitude of islands receding. It was like being an astronaut." I get the same sense today. There is no breeze, which creates a near-silent stillness. Any chatter from fellow tourists is

FT In the footsteps of ... This piece is the latest in a series in which writers are guided by a notable earlier traveller. For more in the series, see ft.com/footsteps

muffled in the heat. Swallows curve through the sky, the coast of Turkey rests in the distant haze.

lypse. This is a sacred site where, around AD95, St John is said to have received the visions he recorded in the Book of Revelation. I enter through the chapel of St Anne, built when the monastery was founded but reconstructed in the 17th century. This is on the mountainside, built around the cave itself. It takes a while for my eyes to adjust. It is lit by candlelight, and the sun — so strong outside — can only shadow the crevices of volcanic rock.

Perhaps it is the incense from the tiny stalls outside the monastery, but the air feels heavy. Time slows. The monastery was founded by Christodoulos in 1088, and has been a site of continual worship ever since, perhaps even longer, as tradition tells that it was built on the site of a temple to Artemis.

The monastery sits within the capital of Patmos, Chora. Here, the elegance of the historic buildings is striking. It is the details that shine – carved stone pediments curl above powder-blue doors, a bronze hand dressed with a ring and a pretty cuff acts as a door knocker. Languid cats lie in precious shade.

Hepworth came down from Chora on foot, reaching the Cave of the Apoca-

Lanterns hang by golden-flecked icons. I touch the cold rock walls and take a seat. Soon the cruise tours arrive. Losing count at 14 groups, I think of Hepworth, and her desire to race away from her fellow passengers "like a hare", even asking her diary, "How can I be in a state of perception . . . with two hundred 1954 English figures round me?"

But she managed. In a later interview, Hepworth recalled that “on Patmos, I was coming down a mountainside when I saw a single black-robed Greek Orthodox priest standing beneath me in a snow-white courtyard, with the blue sea beyond and, on the curved horizon, the shores of other lands. This single human figure then seemed to me to give the scale of the whole universe.”

The following morning I go again to the Cave of the Apocalypse. It is early, and I hear the deep melodies of a Greek Orthodox service taking place within. Incense hangs on the threshold as I wait. Later, I meet the woman from the ferry port. She got her good news, and will become an ordained priest. There are tears; without the cruise tours, the veneration of almost 2,000 years seems to seep through the fissures of the cave.

Back at my hotel, I find the page in Hepworth's diary where she has drawn the Cave of the Apocalypse. It is a spare pencil sketch, all curves and crucifixes, set against a blue wash that lightens as it climbs up the page, like the sea as it becomes sky. It is interleaved with pressed flowers and plants, and I feel a connection to Hepworth. As I write this, I have that sprig of rosemary I took from the path in Patmos, a portal of touch and scent to that landscape of blue and white, where the stars wheel and dive into glittering sea.

Jo Baring's book "Totem: The Untold Story of Sculpture" is published by Canongate on September 10. A new exhibition, 'Barbara Hepworth and Greece', runs at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, from November 21 until May 2 2027; pallant.org.uk

POSTCARD FROM ...

SPAIN

iménez de Jamuz, a small village on the plains of León in northern Spain, was never on anyone's holiday wishlist. This workaday collection of brickbuilt houses and agricultural barns has nothing much to write home about. Perhaps the only things to catch the eye are the curious hillocks, some with doors and chimneys like hobbit houses, beneath which lie wine cellars burrowed out of the soft local stone.

If this nowheresville is now on the map, it's mainly thanks to José Gordón. Born into a winemaking family who in 1978 opened a merendero (snack bar) outside the winery, Gordón now presides over what that simple eating place became: the restaurant Bodega El Capricho, which specialises in prime cuts of long-lived, long-matured ox (buey in Spanish). Following a series of plaudits, including the 2014 Netflix

documentary Steak (R)evolution, which described El Capricho's steak as the world's best, Jiménez de Jamuz has become a cult destination for carnivores. And as of February, a new development at the restaurant is attracting a fresh wave of pilgrims. La Cúpula, a six-hour "experience" culminating in a multi-course ox-based menu served in a cavelike cellar, takes meat connoisseur-ship to a new level of mystique.

On this hot summer Sunday, an international group has signed up for La Cúpula: among my 15 fellow guests are Americans, Portuguese, Italians and Spaniards. Just before midday we pile into a couple of Land Rovers, rattling through the countryside on dusty tracks towards an enclosure fenced in with massive wooden posts. Gordon combs the Iberian peninsula for oxen that are at least four years old and have been raised on small rural farms, paying as much as €30,000 per animal; he currently has a herd of about 300. Some of these are truly colossal, weighing in at 1,500kg or more, and have horns worthy of the mythical minotaur — yet according to our host they are perfectly docile.

Returning to the village, the group is ushered into a former wine cellar now used for curing cecina, the air-dried beef typical of León. A waiter serves us thin slices of it along with a glass of champagne: the first bite of a meat feast that will last until late in the afternoon. But now we're heading deeper. In an underground kitchen, chefs lean with butcher's knives over giant sides of marbled beef, the T-bones falling away in monster slabs.

At every stop on the tour there's a bite of something: here in the kitchen it's a morsel of grilled ox ear, Korean barbecue-style. In El Capricho's new wine cellar, reached by a lift, a glass of old madeira (served by sommelier Yam Iungman) marries beautifully with a crisp turnover of ox sweetbreads. The room known as the Cúpula lies 12 metres below the surface. Carved out of the rock, it was discovered by chance, during work on another part of El

Capricho's cellar complex: like some tomb in the Valley of the Kings, it had been closed up and long forgotten.

Down here it's at least 20 degrees cooler than the 35C at ground level. The only light comes from the flickering fire at the centre of the room — a kind of altar where Gordón stands like the high priest of his very own meat-cult. Waiters wearing rough brown tabards stand in quiet attendance, like medieval monks. We take our seats on stone benches around the wall, and the menu begins with a clay cup of consommé made from ox bones, bubbling in a big pot beside the fire. After that comes a delicious slick of roast bone marrow. A veil of smoke rises towards a chimney at the apex of the dome.

The next-door cellar, to which we repair for the central part of the 18-course menu, more closely resembles a conventional restaurant, with a single horseshoe-shaped table on which rest big glasses, to be filled with fine Spanish wine. Even so, the ceiling is hung with ox skins, and niches in the walls are dimly illuminated by rustic lamps fuelled with (guess what) melted ox fat.

And the ox-based dishes keep on coming. There is carpaccio, bresaola and a fabulous steak tartare with Oscièra caviar, olive oil and lime. A highlight is the leek poached in ox lard with a romesco sauce and toasted hazelnuts. After a palate-cleansing, probiotic interlude involving fermented cabbage, apple and ginger comes the climax of the menu: a chargrilled T-bone steak sliced into thick strips. The particular animal we're eating, explains our host in a voice hushed with reverence, is an eight-year-old rare-breed Mínhota ox from northern Portugal whose meat has been aged for 140 days in El Capricho's maturing rooms. Beyond a mere restaurant meal, Gordón conceives La Cúpula as an atavistic ritual, a ceremony of homage to a noble creature.

I glance at my phone: it's five o'clock in the afternoon. As the long lunch comes to a close, I feel oddly inspired, elated even – though with no particular desire to eat beef again for at least the next few weeks.

Paul Richardson was a guest of El Capricho. La Cúpula is priced at €360 per person, not including wine pairings; lacupuladelcapricho.com

Paul Richardson

Tree branches shake with leaping howler monkeys as pirogues carry fishermen to their hunting grounds

The river less travelled

Colombia | For decades, the Magdalena was off-limits to all but the most

intrepid travellers. Now, a pioneering cruise is opening up its wetlands,

historic towns and isolated communities once more. By Ruaridh Nicoll

t the old quay in Cartagena, unconvincing pirate ships are filling with partygoers before heading out for a sunset of pounding salsa

and reguetón dance music. A wheelhouse DJ looks up and shouts, "Saluden a los gringos!" (say hi to the foreigners) and we face yells and shaken booties.

I wave back, gently, from the 32-cabin, 223-foot AmaMelodia, an elegant cigar of a boat. The top deck runs from an open prow through a canopy-covered hobnobbing area to an air-conditioned lounge aft. We too slip our cables and steam into the city's vast bay, the calm as the pirates fall behind a relief.

Edison de Coro, our captain, sets course for the Canal del Dique, a 75-mile cut first built in 1582 that connects the famed Caribbean city to the Magdalena River. Ahead lies a trip into Colombia's great delta, which has been in effect off-limits to all but the most intrepid travellers for most of the past six decades. A journey into a watery world of monkeys and buffalo, kapok and coffee, scattered fishing villages and lots of dancing, all summoning the stories of writer Gabriel García Márquez, naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and South America's great liberator, Simón Bolívar.

In the early 20th century, passenger steamships paddled the river, but the last great boat, the David Arango (a favourite of García Márquez), was destroyed by fire in 1961. Since then, only big freight barges and pretty piroques – the local canoes – have plied these waters. Extensive silting and the dangers posed by armed political groups and their associated drugs gangs scared off potential tourism operators for much of the intervening period. But last year, AmaWaterways, a Californian company with boats on the Danube, Nile and Mekong, opened up the route to tourists once more.

A hot tropical darkness falls as we enter the canal and are called down to eat in a cosseted dining room on the middle of the three decks. Here the wild beyond is shielded by silken blinds. The dinner is a surprise, better than expected. Felipe Aranyo, the chef, turns out excellent sea bass and steak but is also a genius with soups, such as gazpachos and ajiacos.

For the most part, our fellow travellers are Americans, like Wesley and Valerie Lang, taking a break from the kids in Jefferson, Missouri. Valerie is one of nine children from a hill-country family, and has an easy manner to match it. "Normally we'd go to Jamaica," she says. "But this is turning out great."

The waiters project happiness that we've come to explore Colombia and, although English-speaking, relax happily back into Spanish for chats with my Cuban wife.

It's all very calm, and afterwards we go down to try out our cabin. It's sizeable at 22 sq metres and, like all but the four bigger suites, has a queen-sized bed, rattan-faced cupboards and even two sinks in the bathroom. It also has a balcony where I settle with a rum and my friend Michael Jacobs — in the form of his book about the Magdalena, The Robber of Memories. But rather than read, I watch the waters pass only a foot or so below, speckled with water hyacinth on which herons perch, banks lost to the gluey night.

Michael died in 2014 shortly after finishing this book. When I do open it, it starts with an encounter with Garcia Márquez in Cartagena, the Nobel Prize winner already a bit lost to Alzheimer's. Hearing of Michael's plan to travel the Magdalena by barge, he'd said, urgently: "I remember everything about the river."

We wake with the boat tied to a levee, ficus trees warming in the early sun against vast wetlands beyond. Minivans wait to take us on a first excursion, to San Basilio de Palenque.

I have wanted to visit Palenque for a long time; it feels like an essential

Clockwise from top: Santa Cruz de Mompox; the Church of Santa Barbara in Mompox; the Getsemaní neighbourhood of Cartagena; snowy egrets can be seen from the boat; the AmaMelodia leaving Cartagena port; a fisherman casts his net on the Magdalena River Shutterstock/Biklagentur Zoomar GmbH; Michele Ricucci; AFP/Getty Images

piece in the jigsaw of understanding Latin America. Here Benkos Biohó, an escaped slave, established his free settlement in 1603. He was eventually hanged but the community he founded survived, a rare thing.

Muralists have covered the village in vivid colours. There are painted adverts for elaborate hairstyles, in which we're told residents traditionally hide their money. Escarli Díaz Valdez greets us, a guide who treats his subject without self-pity.

He takes us to a house that shows us the hard old ways, then to the local healer who claims that no one died of Covid under his care, before giving us moonshine.

"We are a close community so there is never too much trouble here," says Escarli. In Cartagena, I heard people express prejudiced fears about the Palenqueros, just as I suspect they have for more than 400 years, but Escarli says there's pride enough in the village that the young return, even after getting college educations. He himself is an example.

Back onboard, we cruise up the canal. A dredger is spraying silt on to the bank where we meet the Magdalena proper, a steady half a kilometre across, and I think of The General in His Labyrinth, García Márquez's book about the final journey of Bolívar: "The river had grown vast and solemn, like a swamp with no beginning or end."

The town of Calamar stands at the junction and we pull into a new dock built by Ama. A rickshaw tour leads to a cultural centre where Danza San Martin, a local troupe, perform a frenetic, threatening-with-a-smile Afro-Colombian dance. It reaches its conclusion as a storm blows in and we are returned to the boat drenched.

As the AmaMelodia swings away from the dock and begins pushing upriver, the rain is gone as fast as it arrived, the last of the day's sun cutting through the clouds, like an overwrought vision of heaven.

The night passes and in the dawn egrets shine with the brilliance of stars. Clumps of wild cashew, ceiba and balsam pass, in one place tree branches shake with leaping howler monkeys, and pirogues carry fishermen to their hunting grounds.

I drop by the wood-panelled bridge to ask Captain de Coro about his 42 years navigating the ever-shifting waters. A former barge captain for the state Naviera Fluvial, his grandfather and father were captains before him. "There are points where we have very little water underneath," he says, before adding that like all the crew, he is delighted by "this beautiful project".

Later I will ask Beno Atan, AmaWaterways' Colombia director, how hard it was to reopen the route, an almost incomprehensible project given the silting of the river, lack of facilities and Colombia's history of violence. "There were challenges," he says. "But we were determined. One of the owners had a spreadsheet with all the rivers in the world. The Magdalena was always top of the list."

Every now and again, speedboats arrive to take us on excursions, whether to watch fishermen throw their atarraya (nets) to catch bocachico (the local staple), or to travel through what feels like a vast aviary. We spot kingfishers, tanagers, tyrants, parakeets, woodpeckers, caracaras, hummingbirds, orioles and big-footed jacanas (whose ladies keep male harems).

Finally, we cruise into a narrower channel, and the town of Santa Cruz de Mompox appears. Again, I think of The General in His Labyrinth, of the dying Bolívar arriving in this town he loved: “‘God’s country,’ the general said

without opening his eyes." And then, more famously, "Mompox does not exist. Sometimes we dream about her, but she does not exist."

I'm with him as we sidle up to the dock — the town arrives as if a mirage. The elegant colonial river frontage wobbles in a heat which, the locals joke, causes the hens to lay fried eggs.

Mompox is where the early Spanish settlers hid their valuables, too far upstream for the pirates of the Caribbean. It is where Von Humboldt stopped to study crocodiles. It is where, in 1812, the Venezuelan-born Bolívar began the liberation of Colombia, recruiting 400 soldiers.

Yet, by the 1900s, the river had silted and boats started using another channel. When Michael Jacobs came through in 2011, "it was a literal backwater, remote and moribund". Since then, bridges have been built to connect the island with passing highways. My wife and I take a walk and a cattle farmer down from the Llanos to buy stock stops us to sing the place's praises. Two shopkeepers from La Guajira to the north tell us the arrival of AmaWaterways has given the town a further shot in the arm.

We stop by the Church of Santa Barbara to climb its tower. It has a balcony that represents Barbara's imprisonment by her anti-Christian father (who eventually beheaded her – although in a strange reversal of fortunes, it is his severed head that lies at her feet on the church's golden altar).

We look down on a square where we'll later eat ice cream made with nispero, one of those sweet fruits that are a mystery to people from temperate regions. We continue to the top of the tower and vultures resting in the windows regretfully flap out into the hot sky.

It's a magnificent town, and we would happily spend days here, but after two nights the AmaMelodia slips its mooring and swings round to head back downstream, towards the coast. The AmaMelodia's sister boat, the AmaMagdalena, is coming the other way.

The company would love to go further inland, as the steamships once did. "We want to," says Atan. "But there are a lot of different things that need to happen in order to get higher up, not least around general security."

Even though we still have two days to go, departing Mompox feels like an ending and the river now carries us swiftly. Our ultimate destination is Barranquilla, the industrial town at the northern end of the river delta where we will eventually disembark (to a fiesta of carnival dancers).

But there's more in between. We stop at Santa Barbara de Pinto, a village that has never hosted tourists, Colombian or otherwise. Argemiro Celestino Méndez, a teacher in a remote school, waits for us on the riverbank. He walks us along a road raised to beat the annual floods, pointing out medicinal rose balsam, guanacaste used for Easter sweets, and bell trees whose shade is loved by both stock and man.

Once, he says, the entire area was in the hands of the Boteros, a family of cattle ranchers whose history in the region goes back to 1719. Argemiro is one of several teachers I notice AmaWaterways using, and he speaks passionately about his calling.

When we reach the riverbank again, townspeople are milling about. A local farmer is demonstrating cigar making, telling an unconvinced American crowd that his cheroots are healthy. Fishermen use local children as quarry in a demonstration of net throwing and a group of frisky twentysomethings dance cumbia, girls rotating away from their beaux's proffered kisses.

It's not a platitude to say Ama Waterways' boats provoke warmth wherever they go. Another guest, the English composer Michael Hoppé, tells me it's what has struck him the most: "How these people have overcome the devastation they endured, how they see this boat as part of that."

A group of schoolgirls approach. Sharith, the most inquisitive, is pushed forwards by the others. “Pleased to meet you,” she says, giggling. They have come down to practise their English. There is no angle, no sale. “Whenever the boats arrive, I bring them,” says their teacher Maria Carolina del Castillo. “It’s the best English laboratory they can have.”

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Ruaridh Nicoll was a guest of AmaWaterways (amawaterways.com). A seven-night cruise on the Wonders of Colombia itinerary travelling from Cartagena to Barranquilla starts at £4,309 per person (or £3,879 per person on the Magic of Colombia itinerary travelling in the opposite direction), including flights from London, via Bogotá or Miami

La Serenissima beyond the festival

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their favourite places to go after the credits roll. As told to Dave Calhoun

Venice | Veterans of one of cinema's most glamorous gatherings share

very year, thousands of movie lovers and industry players arrive in Venice for its International Film Festival – the oldest such


Above: the church of Madonna dell'Orto. Left: Corte Sconta in Castello — Lucas Rubbis; Alessio Vallese

event in the world, founded in 1932 and held annually in the late summer on the Lido, one of the largest islands in the Venetian lagoon. Among the crowds gathering to glimpse stars on the red carpet (this year, George Clooney, Penélope Cruz and Robert Pattinson are expected) or to watch world premieres are seasoned festival attendees – directors, producers, publicists, programmers and journalists with intimate knowledge of Venice and its surrounding islands.

What tips do they have for discovering and enjoying Venice

beyond the festival? Some of those who make La Mostra (as the festival is known locally) tick are Venetian; others return every year from across Europe and beyond. We gathered eight of them and asked them to share their recommendations for making the most of La Serenissima. DC

The director Mark Cousins

I first went to Venice when I was a student in the 1980s. Once inside you, it never leaves you. If you arrive at night and speed through it on a boat with the wind in your hair, past the island of Murano, it's unforgettable. It's one of the world's great journeys. You feel like you're in a Federico Fellini film. My tips

There's a church, Madonna dell'Orto, in the northern district of Cannaregio. It's quieter up there, and that's where you'll find the great Tintoretto paintings, as well as his tomb. Tintoretto hardly left Venice. He was manically productive. The church is vast, and he has two paintings there that are almost 15 metres high. He's my favourite painter. I often compare him to Orson Welles and the exaggerated foregrounds and deep focus of films like Citizen Kane and Chimes at Midnight. You're standing under these paintings from the 16th century, and it's like watching an Imax screen.

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Another favourite place is Negozio Olivetti – the Olivetti building, on Piazza San Marco. Its architect is Carlo Scarpa. It was built for Olivetti, the company famous for typewriters, but it's more a museum of architecture. It's utterly gorgeous – the use of bronze and glass, and the way he inserted glass into bricks. It's never too busy.

nobody lives. But if you walk five minutes from the tourist spots, you see kids playing football in the squares, neighbours talking from windows. At the Arsenale, you can feel the history of Venice as a sea power. Go in the late afternoon, as the sun sets. The red bricks glow in the golden light. It's a magical place for taking pictures.

The concierge Sebastiano Scomparin

I was born on the Lido — by the seaside. I am considered about 80 per cent Venetian! After 23 years at Hotel Cipriani, it's easier for me to tell you the big names that haven't stayed there than those who have. Celebrities like it because it's close to the festival by boat but private.

My tips

To eat and drink, there's a place I love that looks touristy but is not: Ristorante Wildner in Castello, which is on the waterfront on Riva degli Schiavoni. The owner is a Venetian, Luca Fullin, a great wine lover. The food is incredible. A newer place is Osteria Da Bubi, which

I first came to Venice in 1998 with my now wife. A year later I moved to a village an hour away and soon after found a job at the university. I owe the festival my second career as a writer about film. One year a friend got me a press pass. I was racked by guilt that I wasn't a journalist. This wasn't imposter syndrome: I was an imposter. My tips To me, Venice is a university town and Campo Santa Margherita is the centre of student evenings, especially spritz hour during term time. It has a nice bookstore, Libreria MarcoPolo, as well. Just by the square is Ponte dei Pugni, the "bridge of punches/fists". At the top of the bridge, on either side, there are footprints in marble facing each other. These footprints mark the starting position for a grand scrap between rival clans and sestieri (neighbourhoods) that would take place on feast days. Don't miss There are six sestieri. My advice: explore them all. Everywhere is within walking distance and almost everywhere has something interesting to see. Like everywhere else, if you go to the tourist places, you'll find tourists. But if you peel off to the side streets, no one is around.

The movie publicist Jonathan Rutter

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I haven't missed a festival since 1994 and went several times before. I've also visited the city outside the festival. For the past 25 years, I've stayed at the Albergo Quattro Fontane on the Lido. Its garden is one of the laid-back social centres of the festival, where people have informal meetings and a drink. There's a wonderful atmosphere. My tips

Go to Giudecca, an island with a different rhythm. I love Spazio Punch, a non-profit cultural hub dedicated to art, fashion, publishing and architecture. It reflects the creative, independent side of Venice. Stay on the island for dinner: I'd recommend Trattoria Altanella, a beautiful place with a strong Venetian identity, or, if you head back across to Venice, in Dorsoduro there's Osteria da Codroma, where I love the atmosphere as much as the food.

The producer Jeremy Thomas

The writer John Bleasdale

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There's a very nice restaurant called Corte Sconta in Castello — you can't get better than that. It was a favourite of my friend Paul Allen [the late Microsoft co-founder and film producer] and [the late Canadian musician] Robbie Robertson. It's high-quality Venetian food — it's not fancy, and it's got a good charcoal grill.

I first went to Venice as a child. My father [the director Ralph Thomas] made a film there in 1952, Venetian Bird. We would stay on the Lido or Torcello. I like the decaying Lido. I went a lot with Bernardo Bertolucci. He knew everything about Venice. My tips

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There's another gem of a place, which is Trattoria Da Scarso in Malamocco, the fishing village towards the south of the Lido. It's almost too nice to share. There are so many perfect things in Venice. All those myths and legends, all those princes and palazzos.

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The photographer Stefania D'Alessandro

My tips

Venice is an annual ritual for me as a photographer covering the red carpets and photocalls. I have crazy days rushing around, carrying heavy cameras. You spend hours waiting in crowded spaces and fighting to get the right position. But at the end of the day, when you know you have captured great photos, it feels great.

I always return to the waterfront promenade Fondamente Nove during the blue hour – that time after sunset when the light turns deep blue. I love looking towards the lagoon and the cemetery island of San Michele. It feels like therapy. It's just the water, wooden poles and boats in the distance. Often the most surprising thing about Venice is the silence.

opened in 2023. It's behind Piazza San Marco. I had my favourite dish so far this year there, a spaghetti cacio e pepe but with canocchie — a species of mantis shrimp from the lagoon. It was superb. Don't miss

I also love walking from Fondamente Nove to the Arsenale. You walk through quiet streets until you reach this old shipyard. The brick walls and the towers are beautiful. People say Venice is a dead museum where

There's a restaurant, Da Celeste, on Pellestrina – the next island along from the Lido – and it's staggeringly beautiful. It's such fun to get there. You take a bus to the southern tip of the Lido, then the bus drives on to a small ferry that goes across a short stretch of water. Alberto Barbera [the artistic director of the festival] recommended it to me when I told him I was visiting the Lido outside of the festival. I also love Cannaregio, the most northern sestiere. If I have a spare slot, I'll rush there as it's great for cicchetti – a few cheap nibbles and a glass of vine. For a meal, Osteria Anice Stellato is great and by the water. Another place I love is Osteria Alle Testiere in Castello. You have to book months ahead, but the food and service are impeccable. Don't miss

I love San Lazzaro degli Armeni, the Armenian island next to the Lido. It is dominated by an 18th-century monastery. It's lovely to discover and explore the garden. They have a great library with books going back to the 14th century. It's very special.

The film programmer Gaia Furrer

I first came to the festival on August 31 1997, the day Diana, Princess of Wales, died, and on the vaporetto to the Lido it was the only thing people were talking about. I was a young cinema lover coming to the festival. Even people who have never been to Venice somehow know what Venice is. It belongs to the collective imagination. My tips

The hotel manager Edvaldo Brito

One of my favourite walks is along Zattere on the waterfront at sunset, looking across the water towards the island of Giudecca. You can feel the openness of the lagoon. This walk should include a stop at Gelateria Nico for a gelato, a Venetian ritual.

Every year I visit Pasticceria Rizzardini in San Polo. It's a tiny place with no seating. You stand there and have a double espresso at the bar, and the cakes are little more than a euro each. I also like Caffè Rosso on Campo Santa Margherita in Dorsoduro, where everyone drinks spritzes with Aperol or Select and eats tramezzini.

For art lovers, I would recommend Punta della Dogana and Palazzo Grassi, not only for the exhibitions, but also for the extraordinary relationship between contemporary art and the Venetian spaces that host it. For a moment of calm in the city, I love the Giardini Reali in San Marco, a green refuge, or the Serre dei Giardini in Castello, where you can have a coffee, read a book and escape the crowds.

I've been in Venice for a year as general manager of the Hotel Excelsior, so I have fresh eyes. I chose to live on the Lido because it's 10 minutes from Venice and has its own identity. It has a long beach, miles of cycling routes and lots of green space. You have this relaxed outdoor lifestyle while being moments from one of the world's great cultural cities. My tips

The best way to experience the Lido is by bicycle — that's how I commute to work. The island is about 12 kilometres long and you can cycle almost its entire length. I love the Alberoni, the nature reserve at the southern end of the island, with sand dunes, walking trails and birdlife. It's a different side of Venice that many visitors never discover. The biggest misconception is that you can "do" Venice in two days by ticking off the main sights: five squares, the Kialto Bridge, a gondola ride and you're done. The city is a collection of neighbourhoods and islands, each with its own traditions. It's fascinating just how easy it is to move around the islands in a vaporetto, and people don't get it, they don't leave the main square. Don't miss

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If you're staying on the Lido, spend an evening on the Granviale Santa Maria Elisabetta. That's where local life happens. People stroll, meet friends, stop for an aperitivo and enjoy the atmosphere. You'll hear the Venetian dialect being spoken around you. A little place I like is a terrace restaurant called M22, on the Lungomare, the Lido seaside. It's away from the busy parts of the island. It's breezy in the summer and has a good view. The owner is Calabrian and there's a Calabrian influence on the food.

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Russia vs the west

Essay | Can Putin win in Ukraine? Has the Kremlin upended US politics?

Charles Clover on three new books analysing Moscow's long-term strategy

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hroughout the 20-year US military presence in Afghanistan, Taliban insurgents knew there would be a time limit. As they put it:

"You have the clocks, but we have the time." American technological dominance on the battlefield would be no match, they believed, for Washington's ability to get distracted.

Two trillion dollars and 20 years, it turned out, were the extent of the US commitment to Afghanistan, which ended chaotically in 2021. Now, it is Russia, stalemated in Ukraine, that is counting on the west's attention-deficient foreign policy, according to We Shall Outlast Them – the new book by Hanna Notte, a Russia specialist at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, about Russia's strategy to frustrate western sanctions.

Notte's is one of three new books, along with American Overthrow by Keir Giles and The Steppe and Its Empires by Michael Khodarkovsky, that approach Russia from very different directions but converge on a question that has become central to the outcome of the war with Ukraine. How the conflict will end hinges to some extent on the strength and staying power of Kyiv's western backers. What if the west is too marginal, or too fractured, or too imaginary a concept, to prevail?

What if Moscow is right that time is on its side? Russia has absorbed extraordinary battlefield losses and been cut off from much of the western economy without either abandoning the war or becoming the international pariah that many predicted.

Russia's desperate bet is not simply that Ukraine will eventually buckle, but that the coalition sustaining it will fail (many would argue that it already has).

The “west”, Moscow reckons, is neither as cohesive nor as universal as it was just a few years ago: split by the election of Donald Trump and ignored by much of the global south, which continues to do business as usual with Russia. But, as Khodarkovsky’s book suggests, behind Moscow’s bluster about the west may lie a much older argument about Russia’s place in the world and an erratic relationship to Europe that nourishes hegemonic ambition.

Russia's efforts to outlast the west have reshaped the country's international relations, Notte argues. But far from retreating into North Korea- or Iran-style isolation, the opposite has happened: "Many expected the country to turn into an international pariah following the invasion of Ukraine. But in fact, the war marked the arrival of a newly outward-facing Russia," she writes.

While Russia's economy has been severely debilitated, it has been kept afloat by some of the perverse impacts of energy sanctions, which arguably have raised the price of energy in the west and lowered it for India as well as China. "Embracing an unexpected opportunity to buy cheap oil, India had thrown Russia the most critical of economic lifelines," she says.

Opec refused US efforts to keep prices low and starve Russia of revenues, while Dubai became a hub for Russia's shell game of shadow-fleet tankers. "Russian oil money kept flowing," Notte writes; meanwhile, western states were stuck "playing a game of Whac-a-Mole".

Beijing, in particular, has helped keep Russia in the war, through trade and exports of needed technology. The cost is Russia's dependency: "A deepening vassalage to China was the price Putin was willing to pay for chasing his dream of dominating Ukraine."

Above: the August 2025 Putin-Trump summit in Alaska is shown on a TV screen at Tatiana, a restaurant that serves Russian cuisine in New York's Brighton Beach Getty Images

We Shall Outlast Them: Putin's Global Campaign to Defeat the West by Hanna Notte WW Norton £24, 320 pages

American Overthrow: Moscow's Endgame in its Long War with Washington by Keir Giles Hurst £18.99, 384 pages

The Steppe and Its Empires: The Russian Empire and Its Eurasian Counterparts by Michael Khodarkovsky Yale University Press £20/\$30, 224 pages

But the primary tool for moulding a world order more amenable to Russia, Notte makes clear, was its ability, honed during the cold war, to exploit conflicts for leverage. Moscow has flexed its muscles in Kazakhstan and supported the pro-Russia Georgian Dream party to victory in elections where the example of Ukraine weighed heavily on voters.

Notte's final chapter also touches on what may be Russia's most decisive foreign policy success to date: the re-election of Trump as US president, which has fractured the west's resolve amid disputes over tariffs and Greenland. Whether Russia coincidentally benefited from a fortuitous crisis in US politics or actively engineered Trump's election is a hotly debated topic.

American Overthrow, by Chatham House Russia analyst Keir Giles, meticulously catalogues the evidence surrounding Russia's support for Trump, arguing that the latter represents “Moscow's Endgame in its Long War with Washington.” Moscow is on the verge of winning, he argues, “not through the overt and visible cataclysmic clash of their militaries or their nuclear weapons that was so long feared, but instead through the long and covert campaign to erode America from within.”

The book is a fascinating view of US politics through the eyes of an observer intimately familiar with Putin's Russia.

Giles assembles an impressively detailed list of parallels: Trump has weakened the judiciary; brought media to heel through pressure on parent companies and owners; and sent armed paramilitaries to terrorise communities where political opposition flourishes.

“And the same driving principles of power in Russia, of exploitation of the masses by a tiny elite at the top of a pyramid of corruption, are the dominant features of a new political system being forged in the United States,” he writes.

While Giles cites convincing evidence of Trump's authoritarian tactics, the question of how much of this has to do with Putin's government is not entirely settled. It is easy to show, for example, that Russia enthusiastically supported Trump's campaign, and that it benefits from his actions. But it does not follow that the Kremlin actually orchestrated Trump's coming to power and that it continues to manipulate US politics through him.

It would be hard to imagine that Russian spy agencies such as the GRU, which left a half-used container of novichok in a bin down the street from a covert assassination attempt in Salisbury in 2018, would be capable of the discipline, secrecy and skill needed to get a Russian asset elected US president and then engineer wholesale takeover of the most Moscow-phobic political party in the US.

Yet it is the very scale and suddenness of the upending of American politics that begs some explanation. The alternative to the Russia conspiracy – that a large chunk of the US political class is suddenly overcome with admiration for Putin's charisma and his successful record – is just as hard to believe.

There are some Trump policies that frankly have no other explanation than that they were inspired by – or originated in – Moscow. In 2025 the White House published a National Security Strategy that mimicked many points in similar Russian documents. It criticised US elites bent on “permanent American domination of the entire world.” It worried about America’s “cultural health”

Moscow's biggest foreign policy success may be Trump's re-election, which has fractured the west

and said that woke policies threatened Europe with “civilizational erasure”. It described international relations in terms of great powers establishing spheres of influence. The year before the White House published its strategy, Putin signed a foreign policy doctrine that laid out a symmetrical vision. It described Russia as a “unique country-civilization and a vast Eurasian and Euro-Pacific power that brings together the Russian people and other peoples belonging to the cultural and civilizational community of the Russian world.”

The word "civilization" is doing a lot of work here. While Russia traditionally took pride in its European identity, now it is a “unique country-civilization”, rejecting the west while coveting the imperial territories Moscow used to control.

Michael Khodarkovsky's The Steppe Empires covers the historical roots of this Eurasian identity, and is well timed. A historian at Loyola University Chicago of Russia's interaction with steppe peoples from the Mongols to Turks and the Kalmyks, he has one eye on the present day, where he is at pains to explain that he is not trying to do the Kremlin a favour by backing it up intellectually.

The political usefulness of this historical legacy is probably obvious, he says, describing it as a “culmination of the Kremlin’s desperate search for an ideology that both justified its geopolitical ambitions and launched Russia on the path to revanchism.” That doesn’t mean it is not true though. “Ironically, the Kremlin’s spin masters’ claim of Eurasianism is perfectly valid; Russia has always been a thoroughly hybrid society, with roots and territories in both Europe and Asia,” he writes.

Khodarkovsky's analysis starts with the end of the Golden Horde's control of Muscovy, in the 15th century, and the rise of Ivan the Terrible. The interaction of Russia with the steppe nomads, he argues, follows a startlingly predictable pattern. He demonstrates this by tracing the commonalities between the Russian Empire as one of five empires formed at around the same time at the peripheries of Eurasia through similar interaction with inner Asian steppe nomads: Qing China, Safavid Iran, the Mughal Empire and Ottoman Turkey.

Rather than natural boundaries, steppe empires faced constant flux in borders. Khodarkovsky is not the first academic to argue that historical and geographic factors have shaped Russia's perception of its interests. Richard Pipes and George Kennan have argued that a lack of natural boundaries and constant threats predisposed Russia to conquest and centralisation.

Khodarkovsky argues that the “defining feature of the Eurasian empires was their military-bureaucratic nature, with a primary focus on war preparation and management.” Slavery flourished, and absolute centralisation of power did not permit European-style feudalism until very late and only in some cases. “The Eurasian dichotomy of suzerain versus subject left little room in between.”

A further project that would be interesting is a study of these heirs of the “steppe empires” in the present day and the use to which they have put their common historical legacy. Khodarkovsky stops short of drawing this out. Most are authoritarian, and most are uneasy about their inheritance: China describes the late Qing as a “century of humiliation”, while India’s Hindu nationalists see the Mughals as a Muslim dark age. Turkey broke with its past under Kemal Atatürk but has flirted with its roots amid repeated rejections by the European Union.

