Hellenic Finance (HF) provides investors with a pure play on Greek recovery through investing in Greek distressed assets, brought to the market as part of the bank-led reduction of non-performing loans through sales and awarding of third-party management contracts. HF is an owner-operator and seeks to vertically integrate the ecosystem of service providers on its balance sheet to control the quality, reduce leakage and maximize recoveries.
HF is founded by Anthimos Thomopoulos, former CEO of Piraeus Bank, who has also served as Deputy CEO of National Bank of Greece, bringing in significant banking expertise and a strong turnaround track record.
HF is founded by Anthimos Thomopoulos, former CEO of Piraeus Bank, who has also served as Deputy CEO of National Bank of Greece, bringing in significant banking expertise and a strong turnaround track record.
HF’s servicing ecosystem supports the complete value chain from state-of-the-art underwriting all the way to real estate monetization and consists of a fully integrated servicing platform that will act as an enabler to its core strategy.
HF’s offers clients a wide range of expertise including in depth credit analysis, NPL and REO underwriting, servicing, commercialization and monetization services.
The HF team comprises of Greek nationals with over 75 years of combined senior banking experience both in Greek financial institutions (NBG, Piraeus Bank) and international investment banks (Barclays, Dresdner Kleinwort) in a variety of C-level positions, financial advisory, NPL management and debt restructurings roles.
HF’s offers clients a wide range of expertise including in depth credit analysis, NPL and REO underwriting, servicing, commercialization and monetization services.
The HF team comprises of Greek nationals with over 75 years of combined senior banking experience both in Greek financial institutions (NBG, Piraeus Bank) and international investment banks (Barclays, Dresdner Kleinwort) in a variety of C-level positions, financial advisory, NPL management and debt restructurings roles.
Experience
The HF team comprises of Greek nationals with over 75 years of combined senior banking experience both in Greek financial institutions (NBG, Piraeus Bank) and international investment banks (Barclays, Dresdner Kleinwort) in a variety of C-level positions, financial advisory, NPL management and debt restructurings roles.
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NPL Underwriting Track record
HF is the only team in the Greek market to have underwritten all Large SME/SB marketed portfolios (Projects Kairos/Attica Bank, Amoeba/Piraeus Bank, Jupiter/Alpha Bank, Symbol/NBG, Cairo/Eurobank, Neptune/Alpha Bank, Icon/NBG, Galaxy/Alpha Bank). Engagements involved transaction structuring, individual single-asset underwritings and decision tree-based extrapolation tools based on borrower behavioral models to arrive at overall portfolio valuations.
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M&A Track Record
Over the last 2 years, the team has acted as lead advisor on 4 successfully completed high-profile M&A and corporate re-organizations transactions with a combined value of over €600mn on a sell-side and buy-side advisory capacity.
In addition, the team currently offers M&A services to three major Servicer M&A transactions in Europe, bringing a unique pan-European industry perspective. While at C-Level positions in major Greek Banks, the HF senior team has supervised and completed over 15 landmark FIG M&A transactions.
In addition, the team currently offers M&A services to three major Servicer M&A transactions in Europe, bringing a unique pan-European industry perspective. While at C-Level positions in major Greek Banks, the HF senior team has supervised and completed over 15 landmark FIG M&A transactions.
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Servicer Track Record
Our team members possess a unique understanding of the Greek servicer business, having designed, built from scratch, and managed businesses similar to Project Europe (“FPS”) as well as putting together large teams of specialists with a focus on enforcement and debt restructurings.
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