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Miura Partners invests in Farmadosis, a specialist in personalized medication dosing
Mallorca-based Farmadosis, specialized in personalized dosing systems (PDS) and pharmaceutical robotics, has partnered with Barcelona-based investor Miura Partners through Miura Impact Fund. The goal is to grow and consolidate its position in pharmaceutical automation and medication traceability in southern Europe. Founder Asier Zubillaga will remain in an executive role, and Joaquín González will continue as CEO. Founded in 2012, Farmadosis has revenue of around 15 million euros and solutions installed in more than 25 countries.
FinanceInternationalEntreMayoresOct 26AI
Moeve and Galp end talks to create an Iberian energy giant
Moeve and Portugal's Galp ended negotiations to merge their refining and distribution (downstream) businesses and create an energy giant in the Iberian Peninsula. The companies said they did not reach definitive terms that met their respective strategic and financial criteria. The non-binding agreement had been reached in January and the deadline had been extended to the second half of 2026. The plan envisaged two platforms: IndustrialCo, with Mubadala and Carlyle holding 80% and Galp above 20%, and RetailCo, split 50-50.
FinanceInternationalLa Voz de GaliciaOct 26AI
Dia lifts sales 12% through September and speeds up store openings in Spain
Retail group Dia posted net sales of 4,714.7 million euros in the first nine months of 2026, up 12% at current exchange rates, according to its filing with the CNMV. Spain contributed 3,795 million (+11.4%), with comparable sales of 4,562 million (+8.4%). The company accelerated its opening plan with 85 new stores and 11 closures, and highlighted new customer attraction and a 9% rise in Club DIA members. In Argentina, net sales fell 5.5%.
FinanceInternationalCinco DíasOct 26AI
Lula's victory sinks the Bovespa ETF in Tokyo and oil opens the week lower
The ETF tracking the Bovespa in Tokyo plunged nearly 15% after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil's presidential runoff (about 52% to 48%). January Brent falls about 1.9% to around 109.5 USD/bbl after the absence of US attacks on Iran over the weekend. US futures point to a mixed session ahead of the Fed, ECB and BoJ decisions, while Asian markets mostly closed lower.
FinanceInternationalXTB.comOct 26AI
Talea Capital Partners launches Talea Alter, an alternatives manager focused on private debt
Talea Capital Partners, formerly Trea Capital Partners, has created Talea Alter, a private equity manager awaiting authorization from Spain's CNMV. The firm chaired by Rosa Cañadas aims to channel its view of corporate finance and respond to interest from the family offices and institutional investors it works with in accessing private market strategies. Talea Alter will target private equity funds and companies, European venture capital funds, and advisory and discretionary portfolio management.
FinanceInternationalEl ConfidencialOct 26AI
Moeve and Galp end talks to merge their oil refining businesses
Moeve and Galp announced the end of negotiations to merge their oil refining businesses in the Iberian peninsula. The talks began on January 8 with a non-binding agreement and did not reach definitive terms that met both parties' strategic and financial criteria. Moeve attributes the outcome to the international geopolitical situation and the fall in refining margins. The company says it will remain focused on its Positive Motion strategy.
FinanceInternationalLa VanguardiaOct 26AI
Spain's Ibex tests the 'Brazil effect' after Lula da Silva's win
The Spanish stock market is trying to join the calm seen in other European indices while digesting Lula da Silva's victory over Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil's presidential runoff. The Ibex is seeking to reclaim the 19,000 points lost last week, with attention on stocks most exposed to Brazil such as Telefónica, Santander, Mapfre and Iberdrola. The week combines a wave of earnings, macro data and meetings of the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan.
FinanceInternationalExpansiónOct 26AI
Teleworking in Spain uses less than half its potential: 3.44 million employees could do it and don't
A UGT report based on the INE's 2025 ICT-Households Survey indicates that 14.8% of employed people in Spain telework, about 3.16 million, while another 16.1%, 3.44 million, say their job would allow it and they don't do it. Potential reaches 30.9% of the total, but only 47.9% is used. More than 875,000 people could work fully remotely and do not do so on any day.
FinanceInternationalEl EconomistaOct 26AI
Shortage of supertankers pushes crude shipping costs to record highs
Brent crude tops $117 and diesel exceeds $200 in international markets, driven not by product scarcity but by rising freight rates. According to Clarkson, chartering a supertanker on Middle East-Asia routes exceeds $1.4 million per day for the first time, versus less than $50,000 a year ago. Shipping now accounts for between 20% and 40% of the total price of crude destined for refining.
FinanceInternationalLa VanguardiaOct 26AI
Futures price 84% odds the Fed leaves rates unchanged on October 28
Days before the October 28 meeting, Fed Funds futures assign an 84% probability that the Federal Reserve keeps rates in the 3.75%-4% range, following the 25-basis-point hike applied on September 16. The market sees a 72% chance of an increase to 4%-4.25% at the December 9 meeting. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh declined to anticipate the direction of monetary policy.