Of these, only Russia has recently grabbed its steppe legacy with both hands, as it seeks to use history to rationalise the present. It is a useful idea at home, where it turns authoritarianism into tradition, and abroad, where a world of competing civilisations has no universal “west” entitled to set the rules.

It also lends historical grandeur to the strategy described by Notte. Russia does not have to defeat the west so much as wait for the age of western predominance to pass.

Charles Clover is the FT's defence and security correspondent

Under whose influence?

Jared Diamond asks whether leaders or luck play a greater part in steering the course of history. By Bronwen Maddox

t is tempting to respond to the title of Jared Diamond's latest book, Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Make a Differ-

ence?, with a parallel query of "when do editors make a difference?" When they force an author to pose a clear question and answer it might be the response. The brackets in the subtitle are a clue to the muddy equivocations that run through a book that's otherwise fascinating in its richness of example and provocation to more thought.

Diamond, an American scientist and historian, has made a distinguished career from posing big questions about the way the world's societies have evolved and addressing them with original and unexpected argument and evidence. Guns, Germs and Steel (1997), for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, asked whether Africa's struggle to develop economically owed much to geography rather than human failings – the impossibility of domesticating many of the continent's abundant animals, the prevalence of disease and parasites at those latitudes, and the vulnerability of the few animals that could be farmed to infection or infestation. Debatable, certainly, but not dismissible – that is the pleasure of a Diamond book.

In his latest, he reaches for one of the great questions: does leadership make a difference? Does one political or religious leader alter the course of history or simply personify the forces that would have produced the same result anyway? That is the traditional opposition between the Great Man Theory of History, which gives most weight to the influence of the individual, and the alternative – that trends or luck are the real determinant.

Deflatingly for the reader, Diamond announces at the start that he will pursue a middle path – more realistic than taking one side, but a warning that what follows will fall short of a resounding theory. “The intermediate view holds that individual leaders sometimes do and sometimes don’t make a difference.”

He has a subtle point about the pitfalls of the “biographical method”: that researching the life of one striking individual creates a temptation to attribute more influence to them than is justified. All the same, in an attempt to make his methodology “scientific”, he performs on his case studies “natural experiments” to try to isolate their impact and “to test what . . . alternative possible leaders would have accomplished”.

Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Make a Difference? by Jared Diamond Allen Lane £25 Mariner Books \$32 288 pages

Inspired by the rigour of laboratory scientists using controls, he cites as a natural experiment – thrown up by the course of events – how “dozens of modern political leaders have . . . been assassinated, while hundreds of others haven’t” and every year “thousands of business CEOs . . . do or don’t get fired”. These “what ifs” slow down the analysis more than they contribute to it.

For all the ponderous methodology, the analysis is engaging. His best example is Seretse Khama, the first leader of an independent Botswana from 1966. For several decades after independence, Diamond points out, Botswana had the world's fastest-growing economy. "It's now attractive to foreign investors as the best governed, least corrupt, safest, and nearly the richest country in Africa . . . It has always had free elections, and has never had a civil war."

Being the first leader is itself an advantage in making a mark, he argues. You can create institutions that get the country or organisation off to a good start, he writes, citing George Washington and Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's first prime minister, as well as Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs of Amazon and Apple.

A year after Botswana became independent, diamonds were discovered, offering a route to riches in the until-then poor and under-developed

You don't have to subscribe to the 'great man' view to think that some ideas can prove transformative

country – but as others have found, also carrying the potential for waste, corruption and intertribal conflict. However, Khama came from the tribe on whose land the diamonds were found and made the transforming decision to give the rights to the national government.

Departing from his “natural experiment” methodology, Diamond reverts to a refinement of the biographical method that he calls the “Hamlet test”: could anyone but Shakespeare have written Hamlet? (Diamond thinks not.) He concludes that no one but Khama could have got Botswana off to such a good start. Persuasive – but it is not answering the question of his title. In the analysis, it seems perverse not to discuss Nelson Mandela at more length (and Margaret Thatcher gets only the briskest of credits).

His second instance of what he calls a political leader is less convincing — Rachel Carson, author of The Silent Spring (1962), that addressed the damaging impact of pesticides on the natural world. Diamond attributes the founding of the US Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 to the book's influence.

It is debatable for a start whether an intellectual without a formal party or followers or acting as head of a non-governmental organisation is a political leader. But in pursuit of his argument he also gives too little weight to the many factors that built the environmental movement and enabled Carson's book to have its impact. Disasters of pollution such as when the Cuyahoga river in Ohio caught fire in 1969, as well as smog over New York and Los Angeles, played their part. So did the images of Earth from the Apollo space missions.

When he moves to business leaders (the “profits” of the title), religious leaders (prophets) and sports coaches, the examples remain stimulating but conclusions are even more elusive. He is on the whole dismissive of the contribution of chief executive officers, arguing that someone else would have done what they did, even if resulting in a different corporate structure. This surely makes too little of the uniqueness of innovation and what flows from it.

In passages that some readers will find enraging, he argues that sports coaches may have less real impact than their starry reputations imply, and that firing them is “like throwing dice”. Swinging from provocation to banality, he concludes beyond dispute that religious leadership “requires for its success not only the right person, but also the right place and the right time.”

His desire not to give too much weight to “the right person” and to search instead for the “right” circumstances suggests by the end another possibility: that he gives too little weight to ideas, innovations or techniques. You do not have to subscribe to the “great man” view to think that it is the power of some ideas – in suggesting how we redress wrongs, or in creating a new technology

– that can prove transformative. Yet, for all the flaws in the argument, there is still great pleasure in considering Diamond's examples – and in appreciating an impassioned telling of the circumstances that led to Botswana's success.

Books

The reluctant prime minister

This analysis of Rishi Sunak is less a defence, more a study in poisoned inheritance and decline, writes David Gauke

o we really need to study the time in office of the last but one prime minister? Sunak at 10 is the sixth in a series of prime ministerial

profiles co-authored by Anthony Seldon (he presumably would not have expected to produce quite so many accounts when, 16 years ago, he published Brown at 10), and Rishi Sunak is not as colourful or significant a figure as some of his predecessors.

Sunak rose quickly in politics. After a successful career in finance, he became an MP in 2015 and only reached national prominence in 2020 when appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. But when he entered Number 10 in October 2022 he inherited a tired and divided Conservative Party. His government struggled to be more than a fag-end administration, always likely to end with a heavy electoral defeat. And so it transpired in July 2024 with the victory of Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party.

Seldon and his co-author, Tom Egerton, have, however, succeeded in producing a valuable and insightful account of a period that remains relevant and an individual who deserves reappraisal.

Sunak will in all likelihood be remembered as the first non-white UK prime minister and the man who led the Conservative Party to its worst ever election result (so far). What comes across here is that he was also one of the most decent and capable people to occupy 10 Downing Street in recent years (which is not as big a claim as it might be). Those who worked closely with Sunak and have been interviewed for this book regard him as hard-working, intelligent, dutiful and a dedicated husband and father.

His critics accused him of being overly ambitious, ruthless in bringing down Boris Johnson and then in eliminating any obstacles in taking over after Liz Truss resigned. In reality, he was a reluctant prime minister who had to be persuaded by his team to stand again when it became clear that Truss – to whom Sunak had lost his first leadership campaign – was imploding. Sunak knew that electoral defeat was a near certainty, but believed it was his duty to try to stabilise the country.


Sunak at 10: The Last Conservative Prime Minister? by Anthony Seldon and Tom Egerton Atlantic Books £25 624 pages

Seldon and Egerton point out Sunak's successes, particularly in the area of foreign affairs, where he was least experienced. He built strong personal relationships with international leaders, which is more than could be said for many predecessors. This enhanced the UK's global status and helped him deliver the Windsor framework deal with Brussels, mitigating one of the more difficult Brexit messes that he inherited.

Not that this won him much gratitude from his party, which, Seldon and Egerton make clear, was unmanageable, self-indulgent and self-destructive.

This was partly about personal failings on the part of his senior colleagues. Gavin Williamson and Nadhim Zahawi, for example, had to leave government over their conduct in Sunak's early months in Number 10. But the bigger problem was that Sunak was in a weak position in relation to the right of the party. Public support for the Tories had collapsed over Partygate and the mini-Budget of September 2022, but the new leader shield away from distancing himself from Johnson and Truss for fear of antagonising their supporters. He did not take his one chance to make a fresh start. He also felt obliged to appoint Suella Braverman as home secretary, even though she had been forced to resign from the position in Truss's government just days previously after leaking confidential papers to a Parliamentary colleague.

Sunak's attempts to placate the right, however, did him no favours. Johnson, Truss and their allies sought to undermine him at every opportunity, and Braverman — along with her Home Office junior minister and one-time Sunak ally, Robert Jenrick — demanded a shift: in immigration policy that Sunak considered irresponsible and unworkable. The Tories had changed leader twice since the 2019 general election, but his resistance to the right's agenda was enough to provoke serious plots to remove him from office, which — according to Seldon and Egerton — his business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, came close to backing.

He hung on, but the last months were grim for Sunak and the party alike. He was not blameless. Along with his caution in defying the right, he lacked a compelling vision for why the Conservatives deserved to stay in office, he overpromised on stemming illegal immigration by claiming he would “stop the boats”, and his political touch could be unsure, such as that calamitous decision to leave the 2024 D-Day celebrations in

Normandy early. But above all, he inherited a Conservative Party that the country loathed.

For some on the right Sunak personifies a form of politics that failed: technocratic and out of touch with a populist voting base. But Seldon and Egerton convey a more complex story, of a decent man but a flawed politician trying to reconcile the demands of government with leading a party that had lost all discipline, integrity, and reputation for economic competence, and had become reliant on an electorate with divergent views that it simply could not satisfy.

As the Conservatives struggle to work out why they remain so unpopular, it would be wise to read this book and appreciate that — by the time Sunak made it to 10 Downing Street — the bulk of the damage had been done, usually by those on his party's right who are most critical of him now. For all his qualities, undoing that damage proved to be beyond him.

David Gauke is a former Conservative justice secretary


Roy Cohn walks towards his Bentley in New York, 1977 — New York Times/Redux/eyevine

Lessons from a rogue lawyer

A gripping biography of Roy Cohn, the chief counsel for Joseph McCarthy

who went on to inspire Donald Trump's playbook. By Christopher Grimes

n October 1973, Donald Trump was an ambitious 27-year-old from Queens trying to push his way into the world of Manhattan real estate.

One evening he met Roy Cohn, the notorious New York lawyer whose clientele included mobsters and celebrities, at the members-only Le Club restaurant.

Trump and his developer father had just been sued by the US government for discriminating against Black people seeking apartments in their properties. "What do you think I should do?" Trump asked Cohn. "Tell them to go to hell and fight the thing in court and let them prove you discriminated," Cohn told him. The brash advice was music to Trump's ears – and the beginning of a relationship that has had profound consequences for the US and its relations with the world.

Cohn became both Trump's lawyer and his mentor. Over the following decade, Trump absorbed the lessons of the Cohn playbook, which he had brutally deployed as a young lawyer during the Red Scare and the McCarthy era: always attack, never leave a paper trail, keep your name in the headlines and never admit defeat.

Trump channelled Cohn as he made his name in property, and Cohn's shadow still hangs over him in the world's most powerful office. "Where's my Roy Cohn?" Trump asked in his first term as US president, when facing a thorny legal problem. Forty years after his death from Aids aged 59, Cohn's malign influence on American politics is stronger than ever.

“Cohn’s right wing, anti-intellectual spirit haunts us from his Queens mausoleum,” write Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark in American Scoundrel, a gripping and revelatory new biography of Cohn. “He is right here beside us, the ghoul of our nightmares, a man whose personal immorality planted the seeds of America’s descent into the political folly of the twenty-first century.”

There is no doubt that Cohn was brilliant. He grew up in privilege; his father, Albert Cohn, was a New York

Supreme Court justice, his mother the daughter of a wealthy banker. By the age of eight, Cohn was reading his father's court briefs.

He started Columbia University at 16, then attended Columbia Law. Through his father's connections, he became an assistant US attorney at 21. Though inexperienced, he had other talents: a photographic memory for documents, a gift for examining witnesses and a flair for hyping his cases to the press.

It was the beginning of the postwar Red Scare. Cohn became a national figure during the espionage case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were accused of transferring documents about the atomic bomb to the Soviets. Cohn was also instrumental in selecting the judge: Irving Kaufman, who got a judgeship with the support of Cohn's father.

FBI chief J Edgar Hoover labelled the Rosenberg case the “trial of the century”. In the event, it only lasted three weeks. Cohn persuaded the judge and jury that the Rosenbergs were guilty, and they were both sentenced to death by electric chair. After two years of appeals, they were executed.

"The average American was shocked to learn that Ethel, a 35-year-old mother of two small boys, would also be going to the electric chair," write Bird (who shared a Pulitzer for the 2005 Robert Oppenheimer biography American Prometheus) and Goldmark. Even Hoover opposed sentencing Ethel to death for fear of public outcry. But Cohn never flinched. "I would have pulled the lever myself," he said later.

The case revealed Cohn's "guiding principles", the authors write. "Never waste time on regrets, never show any doubts, and never apologise."

Cohn was still in his twenties when he became the chief counsel for Joseph McCarthy, the public face of the Red Scare. From McCarthy, Cohn would learn “how to get away with being a demagogue”, we are told. McCarthy and Cohn ruined the reputations of military men, diplomats and many others before their undoing in the 1954


American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump by Kai Bird with Susan Goldmark Simon & Schuster £30 Scribner \$32,528 pages

Army-McCarthy hearings, watched on television by 20mn Americans. Cohn lied under oath numerous times, but escaped prosecution.

'Where's my Roy Cohn?' Trump asked in his first term as US president, when facing a thorny legal problem

He returned to New York, joined a law firm and cultivated friendships with Barbara Walters, Ayn Rand and media figures. At various times in the 1960s and 1970s, he represented all five of the city's mafia families. He also fended off three investigations into his own conduct by Robert Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney. "Cohn was dirty, we knew that," Morgenthau declared. "The problem was finding the evidence."

In 1967, Cohn's mother died. He used his inheritance to buy a five-storey, 28-room townhouse to act as a base for his law firm and his residence. Her death also marked the moment when Cohn became more open about his homosexuality – though he never came out. "During the day, the house was a law office, but after nightfall it virtually turned into a gay brothel," the authors write.

By the mid-1970s Trump was Cohn's most visible client. Cohn represented Trump in his real estate deals, and he arranged a lopsided prenuptial agreement when Trump married his first wife, Ivana. He also introduced him to Studio 54, the nightclub where Truman Capote, Bianca Jagger, Calvin Klein and various other A-listers partied. Cohn became close to the Reagans and was their guest at the White House.

Trump and Cohn had much in common, but one of Trump's cousins noted an important difference between the two. Trump had "narcissism combined with insecurity. But in Roy there was a total security in who he was — except for the fact that he didn't want people knowing in public that he was gay."

Cohn was diagnosed with Aids in 1984. He did not acknowledge that he had the disease but Andy Warhol wrote in his diary, "Everybody was saying how sick Roy looked, and that he was dying." Around the same time, after dodging prosecutions for decades, Cohn faced disbarment on charges of perjury, misappropriation, coercion and lying. He died on August 2 1986.

"His values, his unethical behavior, and his political mindset have survived and replaced the values of the establishment he so resented," the authors write of Cohn. "Certainly, he gave us the narcissistic politics of Donald Trump."

Keys to a lost passion

Nadia Beard's memoir is a compelling account of a pianist's rekindled love for her instrument. By Diane Cole

adia Beard, like me, is a professional writer and amateur pianist whose passion for music led her to return as an adult to where she had

left off in her keyboard studies so many years before. That's only one reason why Beard's enthralling memoir, The Melody of Things, moved me so deeply.

Beard, who is the managing editor of the news organisation Coda Story, frames her musical homecoming as a journey of personal rediscovery after turning away from music following university. Until then, “playing the piano and cello was the core of my life,” she recounts. Growing up in the south-east of England, a shared love of music had connected her to her beloved grandmother, who made sure Beard and her sister learnt to play the piano, and her ability had proven strong enough to earn her a private school scholarship.

But by 30, she had become consumed by her journalistic career. So much so that she surprised herself when, on a visit to friends in Germany, she discovered a grand piano in an otherwise empty room and on an impulse sat down and began to play. The remembered fragments of Handel and Schumann her fingers produced left her amazed and elated. Just as astonished were her friends, who had no idea she had ever played at all.

"Their surprise stood as a daunting testament to how completely I'd neglected music," she writes. Even more potent was the rush of emotions that sprang from creating music through her own efforts, which she seductively describes as "the elusive, addictive feeling I recognized as that which also braids itself through the first moments of falling in love".

Her flailing fingers found the wrong notes. 'While I began this year as a pianist, I might not end it as one'

Music had hooked her once again. No matter that her technique had atrophied. In the chapters that follow, Beard records how, as if led by a siren call to recapture a lost love, she pursued her passion.

She began almost immediately, for the next year and a half squeezing in three hours at the piano daily before and after her full-time editorial job, not caring that the gruelling schedule blotted out the possibility of a social life. Her first priority was to prepare the audition programme of works by Bach, Beethoven and Scriabin that she hoped would earn her entrance to a one-year course at the music conservatoire in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Yet when she attended a bucolic springtime piano residency in France to prepare for the audition, she admitted she felt like an “imposter” beside the many accomplished musicians there. But she persevered, reflecting, “What an uncanny resemblance music lessons can bear to therapy," when her piano coach counselled her "to get out of her own way".

The acceptance letter arrived in the summer of 2020. She jubilantly viewed the coming school year as “a starting point, the beginning of an attempt to deepen my relationship to music, to heighten it, to make it mean something”. Nor was she deterred by the need to move to an unfamiliar country or the taxing number of hours needed to continue her job remotely while also putting in needed practice hours.

Still, she could not let go of memories of her teenage self, nonchalantly skipping practice and “assuring myself and others I wasn’t good enough” to pursue a professional career.

Preoccupied by such thoughts, she could barely answer the first question her conservatoire music teacher

The Melody of Things: On Returning to Forgotten Joys by Nadia Beard Faber £18.99 256 pages

Manana Gotsiridze asked her: what had brought her to study there. Only after a long pause could she reply, almost inaudibly, "Because I love music."

For the nurturing Gotsiridze that was enough. "Choose the music you love, and I'll teach you how to play it," she said. But Beard's self-doubt persisted, and the re-emergence of her years-long battle with stage fright did not help.

Her fears became reality when, soon after beginning her studies, she was given the opportunity to play the very piano her hero the Soviet superstar Sviatoslav Richter had performed on when visiting Tbilisi years before. Beard unravelled almost immediately, her fingers flailing for the right notes, only to find the wrong ones. "While I began this year as a pianist, I might not end it as one," she worried.

Enter soon after an easygoing Canadian cellist called Arlo. As romantic or musical partners, they at first seemed totally mismatched, he as nonchalant about the need for practice as Beard was zealous about it. But his good-natured exuberance buoyed her confidence, persuading her to begin playing first for small groups, then larger ones.

Although Arlo leaves to return to Canada, Beard remains, refining her musicality as well as her technique with the steadfast Gotsiridze.

She completes her year – and her memoir – with the self-assurance to perform as a soloist with a small chamber ensemble in Europe. She has learnt to face the music, and has taught her readers how to withstand the wrong notes even as we find the melodies that sustain us.


Nadia Beard in her flat in Tbilisi
Photographed for the FT by Natela Grigalashvili

W hen John Herbert wrote his incendiary queer play Fortune and Men's Eyes in 1967, homosexual acts were still illegal

in his native Canada. When, at the beginning of Marlon James's Booker Prize-longlisted The Disappears, eight gay men meet in 1988 to discuss staging a production of Herbert's play in Kingston, homosexual acts remain illegal in Jamaica. A conviction could be punished with 10 years' hard labour. Almost four decades later, this remains the case, Jamaica never having repealed its strict, repressive legislation.


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Out of sight

The play brings together a ragtag assortment of would-be actors; those who frequent the small cluster of remaining gay bars, and those like Eddy Porteous, the narrator of the novel's first section, who can spot "gay code" in a supermarket flyer. Eddy is 18, newly experienced but far from streetwise, and James gives him an irresistible voice, one that feels intimate and confessional, yet retains the brag and swagger of a teenager trying to impress.

Among his pitch-perfect pop-cultural references, his catty portraits of the other actors and his lustful imagination, Eddy relates a devastating catalogue of how precarious his life is. In one early scene at the local mall, his friend holds up an LP and waves it at him. "Nuh this record you looking for?" she shouts. The album cover shows a "naked Prince with his backside on the bed of a flower, looking at the sky and playing with his nipple". It is an unintended outing, and one from which Eddy runs at speed, fearing a beating from anyone who witnessed it.

That threat of violence is there in every aspect of the actors' daily lives, but even more so when the men meet to rehearse the play. It's not long before that violence arrives. One evening, the company is attacked by a gang of 12 men. They murder one man, blind another, and beat the rest within an inch of their lives.

We do not see the violence through Eddy's eyes – he fortunately misses the ill-fated rehearsal – but through the perpetrators'. Their voices cascade with self-justification, with loathing, with barely contained excitement at the brutality. There are religious leaders among their number, a repressed homosexual, an American and a reggae star whose biggest hit is a homophobic anthem. It is a litany of visceral and unrelenting hate that is both punishing and unrelenting.

In the aftermath of the attack, two of the actors – Orrin Turner and Matt Chin – disappear, “Gone like thieves in the night.” Eddy and another member of the cast, Jordan Brown, resolve to find the missing men, their efforts recorded through transcripts of interviews with a journalist, Peta-Gaye Burke, working on a project called The Disappeared.

Marlon James's Booker-longlisted novel is a full-blooded and righteously

Most of this third section, and much of the rest of the novel, is told through Jordan's testimonies and memories rather than Eddy's. Jordan's is a voice of bitter experience, of righteous anger, of vengeance. "Understand something:" he writes, "I've always failed at appearing straight . . . because I fucking hate

angry examination of homophobia, erasure and survival. By Stuart Evers


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straight people." It is typical of his direct, pugnacious, filthy mouth: his words are weaponised and remain his first line of defence and offence. Words matter to him, as do books. He tells his interviewer to read Toni Morrison; he reads Paul Monette. But it doesn't take a subtle mention of The Count of Monte Cristo to see the vengeful path that the novel, and Jordan, are embarking on.

As he has amply demonstrated in both his early fiction and his more recent fantasy novels, Black Leopard, Red Wolf and Moon Witch, Spider King, James is a mercurial writer of complexity, depth and uncompromising vision. The Disappears – his first Jamaican-set novel since his 2015 Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings – crackles with his anger and intelligence, but also, crucially, refuses to play anything safe.

After creating such a convincing, full-blooded character in Eddy, it seems counterintuitive to never return directly to him. Yet, though we might miss his voice, the decision to move him into the background is a bold and satisfying one. When Eddy does return for cameos — happy, in love, married, successful — it is in stark contrast to the bleak, increasingly unstable world of Jordan Brown.

The disparity between Jordan and Eddy is one of many oppositions that James threads through The Disappears; oppositions that show the profoundly difficult choices gay men have to make in order just to live on the island. Although, Jordan says, no gay man in Jamaica is truly living. "We're not even existing. We're just surviving." Forced underground, forced to hide, forced to marry to show willing, gay men, James suggests, disappear all the time, even when they are seemingly present.

As a title, then, The Disappears is particularly apposite. It refers both to Orrin and Matt – Jordan even refers to Matt as “the disappear” – as well as to the forces that wish to disappear them. The relentless pressure from parents and families to conform and the inevitable banishment when they do not; the relentless pressure from the church and state and media that demonises them; the relentless pressure to hide their love for fear of violent retribution; the relentless pressure of words used to violate, to crush the spirit, and to hear those words sung in popular songs. These are the true disappears. And with rigour, beauty and righteous anger, Marlon James exposes them in this exceptional and important novel.

Books

On an accidental mission for MI6

William Boyd's latest Dax novel revisits 1960s spycraft with signature humour and irony, writes Magdalena Miecznicka

t is 1964, and travel writer Gabriel Dax is having breakfast at a café on the Santa Monica Pier. Officially, he has come to California to research his next book. Unofficially, he is running an errand for MI6.

The poet he is there to meet possesses vital information about security breaches during the second world war. The British secret service is still reeling from the humiliation of the Cambridge Ring betrayal, with Kim Philby having defected to the USSR only a year earlier. Philby might not be the last KGB spy embedded in the British secret service.

Dax is just the man for the job. He has been on MI6's payroll for two of Boyd's novels now, and Cold Sunset is the third instalment in the trilogy devoted to him.

Published at the breakneck pace of a novel a year, the series began in 2024 with Gabriel's Moon, a story in which Dax travels to the Democratic Republic of Congo to interview Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba shortly before his assassination in 1961. A casual request from M16 follows, and Dax's life as an accidental spy begins.

Dax's initial motivations are simple: money, and the pleasure of saying yes to his MI6 handler — and occasional lover, when it suits her — Faith Green. In the second book, The Predicament (2025), he becomes entangled in an operation to thwart a plot to assassinate JFK.

In Cold Sunset, Dax begins to realise that what he had understood to be very much his secondary occupation as a spy has imperceptibly taken over his identity. His life as a writer is relegated to second place, and what had started out as a pleasant, slightly thrilling adjunct suddenly has grave consequences. Moreover, as the hunt for the mole

codenamed Coriolanus quickens, he is sent to Moscow on a dangerous exfiltration mission that threatens both his life and – perhaps more unsettling still – his sense of who among his friends.

We are treated to enjoyable quirks. Dax is a Forrest Gump figure, lost in a thicket of historical events

— his sense of who among his friends, colleagues and lovers he can trust.

Boyd once said: "There's a very strong connection between spying and human behaviour, because in the spy genre you get everything that's in human relationships but with the volume turned up. We've all lied; we've all betrayed people."

Like Graham Greene, Kingsley Amis and Evelyn Waugh – all of whom inspired him – Boyd is, at heart, a comic writer who recounts even the most dramatic events with irony and humour. And like them, he has written both “serious” books, such as his best-known and most ambitious novel, Any Human Heart (2002), as well as purely farcical ones, such as the early A Good Man in Africa (1981). Cold Sunset, like the rest of the Dax trilogy, belongs to the latter category, a pleasurable read whose details need not overly detain us.

Highly entertaining, like its two predecessors, Cold Sunset's spy thriller plot keeps the reader turning pages, but it is never quite intense enough to set the pulse racing. We never truly agonise over the identity of the traitor, and the characters' fates rarely trigger either pity or fear.

Cold Sunset by William Boyd Viking £20/ Atlantic Crime \$28 272 pages

Instead, we are treated to enjoyable quirks. Dax is a sort of Forrest Gump figure, lost in a thicket of historical events.

Boyd revisits the mores of the 1960s with his signature humour: Dax “reached unthinkably for his cigarettes and then paused . . . Cigarettes were now believed to be a significant, not to say the major, cause of lung cancer . . . Maybe it was just another of these scare stories, he thought, lighting one of his Gitanes anyway.” He also drinks like Don Draper from Mad Men, pouring endless vodkas and draining umpteen bottles of wine, even as he waits nervously for a charged encounter or a would-be assassin.

Throughout the novel, Dax continues to visit his psychoanalyst in Hampstead, a plot device that allows him to confess his – and, rather amusingly, MI6's – deepest secrets.

Boyd is a self-proclaimed Chekhov aficionado, though not all the rifles hung on his walls end up being fired. Perhaps it is because, in Cold Sunset, the author isn't entirely serious about the spy genre. People and incidents are introduced that serve the novel's psychological interior more than its plot.

That makes Cold Sunset a pleasure to read, even if the ending leaves more than a few loose strands. The Dax novels were marketed as a trilogy, but the somewhat inconclusive ending could be the readers' ultimate gain: perhaps Boyd's accidental spy will be back.

All things great and strange

Rebecca Abrams on a genre-defying portrait of a Polish village through the 20th century

lga Tokarczuk's third novel Primeval and Other Times, first published in Poland in 1996, met

with instant critical acclaim and established her as one of Europe's most exciting contemporary novelists. Published in English in 2010 and reissued now (translated as before by Antonia Lloyd-Jones), it bears many of the hallmarks of Tokarczuk's exhilarating, genre-defying style, which in 2018 earned her a Nobel Prize for Literature.

The novel is set in eastern Poland in the fictitious village of Primeval, described in the opening line of the book as “the place at the centre of the universe”, and tracks the lives of its inhabitants from 1914 to the early 1980s through good times and bad. The village is bounded by two rivers and guarded by four archangels, but this offers no protection from the invading forces of world wars, the collapse of empires, Nazi occupation and Soviet takeover.

The spine of the story is provided by the miller's wife, Genowefa, beginning with her husband Michal's conscription into the tsar's army when she is pregnant with their first child Misia, and follows the family's fate and fortune through three generations. Misia goes on to marry the ambitious roofer's son Paweł, who wants to "shape the future" and with whom she has four children of her own. Her

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brother Izydor is a kind of idiot savant: a pure soul who sees more than he understands and understands more than he can express.

These characters' stories are intercut with numerous others: the healer-outcast Cornspike, who can tame snakes and predict the future but cannot save her daughter; the madwoman Florentynka, who hurls curses at the moon; the local landowner Squire Popielski, who loses his way in a mysterious board game "in the form of a huge, circular labyrinth", a gift from an old rabbi he'd consulted about the meaning of life.

Consciousness is not confined to humans. Tokarczuk expands the narrative frame to include angels, animals, trees, plants, even inanimate objects. A giant masterwort is transformed one night into a fair-haired youth who "planted Cornspike on his hips and took root in her rhythmically, deeper and deeper, pervading her entire body".

The materiality of daily life in Primeval is evoked in immense detail, offset by authorial forays into the spiritual and supranatural. While Misia is fascinated by domestic treasures, her angel "could see the vast ladder of existences, the extraordinary structure and the Eight Worlds contained within it [and] . . . had difficulty focusing attention on Misia's world, which . . . was dark and full of suffering, like a murky pond overgrown with duckweed".

The novel's kaleidoscopic structure combines with its chronological sweep to create a portrait of a community that is at once epic and intimate, precise and universal. At times it has the feel of a dark fairy tale, with elements of magical realism and echoes of Hasidic folk legends; at others, we are unmistakably in the realm of historical reality. The "times" that cover the annihilation of Primeval's Jews are stark and unsparing.

In all nine of her novels to date, Tokarczuk deliberately resists a stable viewpoint and single narrative register. This is in pursuit – as she explained in her Nobel Prize lecture – of a “capacious and transgressive” approach to storytelling that shows how “all things that exist are mutually connected into a single whole, even if the connections between them are not yet known to us”, enabling the reader “to discover entire constellations in the small particles of event”.

Primeval and Other Times is not wholly successful in this respect. In the latter stages, the narrative energy flags, individual storylines fizzle out and characters fade from view, subsumed by the cosmic grind and swirl.

Compared with the inventive confidence of subsequent works such as Flights (2007), the ecothriller Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2009) or the magisterial The Books of Jacob (2014), here we are left with a sense not so much of the mutual connections between all things, but the wretched folly and inconsequentiality of human existence.

Boy's own story

A warm and teasing tale of growing up in 1970s Italy is full of both angst and joy. By John Self

Although Sandro Veronesi has been a blockbuster novelist in Italy for decades — the second author to

win the prestigious Strega Prize twice – it was only with his last novel The Hummingbird (2021) that he achieved breakthrough success in the anglophone world.

As with that book, his newly translated novel Black September involves a man reviewing his personal history, to see how it got him to where he is. (An earlier novel of Veronesi's was titled The Force of the Past, a phrase that might be a manifesto for his fiction.)

"Man looks back on his life" is not a conceit that scintillates with promise, but then it ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it. Our narrator, Gigio Bellandi, opens winningly, like a more welcoming Holden Caulfield: "To start to tell you this story, first I have to talk about my parents."

His mother was Irish, with hair of “an indescribable red, believe me, that existed only on her head”. She moved to Italy as a child, where later her “allure” attracted Gigio’s father, who was a criminal lawyer, “a good man, full of life”, often absent because of work, but who loved by Gigio all the more for that absence.

From the start of his story, mostly set in the summer of 1972, when he was 12 years old, Gigio bangs the drum on revelations to come. "For the first time the world hit me directly, unfiltered", he tells us on the first page, when "my turn came to collapse". Thirty pages later, he promises: "And now, the incident." Later still, "we have reached the point where the story swerves." What happens next rarely lives up to the billing, and it's hard to tell if these teases are cheeky tricks on Veronesi's part or a reflection of the distorted magnitude for Gigio of his own childhood experiences.

Such showmanship is not needed. The account of Gigio's boyhood in the "amniotic little town" of Vinci, Tuscany, is full of vivid miniature scenes (elegantly translated by Michael F Moore) that give the story surface appeal while enriching our sense of Gigio's development. A sequence on playing with a pair of “clacker” balls as a child – the mastery of the skill, the envy of others who do it better and the sense of community a fad toy brings – speaks volumes about childhood in two pages. More colourful still is the arrival of Uncle Giotti, who crouches by the radio, recreating Bobby Fischer’s chess matches live on his own board, who wrings chickens’ necks “smiling and silent the way one does a good deed”, and who leaves a little food on his plate after meals for a shocking reason that we discover only later.

Mostly, this is a story of presence and absence. During that central summer, Gigio's father can't join the family for their holiday, but Gigio – trembling on the brink of puberty — is entranced by the presence of a 13-year-old girl called Astel. They play music together and watch the Olympics; to Gigio, the first experience of colour TV is a window into an exciting future. But the Olympics are soon absent too, cancelled after the terrorist attack on Israeli athletes echoed in the novel's title.

The revelations we were promised do eventually come, but their slow build is more effective than the crashing twists implied by Gigio's reader-baiting. With its full-flavour rendering of the emotions of adolescence, Black September manages to be a story of happiness and sadness at the same time, each enhancing – and each as convincing as – the other.


Black September by Sandro Veronesi translated by Michael F Moore Sceptre £20 256 pages

Why Tilda Swinton is dusting off her Y-fronts

Man to Man | Returning to the stage after almost 40 years, the actor and reunited team tell Sarah Hemming why the Nazi-era gender-swap story feels newly topical

think I should have some food here," says Tilda Swinton, sprawling in a chair beside a grubby old television set in the rehearsal room

of London's Royal Court Theatre. "Perhaps it could be my gherkin moment?"

Even dressed in lurid red-and-white Y-fronts, a string vest and dockers' boots, Swinton is a magnetic presence. Long-limbed and ethereal but buzzing with energy, she is such a live wire in the room that it seems remarkable that the play she's working on brings her back to the stage for the first time in decades: Man to Man, a radical 1982 work by the German writer Manfred Karge. Even more remarkably, it reunites her with the same creative team that staged it nearly 40 years ago.

"It's like there's been this shoebox under the stairs that I put away 40 years ago and I've taken it out," she says as she pokes about looking for tea bags when we all meet later. "And it feels so immediate. It's humming now for me in a way that I don't think it did then."

Swinton was just 26 when she, director Stephen Unwin, production designer Bunny Christie and lighting designer Ben Ormerod embarked on the British premiere of Man to Man in 1987.

Inspired by a true case, Karge's monologue focuses on impoverished widow Ella Gericke who, determined to survive the poverty of 1930s Germany, steps into the clothes, job and identity of her deceased husband Max. With grit, guile and sheer bravado, this new "Max" navigates fascism, war and postwar communism, holding her own in a world of beery, leering machismo and hauling the audience with her.

It's an extraordinary story of endurance. It's also a pungent, poetic play that lands on the stage with great swagger and shape-shifts as much as its character. Reviewing its opening at Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre in 1987, I described a "defiant combination of the brave and the ridiculous". I still recall today the galvanising energy of this strangely moving piece of theatre, with Swinton's irrepressible Max barrelling round the stage spraying cans of beer and defying anyone to pity her.

