Poland - Factors to Watch Feb 17

Capital Park SA

17/02/2017 07:08

Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch 
that may affect Poland's financial markets on Friday. ALL TIMES 
GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour): 
     
    DATA 
    Poland's statistics office to release January retail sales, 
output and PPI data at 1300 GMT.  
     
    REGULATOR KNF 
    Dismissed deputy head of Polish financial market watchdog 
KNF Wojciech Kwasniak may become advisor to the central bank 
governor, Puls Biznesu daily said without quoting a source. 
     
    ASSECO POLAND  ACPP.WA  
    Asseco Poland group has agreed to buy IT company StoneRiver 
in the U.S. The transaction is valued at $100 million, according 
to Rzeczpospolita daily. 
     
    SOCIETE GENERALE  SOGN.PA  
    France's Societe Generale plans to set up its equities 
competency centre for CEE region in Warsaw, Parkiet daily said.  
     
    L'OREAL  OREP.PA  
    French cosmetic giant L'Oreal plans to invest 250 million 
zlotys ($61.86 million) within five years in its Polish factory, 
president of L'Oreal Polska was quoted as saying by 
Rzeczpospolita daily. 
     
    JOB MARKET 
    More than 800,000 Ukrainians were employed in Poland in 
2016, Polish deputy labour minister told Republika broadcaster 
on Friday. 
     
    PKN  PKN.WA , LOTOS  LTSP.WA  
    Polish energy ministry is not analysing a potential 
consolidation of Polish refiners, PAP news agency said on 
Thursday evening quoting the ministry's press office as saying.  
    A government official said earlier on Thursday that the 
state should increase its stake in PKN Orlen, which would be 
possible if the company is merged with its smaller rival Lotos. 
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    CAPITAL PARK  CPGP.WA  
    Patron Capital, which holds a 73-percent stake in Polish 
real estate developer Capital Park, is considering options which 
could result in changes in the company's shareholder structure, 
Capital Park said on Thursday evening.    
     
    ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish 
media and does not vouch for their accuracy.**** 
     
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 Market debt news       DBT       Forex news             FRX  
  
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