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CPP voted against 950 directors. SEC ends no-action letters.

The SEC stopped answering. An insurer reclassified $16bn. The 30-year hit its highest since 2007. Four gaps opened this week between the risk a long-horizon owner holds and the systems used to measure, govern and price it.

UAO Editorial · Aug 19, 2026
US Treasury 10-year and 2-year yields and the 10y-2y spread, 2026 year to date, with the Hormuz closure onset marked

The chip becomes a toll road

Six firms sign MoUs to lend against GPUs as infrastructure — Nvidia may backstop up to $125bn. OTPP's broad-based 9.5%. The Rhine stops at Kaub. Hormuz, disrupted since February, gets a price list.

UAO Editorial · Aug 11, 2026
A Headline Yield Is Not a Liability Curve

A Headline Yield Is Not a Liability Curve

At 10 years nominal rose 7bp with real unchanged; at 30 years nominal rose 12bp with 6 of them real. One move, two decompositions - and neither prices a sterling pension promise.

UAO Editorial · Jul 31, 2026
The Price of Optionality

The Price of Optionality

Brent clears $100, GIC budgets US$30bn for agility, and the Red Sea becomes a second oil chokepoint.

UAO Editorial · Jul 24, 2026
Hormuz is back in your portfolio
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Hormuz is back in your portfolio

A single strait moves oil, LNG, inflation, rates, shipping and defense at once — and it's back. Plus private credit meets its stress test as it's sold into the 401(k), and Temasek maps the AI-and-income barbell.

UAO Editorial · Jul 8, 2026
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