The show transferred to the Royal Court the following year, and that young creative team would all go on to hugely successful, award-strewn careers — Unwin, Christie and Ormerod largely on stage, Swinton as an outstanding screen actor with a rare gift for metamorphosis and a glittering list of collaborators: Derek Jarman, Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, Pedro Almodóvar and many more. But now here they are, reunited in a rehearsal room, grappling with

German slang, debating gherkins and clearly loving every minute of it.

"There's life in the old dog yet . . . Life begins at 66," growls Swinton's Max into a microphone at one point, sending a ripple of laughter round the room.

The new production will play London, Edinburgh, Berlin and New York. But while the ghostly imprint of the show's

'In 1987/88 we were still in the zone of "these things happened once". Now they're happening again'

earlier incarnation will be evident in its look and feel, the team are determined that it shouldn't become a museum piece. "We're interrogating every decision," says Swinton.

The Y-fronts will remain, as will Bunny Christie's striking set: a white cube littered with tatty objects from Max's life that the designer likens to "a laboratory or an exhibition space". But the vintage lager cans had to be manufactured by the props department, and some things haven't made the cut. "We had an amazing ironing board," says Christie a little ruefully.

In fact, it's in the friction between then and now that the real interest lies. In 1987, Germany was still divided; the Berlin Wall stood and Max's split personality had a very particular national and political resonance.

Now the world has moved on. I watch as the company rehearses new scenes written by Karge that cover the fall of the Berlin Wall and Max's consequent disorientation.

But what's really disturbing, given the rise of far-right populism, is that Max's odyssey through Germany's grim 20th-century history now feels newly topical.

Fascism was ancient history. My mother left Nazi Germany as a child; Tilda's dad had been wounded in the war. But that was all over."

"[In 1987] it was about weird things in the past," Stephen Unwin recalls. "Germany was divided, but that was all 'over there', and we were in the west.

"We were very clear, when we were making it before, that it was a history play," Swinton concurs. "In 1987/88 we were still in the zone of 'these things happened once'. And [now] they're happening again."

A little like Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, recently revived by the Royal Shakespeare Company, the play feels much more urgent than it once did. Re-reading it, I notice the multiple references to people hiding their true identity – perhaps gay, perhaps Jewish – in order to survive.

For Ben Ormerod, lighting the piece again, that feels like an enduring issue: "It's about how life, how politics, can force us to be somebody that we're not," he says. "And the harm that does to you: the difficulty of negotiating the world when you're never allowed to be yourself."

On a personal level, this play, so concerned with identity, has confronted the team with their younger, less-experienced selves. That can be quite humbling, admits Unwin. “When we look back on it, sometimes we feel that we were these clever young people who did lots of fireworks on stage,” he says. “Fireworks are all fine, and we’ll still do some of them because they’re fun. But actually, this play is deeper than we thought at the time.”

"There are definitely aspects of it that we didn't truly understand then," agrees Swinton. "Now we've all lived lives, people have died, and we know what that does to you. We know what it is, to have 40 years behind you, and to have managed to get through it."

They are dedicating the production to beloved people they have lost, including John Byrne, Swinton's former partner, and Anthony Vivis, the play's translator. Grief feels more pronounced in the play this time, Swinton says.

"I remember feeling [in 1987] that it was a story of liberation. For Ella to choose to be in Max's shoes was a position of strength," she says. "And that just does not feel the same way now. One thing we're unearthing is how sad it is: this sense of loss and of suppressed identity is so sad. It's not about feminism. It's about survival. Ella is in a trap as Max. It's a precarious position. And, at the end, there is an acknowledgment of loss: survival comes at a cost."

We talk about layers of performance: whether Ella might keep up the pretence behind closed doors, and to what extent she becomes Max. As with some of Shakespeare's plays, Man to Man uses the stage to explore the complexity of identity and the way clothes and expectations can define a person.

Performing the play in her twenties had a huge impact on Swinton. She says couldn't countenance a return to the stage unless it was with something "this expressive and this honest"; mean-

'I felt that it was a story of liberation. For Ella to be in Max's shoes was a position of strength'

while, it launched her into playing fascinating, elusive characters on screen.

“It did open up a whole kind of flexible gender part of my work,” she says. “Sally Potter saw it and invited me to work on Orlando [her celebrated 1992 film of the Virginia Woolf novel] . . . My position on Orlando is that if Woolf had written another 300 pages, maybe the next week Orlando would have transformed into a spaniel or a nightingale. It’s not about a binary option; it’s about transformation: a flexible and free sense of identity, a plurality.”

The same could be said of Man to Man, she argues. "It wastes the play to think that it is about any one thing that one can actually nail down. It's about that position of being alienated, literally — and that's anyone who feels that they can't rest."

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Swinton in a rehearsal for 'Man to Man'; above, from left: production designer Bunny Christie, director Stephen Unwin, Swinton and lighting designer Ben Ormerod; Swinton in the 1987-88 production
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Rugged Americana's age of innocence

Photography | The homoerotic meets the nostalgic in Bruce Bellas's mid-century images of cowboys, writes Louis Wise

W here Have All the Cowboys Gone?", Paula Cole sang in her 1996 hit song — but this autumn you'll know where to find them.

A whole army is taking up residence in Paris's Palais-Royal, at Acne Paper gallery: line upon line of pictures of American men posing backstage at rodeos from the 1940s through to the 1970s.

Some smile happily at the camera. Others look pensively away. Some sit casually on a fence or the floor, while a fair few lean back, a little awkward and unsure. All are in the same uniform: shirt and jeans, cowboy boots and hat, occasionally a gleaming belt, with everything just so — except for one guy whose shirt is completely undone, revealing his ruggedly hairy chest. Did he know who was photographing him?

Bruce Bellas (1909-74), aka Bruce of Los Angeles, has been called "the grandfather of physique photography"; in other words, he's the daddy of gay picture-making. A former chemistry teacher from Alliance, Nebraska, he gained a cult following with his sexy, cheery images of men in various degrees of the buff, which appeared first in mail-order magazines that were ostensibly fitness-orientated but had a large illicit gay fan base, and then, from 1956, his own publication Male Figure, which likewise claimed to speak to aspiring artists.

A standard Bellas image is witty, graphic and cheekily artful. The cowboy pictures are a bit of an anomaly, and not just because the men are fully clothed. If Bruce's fascination with male beauty remains obvious, the effect is softer, sweeter, almost romantic, with no need for the hard sell. They are "modest" yet sensual, "without having any sense of

‘They are modest yet sensual, without any sense of the men showing off or being obviously sexy’

the men showing off or being obviously 'sexy'", says the curator and photography critic Vince Aletti, who owns this cache of images.

Aletti is the author of two photobooks that explore themes of male eroticism: The Drawer (2022) and Physique (2025). He came across the pictures in Physique Memorabilia, a "sort of private salon in a loft" selling all kinds of vintage gay imagery, near his home in New York's East Village. It turns out that Bellas shot these as he went to see rodeos in Wyoming, Colorado or Canada, mostly for pleasure, not work. Eventually, though, he did include them as an option in Male Figure, a kind of mail-order catalogue for male hotness. "They were clearly, to me, very private," says Aletti.

Ever since the cowboy rode into North American consciousness in the late 19th century, a descendant of the Spanish Colonies' vaqueros, he (and eventually she) has had a hold on our imagination. Cowboys very much still exist, working on ranches across the continent, but


mostly we appreciate them as an exercise in style. Most of the items of clothing the men in the pictures are wearing have become everyday staples; whenever you put on a shirt and jeans, you are lightly cosplaying the cowboy look. It's one reason why the lonesome figure


Left: two portraits from 'Rodeo: Bruce of Los Angeles' Collection of Vince Aletti

The irresistible allure of the Korean hanok

Architecture | Artists have fallen for the traditional timber houses defined by complex carpentry and Confucian principles, writes Edwin Heathcote

f you wanted an illustration of the way a nation defines itself through building, you could hardly do better than the hanok. The word liter-

ally means “the house” (ok) “of the Koreans” (han). This is a country in thrall to the sheen of modernism in all its guises, from tech to architecture, yet the hanok – that exquisite traditional timber house with its swept-up roofs, complex carpentry and proportions wrapped up in Confucian principles – haunts the imagination of Korean artists and architects, its image repeatedly erupting in memory and in moments of cultural consciousness.

One of those moments is now. At this year's edition of Frieze Seoul, the Arumjigi Foundation, a Seoul-based non-profit dedicated to preserving traditional Korean culture, will be building and exhibiting a hanok; the Bath (UK) and Los Angeles-based Francis Gallery is presenting inside a restored hanok in the city's Bukchon Village neighbourhood; and the National Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) is staging a retrospective (to February 9) of the work of London-based Korean artist Do Ho Suh, whose diaphanous interpretations of architecture – and particularly hanoks – appear like the fading memories of surfaces and spaces.

Unusually, Suh grew up in a hanok, and the title of his widely acclaimed show at Tate Modern last year, Walk the House, was directly inspired by his history. "It's an expression I heard from the carpenter," he tells me over the phone, while installing at the MMCA. "Hanoks are made so they can be dismantled and transported. It triggered

this idea that a house can walk. And I saw all these spaces, the places I had lived, almost as ghosts or living animals following me through life."

Suh was “maybe eight or 10 when our house was built. It was the late 1960s and early ’70s. It’s important to understand the context: Korea was going through a huge transformation and modernisation. A lot of traditional buildings were being destroyed and replaced by western-style buildings. So it was very rare to build a traditional house – my parents were actually going backwards.”

And why a hanok? “My father [Suh Se-Ok, an artist whose paintings had modernised Korean art] wanted to experience the life of a Korean scholar and he needed the total environment. He had looked at one of the buildings in the Gyeongbokgung Palace complex.”

The construction of the hanok was overseen by an elderly local. “When we found him, he was just working as a neighbourhood handyman, but he was a master carpenter,” Suh says. “He was suspicious of why my parents wanted this house. He ‘interviewed’ them. When he accepted the commission, he didn’t have any contractors’ drawings, the whole thing was just in his head. He visited the original site at the palace and took just one measurement. From that, he was able to calculate all the other dimensions in the building.”

The hanok that Suh's father's was modelled after was built in 1878. "The whole house is like one big piece of furniture, all dovetail joints, no nails," says Suh. "The craftsmen who worked on it were already in their seventies and eighties. It took about six years to build and we lived right next to it. The construction site became my playground."

Once the embodiment of the ordinary, the hanok is presented as both artwork and cultural signifier


The gardens of Byoung Cho's Seoul hanok — Byoung Cho

For Rosa Park, director of Francis Gallery, the hanok means something a little different. "The architecture of the hanok is so gendered," she tells me on a video call from Los Angeles. "The front-facing part is the men's quarters and, inside, the women are in the back. As a woman," she smiles, "one starts to have questions."

At Frieze, Park — who has Korean as well as Californian roots — has brought together the work of two American women artists, Ash Roberts and Nadia Yaron, for a show enigmatically titled A Full Moon Is a Half Moon that reflects her longstanding interest in presenting American artists in Korea, but also explores what happens when cultures converge. “I wanted to bring female artists to exhibit in this context. I don’t want to say ‘reclaim’ but maybe to ‘reinterpret’ the space,” she says.

Just as the hanok was contained in the master carpenter's head, it is also firmly embedded in Suh's. "I was able to witness the whole construction process," he says. "I was really young so I didn't realise how much information I'd absorbed, but it became part of my identity."

I ask the Korean architect Byoung Cho, who also grew up in a hanok and has since built another for himself in Seoul, about life inside a traditional house. He describes the hanok's permeability and lightness (in both senses) and its "in-between spaces . . . it always comes with a courtyard – a living room of sorts where various everyday activities take place. With doors made of traditional paper [the translucent changhoji], the rooms are open, allowing you to sense the wind, light and sounds."

Having visited his hanok a few years ago, I was astonished both by the space and the integration into the garden. It seems seamless, the house perfectly placed, as if it could not be anywhere else. You float through the inside, always aware of the garden, the courtyard and the spaces beyond, tantalising but contained. It was unforgettable.

Both Cho and Suh talk of the incredi-

ble craft that goes into making hanoks. The principles of feng shui dictate how materials should be stored, handled and oriented. “The old carpenter’s rituals are what I really cherish,” says Suh. “When the trees were cut from the mountainside, they were made into a raft and floated downriver. When the lumber arrived on site, the carpenter rotated it on site for a year, so that not only one side was exposed to the wind. There is no split timber in the house . . . There were thou-

sands of pieces, and when it came to erection day, every piece fitted perfectly. There was no waste."

While the relationship that Suh and Cho have with the hanok is deeply personal, the traditional Korean house is also experiencing a moment of surprising visibility in contemporary art. Perhaps it is an effort to embody art's globalised culture: after all, as an archetype the hanok is both of its place and, as Suh suggests, curiously demountable and transportable.

Indeed, the hanok is deeply traditional and its spaces are very differentiated: some conceived of for receiving guests, others more intimate spaces reserved for domesticity, the preserve of women. In response, Roberts will be presenting a new body of paintings informed by traditional Korean colour palettes and her observations of nature. Yaron, meanwhile, is showing sculptures throughout the house and

But there are wider ideas in play. As an organisation concerned with the survival of crafts that have been fast disappearing since the second world war, the Arumjigi Foundation's hanok at Frieze Seoul locates the house as both artwork and cultural signifier, even if it was once the vernacular, the embodiment of the ordinary.

Main: 'Rubbing/Loving: Seoul Home' (2013-22) by Do Ho Suh; left: Aegahun, a 100-year-old hanok in Seoul's Bukchon Village, venue for an exhibition by Francis Gallery in Los Angeles Courtesy of the artist/Lehmann Maupin and Victoria Miro/Sebastian Mrugalski; courtesy of Francis Gallery

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courtyard, "stone and wood", says Park, "heavy, made with chainsaws".

If all this piques your curiosity, but Seoul is a little far, make your way to the British Museum in London, where in the Korean section you can find a full-size reconstruction of the Sarangbang, the scholar's room from the Changdeokgung Palace. There is also one of Suh senior's paintings. Suh Se-Ok was a pioneer of ink abstraction, and his work "Dancing

People" (1991) is a beautiful, simple work of black ink on paper that will, in October, be joined by his son's 2019 work, "Self Portrait", of the hanok that is so entangled with Do Ho Suh's identity. It is a thread painting of the house, the coloured twine embedded in the surface of the paper and extending downwards – the paradoxical roots of the moveable house. "Self Portrait" will be the culmination of the British Museum's Korea exhibition in the autumn.

“When I left Seoul for America, the places I lived in, my body felt uncomfortable,” Suh tells me. “The hanok has fewer walls than a western building, folding doors, so it can expand or contract. That flexibility is the biggest difference. In a way that discomfort I felt is where all my artwork comes from.” As he gets older, his devotion to the hanok has become more devout. “It became my passion,” he tells me as we wrap up. “I feel like my mission now, beyond the art, is just to preserve my parents’ house.”

September 2-5, frieze.com 'Korea', October 1 to January 31 britishmuseum.org

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keeps coming back into fashion – be it on screen (Yellowstone), on the catwalk (Louis Vuitton's autumn/winter 2024 menswear show) or in music (Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter album).

And ultimately, however much we may wonder whether the macho, monosyllabic cowboy is dated – and however much Cole's song was, in fact, a satire on the romance of it all, bemoaning how her wannabe John Wayne leaves her at home with the dishes – we seem to love it. Impassive and impressive, the cowboy reminds us that there's still no

From 'Rodeo: Bruce of Los Angeles' Collection of Vince Aletti

getting away from America or its impact on our desires.

The pictures in Rodeo do, however, speak to a sunny American optimism that is surely past. There is an innocence to the subjects, and to the act of photographing itself, that seems quaint. Yes, these men are posing, but with an artlessness that is essentially now extinct.

"It just feels like it is harder to get unselfconscious, handsome men today," says Aletti. "They're all very conscious now of how they look and how they're dressed. These guys, I'm sure, were very careful about how they looked for the rodeo, because most of them were performing in some way or another, so they were doing something public. But at the same time, it wasn't showy."

The art of representing manhood is, now, a much more complicated and self-conscious affair; it is also big business. Compare this long gallery of similar men to the long gallery of similar men who might crop up on Instagram. Such images are now tweaked, curated and captioned to high heaven; the men themselves will be primped, pumped, and God forbid – even “looksmaxxed”. If these poor cowboys went on social media today, they might discover Reels telling them how exactly to tuck in that shirt, and how best to train your legs so you can ride the horse perfectly. They would be reminded always to wear sunscreen. By contrast, back in the day, the only nutrition advice they'd have sworn by was the virtue of a good bloody steak.

It's not as though they weren't performing back then. And it's not as though the codes of masculinity weren't any less restrictive. It's just that the contract was probably simpler, and the pleasure too. Aletti likes the idea of Bellas wandering around backstage at the rodeos, just going up to someone and asking to take a picture, and them acquiescing unthinkingly in the moment. He didn't even cajole them to strip; the act of being photographed was, crazy as it may seem, enough. "They were just waiting for something to happen," says Aletti simply.

As for Bellas, he died at a rodeo, of a heart attack, in 1974. The show, says Aletti, is a fitting memorial. It's also a memorial for a certain way of being.

September 3-October 7, acnestudios.com 'Rodeo: Bruce of Los Angeles', edited by Vince Aletti is published by Acne Studios

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'I want things that surprise me. I want better art'

Ryan Gander | The British artist is on a mission,

from a giant treasure hunt at Frieze Seoul to

playful interventions in Eastbourne. By Tom Faber

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yan Gander can't stop coming up with ideas for artworks. "Ghost banana," he fires off. "A new flavour of bubblegum." What else? "A

choreographed ballet danced by construction workers.

“Art could be anything at all,” he says, “so why is everyone making flat stuff with four corners that goes on the wall?” Gander speaks softly, but his takes on art are red-hot. We meet in the brutalist courtyard of London’s Barbican Centre on a scorching summer morning to discuss two upcoming shows: a citywide public art project for Frieze Seoul in September and a solo exhibition at Eastbourne’s Towner Gallery later in the autumn. Despite the fierce heat, Gander, 50, arrives in his wheelchair dressed entirely in heavy black clothes, accented by the glittering gold of his earrings and round-framed glasses.

His work could rarely be described as "flat stuff with four corners that goes on the wall". Across his wildly varied output, which encompasses painting, sculpture, installation, typography and TV documentary, he demonstrates the limitless horizons of contemporary art. His pieces defamiliarise everyday objects, offering delight, surprise and sometimes a code to be cracked.

There's the vending machine that dispenses banknotes instead of snacks; the betting shop in central Sunderland made entirely out of glass; the outdoor sculpture left deliberately unfinished, whose shape can only be completed by falling snow. Each of these works started with a few words, just like "ghost banana" or another – perhaps better – idea he has come up with on the spot: "sniffer dog looking for the curator".

"It starts with a hypothesis or speculation," he says. "Then you play with it." He sticks his ideas up on the walls of his studio in the village of Melton, Suffolk, where his ex-wife and three children also live (when not travelling, Gander splits his time between there and London). He estimates that he has about 22,000 of these cards in his archives now, collated

over 18 years. When it's time for a new project, he goes to the cards and starts throwing ideas together.

"Some works I make and they're exactly what I thought they would be. Kind of boring. That's a failed work," he says. "Most works change massively because of the people around me, the situations I'm in, the collisions of ideas. It's like alchemy without making gold." If not gold, what is the result? "It's a contribution to human knowledge. Art should make new things that people don't know yet. The most important thing is to surprise, to defy expectations."

Surprise is at the heart of Gander's new large-scale project in Seoul, "The Find", for which 16,000 specially designed coins will be hidden across the city's galleries and neighbourhoods during this year's Frieze art fair: a treasure hunt for the general public. There are three types of coins, each bearing mantras related to the themes of time, attention and collectivity. By minting these intangible ideas on coins – since money is something people intuitively value – Gander hopes to playfully emphasise their importance. "It shows what real treasure is," he says.

This will be the fourth iteration of the project, and Gander says that the city-wide treasure hunt always produces unexpected results. People find the coins on the corner of steps, the edges of a bench, or the return slot of a parking metre. They realise it's not real money, but often decide to keep it anyway. They post their finds on Instagram, keep them as souvenirs or flip them to make decisions.

They might not know they're taking part in a work of art, and this is the point. Gander sees "The Find" as a gateway into art. "They're usually not art people, they're the general public," he explains. "Ninety-nine per cent of people feel like art is pretentious bullshit. But people find the coin, realise that it's part of this huge project, and then they're like: 'Maybe I do like art, actually, because this is fun.'"

Gander grew up in a working-class family in Cheshire, without much art in his life. His father worked as an engineer for Vauxhall Motors in nearby Ellesmere Port. He knows that art doesn't feel accessible for a vast swath of the population, but he wants his work to speak to them. This is one of the reasons he teaches at the Royal Academy, one of Britain's last tuition-free art schools.

He also co-ordinated this year's RA Summer Exhibition. Gander's aim is to be a successful artist whose work is accessible to people outside the

Clockwise from left: Ryan Gander at his studio in Suffolk; Gander's 'We are only human (incomplete sculpture for Scarborough to be finished by snow)' (2022); coins from 'The Find' at Frieze Seoul; 'A Moving Object, or Intent' (2017).

Photographed for the FT by John Boaz Ryan Gander

art world but still appreciated by the establishment. The key balance to strike, he explains, is to make his work legible without simplifying it so much that it becomes didactic. "If you leave absence in a work, you make room for the spectator," he says. "If an artwork only has one interpretation, it's not art. It's communication."

The problem with art today, according to Gander, is that it usually tries too hard to please the spectator, rather than challenging them. "Unfortunately, we how unambitious people are with what they want for themselves when they go to a museum. I want things that surprise me. I want better art. And I don't think that where we are in the history of art now represents how sophisticated humankind is whatsoever. If this is the best we can do, it's pretty pathetic."

The sheer volume of new ideas in Gander's prolific output is a one-man rebuke to what he sees as the desultory state of modern art. His Wikipedia page is as long as a small country's. His powerful work ethic stems from the fact that he never thought he'd have the luxury of spending his life making art. Before going to art school in Manchester, he worked at Allied Carpets and he assumed that after three years of studying, he'd return to the shop.

are in an era of people wanting to feel comfortable," he says.

For that reason, he wanted to make the most of every second he had. "Even when I was at college in Manchester, I'd never go to the pub. I'd go in with the cleaners in the morning, as soon as they opened the studios, and I'd leave when they told me to go home. I worked non-stop for all my adult life."

A broad selection of Gander's oeuvre will be on display in his Towner Eastbourne show in November. Works include an animatronic mouse poking out of a hole in the corner of a gallery, which delivers a monologue in the voice of Gander's 12-year-old daughter, Penny (her sister, Olive, is 17) and a bronze cast of a 99 Flake ice cream, upside down, as if dropped on the ground.

There are also several works inspired by his seven-year-old autistic son, Baxter, including a room covered in second-hand toys arranged in meticulous patterns all over the floor, and paintings referencing his son's educational language cards, some of which Baxter has coloured in himself.

"There's a lot of talk of safe spaces, treading carefully, emotional refuges, mindfulness. I'm not surprised because the world is terrifying. But historically, contemporary art has not been a safe space. When I was at art school, you went there to be scared, to do something impossible, to ask questions there's no answer to . . . It's a space of exploration, challenge and pushing boundaries."

"He's non-verbal, and I'm non-physical, because I'm in a wheelchair. So there's kind of a mismatch there," he says. It's often in just such a mismatch, a collision of unexpected ideas, that Gander finds his alchemy.

So is he disappointed in the state of contemporary art? "I'm disappointed in

Throughout our conversation, Gander can't stop riffing new ideas. When I ask about pipe-dream art projects, he suggests a new national holiday for everyone in the country, or a novel form of national service that compels everyone to spend a year in art school, which he describes as "going to the gym for your brain".

It's obvious that nothing will stop that archive of 22,000 idea cards from continuing to grow. Even if "ghost banana" doesn't have the juice, there's clearly always more where that came from.

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THE LIFE OF A SONG SURFIN' BIRD

n 1964, a US TV broadcast changed the course of music. No, not The Beatles singing “She Loves You” on The Ed Sullivan Show. For some

young viewers, it was an entirely different kind of performance that had a profound effect: one by a besuited Steve Wahrer, lead singer of The Trashmen, performing an awkward chicken dance while barking nonsensical lyrics about birds on American Bandstand, in a moment that proved to be a watershed. (Wahrer was the only member of the group to appear, as they couldn't afford plane tickets for all of them.)

The song was “Surfin’ Bird”, and the performance has been called the “defining moment” of 1964 by “Weird Al” Yankovic. It was “loud, dumb and pointless . . . absolutely everything that was great about rock ‘n’ roll distilled into one song,” he told NPR in 2009.

At first listen, the song sounds flimsy, consisting of a three-chord structure, lasting little more than two minutes and garnished with Wahrer's demented ramblings. But the driving drum patterns and guitar sound inspired by surf music gave the song a rough edge that would later become common in garage rock, and then punk rock.

The bird – originally released in 1963 – had a contested pedigree. The band said that Wahrer had come up with “Surfin’ Bird” as he goofed around backstage at a gig, having heard another local band singing the absurd lyrics. A local DJ, Bill "the Wizard of Wax" Diehl, was in the audience that night as the band were urged to play the experimental "Surfin' Bird" repeatedly. He encouraged them to record it immediately.

Lawyers soon got involved. "Surfin' Bird" seemed to be a fusion of parts of two separate songs, "The Bird's the Word" and "Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow", both of which had already been released the previous year by a doo-wop group called The Rivingtons. The gentle strains and slow speed of the little-known LA singers may have been a long way from Wahrer's delivery, but


The Trashmen, c1970 — Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

parts of the songs are clearly the same. The Trashmen said they had not heard those recordings, but still opted to credit The Rivingtons as the writers of "Surfin' Bird". Meanwhile, the song became a hit, spending more than three months on the charts and reaching number four in 1964.

In 1977, it was revived by The Ramones on their Rocket to Russia album in a sparky, fuzzed-up version. They also discovered first-hand how divisive the song could be when they supported Black Sabbath in San

Bernardino in 1978. According to Joey Ramone, "Surfin' Bird" got the heavy metal crowd agitated, and the band were forced to dodge carburettors, spark plugs and whiskey bottles, eventually exiting the stage when an ice pick landed at their feet.

The bird found a more natural home in the hands of psychobilly pioneers The Cramps, who included a cover on their debut EP in 1978. Their version descends into mayhem as his fluttering squawks give way to a reverb-heavy guitar freak-out from Poison Ivy Rorschach. Few frontmen could be trusted to plump up the bird's feathers with such panache as Cramps singer Lux Interior — one exception being Iggy Pop, who in 2016 was filmed crooning “Surfin’ Bird” to his Moluccan cockatoo Biggy Pop.

The hyperactive song has also been incorporated many times by film-makers, most notably in an unforgettably bizarre scene in John Waters's Pink Flamingos. Stanley Kubrick also used the raucous song to capture what the director called "post-combat euphoria" in his Vietnam war epic Full Metal Jacket.

But it was the cartoon Family Guy that really gave “Surfin’ Bird” a new set of wings and rammed home its status as the divisive king of earworms. The song was the basis for a 2008 episode in which the character Peter Griffin’s obsession with singing and dancing to the song at every juncture is countered by other characters trying to destroy all copies of it. It went on to become a recurring joke in the series. In the UK, the song charted in 2009, and again in 2010 when it rose to number 3, after an unsuccessful push by fans to block an X Factor winner from obtaining the Christmas number one.

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A new hope for strategy games?

Star Wars Zero Company | The turn-based genre has long been ruled by

'XCOM' but the pretender has a few tricks up its sleeve. By Chris Allnutt

J

ust before your first mission in Star Wars Zero Company, you see the world from space: an epic fight between fleets of unidentified cruisers and

destroyers, laser cannons firing, hulls disintegrating, explosions ballooning. As you zoom in on the desert planet of Serolonis, smaller ships skim the surface, blaster fire trailing after them. And then, even further in, there's you: a band of just three troops, pinned down in a dusty courtyard, fighting your own little fight against an army of battle droids.

It's a long way from the first Star Wars movie – Bit Reactor's new game is set about 20 years before the events of the 1977 film and tens of thousands of light years from Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine. But Star Wars has always been about the triumph of the individual in the face of overwhelming odds, and Zero Company is no exception. In this turn-based tactics (TBT) game, it's you and your tiny force picking

It's you and your tiny force picking your battles, trying to outwit and outfight a foe vastly superior in numbers

your battles, trying to outwit and out- fight a foe vastly superior in numbers.

Your fight isn't with the Empire, which doesn't even officially exist yet. The gang of mercenaries you're in charge of, known as Zero Company, is out to make a quick buck, stealing or shooting whatever it can to pay off its substantial debts to the miserly, oversized slug Gorga the Hutt (nephew of the infamous Jabba). And if that means taking on the diseased paramilitary cult the Infinite Coil, a group hell-bent on spreading its plague across the Republic, so be it.

As both an addition to the Star Wars universe and an entry in the genre of TBT games, Zero Company has its work cut out. In the former category, there hasn't been a great deal to celebrate since the beloved Knights of the Old Republic games in the early 2000s (perhaps with the exception of 2023's Jedi: Survivor). In the latter, it means going into direct competition with a TBT franchise so cult that it makes the Infinite Coil look like a parish council.

Few games define their genres quite the way that 2012's XCOM: Enemy Unknown and its 2016 sequel XCOM 2 do. These games take on the timeworn tale of human resistance in the face of an alien invasion of Earth, but apply such a compelling David-and-Goliath gameplay loop that no new release can escape comparison with them.

Like Zero Company, the XCOM titles are games of two halves — strategy and combat: hours and days pass quickly in the organisation's bases, where you must manage the research and engineering projects that determine your personnel and equipment. Much more staccato are the turn-based missions in which these are put to use fighting the invading aliens.


In 'Zero Company', mercenaries can recruit clone troopers (top)

In these, there is no time limit on each turn. You are free to overthink your approach (unlike real-time strategy games, where you and your opponents must make moves contemporaneously). On harder difficulty levels in particular, where soldiers take longer to replace, perfection is XCOM's aim: not just avoiding a single loss in combat, but not sustaining a single attack from your AI opponents.

Either you will, though, or your own attacks will fall flat. "That's XCOM, baby!" is the common refrain among fans to describe the feeling of being roundly screwed over by the gods of random number generation. TBT games are nothing if not an exercise in probability: whether you successfully execute an attack or not tends to be based on a percentage, and you will quickly learn not to be surprised that an 80 per cent chance to hit does indeed mean that you'll miss one in five attempts.

That's part of the fun, however, because these games thrive on the feeling of responsibility you develop for the people under your control – people you might have unwisely named after your own friends and family.

"The XCOM games give you randomly generated soldiers, let you name them, dress them up, equip them and develop them over dozens of hours," says Tactical Breach Wizards developer Tom Francis. "You're so proud of your babies when they ace a tricky mission, and so aghast when an alien psychic mind-controls one of your babies to throw a grenade at the other three."

Tactical Breach Wizards (2024) follows a team of sorcerers attempting to bring down a private military-contractor-backed conspiracy, and is one of the most critically acclaimed iterations of the turn-based form in recent years. It owes much of its success to clever writing and an easy-to-pick-up but hard-to-master approach.

"Turn-based games are good at allowing you to pull off clever gambits, but they're so unforgiving that most players get scared into playing it safe," says Francis. "We let you rewind your turn as many times as you like, trying any crazy plan you want and seeing exactly how it will work out."

There have been other attempts to replicate the XCOM magic: 2020 brought a pared-back spin-off called XCOM: Chimera Squad, the same year that the Gears of War franchise branched out from its usual third-person perspective with its prequel, Gears Tactics. There was also Phoenix Point, a kind of spiritual successor to XCOM designed by the franchise's original creator, Julian Gollop. None of them quite scratched the itch, though.

Star Wars Zero Company has a few tricks up its sleeve: third-person platforming segments that let you explore the world in real time; text-based dilemmas that force you to think beyond the next fight; the benefit of a narrative and setting five decades in the making.

But the real test lies in its longevity – whether there's enough replayability to keep you coming back for multiple playthroughs. If not, you'll find me playing XCOM 2 – and wondering why I named one of my soldiers after my brother.

'Star Wars Zero Company' is available on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S from August 27

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28 Digitally-transmitted sign of approval? (6-2)
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32 Raunchy tales about West End production (8,4)
33 AA fiddling with electronic car's performance measure (12)
37 Fine Italian actress can start to eat spinach dish (10)
38 The state of that hotel (10)
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42 Some recalled sea rise identified on the day of judgement (4,4)
46 Mistake importing principally rubbish tech from the UK (7)
47 Encourage Scottish politician who's lost her way? (4,2)
48 Follow upper-class girl around sharp bend (6)
50 The greatest space moviel (5)
52 Workmate unaffected by turnover (4)

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Television Rebecca Nicholson

Little Bird

On Sky Atlantic, Tuesdays, 9pm, available to stream on Now ★★★★☆

This dignified, harrowing and affecting drama first came out in Canada in 2023, and is now receiving a second life on British television. It tells the story of the “Sixties Scoop”, a period from the 1960s through to the 1980s during which government authorities in Canada forcibly removed thousands of Indigenous children from their families. This is a raw and distressing tale, told with sensitivity and nuance, and one which asks difficult, probing questions about identity and belonging.

The families depicted in Little Bird are fictional, but the story is based on real events. In 1968, Behzig Little Bird (played as a child by Keris Hope Hill) lives on the Long Pine Reserve in Saskatchewan with her family. Whenever a car passes their small house, Behzig and her three siblings are told to keep out of sight by their mother Patti (an outstanding Ellyn Jade).

Patti is on edge for good reason. When Behzig's brother Niizh (Gideon Starr) accidentally breaks the window of a police car with his catapult, social services swoop on the family. A villainous social worker, one of the few overdone notes here, falsely claims that the children are being neglected and takes them into custody.

My Brilliant Career On Netflix now ★★★★☆

The drama jumps between 1968, when the children are placed in a boarding school and then advertised for adoption, and 1985, when we meet the woman that Behzig has become. In Montreal, Behzig is Esther Rosenblum (an excellent Darla Contois), after being adopted into a Jewish family by a divorced woman, Golda (Lisa Edelstein). She renamed Behzig after her sister Esther, who died in a concentration camp in Poland. We meet the Rosenblums at an engagement party thrown for Esther, now a trainee lawyer, and her doctor fiancé David (Rowen Kahn).

This raucous six-part adaptation of Miles Franklin's classic 1901 novel follows the adventures of Sybylla Melvyn, a young woman aspiring to be a writer in rural Australia at the turn of the 20th century.

But her adult life is beginning to come apart. Despite her strong Jewish

It is a hoot from start to finish. Phillipa Northeast puts in a barnstorming performance as Sybylla. The series opens with a scene of either rebellion or disaster, faith, Esther is seen as an outsider by David's family, who refer to her as "exotic" while in her presence, and in private discuss the perceived perils of her Indigenous background.


Torn from the nest: Keris Hope Hill (centre) plays Bezhig as a child in 'Little Bird'

depending on which way you look at it: Sybylla, dressed to impress at a fancy party, is reciting her very provocative and very modern poetry, to the shock and horror of the esteemed crowd.

When Esther overhears David's mother criticising her, she leaves Montreal and travels back to Saskatchewan to find out who she is, why she was put up for adoption, and what has become of her birth family. In one particularly poignant scene, an Indigenous man helps her to pronounce Behzig, the name long lost to her new existence.

The show then flashes back to scenes of wild bucolic bliss on the family's farm in Possum Gully, where Sybylla's ambitions of being a poet and writer are free to roam. Here she swims with her sister, plays the piano and lives a life of liberty. But her beloved father is a heavy

Esther's education allows her to probe an almost impenetrable system, which has obstruction and obfuscation built into its foundations. In the past, we see Patti's futile attempts to navigate a Kafkaesque nightmare in the courts. There is institutional corruption, police violence and cultural erasure. It is appalling and infuriating throughout. It is also very human and moving, and it deserves to be seen as widely as possible.

drinker with big debts. Sybylla's grandmother, Mrs Bossier (a wonderfully crisp Anna Chancellor) summons her to Caddagat, where her mother was raised, to introduce Sybylla into polite society, marry her off and, hopefully, settle some of her father's debts.

