Υπογράφηκε Πρωτόκολλο Συνεργασίας μεταξύ της Επιτροπής Κεφαλαιαγοράς Ελλάδος, και της Επιτροπής Κεφαλαιαγοράς του Ιράν ..Ε.Κ.

 04/05/2016                                             Δελτίο Τύπου      

                            

                                                 ΠΡΩΤΟΚΟΛΛΟ ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΣ
                                     ΜΕΤΑΞΥ ΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΤΡΟΠΩΝ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑΓΟΡΑΣ
                                                          ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΡΑΝ

                           

Υπογράφηκε την Τρίτη, 3 Μαΐου 2016 στην Τεχεράνη (Ιράν) Πρωτόκολλο Συνεργασίας (Memorandum of Understanding) μεταξύ της Επιτροπής Κεφαλαιαγοράς Ελλάδος, εκπροσωπουμένης δια του Προέδρου της καθηγητού Χ. Γκότση, και της Επιτροπής Κεφαλαιαγοράς του Ιράν (Securities and Exchange Organization, SEO), εκπροσωπουμένης δια του Προέδρου της Δρ. M. Fetanat.

The capital ratio CET 1 remained unchanged at 12.0% and, as in the same quarter of the previous year, reflects a dividend accrual of 5 cents per share....Commerzbank

3 May 2016                                         Press Release

Commerzbank: Net profit of €163 m in first quarter of 2016 

● Operating profit of €273 m for Group in first quarter (Q1 2015: €670 m) burdened by difficult market environment 

● Good risk profile: low loan loss provisions of €148 m – NPL ratio for non-performing loans very low at 1.5% – further run-down of non-strategic portfolios of €1.0 bn

Industrial producer prices up by 0.3% in euro area ...EUROSTAT

03/05/2016                                          Press Release

March 2016 compared with February 2016 Industrial producer prices up by 0.3% in euro area Up by 0.4% in EU28

In March 2016, compared with February 2016, industrial producer prices rose by 0.3% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.4% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2016 prices fell by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU28.

Commission forecasts euro area growth of 1.6% and EU growth of 1.8% in 2016....EU

 Brussels, 3 May 2016                        European Commission - Press release

Spring 2016 Economic Forecast: Staying the course amid high risks

                             

Commission forecasts euro area growth of 1.6% and EU growth of 1.8% in 2016

Economic growth in Europe is expected to remain modest as key trading partners' performance has slowed and some of the so far supportive factors start to wane. As a result, GDP in the euro area is forecast to continue growing at modest rates over the 2015-2017 period. 

Growth in Asia and the Pacific is expected to remain strong at 5.3 percent this year and next, accounting for almost two-thirds of global growth....IMF

May 3, 2016                                      IMF Survey

Asia: Growth Remains Strong, Expected to Ease Only Modestly

Regional economy to expand by 5.3 percent in 2016 despite softening
China slowdown, risks dominate outlook
Policies and reforms needed to boost resilience

As of 2 May, the ECB had purchased EUR 733 billion of securities under its Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP). Theoretically, such large-scale asset purchases by the central bank could have either a positive or a negative effect on market liquidity. On the one hand, the willingness of the central bank to purchase assets reduces market risk for potential buyers – that is, the risk that they are unable to sell the assets later on when needed to obtain liquidity...Benoît Cœuré...ECB

Government bond markets in a changing environment

Keynote address by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Government Borrowers Forum,  Paris, 3 May 2016