30 apr 2014

Retail investors subscribing to the initial public offering in which the government intends to sell 51% in the Electrica group in early June will have a guaranteed minimum allotment of shares. This is more

29 apr 2014

A sale of a significant stake in OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) by Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) is in its early stages and will not happen any time soon, according to Franklin Templeton, the manager of the fund. more

15 apr 2014

Romania's government via the Finance Ministry will get more than 1.57 billion lei (EUR351 million) in dividends from listed companies this year, more than one third of the total dividends paid by the more

14 apr 2014

The regional investment funds (SIF) did not waste a single moment after the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) lifted the ban on buying stake in each other and two months later they have already more

31 mar 2014

In April, shareholders are expected to approve the payment of dividends totally worth 3.84 billion lei (over EUR850 million) from profits reported by Bucharest-listed companies for 2013. Five energy more

31 mar 2014

Vrancart Adjud (VNC.RO), a major paper and cardboard maker in Romania, controlled by SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO), estimates revenue of 194 million lei (EUR43 million) for 2014, up 5.5% from last more

26 mar 2014

Only 85,300 investment accounts registered on the Bucharest bourse against a population of 21 million is the indicator best reflecting the underdevelopment of Romania’s capital market, but also the more

24 mar 2014

The managing board of Banca Carpatica (BCC.RO), headed by Belgian-born Johan Gabriels, maintains the bank needs a solid basis of own funds and that the possible acquisition of banking assets or loan more

20 mar 2014

The most important Russian businesses in Romania have followed the same pattern: Russian oligarchs taking over valuable assets of the Romanian state in the wake of controversial privatizations. Some more

18 mar 2014

Ludwik Sobolewski, the chief executive officer of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, told ZF in an interview that the work group he coordinates has already prepared several “deeply thought” changes to more

11 mar 2014

OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) might pay the highest dividends ever in 2014 after posting record net profit last year, 4.82 billion lei (EUR1.07 billion). more

4 mar 2014

Most profitable 30 companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange posted an aggregated net profit of 8.68 billion lei (EUR1.92 billion) last year, 19% higher than in 2012, according to preliminary more

13 feb 2014

Romania’s bourse has some of the highest trading fees in the region because of the high levies applied by the Financial Supervision Authority (ASF) and the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB). more

10 feb 2014

Nuclearelectrica (SNN.RO), the owner of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant that covers 20% of Romania’s energy production, plans to contribute 8.9 million lei (around EUR2 million) to participate in more

6 feb 2014

Alro Slatina (ALR.RO), the biggest aluminum smelter in the region, has budgeted 2014 sales of $642 million (around 2.12 billion lei at the current exchange rate of RON3.3 per dollar) and profit of more

3 feb 2014

The largest independent brokerage firm in Poland, Ipopema Securities, might announce entry in Romania this week, market sources say. more

13 ian 2014

Romania’s Financial Supervision Authority (ASF) imposed 129 fines totally worth 4.89 million lei (slightly above EUR1 million) on capital market entities (investors, brokers, issuers) from April more

8 ian 2014

Last year’s significant transactions helped the major brokerage firms that remained on the Romanian stock market recover after a few very bad years. more

19 dec 2013

The main index of the Bucharest stock exchange (BVB) has risen by 22.5% since the beginning of this year, placing Romania at no. 15 among the world’s top stock exchange rises. more

18 dec 2013

2013 has been the best of the last six years in terms of the value of stock exchange transactions. In fact it can even be considered the best year in the history of the bourse considering the large more

5 dec 2013

Growth perspectives for the shares of Romania’s largest oil and gas producer OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) are limited because investment fund Fondul Proprietatea and the Romanian state, the company’s two more

27 nov 2013

The regional investment funds (SIF) created in the early nineties when they took over 30% of the Romania’s economy have requested the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) to lift the restrictions more

12 nov 2013

The shares of Romgaz Medias (SNG.RO), the largest and most profitable company controlled by the Romanian state, start trading this Tuesday on the Bucharest stock exchange, with most brokers and more

7 nov 2013

The Bucharest stock market has risen by 4% in the last five trading sessions, generating yields as high as the annual interests major banks pay on deposits. more

4 nov 2013

The arrangers of the sale of 15% in Romgaz (Goldman Sachs, Erste, Raiffeisen and BCR) put their own interests before the seller’s, the Romanian government, which hired them and paid them to get the more