The cynic in me suggests that when losses are concentrated into powerful financial institutions, regulatory focus will become much sharper, including in jurisdictions that have been previous uninterested in addressing the issue.

"politically neutral" sounds like saying that consideration of ethical, social or moral issues is out of scope.

"conferred with his neurology team". It's unusual for a doctor to make any statement about a person that exposes other services the person might be accessing. There's a clear message here in that the author feels the need to share the risk of this statement enough to violate privacy.