11 oct 2012

U.S. company Franklin Templeton could end its mandate as manager of the EUR2.5 billion funds of Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) after the Bucharest Court of Appeals irrevocably more

21 sep 2012

The quantitative easing measures announced by the major central banks in the world had positive effects on the financial markets in September, Romania included. more

21 sep 2012

Franklin Templeton, the manager of Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), is considering several options for using the 543 million lei (EUR120 million) profit from 2011 unless it can get a “waiver” from the more

14 sep 2012

Gheorghe Iaciu, owner of Doraly commercial complex in nearby capital city Bucharest and the biggest shareholder of regional investment fund SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO), talks in a Ziarul Financiar more

13 sep 2012

While Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary are cited as examples for the way the state has developed its companies through stock exchange listing, Romania has not managed in the past 17 years to more

11 sep 2012

Ziarul Financiar has asked fund managers, brokers and specialized lawyers for a list of tangible targets that Victor Cionga should meet during his term as chief executive of the Bucharest Stock more

5 sep 2012

SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) paid almost 60% of its dividends amounting to 114 million lei from last year’s profit to some of its shareholders, although it officially announced payment would start on more

4 sep 2012

Equity funds are still impacted by the economic crisis caused by the Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008, which brought them losses yet to be recouped and drove hundreds of investors away. more

29 aug 2012

Romanians set 5.3 billion (EUR1.2 billion) aside for investments in mutual funds. The richest of them chose euro-denominated mutual funds, while those with less money were more willing to take a more

8 aug 2012

Franklin Templeton Investment Management, the Romanian branch of U.S. group Franklin Templeton, which manages the EUR3.5 billion assets of Romanian investment fund Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), posted more

1 aug 2012

Agriculture, renewable energy and IT&C have been the most attractive sectors for foreign investors this year, which spent several hundreds of millions of euros to enter Romania. more

26 iul 2012

Carmen Negoita, vicepresident of the National Securities Commission (CNVM), the authority that supervises the capital market, earned 80% more in 2011 - 637,937 lei (EUR151,887), according to the more

24 iul 2012

The largest one hundred alternative investment managers in the world have $3,136 billion worth of assets on their hands, invested in private equity and hedge funds, real estate and infrastructure at more

18 iul 2012

The Romanian state is forced by a Bucharest court of law to make cash payments to a former owner because he can only sell at a loss the shares received in investment fund Fondul Proprietatea as more

17 iul 2012

Erste Asset Management, the largest asset manager on the local market, sets out to raise 100 million lei (EUR22 million) by yearend for a money-market fund built to the new European standards. more

16 iul 2012

Four of the five regional investment funds (SIF), ended the first half with cumulated profits of 331.3 million lei (EUR73 million), 3.7 times higher than last year, mainly because of the sales of more

13 iul 2012

Money market and bond funds have been the most profitable funds in the past year, with yields of up to 8%, while equity funds, which subject investors to a high risk, posted losses because of the more

15 iun 2012

The creation of the largest mutual fund in Romania started in Brussels, at the European Commission to be precise, which decided to change the rules for the operation of money-market funds to make them more

14 iun 2012

Erste Asset Management, the asset manager of the BCR group, will merge its two largest funds, BCR Monetar and BCR Obligatiuni, into a giant fund with cumulated assets of 3.1 billion lei (around EUR700 more

13 iun 2012

The sentencing of Ilie Carabulea, Banca Carpatica (BCC.RO)’s largest shareholder, to 18 months in prison for bribery came as a shock to the market. The bank’s shares have somewhat recovered from more

30 mai 2012

The Bucharest Stock Exchange needs to understand the reasons why local companies with foreign shareholders choose to migrate to a foreign market and the fact that investment fund Fondul Proprietatea more

29 mai 2012

Several shareholders led by UK’s City of London are showing support for Franklin Templeton because they fear the payment of the 531 million lei (EUR119 million) in dividends from last year’s more

7 mai 2012

A stake of 357 million Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) shares or 2.59% of its share capital was transferred in a deal on the stock market for 199.4 million lei (EUR45.2 million) but the buyers and sellers more

1 mai 2012

Banca Transilvania was the most profitable top three bank in the first quarter and the only one to have posted asset growth, as the economy remained difficult. more

25 apr 2012

Franklin Templeton, which manages the assets of Fondul Proprietatea investment fund, took the heads of foreign funds and investment bankers to see Romania’s biggest energy assets: the Iron Gates more