Cmq qua in pratica siamo ritornati a mesi fa agli inizi della fase di vendita... Nel frattempo però i prezzi sono "leggermente" diversi.
Sarà la volta buona??? Chat massoniche permettendo ah ah ah
UPDATE 2-ECB DEMANDS PORTUGAL'S NOVO BANCO PLUG $1.5 BLN CAPITAL HOLE
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14-Nov-2015 16:51
(Updates with political reaction, statements by central bank,Novo Banco)
By John O'Donnell
FRANKFURT, Nov 14 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank hasordered Portugal's Novo Banco to fill a 1.4 billion euro ($1.5billion) hole in its finances, possibly delaying its plannedsale and hampering Lisbon's efforts to draw a line under itsbiggest banking collapse.
The request to repair Novo Banco, created from the failedBanco Espirito Santo (BES), presents a challenge for anyanti-austerity, Socialist-led government that could come topower in coming weeks after a parliamentary vote this week.
Of nine banks across the euro zone tested by the ECB as afollow-through on wider checks last year, only Novo Banco wasfound to be short of capital. It has two weeks to present a planof action and nine months to plug the gap.
The Bank of Portugal said in a statement that Novo Banco hadalready started working on a plan to raise capital through assetsales to meet the shortfall. The plan will be presented in thecoming weeks.
The central bank failed to sell Novo Banco in September asthe bids it received were seen as too low. The result of the'stress test' means the sale can resume.
'Preparation for the new phase of the sale process will beinitiated immediately, now that one of the main factors ofuncertainty hanging over the previous process is out of theway,' the Bank of Portugal said.
The Bank of Portugal is in charge of the sale process underthe terms of the 4.9 billion euro rescue plan for BES, which wascarried out by a bank resolution fund that is formally theresponsibility of Portugal's other banks. The government lentpart of the money to the fund used in the rescue and must berepaid.
Novo Banco said in a separate statement that among its plansto raise capital, it will sell insurance company GNB Vida andother non-strategic holdings.
Political uncertainty could weigh on the sales process whenit resumes.
The centre-right government was ousted in a parliamentaryvote this week by the centre-left. In an Oct. 4 election, thecentre-right won the most votes but lost its parliamentarymajority, which swung to the left.
The Socialists are now trying to form a government with thehelp of the far-left Communists and Left Bloc, all of which areopposed to privatisations.
Jorge Pires, a member of the Communist Party'spolicy-setting commission, said the result of the stress testunderlined the high costs of the rescue of BES, adding that NovoBanco's sale 'should be stopped immediately.'
'It should remain in public control with its activityfocused on public investment,' Pires was quoted as saying bystate news agency Lusa.
The prospect of a government backed by the far-leftCommunists and Left Bloc has already rattled investors, worriedthat a fragile economic recovery could be derailed in a countrythat only last year exited an international bailout programme.
The collapse of BES in August 2014, under the weight of thedebts of its founding family, was the biggest financial failurein Portugal's history. Novo Banco is the 'good bank' createdfrom BES.
($1 = 0.9285 euros)
