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Attica Bank - Ready for growth

After cleaning up the balance sheet and cutting costs, Attica Bank’s key aim now is to grow into its cost base with normalised impairments while refocusing on the SME sector. Attica will have to be mindful of capital (fully loaded end-2018 CET1 is 8.9%, statutory is 13.5%), but liquidity looks comfortable (loan/deposit 69% and no more ELA) and unlikely to slow it down. We have reduced forecasts due to weaker than expected 2018 results and now expect ROTE 2020 of 3.2% (4.2% before). Attica is trading on a 2018 P/NTA of 0.2x, and our valuation remains at 0.28x (€0.27/share).
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Attica Bank

Attica Bank SA is a Greece-based banking and financial institution. The Bank offers a range of banking and financial products and services: private and corporate banking services, e-banking, automated teller machine (ATM) services, leasing, factoring, asset management and brokerage services. In the private banking area, it offers savings, privilege current and time accounts, mortgages, insurance products, consumer and housing loans, and a range of credit cards. In the corporate banking area, the Bank offers time and foreign exchange accounts for companies, short- and long-term loans and advances, loans for the acquisition of business premises and letters of guarantee for various purposes. The Bank's other services include capital market and mutual fund services, as well as fixed orders, money transfers, imports and exports, pension payments and safe boxes. It has six subsidiaries and operates a network of 80 branches in Greece.

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Pedro Fonseca

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