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PM insists on 3 pct election threshold, unveils plans to entice diaspora voters
PoliticsGreek Politicslist to direct election by overseas voters. The Interior Ministry will be responsible
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A varied set of views on China
Agoraof inferior quality to that of western goods. In short, while Greeks are not disposed negatively... in their eyes. Nor do they envy life and work in China, and find Chinese commodities of inferior quality
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Our cruel summer
Agora” or “Pakistani” to be used liberally as a catch-all description for anyone deemed to be inferior or dispensable
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Public sector capital stock in Greece and the Euro-19
AgoraCapital is a key input in the production function of a country’s economy. It makes another crucial factor, namely labor, more productive if such capital is efficient (quality) and sufficient... both in the quantity and quality of labor, and in the quantity and quality of the capital stock
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ECB tests find negligible capital shortfalls at Greek banks
Economy(Eurobank) appearing to have a capital shortfall and even in that case it being less than 18 million euros. The test comprises of two main pillars for the identification of bank’s capital shortfalls. The first is an Asset Quality Review (AQR), with a capital benchmark of Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) of 8
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Greek bank capital increases: A breakdown of what has been achieved
Economycapital increase this month, raising 2.5 billion on May 9. The transaction was reportedly two times... the announcement of capital needs by the Bank of Greece (BoG). They completed capital increases of 1.2... by international investors. The four banks conducted capital increases without the participation
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Greek banks' capital backstop and the funding gap: An uneasy relationship
Economyperiod of uncertainty regarding the bolstering of their capital base and ability to raise fresh money... a total of 3.1 billion or 14 percent of capital needs from private investors, exceeding the 10 percent... the stability of the Greek banking system through the strengthening of banks’ capital adequacy. Its scope does
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National Bank follows other Greek lenders' by opting for capital increase
EconomyBankingan Extraordinary General Meeting for May 10 to approve a capital increase of up to 2.5 billion euros. NBG... banks’ capital needs - that its capital plan “will address the capital needs without raising new equity capital”. At that time, NBG reiterated its intention to cover a large part of its capital
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Piraeus Bank reveals mitigating actions aimed at reducing size of capital increase
EconomyBankingPiraeus Bank revealed on Monday the capital actions that it intends to submit to the ECB’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) to cover the capital shortfall that resulted from the comprehensive assessment. Piraeus’s capital needs at 2.21 billion euros under the baseline scenario of the stress test
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Greek banks' capital actions underway, state aid seen as low as 4.7 bln
EconomyFollowing the submission of Greek banks’ capital actions to the Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM... in capital mitigating actions, which reduces their capital shortfall accordingly. The actions approved... for Piraeus. We present below the current state of play with Greek banks’ capital increases. Alpha
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