Another confirmation of the revival of the Romanian banking sector comes from Banca Transilvania (BT). After yesterday’s report released by BCR, showing a significant improvement after the losses recorded in 2012, the data published this morning by Banca Transilvania certifies the upward tendency in the banking area....more »

The 2% economic growth IMF (the International Monetary Fund) estimated for Romania this year will be marginally higher, somewhere between 2.3% and 2.5% announced Daniel Daianu, First Deputy President of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), according to Agerpres. Yet, the improvement is mainly due to the agricultural production which registered record volumes this year....more »

While after Q3 in 2012 BCR reported losses of more than EUR 172 million, the Group announces a net profit of almost EUR127 million within the first nine months of this year, keeping the improvement tendency reported for Semester 1. Besides that, the costs related to the risk provisions went down significantly compared to the same period in 2012, registering a decrease by 37.9% to EUR371 million according to the data showed in a BCR release....more »

Romania’s Ministry of Public Finance reopened yesterday the Eurobond issue launched last month, on September 12, borrowing EUR500 million from international capital markets. The transaction is considered a success due to the lower yield compared to the one initially applied, as per a press release from the Ministry....more »

Romania’s Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) approved the amendment FP submitted in order to extend the current public offering. Hence, the offering started on October 15 will be ended on November 14, ten days later than the date firstly established. Besides the extension, ASF also approved an amendment enabling a shareholder that holds more than 600 million shares to place subscription orders for a higher number of shares and in case the offering will be oversubscribed (it has already been oversubscribed), the distribution will be made pro rata....more »

Romgaz launches the public offering for the 15% of its shares only tomorrow, October 22, since there has to pass at least two days from approving the afferent prospect and the effective launch of the IPO. ...more »

Proprietatea Fund (FP) has started its public offering through which expects to redeem up to 600 million shares from the fund’s shareholders after receiving on October 10 the approval from the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF). ...more »

AdePlast’s initial public offering (IPO) for listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), the first one run by a private company over the past five years, failed since the minimum thresehold of the shares the construction company offered for subscription has not been reached....more »

Romgaz officially announced its intention to run an IPO (initial public offering) for 15% of the state-company's shares as per a company release. The shares listing is part of the privatization strategy of Romgaz stated by the Governmental Decision no. 831/2010. ...more »

Following the growth registered by exports and the decrease of imports over the first eight months of the last year, INS (National Institute of Statistics) reports a fall of 40 per cent in trading deficit....more »