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Italian lender seeks to acquire 9% stake in Alpha Bank from Greek state and take control of Romanian unit
Drive among European lenders to ditch toxic debt creates opportunity for fund managers
Scheme looks like a serious effort to clean up the balance sheets of domestic lenders
Vassilios Psaltis first chief executive not related to the founding Costopoulos family
Country’s largest lender by assets Piraeus Bank worst hit with more than 20% fall
Private equity group teams up with 4 banks for investment
Reforms include speeding up foreclosures and combating ‘strategic’ defaults by borrowers
Lenders have a good news story to tell
Some analysts raise ratings on government debt and banks
Rescue vehicle expected to fail 20 of 55 directors in suitability test at top four lenders
Sale of Ukrsotsbank is part of the Italian bank’s strategy to boost capital and returns
Greece’s lenders have proven resilience and capital controls have been less damaging than feared
Smaller rivals enjoy oversubscribed share issues to meet capital shortfall
There is appetite for Greek bank equity, but recapitalisation has big drawbacks
Deciding recapitalisation levels for lenders will be no mean feat
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