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CaixaBankia

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 18th September 2020

Green Light For The Largest Bank In Spain: Caixabank Will Hold 74,2%, Bankia 25%; The State To Retain 16%

Last night the boards of Bankia and Caixabank approved its merger. The operation, which will retain the CaixaBank brand, is structured as a merger of Bankia into CaixaBank. The combined entity’s total assets will exceed €664 Bn, a volume that will make it the largest bank in the domestic market, with an important position at a European level and a market capitalisation of over €16 billion. The management aims at a target of 770M euros of cost savings and revenue synergies of €290M.

Urbas mining

Markets, Spanish economy, Spanish Small & Mid Caps 18th September 2020

Urbas Or How To Move From Real Estate To Mining To Guarantee A Recurrent Cash Flow

Urbas, which specialies in real estate development, construction and land management announced the acquisition of a feldspar deposit in the Galicia region. This jump to a business so far removed from its original activity is due to the firm’s need to diversify in order to offset the debt levels related to its real estate investments. This feldspar deposit is considered as one of the most important in Europe, with reserves estimated at some €600 M, in line with the current value of the mineral. 

Spanish public debt

Spanish economy 18th September 2020

The Public Debt Hits A New Record High In Spain And Is Close To 104% Of GDP

The total debt of the public administrations rose by 8.2% in July in comparison with the same month of the previous year, as a consequence of the greater expenditure derived from the coronavirus crisis. This increase adds up to almost €100 billion more in the last year, according to the data published on Thursday by the Bank of Spain.

Spain GDP

Spanish economy 17th September 2020

Spanish GDP Could Grow By Up To 2 pp A Year By 2021/2022 Thanks To European Funds – Bank of Spain

The Bank of Spain presented the update on its growth forecasts for the period 2020-2022, formulating two alternative scenarios. They provide a range of negative growth for GDP in Q3 of 9.5%-12.3% year-on-year (equivalent to quarterly advances of 16.6% and 13% respectively). On the other hand, it flags the upward risk of the various initiatives implemented at a European level, mainly the European Recovery Fund.

Bankia-BMN merger

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 16th September 2020

Bankia To Reach Highest CET1 In Spain After Changes To Assess Its Retail Mortgage Line Regulatory Capital

Bankia has been authorized by the ECB to change the parameters used for its calculation of credit risk linked to its retail mortgage business, according to a statement it published on market regulator CNMV’s website on Tuesday. This will allow Bankia to lift its CET1 capital ratio to 160 bp from 13.27% to 14.87%, the highest among Spanish banks as well as could favor the bank in the merger process with CaixaBank.

inditex all

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 16th September 2020

Inditex Returns To Profitability And Generates €734 M Net Cash In The Second Quarter

Inditex has seen a “rapid recovery” in the second half of its fiscal year 2020-2021, after returning to profits of 214 million euros in this period (between 1 May and 31 July), and leaving behind the loss of 409 million euros in the first three months. Sales recovered from -44% in the first quarter to -31% in the second quarter, despite as many as 87% of the Group’s stores still being closed in May. Today, 98% of Inditex’s stores are open, with restrictions still in place in some specific markets.

companies general

Spanish economy 15th September 2020

The Creation Of Companies In Spain Grows To Pre-Covid19 Rates In August

In August up to 5,407 new companies joined the Spanish business network compared to 5,407 in the same month last year, leaving behind five consecutive months of declines due to the Covid-19 crisis, reported the Association of Registrars. Specifically, the incorporation of companies grew by 8.4% year-on-year in August, compared to the 72.1% drop recorded in April, the 56.4% fall in May, the drop of 10 pct in June and the more moderate decline of 3.4% in July.

Nadia proud spain

Spanish economy 14th September 2020

Brief Chronicle Of Spain: A Bad Summer. A Worse Autumn?

Joan Tapia (Barcelona) | The figures of the Spanish economy were terrible in the second quarter. GDP plummeted by an outrageous 18.5% compared to the previous quarter, while the GDP of the euro area, despite suffering the biggest fall since reliable statistics have been available, fell considerably less, by 11.8%. And the loss of jobs in the same period was 7.5% in Spain compared to 2.9% in Europe.

Aena

Ibex, Markets, Spanish economy 14th September 2020

Spanish Airport Traffic Continues At Very Depressed Levels: 69.6% Drop In August

The airports in the Aena network closed August with 8,951,753 passengers, 69.6% fewer than in the same month last year, along with 142,962 aircraft movements, 39.1% fewer than in August 2019, and 59,819 tons of freight, 28.6% lower. Out of the total number of passengers recorded in August, 8,909,752 were commercial passengers with 4,838,712 on domestic flights, 41.6% less than in August 2019, and 4,071,040 on international routes, down by 80.7%.

Over 90% of foreign companies in Spain expect to increase or maintain their investment in 2020

Spanish economy 11th September 2020

Spain’s Foreign Trade Is Holding Out

Luis Alcaide | New outbreaks of coronavirus in the Altlantic area are dampening the optimism aroused by the second-quarter foreign trade figures. World trade, according to Dutch analyst Cpb, grew in volume by 7.6% in June compared to May, the largest increase since January 2000. Industrial production, also according to Cpb, increased by 4.8% between May and June after four months of decline.