In this article, our Chief Economist, Antonio Madera Del Pozo reviews the impact of political instability on a country’s economic performance, affecting not only the credit rating of the sovereign, but also that of companies, whose credit ratings may be limited by the simple application of the country ceiling.  Read [...]

In his latest piece for Expansión, Antonio Madera, Chief Economist and Senior Director CRO SF at FIG & Sovereign, analyses the implications of Mario Draghi’s proposal for joint debt issuance to finance Europe’s competitiveness. The Draghi report stresses the need for Europe to improve its competitiveness so that its citizens [...]

par Carol Sirou, CEO d’EthiFinance – Investir, Le journal des finances, numéro 2636 du 13 juillet 2024 Désormais, investir dans une entreprise, c’est faire confiance à ses capacités financières, à ses engagements stratégiques et c’est donner foi à sa trajectoire au regard de critères environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance. Chez [...]

Main take-aways from our report: 1) Small and medium sized companies are on the rise in sustainability performance, surely pushed by the EU’s efforts to make ESG reporting mandatory for an increasing number of companies. 2) Firms headquartered within the EU and from sectors with higher environmental impacts also tend [...]

El análisis de las prácticas y tendencias ESG en las gestoras de private equity requiere de una consideración particular habida cuenta que, por una parte, las gestoras se ven afectadas en gran medida por la regulación europea de finanzas sostenibles, pero, por otro lado, vienen condicionadas por algunos retos específicos [...]