Another historic year for CaixaBank. The bank, chaired by Tomàs Muniesa and with Gonzalo Gortázar as CEO, closed 2015 with a record profit of €5.891 billion, 1.8% higher than the previous year, according to the results published this Friday with the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). In the last quarter, the bank's profit was €1.494 billion, 3.4% higher than in the previous quarter. "It has been a very positive year for the bank, and therefore also positive for the Spanish economy," stated the bank's CEO, Gonzalo Gortázar, during the press conference presenting the results in Valencia, where the bank maintains its headquarters – "and there are no plans to change it in the coming years" despite the Gortázar incident. "We have exceeded the expectations for the first year of the strategic plan," he noted.

Gonzalo Gortázar, CEO of CaixaBank, has been appointed non-executive chairman of VidaCaixa, the insurance company owned by the bank. The decision was made by the financial institution's executive committee. Gortázar, who previously held this position from 2014 to 2021, remains CaixaBank's chief executive and replaces Jordi Gual at VidaCaixa due to the expiration of his term.

An economic mantra says that mergers between equals do not exist: there are buyers and buyers. This reality, which Banc Sabadell now faces with the threat of a takeover bid by BBVA, was made clear this Thursday at the major Catalan bank. CaixaBank has announced the renewal of its board, in which five directors are leaving. The latter are the former president José Ignacio Goirigolzarri and the independents Joaquín Ayuso, Francisco Javier Campo and Eva Castillo, who joined after its merger with Bankia. José Serna, a director representing La Caixa, is also leaving.