The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) recorded last year an advance of 40 percent in its turnover, compared with 2012, which came to about 5.4 million euro (24.3 million lei). Additionally, the net profit rose to approximately 2.23 million euro (10 million lei), a growth of 10.9 percent over the previous year. ...more »

Moody’s Investors Services has an improved outlook on Romania’s national power grid company rating, changing it to Ba2 stable from Ba2 negative. According to Transelectrica, the criteria on the basis of which the bond credit rating company made the review concerned the diversification of funding sources, the better liquidity ratio, as well as the financial progress recorded last year....more »

Romania’s Central Bank Board lowered again the monetary policy rate to 3.5 percent, after a similar decision taken during the first meeting of the year when it was reduced to 3.75 percent. According to a BNR notification, the new rate will be ...more »

The International Monetary Fund expects a 2.2 percent economic growth for Romania in 2014, below the level reached last year, 2.8 percent, the highest since the beginning of economic crisis. The estimation has been communicated by Andrea Schaechter, Head of the IMF Mission whose visit in Bucharest ends these days...more »

The Credit Guarantee Program for SMEs engaged 20 banks which submitted their applications within the given period whose deadline was last Thursday, January 30, The National Fund for Credit Guarantee for Small and Medium Enterprises announced through a media release, Agerpres informs....more »

Raiffeisen Leasing today announced that managed to carry out the procedures for taking over the leasing portfolio from ING Lease which includes assets exceeding 30 million euro and about 60 corporate clients. The transaction has been completed on the basis of an agreement concluded in October 2013....more »

Oltenia Energy Complex (CEO) today signed a financing agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development meant to facilitate the refurbishment of the unit 6 of the Turceni thermal power station, Agerpres informs....more »

Those interested in participating at the privatization of the chemical plant, still have the possibility to submit their binding offers following a postponement of the initial deadline – January 31, 2014, until March 28, 2014. The delay has been called by investors and was approved by Oltchim’s Committee and creditors which convened yesterday as per the request of the judicial administrators, Rominsolv and BDO Business Restructuring, is stated by a media release....more »

The selection process run by Hidroelectrica in view of appointing an agent for its initial public offering scheduled for June, this year, has been carried out, all technical bids being declared eligible. According to a notification published on hydro power producer’s website, the syndicate consisting of Raiffeisen Caputal & Investment and Morgan Stanely & Co International has been assigned to coordinate the said offering....more »

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) anticipates a 2.4 percent economic advance for the current year, below the World Bank’s estimation of 2.5 percent announced last week....more »