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BBVA Argentina

Spanish economy 14th October 2024

BBVA approves pre-financing of €1.5 billion in convertible bonds and brings forward issuance to arrive at takeover bid with liquidity

Link Securities | BBVA’s Board of Directors has approved the pre-financing of €1.5 billion in convertible bonds (CoCos), bringing forward the 2025 issues to reach the key moment of the takeover bid for Sabadell with sufficient liquidity, according to the newspaper Expansión. The newspaper points out that BBVA has already covered all of this year’s issues, but that when the takeover bid becomes effective, the bank will enter a blackout…

Enagas

Spanish economy 11th October 2024

Enagás begins search for clients for H2Med green hydrogen corridor

Enagás and its partners are preparing to face the first major test for H2Med, the future hydrogen interconnection that will link Spain and Portugal with France and Germany, explains El Economista. The system operators from the countries involved in this project – Enagás in Spain, REN in Portugal, Teréga and GRTgaz in France, and OGE in Germany – will launch the so-called ‘Call for Interest’ on November 7th, aimed at…

fcc grua construccion

Spanish economy 10th October 2024

Spin-off of FCC’s Cement and Real Estate divisions could help crystallise value, but how Cement division fits in not clear

Banco Sabadell : According to CNMV records, Melinda French Gates has floated a 4.3% stake in FCC. This move would be related to the stake reduction announced by Bill Gates last week (to 1.9% from 5.7%). On the other hand, press reports indicate that it expects to list its Cement (99% FCC; 4% EV FCC) and Real Estate (80% FCC; 17% EV FCC) subsidiary called Inmocemento in November this year….

ELECTRIC CAR

In Spain 10th October 2024

“The European energy transition policy in the automotive sector is a disaster. Chinese manufacturers have subsidies, Americans have tax incentives… Europeans face fines.”

The president of CIE Automotive, Antón Pradera, stated at an event organized by Deusto Business Alumni and Deloitte in Bilbao that the European energy transition policy in the automotive sector is a disaster. He warned that the sector in the EU is “very, very concerned” because it has stopped being a world champion, and in contrast to China’s subsidies for its industry and the tax incentives for US manufacturers, European…

europastry

Spanish economy 9th October 2024

Europastry suspends IPO for fourth time, second this year, due to geopolitical instability, or too high a price?

Alphavalue: The company has suspended its IPO for the fourth time, for the second time this year, two days before it was due to go ahead. In the statement to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), they informed that they were cancelling the operation due to the geopolitical situation, which is causing instability in the markets. However, according to the Financial Times, the fact that an IPO has been halted…

Sabadell Torre Sabadell

Spanish economy 9th October 2024

Moody’s affirms Banco Sabadell’s long-term deposit rating at “Baa1” and senior unsecured debt rating of CAM Global Finance vehicle at “Baa2”

Link Securities | Moody’s Ratings has confirmed on Tuesday the “Baa1” rating on Banco Sabadell’s long-term deposits and the “Baa2” rating on the senior unsecured debt of its CAM Global Finance vehicle, Bolsamania.com reported yesterday. The outlook on both ratings remains “positive”. At the same time, the agency has affirmed the bank’s ‘Ba1’ subordinated debt rating and ‘Baa3’ junior senior unsecured debt rating, as well as the bank’s ‘A3’ long-term…

indra edificio

Spanish economy 9th October 2024

Indra begins process of selling Minsait Payments separately from parent company, with value of €500-600 million

Intermoney | Indra informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) yesterday, with the market closed, that the board of directors had approved the formal process of selling Minsait Payments separately from its parent company, having detected a high level of interest in ķthe market for the means of payment business. According to several media reports, the value of the subsidiary could be in the region of €500-600 million. This would…

Aena nuevita

Spanish economy 9th October 2024

Aena bids for €500-million airport expansion project in Cali

Aena, together with two local partners, has presented the project to expand Cali airport (Colombia), which would involve an investment of €500 million. The Spanish operator is currently the concessionaire of this infrastructure, although the Colombian government is expected to put the airport out to tender next year. Aena thus opts to continue as operator, while maintaining its 50% stake and consolidating the concession by the equity method. The project…

bbva sabadell fusion 2

In Spain 8th October 2024

BBVA CEO insists offer is solid, backs Sabadell’s value; Sabadell CEO says valuation insufficient

Link Securities | The CEO of BBVA (BBVA), Onur Genç, said that the merger between the bank and Banco Sabadell (SAB) ‘is a textbook operation, ideal for everyone’, according to the Bolsamanía portal. Genç explained that the strong correlation between the share prices of the two banks reflects that the offer is solid and supports the value of Sabadell. He said this during his participation in the 15th Financial Forum…

Closed

Spanish economy 8th October 2024

Bankruptcy proceedings up to September number 6,268, up 26%

Informa D&B | A total of 6,268 insolvency proceedings and 20,731 dissolutions have been registered in Spain in the three quarters to September 2024, according to data on insolvency proceedings and dissolutions extracted by Informa D&B (a subsidiary of Cesce), a leading provider of Commercial, Financial, Sectorial and Marketing Information. Bankruptcy proceedings are up 26% compared to those accumulated in the same nine months in 2023, while dissolutions are down…