Greece
‘It’s not EU’: Do government bond spreads spell eurozone break-up?
Divergence between EGB yields is in the EU’s make-up; only a shared risk architecture can reunite them
ESG investing: It’s not just great to be good
Investing according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria can be done in various ways, with continuing development of filters and ways of analysing companies. As the market in ESG indexes and investments linked to sustainability matures,…
Enria takes aim at eurozone banks’ sovereign exposures
New ECB supervision chair floats Pillar 2 concentration charge, criticises use of IFRS 9
Four Greek banks in breach of LCR
Alpha Bank, Eurobank Ergasias, National Bank of Greece and Piraeus Bank short €22.5 billion of HQLA
Italian banks lead EU on cutting soured loans
Intesa Sanpaolo, Banco BPM, UniCredit shed most NPLs in H1
Greece slashes rates exposure with €35 billion swap programme
Sovereign debt agency entices 18 banks into hedging programme, locking in historic low rates on bailout loans
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency
Risk Awards 2019: PDMA’s innovative €35bn swap programme helps slash sovereign’s interest rate payments
EU banks cut €67 billion in non-performing loans
Greece remains the country with the highest NPL ratio, at 45%, followed by Cyprus at 34%
EU Council aims to limit bail-in debt rules
Leaked BRRD text reveals all Greek and Portuguese banks could escape subordinated debt regime
Sovereign risk manager of the year: Treasury Directorate of Slovenia
Risk Awards 2017: ‘Visionary’ exercise required debt buybacks, new issuance and swap unwinds on the same day
Multiple NPL models better than single models, research finds
Combinations of models produce better NPL estimates in study of Greek crisis
Greek swaps contract drama continues
Ongoing controls mean some end-user payments are more than a month overdue
Greek tragedy will run and run
Bargain staves off threat of Greek exit, but does little to inspire belief in the eurozone
Greek bank holiday sparks swaps contract chaos
Extended bank closure leaves derivatives payments by end-users in limbo
Target2-Securities: so far, so good as first systems go live
Pan-European securities settlement platform goes live on time and with minimum disruption
EU exit not disastrous to UK investors: Lamont
Black Wednesday chancellor says turmoil fears following UK withdrawal overblown
Eurozone cannot survive on a diet of fudge
Greek political upheaval sets up a lose-lose confrontation for the eurozone
‘Grexit’ and radical Greek bond restructuring not expected
Extension of maturities and lower interest rates more likely
EU banks' exposure to Greece below €5bn
Exposure to Greece's sovereign debt is "immaterial", says report
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