by Paul Brown | Jul 17, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report · Friday 17 July 2026 Spain’s biggest gas company announced its largest Australian project yet this week — and it has nothing to do with gas. Naturgy, Spain’s leading gas utility and its third-largest electricity company, will...
by Paul Brown | Jul 17, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report · Friday 17 July 2026 On Wednesday night, Washington finally pulled the trigger. After a year of negotiations, three cordial presidential meetings and repeated assurances that a deal was close, the United States Trade Representative announced a...
by Paul Brown | Jul 15, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
Ana Botín calls the Webster deal “a win-win.” It is also the clearest sign yet of where Santander’s centre of gravity is heading. Ask a British high-street customer where Santander is from and you may get a shrug — it’s the bank on the corner....
by Paul Brown | Jul 13, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The world’s largest asset manager has named its preferred market for the second half of 2026 — and quietly, it already owned more of it than anyone else. BlackRock manages more money than any institution on Earth — over $11 trillion, a sum larger than the...
by Paul Brown | Jul 10, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report — Friday 10 July 2026 Five days from now, on 15 July, President Trump decides whether to hit Brazilian goods with new tariffs of up to 37.5%. This week, in a Washington hearing room, the two countries argued their cases across 81 speeches and...