On February 26, 2026, in the Official Journal of the EU[4] was published Directive (EU) 2026/470 (“Omnibus I”)[14], which drastically narrows the scope of non-financial reporting under CSRD and due diligence obligations under CSDDD (CS3D). After the changes, CSRD will cover only companies exceeding simultaneously 1,000 employees[5] and 450 million euros in annual net turnover,…
March Changes in Pensions and New Financial Regulations Worldwide From March 1, 2026, The Social Insurance Institution raised all long-term pension and disability benefits and allowances by 5.3%[2]. The minimum pension, survivor’s pension, and disability pension for total incapacity to work now amount to[1] 1,978.49 PLN gross, about 1,800 PLN net. The estimated cost of…
Offices Under Pressure, Logistics on the Rise: A Pivotal Week in the Global Real Estate Market Analyses GRI Institute analyses based on Savills data show[1] that office take-up in Europe is expected to grow by around 3% year-on-year in 2026, the strongest increase since 2022. However, this improvement concerns a narrow segment of modern Class…
Meta Platforms signed a multi-year agreement with AMD[3] to supply up to 6 GW of computing power through Instinct GPUs and related CPUs for AI data centers. Independent analyses describe this as the largest single infrastructure contract in the current era of artificial intelligence. The agreement structure includes warrants for 160 million shares of AMD,…
Within just a few days, three major Chinese entities – Alibaba Group with Qwen3.5, Byte. Dance with Doubao 2.0, and Mini. Max with the M2.5 model – released or updated frontier models designed for the era of agents[1]. Chinese Models and the Open GLM-5 Qwen3.5 in its mixture-of-experts architecture has 397 billion parameters[5] (with 17…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on February 12, 2026[2] a final regulation that repeals the so-called Endangerment Finding from 2009[1] for greenhouse gases emitted by vehicles. The document challenges the interpretation that the Clean Air Act grants EPA authority[3] to regulate CO₂ emissions from new cars and trucks without explicit Congressional mandate. The rule…
The Central Statistical Office and the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy confirmed the pension and disability benefit indexation rate for 2026 at 5.3%[1]. This exceeds the 4.88% rate set in the budget law and means an additional cost for public finances of approximately PLN 24.8 billion, about PLN 2 billion higher than previous…
In England, preparations are underway to implement the „Renters’ Rights Act 2025”, the most significant reform of the private rental market in decades. The UK Government and Parliament have announced[2] that key provisions—including the abolition of Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreements, transition to indefinite assured periodic tenancies, banning eviction without cause, and strict rent increase rules—will…
A consortium of investors composed of Advent International, Fed. Ex Corp., A&R Investments (the vehicle of Rafał Brzoska), and PPF Group agreed with In. Post S. A. on the terms of the recommended public offer[1] at €15.60 per share. The company’s valuation reaches about €7.8 billion[4] (approx. $9.2–9.3 billion), and the management board and supervisory…