Link Securities | The holding company IAG (IAG) fears that the trade war unleashed by US President Donald Trump since his arrival at the White House will affect its business with higher prices and less appetite for flying in general and, in particular, on routes to the United States, one of its main markets, according to Expansión. Last year, 17% of IAG’s income, or €5.406 billion, depended on the United…
Renta 4 | Repsol has reached an agreement to acquire 40% of Unioil, a Philippine lubricant manufacturer. This acquisition will allow it to strengthen its presence in the Philippines and Southeast Asia and add a fifth manufacturing plant to those already existing in Spain, Mexico, Singapore and Indonesia. At the end of 2024, Unioil had a total production capacity of 25,000 tonnes. Assessment: Qualitatively positive news, which is in line…
Juan Pedro Marín Arrese | Jerome Powell made it clear at the press conference following the Fed’s meeting that he and his colleagues are in no hurry to adjust rates. They will only move should prices undertake further progress to converge with the 2% target or the economy markedly cool down, sharply deteriorating employment. Carefully avoiding casting comments on the new administration’s policies, he emphasised the Fed’s commitment to independence…
Renta 4 | Telefónica (TEF) has hired J.P. Morgan to study the sale of its subsidiary in Argentina, according to press reports. The potential buyers are local companies. MiliCom also stands out, to which Telefónica has already sold several Latin American subsidiaries and is in the process of selling the Colombian one. In addition, Telefónica Peru has sent a relevant fact in which it highlights that it is in talks…
Norbolsa | Economic activity is expected to exceed $17.8 trillion in 2024, said President Xi Jinping in his New Year’s speech, acknowledging the new challenges facing the economy in the face of global uncertainty and the pressure to transform old growth engines into new ones. He added that the government will implement new proactive measures to boost growth through 2025. Indeed, looking ahead to 2025, Xi said the country aims…
Norbolsa | BBVA (BBVA) has already received the green light from the Mexican Competition Commission (Cofece) for its takeover bid for Banco Sabadell (SAB). On Monday, the Mexican regulator gave the bank the go-ahead, which has determined that the notified operation is unlikely to affect the process of competition and free economic concurrence. BBVA’s transaction with Sabadell includes the indirect acquisition of Sabadell’s Aztec subsidiary and the rest of its…
Bankinter: OPEC is to delay the planned production increase of 180,000 barrels per day by three months. This is positive, if not unexpected, news for oil. The current OPEC cuts amount to 5.86 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), which corresponds to around 5.7% of world oil demand. Within the aforementioned cuts, 3.66M bpd will be extended until the end of 2025 and the remaining 2.2M bpd will start…
Alphavalue / Divacons | The Spanish utility yesterday completed a A$750 million (approximately €460 million) green bond issue to finance its renewable development in Australia. According to the company, it is the first non-financial Spanish company to issue in this market known as ‘Kangaroo’. The issue was made in two tranches: A$350 million (€215 million) for six years and A$400 million (€245 million) for 10 years. Demand reached A$2.1 billion…
Norbolsa | Taiwan is approaching Europe to conclude an economic agreement and closer economic cooperation, a route from which it has so far been excluded because it has not been represented in these forums. Europe is also seeking such cooperation, as a way to promote semiconductor manufacturing in Europe and reduce dependence on Asia. Taiwanese investment in the EU has been boosted by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), which in…
Julian Marx (Flossbach von Storch) | The US Federal Reserve has just announced the second interest rate cut of the year. It is going down by 25 basis points to a new range of 4.5 to 4.75 per cent. The Fed’s confidence in today’s interest rate move may also have been drawn from the latest ‘Beige Book’, which is considered a barometer of the US economy and is published two…