Canada΄s Fairfax Holdings buys Mytilineos stake in second bet on Greece. Canadian investment fund has become the third-biggest shareholder of Greek industrial group Mytilineos, acquiring a 5 percent stake worth about 30 million euros ($41 million), the two companies said on Monday.
That is the second Greek investment this year by Fairfax, which is controlled by investor Prem Watsa – known as the “Warren Buffett of Canada”.
The deal confirms a trend of overseas funds placing small investments in the bailed-out country, betting on a recovery from its deepest postwar economic slump.
Fairfax said last week it would spend about 20 million euros to raise its stake in Greek property developer Eurobank Properties to 41 percent from 19 percent.
The Canadian firm also briefly expressed an interest earlier this year in buying a stake in bailed-out National Bank (NBG) , Greece's biggest lender.
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