The PSOE has managed to unblock the amnesty law after a road full of obstacles. For the Minister of the Presidency, Félix Bolaños, it is a “source of pride”, but along the way the Socialists have left themselves several wounds in the form of concessions to Junts per Catalunya. It is the price to be paid to breathe life into the legislature that has begun in fits and starts and…
Iberdrola has decided to launch a takeover bid to acquire the 18.4% stake in Avangrid, its subsidiary in the United States, which it does not yet own, for some $2,486 million, as announced to the CNMV (Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission). IBE is offering a cash price of $34.25 per share, representing an implied premium of approximately 10% over the volume-weighted average share price (VWAP) of the shares during the…
BancaMarch: Federal Reserve Chairman has confirmed the peak in official interest rates. Jerome Powell, has kept his January speech unchanged, indicating that monetary policy will change course at “some point this year”, without specifying a date. He also emphasised the risks of bringing forward the cuts too soon, resulting in a return of inflation and the need for an even tighter policy. Thus, the Fed will not cut rates until…
Mirabaud: To no one’s surprise, the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to keep official interest rates unchanged and has sent out a clearly pessimistic message. Inflation is expected to fall more than expected – it may not even reach 2% in 2026 – and economic growth is expected to be very limited: according to the latest ECB forecasts, gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by barely 0.6% this year….
Norbolsa | Telefónica (TEF) has launched a delisting tender offer to acquire the shares of Telefónica Deutschland that are not owned by Telefónica representing approximately 5.65% of the share capital and voting rights. The delisting offer will be formulated as a tender offer and will not be subject to any conditions. The offered price per share is €2.35, which is an attractive price that yesterday closed at €2.34/share. Upon delisting,…
The Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, yesterday revealed his intention to do “everything possible” to reject the Hungarian takeover bid for Talgo, and made it clear yesterday that the Government will play the ‘anti-opposition shield’ card to prevent the entry of the Hungarian group Magyar Vagon (Ganz-MaVag) in the train manufacturer Talgo as it doubts the origin of the funds that will finance the operation, valued at more than €600…
Informa D&B| In the first two months of 2024, 1,516 insolvency proceedings and 7,871 dissolutions have been registered in Spain, according to data on insolvency proceedings extracted by INFORMA D&B S.A.U. (S.M.E.), a subsidiary of Cesce. These figures represent an increase of 48% for insolvency proceedings, while dissolutions decreased by 1%. The companies in insolvency proceedings in February had sales of around €666 million and employed 5,300 people. Most of…
Link Securities | The company announced yesterday that it has teamed up with Alcampo to supply green energy to all hypermarkets and supermarkets in Spain through a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA), according to Europa Press. Specifically, the Spanish energy company will provide the retail giant with 3,740 GWh, equivalent to the consumption of 62,000 Spanish families per year, through several of its photovoltaic installations for eleven years. The energy…
Bankinter: The German Trade Balance surprises on the upside and rebounds again in the month – Trade Balance (January): €27.5bn versus €21bn expected and €22.4bn previous (revised from €22.2bn); Exports: +6.3% month-on-month against +1.5% expected and -4.2% previous (revised from -4.6%); Imports: +3.6% compared to +1.8% expected and -6.5% previous (revised from -6.7%). Assessment: Both components, Exports and Imports, beat expectations in January. However, this improvement is the result of…
Alicia García Herrero (Natixis)| Not surprisingly, the Chinese government has set a high growth target of 5% for 2024, mirroring last year’s. The move is consistent with the market expectation, but achieving the goal is not without challenges, at least when using the early indicators for the first quarter, especially PMI numbers. China’s official manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs stood at 49.1 and 50.8 on average, respectively, over the past three months…