• The EIB Group – via its subsidiaries the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund – is investing in a new Santander securitisation transaction to back the competitiveness and investments of small businesses and mid-caps in Spain. • €200 million will go to financing the construction of near-zero emission buildings by small businesses and mid-caps in the real estate sector. • €70 million will also be directed to supporting companies whose shareholders or management teams are mostly women. • Operation...

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EUDR only to be postponed for small enterprises, but simplifications planned for traders The European Commission was recently publicly considering postponing the application of European Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products (Deforestation Regulation – “EUDR”) once again until the end of 2026. This idea with the proposed amendments put forward on 21 October 2025 is no longer on the table. The regulation is only to be postponed for small enterprises. Instead, traders can expect significant simplifications. This means that the legal uncertainty...

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Catherine Connolly elected as Irish President amid unprecedented voter protest Catherine Connolly, an independent TD and former Leas-Cheann Comhairle, was elected as Ireland’s 10th President on 24 October with approximately 63.4% of valid first-preference votes. Voter turnout was around 45.8%, one of the lowest in recent decades, while spoiled or invalid ballots totalled roughly 213,738, about 12.9% of votes cast. This presidential election marked the culmination of a campaign defined more by tone and turnout than by controversy. The presidency remains one...

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By: Rachel Szymanski, Chief Economist, TREPP The Fed cut rates by 25 basis points at the October 2025 Federal Open Market Committee meeting,  an expected move that marks a cautious step in the easing cycle. Officials framed the decision as a balance between risks that are shifting in opposite directions: inflation edges up, while labor markets cool. The cut reflected a relative shift towards greater labor market risks, returning closer to the neutral rate, although still leaving policy modestly restrictive. What...

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Mönchengladbach, Germany – International trade finance company Tradewind Finance today announced a USD 3.5 million factoring facility for a Hong Kong subsidiary of a leading family-owned and operated shirt brand based in Germany. The Hong Kong company is utilizing the facility to further improve cash flow and efficiently manage their international operations amid shifting trade policy. With a strong brand legacy for quality shirts, the Hong Kong subsidiary is reengineering their financing options when orders for the brand’s shirts started...

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By now, you've read countless stories and headlines that assure you that the commercial property market has turned the corner. The worst is past. You might have read some of that here. There are numerous data points to indicate that to be true. While CMBS delinquency rates continue to inch higher, albeit at a much slower pace, that metric is a lagging indicator. A loan goes delinquent after its collateral has lost a tenant or otherwise suffered a drop in...

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LYSAKER, Norway, and MANASSAS, Va., USA, October 30, 2025 — Tschudi Shipping Company, NAL Research, and SGM Technology AS today commercially launched PntGuard™, a maritime-security solution that provides pinpoint situational awareness. It supports navigational integrity at a time when GNSS signals can no longer be taken for granted. A standalone navigational aid independent of all other bridge systems, PntGuard delivers instant alerts the moment a vessel’s position is falsified, providing true position data when other bridge systems are compromised. ELECTRONIC WARFARE: AN ESCALATING MENACE Malicious disruption of GNSS/GPS...

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Key insights: • As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to expand and be used in more organizations and more applications, remember the associated risks and need for guardrails. • Information technology departments must stay one step ahead of malicious actors. Develop regulations and governance to verify the security of AI models. • AI can be used to help effectively monitor cybersecurity but it’s important to verify the system has controls to protect against potential compromises. Consider system development lifecycle, change management, segregation of...

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced the launch of its Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program, a new initiative aimed at evaluating how limiting the number of claims in a patent application impacts examination efficiency and quality. Ordinarily, new patent applications are examined in the order of their U.S. filing date or national stage entry date. Under this pilot program, however, Applicants with pending, original, noncontinuing utility applications may be eligible for special status—that is, examination out...

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