If Greek Banks do not believe in Santa Claus after recent developments, then no one ever will: a) on December 10, the ECB prolonged its targeted lending support (TLTRO III @ -1%) by an additional 12 months while raising the maximum amount banks can borrow (55% from 50%); b) the expanded PEPP will include E31bn of GGBs (from E23bn); c) the GR government will reportedly extend the NPE guarantee scheme ‘Hercules’ into 2021-2022. For Greek Banks this translates to an excellent opportunity to support their earnings (funding cost, bond gains) while cleaning up their Greek NPEs (securitizations) by 2022. For investors it means they can now focus on RoTE 2022 and beyond. We upgrade our rating on…

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If you are still wondering why Greek Banks have not
recouped their pre-pandemic P/BV multiples (0.40x), you should look no
further than Bank of Greece’s latest Financial Stability Review (published
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