Author: Lauren Samson

Recent allegations about mislabeled sustainable funds from Deutsche Bank fund manager DWS have triggered a domino effect in the financial market. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and German market regulator Bafin were the first to react, launching an investigation. This, in turn, caused the German manager to drop 13% on the stock market, which also affected the price of Deutsche Bank. Now, asset managers fear it will snowball into a barrage of industry-wide sales . Desiree Fixler, former global director of sustainability at DWS, is the one who has sounded the alarm about the dubious requirements of the…

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This is what is taken into account to raise the Minimum Interprofessional Salary. The Workers’ Statute regulates how this indicator should be reviewed The SMI refers to monetary remuneration, never to payments in kind. The Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI) has focused part of the political debate after months of waiting for its next increase, which, according to the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, could take place between September and October . According to the Executive, the rise should be 15 euros by 2021, but … what is taken into account to increase the SMI? The Workers’ Statute makes it clear in…

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Before the start of a new school year, and knowing the evolution of the pandemic, from the State Platform for Public School we state our deep concern about the relaxation of measures to guarantee the safety and health of teachers, students and students. their families, and we urge the Ministry and public administrations to reverse the cuts in the health of the people who participate in education. The organizations that are members of this platform are very negatively surprised that, both in the sectoral conference and in the rest of the forums where health and safety measures in the educational…

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Abertis faces the end of two concession contracts in Spain this Tuesday, that of Acesa, the most important of the group in the world, and that of Invicat. This will have a severe impact on the income statement of the company controlled by Atlantia and ACS. Specifically, both concessions represent, together, 13.2% of revenues and 18% of gross operating profit (ebitda). The reversal of these contracts is added to the one that already took place at the end of 2019 with Aumar, another of its major projects. However, the firm led by José Aljaro has been preparing for years to…

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Every time a citizen goes to a hospital for a diagnostic test, there is a chance that their most sensitive medical data will end up in the hands of a cyber hacker. The risk is that they could come from there through illegal activities at the hands of people who can decide a job or insurance. Today, the number of incidents in Spain is over 600 a day, according to official 2020 data provided by INCIBE, the National Cryptological Center and the Joint Cyber ​​Defense Command. Of these, an estimated 41% (246) occur in hospitals, according to the study conducted…

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Windows 11 will allow the installation on computers that do not meet all the requirements, but Microsoft declines its support in return. The hours after Windows 11 was unveiled were some of the most confusing in Microsoft’s history, and that is saying. The tool that the company released to check the compatibility of the new system marked many computers as incompatible, even if they far exceeded the minimum requirements (1 GHz dual-core processor). The culprit is TMP 2.0 , a technology that will be mandatory with Windows 11, but that many modern systems do not have (or have not activated).…

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The new iPhone 13 would have the option of making low orbit satellite calls (LEO), allowing us to make calls, even if we do not have 4G or 5G antennas nearby. At first glance, the iPhone 13 will not differ much from the iPhone 12, to the point that Apple was supposedly thinking of calling it the iPhone 12s to reflect that there is no big leap. Finally, the decision to jump in numbers came for reasons such as the new screen with a smaller ‘notch’, and the new larger cameras. A few weeks after its introduction, now another secret…

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The Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE) has reiterated this Friday that it does not consider that it is the time to raise the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI), after being summoned by the Government, together with unions and the employer Cepyme, to address this increase . The Confederation of Antonio Garamendi relies on the fact that it is not the time to raise the SMI, as reported by Europa Press , taking refuge in the need to maintain employment and not endanger it with an increase in this legal minimum. From the employer Cepyme match CEOE that ” it is…

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Ferrovial is on the exit ramp of the recovery, still with a slope ahead, but improving. The construction company of the Del Pino family will return to pay its shareholders at the end of the year, payment with which it joins Ecodividendo, the portfolio that groups the five most attractive payments on the Spanish stock market and prepared by elEconomista . It will occupy the place left by Logista, who paid his payment this Friday. Check here the calendar of upcoming dividends for the Spanish stock market As usual, Ferrovial is expected to distribute the first of the dividends charged…

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Still without official confirmation, but with a clear idea on the table , the Madrid City Council is working these days to introduce new changes in the Regulated Parking Service (SER) areas. The most central streets where parking meters are located and where parking costs money that, in the coming months, could cost even more, expand into more areas or change according to pollution levels . Madrid continues to finalize its plan to protect the environment. Known as Madrid 360 , the replacement measure of the previous consistory goes far beyond what is known as Madrid Central and, in addition…

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