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Newsletter 277 -11/12/2020
PM rebuffs Covid-19 criticism Mitsotakis defends govt stance but is forced to extend some measures until Jan After being forced to extend Covid-19 restrictions into January, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tried to defend this week his, and his gover...
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EP president visit and winding up of rail crash inquiry cast spotlight on rule of law concerns
PoliticsGreek PoliticsAn official visit to Athens by the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola gave Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis an occasion to hit back at the recent resolution passed by European lawmakers expressing concerns about the rule of law in Gr...
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Newsletter 289 - 19/03/2021
and the higher funding needs for support measures that have already exceeded the initial estimates by 4 billion euros. The announcement of the syndication was made this Tuesday and the book opened... points. By mid-day the other book exceeded 26 billion euros and the yield settled at Mid Swaps plus 150
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Unhappy voters struggle to find alternatives as PM faces fresh attack from veteran conservatives
PoliticsGreek Politicsevent, former prime ministers Antonis Samaras and Costas Karamanlis used the occasion of a book... with the neighbouring country and of picking the wrong faction to ally with in Libya. Karamanlis voiced
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Banks tout ambitious NPE plans to return to European mainstream
EconomyBankingfor Piraeus). Alpha Bank and National Bank of Greece didn't book the losses, so they still have... saw their 2020 results propped by bond swaps with the Greek state. That saw them book trading gains... the pandemic. Stournaras on Wednesday estimated that new NPLs in 2021 will amount to 8 to 10 billion euros. Yet
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Sale of 10 pct stake in NBG ups taxpayer losses from banks to 34 bln
EconomyBankingthe book closed for the placement of a 10 pct stake in National Bank of Greece (NBG). The transaction... in NBG and was met with high demand by the investment community, with the book oversubscribed by 10.4x... the international and the Greek book, with the Greek book oversubscribed by a more modest 1.5x. The price
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Newsletter 197 -8/03/2019
again on Monday when Greece opened the book-building process for a new 10-year benchmark. The maturity... the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) showed. The first estimate of the overall GDP figure... euros) and fell short of the Ministry of Finance’s (MoF) final budget estimate of 2.1 percent for 2018
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Greek banks look to post-pandemic landscape with ongoing bad loan reductions, moratoria easing
EconomyBankingestimate that the pandemic will leave a legacy of around 5 billion euros in new bad loans. This is after... in the plans sent to the SSM in September. Under the baseline scenario, the four systemic banks estimate... of state guarantee. Loans will be transferred at net book value, with the banks taking bonds
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Newsletter 270 -23/10/2020
estimate for the national accounts and the regular cycle of base year revision that takes place every five... to 2015, from 2010. The second estimate of the previous year usually includes the use and update... another 2 billion euros, with a re-offer yield of 1.15 pct, implying a price of 109.46. The book
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Mitsotakis tries to rally base as Tsipras sharpens attacks
PoliticsGreek Politicsa packed book‑tour event in Larissa, central Greece, to deliver one of his most overtly political... of his book Ithaki, comes amid persistent speculation that he may launch a new political vehicle ahead... and fluid. In voting intention, ND edges up to 24.9%, while in the adjusted vote estimate it reaches 30.1
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