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FSalazar

Interviews, Spanish economy 26th December 2022

“The defaults are not the tsunami that was expected, it is a tide that is slowly rising”

Explains Fernando Salazar, President of CESCE, the Spanish Export Credit Insurance Company, in an interview with Fernando Rodríguez. Q- How does a company like CESCE, which operates in many countries, view the geopolitical risk map? A- Geopolitics is currently setting the economic agenda, as the world is in great turmoil; there is no region, not even Europe, that is free. We see the rise of populism, parliamentary fragmentation, social instability,…

Endesa

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 25th December 2022

S&P lowers Endesa outlook to negative from stable

Banco Sabadell | S&P has lowered its outlook for Endesa from stable to negative, in line with the action it took in the case of ENEL (holds 70% of the Spanish utility). However it has maintained the rating at BBB+. Valuation: The news has a negative slant, although the impact is limited. The planned investments, along with the increase in debt, are behind this revision.

aenasede

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 25th December 2022

Aena launches tender for its duty free shops; €18 B revenues estimated for duration of contract

Bankinter | On Thursday, Aena called for bids for what is considered to be the most important tender for duty free shops in the world, with revenues estimated at some 18 billion euros for the contract’s 15 years duration, including the 3 year extension. The Spanish airports operator’s goals are to end Dufry’s monopoly, maximise revenues and extend what’s on offer. It estimates that this way it will more than…

iberia IAG

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 24th December 2022

Iberia (IAG) will focus on Latin America in 2023, after strengthening its position in 2022 in the US

Link Securities | Ibera, integrated in the holding IAG, will focus on growth in Latin America in 2023, after strengthening its position this year in the US, and as it waits for the opening up of the Asian market, according to the daily Expansión. Latin America is the strategic market for the airline, where it is the leader in the corridor with Europe, with a market share of 19% in…

iberdrola guapis

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 24th December 2022

Iberdrola: Pontegadea could enter negotiations to buy a stake in Proyecto Romeo’s renewables; Norges Bank has exclusivity on the deal for 1 month

Bankinter | Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages Norway’s sovereign fund, is in exclusive talks with Ibedrola to buy a stake of up to 49% in a mega portfolio of renewable assets owned by the Spanish utility. The portfolio is called Proyecto Romeo and is valued at 1.2 billion euros. It includes wind and solar projects in different phases of development with a total output of 1.266MW. Of the whole…

Spain GDP

Spanish economy 23rd December 2022

Spanish economy slows as GDP grows a mere 0.1% in Q3

CdM | Spanish GDP grew a mere 0.1% in July-September, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than in the previous three-month period, according to the National Statistics Institute (INE). The revised GDP data is one-tenth of a percentage point lower than the preliminary reading of 0.2% growth published two months ago. Year-on-year growth in the third quarter was 4.4%, compared to 7.6% in the previous quarater, but up from a…

Repsol Strategic Plan

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 23rd December 2022

The EIB provides €120 M financing for Repsol’s C43 biofuels project in Cartagena

Renta 4 | Repsol has obtained a 120 million euros loan from the European Investment Bank, which will be earmarked for financing the company’s biofuels plant in Cartagena, Murcia. The investment for the C43 project would be180 million euros, according to Repsol. It has already announced it would carry out investments aimed at converting the plant into the first advanced biofuels plant with low Co2 emissions. The C43 project will…

pensiones playita

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 23rd December 2022

The Government will improve its offer on pensions – to increase the number of years calculated from 25 to 30 – to try to reach an agreement in January

The government takes it for granted that it will not be able to reach an agreement at the social dialogue table on the second part of the pension reform before 31 December, as it has promised the European Commission. However, government sources claim that the deadlines agreed with Brussels are “flexible” and that negotiations with the social partners could be extended during the first weeks of next year in order…

Cellnex

Companies, Ibex, Spanish economy 22nd December 2022

Cellnex extends until 2026 Retevisión and Spanish subsidiaries collective bargaining agreement

Norbolsa | The company has closed an agreement with the trade union leadership to extend for a further two years until 2026 the collective bargaining agreement for Retevisión and the Spanish subsidiaries until 2026. This agreement sets a 6.7% ceiling on salary reviews. And it provides job stability limiting the possible loss of purchasing power to 2% in the coming years. In effect, the agreement includes the recovery of this…

Montero

Spanish economy, Spanish Politics 22nd December 2022

The Treasury opens the door to dismissing civil servants who fail to meet targets and the unions are up in arms

The development of a point that was already foreseen in the Basic Statute of the Public Employee in 2007 and which caused a great stir at the time, namely the possibility of dismissing civil servants who do not adequately perform their duties, has opened a rift between the Ministry of Finance and two of the majority unions in the Civil Service (CC. OO. and UGT). This comes at a time…