Spain’s BBVA and Sabadell scrap merger talks over price dispute

Spain’s BBVA and Sabadell scrap merger talks over price dispute

The Spanish banks BBVA and Sabadell have given up merger talks they confirmed less than two weeks ago because of disagreements over the pricing of the deal. Sabadell, which owns TSB in the UK, said it would now seek to “prioritise its Spanish domestic business”,...
Italian hotels attract foreign investors as pandemic bites

Italian hotels attract foreign investors as pandemic bites

The coronavirus pandemic is spurring deal opportunities in Italy’s luxury hotel sector as international travel restrictions aggravate financial woes. Italy is the only European country with more than 1m hotel rooms and big chains account for only 5 per cent of them,...