FinanceInternationalBloomberg LíneaOct 26AI
Cartagena posted 5.94% annual inflation in September 2026, below the national average
Cartagena's annual inflation in September 2026 was 5.94%, compared with the 6.29% national average, according to DANE's CPI. A year earlier the figures were 5.13% and 5.18%. The Cartagena Cómo Vamos program said the city had the second-lowest variation among six capitals and ranked 12th among 22 cities measured. Education (10.23%) and restaurants and hotels (8.58%) posted the largest increases; information and communication the smallest (3.49%).
FinanceColombiaEl Universal (Cartagena)Oct 26AI
No-payroll savings accounts top 3.40% APR in October
Revolut and Ferratum lead no-payroll savings accounts in October, with 3.51% and 3.40% APR respectively for new customers, according to data dated October 26. Revolut pays that rate for four months on up to 25,000 euros and requires three 5-euro card payments every 30 days; Ferratum keeps it for three months and then drops to 3%. B100, bunq and Raisin also exceed 3% with conditions. These accounts let savers earn interest without having a salary paid in.
FinanceInternationalABCOct 25AI
French debt stress threatens to spill over into Spain, Roams expert says
The yield on the French 10-year bond has reached 5.11%, its highest level since 2002, and its risk premium over Germany has climbed to 173.58 basis points, the highest since 2011. Spain's risk premium has risen to 71 points. Pablo Vega, an expert at Roams, warns that contagion exists, although investors still distinguish between the two economies based on fundamentals: France combines a high deficit, debt near 119% of GDP and political deadlock.
FinanceInternationalOkDiarioOct 25AI
Politics overshadows ECB and Fed meetings amid inflation rebound
The ECB and the Fed meet this week with no rate moves expected; analysts point to December for the next move. The ECB meeting is shaped by the French crisis, with the risk premium at its highest since 2011, and by Lagarde's succession. In the US, the Fed meets ten days before the midterm elections, with inflation at 3.7% in September and oil above $120 a barrel.
FinanceInternationalEL PAÍSOct 25AI
Employees who return to their former company can raise their salary by up to 25%
So-called boomerang employees, who leave a company and return years later, are gaining ground as a recruitment source in sectors struggling to find profiles, such as technology, sales and services. According to specialists from Adecco, Hays and Deloitte, they usually improve their conditions on returning, with salary increases typically between 15% and 25%. In the US they account for between 20% and 25% of hires at large tech companies; at Deloitte, 24% of management hires in the past year had already worked at the firm.
FinanceInternationalEL PAÍSOct 25AI
Copper falls on pressure from AI stocks and caution ahead of the Fed meeting
Copper extended last week's decline amid pressure on artificial intelligence stocks, which curbed risk appetite ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting. The metal fell as much as 0.6% in London on Monday and later stood at US$14,247.50 a ton, down 0.5%. Supply in China remains tight due to lower domestic output and the flow of metal to the United States amid expected tariffs, while the Yangshan premium reached its highest level since 2017.
FinanceInternationalBloomberg LíneaOct 25AI
Spain's CNMC commissions REE report to decide who pays the "high" cost of anti-blackout operations
On July 27, 2026, the CNMC asked Red Eléctrica for a study on the methodology for allocating technical restrictions to demand, to assess whether the current mechanism sends adequate signals to consumers and reflects costs correctly. The regulator rejected the large utilities' proposal to set an ex-ante regulated price and warns that the overall cost of technical restrictions remains high, even though reinforced operation fell from 516 to 275 million euros.
FinanceInternationalCinco DíasOct 25AI
Brookfield seeks to sell 1,550 rental homes in Madrid amid regulatory uncertainty
Canadian fund Brookfield is negotiating the sale of two portfolios totaling around 1,550 rental homes in Madrid: one of five buildings with 850 homes and another of seven blocks with 700 units. According to market sources, it is already in talks with an Asian fund and a Spanish family office. Doubts over closing the deal stem from regulatory uncertainty following the decree known as 'Maricarmen' and the November 29 elections. Brookfield bought the homes in April as part of a 5,000-home package from Fidere for 1.05 billion euros.
FinanceInternationalCinco DíasOct 25AI
Analysts expect the dollar between 3,250 and 3,300 pesos at year-end
Analysts expect the dollar to rebound in Colombia toward the end of 2026. The Davivienda Corredores Financial Assets Survey, conducted between October 13 and 19, found that 60 percent of the institutional investors consulted expect the dollar between 3,200 and 3,400 pesos at year-end, with a median of 3,300. Credicorp Capital estimates 3,250 pesos for December, compared with 3,148 pesos at the previous Friday's interbank close. Foreign currency inflows and US rates influence the price.
FinanceColombiaEl TiempoOct 25AI
The Strait of Hormuz crisis temporarily relieves the finances of Spanish renewables
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz drove up gas and electricity prices, giving breathing room to hundreds of Spanish renewable plants, especially solar ones, that were struggling to repay their loans. Forecasts for the end of 2026 point to revenues of between 35 and 40 euros per MWh, compared with the just over 20 euros expected before the crisis. UNEF had requested a 945 million euro line from the ICO for some 10,000 MW in difficulties.
FinanceInternationalEl ConfidencialOct 25AI