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On 14 August the Boletín Oficial del Estado licensed Almaraz I and II through 8 June 2030 inclusive. The same Friday the Reserve Bank of India closed new FCNR(B) deposits into its concessional swap after authorised dealers reported $52.300 billion. CPP Investments printed a 7.5% quarter and C$863.6 billion after Friday’s edition closed. Those are three dated acts. They are not one Canadian series.
What happened
Spain licensed the plant it already had
Orden TED/864/2026, dated 12 August and published 14 August, renews the operating authorisation for Almaraz Units I and II through 8 June 2030 inclusive. The previous operating licence, Orden TED/773/2020, ran to 1 November 2027 for Unit I and 31 October 2028 for Unit II. CNAT asked on 30 October 2025. The Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear issued a favourable report on 16 July 2026, conditioned on the safety annex.
Consideration 2 of the order: the extension is about 31 months for Unit I and 19 months for Unit II. It does not change the rest of the Spanish nuclear calendar or the 2035 fleet shutdown. Consideration 3: the Middle East crisis has disrupted global energy markets and added volatility to fossil-fuel prices, especially gas, “in a framework different from the one previously envisaged.”
The complementary physical-protection authorisation, renewed 24 July 2020, still runs only to the previous 2027 and 2028 dates unless it is separately renewed. The operating licence and the physical-protection licence are not the same instrument. 8 June 2030 is the operating licence, not the full security package.
MITECO’s note: the limited extension “represents a reduced proportion of the average lifespan of the Spanish nuclear power park” and does not alter 2035. After Almaraz the published calendar still has Ascó I and Cofrentes in 2030, Ascó II in 2032, Vandellós II and Trillo in 2035. The CSN report is favourable subject to the annex. That is the official record. Official: BOE-A-2026-17756 › · MITECO, 14 August ›
The hedge that worked well enough to close
RBI press release 2026-2027/900, 14 August: the special USD-INR swap for FCNR(B) deposits will take no new deposits after 31 August. Swaps on deposits already mobilised may be done with the Bank until 11 September. ECB and OFCB windows stay open until 31 December 2026.
Authorised dealers reported, through 13 August: FCNR(B) $52.300 billion, OFCBs $2.805 billion, ECBs $1.741 billion — $56.846 billion across the three windows. Those figures are the Bank’s. Official: RBI PR 2026-2027/900 ›
The release does not publish the size of the forward or swap book that manufactured the inflow. It does not equate the facility with the stock of reserves.
CPP Investments printed after Friday’s edition closed
The official newswire, 14 August, 08:00 ET. All figures Canadian dollars. The Fund ended 30 June 2026 at $863.6 billion, from $793.3 billion. The $70.3 billion rise is $60.2 billion of net income and $10.1 billion of net transfers. Quarter net return 7.5%. Ten-year annualized net return 9.4%. That is one quarter, fiscal 2027 Q1, not a half-year.
Base CPP: $773.4 billion, quarter 7.7%, ten-year 9.5%. Additional CPP: $90.2 billion, quarter 5.7%, since inception 6.5%. The Fund number is 7.5.
In-quarter tickets named in the release include US$1.75 billion “to support EQT’s strategy to build AI Infrastructure, led by” EdgeConneX — the quarterly does not disclose the instrument or the governance rights — and a US$150 million delayed-draw term loan for CoreWeave across four data centres. The CoreWeave line is credit, not equity. Official: CPP Investments Q1 FY27 ›
One more hull, still no crude
Thursday 13 August, WAM: two ADNOC vessels attacked in Hormuz. No injuries. The UAE Foreign Ministry attributed Thursday’s attack to Iran. Friday evening: ADNOC said one more vessel came under attack. Reuters: no official UAE political comment on the Friday hull. Vessel, cargo and damage are not named. Friday is not Thursday’s two-ship item. Official Thursday: WAM › · Friday via Reuters ›
Reuters, citing commercial tracking, reported two visible Friday transits and no visible crude, against an August average of about 12 and 130-plus before the war. That is a tracking observation, not an official count. AIS-off vessels sit outside it.
What the disclosure actually shows
| Instrument | What Friday’s paper did | Period / limit |
| Almaraz I operating licence | To 8 June 2030 inclusive (BOE) | Was 1 Nov 2027 |
| Almaraz II operating licence | To 8 June 2030 inclusive (BOE) | Was 31 Oct 2028 |
| Almaraz physical-protection authorisation | Unchanged in this order | Still 2027 / 2028 unless renewed |
| Spanish nuclear fleet | 2035 phase-out unchanged | BOE consideration 2 |
| RBI FCNR(B) swap | No new deposits after 31 Aug | Swaps to 11 Sep; official PR 900 |
| RBI ECB / OFCB windows | Left open | To 31 Dec 2026 |
| FCNR(B) taken in | $52.300bn as of 13 Aug | Official; total facility $56.846bn |
| CPP Investments (Fund) | C$863.6bn · 7.5% net | One quarter to 30 Jun 2026 |
| CoreWeave ticket | US$150m delayed-draw term loan | Credit, not equity |
| EQT / EdgeConneX | US$1.75bn “to support” the strategy | Instrument not disclosed |
Canadian half-year prints already in Friday’s edition — Ontario Teachers’ 9.5% (H1, C$303.2bn), La Caisse 5.1% (six months, C$552bn), OMERS 4.8% (H1, C$151.6bn) — stay on Friday’s page. They are not added to CPPIB’s quarter here.
