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Regulator: Romania Insurance Market Up 11% YoY To RON18.7B In January-September 2025

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:47:58 GMT

Romania’s insurance market reached a volume of gross underwritten premiums of RON18.7 billion at the end of the January-September 2025 period, up 11% against the year-earlier interval, in line with data released by Romania's Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) in its latest report regarding the evolution of the insurance market in the first nine months of 2025.

BID Has New Management Team, Ponders EUR100M Capital Boost To Back Investments, Diversify Instruments Available For Companies

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:50:30 GMT

Romania's state-owned Investment and Development Bank (IDB) has a new interim management team consisting of Raluca Nicolescu, interim Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Simina Bossennec and Razvan Prundeanu, Deputy CEOs.

Romania's Antitrust Body Unveils Schwarz Group's Proposed Commitments For La Cocos Store Chain Acquisition

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:36:49 GMT

Romania's Competition Council submits to public debate the commitments proposed by Germany’s Schwarz Group, to remove the competition concerns identified on the retail market of food and non-food consumer products, in the context of the acquisition of Supermarket La Cocos SA.

ING Bank Revises Romania’s 2025 Economic Growth Forecast To 1.1% From 0.3%

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:12:56 GMT

ING Bank has revised its growth forecast for Romania's economy in 2025 to 1.1% from its previous estimate of 0.3%, supported by a stronger-than-anticipated third quarter.

Banca Comerciala Romana Lists Its Second Eurobond Issue, Worth EUR500M, On Bucharest Stock Exchange

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:14:05 GMT

Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR), one of the most important financial groups in Romania, is listing a new Eurobond issue, worth EUR500 million, on the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), on December 23.

ING Bank Ends 9M/2025 With Over RON3B Revenues, Up 6.1% YoY; Loan Portfolio Expands By 10.7%

Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:05:00 GMT

ING Bank ended the first nine months of 2025 with revenues of over RON3 billion, up 6.1% year-over-year, and a loan portfolio of RON47.5 billion, up 10.7% year-over-year.

Clifford Chance Badea Advised Carmistin International In Securing EUR500M Financing Arranged By BCR And ING Bank

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:05:06 GMT

Clifford Chance Badea, the Bucharest office of global law firm Clifford Chance, advised Carmistin International SRL in connection with the EUR500 million financing arranged by Banca Comerciala Romana (BCR) and ING BANK N.V. – Bucharest branch, in which most banks present on the Romanian market participated.

Banca Transilvania Deputy CEO, Tiberiu Moisa, Sells RON4.5M Worth Of Bank Shares

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 18:51:35 GMT

Tiberiu Moisa, Deputy CEO of Banca Transilvania (stock symbol: TLV), the largest credit institution in Romania, on December 17 sold a total of 100,000 TLV shares, at a price of RON30.1495 per share, which means little over RON3 million.

Griffes Brokers Lease Of 6.000 Sqm In Bucharest's Unirii View Office Building

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:38:44 GMT

Real estate consulting firm Griffes has brokered the lease of 6.000 square meters of office space in Unirii View, the tallest office building in downtown Bucharest.

Private Equity Fund MidEuropa Completes Regina Maria Exit

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:27:00 GMT

Private equity fund MidEuropa has completed the exit from Regina Maria private healthcare network, which it had sold to Mehilainen Group, Finland’s largest private healthcare provider.

Banca Transilvania Grants Over EUR75M Loan To Nova H For Battery Storage Project

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:58:27 GMT

Banca Transilvania has granted an investment loan of over EUR75 million to the company Nova H, owned by Nova Power & Gas, for the development of the largest battery energy storage facility in Romania, with a power of 200 MW and a storage capacity of 400 MWh.

AmCham Romania Survey Points To Sharp Deterioration In Private Sector Confidence

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:40:00 GMT

AmCham Romania shares the results of the 7th annual survey on Romania’s investment and business climate, which signals a sharp deterioration in private sector confidence: only 21% of companies now assess the situation as good or very good, compared to 45% in 2024, with confidence level falling even below the level of 2020, an year marked by recession and the uncertainties generated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

OMV Petrom, CE Oltenia Set Off Construction Of Solar Parks; Total Investment Tops EUR400M

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:10:00 GMT

Romania's oil and gas group OMV Petrom announced in a press statement on Monday (Dec. 22) that, together with state-owned electricity producer Complexul Energetic (CE) Oltenia, it has initiated the construction phase for four photovoltaic (PV) plants with a total planned capacity of around 550 MW.

DRI Commissions Vacaresti Solar Park Near Bucharest, Its 4th Major Project In Romania

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:58:01 GMT

DRI, the EU renewables arm of the largest private energy company in Ukraine, DTEK, has put into operation its Vacaresti solar park with 126 MWp in peak capacity.

Romania's Antitrust Body Launches Probe Into Pork Meat Market

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:49:44 GMT

Romania's Competition Council has launched a study aimed at identifying the barriers that limit Romanian farmers’ access to the pork processing and sale market, against the backdrop of increased imports and declining exports.

Raiffeisen Bank Issues New Series Of Eligible Senior Non-Preferred Bonds

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:29:26 GMT

Raiffeisen Bank has issued a new series of eligible senior non-preferred bonds, worth a total of RON637.2 million and due on December 19, 2031.

Romgaz Lists Second EUR500M Bond Issue On Bucharest Stock Exchange

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:49:38 GMT

State-run Romgaz (stock symbol: SNG), the largest producer and main supplier of natural gas in Romania, is listing its second bond issue, worth EUR500 million, on the Regulated Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

RenewAcad Secures Over EUR3.1M Financing From UniCredit Bank For Petrila 1 And Petrila 2 Energy Storage Projects

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:37:17 GMT

RenewAcad, recognized as the largest network of renewable energy training centers in Southeast Europe, has signed a financing agreement of over EUR3.1 million with UniCredit Bank for the development of the Petrila 1 and Petrila 2 energy storage projects.

Carmistin The Food Company Gets EUR500M Syndicated Loan For Investments In Agriculture And Food Industry

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:26:59 GMT

Carmistin The Food Company, the national leader in the Romanian poultry meat market, has secured financing of approximately EUR500 million to continue its investments in agriculture and the food industry.

PeliPartners Assists Second Foundation In Buying Stakes In 150 MW Energy Storage Projects In Romania

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:55:09 GMT

Law firm PeliPartners assisted Second Foundation, a European provider of renewable energy management services, in acquiring stakes in two Romanian companies developing major energy storage projects located in southern Romania, with a combined installed capacity of approximately 150 MW.