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 […]
Where are the big fortunes
In the office of Juan Antonio Samaranch, founding Partner of GBS Finance
His office is a reflection of the company he founded in 1991 and of which he is Chief Executive Director, GBS Finance, and of the Olympic Games. Samaranch travels continuously due to his work at GBS Finance and the International Olympic Committee, so his office is never fixed: “With an iPad and a cell phones […]
Juan Esquer, a Partner of GBS Finance, gives his opinion on the solidarity of high net worth individuals
Society is calling for more help from the big fortunes of Spain to help ease the crisis. I was disclosed that Amancio Ortega has donated €20 million to Caritas. Juan Esquer, Partner at GBS Finance Investcapital AV, asserts that wealthy individuals are “very worried about the current social and economic context”, and he affirms that […]
Juan Esquer’s view about Spanish debt in Spanish National Television
Daniel Galván gives his opinion on corporate finance in Brasil
Daniel Galvan, Director at investment bank GBS Finance, has just returned from Brasil, where they work alongside their financial alter ego BTG Pactual. “Brazilian companies are keen to export, especially agribusiness, but not so much with retail”, Galván says. There is very little or no interest in buying foreign companies. Their view is that they […]
Mikel Bilbao, partner at GBS Finance, talks about Savings banks Chaos
“All the private equity firms in Spain, and from abroad, have looked over the portfolios of the savings banks in detail, but there haven’t been many deals,” says Mikel Bilbao, a partner at private bank GBS Finance. “Initially savings banks were selling to recover their costs. They were reluctant to sell at a discount because […]
Opinion of Daniel Galvan about the divestitures of larges companies and banks
In recents months, ACS president, Florentino Perez, seems more worried than usual. And not because the Ministry of Public Works has drastically reduced the engagement in civil construction in Spain, or for the delay of various administrations in paying bills, or by the fact that his German subisdiary Hochtief has halved their expected profit for […]
Funds People reflects the opinion of Juan Esquer, following the Public Treasury auction
Spain has allocated € 3,528 million today of three and six months treasury bills after receiving a demand for € 9,280 million, almost three times the amount finally offered. Treasury has placed 967 million in three-month bills (compared to € 4,177 million requested by investors) and € 2,560 million in six-month bills (where there has […]