EUROPEAN DAYBOOK: ECB’s Draghi, Lautenschlaeger; Linde Earnings
2015-03-16 04:55:59.845 GMT
By Claudia Rach and Jim Silver
(Bloomberg) -- Linde to report earnings. ECB’s Draghi,
Lautenschlaeger to speak in Frankfurt after market closes.
France, Netherlands, Norway to sell bills.
NOTE: Please click here to subscribe to the European Daybook
WHAT TO WATCH:
* TOP M&A/ECM News:
* Scripps Networks Interactive to Buy Controlling Stake in
TVN
* Telecom Italia Wireless-Tower Unit Inwit Files for IPO
in Milan
* GE Sells Australian Finance Arm at $6.3b Enterprise
Value
* Holcim Said to Propose Lafarge Merger Changes to Rescue
Deal
* RBS Said to Favor UBP as Buyer for Coutts International
* Ireland Says Engagement With IAG on Aer Lingus
Continuing
* Volkswagen, Metzler Said to Be Close to Selling
LeasePlan
* Sunac Said to Find Kaisa Unprofitable in Due Diligence
Work
* European Commission Clears Aviva’s Friends Life
Acquisition
* Standard Life May Raise Stake in HDFC JV to 35%: ET Link
* Standard Life May Raise Stake in HDFC JV to 35%: ET Link</li></ul>
* Other company news:
* U.S. Appeals BP Win Cutting Gulf Spill Tab by $4b
* U.S. Said to Open Currency Settlement Talks at $1b a
Bank
* Investor AB’s Moelnlycke Plans to Double Sales by 2020,
Dagens Industri Says
* Saab in Negotiations With Saudi Arabia for New Weapons
Order: DI
* Pargesa 2014 Net CHF636.9m vs CHF393.9m Y/y
* Hennes & Mauritz (HMBB SS) 8am, Feb sales
* Hennes & Mauritz (HMBB SS) 8am, Feb sales</li></ul>
* Other news
* Oil Slumps to Six-Year Low as U.S. Production Seen
Filling Tanks
* Varoufakis: Greece Ready To Suspend Promises to Build EU
Trust
* Greece B- Long Term Rating Still May Be Cut by S&P
* Germany Sees Balanced Budget Through 2019, Finance
Ministry Says
* U.K. March House Prices Rise 1% M/m, Rightmove Says
* EU weekly industry agendas: Chemicals, Consumer, Energy,
Health, Industrials, Resources, Transport, TMT,
Utilities
* EU weekly industry agendas: Chemicals, Consumer, Energy,
Health, Industrials, Resources, Transport, TMT,
Utilities</li></ul>
* M&A, ECM SCHEDULED EVENTS
* Standard Life: 9 for 11 consolidation ex, pay date
* Standard Life: 9 for 11 consolidation ex, pay date</li></ul>
* IPOs/Additional Shr Sales
* Expected to Price: Digitouch SpA (0465405D IM) IPO;
Zibao Metals Recycling (ZBO LN) addl
* Expected to Trade: Detection Technology (DETEC FH) IPO;
Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE LN) addl; Sirius Minerals (SXX
LN), addl
* Expected to Trade: Detection Technology (DETEC FH) IPO;
Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE LN) addl; Sirius Minerals (SXX
LN), addl</li></ul>
EARNINGS all times CET:
* Aryzta (ARYN VX) TBD
* Bpost (BPOST BB) 5:45pm
* Helvetia (HELN SW) TBD
* Linde (LIN GR) 7:30am
* Hennes & Mauritz (HMBB SS) 8am, Feb sales
ECONOMIC DATA all times CET:
* 1:01am: U.K. March Rightmove House Prices m/m; 1% (prior
2.1%)
* 1:01am: U.K. March Rightmove House Prices y/y; 5.4% (prior
6.6%)
* 9:15am: Switzerland Jan. retail sales real y/y; no est.
(prior 1.9%, rev.)
