9 feb 2015

Representatives of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, together with Romgaz and Electrica executives, brokers and investment bankers, were in London last Friday to promote themselves in front of funds more

19 ian 2015

Romania's five regional investment funds (SIFs) ended 2014 with about 687 million lei (EUR152 million) profit and investors are now calculating how much of it will go to shareholders as dividends. more

15 ian 2015

Mutual funds ended 2014 with record net inflows of 4.3 billion lei (almost EUR1 billion), as bank deposit interests are not enough to cover the withdrawal fees after dropping to less than 3% per year. more

23 dec 2014

The Bucharest Stock Exchange is among the cheapest stock markets in the world, as it is undervalued compared with both the neighboring stock markets in Poland and Hungary and more mature markets such more

8 dec 2014

Certinvest, the largest independent mutual fund manager in Romania, wants to buy AXA Asigurari, the local subsidiary of French giant AXA, according to market sources, after the deal for latter’s more

3 dec 2014

The Bucharest Stock Exchange hopes to attract 15 companies on the AeRo alternative system dedicated to SMEs by the middle of next year, Bogdan Mugescu, development specialist at BVB, told ZF Live. more

27 nov 2014

Two syndicates, one comprising BCR-BRD and the other Raiffeisen Bank, Banca Transilvania and Japanese Nomura bank have submitted bids for assisting the Bucharest City Hall with the issuance and sale more

24 nov 2014

Three years from the exit from BCR, the largest local bank, SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) gained the most of all the four regional investment funds (SIF) that sold their stakes in the bank, getting about 640 more

21 nov 2014

The five largest state-run listed energy companies have 7.7 billion lei (EUR1.7 billion) cash in their accounts, more than one third of their market value. more

18 nov 2014

Asset manager Certinvest, the largest independent investment fund manager in Romania, plans to raise EUR5 million via an investment firm listed on the stock market and use the money to finance small more

11 nov 2014

Electrica group (EL), Romania’s largest power distribution and supply company, has joined the MSCI index of frontier markets tracked by funds with $12.4 billion worth of assets. The company is thus more

6 nov 2014

Private mandatory pension funds with high investments in Romanian stocks rather than foreign ones boasted the highest returns in the first nine months of this year, of as much as 8.2%, as the more

29 oct 2014

Mutual funds in Romania that combined bond and stock investments generated the highest returns in the past five years, of as high as 69%. However, a single fund managed to beat the bourse and just one more

9 oct 2014

Easier access for foreign investors to the market and another company the size of OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) and Romgaz (SNG.RO) will put the Bucharest Stock Exchange in the league of emerging markets $1,400 more

30 sep 2014

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the international financial institution with EUR6.8 billion worth of investments in Romania, is still interested in supporting the more

29 sep 2014

The Romanian bourse ranks 26th in the world in terms of increases reported this year, with a 10.4% return, which places it ahead of the mature markets of the US and Germany. more

24 sep 2014

All state-run companies should go public, says Dan Paul, chairman of the Brokers’ Association. more

23 sep 2014

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) launched a new index that will take into account the trend of stocks included in the BET benchmark index, as well as the dividends approved by the 10 most liquid more

19 sep 2014

The shareholder structure of Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO), which has EUR3.3 billion assets, is one of the best-kept secrets on the Bucharest stock market. more

17 sep 2014

Local mutual funds attracted record high net inflows of RON3 billion in the first eight months of this year, a sign Romanians are ever more concerned about falling banking interest rates and finding more

16 sep 2014

Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) has chosen US’ Goldman Sachs and Austria’s Erste Bank to help it find buyers for a significant OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) stake, market sources say. more

16 sep 2014

Software solution provider Arobs Transilvania is considering an IPO on the Bucharest Stock Exchnage in a bid to fund the purchase of local and regional players. more

12 sep 2014

Erste Bond Flexible and Raiffeisen RonPlus, Romania’s biggest mutual funds, with overall assets of 8.5 billion lei (EUR1.9 billion), have RON3.8 billion (EUR860 million) invested in government more

2 sep 2014

Romanian electricity distributor and supplier Electrica (EL.RO), listed on the Bucharest stock exchange in July following a 1.9 billion lei (EUR432 million) initial public offering, is likely to be more

27 aug 2014

Banks in Romania gain 260 million lei (EUR60 million) a year from safekeeping and evaluating assets of investment funds, and such services have become ever more lucrative in recent years, according to more