Evangelos Charatsis and European Central Bank

European Central Bank: Executives from 31 listed companies held three days of meetings with investors at the annual Greek Roadshow last week in London, at Bloomberg LPs European headquarters, according to Business Week. We are in a waiting period to see what happens with the stress tests, said Evangelos Charatsis, managing director of Beta Securities in Athens. Since the recapitalizations, the index has again become mostly bank-driven and Greek companies attempts to lure investors are being held back by next months European Central Bank health check of its lenders, which is weighing on its stocks. Among key themes was the 75 billion euros $96 billion of non-performing loans, which investors fear may prompt banks to tap them for cash a third time in less than two years if the ECB stress tests determine theres a capital shortfall. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.