2012-04-09 - Jornal de Notícias

GBS Finanzas view this crisis as an opportunity. So, while most of the international banks prefer to avoid Portugal, the Spanish investment bank, GBS Finanzas, decided to open offices in Lisbon.

“We are a Spanish bank, but part of a very effective international network. We want to channel the interests of the clients of our partners towards Portuguese firms that are going to be privatized”, said Santiago Gil de Biedma, Director of GBS Finanzas Portugal.

2012-03-30 - Negocio

Experts rule out a revival of M&A in the medium term. Pablo Diaz-Lladó, partner of GBS Finanzas, points out that to produce a recovery, "companies need to have access to credit", as many companies do not have sufficient liquidity to undertake acquisitions. Moreover, the valuations of these acquisitions will be more realistic than in the years before the crisis. "We won’t see leverage ratios as high as 2006."

2012-03-08 - Valencia Plaza

The pressure on the stock exchanges has increased recently due to a number of factors. On one hand, the price of crude oil remains high due to geopolitical tensions with Iran and, on the other, there are fears of a possible low acceptance of the exchange plan for the Greek debt.

We believe that if the ECB does not lower rates agin this week it is because of the effects of last week's LTRO II. But rates will be lowered by 50 basic points in future meetings, reaching…

2012-02-12 - Sector Ejecutivo

Nowadays, the main driver of the sector is the lack of liquidity, and although, some businessman were reluctant, mergers and integration deals are beginning to seem attractive,this way they try tobe practical, to seek synergies, economies of scale, and often to be protected from the entry of competitors.

2012-02-10 - Funds People

"Independence is a vantage point from which you can judge any product in an aseptic manner."

Regarding the macroeconomic view, Esquer is positive about the growth in emerging markets but warns of volatility of these markets. With regard to the global economic situation, Esquer, criticizes the negativity that some managers and media show, the former often “motivated by an interest in lowering prices to be able to make future purchases cheaper."