The major challenge for lenders, both locally and on a European level, is rebuilding the trust in the system, not only that of customers, but that of the state, of ratings firms, and of their employees, says Nicolae Dănilă, member on the Board of...

The problems of the private sector in Romania are the same as the ones faced by its peers in the European Union, according to the statements of Mrs Anca Laura Ionescu, secretary of state in the Ministry of the Economy, who says that in 2013 and...

The implementation of the Banking Union is likely to negatively affect the lending to SMEs, said Mirela Iovu, the vice-president of CEC Bank. There are solutions to mitigate the negative impact, such as increasing the capitalization of banks,...

Dan Paul, the president of the Association of Brokers, said that he does not believe that bank deposits will be seized to rescue the financial institutions, because it would mean a violation of human rights: "It's true that politicians...

The financial system that we have is flawed, says Daniel Dăianu, first vice-president of the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF), who mentioned that any considerations he was making on the topic were on his own behalf. In his opinion, in order to...

The Banking Union does not represent a solution to solving the problems caused by financial instability, and Romania should postpone becoming part of this structure at least until joining the Eurozone, economic analyst Călin Rechea said.

The Banking Union represents an important element of the picture of a more integrated and solid European Union, but it does not represent a magical solution for dealing with all the issues of the continent, said Guillermo Tolosa, the...

Savings from bank deposits could be transferred to the stock market, says professor Gheorghe Piperea, who considers that the fear of the bail-in could help the growth of the stock market.

The issue of the Banking Union is attracting the attention of an increasing number of players involved in the Romanian market, whether it is the authorities, representatives of lenders or of the real economy, as proven by the high number of...

The shareholders of the Central Depository are meeting tomorrow, in a General Shareholder Meeting, convened at the request of the majority shareholder, the Bucharest Stock Exchange. There is talk in the market that the event will be the stage for...

The negotiations with the Chinese party for the building of a new steam power plant in Rovinari are advanced, the investors representatives are to come in Romania in the immediate period, stated the deputy prime minister Liviu Dragnea at the...

An increasingly high number of rich Westerners are moving their money from their domestic bank accounts into exotic countries such as Singapore or Hong Kong. The exodus is happening amid fears that, after the implementation of the bail-in...

The Prime Minister Victor Ponta has been analyzing the possibility of giving up the semestral rise schedule of gas price for the industrial consumers, according to some market sources. Thus, in order to support the industry, Government would...

The Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced last night in Parliament, a number of measures by which he intends to support large energy and gas consumers to maintain their competitiveness on the European and global markets, but without providing any...

After negotiations which have lasted once again all night, the European authorities have announced, in the middle of last week, the completion of a new stage in the process towards the creation of the banking union. This new European structure is...

The performance of the CEOs of the BSE does not represent an factor that has any influence on the volume of trades taking place on our stock market.

Dragoş Bîlteanu, the CEO of SIF1 Banat-Crişana, is considering disputing the rulings of the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF), which determined that the parties of the group which comprises Dragoş Bîlteanu himself, El Lakis Najib and the...

Raiffeisen Bank is running an online campaign these days, through which it is attempting to find out people's opinion about it.

Granting awards seems to be one of the stock market skills that Ludwik Sobolewski has mastered the best.

The London School of Economics analysts argue that only a part of Europe will be seriously affected by a possible shut-down of the gas exports, due to the stressed situation in Ukraine, reports standartnews.com.

A referendum concerning the separation of the Veneto region from Italy, will be held between March 16th and March 21st, and the 3.8 million citizens from the cities of Venice, Treviso, Padova, Belluno and Vicenza are being called to answer the...

The officials who are telling our population that our country has nothing to do with the events in the Russian Federation are wrong, considers Ionel Blănculescu, honorary advisor to the prime minister Victor Ponta.

The acquisition of non-performing companies, but which have a potential for a turnaround, is the novelty that the management of SIF1 Banat Crişana, in 2014, according to the program presented to the shareholders, prior to the General Shareholder...

The conflict started between the Directorate of Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC), on one hand, and the shareholders Ilie Carabulea and Corneliu Tănase, on the other, yesterday had a new episode, which ended with the potentially decisive...

The shares of SIF3 Transilvania fell 7.78%, in the session which followed the announcement of its management that it is proposing the increase of the share capital using last year's profit and the granting of free shares, instead of dividends.

OPCOM considers the possibility to sue ANRE (the energy market regulator), after having been fined by the European Commission (EC) for anti-competitive practices, stated, yesterday, the management representatives of our energy market operator.

In the March 4th, 2014 issue of "Bursa", struggled to cobble together a lame syllogism, from which he drew the conclusion I don't know how to make money.

I would respectfully ask that you please stop speaking about "Romanians", as if you were not one of them.

Romania's gas imports are completely monopolized by Gazprom, Iulian Iancu, the president of the Commission for Industry of the Chamber of Deputies said. He told us: "They say that we could bring natural gas to the country through the...

Sibex has great ambitions, following the partnership with the Athens Stock Exchange (Helex Group), and wants to increase its trading volume four times - to approximately 10,000 contracts per day, by mid-2014, compared to an average of 2,400 per...

The ink hadn't even dried, so to speak, on the resignation of Dan Radu Ruşanu submitted to the Permanent Office of the Senate, that rumors about the future chairman of the ASF started making the rounds.

• The groups of Cătălin Chelu, Dinel Staicu, Constantin Frăţilă, Gheorghe Iaciu, Dragoş Bîlteanu - provided as examples by the CEO of SIF3 Transilvania 

The European Commission (EC) fined the energy exchange OPCOM and Transelectrica (TEL) by EUR 1 million for having abused its dominant position on the Romanian spot energy transactions market, breaching the European regulations in terms of...

In January, a number of 1.573 building permits was issued for the construction of residential buildings, out of which 65% are for the rural area, on the decrease by 7.1% compared to the same month of the last year, according to the National...

Shares of SIF3 Transilvania yesterday fell 7.78%, to 0.5805 lei/share, after the management of the company proposed to shareholders increasing the share capital using last year's profit and offering free shares instead of dividends.

I am trying to understand what the students in Braşov made from what the officials of the NBR told them yesterday, in the educational session of the "Academica BNR 2014" program, which was held in the Aula of the Transilvania University.

SIF3 Transilvania is analyzing the option of acquiring the viable assets of Oltchim, said CEO Mihai Fercală.

The brave Financial Oversight Authority (ASF), which began arduously investigating the trades involving SIF1 Banat Crişana shares made in September 2013, at prices rising at a blistering pace, is now keeping mysteriously mum about findings of the...

The "Aro Palace" hotel will be listed on Sibex starting today, even though some time ago, its majority shareholder, SIF Transilvania, was considering taking it public on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

• Ciurezu: "The statements of Mrs. Bobircă - liable to manipulate the market"