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Meropi Kyriacou Honored as TNH Educator of the Year
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
ATHENS – Piraeus Bank on Thursday officially announced the successful issue of a 500 million euros Tier 2 bond with institutional investors at a coupon of 5.50 pct. The bond has a maturity of 10 years, an embedded issuer call option after 5 years and will be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
The issuance follows a two-day marketing period and received significant investor interest with a final order book in excess of 4 billion euros from more than 350 investors. The bond issue marks Piraeus Bank’s second issuance of a Tier 2 bond in the international debt capital markets, following the bank’s inaugural placement in June 2019. The issuance is in line with Piraeus Bank’s strategy, as communicated to the market on 3 February 2020 and will enhance the Bank’s total capital ratio by approximately 110bps.
Goldman Sachs International and UBS Investment Bank acted as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners of the issue; Barclays, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse and Nomura acted as Joint Bookrunners.
Christos Megalou, CEO of Piraeus Bank, commented: “Our 500 million euros Tier 2 bond issuance marks another important step in the implementation of Piraeus Bank’s strategy. We are very pleased with the strong investor demand received for our bond offering, another clear indication of confidence in the prospects of Piraeus Bank, the Greek banking sector and the Greek economy as a whole.”.
NEW YORK – Meropi Kyriacou, the new Principal of The Cathedral School in Manhattan, was honored as The National Herald’s Educator of the Year.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — It was in the den that Karen Goodwin most strongly felt her son’s presence: On the coffee table were his ashes, inside a clock with its hands forever frozen at 12:35 a.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said.