Managing Critical Issues & Risks Across Emerging Markets

Speyside Group provides a practical explanation of what the EU AI Act will require from companies on December 2nd, 2026, following the postponement of the main high-risk obligations to 2027. While the delay gives businesses more time to prepare for the most demanding compliance requirements, it does not represent a broader pause to the AI Act. The December 2nd, 2026 milestone remains relevant, bringing the end of a specific transition period and two additional prohibited AI practices into scope.

Speyside Group provides a strategic perspective on how geopolitical risk shapes electoral outcomes and business operating environments across Latin America. Elections test whether governments can govern, not merely their ideological direction. Institutional capacity, legislative coalitions, and external pressures reshape the investment landscape more than electoral mandates alone, requiring investors to assess each country's capacity to implement policy.

Speyside Group provides a strategic perspective on why the traditional Australian two-speed economy framing no longer describes the country adequately. Western Australia produced 45.4 per cent of national goods exports in 2025, but other important divisions cut across State and Territory lines: between metropolitan, regional and remote communities, and between established property owners, renters and prospective buyers. For investors and corporate affairs leaders, mapping the wrong divides produces the wrong engagement strategy