Financial markets, PSI-20 performance, and investment news in Portugal.
Optimize Investment Partners is buying Martifer shares at €2.25 to push the market price above Visabeira's €2.057 OPA offer and starve the bid of acceptances before the 3 June window closes. The fund holds roughly 4% and is publicly contesting the contrapartida.
CUF disclosed a €32 million dividend distribution via a Tuesday 26 May CMVM filing — 2025 consolidated net profit reached €51.2 million (+18.1% YoY), José de Mello Capital (65.85%), Farminveste (30%) and the Fundação Amélia da Silva de Mello (4.15%) take their shares of the payout.
BCP transferred 4,087,904 own shares to its executive committee on 25 May 2026 at €0.9616 — a €3.93 million distribution settling deferred variable pay from 2020-2024 and long-term variable pay for 2022-2025. CEO Miguel Maya pocketed 871,156 shares worth €837,700.
Portugal's Q1 2026 earnings tape lands with a bank-industrial split — Big-Five banks clear €1.279bn against Crédito Agrícola's 26% slide on Storm Kristin claims, while Altri swings to a €7.3M loss and TAP cuts its quarterly loss to €39.9M as Americas long-haul demand kicks in.
Ageas evaluates a ~5% direct stake in BCP — the maximum it can take without restructuring its bancassurance JV — contingent on Fosun completing the exit it opened on 10 April. The Chinese conglomerate's 20%+ holding is worth ~€2.7 billion. Government backs the search for strategic shareholders.
Brazilian buyers spent €65.8 million on luxury residential property in Portugal in 2025 through Porta da Frente Christie's International Real Estate alone, with Cascais capturing 22% of the high-value transactions the agency processed for the cohort...
Muddy Waters Capital sued Mota-Engil in a Texas civil court on 19 December 2025 for defamation tied to a December 2024 Expresso interview with CEO Carlos Mota Santos. The group has filed for dismissal and CFO José Carlos Nogueira frames the case as carrying 'little relevance' to operations.
