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...
by Paul Brown | Jul 8, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report — Wednesday 8 July 2026 The largest infrastructure project in Canadian history — a 1,000-kilometre high-speed railway from Toronto to Quebec City, with trains running at 300 km/h — has just brought in its expert advisers. Among them, working...
by Paul Brown | Jul 6, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report — Monday 6 July 2026 For the first time since the Falklands War, Britain and Argentina could end up inside the same trade pact — the CPTPP — and it is Argentina asking to come in. In early June, Argentina’s foreign minister, Pablo Quirno,...
by Paul Brown | Jul 3, 2026 | Hispano-Luso Report
The Hispano-Luso Report — Friday 3 July 2026 On Wednesday, on a quiet video call between three trade ministers, the largest trade agreement on Earth began a ten-year countdown towards its own expiry. The occasion was the first formal joint review of the USMCA — the...