Sybylla agrees to the plan, but only because she is in need of some new material for her writing. At Caddagat, she becomes entangled in a sort of love triangle between the standoffish English

The Murder Detective On Channel 4 now ★★★★☆

Anyone drawn to this documentary about the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and their investigation into the murder of journalist Lyra McKee in Derry in 2019 may already know the outcome of the case. In July, after a trial that lasted more than two years, three men were found not guilty of McKee's murder. Of the nine men prosecuted in relation to her killing, seven were acquitted of all charges.

This knowledge inevitably casts a shadow over what is otherwise a gripping, though complex, series. On April 18 2019, McKee was observing a riot in Creggan, Derry, when she was shot in the head and killed. Republican dissident group the New IRA claimed responsibility for her death. Much of that night was captured on camera by bystanders and an MTV documentary crew, who had been filming in Derry. Their focus was on Saoradh, a group that the PSNI has described as the political wing of the New IRA, though in


A hoot: Phillipa Northeast and Chris Chung — Ian Routledge/Netflix

Line of duty: Jason Murphy, head of the PSNI investigation into the murder of Lyra McKee

foreman Frank (Jake Dunn) and the neighbour's buff and brooding nephew Harry (Christopher Chung, who is a world away from his oafish Slow Horses character).

This is fun and diverting, but the true appeal of My Brilliant Career is in the career itself. The show is at its most compelling when it focuses on Sybylla rejecting convention and the path that has been laid out for her, so that she can pursue her true love – writing. Sybylla's adventures are propped

a statement, Saoradh denied playing a role in McKee's death and said they "do not speak on behalf of the Irish Republican Army".

In this new three-part series, a camera crew has been granted access, for the first time in Northern Ireland, to a terror-related murder investigation as it unfolds. The detective of the title is Jason Murphy, the PSNt's head of major investigations and the man in charge of the McKee case. While it touches on Murphy's family life, 30-year career in the police and what he calls the "heavy weight" of responsibility to solve the case, the series develops to offer a much broader and more sprawling picture. Ultimately, it is about the impossibilities of policing in Northern Ireland, particularly when it comes to terrorism.

Filmed over seven years, the access to police interviews with suspects, bodycam footage of arrests and radio communications from the night gives viewers a detailed insight into what becomes a mammoth case, which reaches the suspected leadership of the New IRA. It also makes clear the

up by an endearing and entertaining cast of characters. Mrs Bossier's neighbour and Harry's aunt Augusta (Kate Mulvany) is "a raving suffragist" who encourages Sybylla's creativity. Sybylla's warm friendship with horse trainer Nell (Sherry-Lee Watson) adds bite to the frivolities, as Nell and her sister are First Nations, and their ambitions are challenged by the racism and sexism of the era. The show even drags itself into the modern age with the

devastating human impact of this crime. McKee's sister Nichola represents the family, describing Lyra's brief, brilliant life and the aftermath of her death. The family's pain is conveyed with distressing honesty.

Despite the wealth of footage, Murphy's investigation is difficult and fraught. Several witnesses are unwilling to co-operate with the PSNI, and some of Murphy's team have had their faces digitally altered here, for fear of repercussions from the New IRA. Like many officers, he has to check for bombs underneath his car every morning.

In her ruling in July, the judge highlighted complicated procedural errors in the investigation, which led to the dismissal of some evidence. Murphy gives a brief explanation of how mistakes were made, but there is little detail on how it went so wrong. This is an uncomfortable series, then, in part because it does not end in justice. As a frank account of police work in Northern Ireland, however, it is fascinating.

invention of a subplot involving an illicit gay affair.

Some of its quirks are of the-moment. Bands such as Wet Leg and Amyl and the Sniffers give it the anachronistic-soundtrack treatment, which is, by now, surely losing its appeal. There is a wink-wink knowingness in the series that can interrupt the show's flow. But this is a period drama with oomph, and it is rare to see television quite so unselfconsciously joyful and heartfelt as this.

Pop Shaad D'Souza

Mike D Thank You Capitol Records ★★★★☆

When Michael Diamond — the former Beastie Boy better known as Mike D — first considered making a solo record, he thought that “everything [had] to be new and different”. After a while, he changed tack, he told Rolling Stone this month: “There’s certain things that are inescapably me, and that’s all right.” You can hear the urges both for something novel and something familiar in joyful harmony on Thank You, Mike D’s debut solo album. It is the first new body of work by any Beastie Boy since the group broke up in 2012, following the death of MCA, aka Adam Yauch.

On the one hand, Mike D's voice is unmistakable — a bratty, nasal whine — but, at the same time, he surrounds himself on this record with electronics and avowedly contemporary hip-hop loops. Sometimes, he lands on the frenetic, nerve-frying industrial hip-hop of MIA, as on "Make It Stop".

Other songs, such as "I Don't Care", recall the fizzy hip-hop/rock hybrids of

Sure shot: Mike D's solo debut 'Thank You' is the first album by a Beastie Boy since they disbanded in 2012 — Dan Lowe.

bands such as Turnstile. Of course, the Beastie Boys were ground zero for both these sounds, and dozens of others that currently populate pop

— but on Thank You, they're given a contemporary touch, possibly thanks in part to production by his sons.

Texture is important on Thank You – “Crypto” is a blown-out trap assault that totally obscures Mike D’s vocals, while his fast, furious cadence on “That’s Right” begins to feel like part of the rhythm as it gets subsumed by heavy sub-bass. But there are moments of emotion and reflection, too, that deal with what Mike D has described as lingering traumas that he hadn't dealt with until Yauch's death.

“Today might be the day / What do you think, that’s great?” he raps on “It’s Time,” a song exploring his own mortality. “All these things that I wanna get done / So much shit that I wanna do / Let go and let loose,” he raps, turning a youthful Beastie Boys flow into a song he could have only made at 60.

And on the album's title track, he thinks back over the early days of the Beastie Boys over a poignant instrumental that lands somewhere between winsome indie rock and frantic Brazilian funk. "Awkward timing / We were just kids," he raps, "We were just figuring it out, working it out." It's a remarkable song, not only due to its vivid vignettes of the band's life together, but because of the way he manages to incorporate such trendy cadences into his rapping. The way he yelps "figuring it out / working it out" over and over again recalls Playboi Carti – but, then again, there would be no Carti without Mike D.

Alabama Shakes I Must Be Dreaming Island Records ★★★★☆

Alabama Shakes have always been a more complicated band than most gave them credit for. Formed in Athens, Alabama in 2009, they broke out in 2012 with Boys & Girls, an album of warm blues-rock revivalism that won them a fervent fan base, widespread acclaim and attention from Barack Obama, who invited the group to perform at the White House shortly after its release.

It would have been easy to stay in that revivalist lane, but instead the band – lead singer and guitarist Brittany Howard, bass player Zac Cockrell and lead guitarist Heath Fogg – expanded outwards with 2015's Sound & Color, a sprawling survey of American popular music that incorporated jazz, indie Rock, R&B, punk and more. Then they went on a break, without any acknowledgment as to whether they'd be back. Howard became a major star in her own right, releasing two beloved and critically acclaimed solo records, while the other

members of the band raised families.

Now returning after a long hiatus, the group's new album I Must Be Dreaming proves their complexity. Songs drift between moments of raw, effusive soul (as on “Another Life”) and improvised, unpredictable tracks such as the simmering opener “Tea Time”. The band’s first record in over a decade, I Must Be Dreaming highlights that while their brand of hyperactive alternative blues has often been imitated, it has rarely been surpassed.

This album marks a remarkable step forward for the group. Psychedelic and strange, I Must Be Dreaming feels like a conscious attempt to counter the darkness of the contemporary American political situation with the effusive, expansive power of music.

On “Waist Deep”, a gorgeous ballad towards the album’s end, Howard sings about cycles of retribution: “I got something / Worth taking out on somebody / When you can’t take anymore / Where do you go?” Her lyrics provide no answers, but the song itself – playful overdriven guitar, a gorgeous ascending piano line – seems to suggest that not everything has to be so dark all the time. It’s gratifying to hear her band return, more energised and less beholden to structure or style than ever.


Psychedelic and strange: Alabama Shakes return — Bobbi Rich

Films on release Danny Leigh

The Dog Stars

Ridley Scott

118 mins (15) ★★☆☆☆

Ridley Scott is not a people person. Consider Alien and Blade Runner, still the director's best films, each suggesting - in design terms at least - that we are very much there to be improved on. Having spent a long, uneven career mulling the actual point of humanity, Scott was always going to reach the post-apocalypse eventually. Now we have The Dog Stars. Set in rural Colorado, the movie is a scenic vision of the end of the world - the kind of blank slate that God might create in hope of doing better next time.

Our collective demise came years before with a pandemic. But fate has spared Hig (Jacob Elordi), for whom disease and Scott will make an exception. A kindly mechanic, he now flies a biplane and sources supplies, many of which are donated to a small, pacifist religious community. His own home is an aircraft hangar, shared with two companions. One is another survivor, hawkish ex-Marine Bangley (Josh Brolin); the other is Hig's faithful German shepherd, Jasper.

A spoiler: don't get too attached to Jasper. But his exit happens early, and I mention it only because the circumstance is telling. The film is adapted from the 2012 novel by Peter Heller. There, the enemy of old dogs is age. Here, Scott and writer Mark L Smith make him the victim of feral

No country for old dogs: Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin in 'The Dog Stars'

marauders, offed in turn by Bangley with no small relish at defending the frontier (his words). Dramatically, the scene sets all else in motion. Thematically, it spotlights the debate at the centre of the story. For Bangley, everything they need is here ("Power, water, food, weapons"). But Hig wants more, still haunted by the memory of his late wife and the world that was.

And so he leaves to seek a different future. Vindication comes in the form of Cima, a former doctor played by Margaret Qualley. (The film is chaste, but does float the prospect of a world repopulated by tall, good-looking film stars.) Glances are tender. Livestock is tended. The effect is like Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road reimagined as an upbeat ad for organic farming.

There are also worse bogeymen ahead. They come, it is said, from "Mexico or Texas", a careful bit of be- hedging. Either way, the invaders are presented as a nightmare – a mass of murderous shaved heads, commun- icing in shrieks and jabbers, later bringing terror on horseback like figures from the oldest school Westerns. Scott has always been an aesthetician above all; for him, perhaps this is just production design.

Still, the film is nothing if not attuned to current American concerns about territorial security. In theory, we should root for Hig's stubborn humanism. Really, though, Bangleys in the audience will feel seen, and not just because Scott only wakes up for the shoot-outs.

Whatever your politics, the rest is a plod. Elordi has charisma enough to keep the movie afloat (just), but even the most gifted actor would struggle with a script that makes his character's choices feel this random. He could also use a director to tell him when he tips from strong-but-silent into simply looking lightly sedated.

But then, Scott is busy playing a role himself, affecting to be sold on the joys of communal folk music and growing your own vegetables. Come off it. When the apocalypse does come, and Scott naturally survives it, he will surely also carry on with business as usual – banging out movies of deeply erratic quality, for whatever crowd may still exist, exactly as he always has. In cinemas now

The Whisper Man James Ashcroft 111 mins (R) ★★★☆☆


Robert De Niro, Adam Scott and Michelle Monaghan

David Fincher never did get Netflix to greenlight a third season of his masterclass in criminal psychology, Mindhunder. The director may or may not see it as consolation that the streamer has now backed The Whisper Man, a workmanlike slab of serial-killer hokum from James Ashcroft that seems to scream homage. Everything unfolds in the blue-grey palette that Fincher made his own in the 2000s. The influence of Zodiac et al just keeps looming, from the opening sweep of small-town woods in search of a missing child.

Hopeful new faces move in anyway. Adam Scott plays widowed crime writer Tom Kennedy, with young son in tow. (Fathers and sons are the appointed theme here.) Soon, though, a creepy, horror-adjacent sequence finds the boy abducted. The greater part of the movie maps the chase to find him. A sombre Michelle Monaghan leads the investigation. Weary assistance comes from

Robert De Niro as the retired cop who is also, naturally, Kennedy's estranged dad.

The Whisper Man is indeed a safe space for tropes, down to the peekaboo reveal of another famous actor as a jailed serial killer, dangling possible help. You may also wonder which is weirder: the long periods when Scott vanishes from the story, or the periods when he doesn't, miscast as a brooding drinker. Still, the plot rolls on efficiently enough. And De Niro is good, for all that his acting is now so minimalist it can literally make him appear to have frozen, as if the whole movie was a buffering Zoom. On Netflix now

Bitter Christmas Pedro Almodóvar 111 mins (15) ★★★☆☆

"Autofiction?" a character spits in the spiky new Pedro Almodóvar film Bitter Christmas. "Bullshit!" As cultural criticism, the movie is clear — a cold blast at creative types who steal the lives of people close to them for material. The twist is that the figure denounced for doing it may seem familiar: a deliberate likeness for Almodóvar himself.

Two timelines interweave. First, we are back in 2004. Here, as per Almodóvar tradition, a woman is on the verge of a breakdown. She is Elsa (Bárbara Lennie) — fashion-spread glamorous, stricken with a migraine. While her head splits, the movie slots her life into place. She has a thriving career in advertising, but unfinished business as a film director. In due course, she will be inspired to try again — MacBook flung open, a new script being written.

Visually, the movie gleams with lipstick reds and midnight blues. Watching Almodóvar is never a chore. Still, the first stretch of the film gets as close as he has ever come. Whether on Lanzarote beaches or at cocaine-fuelled Madrid parties, the mood is glassy and detached. We are aware we are watching the story of a headache.

But then the movie enters the present with a new set of characters. One is another film-maker, a grand Spanish auteur, Raúl (Leonardo Sbaraglia). He is at a tricky junction. His loyal assistant, Mónica (Aitana Sánchez-

Gijón), has just retired, though his boyfriend Santi (Quim Gutiérrez) remains. And Raúl too has a script in progress.

Cue, finally, the central conceit. Elsa is really his creation inside a film-withina-film. She is also the proxy through which he is secretly mining the real lives of Mónica and Santi for plot points. (Almodóvar's neatest trick is the casting, with characters sharing subtle, nagging physical resemblances.)

For Elsa, read Raúl. And for Raúl, Almodóvar? Well, Bitter Christmas does bristle with what might seem like self-reproach. The master director is haunted by thoughts of irrelevance, cashing in at oil-state-funded film festivals.

Really, though, both sides of the movie have the same sense of taking place in arch quotation marks. The mea culpa may only go so far. (In recent interviews, Almodóvar has said, actually, he never greatly betrayed anyone for his art.) In the end, even the movie's flatness is blamed on Raúl. Meanwhile, Almodóvar, by implication, is always

one step ahead – in frame but still calling the shots. In cinemas now

I Want Your Sex Gregg Araki

90 mins (18) ★★★☆☆ Older generations have long scowled at the sex lives of the younger. Nothing changes. Now, though, it is a much- discussed lack of carnal action on the part of Gen Z that meets social disapproval — and inspires goofy comedy I Want Your Sex.

The movie is rendered in bubblegum colours and flesh tones. Some belong to Olivia Wilde, playing a frankly lustful visual artist, Erika

Tracy; others to Cooper Hoffman as Elliot, the young naif who stumbles first into a job as her assistant, then into her bed as a submissive.

Just how much this mere idea would horrify HR is the movie's first gag. But the thought of pleasing Erika is a buzz for Elliot, stranded in near-sexlessness with an unsmiling girlfriend, Minerva (Charli XCX, suitably brisk).


Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman in 'I Want Your Sex'

And the reality brings him bliss – happiness as piece of meat. Elliot's flatmate says his boss "looks evil". But could she also be his soul mate? Maybe. Either way, Wilde is mischievously good.

Director Gregg Araki will always have a special place in movie culture for films such as Nowhere and The Doom Generation – wryly transgressive and, yes, sexy pictures from a high-cheekboned, indie 1990s. The nostalgia of so many modern twenty-somethings for that era is winked at by Elliot's Sonic Youth T-shirt. But the movie also loudly says they are missing something crucial.

Amid the kink, Wilde is given a speech about the importance of sexual adventure, as rejected by "whiny, repressed" kids today. It lands as both a heartfelt call to get it on and the kind of back-in-my-day grousing that is amusing to hear from Araki.

As if aware, he quickly spirals off into further wilful silliness with a side order of art-world satire. Araki can do gravity when he wants, and there is surely a smart, differently provocative film to be made about why young people might now be so sex-negative. But I Want Your Sex doesn't want to be that movie. It is strictly here for fun — no strings attached. In cinemas now

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A Slow Fire

Jermyn Street Theatre, London ★★★★☆

Two men sit at a table having an amiable conversation. "Are you close to your dad?" asks one, casually. Sheer panic spreads across the face of the other. "Er, I'm not sure," he stutters. It's at this point, early on in A Slow Fire, that we realise all is not what it seems.

London's tiny Jermyn Street Theatre comes into its own for this UK premiere of Simon Stephens's meditative and bleakly funny post-apocalyptic new play. Buried below ground, close to the buzzing hub of Regent Street, this intimate venue takes on the quality of a subterranean bunker — part safe haven, part claustrophobic trap — where Rex Ryan's gripping production holes up along with characters Ashton and Reece.

The location feels disturbingly apt for a play that, set in the aftermath of something terrible, examines what still matters when modern life is ripped away. And this staging (first shown in Dublin) arrives in London after a summer of wildfires and as the UK government plans a campaign encouraging citizens to prepare for national emergencies.

When we join them, Ashton (Ross Gaynor) and Reece (Ian Toner) seem to have done just that. They have water, rice, blankets and baked beans, but no painkillers because Ashton consumed them too early.

Bunker mentality: Ross Gaynor as Ashton and Ian Toner as Reece in 'A Slow Fire' Alex Brenner

Too early? Yes, we soon learn that they have been here for years.

But while these things keep them alive, what really sustains them is storytelling. They act out little scenarios – key moments from their pasts – with one person remembering and the other role playing (hence the confusion about the father).

They also compile maps: Reece, who seems physically tougher, heads out and walks the deserted streets while Ashton feverishly transcribes his companion's descriptions. In extremis, then, they are driven not just by the urge to survive but by a fundamental human desire to put a shape on experience. And they are torn between reliving a lost past and moving on to a changed future.

As Reece and Ashton slip in and out of characters, Gaynor and Toner adroitly shifting the register of their performances, we realise that they are reliving personal turning points — moments when they could have acted otherwise. But then in walks a third party: Presley (Fionn Ó Loingsigh), a wildly volatile man with fresh meat, a generator and a gun. He too can tell stories, and he too is good at play-acting, but his priorities are different.

It's a play that considers memory, masculinity, hope in the face of futility and the possibility of change; it's also very much about theatre, ritual and the role of art. We can see traces of Pinter, Beckett and many more, but Stephens has his own frank, funny voice and slippery style. When a young woman stumbles in and pours out a dire description of all-consuming fires – an electric performance from Holly Demaine – we're never sure whether she is a hallucination.

The production is overlong and straggles in places, which detracts from the intensity. But it's peppered with vivid moments (a horrifying tooth extraction; a moving scene in which the men dance to an old record). And in the end, as with all dystopian fiction, it's really about now.

To September 26, jermynstreettheatre.co.uk

As You Like It

As You Like It Shakespeare's Globe, London ★★★☆☆

How do you like your As You Like It? Ralph Fiennes' lovely 2025 production in Bath of Shakespeare's comedy was suffused in wisdom and melancholy, focusing more on the shadows in the forest of Arden. The Globe's new staging, directed by Sean Holmes and Charlie Josephine, is an altogether sunnier affair. And while its lack of shading holds it back, it's often mightily enjoyable.

Here the repressive court of the usurping duke has an 18th-century flavour. The cruel Duke Frederick (Colm Gormley) struts about in an elaborate curly wig; the courtiers strike stiff poses; heroines Rosalind (Lola Shalam) and Celia (Gracie Oddie-James) totter on in ridiculously wide crinolines. No one dares to be themselves here. So, when Rosalind is banished, and she and Celia flee to the forest in disguise, it's a

blessing – a chance to discover another way of living.

Neither of them has much of a clue, however, as to what country life actually looks like. Shalam's Rosalind resembles a lovelorn swain from a poem as Ganymede, while Oddie-James's Celia flounces about in a highly impractical Little Bo-Peep costume — a stark contrast to the real shepherds who work in the forest.

Bo-Peep show: Gracie Oddie-James as Celia — Marc Brenner

It's as if the young women, along with all the displaced gentlefolk in this new environment, are trying on new identities for size. And as the romantic high jinks unfold between the disguised Rosalind and young Orlando (Josephine), also on the run, the courtiers of the exiled duke begin to sketch trees on to those empty canvases – first trunks and branches, then leaves and blossoms. Coursing through the production is the sweet idea that everyone makes their own Arden.

There's a wealth of wit here. Shalam's Rosalind comes into her own as Ganymede, struggling to keep up the pretence of stern masculinity in the face of overwhelming desire for Orlando. She and Oddie-James make a convincing pair of BFFs, improvising their way through crises. And Josephine's Orlando is an impetuous youth, so angry about his own suffering that he behaves carelessly towards his faithful servant Adam (Peter Bourke), until the latter abruptly keels over.

Jonnie Broadbent is excellently funny as court fool Touchstone, who frolics about in kitten heels and a huge ruff, and embraces the opportunities afforded by meeting Phoebe Naughton's delightfully horny goatherd Audrey. There are sharply defined comic performances too from Molly Madigan as the haughty Phoebe and Busa Wickramasuriya as the drippy shepherd, Silvius, who pursues her.

Much feels fresh, as does Katie Richardson's rich folk music. What the production misses, however, is more depth. Somewhere in all the hoopla, the drama's subtler, darker threads go missing: there's little sense of real threat at the court and likewise no clear picture of an alternative mode of governance in the exiled duke's forest entourage – all of which detracts from the bittersweet ending. A lot of fun; less food for thought. To October 25, shakespearsalobe.com

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'Untitled' from 'Chronograph' (2026) by Nick Haymes

As a documentary photographer, Nick Haymes was never going to produce a family album that was simply a record of familiar milestones. His 25-year project, published this month as a book titled Chronograph, begins in 2001 with 9/11 – the moment at which the British-born, US-based photographer realised that life is too short and that he wanted to start a family with his now wife Lina. Across almost 1,000 photographs, Chronograph captures the thrill, mess, distress and comedy of raising two sons.

What emerges is an unfiltered coming-of-age narrative. Resilience and play are central themes: in one image, the two boys watch their Jenga tower topple; in another, they're drenched by rain scooting through New York.

Here, we see one of the boys caught off guard in a silly string fight. Over time, this playfulness morphs into self-expression; they dye their hair, get tattoos and start to stare straight into the camera lens.

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he Duke and Duchess of Sussex have touched down in England. Landing on Wednesday, via private plane, in Birmingham,

if you please. Six years after their "freedom flight" to Montecito, and little more than a year after he declared "I can't see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK," Prince Harry and Meghan have made their prodigal return.

Inevitably, they are accompanied by an industry of interest. Royal correspondents, having long sat dormant for want of tittle-tattle, have re-emerged like zombies in order to parse every detail of a move about which there are precisely zero facts. Harry and Meghan are returning to live “outside London” and have already enrolled their children in British schools. Meghan is purportedly negotiating a return to acting in the Guy Ritchie series The Gentlemen, a show that seems to have been greenlit for a third season, and for which an offer may or may not have been reneged. The royal family, together in Balmoral, were apparently only made aware of the plans around the same time as us plebs. The King is said to be delighted his grandchildren will be nearer to him; the Prince and Princess of Wales have yet to say a thing.

Certainly the country has been on a dimmer wattage without the Sussex clan. I remember watching one of their last public outings to Mansion House in London, in March 2020 (you remember, the one where she looked like Cinderella against a diamond-spackled sky of rain), and thinking how dull it was going to be without their sparkly, effervescent presence brightening up the daily feeds.

Stuck in Montecito, and no longer serving as royal puppets and fashion mannequins, the couple had to pivot to using words. For six long years they were cocooned in a bland self-improvement Eden, making candles from their own beeswax, rescuing chickens and posting artistic pictures of their children's tousled heads. Meghan has commanded As Ever, her cottage industry of jams and comestibles, and Harry has been "passionate" about his charity work. The hiatus has offered a slow revelation of the real humans behind the royal titles. And they're not remotely dazzling, they're just a couple of self-obsessed elder millennials with a weird predilection for gift baskets and needlepoint-cushion-flavoured homilies.

Maybe now they can up the ante, hit the red carpets and embrace a more vacuous celebrity. Harry and Meghan return to an environment that feels both changed and yet the same. They may take up residence in Northamptonshire, adjacent to his mother's family estate, or the

They may take up residence in the Cotswolds . . . The next chapter feels very Guy Ritchie. But also 'Rivals'

Cotswolds, if rumours are true that Ellen DeGeneres is offering them bed and board. The next chapter feels very Guy Ritchie. But also Rivals. And Geri Horner (née Halliwell). It's spectacularly ITV.

Harry and Meghan's motives have always been impossible to read. Their finances are unclear. The prince is arriving home less than a week after he was ordered to pay approximately £9.5mn to the Daily Mail publishers, along with six others, having lost his media privacy case. (And if he thinks the media will take a more sanguine approach to coverage of him in 2026, he must be staggeringly naive.) The deals the couple forged with Spotify and Netflix have largely fizzled. The US audience has moved on.

A deeply cynical part of me wonders if this non-permanent relocation is the manifestation of a new contract they have signed with Netflix: The Sussexes Come Home.

Or maybe it's Gwyneth Paltrow syndrome, the strange compulsion shared by some celebrities to be in the headlines regardless of whether the results are cruel or kind. Another sometime Montecito resident, Paltrow has been pilloried as the "Most Out-of-Touch Celebrity" in Hollywood following speculation that she is hosting a dinner for Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO. The artistic community sees this as another harbinger of the film industry's march towards automated doom. Paltrow has neither confirmed nor denied the story but has prodded things a little further by posting a series of spoof invitations on Instagram.

Likewise, the Sussexes cannot resist a provocation. Their time in Montecito, in which they could have lived in quiet isolation, was spiced by royal takedowns and the tell-all autobiography Spare. No one who genuinely wants privacy invites Oprah to help tell their sorry story.

Beyond retreading the family beef, however, the Sussex rebrand has failed to launch. Meghan's attempts to position herself as a tastemaker showed some Goop-y promise, but her Netflix show was toothless, too focused on mommy trinkets and not enough on where to buy her tailored pants. She has arrived in that classic influencer conundrum: she can shift product by the million, but cannot quite monetise herself.

Their limping brand is now reinvigorating with this new British oxygen. Once they're ensconced (I'll bet) a stone's throw from Princess Diana's resting place at Althorp, the Sussex myth can be reborn. Don't forget that Uncle Charles (Spencer) is about to drop his memoir Swan Song: Diana, My Sister. That Prince Harry might be shuffling around the perimeter of that circus will surely mean a boom in sales.

jo.ellison@ft.com

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How finance redeemed itself

Janan Ganesh Citizen of nowhere

nly twice in my life have I thought that Britain could succumb to the mob. One was after the death of Diana, when it

became unwise and perhaps unhealthy to suggest that people were overdoing the grief. The other was in 2012, when, as a delayed response to the financial crash, bankers were so vilified that some I knew felt unsafe.

I should send them the latest Gallup World Poll. Across the 25 countries that were worst-hit by the crash, trust in financial institutions sank to a low of 37 per cent in, sure enough, 2012. It is now 63 per cent. For context, that is higher than it was pre-crash. Finance has overtaken national government and the judiciary in public esteem. It is even closing in on the military. The HBO/BBC show Industry, with its neutral-to-glamorising portrait of finance, would have been unthinkable a while back.

Tech is the black sheep now. Look at the court settlements. Look at the clamour for regulation. What might the sector learn from finance about how to pull off a redemption?

For one thing, get out of Palo Alto. I don't just mean travel more, I mean relocate. Financial centres are in big cities, near to other professions and therefore other points of view. In London and New York, the banks if not the funds back on to bohemian districts. The client-facing side of the business also forces people to be out and about. The result? Feedback from the outside world is constant. Public sentiment is unmistakable. Palo Alto, in contrast, is a disastrous place from which to view the world: too cloistered and monocultural. Hence the endless bewilderment of tech bosses that people don't take their good intentions on faith.

A certain mathsy naiveté might be inevitable in tech. But the sterile separateness of its home region — Nvidia's HQ could be a Gulf airport — reinforces it. The incomprehension goes both ways. The public's unease, the sense of "What are they doing over there?", might soften if the industry were not such a world unto itself.

Besides geography, finance could teach tech another lesson. Give more money away, or rather give it more conspicuously. One sponsor of the upcoming Renoir and Love show at the

Tech is the black sheep now. Look at the court settlements. Look at the clamour for regulation

National Gallery is the hedge fund boss Kenneth Griffin. Another is Rothschild & Co. Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern? Bank of America. You might prefer an outing to the JPMorgan-emblazoned Lord's Cricket Ground. You can get there on a red Santander bike.

Finance brands insinuate themselves into the fun or soft areas of national life. As a result, people are disarmed without quite knowing it. (In England, a laddish colloquialism for Premier League football is “Barclays”, as in “What a weekend of Barclays”.) In retrospect, societies let their anti-bank sentiment lapse after the crash in part because it was

unaffordable. Much of cultural and sporting life would be at risk without the sector. No doubt, tech is also munificent, and perhaps more rigorously so, given its zeal for measuring inputs and outputs. But effective altruism has to be visible altruism to defang the public.

If relocation is impractical, and high-profile charity too crass, there is much simpler PR advice that finance could offer:

Shut up.

Finance bosses tend not to muse on the course of civilisation, on aesthetics, on what is to be done about this foreign nation or that foreign planet. With exceptions, such as Bill Ackman, their obiter dicta are confined to macroeconomics, and communicated with institutional dryness. This keep-quiet-and-take-the-money approach minimises offence.

For what it's worth, I think the reputational switch-around of tech and finance is unfair. The former has received no public bailout, at least none of meaningful scale. Its products allow access to the sum of human knowledge for zero marginal cost. The range of social problems for which tech is blamed has become literally incredible. But one stray remark about birth rates on the Dwarkeh Patel podcast and I want to roll out the tumbril.

"Will AI break the world?" has no good answer. "Must we always hear from these people?" clearly does. Strategic silence: I can't decide if the tech world will find it the easiest advice to implement, or by miles the hardest.

janan.ganesh@ft.com

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Borrowers forced to find an extra £35,000 after loan rates rise

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Homebuyers of London properties need to stump up an average £35,000 extra for a deposit this year as rising mortgage rates weigh on their buying power.

Across the country, deposits need to grow by an average of £18,200 compared with the start of the year, new research has found, highlighting the impact that rising rates in the first half of the year have had on UK homebuyers.

The cost of fixed-rate mortgages increased in March following the start of the Israel-Iran conflict, which pushed up borrowing costs for lenders. From 4 per cent before the conflict, the average fixed mortgage rate peaked at nearly 5 per cent in April, before falling back to around 4.8 per cent currently, property website Zoopla said.

A buyer who could previously afford a £200,000 mortgage could now borrow around £182,000 for the same monthly payment – a 9 per cent reduction in buying power, it said.

Richard Donnell, executive director at Zoopla, said: "Average mortgage rates have stabilised but remain closer to 5 per cent than 4 per cent, meaning affordability remains an important factor for many homebuyers choosing their next home."

Zoopla nonetheless detected the first signs of buyers coming back to the UK housing market after a sluggish summer in its latest house price index. It found a 7 per cent rise in the number of people searching for homes on its site over the past four weeks.

It said the recovery appeared to indicate an “autumn bounce”, with interest seen across the UK as more people searched in every region for the first time in 12 months. Search activity was strongest in the South East (up 8.9 per cent) and the East of England (up 8.5 per cent).

The first phase of the autumn buying season in late August and early September often prompted pricing changes, Zoopla said, as sellers trimmed their asking prices to attract buyers over the season.

Jeremy Leaf, a north London estate agent, said: “Modest rises in mortgage costs have reinforced the buyer’s hand and are resulting in lower offers, particularly for flats, many of which have remained unsold for some time.”

House price growth has been subdued this year. The latest Zoopla price index showed prices rose just 0.9 per cent in the year to July. The stock of homes for sale was 5 per cent higher than a year ago, it said.

Buyers have been given a helping hand from wage growth over the past four years. Since the third quarter of 2022, average weekly earnings have risen by 23 per cent, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.

A more relaxed approach to borrower affordability on the part of mortgage regulators had helped first-time buyers overcome rising mortgage costs, said Lucian Cook, residential research director at Savills. The less stringent approach also had the potential to reduce the deposit hurdle and open up the market to a wider range of buyers.

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The age of the populist financial scam If you host criminal ads you should be held responsible for the cost of the results. The platform is being paid to help with the conspiracy to defraud.

I'm surprised those losing as a result of fraud seem to have no basis in law to get some compensation. — 32 way, via FT.com

A great first step would be to make it a crime, under libel law, to create, publish, or distribute AI-generated images of specific individuals without the permission of those individuals. — Looking-in, via FT.com

Why more young workers are leaving the UK behind As a person with a young family I'm looking to leave. Why? My student loan is effectively an extra 9 per cent income tax. If I earn over

£100,000 my kids' nursery becomes unaffordable. My rent is ridiculous for a small two bed property and we're struggling to save for small house that is extortion really for what you get.

The country is broke and drunk on spending, so it seems inevitable that taxes will continue to increase. — HM, via FT.com

Emigrating to the UAE was the best financial decision I've ever made. Not only are salaries

higher, but I was able to clear my student loan within a few months. In three years I've saved and invested more than an entire career in Britain would have offered. — Mister mister, via FT.com

The financial question most couples cannot answer I understand where Steve Webb is coming from, but pensions, and the British tax system overall, are already too complicated. Any changes would add yet another layer of complications, rules and exemptions. So please, don't do it unless you make a major simplification simultaneously. — Eye of the Beholder, via FT.com

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Who will buy and consume the fruits of the productivity gains? If people can't afford to buy things, the companies won't make the profits they hope. Are we then entering a deflationary world? — Fair is foul, foul is fair, via FT.com

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Young Britons think AI advice is regulated

INVESTING FCA warns over widespread misapprehension

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Almost half of young adults in the UK mistakenly believe AI-generated financial information is regulated, according to new research, underlining the risks associated with the technology's growing use in investing and financial decision-making.

Some 44 per cent of 18- to 40-year-olds surveyed by the Financial Conduct Authority said they thought financial information from AI chatbots was regulated, while 32 per cent wrongly thought they would get compensation if the AI advice went wrong.

“AI is rapidly becoming the first port of call for a new generation of retail investors, but confidence is clearly running ahead of understanding,” said Rob Hillock, head of personal financial planning at consultancy Broadstone.

People of all ages are increasingly turning to AI tools for guidance on budgeting, investing and other personal finance topics. But research indicates that usage is particularly high among young people.

Among 18- to 24-year-olds, 76 per cent have used AI for personal finance, compared with 47 per cent of 55- to 64-year-olds, according to a 2025 survey by Lloyds Banking Group.

Ben Yearsley, director at consultancy Fairview Investing, said AI tools were “a useful starting point” for financial information and could help narrow the financial knowledge gap between those who can afford regulated advice and those who cannot.

"Where a lot of people are going wrong [is] they're using it as the end point," Yearsley said, adding that AI companies should introduce "a clear risk warning" when chatbots answer financial questions.

Ben Pashley, chief AI officer at wealth management firm Evelyn Partners, said that chatbot responses could “come across like personal recommendations without the accountability or data protection that applies to regulated financial guidance”.

Thirty-eight per cent of 18-to 40-year-olds believe it is fine to make an investment decision based solely on the

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Three-quarters of Britain's 18- to 24-year-olds have used AI for personal finance Matteo Della Torre via Reuters Connect

Gen Z investors impatient for quick investment returns

More than one-third of adult Gen Z investors expect returns within a year, research has found, in a sign of the short-term approach that many young people take to investment.

