Portugal’s public debt fell to €273.8Bn in October, down €6.1Bn on September, reflecting the paying down of treasury guilts according to the Bank of Portugal. After a peak of almost €279.9Bn [...]

Interest rates on Portuguese bonds at two, five and 10 year maturities have gone up. Interest on 10 year bonds now stands at 3.002% compared to 2.946% on Thursday. Interest on five year bonds [...]

Capital gains tax on those holding securities between five and eight years will fall from 28% to 22% and will fall to 11% for those who make gains on shares and bonds they have held for more than [...]

Aperture, the assets management company of Generali Investments, is likely to buy fresh bonds issued by Portuguese airline TAP. In an interview with the newspaper Negócios, Simon Thorp, the chef [...]

The Portuguese bank BCP issued €350 million of preferred bonds with a three-year maturity at an interest rate of 8.5%. The amount that had originally been envisaged was €300 million, but the bank [...]

Portugal now has to pay investors more interest on sovereign gilts compared to April. In a double auction held by the Portuguese debt and treasury agency IGCP held on Wednesday morning, the state [...]

Interest rates on Portuguese two, five and 10-year sovereign bonds rose on Monday. According to Bloomberg, interest on 10-year bonds increased to 1.994% against 1.983% on Friday before the [...]

Miguel Martins, the executive director of concessionaire Ascendi is to succeed Cristina Casalinho to run Portugal’s debt, treasury and sovereign bond agency IGCP. Martins has left Ascendi – [...]

Portugal went to the markets on Wednesday morning and auctioned €500 million of short term bonds at -0.302% interest in what could be the last auction enjoying negative interest. The treasury and [...]

The interest to be paid on Portuguese sovereign bonds has climbed over 3% for the first time in five years. Portuguese sovereigns are under intense pressure on International markets because [...]