Marfin Investment Group

The exchange agreement between Marfin Investment Group (MIG) and Strix Holdings was signed on Friday, whereby the former gives the latter Attica Group shares corresponding to 79.4% of the shipping company's share capital, against loans of 443.8 million euros of MIG held by Strix.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has marked the 13-year anniversary of the firebomb attack on a branch of Marfin Bank in downtown Athens which led to the death of three people.

"We do not forget the fellow citizens we lost. Punishing the guilty remains a debt of honor for the state, closing the door every day to division, hatred, and political hypocrisy," Mitsotakis said.

Greek politicians marked the 13-year anniversary of the firebomb attack on a branch of Marfin Bank in downtown Athens which led to the death of three people.

US investment fund CVC Capital is rapidly evolving into the biggest foreign investor in Greece, as it is currently in negotiations for the acquisition of an 80% stake in Ethniki, Greece's biggest insurer, for about 450-460 million euros.

CVC Capital has obtained full control of Greek food giant Vivartia through a 600-million-euro deal with owner Marfin Investment Group, following the MIG board's decision to approve the transfer.

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and other officials on Tuesday marked the 10-year anniversary of the death of three bank employees in a firebomb attack during an anti-austerity riot in downtown Athens.

At least four groups appear to be interested in the acquisition of Piraeus Bank's loans to Marfin Investment Group (MIG), which add up to almost 550 million euros.

Sources say that the already known suitors Emma Capital and Comer Group have been joined by a foreign private investment fund, as well as another vehicle belonging to the United Arab Emirates' state investment fund.

G. Apostolopoulos Holdings, owner of listed Athens Medical Group, announced on Monday it has submitted a takeover bid for the entire share capital of rival Hygeia Group.

The offer, in cooperation with US fund HIG Capital International, amounts to 0.95 euros per share, bettering the 0.92-euros-per-share bid tabled by CVC.

Greek politicians from across the spectrum on Saturday paid their respects to the three bank employees who died when protesters firebombed a branch of Marfin bank in central Athens eight years ago during an anti-austerity protest at the onset of Greece's financial crisis.

The governing board of the Hygeia group on Wednesday rejected an offer from the holdings company of Giorgos Apostolopoulos, owner of the Athens Medical Center, for the acquisition of a 29.62 percent stake in the healthcare group.