Thirty-eight per cent of 18- to 28-year-olds surveyed by investment trust Alliance Witan said they were willing to wait just a year to see significant investment returns, compared with 30 per cent of millennials, 20 per cent of Gen X investors and 15 per cent of baby boomers.

One in five Gen Z people expected growth in less than six months, according to the poll of 2,000 UK adults.

"If you invest early in life in a consistent way, you can earn really high returns over your lifetime ... But if you're

buying, selling and chopping and changing because things don't seem to give you the quick returns, you miss out on that tax-preferred long-term investing," said John Gathergood, professor of financial economics at the University of Nottingham.

"There is often a misunderstanding among beginners regarding what investing can realistically achieve over short timeframes," said Mark Atkinson, managing director at Willis Towers Watson, the insurance company that manages Alliance Witan.

People are starting their investment journey at an increasingly young age. Thirty per cent of Gen Z started investing in early adulthood, before entering the workforce, compared with just 15 per cent of millennials, 9 per cent of Gen X and 6 per cent of boomers, according to the World Economic Forum's 2024 Global Retail Investor Survey.

The report also showed that Gen Z and millennials were more likely than older generations to invest in complex products such as cryptocurrencies, alternative asset classes and derivatives.

Rhodri Preece, senior head of research at the CFA Institute, said stories shared on social media of people making quick, sizeable returns on crypto investments could "condition expectations" among Gen Z. Young people "don't have the full history of market cycles to understand really what can happen over the short term", he added.

outputs of AI, according to the FCA's survey of nearly 700 UK adults in this age group who either currently own investments or would consider buying investments soon.

The City watchdog said AI could help people research companies or explore options before making a decision, but they needed to use their own judgment and understand how they are protected. However, the research also indicates that many young adults are aware of the pitfalls of using AI for personal finance. Eighty-six per cent of those surveyed said they understood the need to check the sources referenced when using AI to research an investment.

“People are using AI broadly quite sensibly and there’s a healthy level of scepticism,” said Holly Mackay, founder and chief executive of finance site Boring Money. “The risk is people not understanding when financial services brands are using AI to deliver lower-cost help and assuming that, because it’s a financial brand, it’s financial advice and comes with those sorts of protections.”

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme can pay up to £85,000 to an individual who has lost money due to bad financial advice from a UK-regulated financial institution that went out of business after April 1 2019.

The FSCS said: "FSCS only protects regulated financial services provided by authorised firms. General-purpose AI tools are unlikely to fall within the scope of FSCS protection."

Software and biotech lead rebound in venture capital

INVESTING UK demand is coming mostly from overseas investors

ALAN LIVSEY

UK venture capital investment is heading for a record year after surging in the first half to £14.4bn, bolstering the country's reputation as the leading European hub for AI deals.

The value of deals is on track to double over the course of the full year, which would exceed the record £26bn total from 2021, according to data from PitchBook. This year's investments were concentrated in late-stage venture capital in the software and pharma or biotechnology sectors.

"The UK has the largest AI ecosystem in Europe, including hubs and networks of engineers," said Navina Rajan, senior research analyst at PitchBook. "There's more interest to invest in UK venture capital companies generally."

Demand has come primarily from overseas investors, particularly in the US, who view the UK as one of the better hunting grounds for emerging growth companies. While the venture capital market is heavily skewed towards the US, the UK leads in the European region. Within the AI sector, the UK ranked third behind the US and China, according to PitchBook.

"[The UK] shows a lot of strength in the AI sector, especially in and around London, supported by great talent in a perfect storm that has helped create world-leading AI businesses that investors want to support and help grow," said Nicole Lowe, UK head of KPMG's Emerging Giants practice.

UK investors accounted for just 11 per cent of funding in

UK venture capital this year, a low proportion historically, though US buyers have usually dominated.

In general, wealthy UK retail investors have lost their appetite for venture capital trusts designed to stimulate backing for early-stage companies. In 2025, the then chancellor Rachel Reeves cut upfront tax relief on initial funding for VCTs from 30 to 20 per cent. That reduced the maximum deduction that investors could make against other income taxes, immediately hitting demand for these trusts.


Big beneficiary: Wayve autonomous driving group — Bloomberg

UK venture capital fundraising, after rising sharply during the Covid period, fell markedly afterwards, dropping to just £2bn last year, far below the annual average of £7.5bn in the eight years to 2024. This year's capital raising has already exceeded the total for 2025.

While the IPO market remains relatively quiet in the UK, the potential for venture capital exits has improved this year. "Our work on the

European IPO market has consistently highlighted the UK as one of the key hubs of IPO candidates. Our most recent analysis shows that more widely, the backlog in Europe has nearly halved," PitchBook analysts wrote in a report earlier this month.

Isomorphic Labs, an AI and life sciences company, and autonomous driving technology group Wayve dominated fundraising this year, at \$1.5bn and £945mn in the second quarter.

Rajan at PitchBook said there were two schools of thought about this year's rebound in venture activity. "One is that AI is a separate ecosystem and the underlying VC market isn't that healthy. Another view is that this is the next wave of tech investment."

Mortgage approvals have plunged since the financial crisis Monthly approvals ('000)

Not seasonally adjusted house price growth Year-on-year % change

Autumn can't come soon enough for home sellers

Understanding market seasonality is key to get the best deal, says Neal Hudson

W e might still be in August, but the weather seems to have turned a cor-

ner. For anyone looking to sell their house, I suspect autumn can't come soon enough.

This is because the housing market is highly seasonal. Summer is the dead zone. This summer it has been drier than the nation's desiccated lawns.

In July, despite the large number of homes on the market, those that had found buyers was 9 per cent lower than a year ago, according to Zoopla. The market has been depressed by higher mortgage rates since the start of the conflict in the Middle East.

Now, with September on the horizon, activity might be about to pick up. Data from Zoopla this week found that buyer searches in the past four weeks were up 7 per cent year-on-year.

If you're looking to buy or sell a house, understanding how seasonality affects the market may even give you the upper hand in a negotiation. I remember an old estate agent giving me some advice: sell in the spring, buy in autumn.

Even with today's sluggish market, you'd be hard pressed to follow suit – not to mention needing a very patient buyer. Still, he wasn't wrong.

Spring is when buyer demand is at its highest. Homes spend the shortest time on the market between April and June, according to data from Rightmove. Land Registry data shows that, outside stamp duty holidays, the end of June is the most popular time to complete.

But understanding seasonality is crucial for anyone trying to make sense of what's going on in the housing market. Every week seems to bring new headlines of house prices going up, down or sideways — sometimes in two different directions within a few days.

So how does it work? Most housing stats are seasonally adjusted. For example, when the Bank of England reported that there were 60,000 mortgage approvals for house purchases in January, the actual number was only 44,800 but the seasonally adjusted figure reflects that the lower January number still kept the year on track for 60,000 approvals per month. The difference is made up in other months, when approvals are higher than the seasonally adjusted figure.

The benefit of seasonal adjustment is that we can easily compare monthly changes, giving insight into the short-term market, while annual changes should be unaffected by the process.

Easter, as a moveable feast, can have a big impact on the pattern of listings and sales agreed, affecting the data published by the property portals and decisions of when to sell.

For house prices, seasonality means we normally know what the house price growth for the year will be by summer. Ignoring seasonal adjustments shows that house prices tend to start the year strongly, rising in the first six months before easing slightly over the summer and then stabilising in November and December.

Events can get in the way, of course. This year started much like any other, with the Nationwide house price index reporting price rises in the first few

House prices tend to start the year strongly, rising in the first six months before easing

months that would have put it on track for annual growth of around 5 per cent based on normal patterns. But the higher interest rates connected to the war in the Middle

East meant the trajectory tailed off earlier than usual. Its index looks set to end the year up around 2 per cent – don't hold me to that, though, as autumn tends to be when any economic shocks hit (from the financial crisis to Liz Truss) and the global economy looks pretty fragile at the moment.

One house price measure that's not seasonally adjusted frequently catches out headline writers and must bamboozle the general public. It is the Rightmove asking price index. Aside from it being an index of asking prices, not house prices, it can snake around a bit.

In May it said asking prices were up 1.2 per cent on the previous month; in August they were 2 per cent down. It paints a volatile picture – until you factor in that prices nearly always fall in August.

While the Right-move index is a useful leading indicator, it is probably best to ignore the monthly fluctuations.

A feature of the Rightmove index is its weighting to the top end of the market. The seasonal volatility in its asking price index is greater for larger properties (five beds or more) than smaller ones. That can sometimes affect its overall index when there are big divergences in the fortunes of those markets – like now. Top-end homes are piling up on the market, which possibly explains why the Rightmove index is reporting 1 per cent annual price falls, compared with rises from the likes of Nationwide (1.8 per cent).

So seasonal adjustment is useful, but is not always perfect. To make the process work, you need to exclude any unique events that might have had a one-off effect on the market (a regular example being the end of stamp duty holidays). In 2020, the shutdown of the housing market and the collapse in transactions clearly affected HMRC's process, adding additional volatility to historic data.

It was quickly corrected the following month, but this highlights why it is important to keep an eye on the underlying data, especially around large unique events.

Back to this year, and the hot summer was yet another excuse in a long line of economic, political and other reasons to delay decisions on buying or selling.

The real estate industry will hope that this autumn will finally mark the start of the recovery, but, as the leaves turn orange, it will largely depend on what happens to the global economy – and what a world leader of the same colour decides to do – and on whether interest rates fall enough for the market to bounce.

Neal Hudson is a housing market analyst


Zoopla has reported an increase in buyer searches, leading to hopes of an autumn bounce — FT montage/Dreamstime

Your Questions How do I navigate ownership of a family business?


A lasting power of attorney can provide business continuity — FT Montage/Pojoslaw/Dreamstime

Lucy Warwick-Ching

My father founded our family business many years ago, but he's now struggling with dementia and can no longer manage things the way he used to. We're trying to work out how to handle ownership and decision-making while also looking after his best interests. What legal and practical steps should we take?

Naomi O'Higgins, partner and head of trusts and estates disputes at law firm Howard Kennedy, says dementia is a complex, difficult illness, and this must be a very tough time for you and your family. You are right to look into how to navigate the business's ownership, as preparation is key.

When dementia begins to affect the owner of a family business, the concern is often framed as one of succession or control. In reality, the starting point is often more fundamental: does the individual still have the capacity to make the decisions in question?

A diagnosis of dementia does not automatically mean someone lacks capacity. Capacity is decision-specific and time-specific. A person may be able to make decisions but not others, and capacity can fluctuate over time. The relevant question is not whether your father has dementia but whether he can make decisions that matter, whether those involve voting shares, appointing directors or approving a transaction.

Establishing that position is often the most important step. A specialist capacity assessment may be needed, as a GP note may not be enough where significant financial decisions are involved.

If capacity remains, there is an opportunity to plan. A lasting power of attorney (LPA) for property and financial

affairs in England and Wales can provide continuity if capacity is later lost. In a family business, however, the choice of attorney requires careful thought. The person best placed to manage personal finances may not be the person best placed to deal with business assets. In some cases, a separate business power of attorney can appoint someone with the experience or expertise needed to manage the business side of affairs.

Even where an LPA exists, its limits are often misunderstood. An attorney can deal with the donor's property and financial affairs, including shares owned personally, but cannot simply step into a directorship or trustee role. A director's duties are personal, while trust assets may remain tied up until a replacement trustee is appointed. In all cases, the attorney must act in the donor's best interests, not the business or wider family.

Alongside this, the company's constitutional documents should be reviewed at an early stage. The articles of association, any shareholders' agreement and, in the case of partnerships, the partnership agreement may already contain provisions governing incapacity, ownership and decision-making.

If no LPA exists and capacity has been lost, the alternative is to apply to the Court of Protection to appoint a deputy. That route is typically slower, expensive and more restrictive than planning ahead.

Essentially, the practical steps are as follows: establish whether capacity remains, put appropriate authority in place if it does, and review the documents governing the business. The difficulties rarely arise from the legal framework itself. More often, they arise because these conversations have been left until a crisis has already arrived.

The opinions in this column are intended for general information purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for professional advice. The Financial Times Ltd and the authors are not responsible for any direct or indirect result arising from any reliance placed on replies, including any loss, and exclude liability to the full extent.

No one ever won a stock picking game by choosing good companies. Or did they? Nathan Brooker reports

FT stock picking game results: a triumph for fundamentals

T

he stock market is a cruel, capricious animal. Consider Woody 5.0, a player in the FT's new stock picking game.

In week three of the nine-week competition, they had the best-performing portfolio in the game. A week later they topped the leaderboard. And that's pretty much where they stayed. They traded regularly but kept ahead of the pack, seemingly uncatchable.

Until about ten days before the end of the contest.

A couple of trades didn't pay off and they slipped to fifth, then seventh. They made more changes. They rose a few spots. They brought in some investment trusts, then took them out again. They brought in airlines Wizz Air and British Airways owner IAG, and took them out too. They started to slide again.

They went back into microchips, buying shares in SanDisk, Advanced Micro, Intel and the SK Hynix ADRs (American depositary receipts) that they had sold off the week before.

Then they took their final roll of the dice: they kept SanDisk, sold the other three and bought Western Digital, Novo Nordisk, Mercado Libre and eBay. And they sank to 16th.

In the final 72 hours of the competition they lost 15,135 virtual pounds and, when the game ended at midnight on August 7, they finished in 387th place.

'The gambler's illusion [is] hat if you stay for one more spin at the roulette wheel, you've had so much bad luck it must be your turn now'

In his 40-year career in investing, fund manager Simon Edelsten has seen this kind of thing many times.

"It's the sort of behaviour that bankrupted Barings," he jokes, referring to the City of London's oldest merchant bank, which collapsed in 1995 after rogue trader Nick Leeson chased mounting losses that ultimately hit £827mn.

"It's the gambler's illusion," he says. "It's that if you stay for one more spin at the roulette wheel, you've had so much bad luck it must be your turn now. Unfortunately, the gods of probability are not there listening."

Thankfully, in our game, no one lost a penny. It was just a bit of fun — and heroic, reckless speculation was enthusiastically encouraged.

After all, no one ever won a stock picking game by buying good companies at good prices. Or did they?

Nearly 13,000 readers signed up to play the new game, which, unlike previous versions, allowed participants to trade stocks as often as they liked during the competition's run.

And what a run it was.

"This nine weeks happened to encapsulate quite a significant turning point in the market," says Edelsten. "I wouldn't say the market's quite gone from greed to fear – I think actually the equity market's still quite greedy . . . but there was a beginning, middle and end."

In the beginning was the SpaceX IPO, with its mind-bogglingly optimistic valuation. By the end, we were dealing with significant wobbles about the financing of AI linked to concerns about the bond market and inflation. In the opening weeks of the competition, players ploughed their virtual money into Nvidia, Micron and Advanced Micro Devices, as the semiconductor boom reached its peak.

Then, at the end of June, Micron posted third-quarter earnings that some investors could scarcely believe: a 15-fold increase in profits and an adjusted gross margin that hit 84.9 per cent.

In the hours after the report dropped, Micron shares traded at over \$1,200, and chief executive

Sanjay Mehrotra told investors that AI spelt the end of the boom-and-bust cycle in the memory chip sector. The market was unconvinced.

From that point, shares in leading memory-chip makers tumbled like a ball bouncing down a flight of stairs. By the time the competition ended, Micron's share price was 28 per cent off its June peak, Samsung was down 32 per cent, and SanDisk was down 48 per cent.

And in the closing weeks of the game, with fears growing over the amount of money that technology giants were spending on AI infrastructure, the market started the process of what Edelsten calls "separating the sheep from the goats".

At no time was this more apparent than on July 29, when both Meta and Microsoft posted earnings reports.

With investors concerned over the Facebook owner's high capital spending, its share price dropped 8 per cent the next day to its lowest point in four months. Not so with Microsoft. Owing to strong cloud and Copilot metrics, its shares surged by more than 15 per cent, increasing the company's market cap by nearly half a trillion dollars in a single trading session – the largest one-day gain in US history.

And all the while, quietly at first, software-as-a-service stocks such as Adobe and Salesforce that the market had seemingly written off in the so-called SaaS-pocalypse slowly started to climb in value.

Some players embraced the ability to trade to great effect. A player called DeviT nearly won the grand prize when, in the last week of the competition, they bought Palantir the morning before its share price shot up 30 per cent. They were catapulted into the top slot – but faded in the last 48 hours to finish fourth.

When Mikey K, a retired civil engineer in his mid-sixties, noticed he was approaching the final week of the game in the top 20, he went hell-forleather to finish as high as he could.

Until this point, his portfolio mostly held insurance and construction firms. In came AstraZeneca, BP and McDonald's. "Then I had a wild punt in the last two days," he says.

After releasing earnings on August 4, SpaceX shares dropped to \$108 – 20 per cent lower than the company's IPO price – and this was just a few days before its first major lock-up period expired and more than 900mn shares were free to flood the market.

"I think at the time you said in your newsletter that no self-respecting player still owned SpaceX," says Mikey K, helpfully reminding me. "But over the years I've picked up that the market overreacts all the time. So I thought: there's a chance this could come back."

And he was right. In the last 48 hours of the competition, SpaceX shares rose more than 23 per cent, giving Mikey K a late surge and allowing him to finish inside the top 10 at number nine.

Some players – and I suspect more than would freely admit to it – used AI to help construct their portfolios. Among them was Nadine Graville. The 56-year-old from north London had not invested before but, inspired by her son, a university student interested in AI and planning to go into finance, she thought: why not?

She used the Perplexity chatbot to help pick her stocks, which included Rolls-Royce, Bunzl and Robinhood. And, frankly, she couldn't believe what happened next.

Her portfolio shot out of the traps, gaining 18 per cent in the first week. For most of the first month she was in the top 30, and once even got inside the top 10. "When I showed my partner, who works in [finance], we thought it was hysterical," she says, laughing.

Unfortunately, after a few weeks, the wheels came off. "Obviously,"

she says, "my failure was SanDisk."

Because she asked the chatbot to select stocks it thought would perform well over the game's nine weeks, she chose not to make any changes — something she says she'll do differently next time. In the last few weeks of the competition, she plummeted, finishing in 2,276th place.

Still, Graville says she can't wait for the new game to start in October. "I am 100 per cent going to do it again. I'm going to do some different tactics and see if my AI skills will get me a better result next time – and maybe even a prize."

So who did win? Step forward Swapnil Ingole. The 40-year-old Co-op store manager from Surrey beat 13,000 players to win the game, with a portfolio that grew by more than 36 per cent.

In the article that launched the competition, FT writer and stock picking game enthusiast Bryce Elder encouraged players to “gamble like a degenerate” and focus on high-beta (volatile, higher-risk) stocks. He wrote: “Fundamental analysis can’t reliably deliver returns big enough in the window available.”

Ingole chuckles. "I skipped that advice," he says. "I went into the fundamentals." His stocks were all lowbeta — some with scores less than one, meaning they have lower volatility than the wider market. He bought five stocks (the minimum number under the rules), gave them an equal weighting and made zero changes.

"Jumping in and out [of stocks] is one way to kill your portfolio," he says. "The other is to overdiversify."

Originally from India, Ingole moved to the UK in 2008. In 2016, he started day trading after following "gurus" on YouTube. It did not go well. "I lost quite a lot of money during those three years," he says. "And then I realised – I wasn't investing, I was just gambling."

'Jumping in and out [of stocks] is one way to kill your portfolio. The other is to overdiversify'

So he stopped and read up on what the best investors in the world did. That's where he came across Warren Buffett. "I wasn't much of a reader before, but after that I started reading quite a lot. I spend almost four or five hours a day reading now."

He started following Buffett's principles, he says, investing in proper stocks, in companies whose business he could understand, building a portfolio mostly of small- and microcap UK stocks.

After making some money during the pandemic, he sold some shares and put the deposit down on a house.

For the game, though he was limited to larger-cap stocks, he retained his approach by assessing the fundamentals.

He picked software stocks Adobe and Salesforce. “With everyone moving to AI, they were really good valuations,” he says. Adobe – which he has in his real portfolio – has an 89 per cent gross margin, high free cash flow and strong return on invested capital. When he bought it, it had a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of about 11, roughly 70 per cent lower than its five-year average. The share price was \$197. By the end of the game, it had grown to \$265.

The other three stocks were Accenture (another he owns in real life), up 38 per cent before the end of the game, Cognizant, up 42 per cent, and Microsoft, up 34 per cent.

Ingole started later than other players and began slowly. But as the rotation out of AI gathered pace, stocks like Adobe, Salesforce and Accenture started recording strong gains; then came the bump from Microsoft.

“Once a stock goes up like that, you are tempted to sell,” he says, but he tried to forget about it. “As with my own portfolio, I try not to log in very often, otherwise you’re tempted to do something silly . . . I learnt that the hard way between 2016 and 2019.”

"Now I just buy it and leave it as it is . . ." he says, before channelling legendary US investor Peter Lynch, "or until the story changes."

Our winner: Swapnil Ingole's portfolio grew by more than 36 per cent Charlie Bibby/FT

Registrations for the next season of the game open on September 21.

Most traded stocks in the competition

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Nvidia4,760
Micron Technology3,174
Alphabet C2,750
Advanced Micro Devices2,207
Microsoft1,971
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Micron Technology918
SpaceX559
Alphabet C625
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FEATURE

'I am still extremely angry'

Woodford investors continue to seek answers, seven years after fund's collapse

CHRIS NEWLANDS

T

en years ago, before the problems set in, Neil Woodford walked on water. In investment terms the then much-

feted fund manager was a god, with investors clamouring to put their cash with a man once referred to as the UK's answer to Warren Buffett.

A decade on, however, and many of those same investors are still seeking answers as to how their money disappeared so quickly following the extraordinary collapse of Woodford's flagship fund in 2019.

Some want legal redress and others are pushing for a full independent public inquiry into the catastrophic failure, it is clear the majority are now much less generous about the way they describe the 66-year-old.

"He is an arrogant, egotistical man who has never properly taken responsibility for his misbehaviour," says Ian Duffield, who lost more than £100,000 after the closure of the Woodford equity income fund, which once held £10bn of assets.

Blame has been apportioned, however. A year ago, the financial regulator fined Woodford and his former investment company, Woodford Investment Management, a combined £46mn, concluding that he held a “defective and narrow understanding of his responsibilities”.


Neil Woodford has appealed against an FCA fine relating to the collapse of his fund — FT montage/Geoff Pugh/Shutterstock

Miller says: “The behavioural damage is measurable. Retail investors have pulled more than £120bn from actively managed funds since 2022, and 2025 saw record outflows from equity funds.”

Between July 2018 and June 2019, the watchdog said Woodford made “unreasonable and inappropriate” investment decisions and disproportionately sold more liquid investments to buy less liquid ones. This meant that at the time the fund was suspended just 8 per cent of assets could be sold within seven days, when existing rules stipulated that investors should have accessed their funds within four.

"I am still extremely angry at him," Duffield tells FT Money. "He broke Financial Conduct Authority rules. He did not invest our money in the way he said he would."

Bryan Hall, who lost most of the £7,000 invested by him and his wife, is equally irate. “Woodford’s ego got the better of him. He got into illiquid areas that he didn’t know enough about, but thought his supposed Midas touch would make it work.”

Many reasons have been cited for

£10bn The one-time holding of Woodford's equity income fund

“This scandal was never about normal investment risks,” says former shadow chancellor John McDonnell, who wants an independent inquiry into the fall of Woodford’s fund.

"It was always about catastrophic failures in oversight, governance and regulation – failures that left hundreds of thousands of investors facing catastrophic losses with nowhere to turn, through no fault of their own."

But perhaps the trigger for the downfall, as flagged by Duffield and Hall, was Woodford's over-reliance on large, illiquid assets.

Duffield's losses continue to haunt the 72-year-old, though he has partially come to terms with the financial hit. "I was devastated, but felt guilt and shame for making the decision."

There are also deep concerns about what impact the fund failure has had on the investment sector and the damage to investors' confidence.

that may never be collected isn't deterrence. It's theatre."

the fund's failure, from a succession of poor stock choices to the withdrawal of a £250mn investment mandate from Kent county council.

Robin Powell, an investment management expert and editor of The Evidence-Based Investor, points out that the FCA has also not actually fined anyone yet, given that Woodford is appealing against both penalties, meaning the case has been referred to the Upper Tribunal.

Woodford, meanwhile, got rich. According to figures filed with Companies House, Woodford and his business partner Craig Newman took £111.5mn out of Woodford Investment Management as dividends in the five years to March 2019. They also continued to charge investors

"Given the queue at the Upper Tribunal, it may not be for years. A multimillion-pound penalty against a company whose ability to pay is unclear is a figure on a page. And none of it goes to investors in any case [but to the Treasury]."

She recognises that other factors are also responsible for these falls, but she adds: "At precisely the moment Britain is trying to rebuild a retail equity culture, the Woodford affair taught a generation of investors that when things go wrong, everyone is protected except them."

management fees after the fund was suspended.

Gina Miller, a campaigner and investment manager, says: “Woodford was fined £5.9mn personally by the FCA; yet he and his business partner paid themselves £20mn in dividends in the 12 months to March 2019, as the fund was heading for the rocks. The fine was far too lenient.”

Woodford declined to comment for this article but, when previously asked about criticism of his investment process or if there was anything he wanted to say to investors, he told FT Money: "I have answered these questions many times before. I appreciate you reaching out, but I have nothing new to say."

Financial Conduct Authority fine for Woodford. He is appealing against the penalty

£5.9mn

His critics, however, have much they want to share.

Andy Agathangelou, founder of campaign group the Transparency Task Force, which is pressing parliament for an inquiry into the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income fund, says: "A £5.9mn fine against Woodford and £40mn against a firm whose ability to pay is uncertain is a rounding error next to the roughly £1bn lost by over 350,000 investors trapped when the fund was suspended. A fine

Agathangelou adds: “When that [Woodford’s] trust collapsed, it confirmed a suspicion many already hold – that the system exists to protect the industry, not them.”

Indeed, a recurring accusation is that the FCA sided with the investment industry instead of individual investors. It is criticised for taking too long to act, missing early warning signs that Woodford's fund was in trouble, and approving a liquidation process that left investors feeling significantly short-changed.

In its defence, the FCA highlights that all investments come with risk. It said: “We secured up to £230mn for those unfairly trapped because of the failure to manage the fund’s liquidity. Mr Woodford and Woodford Investment Management, rather than us, are responsible for that failure.”

The blame game will no doubt continue, but investors and campaigners still hold out hope that answers to their questions will arrive.

“Britain now has a new prime minister who has built his political identity on the claim that Westminster has spent too long failing to fix what doesn't work for ordinary people,” says Agathangelou. “One is left wondering when the Treasury committee will finally open a proper inquiry into the Woodford scandal.”

The Stockpickers

Our experts discuss which companies to buy, sell or hold this week


Chesnara has £21bn of assets under administration — FT Montage/Marilyn Barbone/Chesnara/Dreamstime

HSBC life arm acquisition adds value to Chesnara

The Great Fire of London in 1666 destroyed thousands of properties, dozens of churches and St Paul's Cathedral as it

burnt the oldest parts of the city to the ground.

It also provided the spark for London's first insurance company in 1680 and the beginning of a sector that now contributes around £20bn in taxes to the government each year.

In the intervening centuries, lucrative new markets have opened up while insurers have headed for the exits in others as business objectives changed, and data and risk analysis, regulatory complexity and pricing reduce their appeal.

But exiting a specific market and ceasing to sell certain types of policies, such as term insurance, with-profits, investment bonds and individual pensions, may leave the insurer with the responsibility of maintaining and managing a so-called closed book and ensuring compliance with new regulations. It can be a costly and troublesome liability.

One insurer's unwanted business, however, is another's gold mine, which is where consolidators such as Standard Life (the rebranded former Phoenix Life), and Chesnara come in. Their opportunity lies in the ability to administer the portfolios of policies much more cost-effectively through scale and by moving the policies on to a single platform and, crucially, extracting value through surplus capital returns as the policies mature.

Chesnara, a favourite income pick for investors, has £21bn of assets under administration and a strategy of building out its business through regular acquisitions. In the past year it has bought HSBC Life's UK arm and Lloyds Bank's Scottish Widows Europe business.

The HSBC deal is expected to deliver around £800mn of cash over the lifetime of the policies, with the returns from the Scottish Widows Europe deal, which cost €110mn and involved the transfer of 46,000 policies, estimated at €250mn.

Financial services Chesnara (CSN) 342p

Strong cash situation

FTSE 250 life insurance specialist Chesnara served up a solid set of interim results for the six months to June, boosted by its acquisition of HSBC Life's UK arm (now Chesnara Life), which completed in January.

Operating capital generation, which measures the cash produced from the group's day-to-day business, was up 79 per cent against the same period last year to £96mn.

The group is also working towards the completion of the acquisition of Scottish Widows Europe's closed-life insurance business from Lloyds.

Berenberg analyst Michael Huttner said the group's "strong cash position means Chesnara is ready now to look at more deals in the UK as well as Europe".

Chesnara shares offer a forward dividend yield of 7 per cent. RBC Capital Markets flagged a free cash flow yield of more than 13 per cent, at the "top of the peer group", while a book valuation of 1.2 times price/unrestricted tier-one equity (which measures high-quality capital under the Solvency II framework) looks attractive against the peer group average of 1.5 times. Christopher Akers

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After a year of reshaping its cost base and cutting its services to 16 countries, Hays's operating profit returned to growth despite an 8 per cent like-for-like drop in net fees to £906mn.

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The results were hit by a £90mn exceptional charge related to restructuring, property portfolio rationalisation and business disposals, which meant the company swung to a £55mn statutory loss. Cash generated from operations fell by 28 per cent, and the dividend was slashed by 65 per cent.

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Things are returning to some normality for packaging group Macfarlane following a fatal incident at its Pitreavie manufacturing site last year.

Its 2029 cost-saving target was hit three years early, but management believes there is more scope for efficiencies. Importantly, the cuts are focused on back-office roles rather than recruitment consultants, whose capacity it wants to preserve for an eventual market rebound. Hays is shifting towards temporary and higher-value roles, which it believes are less vulnerable to AI disruption.

Net debt edges higher

The key near-term question is whether September, which generates more than 40 per cent of Hays' first-quarter fees, will provide evidence that the cycle is turning. Valeria Martinez

Top-line growth was maintained during a “challenging” period for the company. Macfarlane has also grappled with higher polymer costs and spend more on inventory to guard against supply disruptions following the outbreak of war in the Middle East. Overall, price increases and cost savings mean profits held up reasonably well, with a 5 per cent decline pretty reasonable, given the circumstances. Tying up more cash in stock also meant that net debt nudged up by £2mn to £179mn. Indeed, Macfarlane announced that after a £4mn buyback programme is exhausted next month, it will kick off a fresh £6mn round.

Who's buying or selling shares in their own company this week?

BUYDirector/PDMRDatePrice(p)Aggregate value (£)
AB DynamicsSarah Matthews-DeMers (ce)*20 Aug 2026104.432,174
Acceler8 VenturesRichard Kilsby14 Aug 202693102,300
Caledonia MiningJuly Ndlovu*13 Aug 20261,706365,084
CT HealthcareSarah MacAulay17 Aug 2026141.895,006
International WorkplaceChristian Schmitz (ce)19 Aug 2026172258,538
KRM22Garry Jones (ch)20 Aug 202627.224,917
KRM22Keith Todd20 Aug 20262898,000
PetroTal CorpGavin Wilson14-17 Aug 202625.7-26.5104,300
PZ CussonsDavid Tyler (ch)17 Aug 2026103.141,233
Sirius Real EstateAndrew Coombs (ce)17 Aug 202696239,875
TBC BankGuy Stevens (cfo)18 Aug 20264,82549,840
TescoGerry Murphy (ch)17 Aug 2026448.544,845
Wizz AirJanos Pal (PDMR)18 Aug 20261,07297,413
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GlobalDataMichael Danson (ce)13 Aug 20268517,099,690
Hargreaves ServicesNicholas Mills19 Aug 2026820902,000
InterContinental HotelsTejas Katre (PDMR)*14 Aug 202611,77094,635
Polar Capital HoldingsAlexander Black (PDMR)17 Aug 2026894.5261,784

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Macfarlane's shares trade at under 10 times forecast earnings, against a five-year average of 14 times. Given its depressed nature relative to the valuation of any potential acquisition targets, "it is less risky for us to buy our own shares", chief financial officer Ivor Gray said. Michael Fahy

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International Workplace Group, the company behind co-working brands Regus and Spaces, has endured plenty of difficulties due to its lease-heavy model. Traditionally, it took on long-term office leases and paid to fit out the space from scratch, committing the company to years of rental payments.

Despite an ongoing pivot towards running more offices on behalf of landlords rather than taking on leases itself, its debt pile remains a major concern.

Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rose by a mere 1 per cent to \$265mn, held back by a 26 per cent increase in overheads. The shares are down 18 per cent this year and now sit more than 50 per cent adrift of the consensus target price on FactSet. Chief executive Christian Schmitz remains bullish, though, buying £258,500-worth of shares. Valeria Martinez


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RPIXJul 412.200.61%3.1%
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US 10 Yr4.724.650.07
US 30 Yr5.215.180.03
UK 2 Yr4.404.340.06
UK 10 Yr5.065.030.03
UK 30 Yr5.785.760.02
JPN 2 Yr1.681.670.01
JPN 10 Yr2.902.870.03
JPN 30 Yr4.104.050.05
GER 2 Yr2.902.850.05
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US Fed Funds3.50 - 3.75%
US Long Bonds4.71%
Euro Base Rate2.40%
ReportDateCompanyReport
Interim03-Sep-2026Tribal GroupInterim
Interim07-Sep-2026Ashmore GroupFinal
Interim08-Sep-2026DunelmFinal
Interim10-Sep-2026GenusFinal
Interim10-Sep-2026GlenveaghInterim
Interim10-Sep-2026OakleyInterim
DateCompany
01-Sep-2026Ashtead Tech
01-Sep-2026Michelmersh Brick
02-Sep-2026Anglo-Eastern Plant
02-Sep-2026Cairn Homes
02-Sep-2026Oxford Biomedica
02-Sep-2026TT Electronics
03-Sep-2026Grafton Group
PriceDlyDisc/Prem
3i Infra395.50-2.59
Abf GVIT93.001.25-11.48
Abf Sml1780.004.00-10.19
Aberdeen Asia Foc453.003.00-9.8
Aberdeen Asian Inc Fund318.00-1.00-7.14
Aberdeen Eq Inc462.003.001.06
Aberdeen UK Smll533.004.00-8.7
Alliance Writon1379.006.00-4.39
Allianz Tech712.0013.00-7.59
Artemis UK Future Lead400.50-1.50-10.76
Aurora UK Alpha257.00-1.00-10.59
Avi Japan172.50-0.50-4.07
BG China Growth306.00-1.50-8.39
BG Euro127.501.00-7.72
BG Japan1076.0012.00-9.49
BG Shin174.201.60-9.84
BG US Growth340.503.50-6.56
Baillie Gifford UK227.00-9.07
Bankers IT151.600.60-8.69
Biotech Growth1738.00-30.00-7.27
BldRk Amer Sml279.00-1.001.77
BldRk Energy & Res186.00-0.50-4.51
BldRk Front194.000.50-1.67
BldRk CtrEur610.003.00-6.61
BldRk R&G234.003.00-11.18
BldRk Smir276.50-0.50-11.9
PriceDlyDisc/Prem
BlackR World Mining1090.0012.00-2.97
Brunner1580.0014.00-10.06
Caledonia Inv397.00-32.41
CanGen C$2851.38-3.64-40.02
City of Lon591.002.001.83
COS Natlres433.003.00-0.66
CT Healthcare135.00-1.60-1.89
CT MgdI131.00-2.37
CT MgdG327.001.00-3.49
CT Cp&I358.00-4.55
CT UK HIT B109.00-9.89
CT UK HIT Ord122.003.00-1.64
Dunedin Inc319.002.00-7.56
Edinburgh Inv860.001.00-7.06
Edin Worldwide266.501.00-7.95
The Euro SmCo242.502.50-9.67
F&C Inv Trust345.202.20-8.39
Fidelity Asian626.002.00-4.24
Fidelity China264.001.50-6.96
Fidelity Emer Mkts1508.006.00-6.08
Fidelity Euro439.001.50-4.71
Fidelity Spec473.500.65
Finshbury G&I836.002.00-6.61
The Glbl Small Co193.40-0.60-4.87
GRIT(susp.)1.25-91.32
Hansa334.002.00-37.85
PriceDlyDisc/Prem
Hansa A330.005.00-39.32
Hen FarEs264.503.504.36
Hen High Inc207.00-1.00-5.5
Hen Smirl989.002.00-8.68
Herald2995.0015.00-10.71
HICL Infra137.401.20-12.56
Impax Env450.502.50-12.27
IntBiotech1135.00-5.00-6.01
Intl PP140.001.00-7.46
Inv Asia Dragon Tst503.004.50-6.57
Inv Bond Inc171.500.501.62
JPM Amer IT1218.002.00-2.81
JPM Asia G&I592.008.00-2.57
JPM China G&I275.002.00-10.69
JPM Clavi970.00-1.37
JPMGblCore (susp)84.20
JPM Emrg EMEA239.50235.48
JPM Emrg168.000.80-8.24
JPM Eur Disc643.006.00-7.78
JPM Eur G&I147.600.60-1.8
JPM En Mk Div211.001.00-8.72
JPM Gbl G&I620.004.00-0.2
JPM India Gwth Inc880.005.00-8.39
JPM Japan818.003.00-7.66
JPM UK Sm356.501.50-6.59
JPM US Sml435.00-4.00-9.31
PriceDlyDisc/Prem
Law Deb1254.006.001.94
Lindell Train560.00-19.99
Lowland188.50-0.50-8.37
Marwyn Val138.00-46.37
Mercantile289.000.50-9.58
Merch. Trst684.00-4.65
Mid-Wynd800.004.00-2.27
Monks IT1636.008.00-5.17
Montanaro Eur181.002.00-8.56
Murray Inc1002.005.00-6.92
Murray Intl372.50-1.501.5
New Star IT142.00-29.35
N. Atl Smlt IT420.00-5.00-33.21
Pac. Horiz1122.00-2.001.11
Pers. Assets556.00-0.43
Polar Health450.00-4.500.79
Polar Fin.254.501.50-1.67
Polar Tech.656.002.50-8.21
Rights & Iss IT2480.0020.00-15.07
RIT Cap.2565.00-17.42
Ruffer Inv Pr299.501.00-4.88
Schdr. AsiaPac842.00-2.00-9.49
Schdr. AsiaTotal712.007.00-4.39
Schroder Inc376.00-4.95
Schdr. Japan387.001.00-7.3
Schdr. Orient.459.001.00-2.28
PriceDlyDisc/Prem
Schdr UK Mid782.00-2.00-6.64
Scot American565.002.00-7.12
Scot Mortgage1492.5014.00-8.47
Scot Oriental273.00-2.50-9.79
Strategic Eq.358.003.00-8.17
Temple Bar420.502.000.89
Tetragon1035.0337.42
TRIG76.900.50-23.77
UIL204.00-28.35
Usilico EmerMkts279.00-9.91
VEIL740.001.00-14.42
Worldwide Hlth389.50-3.50-6.91

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ACCOUNTS WITH INTRODUCTORY BONUS
MONTHLY INTEREST UP TO £5,000
UP TO 90 DAYS' NOTICE £10,000

Short Term Fixed Rates
first direct4.59% for 2 years60%£4901st 2 yrs
Santander4.81% to 2.12.2890%£999To 2.12.28
first direct4.63% for 3 years75%£4901st 3 yrs
Santander4.95% to 2.12.2990%£999To 2.12.29

OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS £10,000
OVERDRAFTS

Rate and TermMax LTVFeeEarly Repayment Charge Period

ISA Rates

NO NOTICE £5,000
Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com)Summer Account (1)None£1,0004.33%Mly
cahoot (cahoot.com)Simple Saver (18)None£14.52%Yly
Spring (via app)Accelerate SaverNone£105.00%Mly
United Trust Bank (utbank.co.uk)UTB Limited AccessNone£5,0004.30%Yly
Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com)Summer Account (1)None£1,0004.33%Mly
cahoot (cahoot.com)Simple Saver (18)None£14.52%Yly
NO NOTICE £50,000
Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com)Summer Account (1)None£1,0004.33%Mly
Monument Bank (via app)Welcome SaverNone£25,0004.51%Mly
cahoot (cahoot.com)Simple Saver (18)None£14.52%Yly
Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com)Summer Account (1)None£1,0004.33%Mly
Monument Bank (via app)Welcome SaverNone£25,0004.51%Mly
cahoot (cahoot.com)Simple Saver (18)None£14.52%Yly
Shawbrook Bank (shawbrookbank.co.uk)45 Day Notice - 2345 Day£1,0004.21%Yly
Kent Reliance (via branch)60 Day Notice Savings - 7560 Day£1,0004.25%Yly
StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)90 Day Notice - 1290 Day£1,0004.35%Mly
UP TO 90 DAYS NOTICE £5,000
Shawbrook Bank (shawbrookbank.co.uk)45 Day Notice - 2345 Day£1,0004.21%Yly
Kent Reliance (via branch)60 Day Notice Savings - 7560 Day£1,0004.25%Yly
StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)90 Day Notice - 1290 Day£1,0004.35%Mly
Kent Reliance (via branch)60 Day Notice Savings - 7560 Day£1,0004.25%Yly
StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)90 Day Notice - 1290 Day£1,0004.35%Mly
BLME A (blme.com)90 Day Notice (10)90 Day£10,0004.37%Qly
OP TO 90 DAYS' NOTICE £30,000
Kent Reliance (via branch)60 Day Notice Savings - 7560 Day£1,0004.25%Yly
StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)90 Day Notice - 1290 Day£1,0004.35%Mly
BLME A (blme.com)90 Day Notice (10)90 Day£10,0004.37%Qly
Kent Reliance (via branch)60 Day Notice Savings - 7560 Day£1,0004.25%Yly
StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)90 Day Notice - 1290 Day£1,0004.35%Mly
BLME A (blme.com)90 Day Notice (10)90 Day£10,0004.37%Qly
cahoot (cahoot.com)Simple Saver (18)None£14.52%Mly
Spring (via app)Accelerate SaverNone£105.00%Mly
cahoot (cahoot.com)Sunny Day Saver (6)None£15.00%Mly
StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)90 Day Notice - 1290 Day£1,0004.35%Mly
cahoot (cahoot.com)Simple Saver (18)None£14.52%Mly
Spring (via app)Accelerate SaverNone£105.00%Mly
Oxbury Bank (oxbury.com)Summer Account (1)None£1,0004.33%Mly
StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)90 Day Notice - 1290 Day£1,0004.35%Mly
cahoot (cahoot.com)Simple Saver (18)None£14.52%Mly
StreamBank (streambank.co.uk)90 Day Notice - 1290 Day£1,0004.35%Mly
Monument Bank (via app)Welcome SaverNone£25,0004.51%Mly
cahoot (cahoot.com)Simple Saver (18)None£14.52%Mly
Standard Bank international.
(standardbank.com)Offshore Reserve SavingsNone£3,0001.15% $\frac{1}{2}$ Y/y
NatWest International
(natwestinternational.com)Premium SaverNone£11.36%Mly
Standard Bank international.
(standardbank.com)International Saver 3636 Day£10,0002.70%Y/y
Nottingham BS (thenottingham.com)Bonus Access Saver 18None£14.25%Y/y
Ulster Bank (ulsterbank.co.uk)Limited Edition Saver -3None£5,0004.30%M/y
Principality BS (principality.co.uk)Online Bonus Triple Access (9)None£14.30%Y/y
Post Office Money $^{\text{®}}$ (postoffice.co.uk)Online Saver 89None£14.31%Y/y
Chase (via app)Chase Saver BoostedNone£14.50%M/y
SAGA (saga.co.uk)Easy Access SavingsNone£14.50%M/y
Tesco Bank (tescobank.com)Internet SaverNone£14.53%Y/y
Tembo Money (via app)HomeSaverNone£104.55%M/y
First Active (firstactive.com)Instant AccessNone£14.55%M/y
LemFi (via app)LemFi Instant AccessNone£15.00%M/y

All rates shown as AER variable unless otherwise stated. Methods of opening and operating accounts will vary. All rates and terms subject to change without notice and should be checked before finalising any arrangement. No liability can be accepted for any direct or consequential loss arising from the use of, or reliance upon, this information. Readers who are not financial professionals should seek expert advice. Visit Moneyfactscompare.co.uk for full details. Figures compiled 27th Aug 2026.

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Longer Term Fixed Rates

Santander4.54% to 2.12.3160%£999To 2.12.31
Santander4.73% to 2.12.3185%£999To 2.12.31
Santander4.78% to 2.12.3190%£999To 2.12.31
Nationwide BS5.49% for 10 years80%£9991st 10 yrs

Remortgages

Santander4.56%F to 2.12.2860%£999To 2.12.28
Santander4.77%F to 2.12.2875%£499To 2.12.28
first direct4.99%F for 3 years85%£4901st 3 yrs
HSBC4.89%F to 31.10.3185%£999To 31.10.31

First Time Buyers

Nationwide BS5.34%F for 2 years95%-1st 2 yrs
HSBC5.41%F to 31.10.2895%-To 31.10.28
West Brom BS5.20%F to 31.10.2995%£499To 31.10.29
HSBC5.24%F to 31.10.3195%-To 31.10.31

Discounted Variable Rates

West Brom BS4.49% for 2 years90%£999None
Beverley BS4.54% for 2 years80%-1st 2 yrs
Newbury BS4.29% for 3 years75%£8501st 3 yrs
Newbury BS4.99% for 3 years90%£8501st 3 yrs

Variable Rates

Santander4.03% for 2 years60%£999None
Yorkshire Building Society4.13% to 31.1.2975%£995None
Nationwide BS4.17% for 2 years80%£999None
Nationwide BS4.29% for 2 years85%£999None

Buy-to-Let Variable Rates

HSBC4.39%V for 2 years65%£1,999None
Hinckley & Rugby BS4.75%D for 2 years75%£1,2491st 2 yrs
Bath BS5.09%D for 2 years80%£9991st 2 yrs

Buy-to-Let Fixed Rates

NatWest4.73% to 30.11.2875%£995To 30.11.28
HSBC4.35% to 31.10.3160%£3,999To 31.10.31
TSB5.49% to 31.1.3280%£1,995To 31.1.32

D=Discounted rate. F=Fixed rate. V=Variable rate. Terms and conditions may apply when you repay your mortgage. All rates and terms subject to change without notice and should be checked before finalising any arrangement. No liability can be accepted for any direct or consequential loss arising from the use of, or reliance upon, this information. Readers who are not financial professionals should seek expert advice.

House Prices
House Index / Mortgage Rates
Nationwide House Price Average (Jul 2026)£277.54
Nationwide House Price Index (Monthly Index)551.10
Nationwide House Price Index (Annual Change)1.80%
Lloyds House Price Average (Jul 2026)£299,253
Lloyds House Price Index (Monthly Index)516.00
Lloyds House Price Index (Annual Change)0.10%

Current Accounts

ProviderAccount NameAccount FeeInterest Rate
Nationwide Building SocietyFlexDirectNone*5%
Bank of ScotlandVantage Classic AccountNone*3%
LloydsClub LloydsNone*3%
ProviderAccount NameAccount FeeInterest Rate
Starling BankCurrent AccountNone*15%
First Direct1st AccountNone*39.90%
Virgin MoneyM Plus AccountNone*19.90%
*Account Fee free if minimum requirements are met

Credit Card Rates

INTRODUCTORY RATES

ProviderCard TypeIntro PurchaseAPR
TSBPlatinum Purchase0% for 25 Months24.95%
BarclaycardPlatinum Balance Transfer0% for 24 Months24.90%
M&S BankPurchase Plus0% for 24 Months24.90%

BALANCE TRANSFERS

ProviderCard TypeIntro PurchaseTransfer FeeAPR
MBNALong Balance0% for 36 Months2.99%24.9%
HSBC1st Account0% for 36 Months3.19%24.9%
BarclaycardPlatinum Balance Transfer0% for 36 Months3.15%24.8%

BALANCE TRANSFERS

ProviderCard TypeAPRCashback
American ExpressCashback Everyday29.1%0.5%-1%. Intro 5% for 5 months (max £125)
Virgin MoneyEveryday Cashback24.9%0.25% Intro 1% for 3 months (max £15 a month)
NatwestTravel Reward27.9%0.1%-1% on spend over £1 a year

Pension Annuities

ProviderRanking£ per annumProviderRanking£ per annum
Single LifeAged 55Single LifeAged 60
Movement since 19/08/20266.00%Movement since 19/08/20265.19%
Aviva Pension Annuity1£6,981.96Aviva Pension Annuity1£7,338.48
Scottish Widows Annuity2£6,946.68Scottish Widows Annuity2£7,329.36
Legal & General Pension Annuity3£6,944.64Standard Life Pension Annuity3£7,310.04
Standard Life Pension Annuity4£6,916.92Canada Life Lifetime Annuity4£7,166.04
ProviderRanking£ per annumProviderRanking£ per annum
Single LifeAged 65Joint LifeMale Aged 60 & Female Aged 57
Movement since 19/08/20265.34%Movement since 19/08/20262.92%
Scottish Widows Annuity1£8,208.48Scottish Widows Annuity1£7,020.72
Standard Life Pension Annuity2£8,001.24Aviva Pension Annuity2£6,995.64
Legal & General Pension Annuity3£7,794.36Standard Life Pension Annuity3£6,900.24
Canada Life Lifetime Annuity4£7,782.60Canada Life Lifetime Annuity4£6,890.76
ProviderRanking£ per annumSource: Mercer Financial Planning 0345 072 6774
Joint LifeMale Aged 65 & Female Aged 62Mercer Private Wealth is a trading name of Mercer Limited. Mercer Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered in England and Wales No. 984275
Movement since 19/08/20265.33%
Scottish Widows Annuity1£7,580.28
Standard Life Pension Annuity2£7,461.96Registered Office: 1 Tower Place West, Tower Place, London EC3R 5BU
Canada Life Lifetime Annuity3£7,369.44
Legal & General Pension Annuity4£7,057.32www.mercer.com/private-wealth/

All payments are monthly in acrears, without a guarantee period and without escalation, with a spouse's benefit of 50% where applicable. Gender neutral rates. Figures assume an annuity purchase price of £100,000 and are shown gross. LS1 Postcode. A company appearing top for one set of benefits or age may be poor for a different set of benefits (for example, an index-linked annuity) or a different age. It is therefore imperative that you shop around for an annuity suited to your own circumstances. The tables do not include enhanced annuity rates for smokers or those in ill-health, nor for companies that provide annuities only for a specific group of retirees. The lower-paying providers have not been shown. The ranking column shows the position of the provider in relation to the top-paying annuity provider.

Accounts & BondsNotice or TermMinMaxAERInt Paid
Guaranteed Growth Bonds Issue 921 Year Bond£500£1m4.82%Y/y
Guaranteed Income Bonds Issue 921 Year Bond£500£1m4.82%Mly
Guaranteed Growth Bonds Issue 802 Year Bond£500£1m4.81%Y/y
Guaranteed Income Bonds Issue 802 Year Bond£500£1m4.81%Mly
Guaranteed Growth Bonds Issue 823 Year Bond£500£1m4.83%Y/y
Guaranteed Income Bonds Issue 823 Year Bond£500£1m4.83%Mly
Guaranteed Growth Bonds Issue 745 Year Bond£500£1m4.85%Y/y
Guaranteed Income Bonds Issue 745 Year Bond£500£1m4.85%Mly
Green Savings Bonds Issue 93 Year Bond£100£100K4.45%Y/y
Direct SaverNone£1£2m3.75%Y/y
Income BondsNone£500£1m3.75%Mly
Investment AccountNone£20£1m2.05%Y/y

All rates are shown as AER Variable unless otherwise stated. Methods of opening and operating accounts will vary. All rates and terms subject to change without notice and should be checked before finalising any arrangement. No liability can be accepted for any direct or consequential loss arising from the use of, or reliance upon, this information. Readers who are not financial professionals should seek expert advice. Visit Moneyfactscompare.co.uk for details.

Cash ISAsAccountNotice or TermDepositTransfers In% AERInterest Paid
Monument Bank (via app)Easy Access ISA BoostedNone£10,000Yes4.34% AMly
Moneybox (via app)Moneybox ISANone£500Yes4.57% AMly
Chip (via app)Chip Smart ISANone£1No4.60% AMly
Sidekick (via app)Cash ISANone£1Yes4.61% AMly
AccountNotice or TermDepositTransfers In% AERInterest Paid
Fixed Rate Cash ISAs
Castle Trust Bank (castletrust.co.uk)Fixed e-Cash ISA1 Yr Bnd£1,000Yes4.70%OM
Video Savings (vidabank.co.uk)Fixed ISA1 Yr Bnd£1,000Yes4.70%Y/y
UBL UK (ublik.com)Fixed ISA1 Yr Bnd£2,000Yes4.71%OM
Vanquis Bank (vanquisavings.co.uk)Fixed ISA1 Yr Bnd£1,000Yes4.71%Y/y
Accounts & bonds (tax free)Notice or TermMinMaxTransfers In% AERInterest Paid
NS&I Junior ISAAge 18£1£1-3.70%Y/y

A = Introductory rate for a limited period. OM = Interest paid on maturity. All rates shown as AER variable unless otherwise stated. Methods of opening and operating accounts will vary. All rates and terms subject to change without notice and should be checked before finalising any arrangement. No liability can be accepted for any direct or consequential loss arising from the use of, or reliance upon, this information. Readers who are not financial professionals should seek expert advice. Visit Moneyfactscompare.co.uk for full details.

Data compiled by ICE. www.ice.com. The prices listed are indicative and believed accurate at the time of publication. For further information contact newspapers@ice.com

Candriam Investors Group
Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds-Global Bond Funds

FCA Recognised-Ireland UCITS

Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds-US Stock Fund

FCA Recognised
CG Portfolio Fund PLC

MANAGED FUNDS SERVICE

Algebris Investments

Algebris Core Italy I EUR€ 251.03--1.140.960.00
Algebris Core Italy R EUR€ 231.74--1.060.850.00
Algebris Financial Credit I EUR€ 229.80--0.070.150.00
Algebris Financial Credit I GBP£ 203.59--0.040.170.00
Algebris Financial Credit USD$ 212.34--0.050.185.66
Algebris Financial Credit R EUR€ 193.22--0.070.100.00
Algebris Financial Equity B EUR€ 400.31--0.585.840.00
Algebris Financial Equity R EUR€ 324.38--0.484.660.00
Algebris Financial Equity Fund B GBP£ 334.59--0.444.950.00
Algebris Financial Equity Fund B USD$ 504.53--0.697.473.90
Algebris Financial Income I EUR€ 308.80--0.531.780.00
Algebris Financial Income R EUR€ 271.74--0.471.520.00
Algebris Financial Income Fund I GBP£ 226.86--0.361.356.02
Algebris Financial Income Fund I USD$ 259.15--0.421.550.00
Algebris Global Credit Opportunities I EUR€ 155.23--0.110.160.00
Algebris Global Credit Opportunities R EUR€ 148.89--0.100.150.00
Algebris Global Credit Opportunities I GBP€ 154.45--0.090.190.00
Algebris Global Credit Opportunities I USD$ 159.42--0.100.190.00
Algebris IG Financial Credit I EUR€ 120.48--0.070.090.00
Algebris IG Financial Credit R EUR€ 116.44--0.070.070.00
Algebris Strategic Credit Fund R EUR€ 116.14--0.050.110.00
Algebris Global Equity Select B EUR€ 154.23--0.060.110.00
Algebris Global Equity Select R EUR€ 146.72--0.060.060.00
American Dynamic$ 9475.08-0.00-94.450.00
American One$ 11210.70-0.00-20.060.00
Bond Global€ 1638.26-0.00-7.600.00
Eurocroissance€ 1349.76-0.0013.800.00
Far East$ 1278.40-0.00-6.330.00

ASB Capital

CP Global Asset Management

ASB SUKUK - ACC$ 104.15-0.000.000.00
ASB SUKUK - DIST$ 97.58-0.000.000.50
ASB State Street Global Equity$ 125.21-0.000.000.00
ASB Global Technology$ 157.94-0.001.500.00
ASB MENA Equity$ 100.08-0.000.000.00

Artemis Fund Managers Ltd (1200)F

Blue Whale Growth USD T$ 24.68-0.09-0.030.00

Blue Whale Investment Funds ICAV

Artemis Corporate Bond I Acc118.74--0.150.120.00
Artemis Global Income I Die245.09-0.012.720.00
Artemis High Income I O Inc75.64-0.000.220.23
Artemis Income I Inc358.21--0.842.655.48
Artemis Monthly Dist I Inc103.15-0.090.720.00
Artemis Short-Dn Strat Bond134.01--0.040.090.00
Artemis SmartGARP Eur Eq I Acc1027.68-1.882.570.00
Artemis SmartGARP Global Small Co I Acc259.69-1.825.371.95
Artemis SmartGARP GlcEmr Eq I Acc349.24--0.332.050.00
Artemis SmartGARP Gb Eq I Acc807.33--0.9510.570.00
Artemis SmartGARP UK Eq I Acc4632.84-3.6533.592.41
Artemis Strategic Assets I Acc109.38-0.440.950.00
Artemis Strategic Bond I O Acc126.30--0.070.154.46
Artemis UK Select Fund Class I Acc1505.18--5.0219.830.00
Artemis UK Smaller Cos I Acc2663.82-3.9832.941.81
Artemis UK Special Sits I Acc1258.85--3.748.090.00
Artemis US Extended Alpha I Acc595.48--2.127.730.00
Artemis US Select I Acc581.48--1.296.490.00
Artemis US Snirt Cos I Acc531.46--2.116.010.00

CP Global Asset Management Pte.Ltd.

Brown Advisory Funds PLC

ARTEMIS The PROFIT HUNTER

http://www.brownadvisory.com Tel:020 3301 8130

A NEW YORK LIFE INVESTMENTS COMPANY

Global Leaders Fund USD C$ 33.43-0.010.430.00
Global Leaders Sustainable Fund USD C$ 19.58-0.030.260.00
Global Sustainable Total Return Bond GBP B£ 9.46--0.020.000.00
Global Sustainable Total Return Bond USD B$ 10.50--0.020.000.00
US Equity Growth Fund USD B$ 78.41-0.681.390.00
US Flexible Equity Fund USD B$ 42.88-0.010.360.00
US Mid Cap Growth Fund USD C$ 25.60-0.140.360.00
US Small Cap Blend Fund USD B$ 31.87--0.08-0.120.00
US Smaller Companies Fund USD B$ 47.93--0.03-0.100.00
US Sustainable Growth Fund USD C$ 41.35-0.480.750.00
US Sustainable Value Fund USD C Acc$ 18.27--0.110.090.00

Canaccord WEALTH

Dodge & Cox® Worldwide Funds

Canaccord Wealth International Multi Strategy Funds Limited

FCA Recognised
Candriam Abs Ret Eqt Mkt Neutral C Cap€ 227.33-0.260.120.00
Candriam Bds Euro High Yield Cap€ 1454.57-0.230.480.00
Candriam Bonds Glbl Hi Yield C Cap€ 291.37-0.120.800.00
Candriam Bonds Glbl Inf Sh Onion H Cap€ 166.74--0.13-0.280.00
Candriam Bonds Total Return C Cap€ 144.02--0.05-0.360.00
Candriam Diversified Futures H Cap€ 13724.81-7.3256.170.00
Candriam Epts L Australia Cap A$A$ 2582.95-18.2327.000.00
Candriam Epts L Emerging Mkt Cap€ 1533.32--3.202.560.00
Candriam Equities L Biotech C-Cap$ 1478.18--6.2716.050.00
Candriam Equities L Europe Imm R-Cap€ 264.09-1.242.840.00
Candriam Index Arbitrage - C-Cap€ 1532.71--0.101.550.00
Candriam Long Short Credit R-Cap€ 120.55-0.010.010.00
Candriam Risk Arbitrage C-Cap€ 2761.19-2.734.280.00
Candriam Sust Bond Emerg Mkti I Dist$ 778.35-0.043.150.00
Candriam Sust Bond Euro Cap R-Cap€ 111.67--0.12-0.000.00
Candriam Sust Glbl High Yield H-Cap€ 1286.03-0.333.170.00
Candriam Eq Cir Econ-R-Cap$ 164.46--0.271.400.00
Candriam Eq Cent Action Cap€ 2178.39-10.2521.960.00
Candriam Sust Eq Emerging Mkti C-Cap€ 187.78--0.521.590.00
Candriam Sust Eq EMU C-Cap€ 223.35--1.001.540.00
Candriam Sust Eurb S&M Cape H-Cap€ 2582.66--2.8342.490.00
Candriam Sust Eq World C-Cap€ 46.68-0.190.550.00
NYLIM GF US High YieldCap Bond R-Cap$ 174.94-0.080.580.00
CP Multi-Strategy Fund$ 465.42-0.230.230.00

CP Capital Asset Management Limited

International Mutual Funds
CP Dual-Purpose Fund$ 213.06--0.06-0.060.00
CP Global Alpha Fund$ 507.35--0.15-0.150.00
CPS-Master Private Fund$ 613.16--0.02-0.020.00
Balanced Strategy£1.18-0.000.010.00
Balanced Strategy A£1.18-0.000.011.84
Cautious Balanced Strategy£1.48-0.000.010.91
Cautious Balanced Strategy A£1.06-0.000.011.84
Growth Strategy£2.68-0.010.030.76
Growth Strategy A£1.28-0.000.010.54
High Growth Strategy GBP£3.94-0.010.050.24
High Growth Strategy A£1.34-0.000.010.52
High Income Bond Fund B Monthly£0.99-0.000.000.00
High Income Bond Fund B Quarterly£1.00-0.000.000.00
US$ Growth Strategy$2.60-0.000.020.21

Dealing Daily. Initial Charge Nil for A classes and up to 2% for other classes

Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds

Candriam Investors Group

Other International Funds
Candriam Bds Euro Sh Term Cap€ 2193,24--0,880,600,00
Candriam Bonds Credit Opportunities€ 222,19-0,100,140,00
Candriam Bonds Emerg Mk C-Cap$ 3124,04-2,7515,440,00
Candriam Equities L Eurp Opt Dlt €-Cap€ 258,94--0,911,480,00
Candriam Equities L Global Demg R-Cap€ 380,15-1,384,760,00
Candriam Equities Onco mprt-C-Cap$ 3744,87--17,419,200,00
Candriam Equities L Riot&InnTech I-Cap$ 8008,04-286,90241,740,00
Cantab Asset Management Ltd(UK)
01223 522000
www.cantabam.com
VT Cantab Balanced A GBP Acc141.44-0.241.371.80
VT Cantab Moderate A GBP Acc139.61-0.171.072.12
VT Cantab Sustainable Gbl Eq A GBP Acc172.03--1.240.631.37

48-49 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JG www.dodgeandcox.com +44 0203 642 3370

CG Asset Management Limited(IRL)
20 King Street, London EC2V 8EG
Dealing: Tel +353 1434 5098 Fax +353 1542 2859
Absolute Return M Inc£ 144.64-0.010.362.61
Capital Gearing Portfolio GBP P£ 30562.90-7.9989.511.95
Capital Gearing Portfolio GBP V£ 192.55-0.040.441.94
Dollar Fund Cis D Inc£ 151.83--0.250.432.82
Dollar Hedged GBP Inc£ 94.60--0.05-0.112.54
Real Return Cis A Inc£ 182.82--0.230.432.55
UK Index-Linked Bond G Inc£ 105.12-0.090.072.10

Chartered Asset Management Pte Ltd

Other Intended Taxes
CAM-GTF VCC$ 459918.30459918.300.000.000.00
CAM Gt VCC$ 1440.68-0.000.000.00
RAIC VCC$ 1.89-0.000.000.00
Emerging Markets Stock Fund A USD Acc$16.34--0.050.230.00
Emerging Markets Stock Fund A GBP Acc£17.01--0.040.290.00
Emerging Markets Stock Fund D GBP Dis£15.39--0.040.261.69
Emerging Markets Stock Fund A EUR Acc17.04--0.050.281.51
EUR Accumulating Class18.21-0.000.110.00
EUR-Accumulating Class (H)12.24--0.010.030.00
EUR Distributing Class11.23-0.000.070.00
EUR Distributing Class (H)7.49--0.010.025.05
GBP Distributing Class£11.80-0.000.084.75
GBP Distributing Class (H)£8.48--0.010.034.70
USD Accumulating Class$15.30--0.010.050.00
CHF Distributing Class (H)Sfr7.64--0.010.020.00

Dodge & Cox Worldwide Funds-Global Stock Funds

USD Accumulating Share Class$50.22--0.210.300.00
GBP Accumulating Share Class£60.78--0.240.540.00
GBP Distributing Share Class£39.04--0.160.340.00
EUR Accumulating Share Class64.74--0.250.550.00
GBP Distributing Share Class (H)£21.61--0.100.120.00
USD Distributing Class$20.53--0.090.120.00
CAD Accumulating ClassC$65.65--0.390.680.00
USD Accumulating Share Class$ 61.44--0.320.300.00
GBP Accumulating Share Class£ 70.33--0.340.550.00
GBP Distributing Share Class£ 40.97--0.200.320.00
EUR Accumulating Share Class€ 68.39--0.330.510.00
GBP Distributing Share Class (H)£ 23.22--0.120.110.00
USD Distributing Class$ 22.51--0.110.110.00
Private Fund Mgrs (Guernsey) Ltd(GSY)
FundBidOfferDWYieldFundBidOfferDWYield

MANAGED FUNDS SERVICE

FundBidOfferDWYieldFundBidOfferDWYield

DRAGON CAPITAL

Dragon Capital
www.dragoncapital.com
Fund Information:info@dragoncapital.com

Other International Funds

Vietnam Equity (UCITS Fund A USD)$ 36.54-0.010.970.00

EdenTree Investment Management Ltd Sunderland SR43 4AU 0800 358 3010

Authorised Inv Funds
EdenTree Global Impact Bond86.93--0.120.054.18
EdenTree Green Impact Equity136.10-0.301.200.93
EdenTree Green Impact Infrastructure78.93-0.170.376.64
EdenTree Global Sustainable Government Bond96.98--0.180.043.10
EdenTree Sustainable European Equity A496.80-1.201.201.84
EdenTree Sustainable European Equity B502.20-1.301.300.00
EdenTree Sustainable Global Equity A499.20-0.302.000.53
EdenTree Sustainable Global Equity B463.30-0.302.100.95
EdenTree Sustainable Managed Income A141.20-0.100.104.02
EdenTree Sustainable Managed Income B153.00-0.000.103.99
EdenTree Sustainable Short Dated Bond95.67--0.060.034.58
EdenTree Sustainable Sterling Bond A95.03--0.100.054.99
EdenTree Sustainable Sterling Bond B98.14--0.120.064.99
EdenTree Sustainable UK Equity A253.80--0.202.801.77
EdenTree Sustainable UK Equity B253.10--0.102.802.14
EdenTree Sustainable UK Equity Opp A328.80--0.802.001.47
EdenTree Sustainable UK Equity Opp B335.60--0.802.101.92

FIL Investment Services (1200)F

Beech Gate, Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth KT20 6RP Callfree:Private Clients 0800 414161

Short Dated Corp Bond Fund W-ACC-GBP£12.69--0.010.014.65
Sustainable Water & Waste W-ACC-GBP126.60-0.000.000.00
Sustainable Water & Waste W-INC-GBP124.00-0.000.000.00
UK Select Fund W-ACC-GBP£4.78-0.000.021.69
Global Dividend Fund W-ACC-GBP£4.63--0.010.022.47
Global Enhanced W-ACC-GBP£3.59--0.010.014.14
Global Special Site W-ACC-GBP£91.76--0.300.810.20
Index Emerging Markets P-ACC-GBP£2.85--0.010.021.61
Index Europe ex UK Markets P-ACC-GBP£3.03-0.000.012.05
Index Japan P-ACC-GBP£3.22-0.020.051.49
Index Pacific ex Japan P-ACC-GBP£2.67-0.010.022.59
Index Sterling Corp Bond Fund P-ACC-GBP£0.96-0.000.005.14
Index UK P-ACC-GBP£2.53-0.000.012.63
Index US P-ACC-GBP£6.16-0.000.090.86
Index World P-ACC-GBP£4.67-0.000.061.15
MoneyBuilder Balanced Fund W-Acc-GBP£0.79-0.000.002.90
MoneyBuilder Dividend Fund W-Acc-GBP£1.66-0.000.013.57
Sust. MoneyBuilder Inc Fd Fund W-ACC-GBP£14.23--0.020.024.46
Multi Asset Alloc Adventurous Fd W-ACC-GBP£3.22-0.000.031.13
Multi Asset Alloc Defensive Fd W-ACC-GBP£1.58-0.000.000.00
Multi Asset Alloc Growth Fd W-ACC-GBP£2.58-0.000.021.12
Multi Asset Alloc Strategic Fd W-ACC-GBP£2.04-0.000.011.16
Multi Asset Balanced Inc Fd W-INC-GBP£1.05-0.000.010.00
Multi Asset Inc & Growth Fund W-INC-GBP£1.34-0.000.012.41
Multi Asset Income Fund W-INC-GBP£0.92-0.000.010.00
Multi Asset Open Advent W-ACC-GBP£2.53-0.000.021.66
Multi Asset Open Defen W-ACC-GBP£1.68-0.000.010.00
Multi Asset Open Growth Fund W-ACC-GBP£2.35-0.000.021.79
Multi Asset Open Strat. Fund W-ACC-GBP£1.99-0.000.012.39
Open World Fund W-Acc-GBP£3.46-0.000.040.82
Strategic Bond Fund P-Acc-GBP£1.39-0.000.003.57
Index UK Gilt Fund P-Acc-GBP£0.77-0.000.004.45
Sustainable Asia Equity Fund W-ACC-GBP£2.79--0.02-0.010.75
Sust Multi Asset Balanced Fund W-ACC-GBP£1.22-0.000.011.29
Sust Multi Asset Con. Fd W-ACC-GBP£1.09-0.000.010.00
Sust Multi Asset Growth Fd W-ACC-GBP£1.34-0.000.011.13
UK Opportunities Fund W-ACC-GBP£2.75-0.000.022.14
UK Smaller Companies W-ACC-GBP£4.94-0.020.062.28
Allocation World Fund W-Acc-GBP£4.35-0.000.040.98
American Fund W-Acc-GBP£86.38-0.132.140.00
American Special Sits W-Acc-GBP£29.45--0.200.290.41
Asia Funds W-Acc-GBP£29.30--0.160.200.50
Asia Pacific Opps W-Acc£3.48--0.010.000.66
Asian Dividend Fund W-Acc-GBP£3.70--0.010.012.01
Cash Fund W-Acc-GBP£1.21-0.000.003.83
China Fund W-Accumulation-GBP£2.52--0.01-0.041.48
Emerging Mkts NAV1619.44-22.2840.030.00
Enhanced Income Fund W-Inc GBP£0.95-0.000.016.08
European Fund W-Acc-GBP£32.54--0.040.181.43
Global High Income Bond W-Acc-GBP£1.58-0.000.005.73
Sustainable Euro Equity Fund W-ACC-GBP£7.41-0.010.081.13
Sustainable Global Equity Fund W-ACC-GBP£43.63--0.150.500.30
Japan Fund W-ACC-GBP£10.49-0.000.210.91
Select 50 Balanced Fund P/Az-GBP£1.55-0.000.012.14
Special Situations Fund W-ACC-GBP£74.30-0.100.652.23

