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The rise in the sale of private savings plans in 2019 has been linked to people's increasing realization that the meager pensions provided by the Greek state will not be enough to cover their needs. 

The yield on the Greek benchmark 10-year bond dropped below 1 percent for the first time ever on Wednesday, on a day when other bond markets were quite mixed. Piraeus Bank benefited immediately from the yield slide with a very successful bond issue on Wednesday.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the foreign press hailed the record-breaking yield for the 10-year benchmark bond, which on Wednesday's domestic electronic secondary bond market fell below 1 percent.

In a tweet on the prime minister's account, Mitsotakis said that "Greece is now on a growth trajectory," making the country a "great opportunity for global investors."

A number of Athens-listed companies are planning to take part in a new wave of bond issues, aiming to make the most of the favorable climate in the market and the improvement in investor confidence in Greece.

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The government is mulling a regulation that will suspend the voting rights of shareholders facing charges, such as the allegations against Dimitris Koutsolioutsos, the main stakeholder in jewelry company Folli Follie, on a recommendation by Capital Market Commission head Vassiliki Lazarakou.

The successful completion of the first 15-year bond sale since the financial crisis is a "vote of confidence" by international markets, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said on Tuesday, after Greece gathered record orders.

Turkey's Central Bank on Jan. 20 said it will distribute accumulated contingent reserves with annual profit, excluding last year's.

The decision came at its top huddle in the capital Ankara where stakeholders gathered to discuss and vote on the 2019 profit distribution.

The continuation of yield chasing by investors has led to record demand for government bond issues in the eurozone.