06.15.2016

The net assets of Romanian open-end investment funds inched up 0.3% to 21.1 billion lei (EUR4.68 billion) in May 2016, while the growth since the beginning of the year continues to be modest, of 0.5%, more

05.16.2016

The net assets of Romanian open-end investment funds stayed flat in April at RON21 billion (EUR4.7 billion), while the growth since the beginning of the year continues to be modest, at 0.2%, data from more

02.24.2016

The EUR1.69 billion funds for the government-guaranteed mortgage lending First Home program in 2016 have been entirely assigned to the banks registered in the program, Finance Ministry announced more

02.04.2016

Romania’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 10% due to the absorption of funds put at the country’s disposal by the European Commission between 2009 and 2015, according to an analysis cited by EU more

12.30.2015

Romania's state-owned railway operator CFR SA signed four financing contracts totaling EUR689 million with the European Commission for the modernization of railway infrastructure, targeting the more

11.27.2015

Romania risks losing over RON500 million (EUR112 million) for projects in the energy sector financed from European Union funds, in the 2007-2013 financial framework, because the respective projects more

10.22.2015

The ministries of Agriculture, Regional Development, EU Funds and Finance will receive the bulk of funds at this year’s second budget revision to be operated Friday, in government’s special more

09.02.2015

Romania’s European Union fund absorption rate is expected to reach nearly 70% at the end of 2015, EU funds Minister Marius Nica said Wednesday, adding the rate is likely to reach 75-78%, based on more

07.01.2015

The Romanian Government has approved the setting up of a bank resolution fund, based on the model of the bank restructuring fund, with contributions from the financial sector, whose resources are to more

07.01.2015

The Romanian Government increased the threshold for net lending to cover the payment requests within the European Union financed projects by 1 billion lei, to a total RON5 billion. more

05.21.2015

Investors expect equity trade to rise in the next year, according to the latest Deloitte Central Europe Private Equity study, which shows Romania will attract investments particularly in IT and more

05.04.2015

Private pension funds in Romania had nearly EUR820 million invested in the shares of 35 Romanian companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, at the end of the first quarter of 2015, compared to more

04.14.2015

The bet on Swiss franc growth and investments on the Austrian bourse were the strategies that brought the biggest gains to mutual funds in Romania in the first quarter, of as much as 34.6% in euros. more

03.30.2015

Fund manager Erste Asset Management (EAM) plans to maintain its 40% share on the mutual funds market and increase the number of investors to 150,000 in 2015, from 135,000 a year before, general more

03.09.2015

Romania was reimbursed around EUR565 million by the European Commission since the beginning of the year, for applications sent last year, nearly half of which for transport projects. more

02.20.2015

Regina Maria, a major player on Romania’s private healthcare market, is likely to change its owner this year in a deal likely to head toward nine figures in euros. more

02.04.2015

The guarantee ceiling for the beneficiaries of projects financed from European Union funds was set at RON100 million for 2015, Romania’s Finance Minister Darius Valcov said Wednesday at the end of more

02.02.2015

Private equity funds operating in Romania mull clinching at least one acquisition in 2015 and are eyeing fields such as retail, healthcare, banking or IT and some of them are even considering exits. more

01.15.2015

Romanian state-owned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica (SNN.RO) plans to access European Union funds to co-finance several projects whose cumulated value reaches nearly EUR200 million. more

01.14.2015

The Romanian Government has decided to temporarily allot RON1.42 billion from privatization proceeds to provide financing to EU fund management authorities for the months of January and February 2015. more

12.29.2014

The assets of Romanian mandatory (Pillar II) and voluntary (Pillar III) private pensions are expected to reach nearly 26.3 billion lei at the end of 2015, of which Pillar II will total some RON25 more

12.11.2014

Romania's energy-intensive industry, such as the steel industry, requires European funding and state aid to avoid shutting down production units, ArcelorMittal Romania country manager Ionel Bors said more

11.26.2014

Romania's national guarantee fund for small and medium-sized businesses (FNGCIMM) may guarantee projects with EU financing for the 2014-2020 period. more

11.06.2014

Romania’s absorption rate on European structural and cohesion funds reached 43.58% at the end of October 2014, from 38.46% a month before, according to the Ministry of European Funds. more

11.06.2014

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