Sabadell | Blackstone Infrastructure Partners (29% Enagas) has launched a non-binding offer to increase its holding in the US Tallgrass from 44% to 100%, which would mean that Enagas would go from 12.5% to 25% indirect if it decides to participate, which has still not been decided.
Bankinter | Declarations by three ECB hawks (Weidmann, Bundesbank; Knot, Netherlands; and Nowotny, Austria) contrast with the dovish declarations of Lagarde, who takes over from Draghi as ECB President in October.
Scope Ratings | France has been host of the G7. While its neighbour debates foreign policy, Emmanuel Macron continues to pursue his fiscal reforms, without losing sight of the size of France´s budget deficit (rising towards 3.1% of GDP this year and exceeding the target for 2020) which has caused concerns about the sustainability of the country´s debt.
Ann-Katrin Petersen, investment strategist at Allianz Global Investor | The more uncertain the UK political environment, the weaker the GBP, and vice versa. A structural appreciation of GBP, which we deem to be undervalued, necessitates more clarity and a benign decision in the Brexit discussion.
Investment Desk, Bank Degroof Petercam │ Fears of a slowdown are more pronounced. We are seeing a slight reduction in trade tensions since President Trump announced a partial delay in the imposition of new tariffs on Chinese products. The tariffs on approximately half of the 300,000 goods subject to the measures will be introduced from 15 December instead of September.
Alphavalue | OHL, through its subsidiaries Judlau Contracting and Community Asphalt, has signed contracts to carry out two contacts in the US for about 70 M€.
Christian Gattiker, Head of Research, Julius Baer │It is about time: central bankers present their take on the current mess at the Jackson Hole meeting, the prime plat-form for this. The more concerned they are the better. We think concerted central bank action will still avoid a global recession. Warming up to fiscal easing, as in Germany, is the icing on the cake.
Keith Wade, chief economist at Schroders │ The yield curve has been a reliable element in the prediction of US recessions over the last four decades. With only one exception, every time the curve has inverted, the US economy has entered into recession within 18 months.
Magdalene Teo, Fixed Income Research Asia, Eric Mak, Equity Research Analyst Asia, Julius Baer │China has opted for interest rate reform (to be more market-oriented) instead of announcing a benchmark rate cut, so liquidity flow is more targeted to the segments that need it.
Banc Sabadell | According to the press, Denver International Airport (US) has unilaterally cancelled the contract which was awarded in 2017 to the Great Hall Partners consortium (in which Ferrovial holds 80%) to remodel and operate commercially for 34 years its main terminal.