Financial Stress Spreads in Europe as Leverage Mounts, BCG Says
One in six companies in western Europe is under financial strain as rising leverage leaves businesses more vulnerable to shocks, according to Boston Consulting Group.
This website’s original language is English. For translation, click the globe icon or choose Translate in the menu.
43 matching records found
One in six companies in western Europe is under financial strain as rising leverage leaves businesses more vulnerable to shocks, according to Boston Consulting Group.
Chinese carmakers have gained ground in Europe’s shift to electric cars, emerging as the biggest winners in plug-in hybrids despite moves by Brussels to curb their expansion. As petrol prices climbed across the EU, hitting a record high of more than €2.30 a litre (US$9.91 a US gallon) in Germany this month, the move to battery power gathered pace. Battery-electric registrations jumped 62.7 per cent year on year in August and accounted for 21.7 per cent of new registrations in the first eight...
Diesel prices outside the US surged relative to American ones as the possibility of the Trump Administration introducing an export ban rattled the market.
With security of supply high on the political agenda, the region’s manufacturers are fending off Chinese rivals.
Investors are sticking with short-dated bonds in Europe and the UK, in a bet that expectations for interest rate increases have gone too far.
Europe needs more long-term contracts for seaborne gas supply to hedge against soaring prices, said the head of Swiss energy company MET Group.
Some of China’s biggest wind turbine makers are considering partnerships with local companies to break into a European power market that’s proving difficult to crack.
Ursula Marchioni, Vanguard's Europe head of multi-asset and adviser solutions, discusses the bond market and how we are witnessing "redesign of fixed income benchmarks in portfolios." She also discusses the differences between US and European investors, saying that in the US there is "huge diversification and huge rotation" out of equities and into fixed income, but in Europe it is still an "untapped opportunity." Marchioni speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." (Source: Bloomberg)
Europe faces a fourth-quarter jet fuel deficit, even as it turns to far-flung suppliers including South Korea, which is set to boost its jet exports to Europe to a four-year high in September, according to analysts and shipping data. The continent has been importing more jet fuel from nations including Nigeria, the United States and Canada since the outbreak of the Iran war over half a year ago, which hit Middle Eastern supplies and cut off around half of Europe’s jet imports. Europe remains...
As Europe heads into winter, electricity markets are flashing their strongest warning since the energy crisis.
Singapore Airlines was awarded the title of world’s best airline in the annual rankings by Skytrax, taking the top spot from Qatar Airways in a year that saw Middle Eastern carriers come under significant pressure from the ongoing war in Iran. The award, which is based on a survey of almost 25 million travellers, was announced in London on Friday, with a list dominated by Asian carriers. Only one European airline – Air France-KLM – made the top 10, and not a single US company, despite their...
Saudi Aramco told at least two oil refining customers in Europe that they will be allocated no crude oil next month after the kingdom’s key pipeline to the Red Sea was attacked, people informed of the decision said.
Market strategists have given the most bullish September forecast on European stocks since 2018, as strong corporate earnings help offset the impact of high energy prices and rising bond yields, according to a Bloomberg survey.
Yukio Kani, Chairman and Global Chief Executive Officer of JERA, said spot liquefied natural gas prices are likely to continue rising due to low inventories in Europe and supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. He spoke exclusively to Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin on the sidelines of Gastech 2026. (Source: Bloomberg)
BYD Co. plans to establish four plants in Europe over the long term as the Chinese carmaker seeks to comply with emerging local-manufacturing rules and win over more customers.
US President Donald Trump had tried to pressure the Fed to lower rates, but it voted unanimously to raise them instead.
Europe’s rally has become more concentrated this year, amplifying risks just as investors turn less optimistic about its economic outlook.
Saudi Arabia has cancelled some oil deliveries to Europe after attacks shut down its export pipeline to the Red Sea.
Traders are increasingly diverging from central bankers on the outlook for interest-rate hikes in Europe.
European stock exchanges must raise a further $5 billion from initial public offerings before the year is out to surpass last year’s haul, a challenge in a market where deals have been prone to delays.
Investors are increasingly looking east as they seek out the best opportunities in Europe’s sovereign bond markets.
The energy shock and central bank tightening that have driven European bond yields higher could ultimately put a lid on them by weakening the region’s economy, according to Citadel Securities.
Equities fell around the world after leaders of the biggest artificial-intelligence firms proposed slowing the technology’s development, while a jump in oil prices sapped risk sentiment further. Tech stocks led declines as traders fretted that efforts to rein in the advance of cutting-edge AI could dent the boom driving hundreds of billions of dollars in capital expenditure. Nasdaq 100 futures sank 1.4%. OpenAI backer SoftBank Group Corp. slid the most in three months in Japan, while South Korea’s Kospi index slumped 3.3%. In Europe, the Stoxx 600 was little changed. Hosted by Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson and Tom Mackenzie. (Source: Bloomberg)
Europe’s protracted efforts to turn its much maligned markets into a more attractive proposition for investors reach a momentous juncture Monday: the arrival of a consolidated tape.
When Britain’s super rich are looking for more tax-friendly jurisdictions to call home, they are increasingly spoiled for choice.
Investors are piling into an arbitrage trade in euro money markets that’s gaining traction as the region’s financial conditions tighten.
It was a bittersweet moment for Sönke Siegfriedsen when his revolutionary design for a floating offshore wind turbine was pitched to Spain’s prime minister in April.
European natural gas climbed above €80 a megawatt-hour for the first time in more than three years, raising the stakes for Europe as a prolonged run of high prices threatens to fuel inflation and tip the region toward a broader crisis.