Investment

Greek stock market sluggish

The Athens Stock market recorded a slight 0.30% rise, as the general index hovered around the 829-30 mark. Trade volume was overall slow with foreign investors probably waiting till September to focus on their portfolios when the changes in the MSCI index are expected to take effect.

Norway's $975-bln wealth fund should improve ethical stance: NGO report

Norway's $975-billion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, should be more forceful in promoting its ethical agenda and influencing the thousands of companies it invests in, a report commissioned by non-governmental organizations said on Aug. 14.

The fund, which invests the proceeds of Norway's oil and gas production for future generations, has ethical ambitions. 

Deadlocked investors

Any foreign investor who is considering investing in Greece first takes the very logical step of asking those who've invested here in the past if they ran into any problems in doing so.

The responses are usually quite depressing and discouraging to say the least.

Red tape and obstacles raised by the state all too often serve as impediments to prospective investors.

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