20 aug 2015

Shareholders of insurer Astra Asigurari, under special administration, have not subscribed enough shares available in the EUR425 million share capital increase, while the company’s special more

20 aug 2015

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the largest foreign institutional investor in Romania, has invested EUR2.7 billion in the country in the last five years, continuing support for more

18 aug 2015

Romania’s banking system, which numbers 40 lenders, posted almost 1.2 billion lei (EUR271 million) profit in the first half. Solvency remained high and the non-performing loan ratio went down again, more

12 aug 2015

The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted total loans of EUR2.8 billion to Romania between 2010-2014, EUR895 million of which targeted the banks and non-banking financial institutions (IFNs), mostly more

17 iul 2015

Ernst & Young Assurance Services will be the new financial auditor of BRD-SocGen, the second largest bank by assets on the local market, replacing Deloitte. more

15 iul 2015

The Romanian banking sector may strengthen furthermore, continuing the positive trend in 2014 and early 2015, while the four branches of the Greek-based banks may be put up for sale as part of the more

7 iul 2015

Citi, the US giant that manages almost two trillion dollars in assets worldwide, has redefined its strategy in the last five years, streamlined and restructured the business and decided to sell the more

22 iun 2015

Tension is mounting on the Romanian financial market, too, as Greek banks control 12% of the local banking assets, now that the crisis in Athens has reached that point where capital controls, more

18 iun 2015

Corporate lending recorded the highest non-performing loan ratio during the crisis, which peaked at 24% in the first half of 2014. Swiss franc and euro-denominated loans saw the highest NPL ratio of more

12 iun 2015

The banking system posted 800 million lei (EUR179 million) profit in the first quarter and remained profitable in April, as well, Nicolae Cinteza, head of the Supervision Department of Romania’s more

1 iun 2015

The Romanian economy is growing faster than the estimates at the beginning of the year, prompting an upward revision of the 2015 figures and of those for the coming years. more

31 mar 2015

The expansion of the shadow banking system comes as a reaction to the global financial crisis and to restrictions imposed on banks and it cannot said to be good or bad, but a necessity and the more

18 mar 2015

Mihai Tanasescu, who became vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) in 2012 and the first Romanian to climb so high up the ladder in a major international financial institution, is on more

13 mar 2015

Loans granted directly by shareholders or partners to companies – common practice especially with small and medium-sized businesses, as well as with foreign-held companies, rose during the crisis to more

12 mar 2015

The Finance Ministry repaid the first EUR1.5 billion tranche of the loan it took from the European Commission in 2009. The amount equals half of this year’s projected budget deficit. more

2 mar 2015

The audit and consulting services market has so far been dominated by men at top management level. However, in recent years, a rising number of women have managed to gain partner positions and in some more

17 feb 2015

The debts of state-run companies account for almost half of their revenue and most of the money is owed to the state budget. more

27 ian 2015

Companies should focus on brand strengthening, digitalization, proper cash management, cost control and improved performances given the volatile international context that could impact Romania as more

16 ian 2015

Swiss National Bank's move to remove the cap on the Swiss franc conversion rates sent the currency soaring against the euro, while in Romania it went from 3.7 lei to 4.3 lei in a matter of hours. more

8 ian 2015

Interests on leu loans have gone down with each monetary policy easing step of Romania's central bank so they are now competing with the cost of foreign currency loans. The adjustment trend will more

24 dec 2014

The mainly good news brought by the main macroeconomic indices in the second half of 2014 and the easing political tensions rebuilt analysts’ optimism after several months of plummeting confidence, more

3 dec 2014

Romania’s banking system is still reeling after six years of crisis because it failed to restructure on time, for which reason costs remain high and revenues low. more

21 nov 2014

Economic growth was close to 3% nine months into the year compared with the same period of 2013, following the surprising increase in the gross domestic product in the third quarter largely driven by more

18 nov 2014

Romania has elected a new president, Klaus Iohannis, but has the same government led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, and no budget for next year. A budget, which, regardless of how it is devised, will more

11 nov 2014

Romania’s economy showed signs of a rebound in September but it remains to be seen whether the progress was enough for it to return to positive territory after having slipped into technical more