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Bank of Portugal Governor Álvaro Santos Pereira Disposes of Nestlé and Navigator Shares After ECB Ethics Committee Pulls Him Back Inside the Single Supervisory Mechanism's Stricter Code — Capital Gains Donated to Charity

Bank of Portugal Governor Álvaro Santos Pereira Disposes of Nestlé and Navigator Shares After ECB Ethics Committee Pulls Him Back Inside the Single Supervisory Mechanism's Stricter Code — Capital Gains Donated to Charity

Bank of Portugal governor Álvaro Santos Pereira sold shares in Nestlé, Navigator, Galp and Jerónimo Martins after the ECB Ethics Committee informed him on 1 April that the SSM code bars governors from holding equities of any non-financial issuer. Capital gains were donated to charity.
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Lone Star Closes the Door on Eight Years at Novo Banco as French Group BPCE Takes 100% Ownership Today — Portugal's Fourth-Largest Bank Crosses Into the Hands of Europe's Second-Biggest Cooperative on 30 April 2026

Lone Star Closes the Door on Eight Years at Novo Banco as French Group BPCE Takes 100% Ownership Today — Portugal's Fourth-Largest Bank Crosses Into the Hands of Europe's Second-Biggest Cooperative on 30 April 2026

BPCE — the French cooperative banking group behind Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Épargne — completes the €6.4 billion acquisition of Novo Banco on 30 April, ending Lone Star's eight-year ownership and folding Portugal's fourth-largest bank into a 32-million-customer European retail group.
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INE's April Indicators Pull in Opposite Directions — Consumer Confidence Drops to a 29-Month Low While the Economic Climate Edges Up, and Households Post Their Sharpest Negative Read on Personal Finances Since the Pandemic

INE's April Indicators Pull in Opposite Directions — Consumer Confidence Drops to a 29-Month Low While the Economic Climate Edges Up, and Households Post Their Sharpest Negative Read on Personal Finances Since the Pandemic

INE's April release shows consumer confidence at a 29-month low while the economic climate indicator rose, breaking three months of declines. Past household-finance assessments fell at the sharpest pace since the early-pandemic months of April and May 2020.
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