AI Market Shock: AI stocks slid across Asia and futures fell after Anthropic and OpenAI leaders urged a slower pace of advanced model development for safety, dragging chipmakers and AI-linked names. Indonesia Fiscal Reset: President Prabowo sacked Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa and appointed deputy Suahasil Nazara, signaling a push to keep the fiscal deficit under 3% of GDP amid investor concerns. Ukraine Finance: Canada is negotiating to join the EU’s €90bn Ukraine loan, with talks on its contribution expected before an October EU summit. airBaltic Restructuring: Latvia’s airBaltic filed for US Chapter 11 and secured €350mn in debtor-in-possession financing to keep flights running during debt negotiations. BRICS MSME Push: BRICS backed efforts to expand affordable finance for MSMEs, including work on invoice discounting and credit assessment using broader data sources. Energy Deals: Masdar and Luxcara explored joint €5bn+ investment in Germany’s battery storage and offshore wind; separately, Qatar’s AlRayan Investment and AlRayan Bank co-led IFN Qatar Dialogues 2026 on Islamic finance. Ghana Market Activity: Trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange jumped 130% week-on-week to 34.59m shares, even as key indices fell. Property & Tax Watch: Australia investors rushed to lock in property valuations ahead of upcoming capital gains tax changes. Islamic Finance & Capital Markets: AlRayan highlighted a QR500m debut green sukuk and growing fintech/tokenisation interest in Qatar’s Islamic finance ecosystem.