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Spanish infrastructure company Ferrovial is reportedly putting up for sale its three regional British airports of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Southampton (AGS), according a report in the Telegraph. AGS, jointly owned by Ferrovial and Macquarie, will be sold as a single entity in a process overseen by bankers at Credit Agricole and Solomon Partners and expected to commence in the coming weeks, a source close to the situation was reported as saying. Ferrovial and Macquarie acquired the company for £1 billion (€1.17 billion) in 2014. Last November, the Spanish company announced the sale of its 25% sta...
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When it comes to real estate investments, rental yield - defined as the annual return from renting out a property - is a critical metric. Higher rental yields indicate better returns on investment, crucial for any savvy investor. To illustrate, let's break down the numbers: purchasing a property for €500,000 and earning a monthly rent of €2,000 (or €24,000 annually) results in a gross annual rental yield of 4.8%. After accounting for taxes and other administrative expenses, the net yield will be lower. Consider Maria, an astute investor aiming to maximise her rental income in the European prop...
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There are hopes of improvement for Europe's commercial property market, as a long-standing trend of decline showed a slowdown for the first three months of 2024. Although values were down, they fell by just 0.5% in the first quarter. That was an improvement on the previous quarter, which saw a drop of 3.4%, according to data from the Altus Group. "As we start off 2024, we're seeing encouraging signs in the European commercial property market, with commercial property value declines moderating significantly across all sectors," Altus Group's senior vice president Phil Tily wrote in the group's ...
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New York (AFP) - The trial of Archegos founder Bill Hwang for alleged securities fraud and market manipulation opened in New York on Monday, focused on the fund's spectacular 2021 implosion that cost large banks billions of dollars. The family-owned hedge fund run by Hwang had taken huge bets on a few stocks with money borrowed from banks, and when several of those bets turned sour, the fund was unable to meet "margin calls" to cover the losses. The 2021 collapse of the fund sent shock waves through financial markets and caused $10 billion in losses for Credit Suisse, Nomura, Morgan Stanley an...
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With the European elections approaching, scientists from across the European Union are uniting for the first time to call for increased science funding from their candidates. "It is essential to preserve the collaborative, open and international nature of scientific work," said the 27 EU science academies in a statement presented last week in Brussels, Belgium. "At least 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) in research and education is the way of saying that we cannot limit ourselves to following emergencies, but that we work together to build a solid Europe, necessary for a truly uncertain worl...
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Italian energy giant Eni is considering giving investors a chance to invest in separate stakes in its fossil fuel projects, in a move that is known as a satellite strategy. The projects are likely to be some of the company's very lucrative developments based in the Ivory Coast and Indonesia. This will allow investors who may not be particularly interested in renewable energy projects to make sure their money is funding only the fossil fuel projects they support. Similarly, it will also allow investors who prioritise green projects to ensure that their money is not being used to support fossil ...
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In recent years, Uzbekistan has become a focal point for foreign investment, thanks to significant governmental reforms initiated in 2017. The Third Tashkent International Investment Forum showcased the country's burgeoning appeal to global investors. Participants from over 90 countries convened to discuss business prospects and inked contracts valued at billions of dollars. Notable figures such as Marco Arcelli, CEO of ACWA Power, lauded Uzbekistan's rapid embrace of decarbonization, citing the nation's ambitious agenda as a catalyst for investment. ACWA Power further solidified its commitmen...
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Chinese and Serbian flags were hoisted in Belgrade on Tuesday for the arrival of Chinese President Xi Jinping. Coming after a stop Paris, Xi's state visit to Serbia coincides with the 25th anniversary of the 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, which was hit by a US Air Force strike during NATO's campaign in Kosovo in 1999. The bombing was eventually acknowledged by Washington as a mistake, but it remains a sore point in Sino-American relations. "To some extent, the memory [of the bombing] is kept artificially alive, so that it can be solicited whenever it is deemed necessary, to p...
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In plans aimed at revolutionising healthcare and other life sciences, Novo Holdings is investing DKK 1.4 billion (€188 million) in building a hub of start-ups focused on new technologies including quantum computing. Quantum computers, capable of making scientific calculations that would otherwise take most computers thousands of years, can potentially speed up the development of pharmaceuticals and other life sciences. Novo Holdings is the parent company of Europe's most valuable firm, Novo Nordisk, known for its weight-loss medication Wegovy and Ozempic, a diabetes drug. "Quantum technologies...
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There are 44 countries in Europe and across all of them there’s an estimated 32 million active enterprises, according to 2022 data from the European Commission. However, growth has been pretty bleak in the past few years. The European Central Bank (ECB) estimated growth in 2023 to be 0.6%, and is only projecting a marginal improvement of 0.8% in 2024. To put that in context, in the USA GDP increased at an annual rate of 3.3% in the fourth quarter of 2023 and both Reuters and the World Bank have put China’s 2023 growth at 5.2%. So what is Europe doing wrong? In this episode of The Big Question,...
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