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Financial companies scramble to rework contracts and tie down personnel after US Federal Trade Commission rule

Schwab AM has no plans to launch EU-domiciled funds and EU rules inhibit the sale of US ETFs to retail investors

Company blames ‘technical issue’ for money being removed from accounts

FDIC board postpones votes on rival proposals that have alarmed the fund management industry

Shareholder resolution highlights challenges around Norwegian company’s climate pledge

Nobel-winning economist speaks about her climate-focused tax proposal

Also in today’s newsletter, a new tax task force kicks off, and the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance widens its scope

Also in today’s newsletter, a new attack on ESG from Texas

Hermès’s revenue growth in high-margin leather goods shows why the group leads the luxury sector on valuation

Recent turnaround still owes most to a steep and persistent valuation discount

Any deal would need South African government’s approval while cost savings are another issue

Artificial intelligence is a multibillion-dollar project with no clear timeline for revenues

Central bank resists pressure to tighten policy despite currency weakness pushing up inflation

Also in today’s newsletter, Macron warns of Europe’s ‘mortal’ threat and how UK’s ‘levelling up’ failed

There is a gap between the research supplied by academia and what policymakers actually want

Markets no longer fully confident of move by September following new growth and inflation data

Plus, a farewell from the Future of Money and Monzo wins against a snack bar

A disturbing trend this year has been a surge in card testing attacks

A new survey from campaign group Reboot reveals extent of inequalities the sector

The future is not wholly bleak, despite falling valuations

The famed Uyghur academic pursued her life’s work under an increasingly authoritarian Chinese state. Then she vanished

If only we’d followed Wright’s Law, solar tech could have been cheaper much sooner

Zendaya shines in ‘Challengers’, a sensual story of tennis and love; Liam Neeson is a weary hitman in ‘In the Land of Saints and Sinners’; ‘That They May Face the Rising Sun’ is a moving and meditative delight; Paola Cortellesi’s ‘There’s Still Tomorrow’ cleverly channels Italian neorealism; LaKeith Stanfield is a false messiah in ‘The Book of Clarence’; Johnny Depp plays the king to Maïwenn’s mistress in ‘Jeanne du Barry’ — reviews by Danny Leigh and Jonathan Romney

Politicians’ scandals have changed with the times but the shame remains the same

The famed Uyghur academic pursued her life’s work under an increasingly authoritarian Chinese state. Then she vanished

Politicians’ scandals have changed with the times but the shame remains the same

There’s a new brand of gastropub pop-ups where the pop never stops

A delicious croissant alternative that’s far, far easier to bake

The American screenwriter’s account of four decades in Hollywood is as gossipy and scandalous as you’d expect

Rachel Cockerell movingly chronicles her ancestors’ migration from Kyiv to America — via a scheme for a homeland in Texas

The chef pays homage to his Palestinian heritage in his first book of recipes

Reservation scalping; flame-throwing robot dogs; Russian reserve accumulation and Taylor Swift fandom

Also in this newsletter: Why Venice is charging visitors to enter

The author on the antiques, architecture and history of his adopted home

Meet the women expertly challenging convention in a male-dominated profession

After a four-year hiatus the lavish hotel-train is back, on a new route through the jungles of Malaysia

My coffee machine looks amazing. For £3,000, it should do

The annual Salone del Mobile is a vast display of slick superfluousness but at its heart is a deep regard for tradition and craftsmanship

When Lord and Lady Barnard became custodians of the ancestral seat in 2016, they inherited a fairytale – and a project in urgent need of help

This modest farm labourers’ cottage in New York was where the master of the macabre wrote his final works