Poland - Factors to Watch Sept. 9

Comarch SA

09/09/2016 07:14

Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch 
that may affect Poland's financial markets on Friday. ALL TIMES 
GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): 
     
    RATING 
    Rating agency Moody's is expected to review Poland's ratings 
on Sept. 9.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BH2LB 
     
    RAIFFEISEN  RBIV.VI , PKO  PKO.WA , ALIOR  ALRR.WA  
    Poland's biggest bank PKO BP and its smaller rival Alior 
have teamed up in their bid to buy Raiffeisen's local unit, Puls 
Biznesu daily said quoting unnamed sources.  
    PKO wants to buy Raiffeisen's leasing business while Alior 
bids for the bank. The Polish lenders are most likely the only 
bidders, the paper said.  
     
    DIPLOMACY 
    Delegates from the Venice Commission, the advisory panel of 
the Council of Europe rights body, will visit Poland on Monday 
to assess the new regulations regarding the constitutional 
court, Gazeta Wyborcza daily said on Friday.  
     
    LOT  LOT.UL  
    Poland's state airline LOT wants to more than double the 
number of its passengers to about 10 million per year by 2020, 
gaining 25 percent of the market, the company said in its 
strategy released on Thursday. 
     
    BANK POCZTOWY 
    Poland's No. 20 lender by assets, Bank Pocztowy, does not 
rule out initial public offering (IPO), Parkiet daily quoted the 
company's chief executive officer as saying. 
     
    ASSECO Poland  ACPP.WA , COMARCH  CMR.WA  
    Poland's social insurance institution ZUS has delayed a 
700-million zlotys IT tender by a few months, Rzeczpospolita 
daily said, quoting ZUS spokesman. Warsaw-listed IT firms Asseco 
Poland and Comarch as well as Atos and Capgemini are competing 
to become ZUS supplier. 
     
    ****Reuters has not verified these stories and does not 
vouch for their accuracy.**** 
     
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