04.15.2016

Interest rates on bank deposits offered by banks in Romania reached record lows, prompting more investors to focus on the capital market in search of more effective methods to place their savings, more

03.23.2016

Foreign investors, mainly those who already are in Romania, are aware of the good economic fundaments, but they also keep a close watch on the situation in the justice system, given that corruption more

01.27.2016

A Romanian consortium and a company operating in the capital market sector, as well as Chinese firm Junlun, expressed interest in buying state-run chemical plant Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea, which has been more

12.22.2015

The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Romania and the Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce are calling for a progressive increase in the minimum wage, voicing out their concern about the more

08.31.2015

Polish investment fund En¬ter¬prise Investors mulls buying a stake in Romanian toys manufacturer and retailer Noriel from investment fund Axxess Capital, according to market sources. more

07.21.2015

The Foreign Investors Council, an association of major foreign investors in Romania, supports the new Tax Code as adopted in Parliament but coupled with budget discipline to avoid macroeconomic more

06.18.2015

Eric Stab, president and CEO of GDF SUEZ Energy Romania, is the new president of Foreign Investors Council (CIS), replacing Mihai Bogza, Chairman of Bancpost Board of Directors. more

06.17.2015

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) organized one to one meetings between the Romanian listed companies and foreign investors during Business Investors Days, a two-day event ended Wednesday aiming to more

06.11.2015

The Romanian entrepreneurial class has learned its lesson from the crisis, and businesspeople have become wiser than they were in 2007-2008, so they are now approaching development or internal more

06.08.2015

The financial watchdog ASF has approved the plan for a second capital raise for insurer Astra and, if achieved, it will be the saving signal for the company, ASF vice-president Mircea Ursache said more

05.12.2015

Approximately 500 companies might benefit from EUR5-10 million total funds from angel investors next year, after the law in this respect is adopted, with investors focusing on business with growth more

05.08.2015

A number of eleven investors have expressed their interest to take over a minority stake in Romanian private healthcare provider MedLife during the first stage of discussions, but there are no written more

04.02.2015

NEPI, Immofinanz, AFI Euroe and Globalworth are now the four biggest foreign investors on Romania’s real estate market, with the four groups having assets worth EUR3.3 billion in their portfolio, more

02.25.2015

Fiscal policy measures that stimulate economic activity and lower the tax and the administrative burden are welcome but there is also a risk of considerable changes to the draft Tax Code ahead of more

02.19.2015

Foreign investors took out approximately EUR18 billion from Romania over the past 11 years, with repatriated dividends reaching almost EUR2.3 billion in 2013 alone. On the other hand, foreign more

12.18.2014

The value of real estate deals in Romania rose to EUR1.2 billion in 2014, from EUR300 million in 2013, of which 45% and 30% represent acquisitions of retail and office projects, respectively, more

12.17.2014

The special construction tax and higher excises on fuels introduced this year did not produce the government's desired effects, as they were adopted without impact studies or consultations with the more

12.17.2014

The government reshuffle require efforts from the business environment, which needs to establish dialog with the new Cabinet ministers, but that shouldn't be a problem as long as changes don't go more

11.09.2014

Romania remained an attractive market for investors only through the number of inhabitants, which is no longer enough, said Dan Ivan, general manager of pharmaceutical company Actavis Romania. more

09.24.2014

Investors are hard to convince to invest in the acquisition of companies in Central and South-Eastern Europe, including Romania, as the region is unattractive except for Poland, although there are more

08.27.2014

Romanian nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica (SNN.RO) Wednesday started procedures to select investors for a project to build two new reactors at the company’s plant in Cernavoda. more

07.22.2014

Romanian bank Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC.RO) has opened its data room to four potential investors interested in joining the bank’s shareholder structure and help boost its capital position, more

05.23.2014

Foreign investors are calling on the Romanian government to scrap the tax on special constructions in its current form because it is expected to generate huge losses for companies by doubling or even more

05.21.2014

Real estate investors have started to come to Romania, but they are not yet willing to invest, said Dietmar Reidl, Chief Operating Officer at Austrian Immofinanz Group, one of the largest property more

04.14.2014

Mutual funds have raised 1.2 billion lei (EUR269 million) from investors in the first quarter, which was their best ever. Most money went to funds with conservative investment strategies, but more