2020 archive

115 notes

1. 31.12.2020The decree preparing Spain for EU recovery fundsCorporate
2. 28.12.2020Vaccination beginsGeneral interest
3. 24.12.2020Tesla joins the S&P 500, the biggest addition in its historyInvestments
4. 24.12.2020A Brexit trade deal on Christmas EveLegal
5. 21.12.2020Border closures cut off the UK over the new variantCorporate
6. 17.12.2020Bitcoin passes 20,000 dollarsInvestments
7. 14.12.2020EU unblocks its budget and raises its climate goalInvestments
8. 10.12.2020DoorDash and Airbnb debut on Wall Street, up 86% and 112%Investments
9. 10.12.2020The ECB extends its programme to 2022Investments
10. 07.12.20202021 flat-rate regime: continuity and a deadlinePrivate Clients
11. 03.12.2020Congress approves the 2021 budgetPrivate Clients
12. 30.11.2020Eurogroup approves reform of the bailout fundInvestments
13. 26.11.2020ICO guarantees extended into 2021 and to eight yearsCorporate
14. 23.11.2020Janet Yellen to the TreasuryInvestments
15. 19.11.2020More time before an insolvency filing is compulsoryLegal
16. 16.11.2020Asia signs the world’s largest trade agreementLegal
17. 12.11.2020The vaccine arrives and markets soarInvestments
18. 09.11.2020The US electionGeneral interest
19. 05.11.2020China halts Ant Group’s record IPOInvestments
20. 02.11.2020Spanish consumer prices fall 0.9% in OctoberPrivate Clients
21. 02.11.2020A second state of emergency and a GDP reboundLegal
22. 29.10.2020Labour survey: more jobs and more unemploymentCorporate
23. 22.10.2020China speeds up as Europe shuts againCorporate
24. 19.10.2020The Google and Tobin taxes reach the statute bookLegal
25. 15.10.2020Two new decrees on equality plans and payCorporate
26. 15.10.2020Economics Nobel goes to Milgrom and Wilson for auction theoryCorporate
27. 12.10.2020OECD publishes blueprints for a global minimum taxCorporate
28. 08.10.2020Spain presents its recovery planCorporate
29. 05.10.2020Brussels opens infringement case against the UKLegal
30. 01.10.2020Furlough schemes extended to 31 JanuaryCorporate
31. 28.09.2020Supreme Court: Glovo riders are employeesLegal
32. 24.09.2020Spain’s first remote-work lawLegal
33. 21.09.2020CaixaBank and Bankia announce their mergerCorporate
34. 17.09.2020WTO panel rules against US tariffs on ChinaLegal
35. 14.09.2020EU and China sign a geographical indications dealCorporate
36. 10.09.2020The euro strengthens and the ECB watchesInvestments
37. 07.09.2020France unveils a €100 billion recovery planCorporate
38. 03.09.2020The restated Insolvency Act comes into forceLegal
39. 31.08.2020From liquidity to solvencyCorporate
40. 27.08.2020The Fed changes how it looks at inflationInvestments
41. 24.08.2020Europe’s rebound loses momentum in AugustInvestments
42. 20.08.2020Apple is worth two trillion dollarsInvestments
43. 17.08.2020Nightlife closed and bars shut at 1 amCorporate
44. 13.08.2020The United Kingdom enters recessionInvestments
45. 10.08.2020US moves to ban transactions with TikTok, WeChatCorporate
46. 06.08.2020Gold rises above $2,000 an ounce for the first timeInvestments
47. 06.08.2020Beirut port explosion: at least 137 dead and 5,000 injuredGeneral interest
48. 06.08.2020A summer without tourists in BarcelonaPrivate Clients
49. 03.08.2020GDP collapses in the second quarterCorporate
50. 30.07.2020The labour survey measures lockdown’s hit to jobsLegal
51. 27.07.2020British quarantine for arrivals from SpainCorporate
52. 23.07.2020A historic deal: Next Generation EU is bornCorporate
53. 20.07.2020Privacy Shield struck down: what it meansLegal
54. 16.07.2020China grows againInvestments
55. 13.07.2020The EU taxonomy for sustainable investmentInvestments
56. 09.07.2020Brussels cuts its forecastsInvestments
57. 06.07.2020A €10 billion fund for corporate solvencyCorporate
