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The Greek debt circle can be squared
From the beginning of the crisis, Greece’s debt has often been the elephant in the room. Over the last year it has taken on the form of an unsolvable equation as key decisions makers have taken positions that do not appear to overlap.
Contributor: Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (348)
Greece's taxing challenges
As September came to a close, millions of Greek taxpayers scrambled to meet the deadline to pay the second instalment of personal income tax and the first payment obligation of the single property tax (ENFIA).
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Economy (348), Greece (527)
How Greece's political system failed to safeguard the largest investment in the country's history
On Friday September 23, the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) published its interim financial statements for the first quarter of 2016. As usual, the results failed to make many people sit up and take notice.
Contributors: Manos Giakoumis, Yiannis Mouzakis
Categories: Economy (348), Greece (527)
How the pension fund that invested heavily in Attica Bank lost half its reserves
The Engineers and Public Contractors Pension Fund (TSMEDE) found itself in the spotlight over the last few days as a result of being the major shareholder in Attica Bank, which faced a number of issues related to corporate governance and lending activities, according to an investigation carried out by the Bank of Greece (BoG).
Contributor: Manos Giakoumis
Categories: Economy (348), Greece (527)
A market for NPL resolution
When the largest Greek banks (in terms of assets) published their second quarter results a fortnight ago, much investor attention was focused on the formation and breakdown of non-performing exposure (NPE) on their respective balance sheets.
Contributor: Jens Bastian
Categories: Economy (348), Greece (527)