Economics
February 17, 2016 11:05
In the past five years, UniCredit has owned 18 percent of the leasing market in Romania by financing and other similar services through UniCredit Leasing, Corporation IFN, UniCredit Leasing Fleet Management and Unicredit Insurance Broker. The company is followed in the first tier by Impuls Leasing and Porsche Leasing. According the the Association of Leasing Companies ALB, the financial leasing market is estimated to around 770 million Euro overall in 2015, recording an increase of 16 percent compared to the previous year....more »
February 15, 2016 10:11
Alro, the biggest aluminum producer in Central and Eastern Europe finalized a 137 million dollar revolving loan approval with a bank syndicate consisting of Raiffeisen Bank International, Raiffeisen Bank România, UniCredit Bank, OTP Bank, Eximbank, Garanti Bank, Intesa Bank and Banca Transilvania. The measure was approved by the Alro Slatina shareholders in late 2015 in order to refinance a previous 120 million dollar loan, released by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), in 2010. Alro ensures the loan with their immovables, mortgages for security of personal property, for their civil rights for damages caused by insurance policies, personal stocks and shares of Alum and Conef, also owned by Alro....more »
February 12, 2016 12:32
Romania's dependency on energy imports
is one of the lowest in the European Union reveals the Eurostat data
released on energy consumption. The average energy dependency in the EU
is around 53.4 percent, which means that the EU had to import more
than half of the energy it consumed. The EU member states least
dependent on energy imports were Estonia (8.9 percent), Denmark (12.8 percent)
and Romania (17percent). The states that have the highest share of energy
imports in 2014 are Malta with 97.7percent, Luxembourg (96.6percent) and
Cyprus (93.4percent)....more »
February 05, 2016 11:38
Banca Transilvania has purchased a
portfolio consisting of performant loans, granted by the Bank of
Cyprus in Romania to some retail customers. The transaction will be
finalized at the end of February this year and, as a result, it will
increase the retail customers database of Banca Transilvania. Thus,
the Bank continues its’ acquisitions on the local market,
subsequently to the taking over and integration of Volksbank Romania
in 2015....more »
January 28, 2016 09:11
bpv Grigorescu Ştefănică offered
advice on one of the most recent transactions in the financial
technology (FinTech) sector on the European stage. The transaction
involved a funding of EUR 8 million obtained by the German company
Mambu, one of the most dynamic providers of banking software. bpv Grigorescu Stefanică represented
the investment fund Acton Capital Partners, that together with
CommerzVentures, provided an infusion of capital for Mambu in a
series B funding round. ...more »
January 20, 2016 16:50
According to the Romanian Automotive
Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA), the local auto market
this year will continue to grow after the impressive twenty percent
growth of 2015, but at a slower pace of around ten to twelve percent.
The programs such as the “Rabla” scrappage program has to be
adapted to current market needs says Ernest Popovici, the president
of APIA....more »
January 19, 2016 14:35
The
largest residential complex in the north of the capital will continue
to expand, along this year. The developer of the complex, turkish
owned Opus Development announced that it will further invest about 20
million euros in Cosmopolis, for the build of 500 new housing,
infrastructure and a shopping center.
...more »
January 19, 2016 11:20
Office buildings AFI Park 4 and 5 have reached fifty percent (16,000 sqm) pre-leases at the beginning of 2016. The 4th and 5th phase of the office project AFI Park developed near the mall in Cotroceni will be delivered at the beginning of February 2016. Cameron, one of the tenants in AFI Park 1, will expand and relocate its offices into AFI Park . The other three companies which have signed agreements for spaces in the two buildings come from the IT&C industry. AFI Park consists of 5 Class A office buildings totaling 70,000 sqm of GLA, which are linked to the AFI Palace Cotroceni Shopping Mall (82,000 sqm GLA)....more »
January 18, 2016 12:02
Belgian aerospace company Sonaca signed
an 8.5 million Euro loan with the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development for the expansion of the production facility on
Romania. The plant, located in Cluj county, will produce wing
components for aircraft manufacturers such as Airbus and Embraer.
The new plant will be completed in two years.
Sonaca Aerospace company, is an 80 year
old group operating in the areas of development, manufacturing,
assembly and testing of aerospace metallic and composite structures
and their associated systems, managed to also get state aid funds
totaling 5,4 million EUR in mid September 2015, in order to open the
new facility in Romania.
...more »
January 18, 2016 11:44
NNDKP and TPS announces a strategic partnership in a time when intra-group transactions have become one of the "hottest" areas of taxation.
Started as an initiative of the G8 and further developed by the OECD, the Action Plan against BEPS will determine the most likely changes in tax legislation concerning the business models of groups of companies, focusing on the economic content of transactions and prices that of transactions between affiliates....more »
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