13 apr 2012

Fondul Proprietatea could collect more than 600 million lei (EUR137 million) in dividends from the companies in its portfolio, considering it asked chemical fertilizer maker Azomures Targu Mures more

12 apr 2012

Almost three quarters of the companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange budgeted higher revenue for this year. The same number of companies see bottom line improving, too, which means either more

10 apr 2012

The Bucharest Stock Exchange closed Monday with declines of over 1% on its main indexes, recording the sixth consecutive day of declines. The corrections came amid increasingly low transactions, with more

2 apr 2012

The Bucharest Stock Exchange grew by almost 24% in the first quarter, if looking at its main index, BET, due to improvement in companies’ performance and a rebound in international markets. more

27 mar 2012

Canada-registered Roman Copper Corp, a company about which there is no data available, won the auction for Cupru Min, which holds 60% of Romania’s copper reserves. The Canadian company bid EUR200.8 more

21 mar 2012

The cumulated debts of listed companies went up from 25 billion lei (EUR5.7 billion) at the end of 2008 to RON34 billion (EUR7.7 billion) at the end of 2011. During the same period the companies’ more

21 feb 2012

The largest company in Romania is expected to report a net profit ranging between EUR830 to EUR900 million on Wednesday, the largest ever made in the Eastern European country. more

20 feb 2012

The cumulated turnover of the 71 companies listed in Bucharest that have so far reported preliminary results for 2011 rose by 17.6% on the year in 2011 and their cumulated net profit climbed 62%, but more

14 feb 2012

The low liquidity of the Romanian capital market, the high trading costs, and the lack of predictability of regulations are making the Romanian market as a whole less attractive than competitors in more

2 feb 2012

The Romanian Government has been promising the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for two years that it will sell on the stock exchange minority stakes in the main state-run companies in the energy more

1 feb 2012

The Bucharest Stock Exchange had a very good start of the year, with the main index BET closing January with a 12.7% rise. The BET-FI index, which tracks the shares of Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) and more

30 ian 2012

Banca Transilvania (TLV.RO) has bought back 1.3 million of its own shares since the beginning of the year, paying 1.17 million lei (EUR272,000). The shares will be paid to employees and managers as more

27 ian 2012

Board members at state-run companies will be chosen by independent human resources experts, the annual and six-month financial reports will be published on corporate websites, as will the salaries of more

26 ian 2012

Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) has in the past year moved from Romanian state control in the hands of a group of private U.S. shareholders, marking the end of the biggest privatization in disguise in the more

13 ian 2012

The Government is bound by law to list stakes of at least 5% in 19 companies controlled by the state by the end of the year, which are included in the portfolio of Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO). But more

12 ian 2012

Statements by unionists at aluminum refinery Alro Slatina (ALR.RO) of a potential shutdown of the unit caused the company's stocks to drop almost 10% on the bourse. Management declined to comment. more

29 dec 2011

The start of the year is a time when investors usually arrange their portfolios, trying to find and buy those stocks that are best positioned for growth over that year. more

28 dec 2011

The most profitable state-run companies on the Bucharest stock exchange--Transgaz Medias (TGN.RO), Conpet Ploiesti (COTE.RO) and this year Transelectrica (TEL.RO) as well--could pay dividends of up to more

23 dec 2011

One step forward, one step back. This is as good of a summation as any when it comes to the evolution of the Bucharest Stock Exchange in 2011. The market witnessed quite a few big events throughout more

15 dec 2011

The government has scheduled to sell 15% in Transelectrica (TEL.RO), Transgaz (TGN.RO) and Romgaz by mid 2012. Hidroelectrica and Nuclearelectrica should follow in the fall. more

6 dec 2011

The overall value of stock-exchange listed companies fell by EUR7.8 billion since the beginning of the year, despite the listing of investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) in January this year. more

2 dec 2011

Brokers that were quicker to get involved with Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) shares took the lions’ share of bourse transactions this year, while retail brokers suffered because of the exit of small more

1 dec 2011

Who are the 12 people who handle EUR7.78 billion worth of assets? more

24 nov 2011

The shareholders of regional investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) Wednesday eliminated the voting restrictions in place up to now, in the last step towards large private investors taking over more

15 nov 2011

The 67-page report accompanying the 2012 state budget draft does not include even a single mention of the privatization of state-owned companies and of the sale of shares via the Bucharest Stock more