At a Bloomberg event on ๐๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌโ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค, held on Tuesday, July 1st, and hosted by Bloomberg European Director Constantin Cotzias, with featured speakers including Deputy Minister to the President Irene Piki, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, and CySEC Chairman George Theocharides, our Managing Director Yiannos Petri joined a distinguished panel to share his views.
Yiannos Petri highlighted that Cyprusโ structural reforms have strengthened its economy, allowing its bonds to trade at tighter spreads versus core EU countries. He described Cyprusโ geographic position as both a ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐, a stable pillar in a turbulent region, offering attractive opportunities while carrying some geopolitical risk.
He also referred to the ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐๐) currently being examined by the EU as a way to channel householdsโ savings into productive investments, meeting Europeโs significant funding needs in the years ahead. This, he noted, will support key sectors such as defence, AI, and climate transition, with Cyprus well positioned to play an important role in this framework.
Finally, he added that at Athlos Capital, together with our digital platform Sophic, we fully support all efforts in this direction. Platforms like Sophic act as enablers, as they are well aligned with the European Commissionโs vision of encouraging greater household participation in investment products such as EU bonds, which can deliver positive outcomes across multiple dimensions.
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