09.04.2012

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

08.31.2012

Managers of mutual funds and private pension funds, the largest institutional investors on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, all say they are interested in taking part in the 250 million lei (around EUR55 more

07.09.2012

Foreign institutional investors did not stop buying into Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) after Hidroelectrica, in which it holds a stake, went insolvent. They went past 50% in the largest investment fund more

07.04.2012

Attracting funding is currently the main problem for private equity funds in the region because investors in the US and in Western Europe are no longer interested in South Eastern Europe. more

07.02.2012

Two companies operating in the energy sector are interested in acquiring steam generator maker Vulcan Bucuresti (VULC.RO), owned by Romanian businessman Ovidiu Tender, people close to the matter told more

07.02.2012

Carbochim (CBC.RO) and Artego Targu Jiu (ARTE.RO) doubled their investors’ money since the beginning of the year, while OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) and SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) more

07.02.2012

Cristian Nacu, partner of Polish private equity firm Enterprise Investors, one of the most active in recent years, says the company will go ahead with its acquisitions despite the fact that consumer more

05.23.2012

Foreign investment funds brought over $500 million to the Romanian stock exchange in investments in Fondul Proprietatea (FP.RO) shares since the fund’s listing in January 2011. However, the fund’s more

05.15.2012

Real estate investors have become more cautious regarding their acquisition plans in Romania due to the recent political turmoil, according to DTZ Echinox, which estimates a moderate increase in the more

04.17.2012

Hidroelectrica, Romania’s largest energy producer budgeted 42.4 million (EUR9.7 million) net profit for this year, a five-fold increase on the profit of 2011, a really hard time for the company more

03.26.2012

Enterprise Investors (EI), one of the largest private equity firms in Central and Eastern Europe, plans to raise EUR650 million for a new investment fund, its eighth, targeting Romania and other more

03.14.2012

Romania’s Economy Ministry has once again extended, to September 15, the deadline by which companies can bid for the development of reactors 3 and 4 at the country's sole nuclear power plant in more

03.12.2012

Fund managers would buy stock in state-owned power grid operator Transelectrica (TEL.RO) if the state accepts a price 10%-15% below the market price, given that the company’s profitability is more

02.29.2012

Romania’s 10-year, $750 million bond issue reopened on the US market Tuesday drew strong demand from investment funds, which bought 61% of the total debt, Finance Minister Bogdan Alexandru Dragoi more

02.13.2012

Financial daily Ziarul Financiar has summed up the real estate novelties of the past couple of months, which ignored the freezing weather outside, the protests in Piata Universitatii square and even more

01.17.2012

Renewable energy will soon have to stop relying on government support, since companies investing on this segment are “spoiled” with state aid, Tuesday said Valentin Mircea, vice-president of the more

12.27.2011

Foreign realty investors contributed EUR120 million, in the first nine months of the year, to the share capitals of companies they own in Romania, compared to EUR395 million in the same interval of more

12.16.2011

The Chamber of Deputies on Thursday voted to raise the SIF (regional investment funds) stake cap from 1% to 5%, but only the few thousand investors active on the Bucharest stock market know why this more

11.11.2011

The Bucharest Stock Exchange registered net outflows of 37.06 million lei (EUR8.52 million) in October as both local and international investors were net sellers, bourse data showed Friday. more

10.20.2011

The Foreign Investors Council (FIC) proposes the return to a 19% VAT as a solution to revive consumption and economic growth, reducing social security contributions and increasing the absorption of EU more

10.17.2011

The number of active investors on the Bucharest Stock Exchange reached the lowest level in September since 2005, when the institution started to publish the first statistical data on the trend of the more

10.14.2011

Investors no longer have faith in the Romanian government policies since foreign direct investment amounted to merely EUR21 million in August, down 82.5% compared to the same period of last year. more

10.12.2011

Alexandra Gatej, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Romania AmCham, says the sentiment of U.S. companies towards Romania is good, that they continue to be interested in investing and more

09.07.2011

The Bucharest Stock Exchange registered net outflows of 49.5 million lei (EUR11.7 million) from both local and international investors, the exchange said on Wednesday. more

08.16.2011

Mutual fund investors reacted more calmly than bourse speculators in the face of the financial turmoil of the August 5-12 week, even as losses reported by some mutual funds went as deep as 20%. more