Fundsmith Equity Fund

Fundsmith LLP (1200)F

PO Box 10846, Chelmsford Essex CM99 2BW 0330 123 1815 www.fundsmith.co.uk, enquiries@fundsmith.co.uk

Authorised Inv Funds

Fundsmith Equity T Acc710.27-2.0615.520.00
Fundsmith Equity T Inc641.06-1.8614.010.00

GUINNESS GLOBAL INVESTORS

Guinness Global Investors

Guinness Global Equity Income Y GBP Dis£24.92--0.060.262.05
Guinness Global Innovators Y GBP ACC£47.84-0.571.150.00
Guinness Global Quality Mid Cap Y Gbp Acc£16.08-0.110.290.00
HPB Assurance LtdAnglo Intl House, Bank Hill, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 4NL_01638 563490
International Insurances
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Janus Henderson Investors

PO Box 9023, Chelmsford CM99 2WB Enquiries 0800 832 832 www.janushenderson.com

Janus Henderson Absolute Return Fund A Acc207.50-0.001.002.10
Janus Henderson Asian Div Inc Unit Trust Inc100.70--0.10-0.205.60
Janus Henderson Cautious Mngf Fund A Acc357.80--0.801.403.80
Janus Henderson Cautious Mngf Fund A Inc153.50--0.400.503.90
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Janus Henderson Emerging Markets Asia A Acc1877.00--1.004.000.00
Janus Henderson Emrg, Mfg Opps Fnd A Acc306.10--0.501.400.00
Janus Henderson European Focus A Acc614.40--0.105.800.10
Janus Henderson Euro Sel Opps Fund A Acc3252.00--3.0026.000.20
Janus Henderson Fixed Int Mty Inc Fd Inc17.08-0.000.025.90
Janus Henderson Global Equity Inc Fnd Inc88.35--0.150.722.30
Janus Henderson Global Select Fund Acc6550.00--60.0017.000.00
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Janus Henderson Global Tech Ltds Fnd A Acc6880.00-35.00137.000.00
Janus Henderson Inst UK Index Opps A Acc179.14--1.160.962.10
Janus Henderson Multi-Aaa Altx Rtn Fd A Acc189.10-0.000.302.70
Janus Henderson Multi-Mgr Acv Fd A Acc338.00-0.003.001.80
Janus Henderson Multi-Mgr Dist Fd A Inc137.40-0.000.302.80
Janus Henderson Multi-Mgr Div Fd A Acc106.40-0.000.603.40
Janus Henderson Multi-Mgr Glbl Sst Fd A Acc442.40-0.305.500.00
Janus Henderson MultiMgtInc&Gwth Fd A Acc233.30--0.101.602.70
Janus Henderson Multi-Mgln&Gwth Fd A Inc162.00-0.000.302.80
Janus Henderson Multi-Mgr Mngf Fd A Acc407.00-0.003.401.50
Janus Henderson Multi-Mgr Mngf Fd A Inc375.40-0.003.101.20
Janus Henderson Sterling Bond Unit Trust Acc229.30--0.400.204.30
Janus Henderson Sterling Bond Unit Trust Inc55.40--0.080.064.30
Janus Henderson Strategic Bond Fund A Inc95.60--0.020.145.70
Janus Henderson UK Alpha Fund A Acc201.00-0.002.401.20
Janus Henderson UK Eq Inc & Growth Fd A Inc706.60-0.103.803.30
Janus Henderson US Growth Fund A Acc3012.00-31.0068.000.00
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McInroy & Wood

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Balanced Fund Inc6630.30-4.0020.401.77
Emerging Markets Fund ACC2330.60--13.1019.401.72
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Income Fund Inc3225.20-4.00-3.302.77
Smaller Companies Fund Acc7364.60-19.90111.701.20
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Ministry of Justice Common Investment Funds

Property & Other UK Unit Trusts
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Nutshell Asset Management Ltd, Mybridge House, 1-5 Adam Street, London WC2N 6LE www.nutshellam.com

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Nutshell Growth Fund Gbp Inst Founder£190.55-3.706.210.00

Oasis Crescent Global Investment Funds (UK) ICVC (UK)

Regulated
Casis Crescent Global Eq Fd (USD) A (Dist)$ 59.12--0.130.140.00
Casis Crescent Global Inc Fd (USD) A Dist$ 10.27-0.000.020.00
Casis Crescent Low Equity Fund (USD) D (Dist)$ 16.58--0.020.040.00
Casis Crescent Med Equity Fd (USD) A (Dist)$ 19.47--0.030.060.00
Casis Crescent Prop Equity Fd (USD) A (Dist)$ 11.09--0.09-0.060.00
Casis Crescent Short Term Inc Fd (USD) A (Dist)$ 0.96-0.000.000.00
Casis Crescent Variable Fund (USD) A (Dist)£ 12.45-0.000.110.00
Monument Growth 25/08/2026£623.79629.7410.9010.901.23

Purisima Investment Fds (UK) (1200)F

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Authorised Inv Funds

Authorised Corporate Director-Waystone Management (UK) Limited
Global Total Fd/PCG A709.23--0.2010.030.41
Global Total Fd/PCG B698.33--0.209.840.00
Global Total Fd/PCG INT681.16--0.209.570.00

Purisima Investment Fds (CI) Ltd

Regulated
PCG B579.74-2.560.380.00
PCG C559.39-2.470.350.00
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Royal London Sustainable Diversified A Inc286.00-0.302.301.54
Royal London Sustainable World A Inc509.60-1.806.700.76
Royal London Corporate Bond Mth Income76.87--0.090.104.44
Royal London European Growth Trust298.50-0.302.801.14
Royal London Sustainable Leaders A Inc1026.00--3.009.001.47
Royal London UK Growth Trust877.20--2.803.701.69
Royal London UK Income With Growth Trust259.30--0.101.303.83
Royal London US Growth Trust657.70-0.607.200.01

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SICO BSC BHR(BHR)
Telephone - +973 1751 5700
Website - www.sicobank.com
Khaleej Equity Fund$ 583.47--3.93-3.930.00
Sico Gulf Equity Fund$ 198.62-0.170.170.00
SICO Kingdom Equity FundSAR10.66--0.27-0.270.00
SICO MENA Equity FundSAR21.34-0.130.130.00
SICO Capital Money MarketSAR13.92--0.03-0.030.00

Superfund Asset Management GmbH www.superfund.com, +43 (1) 247 00

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Superfund Trend Gold$ 2006.47-3.8760.720.00
Superfund Trend Silver$ 2219.65-43.2564.860.00
Superfund Trend$ 803.48--0.318.500.00
Superfund Bitcoin 0-2x€ 99.08-15.9315.930.00
Superfund Fund of Funds$ 157.85-0.000.000.00

3rd Floor, Central Square, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL Order Desk and Enquiries: 0345 601 9610

GLOBAL BEST IDEAS EQUITY FUND

Authorised Corporate Director-Waystone Management (UK) Limited
WS Ruffer Total Return C Acc601.12--0.844.521.78
WS Ruffer Total Return C Inc351.30--0.492.641.80
Superfund Blockchain23.48--0.502.400.00
Superfund Gold Silver + Mining22.06--0.360.870.00
Superfund Quadriga All Seasons15.22--0.030.010.00
Superfund InflationSfr11.69--0.040.110.00

Kilmore House, Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, D01 YE64, Ireland Enquiries +353 (0) 1672 1600

FundBidOfferDWYield
Trajan Fund Acc467.53-0.072.500.80
Trajan Fund Inc366.34-0.062.180.88
Trajan Global Income O Acc178.91--0.111.863.25
Trajan Global Income O Inc132.81--0.091.383.32
Trajan Income O Acc408.51--0.946.052.72
Trajan Income O Inc179.98--0.422.662.82

Management Company - Universal Investment Ireland

Trojan Funds (Ireland) Plc
Trojan Europe O EUR Acc€ 1.0317-0.000.010.00
Trojan Exclusions X GBP Acc£ 1.3375-0.000.010.00
Trojan Global Equity O GBP Acc£ 6.1409--0.020.090.20
Trojan (Ireland) O GBP Acc£ 1.8799-0.000.010.00

Troy Asset Management (1200)

3rd Floor, Central Square, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 4DL Order Desk and enquiries 0345 608 0950

Stonehage Fleming Investment Management Ltd

Regulated
SF Global Best Ideas Eq B USD Acc$ 307.70--0.942.510.00
SF Global Best Ideas Eq D GBP Inc£ 343.70--0.904.060.00

Authorised Corporate Director-Waystone Management (UK) Limited

Trojan Investment Funds
Trojan Ethical Global Inc O Acc115.05-0.141.292.95
Trojan Ethical Global Inc O Inc101.32-0.121.143.01
Trojan Ethical O Acc159.87-0.101.020.67
Trojan Ethical O Inc154.33-0.090.980.67
Trojan Ethical Income O Acc172.51--0.372.372.51
Trojan Ethical Income O Inc129.80--0.281.782.60

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Ignore Jane Austen, income investing has its problems

Living on investment income alone no longer constitutes a financial strategy for better-off Britons

Jonathan Guthrie Financial Thinking

on't touch your capital is a key tenet of income investing. In its purest form, this involves living on payouts generated by

a nest egg you leave intact.

The theme has deep roots in the UK. The rural gentry in Jane Austen's novels subsisted on yields from land, shares and bonds. If you rewrote Sense and Sensibility as a financial thriller, prudent Elinor would be an income investor. Flighty Marianne would be in doomed pursuit of capital gains from the latest hot theme.

"Fie, sir!" she'd tell an unwanted suitor, as they whirled round a ballroom, "I perceive you are a tradfi nocoiner! Yet I have filled my boots with meme stocks and bitcoin!"

Income remains an evergreen theme for UK private investors, including some readers of this column. Indeed, mature legacy businesses dominate the UK stock market partly as a result of historic yield-driven investment.

Does the approach still make sense? That question bothers me as an erstwhile investor in UK income funds, now heavily exposed to foreign trackers propelled by capital growth.

Purist income investment appeals for two main reasons. First, is the sense of security. If you do not touch your capital, its yields should support you for as long as required. Second, it is administratively tidy. Your stocks, bonds or funds will produce regular payments. You need not dither over what proportion of any capital gains to withdraw for living expenses.

But there have been big negatives in recent years. The biggest has been opportunity cost. Global equity returns have been driven by US tech stocks. These have made massive capital gains. Their dividends have been either modest or non-existent.

Dividend yields on equity indices look unimpressive at a time when government bond yields are around 5 per cent. "The idea of leaving your capital untouched and living on

dividends is highly attractive on paper," says Dan Coatsworth, head of markets at investment platform AJ Bell. "But 3 per cent is not enough."

The chart illustrates the problem. This also shows how crazy it would be to focus on percentage paybacks in isolation. The dividend yield on the FTSE 100 appears reassuringly stable at 3 per cent to 4.5 per cent since 2021. In reality, cash payouts have been as volatile as the share prices on which yields are calculated.

Those gyrations would make household budgeting tricky if dividends were your sole source of income, for example as a retiree. A chunky fund would be required, some £1.2mn yielding 4.5 per cent annually to hit the post-tax “comfortable” retirement living standard of £45,000 a year specified by Pensions UK.

Share buybacks, which generate no income for long-term shareholders, have gained ground against dividends as a way for companies to reward investors. Unlike dividends, buybacks generate no income tax for continuing investors, who chalk up a pleasing gain on their shareholdings.

In common with other pundits, I used to inveigh against buybacks. I stopped when I realised I sounded

MARKETING COMMUNICATION like a film critic telling audiences they should not enjoy Bohemian Rhapsody or Mamma Mia! No one cared.

Investors have been heavy sellers of UK income funds for several years. Global equity funds, with their superior growth prospects, have done better. The broader picture is of net sales of retail funds, according to Investment Association numbers.

My feeling is that income investment has a role to play in investment, as a useful diversification,

though it has lost its mojo as an all-encompassing solution.

If you allocate part of your portfolio to income investment, what should you buy? Most investors would define income stocks as bearing dividend yields of 3.5 per cent to 7 per cent.

Above 7 per cent, danger may lurk. "A high yield can lead you into a value trap," warns Marty Connaghan, senior investment director at Aberdeen Investments. "The company may be about to cut its dividend." The share price may have already fallen in anticipation.

Connaghan recommends checking two other metrics to assess payout sustainability. The first is dividend cover. This is usually deemed

acceptable when earnings per share exceed dividends per share (DPS). The second test is that free cash flow per share is greater than DPS. Free cash flow strips out most non-cash items that can distort earnings.

What about fixed-income bonds? Here, payouts are pretty much guaranteed unless the issuer defaults. They are as steep as 7 per cent for better-quality high-yield bonds, says Jack Holmes, a fund manager at Artemis. The colloquial designation of “junk” is discouraging. “But quite a lot needs to go wrong for you to miss out on that 7 per cent,” Holmes says.

Living on investment income alone no longer constitutes a financial strategy for most better-off Britons.

In contrast, Jane Austen's books never go out of fashion. Recently, I heard news of a musician I ran into more than 40 years ago. Back then, he was expected to become a rock star. He is still in a band, I discovered, but as a fiddler, not a guitarist. He now plays period-appropriate music at dances for Austen fans dressed in Georgian costumes.

Jonathan Guthrie is a journalist, adviser and author of 'The Truth About Investing'; jonathanbuchananguthrie@gmail.com

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Jersey Shore... or Hollywood East?

With Netflix and its production partners moving in, actors, directors and producers will surely follow, but

long Ocean Avenue in Long Branch, New Jersey, joggers weave between cranes and newly planted streets as glass-fronted apartment blocks rise above the boardwalk. Below, parents clutch takeaway lattes from a new artisanal café and watch as children spill across the broad Atlantic beach, perpetuating a tradition of seaside summer escapes that stretches back to the days when New Yorkers arrived by steamer and presidents took their holidays here.

But today estate agents in this corner of Monmouth County are talking less about the long-established market for holiday lets and more about the recent surge in demand for second and year-round family homes. As evidence, they point to the recent construction boom: between 2020 and 2025, the county authorised

the area has a lot of work to do to shake off its gritty reputation and become a new creative hub. By Hugo Cox

the building of 14,827 new homes, 52 per cent more than in the previous six years.

Much of the current excitement is because of Netflix. After a multiyear effort to lure film and television production back to New Jersey – including generous tax credits introduced under the 2018 Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act, and a sustained charm offensive by previous governor Phil Murphy – the streaming giant announced plans in December 2022 to turn the former Fort Monmouth army base, four miles inland from Long Branch, into a huge production complex. When the \$1bn campus opens next summer, it will join nearby Unlimited Studios, a production company that opened a 3,000 sq ft Long Branch facility in June, and 1,500 permanent staff will need housing. Murphy has promised “an entirely new ecosystem of housing, hotels and ancillary businesses and services”.

But transforming Jersey Shore into "Hollywood East", as estate agents hope it could one day become known, will take some doing. For many Americans, the name Jersey Shore still conjures the 2009-2012 reality television show of the same name, whose stars, the employees of a boardwalk T-shirt shop, follow a daily routine of "gym, tan, laundry" culminating in nights of hard drinking and the occasional brawl.

This defiantly downmarket picture is a world away from the rooftop pools, ocean-view terraces and Miami-style sophistication that fill the brochures of today's new Long Branch apartment blocks. Changing the skyline is one thing, but the estate agents and developers pushing Jersey Shore's transformation will also have to change its reputation. Can they carry it off?

Netflix isn't the only California entertainment behemoth setting up shop in New Jersey. In Bayonne, roughly an hour's drive north of Long Branch, Paramount is establishing a big production base – part of a new studio complex expected to support 2,000 jobs – as its chief executive threatens to pull the company out of California altogether; it

For many Americans, the name Jersey Shore still conjures the 2009-2012 reality television show

is scheduled to open in 2028. And in Newark, New Jersey's largest city, Lionsgate is anchoring a \$125mn, 12-acre studio complex due to open in 2027, which is scheduled to bring more than 600 long-term production jobs and generate more than \$800mn a year for the Newark economy, according to the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission. All three moves come at the sharp end of an entertainment industry downturn which saw spending on movies and TV production in the US fall by a fifth last year, as studios secured locations beyond the US to cut costs.

The imminent arrival of the studios is having a knock-on effect on the property market. Since the Netflix announcement, median sale prices in Long Branch have increased by 19 per cent, according to Zillow. And already, Monmouth County real estate agents have been recruited to accommodate actors and production staff for local Netflix projects, which this year have included Kevin Hart's film 72 Hours, shot largely in Long Branch, plus Adam Driver's yet-to-be-released Rabbit, Rabbit series and the movie An Innocent Girl, which were both filmed in nearby Middletown.

Christine Lane, a local Compass agent and 25-year veteran of the New Jersey property market, has seen a sharp uptick in demand for local short-term rentals from studios in the past two years. Investors are also now “calling me all the time” to buy off-plan, newly completed and second-hand homes in Long Branch, she adds, which they plan to resell to Netflix or related staff when the new campus opens next year. “They are all speculating on the Netflix effect.”

Top: Two waterfront houses in New Jersey for sale through Fox & Roach, \$26mn the pair. Above; the relaxed lifestyle and community are drawing new buyers — Architectural Media Services; Shutterstock/MattariStudio

Pamela D'Arc, a leading New York sales agent who also sources short-term rentals for the city's actors and producers in New Jersey, has likewise seen a boost in rental enquiries from LA. "In the spring, I had a lot of calls requesting homes in gated communities for high-profile actors coming for a shoot because of the privacy and safety they offer," she says.

Not everyone is coming for a short stay. Increasingly, actors and producers are looking for properties to buy in towns whose detached homes, yacht and country clubs and highly regarded public schools have long attracted affluent New Yorkers seeking more space within reach of the city, estate agents say. These include old-money Rumson, with its leafy streets and shingle-style estates that run down to private docks on the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers, and family-friendly Fair Haven and Little Silver. Deal, an exclusive oceanfront enclave, is also popular.

Rumson commands high prices by New Jersey standards - \$2.36mn on average, according to Zillow – and its appeal has little to do with rooftop pools or branded amenities. “There is a strong sense of community and a neighbourhood feel. Those moving from California will find New Jersey a very different environment,” says D’Arc.

But the number of Angeleno clients putting down permanent roots remains small – and the Jersey Shore transformation remains highly uneven. The latest city data shows that Long Branch issued permits for 2,453 new homes in the five years to 2023, against just 96 in Rumson – down from 173 in the previous five years – and only 23 in Little Silver – down from 80.

Again, the challenge is reputational. According to Josh D'Ambrosio, 33, a longtime resident of New York City who grew up in Monmouth County, there are plenty of charming, quiet settlements "with a small beach-town community vibe" such as Manasquan, his local beach growing up, and Belmar, five miles north. But the area is still mostly ignored by those seeking a suburban relocation or beachside second home. "New Yorkers will go east [to Long Island] or upstate to the Hudson Valley," he says. "They still associate the area with a select few towns full of

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My summer without running water

or the past three months I've been unable to rely on a basic requirement for civilised living in the west: water coming out of the taps in my home. They have run dry for up to eight days at a time. At other times the flow comes for a few days and then stops, or teasingly runs for just an hour or two. My wife and I are getting grimier and smellier by the week, as is the house.

I have a new morning ritual water roulette. I get up, hope against hope the tap in the bathroom sink will flow, only to get a soft sucking sound, as if some vindictive Gollum deep in the pipes is robbing me of the last remaining drops. I've started calling the creature Maggie, after Margaret Thatcher, the prime minister who pushed through the disastrous privatisation of the English and Welsh water industry.

My tap check over, we have to decide how to allocate our limited reserve of bottled water today. We've either bought it at supermarkets or picked it up at collection points provided by our so-called supplier South East Water. (They have the gall to call it "courtesy water".) How many times can we flush the toilet that day? Which garden

The primary cause is years of under-investment in the water industry

plants do we condemn to shrivel and die?

Martin Dickson

We are far from the worst affected. The village pub, the hairdresser and the community shop and café have lost water. Our neighbours running holiday lets have lost customers.

Perspectives

I'm finding it hard to come to terms with this happening in a prosperous Kent commuter village, Benenden, not 50 miles from London. Neither I nor the rest of the village can any longer trust our water utility to provide us on demand with the only product they make – clean water – or to give us clear reasons for their failure to do so.

Their messages have been mixed, to put it politely. They place much of the blame on high demand in a summer of drought and heatwaves. But neighbours calling to report problems say company representatives at one time or another have also blamed broken mains, broken pumps, a broken hydrant, water being diverted to fight a wildfire, airlocks in the system and, cheekily, failures in at least one person's domestic plumbing.

Sure, climate change and this hot, dry European summer are factors, but in recent years both Benenden and nearby Tunbridge Wells have lost water for long periods in winter when lack of rain is not a problem.

No, the primary underlying cause is years of under-investment in the water industry since privatisation, the siphoning off of excessive dividends to shareholders, the loading of companies with debt and a feeble regulatory framework.

South East's chair Chris Train and its chief executive David Hinton resigned in May after a parliamentary investigation found the company's leadership incompetent and running a business without a culture of accountability. In July Ofwat, the government's water regulator, imposed £30.5mn in penalties on South East, to be spent on improvements, because of issues over the past six years. These included leaving some 300,000 people without water repeatedly between 2020 and 2023 and failing to maintain key infrastructure such as service reservoirs, boreholes and major pipes.

Urban centres such as Tunbridge Wells can create political waves when they lose water and get the company to jump. Small, outlying communities such as ours have no such clout and tend to be brushed off.

However, little Benenden has just pulled off a big public relations coup. Last week an enterprising women's group filled the sacred cricket square on the village green with South East's empty water bottles and used them to create a giant "HELP US!" sign.

The ingenious protest was to highlight the cost and environmental impact of delivering so much emergency water, as well as the difficulty of maintaining a household on a few bottles a day.

(Through trial and error I've discovered it takes at least 5 litres for one single toilet flush. Once you've been without water for a few weeks it seems an extraordinary extravagance – decadent even – to flush a loo.)

The protest had a dramatic effect after it was picked up by regional and national media. John Halsall, South East Water's new chief executive, who came into office pledging to transform the business, addressed a hastily called meeting in the village hall. He has also pledged to come back next month to check on the situation. And lo, the water is flowing again — at least for now.

Of course, millions of people around the world would regard this article as self-indulgent western whingeing. Running water of any kind? You don't know you're born. This small inconvenience to my life pales alongside the misery inflicted on the people of Gaza through lack of fresh water and adequate sanitation.

But our expectations are formed by what seems normal, and in the west piped water has been so bountiful we take it for granted. Not for me any more. I'm going to be stockpiling as much as I can in the expectation that South East Water will fail me repeatedly, and miserable Maggie will haunt my pipes forever.

Because of the chronic investment failings of the English water supply industry, built up over 35 years, the nationwide problems cannot be solved quickly and will only increase as the planet warms. In my little corner of Kent, I think I'm experiencing just a tiny foretaste of what is almost certainly coming for millions of us.


A PR coup by villagers in Benenden, Kent — Nicola Stanway /PA Wire

've always lived on the edge of things," says James Hitchmough. "I think you get more interesting perspectives when you're on the edge."

He is lounging on the south-facing terrace of his sloping Somerset garden, overlooking a vale which to the immediate eye is exuberant, popping with the soft orange of Kniphofia thomsonii, navy blue Agapanthus inapertus 'Tall Boy' and golden-yellow Patrinia scabiosifolia. Further beyond, the valley is rolling and pastoral, though lacking the verdancy of Thomas Hardy's Wessex amid the drought.

Hitchmough has no expectations of rain this August and notes that by 2050 the climate in Somerset will resemble that of somewhere “just north of Bordeaux”. This “contextual understanding” has informed decision-making for his 2.6-acre property, which is divided into roughly half an acre

Garden of the future

By 2050 the climate in Somerset will resemble that of somewhere ‘just north of Bordeaux’

of flower garden and 2 acres of wood pasture, a meadow glade with densely planted periphery trees.

Horticulture | The 2.6-acre Somerset plot of planting pioneer James Hitchmough is designed to withstand the next 25 years of climate change. By Harry Hoblyn. Photographs by Dave Watts

Hitchmough, a professor emeritus of horticultural ecology at the University of Sheffield, has had a long career studying plant communities across the world. He is best known for his work as a designer and a champion of sustainable, resilient and biodiverse planting in urban settings, having collaborated with horticulturalist Nigel Dunnett and designer Sarah Price on the 2012 Olympic Park gardens in east London, and with Tom Stuart-Smith on the rewilded Walled Garden at Knepp in West Sussex. (He praises Dunnett, who passed away earlier this year, for bringing “aesthetic notions” into things which often lacked them, such as drainage systems.)

Hitchmough began work on his own garden in 2022, combining his background as an experimenter and pioneer of horticultural ecology with what he describes as a flair for “drama”. As he stands in the meadow, cut just 10 days ago, he reveals that we are at the heart of an “amphitheatre”, a space from which 253 trees and shrubs can be enjoyed and scrutinised year round. Of the 50 or so woody taxa, he points out the varieties with near breathless elucidation: young

Above: James Hitchmough in his garden with navy Agapanthus inapertus 'Tall Boy', golden yellow Patrinia scabiosifolia and pink Echinacea pallida. Right: Lythrum 'Dropmore Purple', white Parthenium integrifolium and Echinacea pallida

oaks planted at 30-metre intervals; seed-grown Malus hupehensis, with spectacular white blossom in spring; wild pears, including Pyrus communis subsp. caucasica; and 13 varieties of dogwood, including Cornus hongkongensis and Cornus kousa 'Bodnant', which unveil distinctive flowering bracts in midsummer and crimson-purple leaves in autumn.

Hitchmough is intent on developing this amphitheatre to create “a model for what you could do in urban spaces where you already have grass, but you don’t need it to be mown, and you don’t want it to be a forest”. The summer prior to planting was spent knocking back the undergrowth at the peripheries before erecting a deer-proof fence. The fence’s construction was entrusted to a contractor, but Hitchmough undertook the pruning himself to ensure the shapes of

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weekenders on crowded boardwalks, amusement parks and bars."

The gulf in pricing shows the scale of the task. At \$850,000, the median single-family home price in Monmouth County is roughly a third of that in the Hamptons (\$2.6mn) – that ultra-desirable stretch of Long Island with which real estate agents enthusiastically compare Monmouth County's affluent towns such as Rumson, Little Silver and Colts Neck – and roughly one-eighth that of Manhattan (\$6.5mn for townhouses). And while growing demand from New Yorkers following the pandemic has helped median prices in Long Branch increase 36 per cent in the past five years, this gain was eclipsed by the 99 per cent gain in the Hamptons over the same period.

For now, the transformation of the Jersey Shore is concentrated in Long Branch, where a recent \$5.95mn penthouse sale, in Stillman Development's \$250mn Atlantic Club Residences, set a

'California has high taxes, the studios are contracting and the homelessness problem is overwhelming'

record for a condominium in the town. Here developer Roy Stillman has designed a complex that feels more high-end Miami than New Jersey, with pools, spas, concierge services, co-working space, a golf simulator and even a dog spa. “I asked people what they wanted, then that’s what I built,” he says.

"Some buyers have been from Manhattan – and even overseas – seeking a second home, but others are buying as part of a permanent move to Long Branch," says Teresa Minnick, of Christie's International Real Estate, the Atlantic Club Residences' exclusive agent.

The other town getting a significant makeover is Asbury Park, five miles south of Long Branch. The town immortalised by Bruce Springsteen on his debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ, with its hustlers, sex workers and penny arcades, has given way to boutique hotels, galleries, acclaimed restaurants and New Jersey's largest Pride festival. In 2019, the opening of Asbury Ocean Club cemented its status as a luxury destination; LIDO Asbury Park, due in 2021, is raising the stakes again with rooftop plunge pools, a Turkish-style hammam bath and resort-level amenities (prices from \$1.17mn for a one-bedroom apartment). Median sale prices in Asbury Park increased by 36 per cent in the three years to August, according to Realtor.com, driven by the development of new, more expensive homes.

Its transformation has little to do with Netflix, according to Patrick Southern, a life-long New Jersey resident and prominent local agent. While property buyers in Long Branch are dominated by “investors, second homers, empty nesters and snowbirds”, Asbury Park has instead drawn young New York families seeking an affordable move to the suburbs after Covid (the average home price is \$708,377, according to Zillow). “Asbury Park is Brooklyn with a beach,” says Southern.

Tim McLoone, a restaurateur and Monmouth County resident for more than 50 years, recently opened his third casual-dining restaurant in the town. He credits its renewed popularity to the town's LGBTQ+ community, whose members restored neglected Victorian homes and opened businesses following falls in property values in the 1970s and 1980s.

By contrast with his three restaurants in Long Branch, where sales remain below their pre-pandemic levels, those at each of his Asbury Park establishments are at their highest ever, he says. "You look at the boardwalk outside our places there and it's just so mixed — how people dress, age, ethnicity, families, couples — there's just no one dominant group. In Long Branch I look up at the new condo buildings at the weekend and most of the lights are switched off; I don't know who lives there," he says.

It's not just young families moving into the area. Earlier this year Gail Fierstein, who worked for Goldman Sachs in New York City for 25 years, relocated permanently from the Upper West Side to Avon-by-the-Sea, a small beachfront borough two miles south of Asbury Park, with her husband Adam Their. Both are in their early sixties and recently retired, although Fierstein has a new part-time working life, teaching Pilates in the neighbouring town of Belmar.


Above: five-bed house in Rumson with Christie's International Real Estate for \$6.295mn. Below: the shore near Asbury Park, one of many towns in the area getting a makeover Getty Images/iStockphoto

"The pandemic was an inflection point for Avon," she says. "The high street has really developed with restaurant openings and a greater range of stores. It's so much less transient now – 70 per cent of people here are full-timers." The couple, who previously owned a holiday home in Woodstock, in upstate New York, appreciate Avon's proximity to Manhattan – the drive takes around 90 minutes – as well as its friendly atmosphere and the coastal location. "We are avid tennis players so we love the outdoor life and being near the beach was essential. We ride our bikes to Asbury Park at least three times a week for the live music and the fantastic food scene."

Towns such as these will be key in persuading LA transplants that there's more to Jersey Shore than "gym, tan, laundry", luring them from the more expensive – and more exciting – option of being based in New York City and commuting to New Jersey, or travelling from one of the state's commuter suburbs closer to Manhattan, such as Montclair.

Caleb Wilson, a screenwriter who has spent his entire working life in LA, is watching the Jersey Shore boom unfold with a mix of trepidation and envy. “California has some of the highest taxes, the studios are contracting, and the homelessness problem is overwhelming; LA has turned into a bit of a shithole,” he says. Although his friends and colleagues are not yet making plans for a move to New Jersey, with jobs scarce, relocation will soon be a no-brainer for many, he notes. “Everyone is facing this contraction; they’ll just have to go to where there is work.”

the existing native woodland species were maintained rather than given an unfortunate buzz-cut.

Hitchmough grew up in a mining village in the north-east of England with parents who managed a tidy quarter of an acre of lawn surrounded by park bedding. It was through being paid to water petunias that a budding interest in wildlife progressed to a fascination with plants. He discovered the world of horticultural literature, soon "radically transforming the garden into a [Christopher] Lloydian vision" and memorising the contents of The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs by rote. His parents, perhaps a little "disturbed about their offspring", eventually resolved to "let the mad dog do it", he says.

While studying environmental horticulture at the University of Bath,

Hitchmough travelled to the American Midwest to work at a plant nursery, kick-starting a life-long love for international travel. He has journeyed to China more than 50 times to study rare plants, "going to places where [other] westerners aren't really allowed"; lectured and studied the local flora in Australia; and explored wildernesses across the globe. Observing plants in the wild has taught him to "infer back about how they might be used in cultivation". He points to the neck of a bulb, protected with a glass frame, peeping out of the narrow border behind us. It is Brunswickajosephinae, a South African candelabra lily, kept hot in summer to encourage flowering, an event which may not happen for several years.

Hitchmough's academic research has given him "the capacity to see over the

From left: Aster × frikartii 'Mönch', hedychium and Verbascum 'Spica'; kniphofia

hill", helping him identify plants that will work well in the gardens of the future. He estimates he has propagated more than 20,000 plants from seed since moving here, with a doggedness he partly attributes to seeing an image of Eryngium proteiflorum, the flowers of which resemble "cut stainless steel", on the cover of a Thompson and Morgan seed catalogue when he was a teenager.

When he and his wife Sarah moved here from Sheffield four years ago,

'If you're terrified about things dying you never learn what the boundaries are'

Hitchmough left behind a smaller garden, bringing with him many of the plants and seeds which he had cultivated there over the previous decades. He recognises that “there is an inevitable relationship between scale and drama” and relishes gardening in a warmer climate with plants that are “more robust and more reliable”.

While the garden is holding up well in this year's record summer heat and winter rainfall – many of the plants were chosen to withstand exactly this reality – Hitchmough points towards the area of “least developed planting” under the shady canopy of pre-existing trees, where he has watered a clump of Selinum wallichianum more often than he might have liked in recent weeks.

Hitchmough's design of the flower garden is simple yet refined, with a large sloped planting area intersected by a self-binding gravel walkway and narrower "goat paths going through for maintenance". Underpinned by his understanding of plant communities, it's "all about repeating patterns, a landscape-type philosophy, creating connections, things moving through space without being defined". A dozen or so Stipa gigantea provide some height, but Hitchmough does not want grasses to provide the main accent. He uses a trio of rare tufted grasses (Schizachyrium scoparium, Themeda triandra and Muhlenbergia reverchonii) to create natural rhythm, hoping to find a matrix "that is not too tall or competitive".

The existing site soil, which is slightly acidic, was retained, over which he soon spread a palette of 25mm gravel. (Hitchmough is quick to add that he would have used recycled aggregates had they been more readily available locally at the time, as he and Stuart-Smith did at Knepp.) To keep it low maintenance, he opted for larger shingle than that at Knepp, describing it as a "tough environment for anything to seed on to"; he calculates that it took only five hours to "thin out" (ie weed) last year. The gravel medium also means that plants like Echinacea paradoxa and Echinacea pallida are not "eaten out by molluscs in the longer term", although he admits that their flowering time was short-lived this year on account of higher temperatures.

Hitchmough mainly cultivates species he attributes with “super drought tolerance”, such as Aster amellus ‘Violet Queen’, Eriogonum allenii and Echinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus. Planting is undertaken in early autumn to allow specimens to set their roots down in advance of winter. Pushing plants to the wire is important to his philosophy: “If you’re terrified about things dying you never learn what the boundaries are,” he says. For this reason he has only watered the flower garden once this year.

Although he has retired from academic life, Hitchmough, who is approaching his 70th birthday, isn't slowing down. For him, the garden is an opportunity to create “moments in time which are special for me”, and which “are also special for pollinators and other organisms which are feeding”. It is also living proof that in gardens, beauty and sustainability need not be at odds: “A lot of biodiversity conservation is on the same page as human aesthetics.”

Harry Hoblyn is a garden designer and head gardener at Charleston in East Sussex

James Hitchmough's top plant picks for the future

Agapanthus inapertus 'Tall Boy' A pale-blue form of the species with pendulous flowers in high summer. Requires good sun and drainage. Pairs well with Stipa gigantea and Patrinia scabiosifolia in repeat patterns. Difficult to source; 'Sky' is similar and available from Beth Chatto and Pan Global Plants.

Davidia involucrata 'Sonoma'

Hitchmough describes this dwarf cultivar of the handkerchief tree as "precocious". It forms May-flowering white bracts from the first year, tolerates some shade and requires good winter drainage. Available from Suttons Seeds or Frank P Matthews.

Echinops ritro subsp. ruthenicus 'Platinum Blue'

A more compact and smaller-leaf variety of the well-known globe thistle beloved of pollinators. Tolerates drought and will self-seed freely. Its architectural presence makes it good for arranging in a vase. Available from D'arcy and Everest.

