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Greece Raises $3.4 Billion From 10-Year Bond Issue

Greece raised 3.0 billion euros ($3.4 billion) at an interest rate of 1.8 percent from the new 10-year bond issue on Wednesday. Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said the country's first bond issue of the year was a success as it...

Greece Set to Raise $3 Billion from 30-Year Bond Issue

Greece's 30-year bond, issued on Wednesday has attracted great demand, the public debt management agency announced.

Piraeus Bank Successfully Completes 500-Million-Euro Bond Issue

Piraeus Bank officially announced the successful issue of a 500-million-euro Tier 2 bond with institutional investors at a coupon of 5.50 percent on Thursday. The bond, which has a maturity of 10 years and an embedded issuer call option after...

Greece Denies Postponing Bond Issue Due to Italy Crisis

Greece on Wednesday denied reports that the planned issue of a 10-year government bond had been postponed, pointing out that no decision to issue such a bond had been made. Earlier, Reuters reported that Athens had decided to push back...

No Cause for Celebration on Greece’s Bond Issue Says Professor Economides

With the old American saying "even turkeys fly in a strong wind", Professor of Economics Nicholas Economides described Tuesday’s foray into the international markets by Greece, the first in three years. In an exclusive interview with the Greek Reporter, Economides...

SZ: Greek Bond Issue Not Cause for Celebration

German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung said Wednesday that Greece has returned to the bond market under false pretences that shouldn’t be celebrated. “Greece is seeing its return to the markets as the country’s return to normalcy. But the situation is a little...

Greece Issues 30-Year Bond Confirming Full Return to Markets

Greece announced it will issue a 30-year bond, the longest-maturity sale since 2008, completing the country’s full return to debt markets.

Piraeus Bank Issues First Bond Since 2008, Raising 400 Million Euros

Piraeus Bank, Greece's largest lender, secured a major capital boost on Wednesday, raising 400 million euros through the issuance of a bond. The interest rate amounted to 9.75 percent and the offers book, overseen by Goldman Sachs International and UBS,...

Greece to Issue 7-Year Bond 'in Next Few Days'

The Greek Finance Ministry has decided to issue a seven-year bond, aiming to raise €3 billion ($3.7 billion), in the next few days, possibly this week, reports the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA). It is the third attempt towards Greece's full...

National Bank of Greece Plans to Issue First Market Bonds in 3 Years

National Bank of Greece has announced plans for a euro covered benchmark, the first Greek bank bond in the public market since 2014, and a crucial step in normalising its funding after years of costly central bank support. The three-year...

Troika Talks in Paris In Good Terms, Greece to Issue 7-year Bond

Government spokesperson Sofia Voultepsi confirmed earlier today that talks between the Greek delegation, headed by Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, and the Troika representatives in Paris are being held in a “positive climate.” “The Greek side has stressed the need for...

Greece Plans to Issue New Bonds

Greece plans to reopen its recent three and five-year bond issues in the next two weeks, to top them up by as much as 1.5 billion euros, accepting T-bills as payment instead of cash, a senior government source told...

Greece to Test Bond Market Again with New Issue

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece says it will issue a three-year bond following its successful bid to tap debt markets in April after a four-year absence. A finance ministry statement Wednesday said the bond "is expected to be launched and...

Greece Issues Bond After Successful T-bill Auction

According to sources within the government, the Finance Ministry is most likely to issue three-year bonds in order to borrow an amount between 2.5 and 3 billion euros, at an interest rate that will not be higher than 3 percent. On...

Diaspora Bonds Issued in 3rd Quarter of 2011

The issuance of Diaspora bonds will take place in the third quarter of 2011 at the latest, Deputy Finance Minister Filippos Sachinidis said in a newspaper interview on Thursday. Responding to a relevant question in Athens' Imerissia daily, Sachinidis said...