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The decision by Spain's Santander to sell 50% of its asset management business in order to improve its solvency ratio has been greeted with caution by analysts at Natixis.
31 May 2013
EU level agreements regarding measures to combat fiscal fraud are not enough, and there should be a mechanism to isolate countries that do not automatically provide tax information, according to IHE, the organisation that represents Spain's Inspectors of Inland Revenue.
27 May 2013
A Spanish company, Copernicus, has been set up to help Spain's embattled banks manage and monitor the country's estimated 400,000 distressed property assets.
09 May 2013
The Bank of Spain estimated recently that Q1 real GDP contracted by 0.5%. According to Barclays, both the survey and hard data on economic activity point to a deceleration in the pace of economic contraction and to an overall growth rate of -1.6% in 2013.
25 Apr 2013
Allfunds Bank has appointed Jaime Pérez-Maura (pictured) as the new business development & sales planning director. In this new role, he will be responsible for the development of new business in Europe and Far East, managing global key accounts.
15 Apr 2013
The lack of concern shown by markets to events in Lisbon reflects the low risk that Portugal will be abandoned by the troika and the expectation that contagion will continue to be contained, according to Ted Scott, director global strategy at F&C.
12 Apr 2013
Both Portugal and Ireland are counting on waiting for the European finance (IRF) ministers to decide this week to lengthen the repayment times, but chances for a seven-year extension of Portugal's bailout loans are decreasing, according to sources quoted by Bloomberg.
11 Apr 2013
Santander Asset Management has appointed Adam Cordery as global head of European fixed income within its global investment team.
09 Apr 2013
Boutique asset managers in Spain have formed a self-help group to enable them to compete more effectively internationally with more dominant global players, and to foster cooperation among themselves to increase their competitiveness.
08 Apr 2013
Inversis Banco’s Eduardo Anton sees 2013 as a year when selectors will impose stricter risk control mechanisms.
05 Feb 2013
Not all the news from Spain’s financial sector is downbeat. Family-backed firm March Gestión de Fondos is pushing out across Europe.
23 Jan 2013
While 2012 saw a continuation of many global macroeconomic issues that plagued and supported financial markets over the past years, in 2013 investors have began to enjoy a sense of closure on multiple fronts and this has been reflected the yields of Southern European countries, according to Interactive Data Europe.
17 Jan 2013
Geneva-based wealth manager Mirabaud is opening an office in Valencia, Spain, an addition to existing offices in Madrid and Barcelona.
11 Jan 2013
Japanese rating agency Rating and Investment Information Inc. (R&I) has downgraded its ratings of Italian and Spanish government debt, citing a deteriorating outlook for the countries.
11 Jan 2013
Corporate, trust and fund administration services provider Vistra has launched new offices in Madrid and Barcelona to target growing local opportunities and North as well as Latin American markets.
08 Jan 2013
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Strong demand for emerging market debt and equity assets should remain, according to experts in the field.
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Jupiter Fund Management's CEO Edward Bonham Carter is among the speakers lined up for the Fund Management Summit, co-hosted by InvestmentEurope, which takes place in London 15-16 October.
A selection of key moments caught on camera from InvestmentEurope's recent Pension Fund Forum in Zurich have been published.
