Business News & Financial News

In Spain 11th December 2025

CNMV to halve reporting requirements for listed Spanish companies

The Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has presented its ‘Supervisory Actions Simplification Plan,’ which will reduce by up to 50% certain types of information that supervised entities must provide in their periodic reports to the body. The stock market supervisor’s new plan consists of 31 measures, 18 of which are aimed at reducing the documentation required with the goal of simplifying it in a “proportionate” manner, “avoiding duplication,” and…

In Europe 10th December 2025

German exports accelerate by 0.1% compared to previous month, exceeding expectations of 0.5% decline

Norbolsa | German exports rebounded unexpectedly in October, exceeding expectations of a decline. Meanwhile, exports to the US and China fell sharply. Total exports accelerated by 0.1% compared to the previous month, differing from the forecast of a 0.5% decline. Imports fell by 1.2%, while the overall balance showed a surplus of €16.9 billion in October, compared to €15.3 billion in September. Exports to eurozone countries grew by 2.7%, while…

In the World 11th December 2025

Fed cuts benchmark interest rates by quarter point to 3.5%/3.75% amid apparent split over economy

Bankinter | The Fed cuts benchmark interest rates (Fed Funds) by a quarter of a point to 3.5%/3.75% as expected. The decision was not unanimous, with one vote in favour of cutting by 50bp (Miran) and two in favour of maintaining rates (Goolsbee and Schmid). They announced that from 12 December they will increase their balance sheet again by purchasing treasury bills, not as part of their monetary policy, but…

“We need to approach negotiations with the U.S. on terms that are completely different from those currently being proposed”

Says Antonio Bonet, president of the Club of Spanish Exporters and Investors. He points out that “Europe has a single tariff applied by all member states, but the U.S. applies a tariff to each country, meaning it can decide that the tariff applied to Spanish black olives is higher than that for Italian olives, as it did at one point. So there is a part of the negotiation between Europe…

“Fifteen years ago, the European economy was larger than that of the U.S. Today, the U.S. economy is one and a half times that of Europe”

“It is a shame that we are able to mobilize economic resources for large-scale projects abroad, but not in our Spanish market”

In an interview with Consejeros magazine, Sacyr’s coordinating advisor, Elena Jiménez de Andrade, explains that now “We have great capacity to win projects, a capacity that until now contrasted with a series of financial limitations and balance sheet size. However, in this strategic cycle, we are going to eliminate those barriers. That is why we have set an ambitious goal for 2033: to triple the value of our assets. We…

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