Regarding the Greek Public Debt Portfolio, the Liability Management Policy of the PDMA is based upon the following principles:
- Identifying and exploiting opportunities in the prevailing market conditions.
- Using derivatives minimizing all-in costs.
- Avoiding the incorporation of systemic risks into the total debt portfolio.
- Reducing as much as possible the FX exposure of the Greek debt.
- Reducing the Interest Rate Exposure at the lowest possible level, taking advantage of existing market conditions.
- Ensuring the longest possible weighted average maturity of debt, in line with the current levels.
- Combining Funding and Liability Management policies for the sake of an integrated risk management.
- Implementing the aforementioned principles in terms of General Government.
- Coordinating actions of General Government Entities, related to their portfolios.
The Funding Policy of the PDMA is based upon the following principles:
- Providing transparency concerning the overall annual funding strategy of the Hellenic Republic.
- Continuing to build the Yield Curve of the Hellenic Republic through issuances of different maturities and if need be of different currencies. This will go through the issuance of liquid benchmark GGB issuances, across the maturity spectrum of the Greek Sovereign Yield Curve filling also the maturity gaps of the curve.
- Bringing the credit spread of the GGB curve in line with peers
- Performing liability management exercises, if need be.
- Keeping a continuous dialogue with investors’ community and building stronger relationship with potential new investors.
- Providing confidence and all necessary information to both Investors and Rating Agencies.
- Implementing and expanding the already existing active cash and liquidity management strategy to all General Government Entities in a holistic approach considering everyone as part of an integrated whole.