58. 02.07.2020The EU reopens its external bordersCorporate
59. 29.06.2020Wirecard collapses: €1,900 million missing and an insolvency filingInvestments
60. 29.06.2020Second extension of furlough schemesCorporate
61. 25.06.2020A decree-law to speed up renewablesLegal
62. 22.06.2020The state of emergency endsLegal
63. 18.06.2020A 4.26 billion euro plan for tourismCorporate
64. 15.06.2020The minimum vital income opens for applicationsPrivate Clients
65. 11.06.2020The OECD puts Spain among the hardest hitInvestments
66. 08.06.2020US makes recession official after 128 monthsInvestments
67. 04.06.2020The ECB expands its emergency programmeInvestments
68. 01.06.2020Brussels proposes Next Generation EUCorporate
69. 01.06.2020Nissan closes its Barcelona plantsCorporate
70. 25.05.2020Barcelona enters phase 1 of the lockdown easingCorporate
71. 21.05.2020The climate change bill reaches CongressLegal
72. 18.05.2020Merkel and Macron propose common debtInvestments
73. 14.05.2020Fourteen-day quarantine for arrivals from abroadPrivate Clients
74. 11.05.2020Furlough schemes extended to JuneCorporate
75. 07.05.2020The German constitutional court challenges the ECBLegal
76. 04.05.2020Phase 0: shops return by appointmentCorporate
77. 30.04.2020A de-escalation plan and a falling GDPCorporate
78. 27.04.2020Taxes and liquidity: what changes in AprilLegal
79. 23.04.2020Business rent moratorium for small firmsCorporate
80. 20.04.2020Oil at a negative priceInvestments
81. 16.04.2020The IMF speaks of the ‘Great Lockdown’Investments
82. 13.04.2020Back to work after the paid leaveLegal
83. 09.04.2020The Eurogroup agrees a safety netCorporate
84. 06.04.2020US jobs plunge in MarchInvestments
85. 02.04.2020Mortgage moratorium for COVID-19: who can applyPrivate Clients
86. 02.04.2020The economy goes into hibernationCorporate
87. 30.03.2020The United States passes its big rescueLegal
88. 26.03.2020ICO guarantees: the first tranche explainedCorporate
89. 26.03.2020The Tokyo Games are postponed to 2021, a first in peacetimeGeneral interest
90. 23.03.2020The EU activates its fiscal escape clauseCorporate
91. 19.03.2020State of emergency, furlough schemes and state guaranteesCorporate
92. 16.03.2020The Fed takes rates to zero on a SundayInvestments
93. 12.03.2020WHO declares a COVID-19 pandemic as Spain reaches 2,950 casesGeneral interest
94. 12.03.2020Oil collapses and the Ibex has its worst dayInvestments
95. 09.03.2020Italy shuts down the entire countryGeneral interest
96. 05.03.2020The Federal Reserve makes an emergency cutInvestments
97. 02.03.2020EU–UK trade negotiations beginLegal
98. 02.03.2020The outbreak in Italy sinks the marketsInvestments
99. 27.02.2020A decree for farming and the food chainCorporate
100. 20.02.2020Spain moves ahead with digital and transaction taxesLegal
101. 17.02.2020The tax agency gains access to notaries’ dataPrivate Clients
102. 13.02.2020Barcelona loses the Mobile World CongressCorporate
103. 10.02.2020VAT changes for trade within the EUCorporate
104. 06.02.2020Chinese factories grind to a haltCorporate
105. 03.02.2020The United Kingdom leaves the European UnionLegal
106. 30.01.2020The tax agency sets its control priorities for 2020Legal
107. 27.01.2020Wuhan sealed off in the middle of Lunar New YearCorporate
108. 23.01.2020Spain’s minimum wage rises to €950Corporate
109. 20.01.2020China grows at its slowest pace in 29 yearsInvestments
110. 16.01.2020Pensions rise 0.9% in 2020, with an inflation guaranteePrivate Clients
111. 16.01.2020The US and China sign “phase one”Corporate
112. 13.01.2020The fifth anti-money laundering directive is dueLegal
113. 09.01.2020Spain’s first coalition governmentCorporate
114. 06.01.2020A strike in Baghdad rattles the oil marketInvestments
115. 02.01.2020First cases in WuhanCorporate