Norges Bank, the Norwegian bank in charge of managing the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has revealed a 3.006% stake in Banco Santander, a percentage it controls directly. This is according to the notification it sent Thursday to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). Norges Bank’s stake in Santander consists of direct control of 513.4 million shares which, at Thursday’s closing price of EUR 2.69 per share, implies a total value…
Banco Santander obtained an attributable profit of 2.543 billion euros in the first quarter of this year, 58% more than a year earlier, when the bank took a 530 million charge for restructuring costs. Ordinary profit, which excludes that impact, rose 19%, the bank told the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) on Tuesday.Santander is confident it will achieve the 2022 targets it announced in February: revenue growth of around…
BBVA’s board of directors has decided to increase the price of the takeover bid it launched last November for the 50.15% stake it does not control in Garanti, its Turkish subsidiary. Specifically, the bank has upgraded the takeover bid from 12.20 to 15 Turkish liras per share, as reported to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). BBVA flags that the total outlay for the takeover bid will be 31.595 billion…
Intermoney | On Thursdsay after the market’s close, ACS (ACS) (Buy, Target Price 40 euros) registered its forthcoming AGM announcement with the CNMV. The meeting will take place on May 6 at second call. Whatsmore, the construction firm also made public its board’s proposals, which envisage an issue of new shares worth up to 600 million euros. This is a traditional move to make a dividend payment, and the capital…
Turkey’s securities supervisor (Capital Markets Board) has authorised BBVA’s takeover bid for the 50.15% it does not own in Turkish subsidiary Garanti, the bank has informed the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). The offer will begin on 4 April and end on 29 April. BBVA, which owns 49.85% of Garanti’s capital, announced the takeover bid in November last year. It made the offer at 12.20 Turkish liras per share, with…
Naturgy will face the energy transition divided into two companies which will be listed on the stock exchange. The Géminis project, as the company headed by Francisco Reynés has announced, has been approved by the entire board. This includes the new representative of the Australian fund IFM, who has just joined the company. The regulated distribution infrastructure business will be integrated within one of the companies, while the other will…
Fernando Rodríguez | Retail investors took advantage of the sharp falls in the Spanish stock market in March 2019 to appreciably increase their positions in the sectors most affected by the crisis. This is revealed by an Analysis of the behaviour of retail investors in the financial markets during the COVID-19 crisis, prepared by CNMV technicians. “The number of transactions carried out in the first weeks of the crisis saw…
Ibercaja Banco intends to go public via an initial public offering of ordinary shares to qualified investors, the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) has been informed. The placement will be made by the Ibercaja Foundation, which holds 88.04% of the shares. The remaining 11.96% is held by the Fundación Círculo de Burgos, the Fundación Inmaculada de Aragón and the Fundación Caja Badajoz. Through the share offer, the Ibercaja Foundation…
CDM/ The Management Committee of the Madrid General Index (IGBM) decided in its ordinary revision meeting that both the IGBM and the Total Index will be formed by 115 listed companies in the first half of 2022. This follows the exit of Barón de Ley, Biosearch, Codere, Euskaltel and Solarpack, and the entrance of Acciona Energías Renovables. Acciona Energías Renovables will become part of the index after its listing on…
The energy company, which on 15 September will pay a second dividend of 0.40 euros per share, offers electricity at 66 euros/MWh to its customers for three years.