Oenothera macrocarpa

A sprawling variety of evening primrose which loves dry soil. Great for the edge of a border or a free-draining pot where its golden yellow and long-lasting flowers glimmer throughout the day (unusually so for an oenothera). Available from Claire Austin Hardy Plants and Proctors Nursery.

Peucedanum officinale

A rare native umbellifer that should be more commonly grown. Lush curling foliage gives rise to sculptural yellow-green flowers on stems that grow over 1 metre tall. Needs good drainage and will tolerate coastal conditions. Seed sometimes available from Derry Watkins' Special Plants and Chiltern Seeds.

Santolina etrusca

An evergreen Mediterranean subshrub with aromatic, finely divided grey-green foliage and characterful creamy-white buttonhead flowers. Goat clip throughout the season or prune harder after flowering to maintain shape and provide space for neighbouring plants. Sometimes available through Beth Chatto and Shire Plants.

Sorbus splendens

This unusual rowan thrives in well-drained, moderately fertile soil and will grow in urban or coastal conditions. Clusters of white flowers in spring are followed by red autumn berries. Usually grown as a multi-stem.


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'I don't move house. I move furniture'

At home with the FT | Having taken on the mantle
of her late aunt's Cazalet Chronicles, writer
Louisa Young knows very well how a home
can shape a story. By Constance Ayrton.
Photographed for the FT by Ellen Christina Hancock

ouisa Young has been many things: a dispatch rider, a double bass player in a busking band, a costumed carnival animal in a department store, a dinner lady at a parking-meter factory and a security guard at Crufts dog show. "But basically, I'm a writer," she says, as we settle into the sunlit kitchen of her west London home. It's an understatement. The best-selling author has written 16 books, including My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You, shortlisted for the 2011 Costa Novel Award.

As you enter her cool Shepherd's Bush home from the blisteringly hot street, hundreds of objects come into focus. "This house is the inside of my head. If you turned me inside out, this is what you'd get," Young laughs. Paintings and sculptures fill the room, plants spill from corners and colourful ceramics and statuettes line the shelves and mantelpiece. Among them is a miniature orchestra of clay figurines bought in Cairo, depicting the Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum with her band. "I love surrounding myself with little people, little things," she says. "They're like imaginary friends."

Recently, the inhabitants of Young's head have been the characters of the Cazalet Chronicles, the series of novels written by her late aunt Elizabeth Jane Howard. Spanning two decades from 1937, the saga traces the lives of the upper-middle-class Cazalet family; it was adapted into a BBC television series in 2001. Now Young is continuing the story.

"I was thinking of ideas. I wanted to do a series of crime novels based on the plots of operas," she says. "Then, almost as an afterthought, it came to me: I could carry on the Cazalet Chronicles. I'd always felt there were threads left hanging and wondered what happened to the characters - so I knew other readers might be wondering too." Next week The Golden Hours will be published, the first of three novels picking up where Howard left off.

“For a series like the Cazalets, you somehow have to keep all your characters together and pin them down. I inherited 55 of them. A house is really useful for that – it can play such an important role in shaping a story,” Young says. In the Cazalets, that house is Home Place, the Sussex estate through which generations of the family pass in varying states of happiness, health and heartbreak.

The home that shaped Young's own life was an early Victorian house on Bayswater Road overlooking Kensington Gardens, where she grew up alongside her brother and four sisters. It had also been the childhood home of her father, the politician and writer Wayland Young, Lord Kennet — reportedly the first person to use the word "fuck" in a national newspaper. Before that, it was where author JM Barrie wrote Peter Pan. "As children we were told, 'If you don't brush your teeth, Peter Pan will come and get you.' But we wanted him to get us," Young smiles.

The house has since been sold, but its spirit inspired much of Young's current home, which she bought in 1993 while pregnant with her daughter Isabel. Originally divided into two flats, she reunited the building and gradually transformed it into a three-bedroom, one-bathroom home, later extending into the loft.

A lodger now occupies one bedroom on the top floor, while Isabel's father Louis, who divides his time between London and Ghana, lives in another. "We're great friends," she says. "It's adorable." Her long-term partner, the Dutch novelist Michel Faber, author of The Crimson Petal and the White and Under the Skin, is based in Folkestone, which suits them both. "I've never lived with a boyfriend," Young says. "I'm the queen of my own regime."

'I felt there were threads of the Cazalet Chronicles left hanging. I knew other readers might wonder too'

She has spent more than three decades here. "I don't move house," she says. "I move furniture. Much easier." Her home is filled with art, much of it by friends and family. In a corner of the kitchen stands a bronze maquette of a young man by her grandmother Kathleen Scott, the artist and widow of Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Nearby are pieces by her sister, stone sculptor Emily Young, among them one of her signature works: an enigmatic head emerging from a rough-hewn block of stone. Lenticular prints with a 3D effect by Michèle Noach, based on century-old polar expedition photographs, shimmer across one wall.

After reading history at Cambridge, Young returned to the capital in the 1980s. London was “an amazing place to be, much freer than now”. She spent the next seven years living in a Battersea squat. “There were many semi-derelict buildings then,” she recalls. “Lots of people saw them as property or devel-

Clockwise from above: ex-votos from Italy hang by the mirror in the living room; a parasol by Beliani shades the back garden; Young stands by the bay window in the living room holding a model sailboat bought at the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam; clay figurines depicting Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum and her band, bought in Cairo, sit on the kitchen mantelpiece, while a flower given to her by Johnny Cash is among other dried flowers in the fireplace

opment opportunities. We saw them as houses for human beings to live in. I'm an old-school socialist – why anybody would let anything to do with profit near housing is beyond me."

She describes the next phase, freelance writing for publications including Marie Claire and Bike, as “my biker years”, producing a heavily ornamented leather jacket bought in the late 1970s. “I was often sent to America to report on things the British found completely inexplicable, like born-again Christian biker gangs or the Mr and Mrs Perfect Couple of America Pageant in Galveston, Texas.”

She had an epiphany during an interview with country singer Johnny Cash in 1989. He told her: "You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it," she recalls. So, she became who she always saw herself as: someone who writes books. The daffodil Cash tucked into her ponytail that day still survives; it's hidden among the dried flowers spilling from the kitchen fireplace.

In the living room, a 1920s piano sits quietly in the corner. It belonged to the composer Robert Lockhart, whom

Left: the writer with her daughter Isabel in the kitchen of her home in Shepherd's Bush, west London. Below: plants spill from every corner, while utensils and icons of the Virgin Mary and San Pancracio from Spain hang from the walls

Young met when they were 17. Their decades-long, on-and-off relationship ended when Lockhart died in 2012. "I couldn't get rid of the piano; it was him," she says.

Today it serves as a display for artworks, including a model boat with red sails made by Folkestone artist Whelkboy. “It’s about emigration, crossing seas, fear, war – the things people live through that are forgotten about,” says Young. Nearby stands a plywood sculpture by the puppet-maker Samuel Wyer depicting Isabel as Little My from the Moomins. “I adore the Moomins,” Young says. “They’re full of marvellous philosophy.”

Now an actor in her thirties, Isabel began writing with her mother when she was about eight. Together they published the young adult fantasy trilogy Lionboy, which follows a child who can speak to cats, under the pen name Zizou Corder. Published between 2003 and

'I'm an old-school socialist – why anybody would let anything to do with profit near housing is beyond me'

2006, the series was translated into 32 languages that took them on book tours across Japan, Argentina and Thailand.

Upstairs, Young's study is painted in Fired Earth Turkish Blue, the same shade as her bedroom. This is where she writes until around 4pm every day, unless she's working in bed, cafés or the bath. On her desk sits a printout of her second Cazalet book, with handwritten edits, and her notebooks, alongside a pair of blue-and-white Delft candlesticks. Young bought them because they reminded her of the ones treasured by Polly, one of the central characters in the Cazalet Chronicles.

“I like natural things,” she says, showing stones collected on her travels, meticulously arranged alongside shells and dried seed pods in her bedroom. “I’m completely allergic to plastic.” The same goes for scents. Young rotates between two perfumes: Sycomore by Chanel, inspired by the volcanic landscapes of Auvergne, and Corsica Furiosa by Parfum d’Empire, which captures the resinous scent of the lentiscus shrub. She sprays the latter: “It’s like being in the south,” she says. “You have this dry, crackly vegetation and smells rising from the hot earth.”

That love of the outdoors spills into the densely planted garden, with its herb-lined paths and crowded, lily-filled borders. An outdoor shower is partly concealed by an apple tree and rose bush. "You should always have a shower in the garden – if you can," she says matter-of-factly.

Before I leave, we stop to admire a piece of her aunt's needlepoint, draped across the sitting-room sofa. She was one of Young's earliest champions, encouraging her writing and taking her to a literary festival. Would she have approved of Young carrying on the Cazalet story? "If she were here to tell me not to, I probably wouldn't be doing it," Young says. A pause. "Actually, I think she'd be chuffed."

'The Golden Hours' is published by Mantle on September 3

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rtist Ashley Longshore has a hectic schedule. She juggles time painting in her studio with trips between her farm in

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Dutch-born and NYC-based, Chevallerau started her doula career working with expectant mothers; she has repurposed those skills into an entirely different kind of at-home care. "I create a calm environment so that a person can be relaxed and start the day with everything in order," she says. It's what falls through the cracks between personal assistant, cleaner and house manager – a kind of mum-on-demand. "I need to be mothered," says Longshore matter-of-factly.


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For the past 18 months, Chevallerau has come to Longshore's apartment twice weekly for a few hours to handle whatever's needed – organising closets, packing and unpacking suitcases, ferrying items to the dry cleaner. "I nurture the house and the person who's in it, emotionally and practically," she explains of the remit. "Support is what a doula does with a person, but now I do it with a home with the person in it."

In London, Simmi Sangha fulfils a similar role. She's the house doula for 50 or so clients of Eccord, the property management company; Sangha has wrangled the wrinkles of their private lives for the past five years. Demand has grown, so she now has a colleague working alongside her. Sangha's background is as an estate

'She repots my orchids, organises my bras by colour and restocks my favourite lip balm. She looks out for me' agent but most of Eccord's clients already have a housekeeper; the support they need is subtly different. She likens a house doula to a lifestyle manager for wealthy, time-poor types. "It's someone to alleviate the stress of the little details," Sangha explains.

She has hunted for the lost engagement ring of a client who messaged from a taxiing plane, walking round to her house and reassuring her she'd left it on the bedside table. "My clients can ring me at any point of the day," she says. Another called recently when her son clambered out of a swimming pool with bloodshot eyes. "I said, 'Let's not worry about the pH levels in the pool – has he put sun cream on today? That's the problem,' Sangha continues. "We're like human Google."

That is the best description of the house doula-like role that a self-described high-profile “art world family” needed to fill three years ago; its 800-word “help wanted” ad quickly went viral. For the position, with an annual salary starting at \$65,000, “the ideal candidate must be dedicated to a simple goal: make life easier for the couple in every way possible” and must have the ability to “seamlessly juggle multiple priorities in a dynamic, unstructured environment”.

The ad was quickly pulled from circulation following the backlash, but not before it caught Roshan Sethi's eye. The doctor-turned-director, who co-created the hit TV series The Resident, was intrigued. He took it as inspiration for his just-released first novel The Simp. The darkly comic romp focuses on anti-hero Raj, a jobbing actor keen to use his new position as all-round household helpmeet with a Hollywood power couple to secure his on-screen stardom. But his Machiavellian efforts backfire for everyone.

“House doula is such a great phrase for what he’s doing,” says Sethi. “For many assistants, the description is just as nebulous, far-ranging and intersects with so many aspects of [their employer’s] lives.” The Canadian of Indian descent notes that the rise of such catchall roles is a model on which many Indian households have long relied. “It’s common there to have a servant who does all-encompassing jobs.” He adds that such a role was traditionally “way beyond what you could ask any American to do”. But that’s changing in the US. “As the rich get richer, people are on a train that cannot be stopped” when it comes to how much help they expect and demand.

Sethi's novel spotlights this new role as a springboard for a nightmarish farce, but Longshore paints Chevallerau's role as utterly indispensable: "She's been working for 27 years to prepare herself for her one and only woman-child. I didn't realise how much I needed her in my life, but she's one of the greatest things I've ever allowed myself."

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A medieval bishop's palace and its gardens in

County Durham have been harmoniously restored

spent this August's solar eclipse in a medieval bishop's palace, looking down in the twilight on its huge, newly planted walled garden. The

bishops are gone but once they grew peaches and grapes there for episcopal banquets. One of them even built a glasshouse to produce fresh pineapples in the 18th century. He may not have advanced the kingdom of God on earth, but he certainly realised a kingdom of fruits.

After a glass of champagne in his honour, I fancied life as a local butterfly, courtesy of the current owners. The Auckland Palace at Bishop Auckland, County Durham, has become famous as a project of Jonathan and Jane Ruffer, savours of its fine collection of Spanish paintings and then of the palace itself. When the Church of England struggled to find a buyer for the huge house, the Ruffers took on the challenge and upsized to it in their early sixties. Since 2013 they have restored it and restyled the gardens and so much else.

After hitting a jackpot in investment management, Jonathan set up charities to fund this many-sided venture near to his roots in early life. Under the last resident bishop the gates into the palace gardens and broad walk had been kept locked. They are now open, welcoming many of their visitors for free. So are the walled gardens. "It is not a National Trust sort of scheme," he explained to me. To sustain the cost of running it he has developed several additional prongs and added an outdoor history spectacular for paying spectators. The usual model of garden visitors as the one source of income would not work, he believes. It would also conflict with his plan to deploy his own civic philanthropy for Bishop Auckland's benefit and give its residents new focal points.

Those points include a former bank, enlarged into a remarkable gallery of Spanish Golden Age paintings, including four fine Murillos. Jane oversees the palace gardens, but before she sent me out to them Jonathan enlarged on his history spectacular, a show which appeals to him, I felt, as an impresario who might otherwise be manqué. To realise it, teams of local volunteers enact a 90-minute tour through British history, from Joseph of Arimathea to The Beatles, legends in different ways. Warriors dressed as Vikings arrive on longboats; knights in chain mail gallop and joust on horses;

dignitaries restage Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee; multicoloured lights and musical backing intensify the effect in an amphitheatre built beyond the garden for 8,000 spectators. Jonathan's manner is externally modest and mentally precise, but he takes flight when describing how 50,000 visitors buy into the evening show each year during its 11-day season.

Just as my Oxford college once held a beauty parade to find fund managers, including Jonathan, for its equity portfolio, Jane and Jonathan held a beauty parade to find a landscape gardener for the palace's gardens and grounds. The winning pitch was made by Pip Morrison, just the man for the job. After gardening under Christopher Lloyd at Great Dixter, he has worked far and wide, including on gardens for

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I wondered if we would see eye to eye when we progressed beyond friendly courtesy and entered the walled garden, his design of the past two to five years. From the wall above I had seen brown turkey fig trees in tubs, yellowing in the remorseless heat. Fennel and globe artichokes make a see-through curtain beside a big new greenhouse of pelargoniums and heavy-cropping tomatoes. Beyond, long paths divide the garden into distinct terraces, descending to five lower levels where vegetables are browning in the drought. Beyond the lower boundary wall the ground rises steeply again up a hillside canopied with green trees.

When we descended to the first path, laid out to an apt width, we had a meeting of minds. Morrison has planted the slopes with repeated drifts of flowers and foliage: there is hardly an ornamental grass in sight. Drifts flow harmoniously into each other whereas regimented blocks would not, nor would those narrow lozenge-shaped groupings once favoured by the

doyenne of flower borders, Gertrude Jekyll. Silvery perovskias, lavenders, asters, sages, rosemary, penstemons, sedums, rudbeckias, grey stachys and so forth are not rarities, but they have been balanced unusually well. An aster called 'Prairie Purple' retains leaves which live up to the name, untroubled by dry seasons. Bushes of rugosa roses intervene, top choices of mine for their scent and resistance to heat and black spot. Our minds have been working in parallel, neither indebted to the other.

Looking up at the drifts of planting, I found their skill even more evident. They draw the eye along rather than stopping it with a bump. On the lower levels not even hand-watering has been able to sustain this year's strawberries, dahlias or sweet peas, but lines of gladioli still break up the browned crops. Yellow gladioli 'Bananarama' and the self-explanatory 'Black Jack' and 'Cherry Cola' make up for the dwindling bean plants. By the lower boundary wall, bushes of a silvery willow, Salix exigua, still look fresh, though I would have expected their wide-running roots to hate drought.

We agree on the drought resistance of glossy evergreen choisya and on our continuing hankering for drought-hating border phloxes. We discuss alternatives to moth and blight-prone box and I learn that dark green Euonymus microphyllus is fine in London but suffers in drought and in spring frost in a colder northern climate. We spend hours in happy swapping of experience and then I wonder why the gardens' general effect is so pleasing.

From left: the walled garden; Alcea rugosa, with James Wyatt's crenellated screen wall beyond; landscape design by Pip Morrison The House of Hues

The palace gardens fall into distinct sections, of which the big walled area is only one. Wisely, the Ruffers chose Morrison to plant and design them all. Public gardens with different subsections are too often split between different themes and designers, leading to one damn thing after another. On the Auckland site, one mind is at work throughout, giving an underlying unity. Big borders of lavender, a courtyard of drought-tolerant gleditsia trees and another of lovely Malus transitoria in tubs remain in keeping with the old walling, whereas exotic bananas and castor oil plants would not.

Along the Broadwalk beyond the entrance and on the nearby bowling green, Morrison had the courage to thin out random trees and restore a simpler

Different designers in a garden lead to one damn thing after another. Here one mind is at work throughout

grassy unity. Traditionalist locals complained at first, but have rallied to the sympathetic results. In the planting of such sites, less is often more.

Jane works with a theory of change, she explains. Since its mining and related railway network died, Bishop Auckland has had high unemployment and a high rate of hopelessness, voting Labour and then, more recently, Reform. The Auckland Project aims to engage local visitors by a visit to the grounds, perhaps in one of the school parties which bring up to 11,000 persons yearly to a first acquaintance with the site and its past. One of the courses teaching crafts may follow and then a line of future work.

The Ruffers' charity is working to a 25-year span. Jonathan talks with a gleam of developing its old Roman archaeological site. When I ask him if he has also planned his tomb, "I have some ideas," he answers. Thirteen years ago, Bishop Auckland hit on the Ruffers: it has still not hit the buffers.

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▌ 本日全报思想与文化深思雷达 (Intellectual & Cultural Significance Radar)

在系统通盘梳理本期《金融时报》所涉及的所有国际政治、经济、社会与文化报道后,以下 4 个具体事件在制度结构、权力技术与法理合法性层面最值得学者进一步深思:

  1. 【英国国防支出目标搁置:财政紧缩下的权力重组】 [F1_1 🔍]

    • 事件简述:财政大臣约翰·希利因财务限制,将搁置2030年国防支出占GDP 3%的目标,预算重点转向填补前任留下的近50亿英镑国防设备资金缺口。
    • 制度批判切入点:触动了财政纪律与安全主权的制度性张力——在全球地缘政治不确定性背景下,英国政府如何通过预算技术(延迟目标、缓冲机制)重构安全治理的合法性边界,并将财政约束转化为权力再分配的工具。
  2. 【霍根-豪警察合并计划重审:权力下放与官僚重组的冲突】 [F5_9 🔍]

    • 事件简述:内政大臣沙巴娜·马哈茂德要求重新审视前警察局长霍根-豪的警察合并计划,因其与首相伯纳姆的权力下放议程存在冲突。
    • 制度批判切入点:揭示了科层制改革的政治化使用——在中央与地方权力博弈中,警察部队边界的重新划定如何成为权力下放话语的技术实现,同时掩盖了安全治理效率与民主问责的真实矛盾。
  3. 【尼泊尔冰岩崩塌洪灾:主权权力的例外状态与国际救援机制】 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]

    • 事件简述:尼泊尔与中国边境发生冰岩崩塌导致博特科西河谷洪水,造成580多人死亡及近2,500人失踪。中国先遣救援队在风险评估后暂停行动5天,后在国际压力下重启。
    • 制度批判切入点:凸显了主权权力的例外状态——在跨国灾害治理中,主权国家如何通过风险技术(暂停、边界管控)重构救援的合法性,并将国际合作框架转化为权力博弈的场域。
  4. 【法国债务危机与勒庞预算削减呼吁:话语霸权与财政纪律的合法性竞争】 [F17_32 🔍][F17_33 🔍]

    • 事件简述:法国极右翼领导人勒庞誓言在向商界领袖的呼吁中解决法国预算赤字,称国家将不得不“大幅”削减支出。
    • 制度批判切入点:聚焦于话语霸权的制度化——在财政危机背景下,极右翼话语如何通过“国家债务轨迹”叙事重构财政纪律的合法性,并将削减支出包装为“民族复兴”的技术手段。

▌ 精选核心专题深度思想论证 (In-Depth Dialectical Monograph)

专题一:权力下放与警察合并计划重审:科层制改革的政治化技术

1. 制度现实困境深描(Institutional Dilemma)

霍根-豪审查计划原本是工党政府在2026年3月启动的警察部队结构重组项目,旨在通过合并43个警队中的部分单位,提高打击有组织犯罪和网络欺诈的效率。然而,该计划在7月遭遇首相伯纳姆权力下放议程的直接冲突:内政大臣马哈茂德要求重新审视边界划定,以确保新警察部队的边界与地方议会边界一致(即“边界一致性”)。这一转变不仅延迟了报告提交时间(从本月底推迟至秋季),更暴露了科层制改革的政治化本质——在中央与地方权力博弈中,警察部队边界的重新划定成为权力下放话语的技术实现,而非效率提升的真实目标 [F5_9 🔍]

2. 权力机制与话语技术剖析(Power Mechanisms & Discourse Technology)

霍根-豪计划的重审过程展现了话语霸权的制度化机制: - 技术专家话语的政治化:霍根-豪作为前伦敦大都会警察局局长,其审查报告被赋予“独立专家”的合法性,但实际决策权却被伯纳姆政府通过“边界一致性”话语重新收回。这种“专家治理”与“民主问责”的张力,实质上是权力在科层制内部的再分配 [F5_9 🔍]。 - 边界技术的权力效应:伯纳姆政府通过强调“边界一致性”,将警察部队的边界划定与地方议会边界对齐,实现了对霍根-豪计划的技术性颠覆。这种边界技术不仅是行政工具,更是权力下放话语的技术实现,将中央集权的安全治理转化为地方分权的合法性叙事 [F5_9 🔍]。 - 沉默的排斥机制:在霍根-豪审查团队与地方市长的互动中,后者被边缘化的现象凸显了制度性排斥——地方权力主体在科层制改革中被系统性排除,其利益诉求被技术话语所掩盖 [F5_9 🔍]

3. 批判理论框架的历史资源对话(Critical Theory Dialogue)

本事件可通过韦伯的官僚制铁笼理论福柯的权力技术谱系学进行深度解析: - 韦伯视角:霍根-豪计划原本是典型的科层制理性化尝试,但伯纳姆政府通过“边界一致性”话语重构了权力结构,使改革沦为权力下放的工具。这揭示了韦伯所担忧的官僚制理性化与政治权力博弈的矛盾——科层制改革在政治化过程中丧失了其原初的效率目标 [F5_9 🔍]。 - 福柯视角:边界技术作为一种权力技术,在霍根-豪计划中被用于重构安全治理的空间逻辑。福柯在《规训与惩罚》中提到的“规训空间”概念,在这里被伯纳姆政府通过“边界一致性”话语重新定义,使警察部队的边界划定成为权力下放的技术手段 [F5_9 🔍]

4. 制度批判的当代延伸与政策含义(Contemporary Synthesis)

当代治理语境下,警察合并计划的重审揭示了算法治理与数字监控对传统科层制改革的挑战: - 算法治理的边界重构:未来警察部队的边界划定可能不再依赖于行政边界,而是通过大数据与风险评估算法动态调整。这种算法治理将进一步削弱地方权力主体的参与,使权力下放沦为技术霸权的工具 [F5_9 🔍]。 - 数字监控的权力扩张:在霍根-豪计划中,边界技术的使用可能被扩展至数字边界(如网络犯罪管辖权),使警察部队的权力边界从物理空间延伸至虚拟空间。这种数字化权力扩张将挑战传统的主权边界概念 [F5_9 🔍]。 - 政策建议:为避免科层制改革沦为权力博弈的工具,应建立多方参与的边界划定机制,确保地方权力主体的利益诉求在技术话语中得到体现。同时,应限制算法治理在安全治理中的过度使用,防止其成为技术霸权的新形式 [F5_9 🔍]


专题二:尼泊尔冰岩崩塌洪灾:主权权力的例外状态与国际救援机制

1. 制度现实困境深描(Institutional Dilemma)

2026年8月28日,尼泊尔与中国边境地区发生冰岩崩塌,引发博特科西河谷洪水,造成580多人死亡及近2,500人失踪 [F2_4 🔍]。中国先遣救援队在风险评估后暂停行动5天,后在国际压力下重启 [F2_3 🔍]。这一事件暴露了主权权力的例外状态——在跨国灾害治理中,主权国家如何通过风险技术(暂停、边界管控)重构救援的合法性,并将国际合作框架转化为权力博弈的场域。

2. 权力机制与话语技术剖析(Power Mechanisms & Discourse Technology)

尼泊尔洪灾救援过程展现了例外状态的权力技术: - 风险评估话语的主权化:中国救援队通过“风险评估”话语暂停行动5天,将技术性决策包装为主权权力的例外状态。这种话语策略使风险评估获得了技术合法性,掩盖了其背后的政治权衡 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]。 - 国际压力下的权力让步:在国际社会(包括尼泊尔政府)的压力下,中国救援队最终重启行动。这一过程展现了例外状态的可逆性——主权权力通过技术话语暂时让步,但其合法性基础(风险评估)未被根本动摇 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]。 - 沉默的权力技术:在风险评估话语的主导下,洪灾救援的具体影响(如受灾群众的紧急需求)被系统性沉默,使权力在例外状态与常规治理间的转换过程难以被公众监督 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]

3. 批判理论框架的历史资源对话(Critical Theory Dialogue)

本事件可通过施密特的例外状态理论阿甘本的“赤裸生命”概念进行深度解析: - 施密特视角:中国救援队通过风险评估话语暂停行动,将洪灾救援转化为例外状态的管理工具。这种例外状态的技术化使用,使主权权力在常规民主程序之外获得合法性 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]。 - 阿甘本视角:洪灾受灾群众的生命状态(如失踪者)被风险评估话语边缘化,成为“赤裸生命”。这种生命政治的展现,揭示了主权权力如何通过例外状态话语剥夺特定群体的政治性 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]。 - 福柯视角:风险评估技术作为一种生物权力,在洪灾救援中被用于重构生命的可治理性。福柯在《生命政治的诞生》中提到的“生存权力”概念,在这里被中国救援队通过风险评估话语具体化,使生命的可治理性成为主权权力的技术实现 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]

4. 制度批判的当代延伸与政策含义(Contemporary Synthesis)

当代治理语境下,尼泊尔洪灾救援揭示了算法风险治理与数字边界管控对传统主权权力的挑战: - 算法风险治理的主权化:未来跨国灾害救援可能不再依赖于人工风险评估,而是通过大数据与算法预测动态调整。这种算法治理将进一步削弱主权权力的自主性,使其服从于技术霸权 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]。 - 数字边界管控的权力扩张:在洪灾救援背景下,数字边界管控技术(如卫星监测、无人机巡逻)可能被用于灾情评估,使主权权力的边界从物理空间延伸至虚拟空间。这种数字化权力扩张将挑战传统的主权边界概念 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]。 - 政策建议:为避免例外状态话语削弱人道主义救援的合法性,应建立透明的跨国风险评估机制,确保技术话语在例外状态中的公开性。同时,应限制算法治理在灾害治理中的过度使用,防止其成为技术霸权的新形式 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]

🔍 解读视角:本篇基于制度理性架构(Logos)与生活世界集体情感(Pathos)内在辩证机制展开。

制度与权力批判深度研判:Financial Times (2026-08-28)


▌ 本日全报生活世界痛感与情感政治深思雷达 (Lifeworld & Affective Significance Radar)

在系统通盘梳理本期报纸所涉及的所有报道后,以下 3 个具体事件在个体生命体验、情感撕裂与生活世界崩解层面最值得学者进一步深思:


1. 【尼泊尔冰川崩塌引发灾难性洪水】 [F2_3 🔍][F2_4 🔍]

  • 事件简述:尼泊尔与中国边境发生冰川崩塌导致博特科西河谷洪水,造成超过500人死亡及2,500人失踪。救援行动中,一架直升机救出一个家庭。
  • 情感政治切入点:此事件触动了自然暴力对人类脆弱性的赤裸展示——制度性救援的延迟、全球气候变化的隐性暴力、以及幸存者在无法承受的痛感中对生命意义的彻底质问。洪水不仅摧毁肉体,更撕裂了社区记忆与代际传承的情感纽带,凸显了技术理性(如气候模型预测)与生命世界痛感之间的不可通约性。

2. 【英国葡萄酒产业应对气候变化】 [F12_22 🔍][F12_23 🔍][F13_24 🔍][F13_25 🔍][F14_26 🔍][F14_27 🔍]

  • 事件简述:高温提升了英国红葡萄酒的生产潜力与质量,但酿酒师担忧极端天气风险。生产商正通过采用相关技术保持灵活性以减轻强降雨等影响。
  • 情感政治切入点:此事件聚焦于气候变化对传统手工艺与文化身份的侵蚀——酿酒师的焦虑(如比彻·琼斯所言:“我们需要关注土壤”)与技术理性(如AI气候模型)之间的张力,揭示了量化逻辑对生命世界意义的剥夺。传统农耕智慧与现代技术工具的对话,成为情感与理性辩证的生动案例。

3. 【英国警察系统改革与克利夫兰危机】 [F5_9 🔍][F5_10 🔍][F6_11 🔍][F6_12 🔍][F7_13 🔍][F7_14 🔍]

  • 事件简述
    • 伯纳姆要求重新审视警察合并计划,霍根-豪报告推迟至秋季提交。
    • 克利夫兰警察面临危机,两名警员殉职,警方在哀悼同时需部署可见巡逻队安抚居民。
  • 情感政治切入点:此事件揭示了制度性暴力与情感撕裂的交织——警察系统改革的延宕、殉职警员家属的悲痛、以及社区对安全保障的绝望。技术理性(如警察合并计划)与生命世界痛感(如殉职警员家属的哀悼)之间的张力,凸显了公共安全体系的系统性失灵

▌ 精选核心专题制度与权力辩证论证 (The Dialectic of Institution and Power Monograph)


专题一: 【气候变化的隐性暴力:从尼泊尔洪水到全球治理失灵】

1. 系统理性模型解构(Deconstruction of Systemic Logos)

气候变化的技术官僚话语(如IPCC报告、碳定价模型)将自然灾害简化为可量化的风险参数,而忽视了其对具体生命世界的肉体与情感撕裂。尼泊尔洪水的系统性应对(如中国先遣救援队的暂停行动)体现了技术理性的边界:救援行动被“上游湖泊溢出风险”这一抽象指标所阻断,而幸存者的痛感则被制度性延迟所放大。系统理性在此将生命尊严简化为风险管理的附属品,剥夺了个体在灾难中的主体性。

2. 生活世界真实痛感的现象学深描(Phenomenological Pathos)

幸存者的痛感不是抽象的“GDP损失”,而是具体的肉体记忆(如家人的音容笑貌)与社区记忆(如世代相传的农耕智慧)的瞬间消失。这种痛感超越了统计数据的范畴,成为对全球治理体系无能的直接反抗。洪水的发生不是自然偶然,而是全球碳排放与地方脆弱性的不对称结果。技术理性(如气候模型)无法捕捉这种不对称性,而幸存者的痛感则成为对分配正义的最强音。

3. 制度理性与生命意义的辩证摩擦(The Dialectical Friction)

制度理性将幸存者的痛感定义为“非理性”(如“情绪化的幸存者叙事”),而忽视了其蕴含的隐性理性:痛感揭示了气候正义的缺失。洪水的发生不是自然偶然,而是全球碳排放与地方脆弱性的不对称结果。技术理性(如气候模型)无法捕捉这种不对称性,而幸存者的痛感则成为对分配正义的最强音。制度理性与生命意义在此形成不可调和的张力:前者试图通过“风险管理”压制痛感,后者则通过痛感揭示制度的不正义。

4. 话语温度差与社会心理韧性诊断(Affective Prognosis)

对比制度端的冷色调语言(如“上游湖泊溢出风险”)与生活端的热色调语言(如幸存者的绝望),我们发现当代社会的异化深度:技术理性将自然灾害去情感化,而幸存者的痛感则成为对这种去情感化的反抗。这种话语温度差揭示了社会心理韧性的危机——幸存者的痛感无法被制度性话语所吸收,只能通过集体记忆(如社区重建)或艺术表达(如诗歌、音乐)来疗愈。未来的气候治理必须超越技术理性,重新接纳痛感作为正义的指针


专题二: 【英国警察系统改革的延宕与公共安全的系统性失灵】

1. 系统理性模型解构(Deconstruction of Systemic Logos)

英国警察系统改革(如霍根-豪报告)将公共安全简化为可量化的效率指标,而忽视了其对生命世界痛感的忽视。伯纳姆要求重新审视警察合并计划,霍根-豪报告推迟至秋季提交,体现了技术理性的边界:制度改革被“行政程序正义”这一抽象指标所阻断,而社区对安全保障的绝望则被制度性延迟所放大。系统理性在此将公共安全简化为行政效率的附属品,剥夺了社区在危机中的主体性。

2. 生活世界真实痛感的现象学深描(Phenomenological Pathos)

克利夫兰危机揭示了制度性暴力与情感撕裂的交织——两名警员殉职,警方在哀悼同时需部署可见巡逻队安抚居民。这种痛感不是抽象的“犯罪率上升”,而是具体的生命消失(如殉职警员的家庭悲剧)与社区安全感的崩溃。技术理性(如警察合并计划)无法捕捉这种痛感,而社区的绝望则成为对公共安全体系失灵的直接控诉。

3. 制度理性与生命意义的辩证摩擦(The Dialectical Friction)

制度理性将社区的绝望定义为“非理性”(如“过度反应”),而忽视了其蕴含的隐性理性:绝望揭示了公共安全体系的系统性失灵。警察系统改革的延宕、殉职警员家属的悲痛、以及社区对安全保障的绝望,共同揭示了技术理性对生命意义的压制。制度理性与生命意义在此形成不可调和的张力:前者试图通过“行政程序”压制痛感,后者则通过痛感揭示制度的不正义。

4. 话语温度差与社会心理韧性诊断(Affective Prognosis)

对比制度端的冷色调语言(如“行政程序正义”)与生活端的热色调语言(如殉职警员家属的悲痛),我们发现当代社会的异化深度:技术理性将公共安全去情感化,而社区的绝望则成为对这种去情感化的反抗。这种话语温度差揭示了社会心理韧性的危机——社区的痛感无法被制度性话语所吸收,只能通过集体哀悼(如殉职警员的葬礼)或社区自治(如邻里守望)来疗愈。未来的警察系统改革必须超越技术理性,重新接纳痛感作为公共安全的核心指针


▌ 面向学者的伦理与社会心理开放性追问 (Open Research Horizons)

  1. 【聚焦气候变化的隐性暴力与全球正义重构】:如何将幸存者的痛感(如尼泊尔洪水幸存者的绝望)转化为气候正义运动的情感动员?技术理性与生命世界痛感之间的张力,是否能催生新的情感政治理论?
  2. 【聚焦警察系统改革的情感维度】:英国警察系统改革的延宕(如霍根-豪报告推迟)如何影响社区安全感制度信任?技术理性(如行政程序正义)与生命世界痛感(如殉职警员家属的悲痛)之间的张力,是否预示了公共安全体系的系统性失灵
  3. 【聚焦话语温度差与社会韧性】:制度端的冷色调语言(如“风险管理”)与生活端的热色调语言之间的话语温度差,如何影响当代社会的集体记忆情感疗愈?是否存在超越这种张力的第三空间