Mali visited these institutions together with representatives of the Athens Stock Exchange and the Euronext Group, with whom he had previously met.
During the meeting, the First Deputy Prime Minister also spoke, via video link, with the CEO and a member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Exchange Group, Yianos Kontopoulos.
After touring the institutions, Mali emphasised that the integration of their operations is a clear signal to everyone, and above all to investors in Serbian securities, in companies listed on the stock exchange, that the country is ready for even faster growth and development.
According to him, at this moment, approximately €42 billion in individual and corporate deposits are held in Serbian banks, providing them with liquidity, whereas there are companies seeking capital and sources of financing other than commercial bank lending.
The First Deputy Prime Minister pointed out the importance of the visit by the delegation from the Euronext Group, which is the largest pan-European stock exchange operator, managing capital markets in eight European countries, with headquarters in Amsterdam, and represents a key pillar of the European financial infrastructure.
Mali underlined that one of the pillars of Serbia’s further accelerated development is precisely the development of the capital market, recalling that in 2019, investment funds in Serbia managed around €300 million, and that today that amount is around €2.2 billion, which represents huge progress.