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Every time a prime minister visits New York for the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, attention turns to his meetings with other state leaders as well as with important American businesspeople and funds.

Hellenic Petroleum (HELPE) is hastening to make the most of the favorable climate in international sovereign and corporate bond markets, especially as far as Greek securities are concerned, and has started the process for the issue of a five-year bond.

The Delphi Economic Forum is organizing a foreign direct investment round table at the Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens on Friday which is expected to draw the attention of the business world. Several ministers will take part and the main topic will be how Greece can become a focus for investment.

Greece's biggest telecoms operator OTE is tapping debt markets with a 7-year bond, aiming to raise 500 million euros ($551.05 million), it said on Tuesday.
The bookbuilding process opened earlier on Tuesday, OTE, which is 45% owned and managed by Germany's Deutsche Telekom , said.

The Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) is considering swapping bonds from the 2012 private sector involvement (PSI) debt easing scheme that did not participate in the 2017 swap, by reopening last March's 10-year bond issue. Sources say that US bank Goldman Sachs will run the project.

National Bank (NBG), Greece's second largest lender, has opened the books on a 10-year Tier II subordinated bond, with initial price estimates around 9 percent, IFR, Refinitiv's capital markets news service, said on Thursday.

National Bank of Greece is eager to make the most of the favorable climate among foreign investors toward the country in the last couple of months, and especially after the election result, proceeding immediately with the issue of a Tier II bond to boost its capital.

Piraeus Bank secured a major capital boost on Wednesday, raising 400 million euros through a Tier II bond issue.

The interest rate amounted to 9.75 percent and the offers book, overseen by Goldman Sachs International and UBS, came to 850 million euros, as over 135 institutional investors from more than 20 countries took part in the transaction.

Piraeus Bank is on Wednesday opening its book for the issue of a Tier II corporate bond, putting off the process from Tuesday due to the particularly high interest by investors that did not allow for the bank to meet with all interested buyers.
The aim of the Greek lender is to raise 300-350 million euros while offering an interest rate of 9-10 percent.

New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis began a two-day visit to the US Thursday where he is expected to brief investors and outline out his vision for the Greek economy.

He is due to speak at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston Thursday, while he will meet with investors in New York Friday.