Where the disclosure runs out
The Friday hull. ADNOC confirmed an attack. Reuters says UAE officials did not attribute it. Vessel, cargo and damage are not in the opened pages.
The EQT / EdgeConneX line. The quarterly names the dollar figure and the strategy. It does not name the security, the governance rights, or the residual-value terms.
Physical protection at Almaraz. The BOE records that the 2020 physical-protection resolution still ends in 2027 and 2028. This edition does not have a later physical-protection renewal.
Allocator Lens What this means for the portfolio |
Ask what official paper can change the life of an asset you already hold. |
For every nuclear, grid or infrastructure position: what is the remaining licensed life, and which complementary authorisations (operating, physical protection, environmental) can expire earlier? |
For every reserve or hedge programme: report the facility the central bank actually closed, in its own figures. Glue it to the reserve stock only if the Bank does. |
For every ticket inside a pension quarterly: name the instrument. A delayed-draw term loan is credit. A line that says “to support” a strategy is not a disclosed equity stake. |
For every return comparison: write the period on the same line as the number. A six-month print and a one-quarter print are not a series. |
Capital Flows
| Institution | Action | Amount | Stage | Period |
| Spain / CNAT | Operating licence to 8 June 2030 | Not a transaction | Closed (BOE) | Order 12 Aug; published 14 Aug |
| RBI | FCNR(B) swap: no new deposits after 31 Aug | $52.300bn FCNR as of 13 Aug | Policy act (official PR 900) | 14 Aug |
| RBI | ECB + OFCB windows left open to 31 Dec | $1.741bn + $2.805bn | Unchanged | 14 Aug |
| CPP Investments | FQ1 FY27 | C$863.6bn NAV · 7.5% net | Reported | Quarter to 30 Jun |
| CPP Investments | CoreWeave delayed-draw, four sites | US$150m | Credit, in-quarter | Q1 FY27 |
| CPP Investments | EQT / EdgeConneX AI infrastructure | US$1.75bn | Instrument not disclosed | Q1 FY27 |
| Ontario Teachers’ | H1 already in Friday’s edition | C$303.2bn · 9.5% | Reported | Six months to 30 Jun |
| La Caisse | Mid-year already in Friday’s edition | C$552bn · 5.1% | Reported | Six months to 30 Jun |
| OMERS | H1 already in Friday’s edition | C$151.6bn · 4.8% | Reported | Six months to 30 Jun |
ESG & Governance Watch
Rule 14a-8 no-action is discontinued
Corp Fin, 14 August: the Division will discontinue responding to Rule 14a-8 no-action requests entirely, including under 14a-8(i)(1), effective immediately, unless it announces otherwise. It will also stop sending non-objection letters on 14a-8(j) notices. Companies must still file those notices when they intend to exclude a proposal. Official: Corp Fin statement, 14 August ›
Pay-to-play is a proposal, not a rule
Reuters, 14 August: the SEC has submitted a proposal to ease the pay-to-play rule for White House review. That is an early-stage proposal. It is not a published text and it is not an adopted change. Reuters ›
Decisions due
31 August. Last day to mobilise FCNR(B) deposits into the RBI swap.
11 September. Last day to execute those swaps with the RBI.
8 June 2030. Almaraz operating-licence end, unless another order is written. Physical-protection dates remain 2027/2028 unless separately renewed.
Chart of the day
Licensed life versus announced life.
Almaraz I and II operating end-dates (1 Nov 2027 / 31 Oct 2028) against the new common operating end-date (8 June 2030). The 2035 fleet line is unmoved. Source: BOE-A-2026-17756 only. Physical-protection authorisations are a separate instrument and are not plotted here.
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The Back Page
CNAT asked. CSN conditioned. The ministry wrote the Middle East into an operating licence. The physical-protection paper still ends earlier.
India closed a window in its own figures. Canada’s largest pension printed a quarter. Friday’s three Canadian half-years stay on Friday’s page.
Sources
- Orden TED/864/2026, de 12 de agosto — BOE-A-2026-17756, published 14 Aug 2026
- El BOE publica la orden ministerial — MITECO, 14 Aug 2026
- Forex inflows via FCNR(B), ECB and OFCB under the swap facility — RBI PR 2026-2027/900, 14 Aug 2026
- CPP Investments Net Assets Total $863.6 Billion at First Quarter Fiscal 2027 — Canada Newswire, 14 Aug 2026, 08:00 ET
- Same release on cppinvestments.com — 14 Aug 2026
- Ontario Teachers’ first-half 2026 — H1; already in Friday’s edition
- La Caisse mid-year 2026, 5.1% over six months — H1; already in Friday’s edition
- OMERS earns $6.9 billion in the first six months of 2026 — H1, 4.8%; already in Friday’s edition
- Two ADNOC vessels attacked in Strait of Hormuz; no injuries — WAM, 14 Aug 2026
- UAE’s ADNOC says one of its vessels came under attack — Reuters, 14 Aug 2026
- Updated statement on Corp Fin’s role in the Rule 14a-8 process — SEC, 14 Aug 2026
- SEC proposes easing pay-to-play rules — Reuters, 14 Aug 2026; proposal, not a rule
- Friday UAO live brief — The Rights You Actually Bought
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