Finanzas

Advierte en un informe de que algunas podrían verse en dificultades “justo cuando empiezan a superar sus problemas financieros”

Si la apisonadora jurídica de los bancos pasa por encima de los usuarios, no podrán volver a pedirles que confíen en ellos

Las llamadas a los mismos despachos que florecieron gracias a las preferentes y las acciones de Bankia se disparan tras el fallo del Tribunal de Justicia de la UE

El consumo eléctrico aumenta casi un 30% en estas fechas, según un estudio

El Gobierno de Paolo Gentiloni consigue que el rescate financiero proteja a los pequeños ahorradores

En 2012 el Eurogrupo exigió a España quitas de hasta el 70% para los preferentistas

Los expertos recomiendan hacer aportaciones a planes de pensiones, reinvertir las plusvalías por la venta de vivienda o compensar las pérdidas en Bolsa con otras ganancias

FOR months, a bail-out had seemed likely; for weeks, unavoidable. On December 23rd it became fact. Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Italy’s third-largest bank and Europe’s most troubled, announced it had requested state help. The European Central Bank (ECB), Monte dei Paschi’s supervisor, had given it until the end of the year to find €5bn ($5.2bn) in equity, but the bank’s attempts to raise the money from the private sector failed. Paolo Gentiloni, Italy’s new prime minister, said that “today represents a turning-point [for the bank] and a reassurance for its depositors and its future”.

That is the hope. The Tuscan lender’s problems have been rumbling for years. In 2007 it ill-advisedly bought Antonveneta, another Italian bank, from Spain’s Santander for €9bn in cash; more tales of mismanagement have emerged since. Monte dei Paschi has already had two state bail-outs, and raised €8bn from share issues in 2014 and 2015. Its gross non-performing loans amount to one-third of its book. In this summer’s European stress tests, it ranked 51st of 51 institutions. In the past year its stockmarket value has fallen by 88%, to a piddling…Continue reading

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NEWS that a domestic flight operated by Afriqiyah Airways, a state-owned Libyan airline, has been hijacked and flown to Europe should shock and appal an industry that has, since 9/11, spared no expense to end the scourge of such horrors. Events are still unfolding, but it is clear that two men claiming to have grenades forced the aircraft, an Airbus A320, to bypass its intended destination of Tripoli and fly on to Malta, the tiny Mediterranean island nation situated between Libya and Italy. Few details have emerged about the motives or demands of the hijackers. But, at the time of writing, all passengers and some crew had been released, signalling a peaceful end to the crisis.

Aviation in Libya is a messy affair. Afriqiyah lost one aircraft during the 2011 uprising against Muammar Qaddafi, and another two during the 2014 assault by Islamist militias on Tripoli International Airport. Several other planes are awaiting repairs after that assault, which all but destroyed the capital’s main airport (flights are now operated from the nearby Mitiga Airport, a former military base). Another of Afriqiyah’s planes was supposed to be leased to Turkish Airlines, but has been impounded…Continue reading