The welcome dinner of the 18th Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024, the world’s largest mobile technology fair, brought together Felipe VI, the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the President of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonés, who, as in previous editions, did not participate in the reception of the Monarch as a gesture of rejection of the Crown. The Mobile World Congress (MWC), the most important technology congress in the…
Link Securities| A consortium participated by Acciona (ANA) has signed an agreement with the Ontario administration in Canada for the development of a new section of the Toronto underground extension currently underway, with an estimated maximum value of up to CA$2 billion (around €1.37 billion), according to the newspaper Expansión. Acciona’s joint venture with Canada’s Amico has thus beaten the other two bids submitted in the tender, the first consisting…
Norbolsa| One of the most important signs of cooperation we have seen in recent times is the ongoing talks between the US and China to find a way out of the debt of impoverished countries and avoid a wave of sovereign defaults. The talks, which include ways to pre-emptively extend loan periods before countries default, are generally aimed at easing poor countries’ annual debt service burden of more than $400…
Banca March: The monetary authority presented total losses of €7.9 billion in 2023, which, offset by the €6.6 billion of accumulated provisions in recent years, have resulted in this loss of €1.3 billion in profits. The reason for these results is due to the rise in interest rates, which has increased the payment to the national central banks. In fact, the net interest expense has risen from €900 million in…
Bankinter: Housing Transactions fell by 15.6% in December year-on-year against a drop of 15.1% previously. Analysis: The decline in transactions is mainly due to higher mortgage financing costs. The decline in transactionsis expected to continue to accelerate, reaching -20% between 2023 and 2024, although prices are holding up surprisingly well.
A new victory in Brussels for the thousands of temporary workers in the public sector – estimated at more than 800,000 – who for years have been chaining together temporary contracts without the possibility of becoming permanent, as is the case with temporary workers in the private sector. The High Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has published a new ruling that calls for a change in the…
Link Securities | The company sent a Significant Event to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) in which it stated that it once again categorically refutes Gotham’s malicious, false and misleading insinuations which have the sole aim of destabilising Grifols and provoking doubts among institutional investors. Grifols stated that it has already answered each of their malicious and misleading questions. Grifols’ Board of Directors continues to reiterate its strong commitment…
Renta 4| The Minister of Industry and Transport has confirmed that they consider Talgo to be strategic for Spain and are therefore studying in detail the conditions of Magyar Vagon’s takeover bid for the company. In this sense, they commented that this does not mean that the anti-takeover shield will be activated, but rather that the operation will be approved as long as there is full conviction that strategic control…
Bankinter: The main messages to come out of the 31 January meeting are: Growth outlook revised upwards after a solid Q4. Employment and wages remain strong but have moderated. The overall and underlying PCE readings will continue to decelerate in 2024, but are still off target. Uncertainty in the projections remains high, but has been reduced. Risks to the inflation projections stand out. Fed members put on the table the…
The company increases the cash dividend by approximately 30% in 2024, to €0.9 per share (€1.095 billion in total) and commits to increasing it by 3% annually. With this, Repsol will distribute €4.6 billion in cash in the 2024-2027 period. This remuneration will be complemented with share buybacks of up to €5.4 billion, in the expected price environment, thus allocating up to €10 billion to remunerate shareholders over the next…