Business Forum
| 17 January, 2025 at 2:29 PM
UniCredit presents brand-new partnership with Ferrari
UniCredit multi-year partnership with Ferrari, the world-famous luxury brand, was first announced in September 2024.
UniCredit multi-year partnership with Ferrari, the world-famous luxury brand, was first announced in September 2024.
Romanian investors are keeping Tesla in first place in the most-held stocks standings.
Private sector transactions included a €40 million risk-sharing agreement with Banca Transilvania for Omnia Europe SA.
BT is the first banking institution to integrate artificial intelligence into customer communication, services and processes.
Investors are anxiously eyeing the tariff-related decisions Donald Trump may make once he reaches the Oval Office in the White House.
The six-month index, used to calculate interest rates on variable-rate lei mortgage loans, stagnated at 5.97% per annum.
The biggest risk for Romania in 2025 is not Trump tariff's policy, the German recession or the Ukraine war, but the continued deterioration of the fiscal situation.
For households, green loans amounted to around RON 10 billion in September 2024, +50% compared to September 2023, and accounted for 5.7% of the bank loan portfolio to this segment.
The bulk of this debt, RON 780.243 billion, was government securities. Borrowing amounted to RON 131.258 billion.
Total revenues amounted to RON 523.9 billion in the first 11 months of 2024, up 12.7%, while expenditures of the consolidated general budget totaled RON 649.6 billion, up 20.6%.
As of April 2020, Romania has been in the excessive deficit procedure (EDP), as a result of exceeding, in 2019, the 3% budget deficit limit set in the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP).
The elimination of the holiday vouchers will freeze or cancel investments in tourism infrastructure.
As of September 30, 2024, there were 9.03 million participants enrolled in the 17 private pension funds, compared with 8.86 million at the end of the previous year.
Total gross claims paid (including branches) amounted to around RON 8 billion in the first nine months of 2024.
Banca Transilvania's shareholders approved BT's merger with OTP Bank Romania at an Extraordinary General Meeting.
During the EY-led process, the team provided full sell-side M&A assistance, structuring and coordinating the execution of the transaction.
Three in five (59%) global retail investors and 76% of Romanian investors expect the bull market to span 2025, with the majority (55%) backing AI stocks to keep rising.
In recent years, the RCA market in Romania has undergone a series of significant changes, which have caught the attention of both local and international actors.
The team of lawyers has advised throughout the entire process, including on aspects regarding financial structuring, regulatory and due diligence.
The EIB loan provides long-term funding in euros or Romanian lei at favourable conditions compared with alternatives in the market.
74% of Salt Bank clients hold higher education degrees, 12% above the 62% average for the banked population in Romania aged 18-55, according to a study by Mercury Research.
Initial election result did not cause one of the worst market declines of past decade, even if the sharpest reactions have historically been tied to legislative uncertainty.
Amid higher prices expectations, buyers remain wary, and many intend to cut back on gifts for themselves or to switch to lower-priced brands.
The transaction price is a maximum of €14 million and is calculated based on a mechanism agreed upon by the parties, considering working capital adjustments and net debt.
Apa Nova Bucharest has announced investments exceeding €49 million in 2026 for modernising water and sewerage infrastructure and improving energy efficiency.
The Ministry of Finance raised over RON1.9 billion (€379 million) through its fourth Fidelis government bond offering this year, marking the highest value raised in 2026.
The number of insolvencies in agriculture increased by 181.8% in Q1 2026, with the sector facing its most serious structural imbalance in 30 years, according to an analysis by Infinexa.
Romania continues to record the highest rate of road traffic fatalities in the European Union, according to the latest figures released by Eurostat.
Millennials aged between 30 and 45 contracted almost two-thirds of mortgage loans processed by Ipotecare.ro in 2025, according to an analysis based on over 1,000 intermediated financings and over 27,000 simulations.