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IFM Global Infrastructure Launches Partial Takeover Bid For Naturgy At 23 €/Shr – A Premium Of 28.9%

Global InfraCo, owned by Australian fund IFM Global Infrastructure, has announced a voluntary and partial tender offer for up to 220 million shares in Spanish energy company Naturgy, representing 22.69% of the firm’s share capital. The offer price is €23 per share, which is a premium of 28.9% over the volume weighted average price of Naturgy shares for the last six months and 19.7% over Naturgy’s share price at yesterday close. For Bankinter’s analysis team, the offer is “attractive for minority shareholders”.


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2021, The Year Of The Return Of Dividends; Spain, Eurozone Leader In Dividend Yields

Allianz Global Investors presented the Dividend Report 2021. According to the study, after falling to just under €290 Bn in 2020, compared to €360 Bn a year earlier, due to the coronavirus crisis, dividend distribution is likely to rise again in 2021 to  about €330 Bn. Whatsmore, pre-crisis levels will not be reached before 2022. The report also shows that, despite the health crisis-related downturn, dividends in Europe continue to contribute substantially to equity returns. Spain is the leading market for dividend yields in the Eurozone.


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Possible Disinterest Of CAF In Alstom’s Divestments In France

CAF could have withdrawn from buying the factory that Alstom has in Reichschoffen (Alsace, France). The European authorities are forcing the French company to sell in exchange for giving the green light to the 5.3 billion euros acquisition of Bombardier’s railway business. This purchase will be executed on January 29. On January 8, Alstom seemingly informed the trade unions of this plant that CAF was not interested in the situation of the operation.


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The Housing Stock in Spain Is Worth €4.1 Bn, Over Three Times GDP

The housing stock in Spain would be estimated at 4.1 billion euros in the hypothetical case that all the homes were now on the market, which is a figure over three times higher than national GDP (1.2 billion). This is according to a study by the real estate website Idealista, in which all the houses recorded in the property register are valued at current prices.


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Grifols’ Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Hyperimmune Globulin Begins Clinical Trial In Patients With COVID-19

Grifols has announced that its anti-SARS-CoV-2 hyperimmune globulin has started a clinical trial to test its safety, efficacy and tolerability. This medicine provides a consistent concentration of purified neutralizing antibodies and could be used for both prevention and treatment of the disease. The clinical trial is the latest phase of an initiative that goes back to March when Grifols started work on its anti-SARS-CoV-2 hyperimmune globulin as part of a collaboration with U.S. government agencies.


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Spanish Labour Market 2020: The Year Of Massive Destruction In Employment

Bankia Estudios | Last year ended with the loss of more than 100,000 Spanish companies, a fall of 360,105 Social Security affiliates – the first decline in seven years – and an increase of 724,532 unemployed. It must be added 755,613 workers under temporary lay-offs programs and 349,342 self-employed receiving extraordinary unemployment benefits; in other words, more than 1.1 million people who, although technically still considered employed, are not actually working or are working reduced hours.


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Large Corporate Moves For Solaria, But Stock Overvalued

Solaria, one of the few Spanish listed companies dedicated exclusively to solar photovoltaic generation, has closed a PPA agreement, in its financial form, with Shell Energy, which is the largest signed by the company to date. In addition, its price has revalued 44% in the last three months tahnks to the recent entrance in Solaria’s share capital of iShares, Invesco and the increase in BlackRock’s holding. However, analysts find its valuation is not justified.


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Real Estate Investment In Spain Could Grow By 25% In 2021

Intermoney | Real estate investment in Spain should increase by up to 25% this year compared to 2020, says a report by CBRE. So investment would be some €12 Bn in 2021, not including corporate operations like the purchase of Quabit by Neinor. However, CBRE expects uncertainty will remain during the first part of the year at the expense of progress in the pandemic vaccination process. Areas such as rental housing, logistics, and other assets such as student and nursing homes are expected to remain on the rise.


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Faes Farma To Expand Its Industrial Capacity With New Production Plant In The Basque Country

Renta 4 | Faes Farma will expand its industrial capacity with a new production plant in Derio (Vizcaya) in order to meet the strong growth expected by the company beyond 2024. The estimated investment will be around €150 M. This will be implemented over the next 4 years and will require an increase in staff of about 200 workers. The new plant will be located in the Zamudio Technology Park, with the potential to manufacture more than 100 M units of medicines. 


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The Tobin Tax On Financial Transactions Already Operating In Spain

The so-called Tobin tax on financial transactions – which will be charged on the acquisition of shares of large Spanish listed firms like Inditex, Iberdrola or Banco Santander – came into force on January 16. The new tax will mainly affect the purchases of these companies’ shares, either in cash or via credit. According to the list drawn up by the Tax Agency, it will be applied to almost 60 companies with a market capitalisation of more than 1 billion euros as of December 16 2020.