Euro Financial Review

Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt announced the signing of a $5 billion “non-recourse project financing” to expand Northvolt Ett, its battery factory in northern Sweden. The…

Euroclear announced that Valérie Urbain will succeed Lieve Mostrey as its group chief executive officer (CEO) in May. Brussels-based Euroclear is one of the world’s…

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced it delivered a record €13.1 billion in investments across its economies in 2023. The bank invests…

Ireland’s National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) said it raised €3 billion through the syndicated sale of a new 10-year benchmark bond. “There was strong demand…

The European Commission has approved a €902 million plan by Germany to support Sweden’s Northvolt in the construction of a plant to produce batteries for…

Ireland’s Department of Public Expenditure has announced that the state’s accrued liability for the retirement benefits of current and former public service employees rose to…

Latest research from Savills shows that the vacancy rate for the Dublin office market has reached its highest level in almost 10 years. However, the…

Assets under management (AuM) in the European fund management industry declined by 13.8% in 2022 to €27.8 trillion “mainly due to the downturn in the…

The European Commission has announced its intention to sell up to €75 billion of EU-Bonds in the first half (H1) of 2024. As in 2023,…

The global securities finance industry generated $781 million in revenue for securities lenders in November 2023, according to DataLend, the market data service of fintech…

The Irish Government’s Department of Finance has announced that Ireland’s total tax revenues in the year to end-November amounted to €82 billion — 5.8% ahead…

Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML Holding NV announced that it plans to appoint Christophe Fouquet as chief executive officer and president when its two co-presidents retire…

Total capital invested into European technology start-ups firms in 2023 is on track to reach around $45 billion — 45% less than in 2022 and…

The European Commission said it has fined Dutch bank Rabobank €26.6 million for participating in a cartel “concerning the trading of certain Euro-denominated bonds, together with…

Swiss engineering and technology company ABB and the European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, have signed a €500 million financing…

Global debt rose by more than $9.5 trillion during the first three quarters of 2023, surpassing $307 trillion –over $60 trillion higher than in 2018…

Global dividends fell slightly in the third quarter of 2023, declining 0.9% to $421.9 billion on a headline basis. But dividends in Europe jumped 22.9%…

Denmark’s Ørsted, the world’s largest offshore wind developer, announced that its chief financial officer Daniel Lerup and its chief operating officer Richard Hunter are leaving…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) said it has signed a €225 million framework loan with the Spanish autonomous community of Extremadura to co-finance investment in the…

European private equity firm PAI Partners has announced the successful final close of its latest flagship fund, PAI Partners VIII. PAI said Fund VIII surpassed…

Swiss drugmaker Roche said it will buy Telavant, a developer of a new treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases, for an initial $7.1 billion from US biotech…

By Mark McSherry Net assets of worldwide investment funds rose 3.2% to $70 trillion in Q2 of 2023, according to the European Fund and Asset Management…

By Mark McSherry Global debt increased by $10 trillion in the first half of 2023 to a new all-time high of $307 trillion, according to the…

Almost €600 million in new financing will be provided to 650,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-caps in Italy thanks to a new agreement between…

Global company dividends rose to a record $568.1 billion in the second quarter of 2023, up 4.9% on a headline basis, with European firms leading…

Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt announced the raising of $1.2 billion to finance plans for its further European and North American expansion. Northvolt said the…

Fund companies in Germany recorded a net inflow of €38 billion in the first half of 2023 as the industry’s assets rose to €4 trillion,…

Calastone’s latest fund flow data shows that UK investors are increasingly shunning regionally focused funds — especially UK shares — in favour of global equities….

The number of companies listing on the stock exchanges of Europe has fallen to the lowest level since 2009, according to the Association for Financial…

European stock markets fell on Wednesday following Fitch’s downgrade of the the US government’s triple-A debt rating. Rating agency Fitch downgraded the United States to…

Luxembourg-based private equity giant CVC Capital Partners has raised €26 billion ($29.2 billion) for the world’s biggest-ever buyout fund. “CVC is pleased to announce the…

Research and consultancy firm ETFGI has reported that assets invested in the global ETFs industry (exchange-traded funds) reached a record $10.51 trillion at the end of…

Companies around the world took on $456 billion of net new debt in 2022-23, as of March 31, pushing the outstanding total up 6.2% on…

The European Commission has fined San Diego-based genetic testing company Illumina a record €432 million for closing its $8bn takeover of Menlo Park, California-based cancer test…

The European Commission, which issues EU-Bonds on behalf of the EU, said it successfully completed its eighth syndicated transaction since the beginning of the year, raising…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced it has provided a €435 million loan to Rome-based water utility Acea with the primary goal of strengthening and improving…

European policing agency Europol announced that the dismantling of the encrypted communications tool EncroChat, widely used by organised crime groups (OCGs), has so far led to…

By Mark McSherry Canada’s Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) announced it will invest $400 million in battery producer Northvolt to help the Swedish company…

By Mark McSherry US semiconductor giant Intel is to invest more than €30 billion ($33 billion) to develop two chip-making plants in Magdeburg in Germany as part…

By Mark McSherry Europe’s Airbus has announced the biggest plane deal in history with an order for 500 narrowbody A320 Family aircraft from Indian budget carrier IndiGo…