GBS Finance report and Mikel Bilbao statements on the retail industry
The financial daily ‘Expansion’ has published an article, based on a GBS Finance report on the retail industry in Spain. The article, titled “Fashion seeks his financial tailor,” warns that internationalization is the only outlet for Spanish fashion brands nowadays. According to Mikel Bilbao, partner of GBS Finance, “external output is expensive, and achieve a […]
GBS Finance appoints Iván Dolz de Espejo as partner
Iván Dolz de Espejo has been appointed partner of the Spanish firm of investment banking GBS Finance.
GBS Finance appoints Iván Dolz de Espejo partner of the Family Office department
Iván Dolz de Espejo has been appointed partner of GBS Finance, in the department. He has more than twelve years of national and international investment banking experience.
Javier Navarro gives his opinion regarding the value that Banco de Valencia’s shares reached before the crisis
The Bank of Spain is accusing the former board of Banco de Valencia of speculation with the value of its shares. In the opinion of Javier Navarro, of GBS Finance, a maximum value between six and seven euros per share would have been appropriate at the highest point of the economy, before the economic crisis. […]
Private equity is one of the few ways to get access to capital now, according to Mikel Bilbao
Mikel Bilbao, partner at GBS Finance, points out that private equity capital is one of the few ways for companies to get access to cash nowadays. Firms that, normally, would not turn to private equity are starting to do so. His statements have been published in an article of “Private Equity International” about the financing […]
Banco Madrid acquired the fund manager of Liberbank in a deal advised by GBS Finance
GBS Finance has advised Banco Madrid in the acquisition of the funds management division of Liberbank. Banco Madrid, belonging to the Andorran firm BPA, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement for more than 20 years, which is still subject to the authorization of the CNMV.
Daniel Galván gives his opinion about the companies that are stimulating the regional economy
The newspaper “El País” compiles the opinion of different experts and analysts about the companies that drive the economy in the different Spanish provinces. In Valencia he emphasizes the case of Mercadona, which is implementing an expansion process “that could lead to Portugal and Italy”, Daniel Galván of GBS Finance advances.
Pablo Gómez de Pablos takes part in a roundtable discussion about the recovery of M&A operations
After five years of drought, the experts foresee that in the next year there will be a recovery in the volume of corporate operations.
GBS Finance advises InvestIndustrial and Trilantic in the acquisition of 48% of Euskaltel
The Basque bank Kutxabank, the main shareholder of the operator Euskaltel, and other busines partners, closed today an agreement for the sale of 48,1% of the capital to the private equity firms, Trilantic and InvestIndustrial.
Santiago Hagerman gives his opinion on the destination of the money of the big fortunes
“In our case we have kept on investing in high-quality corporate bonds in Spain, since the uncertainty situation has generated good opportunities. A few months ago, for example, the short-term bonds of Telefónica were giving about 7% profitability”, reports Santiago hagerman, partner of GBS Finance Family Office. On the tendencies for 2013, the asset managers […]