ATHENS: Greece appointed 21 financial institutions as primary dealers in Greek government bonds in 2019, with no change from last year, the country's central bank said on Thursday.

The primary dealers in Greek government paper next year will be the following:

Alpha Bank Banca IMI Barclays Bank BNP Paribas Citigroup Global Markets Commerzbank Credit Suisse Securities Deutsche Bank Eurobank Goldman Sachs HSBC France, Athens Branch JP Morgan Securities Merrill Lynch Morgan Stanley National Bank Natwest Markets Nomura International Piraeus Bank Societe Generale UBS Unicredit.