The deteriorating global backdrop and central bank actions nurtured market expectations of further reductions in interest rates and fuelled concerns over bank profitability...BIS

6 March 2016                                     Press Release

BIS Quarterly Review, March 2016

International banking and financial market developments  (USA)

The Federal Reserve's interest rate lift-off in December did little to disturb the uneasy calm that had reigned in financial markets in late 2015. But the new year had a turbulent start, featuring one of the worst stock market sell-offs since the financial crisis of 2008.

At first, markets focused on slowing growth in China and vulnerabilities in emerging market economies (EMEs) more broadly. Increased anxiety about global growth drove the price of oil and EME exchange rates sharply lower and fed a flight to safety into core bond markets. 

Η διαφορά απόδοσης μεταξύ των Ελληνικών 10-ετών και Γερμανικών ομολόγων (spread) υποχώρησε στις 1.039 μονάδες βάσης....ALPHA BANK

Απόσπασμα από το Εβδομαδιαίο Δελτίο Οικονομικών Εξελίξεων -  Διεύθυνση Οικονομικών Μελετών της ALPHA BANK

Αγορές ομολόγων – Η πορεία του προγράμματος QE της ΕΚΤ

Ανοδικές τάσεις καταγράφηκαν σε εβδομαδιαία βάση στις ομολογιακές αγορές της Ευρωζώνης, ωστόσο την τρέχουσα εβδομάδα αναμένεται να επικρατήσουν σταθεροποιητικές τάσεις, καθώς οι επενδυτές θα προσπαθήσουν να διαπιστώσουν εάν θα καρποφορήσει η προσπάθεια σχηματισμού κεντρο-σοσιαλιστικής κυβέρνησης στην Ισπανία ή θα οδηγηθούμε σε νέα εκλογική αναμέτρηση. 

Σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο, σύμφωνα με πρόσφατη έκθεση του οίκου αξιολόγησης Standard & Poor's, το δημόσιο χρέος αναμένεται να αυξηθεί το 2016 κατά 2% στα $ 42,4 τρισ., ενώ ό νέος δανεισμός να αγγίξει τα $ 6,7 τρισ. από $ 6,9 τρισ. το 2015.

Report of the latest Basel III monitoring exercise....BIS

March 2016                                    Press Release

Basel III Monitoring Report March 2016

This report presents the results of its latest Basel III monitoring exercise. The Committee established a rigorous reporting process to regularly review the implications of the Basel III standards for banks, and it has published the results of previous exercises since 2012. 

Data have been provided for a total of 230 banks, comprising 101 large internationally active banks ("Group 1 banks", defined as internationally active banks that have Tier 1 capital of more than €3 billion) and 129 "Group 2 banks" (ie representative of all other banks).

Ladies and gentlemen, yes, we are at a critical moment, but it is not the first one and we will have many more, as long as people continue to flee to our region. Neither Turkey nor Greece are at the root of this problem..Commissioner Avramopoulos

Brussels, 4 March 2016       SPEECH/16/590                  Press Release

Remarks of Commissioner Avramopoulos at the Press Conference on 4 March 2016 Ahead of the Meeting of EU Heads of State or Government on 7 March 2016

Dear all, Things have been moving quickly in the last few days – both on the ground, but also here.

As more than 10,000 people are stuck at the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and hundreds continue to arrive, it is more than time for quick but also substantial actions. 

That is why we have presented an emergency humanitarian assistance instrument on Wednesday to support those Member States that are particularly affected by the refugee crisis. 

Στήριξη σε υπό διερεύνηση υπόθεση, προς τη Διοίκηση της Τραπέζης και προς Ανώτατα Στελέχη ... από την ALPHA BANK

                                                      Δελτίο  Τύπου

Ανακοίνωση [4.3.2016]

Συμφώνως προς την κείμενη νομοθεσία και τον Κανονισμό του Χρηματιστηρίου Αθηνών, η Alpha Τράπεζα Α.Ε. ανακοινώνει τα εξής:

Το Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο της Alpha Τραπέζης A.E., κατόπιν ενημερώσεως ότι ασκήθηκε ποινική δίωξη κατ’ Ανωτάτων (εν ενεργεία και αποχωρησάντων) Στελεχών της Τραπέζης, συμπεριλαμβανομένων τεσσάρων (εν ενεργεία) Εκτελεστικών Μελών του Διοικητικού της Συμβουλίου...

We are determined to do as much as we can to reduce or eliminate the threat that trouble at one big bank will bring down other big banks...Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet L. Yellen.

                                                    Press Release Date: March 4, 2016

For immediate release

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday proposed a rule to address the risk associated with excessive credit exposures of large banking organizations to a single counterparty. As demonstrated during the financial crisis, large credit exposures, particularly between financial institutions, can spread financial distress and undermine financial stability.

The proposal would apply single-counterparty credit limits to bank holding companies with total consolidated assets of $50 billion or more. The proposed limits are tailored to increase in stringency as the systemic footprint of a firm increases: