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Expansionist ambitions: the CEOs of Alpha Bank and NBG announce their merger |
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Early in November Greece’s two largest banks, National Bank of Greece (NBG) and Alpha Bank, announced that they were in advanced merger talks. Immediately the comatose Athens General Index woke up with a start. Other bank shares led the rally, with speculative appeal suddenly injected into Commercial Bank of Greece (CBG) and EFG Eurobank. Equity investors had apparently decided that these banks must also join up if they were to survive.
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