* 9:30am: Netherlands Jan. retail sales y/y; no est. (prior
2.7%)
BOND SALES/PURCHASES all times CET:
* 11am: Norway to sell bills
* 11am: Norway to hold bond repurchase
* 11am: Netherlands to sell up to EU2b 72-day bills
* 12pm: Netherlands to sell up to EU2b 166-day bills
* 2:50pm: France to sell up to EU3.6b 91-day bills, EU1.6b
EU140-day bills, EU1.7b 350-day bills
CENTRAL BANKS all times CET:
* 9am: SNB sight deposits
* 3pm: ECB’s Costa speaks at seminar in Lisbon about new
banknote
* 7:45pm: ECB President Mario Draghi speaks in Frankfurt
* 8:10pm: ECB’s Lautenschlaeger speaks in Frankfurt
GOVERNMENT all times CET:
* 10am: EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels
* 2pm: German parliament hearing on TTIP free trade accord
* 2pm: Merkel, Poroshenko meet in Berlin
* 2:30pm: Swiss govt question time in Parliament
* 4pm: EU’s Juncker in governance debate in Brussels
* 5pm: Germany’s Steinmeier speaks at Brussels think tank
* TBA: Iran’s foreign minister meets EU counterparts in
Brussels
* TBA German and Chinese finance officials meet in Berlin
MARKETS:
* MSCI AP Index -0.1% to 143.80
* S&P 500 Index -0.6% to 2053.40 on Friday
CORPORATE EVENTS/CONFERENCES:
* Consumer Analyst Group of Europe Conf.: DGE LN, GIVN VX,
HEN3 GY, NESN VX, RB/ LN, SAB LN
* AGM/EGM: CYTN SW
* Analyst/Investor meetings: DELB BB, FR FP, SAP GY
* Roadshows: AMEAS FH, GTO NA, MUV2 GY
TV HIGHLIGHTS: Selected Bloomberg TV guests, all times CET:
* 8:10am: Steen Jakobsen, Saxo Bank, chief economist
* 9:20am: Jacques Aschenbroich, Valeo UK, chairman
* 10:40am: Martin Wheatley, Financial Conduct Authority, CEO
* 11am: Marcel Fratzscher, Diw German Institute for Research,
president/CEO
* For event coverage, see LIVE <GO>
For Related News and Information:
First Word scrolling panel: FIRST<GO>
First Word newswire: NH BFW<GO>
--With assistance from James Cone and Brian Lysaght in London.
To contact the reporters on this story:
Claudia Rach in Berlin at +49-30-70010-6219 or
crach1@bloomberg.net;
Jim Silver in New York at +1-212-617-7342 or
jsilver@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
James Ludden at +44-20-3525-2645 or
jludden@bloomberg.net
2015-03-16 04:55:59.845 GMT
By Claudia Rach and Jim Silver
(Bloomberg) -- Linde to report earnings. ECB’s Draghi,
Lautenschlaeger to speak in Frankfurt after market closes.
France, Netherlands, Norway to sell bills.
NOTE: Please click here to subscribe to the European Daybook
WHAT TO WATCH:
* TOP M&A/ECM News:
* Scripps Networks Interactive to Buy Controlling Stake in
TVN
* Telecom Italia Wireless-Tower Unit Inwit Files for IPO
in Milan
* GE Sells Australian Finance Arm at $6.3b Enterprise
Value
* Holcim Said to Propose Lafarge Merger Changes to Rescue
Deal
* RBS Said to Favor UBP as Buyer for Coutts International
* Ireland Says Engagement With IAG on Aer Lingus
Continuing
* Volkswagen, Metzler Said to Be Close to Selling
LeasePlan
* Sunac Said to Find Kaisa Unprofitable in Due Diligence
Work
* European Commission Clears Aviva’s Friends Life
Acquisition
* Standard Life May Raise Stake in HDFC JV to 35%: ET Link
* Standard Life May Raise Stake in HDFC JV to 35%: ET Link</li></ul>
* Other company news:
* U.S. Appeals BP Win Cutting Gulf Spill Tab by $4b
* U.S. Said to Open Currency Settlement Talks at $1b a
Bank
* Investor AB’s Moelnlycke Plans to Double Sales by 2020,
Dagens Industri Says
* Saab in Negotiations With Saudi Arabia for New Weapons
Order: DI
* Pargesa 2014 Net CHF636.9m vs CHF393.9m Y/y
* Hennes & Mauritz (HMBB SS) 8am, Feb sales
* Hennes & Mauritz (HMBB SS) 8am, Feb sales</li></ul>
* Other news
* Oil Slumps to Six-Year Low as U.S. Production Seen
