Juan J. Fdez-Figares | The catalysts for the new flight from risk was the publication on Friday in the Eurozone and its two principal economies, France and Germany, of various advanced indices for activity in March, what are known as the PMIs, which were well below that expected by analysts.
Alphavalue | The perspective for Siemens Gamesa presumably seems brilliant offshore, given that the industry is now focused on the high sea. Aerogenerator makers declined significantly in 2017 due to the system of auctions in almost all markets, which put pressure on prices in the whole supply chain.
Aristóbulo de Juan | Bankers are administrators of other people’s money, and they are responsible both to their depositors and to other stakeholders. Human nature being what it is, however, they sometimes fall prey to overweening ambition, coming to see themselves as the rightful beneficiaries of the moneys entrusted to them. This can lead them to make poor lending decisions and engage in risky practices, eventually moving on to cosmetic accounting and the concealment of problems, speculation and even outright fraud.
Alphavalue | Santander bank just created the Company Landmark Iberia to transfer all the land assets it has due to its exposure to the housing market.
Sam Theodore (Scope Ratings) | In this merger of German banks, the less problematic partner appears to be Commerzbank (graded A by Scope with stable perspective) rather than Deutsche Bank (graded BBB+ with negative perspective).
Alphavalue | The energy multinational Naturgy in the period 2018-2019 will invest a total of 955 M€ in the development of rentable Energy in Spain, which will make the company increase this year 82.8% its installed potential in renewables compared to 2018. In an interview with Efe, the director of Naturgy Renewable Development in Spain, Carlos González Samano, has said that “the details of these investments will be substantiated in…
Link Securities | The President of Enagás, Antonio Llardén, qualified last week´s agreement with Blackstone to enter the US market as a historical milestone for the Spanish company in putting Enagás on the global chess board of gas infrastructure.
Ana Fuentes | It was seen coming: with low participation in the General Assembly of Shareholders, the restructuring plan chosen for the company was that proposed by LetterOne, controlled by Mikhail Fridman and backed by Goldman Sachs, which owns 29.01% of the Group.
Ofelia Marín Lozano | Why in the last 11 years, an investor in the American banking sector has obtained a positive profitability of 70%, whereas an investor in the European banking sector has obtained a negative return of 60%.
Alphavalue | The Spanish constructor revealed on Friday the traffic figures for February. Heathrow airport had 1.48 M passengers in February, an increase if +1.7% yoy.