Poland - Factors to Watch Nov 3
Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Poland's financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour):
PMI
Markit and HSBC will publish Polish manufacturing PMI index at 0800 GMT.
TVN, T-MOBILE POLSKA
Polish broadcaster TVN and a local unit of German telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile Polska, said they have entered a strategic partnership and will offer a subscription video-on-demand service.
TVN
Liberty Global International, the owner of UPC Polska, may be interested in taking over the Polish broadcaster TVN , Parkiet daily reported without naming its sources.
MBANK
The Polish unit of Commerzbank, mBank, will try to achieve a 2014 revenue of 4 billion zlotys ($1.18 bln), the bank's Chief Executive Cezary Stypulkowski told Rzeczpospolita daily.
He also said that financial problems of credit unions known by the Polish acronym SKOK could become the largest financial scandal in Polish history.
BANKS
Polish bank should focus more on extending credit to firms than to individuals, a central bank official was quoted as saying by Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
ABRIS, FM BANK PBP
Private equity fund Abris expects to sign a conditional deal for the sale of its FM Bank PBP
GAS
Ukrainian gas firm Naftohaz is considering importing natural gas from the Polish LNG terminal in the city of Swinoujscie, a deputy chief executive of Naftohaz told Rzeczpospolita daily.
ENERGY FIRMS
Polish utilities PGE, Tauron, Energa and Enea may take out debt worth 20 billion zlotys ($5.9 bln) over the next two years, Rzeczpospolita daily reported citing estimates of rating agency Fitch.
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