Filling Tanks
* Varoufakis: Greece Ready To Suspend Promises to Build EU
Trust
* Greece B- Long Term Rating Still May Be Cut by S&P
* Germany Sees Balanced Budget Through 2019, Finance
Ministry Says
* U.K. March House Prices Rise 1% M/m, Rightmove Says
* EU weekly industry agendas: Chemicals, Consumer, Energy,
Health, Industrials, Resources, Transport, TMT,
Utilities
* EU weekly industry agendas: Chemicals, Consumer, Energy,
Health, Industrials, Resources, Transport, TMT,
Utilities</li></ul>
* M&A, ECM SCHEDULED EVENTS
* Standard Life: 9 for 11 consolidation ex, pay date
* Standard Life: 9 for 11 consolidation ex, pay date</li></ul>
* IPOs/Additional Shr Sales
* Expected to Price: Digitouch SpA (0465405D IM) IPO;
Zibao Metals Recycling (ZBO LN) addl
* Expected to Trade: Detection Technology (DETEC FH) IPO;
Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE LN) addl; Sirius Minerals (SXX
LN), addl
* Expected to Trade: Detection Technology (DETEC FH) IPO;
Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE LN) addl; Sirius Minerals (SXX
LN), addl</li></ul>
EARNINGS all times CET:
* Aryzta (ARYN VX) TBD
* Bpost (BPOST BB) 5:45pm
* Helvetia (HELN SW) TBD
* Linde (LIN GR) 7:30am
* Hennes & Mauritz (HMBB SS) 8am, Feb sales
ECONOMIC DATA all times CET:
* 1:01am: U.K. March Rightmove House Prices m/m; 1% (prior
2.1%)
* 1:01am: U.K. March Rightmove House Prices y/y; 5.4% (prior
6.6%)
* 9:15am: Switzerland Jan. retail sales real y/y; no est.
(prior 1.9%, rev.)
* 9:30am: Netherlands Jan. retail sales y/y; no est. (prior
2.7%)
BOND SALES/PURCHASES all times CET:
* 11am: Norway to sell bills
* 11am: Norway to hold bond repurchase
* 11am: Netherlands to sell up to EU2b 72-day bills
* 12pm: Netherlands to sell up to EU2b 166-day bills
* 2:50pm: France to sell up to EU3.6b 91-day bills, EU1.6b
EU140-day bills, EU1.7b 350-day bills
CENTRAL BANKS all times CET:
* 9am: SNB sight deposits
* 3pm: ECB’s Costa speaks at seminar in Lisbon about new
banknote
* 7:45pm: ECB President Mario Draghi speaks in Frankfurt
* 8:10pm: ECB’s Lautenschlaeger speaks in Frankfurt
GOVERNMENT all times CET:
* 10am: EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels
* 2pm: German parliament hearing on TTIP free trade accord
* 2pm: Merkel, Poroshenko meet in Berlin
* 2:30pm: Swiss govt question time in Parliament
* 4pm: EU’s Juncker in governance debate in Brussels
* 5pm: Germany’s Steinmeier speaks at Brussels think tank
* TBA: Iran’s foreign minister meets EU counterparts in
Brussels
* TBA German and Chinese finance officials meet in Berlin
MARKETS:
* MSCI AP Index -0.1% to 143.80
* S&P 500 Index -0.6% to 2053.40 on Friday
CORPORATE EVENTS/CONFERENCES:
* Consumer Analyst Group of Europe Conf.: DGE LN, GIVN VX,
HEN3 GY, NESN VX, RB/ LN, SAB LN
* AGM/EGM: CYTN SW
* Analyst/Investor meetings: DELB BB, FR FP, SAP GY
* Roadshows: AMEAS FH, GTO NA, MUV2 GY
TV HIGHLIGHTS: Selected Bloomberg TV guests, all times CET:
* 8:10am: Steen Jakobsen, Saxo Bank, chief economist
* 9:20am: Jacques Aschenbroich, Valeo UK, chairman
* 10:40am: Martin Wheatley, Financial Conduct Authority, CEO
* 11am: Marcel Fratzscher, Diw German Institute for Research,
president/CEO
* For event coverage, see LIVE <GO>
For Related News and Information:
First Word scrolling panel: FIRST<GO>
First Word newswire: NH BFW<GO>
--With assistance from James Cone and Brian Lysaght in London.
To contact the reporters on this story:
Claudia Rach in Berlin at +49-30-70010-6219 or
crach1@bloomberg.net;
Jim Silver in New York at +1-212-617-7342 or
jsilver@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
James Ludden at +44-20-3525-2645 or
jludden@bloomberg.net