Slovenia: Foundation of Bad Bank Proves Difficult

Politics ♦ Published: October 24, 2012; 18:31 ♦ (Vindobona)

After the approval of the Slovenian Parliament, the government faces a public vote on the creation of a bad bank and an industrial holding group.

Slovenia: Foundation of Bad Bank Proves Difficult / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The Slovenian Parliament has approved the government´s plans to create a bad bank for the financially stricken banking sector. This special purpose vehicle should buy risky assets from Slovenian banks. The agency needs guarantees, however. More than € 4.0bn will not be necessary, Finance Minister Janez Sustersic said. This amount would be the upper limit of non-performing loans, he…