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The Greek Current
The Greek Current

The Greek elections, the markets, investors, and reforms

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ landslide victory on Sunday night in Greece’s elections had many talking about a political earthquake. The markets seemed to take note as well, with Greek stocks and government bonds rallying sharply following New Democracy’ win as Mitsotakis is keen to implement a pro-investment and pro-reform agenda. Wolfango Piccoli, co-founder of risk analysis company Teneo with a long experience in advising financial institutions and corporations on political developments in Europe, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss the market reaction to the Greek elections, the message the election results sent to investors, the reforms that a new government in Greece will need to focus on, and more.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Mitsotakis victory: Five questions for markets

Priorities of the next government

Only way is up for securities

PASOK leader reiterates no interest in ND coalition

Slow death or a second chance?

Christodoulides calls island’s division a European problem

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