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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-29
CONTENTS
[01] Greek PM receives representatives of top investors in Greece
[01] Greek PM receives representatives of top investors in Greece
Greece will have "turned onto a new page" once the first review of the
economic adjustment programme is concluded, according to all participants
in a meeting on Friday between Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
and international investors in Greece, the prime minister's office
announced. The meeting was held at the prime minister's office at the
Maximos Mansion in Athens.
Among those present at the meeting were Prem Watsa of Fairfax Financial
Holdings Ltd, John Paulson of Paulson & Co, Stephen Johnson of Wilbur Ross
& Co, Jonathan Haick of Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd, Samir Parekh of
Capital Research & Management Company, Ben Watsa of Lissom Investments,
Lawrence Chin of Mackenzie Cundill, Jamie Lowry of Schroder's Investment
Management, Daniel Pozen of Wellington Management Company, as well as
Nikolaos Karamouzis and Fokion Karavias of Eurobank.
Attending on the government side were the government Vice-President
Yiannis Dragasakis and Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos.
The prime minister briefed the investors about the government's positions
and actions to create a stable tax system, tackle bureaucracy and
corruption and for multiplying investment opportunities by establishing
political stability.
The meeting also focused on the economic data pointing to a recovery
of Greece's economy, chief among them the successful recapitalisation
of the country's banks, the exceeding of budget targets for revenues in
2015 by roughly 2.0 billion euros and the stabilisation of the economy,
with the short-term prospect of a return to growth.
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