04.01.2014

Private healthcare group RomGerMed is “in advanced talks” with strategic investors in a bid to secure a capital inflow of more than EUR10 million, company officials said, without providing further more

03.25.2014

The lending activity in Romania settled on a downward slope, as demand for loans was scrimpy in the second month of the year, despite interest rate reductions in recent months. more

03.19.2014

Pilos, a private label of German-held retailer Lidl, and K-Classic, a private label of hypermarket chain Kaufland, accounted for 29% of the packaged milk market together in 2013, which ZF estimates at more

03.13.2014

Clinic network Anima is likely to include ten clinics in Bucharest at the end of this year, as the company has opened a unit in Progresul area and plans to open at least two others in Bucharest. more

03.07.2014

Romania’s new Government wants to set up a new structure for the administration of the state’s private property, to allow for the elaboration of a legislative framework needed to get the more

03.03.2014

World Class Romania, which operates 11 fitness centers in Bucharest, Timisoara and Cluj Napoca, will enter the portfolio of Polish fund Resource Partners, specialized in private equity investments in more

03.03.2014

Private healthcare company Sanador is set to strengthen its business this year by adding new services and expansion of the existent ones, but it doesn't plan to tap other cities, according to its more

02.25.2014

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) targets this year a 10% increase in both the number of clients and the value of managed assets for its private banking division, the bank said in a more

02.25.2014

The lending activity in Romania remained on a downward slope in January, as demand for loans remains subdued, despite interest rate reductions in recent months. more

01.27.2014

Private pension funds in Romania will have around EUR500 million in the next two years to invest in public offerings and corporate bonds, Raluca Tintoiu, general manager of ING Pensii, said Monday. more

01.27.2014

Romanian private lending fell 4.7% in real terms to 218.46 billion lei (EUR48.2 billion) at the end of December 2013, from RON225.9 billion in the previous year, central bank data showed Monday. more

01.20.2014

Mergers & acquisition consultants are upbeat about a rebound of the Romanian M&A market, and the most dynamic sector will be financial services, which has stood out starting as early as 2013. more

01.13.2014

German-held supermarket chain Lidl, which entered Romania officially by taking over the Plus network in 2011, will continue to expand in 2014 at the same pace it did in 2013, 14 stores, driven by a more

01.12.2014

Nextebank will focus on niche services--namely on very small and small companies, as well as on individuals, with lending not including long-term products in the latter case--according to Horia Manda, more

01.12.2014

Private labels launched by store chains have in recent years conquered some of the most important ranges of Romanian retailers’ sales, such as vegetable oil, yogurt, soap or chocolate, where until more

01.09.2014

The major private healthcare providers announced investment plans in new clinics this year, as well as new hires, after a very quiet 2013 expansion-wise. more

01.08.2014

The year 2014 will be quite busy for the private equity firms that have been in Romania for a number of years, while others might exit after using up their allocations for the area, the managers more

01.06.2014

The average yield of Romania’s mandatory private pension funds (Pillar II) reached a three-year high of 11.75% in 2013, and their total net assets stood at 13.94 billion lei (EUR3.1 billion) in more

12.30.2013

Romanian private lending fell 0.6% in real terms to 219.7 billion lei (EUR49.2 billion) in November, from RON221 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Monday. more

12.17.2013

The year 2013 has been full of events for the local retail sector, from changes of executives to hundreds of store openings inaugurated by most companies in the sector. more

11.27.2013

Romania’s mandatory (Pillar II) private pension funds will cash contributions of EUR870 million in 2014 and reach net assets of EUR4.2 billion at the end of next year, from EUR2.96 billion on more

11.26.2013

Romanian private lending fell 1.2% in real terms to 221.02 billion lei (EUR49.72 billion) in October, from RON223.1 billion a month earlier, central bank data showed Tuesday. more

11.07.2013

Sales of private label products increased by 34% on the year in 2012 on the food segment and by 36% on the non-food segment, according to a report by Romania’s Competition Council released Thursday. more

11.07.2013

Contributions to the mandatory private pension system (Pillar II) will increase from 4% to 4.5% of employees’ gross income in 2014, according to Romania’s draft state budget for next year, more

10.29.2013

On a fast moving consumer goods market that is progressing in small steps (below 5%), the private label products developed by retailers are the only ones to see significant growth, says Hans Dewaele, more