genlou
8 년 전
November 22, 2016 -- Moody's Investors Service has revised its outlook on Greece's banking system to stable from negative. The stable outlook reflects the rating agency's expectation of funding and profitability improvements for Greek banks balanced against sizeable problem loans and limited lending opportunities. The outlook expresses Moody's expectation of how bank creditworthiness will evolve in Greece over the next 12-18 months.
Moody's report, entitled "Banking System Outlook - Greece: Stable Outlook Reflects Improved Funding and Profitability Prospects Balanced Against Still Sizeable Problem Loans" is available on www.moodys.com. Moody's subscribers can access this report via the link provided at the end of this press release.
"We expect banks in Greece to return to marginal profitability in 2016-17 on the back of significantly lower loan-loss provisions, decreased funding costs and contained operating expenses," says Nondas Nicolaides, Vice President -- Senior Credit Officer at Moody's and author of the report.
Greek banks have been able to regain access to the inter-bank repo market, reducing their emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) balances and improving their funding and liquidity profiles. However, Moody's notes that they are likely to remain highly reliant on central bank funding over the outlook period.
Banks in Greece will also continue to face significant challenges in tackling their huge stock of problem loans. Moody's expects the volume of non-performing exposures (NPEs) to remain high at more than 40% of total lending by year-end 2017 from around 45% in June 2016.
In addition, despite a modest pick-up in growth, economic activity, consumption and new investments are likely to be limited, constraining banks' loan and revenue growth, in Moody's view. The rating agency's sovereign team expects real GDP growth in Greece of 1.8% in 2017, up from a forecasted 0% for full-year 2016.
Furthermore, while capital ratios are sound -- the rating agency estimates Greek banks' weighted-average common equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio at around 17% as of June 2016, which comfortably meets regulatory requirements -- around half is in the form of deferred tax assets (DTAs), which Moody's considers to be lower quality capital. This is due to the fact that their eligibility to be converted into deferred tax credits (DTCs) and ultimately into tangible assets, is contingent on the Greek government's creditworthiness that is currently weak as indicated by the sovereign rating of Caa3 (stable).
Finally, Moody's does not expect banks in Greece to benefit from any government support going forward. The government has limited financial strength and its heavy reliance on official creditors' funding displays its minimal capacity to support the banking sector, according to the rating agency.
Subscribers can access the report at: http://www.moodys.com/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PBC_1042014
genlou
8 년 전
I am pleased to report that Piraeus Bank continues to make noteable progress. The Bank is working to
achieve its strategic goals in an operating environment which remains demanding, but presents
opportunities, as the Greek economy gradually recovers. We are positioned to realize these opportunities
to the benefit of our shareholders, clients and employees.
Piraeus Bank intends to maintain the highest standards of corporate governance. Our reinvigorated Board
of Directors combines extensive international banking expertise with in-depth knowledge of the domestic
environment. We believe that both of these key competencies are necessary to continue the Bank’s return
to a sustainable path to growth and enable us to build on our leading position in the Greek banking sector.
As we have shown today, our performance over the first nine months of 2016 is consistently improving. On
behalf of the Board of Directors, I express my confidence regarding Piraeus Bank’s prospects and its
positioning for future success.”
George Handjinicolaou, Chairman of the Board of Directors
“Piraeus Bank’s Q3.2016 performance once again demonstrates our commitment to and fulfillment of
stated financial and strategic targets. For a second consecutive quarter, Piraeus Bank Group posted a profit
that amounted to €31mn, and resilient recurring pre provision income of €290mn.
Our Q3 deposits rose by €0.9bn, representing an increase of 2%. This is largely attributed to the easing of
capital controls and our targeted client campaigns.
Active management of non-performing loans continues to yield significant positive results, with a further
reduction of loans in arrears above 90 days by €0.6bn on a quarterly basis. On an annual basis, loans in
arrears have declined by €2.2bn or 8%. In parallel, Non Performing Exposures (NPEs) were lower by €0.2bn
qoq and €1.1bn yoy at the end of September 2016.
The Group’s CET
koen2
9 년 전
I guess we are going down further.
HELEX announced that Piraeus Bank’s 8,672,163,482 new common registered shares following the share capital increase realized as a result of a private placement will commence trading on December 8.
on 1.94 billion raised ,thats $0.224 a share in private placement
Thats way lower then i was thinking.
After the European Central Bank’s Single Supervisory Mechanism identified a capital shortfall of 4.93 billion euros for Piraeus Bank, the bank has succeeded in covering in 1.94 billion euros of the capital needs by private means, the EU said. The SSM also approved additional capital actions of 271 million euros.