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NBG Group: Q3.15 results highlights
November 9th, 2015
CET1 ratio stable qoq despite protracted bank holiday and capital controls hitting top line in Greece CET 1 stood at 9.6% in Q3, unchanged qoq Turkish Lira depreciation impact was offset by €2.2bn RWAs reduction (including domestic deleveraging) and ...
Iranian Oil Goes Back on the Market
November 6th, 2015
After years of sanctions, the country is boosting production and aiming to win customers back from the Saudis and Russians. The fate of the oil market in 2016 depends in large part on a series of oil fields with ...
Snapshots of Well-Being Across High-Income Countries
November 4th, 2015
Well-being is a multidimensional concept, for countries as well as for individuals. Thus, in the recent OECD report “How’s Life 2015: Measuring Well-Being,” the emphasis goes well beyond basic one-dimensional measures of well-being like per capita GDP and offers comparisons ...
Bitcoin Is Suddenly Surging Again
November 3rd, 2015
And there are various theories behind the rise. Bitcoin is back in the news, but this time it seems to be for all the right reasons. After a blockbuster 2013, the digital currency tumbled throughout 2014 on negative headlines, such as the February ...
Mario Draghi Interview: We must propose a way forward to Europeans
November 2nd, 2015
Interview with Il Sole 24 Ore Interview with Mario Draghi, President of the ECB, conducted by Alessandro Merli and Roberto Napoletano, published on 31 October 2015 President Draghi, in Malta last week, you stressed the downside risks for both ...
Scariest Events from the Financial World: 2000 to Present
October 30th, 2015
It’s no secret that the global financial markets offers a ton of opportunity, but can be equally as scary. There are so many factors at play in the free flow of trillions of dollars each day that it’s ...
What Economic Recovery? Quarter of EU Citizens at Poverty Risk
October 29th, 2015
The so-called economic recovery being experienced by a number of EU states has been called into question following new research that found a quarter of all EU citizens, and close to a third of young people, were at risk ...
Bulgaria’s 3 largest foreign investors: Countries
October 29th, 2015
The annual report of the Economic and Trade Affairs of the Greek Embassy in Sofia reveals that Greece was Bulgaria’s third largest foreign investor for 2014. Greeks poured 2.49 billion euros into the neighboring Balkan country in 2014. Only ...
Why We’re Ungovernable, Part 11: Portugal Stages A Coup
October 26th, 2015
Wow. Portugal just did something extraordinary. In its most recent election, parties of the left — anti-austerity, anti-business, mistrustful of the euro and other extra-national institutions — gained a parliamentary majority, which gives them the right to form a ...
The 5 Biggest Market Events of 2015 So Far
October 19th, 2015
2015 has certainly been an interesting year as far as the world of finance is concerned. The markets have undoubtedly seen some tumultuous times, particularly in recent months, so today we’re going to look at the five biggest market ...
