December 28th 2014

December 28th 2014 Piraeus Bank – KKR announce €1,2 bil. securitization deal. Piraeus Bank recently announced that it has agreed with the investment firm KKR to transfer (to an SVP) and securitize a portfolio of assets of €1,2 bil. (this amount refers to Piraeus’ corporate exposure, i.e. both loans and equity participation in MIG) to…

December 29th 2014

December 29th 2014 Alpha Bank launches joint venture with Aktua (Spain), to service non-performing assets Alpha Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding with Aktua Soluciones Financieras, a leading Spanish special servicer, to create and launch an innovative special servicing joint venture, Aktua Hellas.

December 12th 2014

December 12th 2014 Alpha Bank Raises USD 500 mil in shipping loans securitization Alpha Bank recently completed a shipping loan securitization transaction with Citi which involves 5 years term non-recourse funding in excess of USD 500 mil.

September 21st 2014

September 21st 2014 Greece signs €800 mil. financing agreements with EIB for infrastructure projects EIB loans to Greece are expected to exceed € 1.5 billion in 2014, as EIB Chairman Werner Hoyer stressed the remarkable progress in Greek fiscal data over the past two years , which also resulted to the country’s successful bond issue…

July 9th 2014

July 9th 2014 Peloponnese waste PPP project receives environmental approval The Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate change approved the environmental terms of the waste treatment PPP project in the Peloponnese Prefecture.

June 12th 2014

June 12th 2014 Completion of the pre-selection phase for the PPP Project of the waste treatment unit in Corfu Five out of initially six local consortia that had expressed interest, where pre-selected by the Municipality of Corfu. Those five consortia will continue in the process of the competitive dialogue.

May 7th, 2014

May 7th, 2014 €20m tender for Waste Treatment facility in Thiva, Viotia announced The project refers to the construction of waste treatment facility in Thiva to treat 35.000 ton/y of municipal solid waste generated in the region (2nd Viotia prefectural unit). The total budget of the project is €20 mil., co-financed by the Cohesion Fund…

May 23rd, 2014

May 23rd, 2014 Fitch upgrades Greece’s rating Fitch Ratings has upgraded Greece’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings  to ‘B’ from ‘B-‘ with stable outlook.

May 9th, 2014

May 9th, 2014 Signing of the PPP for the construction and operation of 10 school buildings in Attica The agreement was signed on Friday 9th May 2014. The contracting authority of the project is KTYP of the public sector and the contractor is J&P AVAX.

May 6th, 2014

May 6th, 2014 Six local consortia expressed interest for the waste management project of Corfu The contractor will be selected through public international competition with competitive dialogue procedure and will undertake the design, financing, construction, maintenance and operation for the waste treatment unit in Corfu.