http://www.ifre.com/greece-casts-%E2%82%AC100bn-shadow-over-european-banks/636786.article
Greek domestic banks are by far the biggest holders of the country’s bonds with some €50bn of exposure, according to a handful of estimates. But another €50bn is held at banks outside the country, with German banks alone exposed to around €19bn of the paper, while French banks hold another €15bn.
Perhaps remarkably, some banks even saw the drop in prices as a chance to increase their exposure to Greek bonds, so as to repo the instruments at full face value at the European Central Bank’s open market operations. “One chief financial officer told me I was a complete idiot not to be buying bonds and that was only back in April,” said one adviser, who asked not to be identified.
Of the estimated €270bn of Greek bonds currently in existence, about a third will mature by the end of 2013.
Greek domestic banks are by far the biggest holders of the country’s bonds with some €50bn of exposure, according to a handful of estimates. But another €50bn is held at banks outside the country, with German banks alone exposed to around €19bn of the paper, while French banks hold another €15bn.
Perhaps remarkably, some banks even saw the drop in prices as a chance to increase their exposure to Greek bonds, so as to repo the instruments at full face value at the European Central Bank’s open market operations. “One chief financial officer told me I was a complete idiot not to be buying bonds and that was only back in April,” said one adviser, who asked not to be identified.
Of the estimated €270bn of Greek bonds currently in existence, about a third will mature by the end of 2013.
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