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Non-traded fund redemptions of 10-38% pulled bidders out of large sponsor loans; KBDC printed SOFR+566 and FSK saw spreads up to 75bp wider.

On 23 August 2026 Nuix and Tongdao Liepin repriced AI as governed access to their own data: AI billings nearly doubled on a paying base that grew 0.4%.

NAPCO radio unit sales rose 40% year over year and Chorus pulled copper retirement forward to end-2028 after regulators freed carriers to set the shutoff date.

Pivotree and Multiconsult both report already-funded projects failing to start, and both say money is not the reason: clients are waiting on AI, not on budget.

Applied Materials hands suppliers an eight-quarter build schedule and KLA is signing 2029 component capacity deals; Camtek's orders now ship in 2027.

China's May 2026 plan makes offshore brokers block mainland deposits and buy orders in their own apps; Futu says mid-single-digit percent of client assets left.

ATRenew and JD.com told Q2 2026 calls that memory-driven phone price hikes slowed new-device revenue while lifting used handsets; refurbished revenue rose 87.8%.

Cabot, LSI Industries and Flowers Foods all cited the same 2026 crude spike on August calls, but recovery ranged from pricing ahead of cost to no recovery at all.

Erdene and Largo told August 2026 calls that Asian buyers and unsolicited bidders approached their undeveloped molybdenum and tungsten assets before any study.

Lufax and Aurora Mobile told August 2026 calls China's 24% all-in loan cap raised credit costs and cut risk-data revenue at firms that never charged above it.

KGHM and Evolution Mining told August 2026 calls that deposit prices are overstated, so growth budgets go to brownfield lines, pit cutbacks and dividends.

Alibaba, Tencent and Kingsoft Cloud tied AI model-service profit to compute cost in August 2026 calls; Alibaba put chip-equipped server payback at three years.

Codan, Peraso and Mobilicom say battlefield jamming now sets drone radio specs; Codan's DTC won US blue-list status and first program-of-record orders.

Supervielle, Banco Macro and Telecom Argentina disclosed in August 2026 that disinflation ended peso wage-bill erosion, so cost cuts now require cash severance.

Car carrier capacity is sold out and yard slots are gone until 2029, so Chinese exporters now sign two- to five-year freight contracts, not one-year deals.

Codan, Unusual Machines and Mobilicom told August 2026 earnings calls that drone demand is outrunning electronics supply, making Codan's 20% FY27 target conditional.

uniQure, ClearPoint and BioCardia disclosed the FDA no longer requires a sham-surgery control in rare CNS gene therapy, moving the gate to delivery hardware.

On their Q2 2026 calls HydrogenPro and Nel said they will no longer build whole electrolysers in house; HydrogenPro took a NOK 32m impairment on Tianjin.

Odfjell's contract share fell from 57% to 45% as Gulf cargo vanished, and dual-capable tankers stay in higher-paying product and crude trades.