Financial economics
New Greek bond returns to yield at sale
Greeces new five-year bond returned on Wednesday to the yield at which it was sold last week, after a turbulent few days of trading.
The bond issue which was Greeces first in four years and came just two years after the country defaulted was issued at a yield of 4.95 percent last Thursday.
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Further selling pressure on Greece's new five-year bond
Greece was one of the few markets in which yields rose on Monday, as investors booked profits on the strongest bond rally in the eurozone this year.
Ten-year yields added 16 basis points to hit a days high of 6.47 percent on Monday.
National is not ruling out a share increase
By Yiannis Papadoyiannis
National Bank of Greece has almost finished drafting its definitive plan to cover the lenders capital requirements as determined by its Bank of Greece stress test, and a share capital increase may be on the cards after all.
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Bonds went to ‘real money investors’
Breakdown of buyers shows nearly half of them are investment fund managers as interest proved diverse
By Sotiris Nikas
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Greek bond yields rise as market comeback euphoria fades
By John Geddie & Marius Zaharia
Greek bond yields rose on Friday as investors booked profits on the rally that preceded Greece's return to debt markets, with even its sought-after new five-year bond succumbing to selling pressure.
Greek yields rise as market comeback euphoria fades
By John Geddie $ Marius Zaharia
Greek bond yields rose on Friday as investors booked profits on the rally that preceded Greece's return to debt markets, with even its sought-after new five-year bond succumbing to selling pressure.
Greece prepares as much as $688 million of real estate for sale
By Sharon Smyth
Greece is preparing a property portfolio valued at as much as 500 million euros ($689 million) to offer to investors by the end of this year, according to the head of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund.
Greece said to plan sale of five-year notes via banks Wednesday
Greece is planning to announce a sale of five-year notes via banks on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter, as the country that sparked Europes sovereign debt crisis returns from a bond-market exile.
Greece draws investors seeing bad loans come good, says Piraeus chief Sallas
By Christos Ziotis & Nikos Chrysoloras
International investors have started placing money into Greek banks as they anticipate the improving economy will boost profits across the industry, Michalis Sallas, chairman of Piraeus Bank SA, said.
ESM's Regling warns Greece not to overpay for new bonds
By Harry Papachristou
The head of the euro zone's bailout fund has warned Athens not to pay investors too much when it returns to bond markets later this month, in comments to a Greek newspaper that hit newsstands on Saturday.