01.04.2016

What should have been the most important event of 2015 in the Romanian banking sector, the entry of private investment firm JC Flowers via the acquisition of two banks, Piraeus and Carpatica, fell more

12.22.2015

French-held retailer Carrefour has signed an agreement with German retail group Rewe for the acquisition of supermarket chain Billa Romania, thus Carrefour will become the leading supermarket operator more

12.09.2015

Ergo Austria International, part of German group Munich Re, has reached an agreement with Credit Europe Bank Romania to take over Credit Europe Asigurari which ranked 17th on the Romanian insurance more

11.19.2015

Romania’s Competition Council on Thursday said it has cleared the transaction whereby private equity firm Mid Europa Partners bought private medical service provider Regina Maria, in a transaction more

11.04.2015

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday said it is analyzing the operation whereby Linde Gaz Romania will take over Buse Gaz and its subsidiaries. more

10.29.2015

Medlife, the biggest private healthcare provider in Romania, is in the process of acquiring a majority interest in stem cells bank Stem Cells Bank and will, thus, tap the stem cell market. more

10.09.2015

Network One Distribution (NOD), the largest IT&C equipment distributor in Romania, held by entrepreneur Iulian Stanciu, has become the majority shareholder of local bicycle manufacturer Pegas. The more

09.28.2015

French-held Carrefour is to sign the necessary papers to take over the Billa supermarket chain in Romania in a matter of days, in a deal put at almost EUR100 million, ZF has found. more

09.18.2015

Irish group Origin Enterprises has completed the integral acquisition of Romanian fertilizer producer Redoxim, which had been announced in July this year for the amount of EUR35 million. more

09.16.2015

A company part of Tiriac Imobiliare, the real estate division of businessman Ion Tiriac, has acquired full control of the Buzesti Center office space project near Piata Victoriei (downtown Bucharest). more

09.09.2015

US private equity fund J.C. Flowers has finally reached an agreement with the group run by businessman Ilie Carabulea to take over Banca Carpatica (BCC.RO), the first move in a broader plan to buy more

08.17.2015

Romania’s Competition Council on Monday said it has cleared the transaction whereby McDonald's takes over three fast-food restaurants in Brasov (central Romania), which have so far been operated in more

06.19.2015

The negotiations between French-held Carrefour and the 85-supermarket network Billa have made significant progress and are close to completion, after moving at a slow pace for several months during more

04.28.2015

Up to five investors are interested in taking over insurance company Astra Asigurari but the situation is stalling over the issue of price, said financial regulator president Misu Negritoiu, adding more

04.07.2015

Romanian regional investment fund SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) on Tuesday said it completed the acquisition of SAI Muntenia Invest, the administrator of regional investment fund SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO). more

04.07.2015

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) completed Tuesday the acquisition of Volksbank Romania, in a deal valued at more than 710 million euros. more

03.31.2015

Globalworth Real Estate Investments, founded and controlled by Greek businessman Ioannis Papalekas, completed the takeover of office buildings Nusco Tower and Unicredit Building, following more

03.17.2015

US-held food processing and commodities trading giant ADM has reached an agreement to buy the North Star Shipping and Minmetal grain terminals in Constanta Harbor from Romanian businessmen Liviu more

03.05.2015

Businessman Marius Bucur, who owns Brise Group, one of leading players in the local agribusiness sector, has acquired control of Constanta-based Granex. Bucur already had 49% in that company and more

01.23.2015

Cluj-Napoca-based businessmen Teofil Muresan and Simion Muresan, owners of Electrogrup, have taken full control over local gas company Ten Gaz and changed its name to Nova Power & Gas. more

01.08.2015

OTP Bank Romania, part of Hungarian group OTP, has completed the acquisition of Millennium Bank Romania from Portugal's Banco Comercial Português, in a EUR39 million deal that raises its market share more

01.08.2015

US-Asian investment fund Pinebridge, owner of Digital Cable Systems (AKTA), the biggest independent player on Romania’s cable TV market, reportedly rejected takeover bids of around EUR100 million more

01.05.2015

Romania's Competition Council has approved the takeover by Chinese-held Dutch grain trader Nidera of United Shipping Agency, owner of a grain terminal in Romania's Constanta harbor, and of United more

12.24.2014

Belgium's Delhaize retail group, which owns the almost 400 Mega Image supermarkets and Shop&Go convenience stores in Romania, is considering buying Billa's network, market sources say. Also in the more

12.16.2014

UniCredit Tiriac Bank has completed the takeover of RBS Romania's corporate client portfolio, which consists of more than 500 medium and large companies, assets of around EUR260 million and deposits more