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The Bucharest Stock Exchange may miss out on the IPO of Romtelecom, even though the hopes of the telecom operator being listed on the BSE have been fueled for years.

This week, the Government passed a bill by which CR 104 Sercaia - Hoghiz, known as the "Road of Shame", was classified from country road as national road, after the county authorities took the necessary steps for this purpose.

Ludwik Sobolewski, the CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, wrote to Mircea Ursache, the vice-president of the ASF in charge of the capital market, an official letter in which he claims that the CEO and the president of the BSE (the two managers...

The AD is no longer 1686, but 2014. Unlike Sobieski, Sobolewski is no longer angry at Romanian ruler Dimitrie Cantemir, quite the contrary, he often delights in the musical art of the great European, Kantemiroglu, "Kitabu...

Dear Mr. Ludwik Sobolewski,

I've already told you that I think of myself as a chump, because I am easily fooled and I take the Bucharest Stock Exchange seriously and I can't imagine that Ludwik Sobolewski, its Polish CEO, has decided to start making fun of me...

Mircea Ursache, the vice-president of the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF), disagrees with the opinion of the officials of the BSE and considers that the CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) is part of the staff of the company.

I swear, I don't know who is making fun of who on the trivial issue of the shares bought by Sobolewski, but I don't think it's all right at all that the official website of the Bucharest Stock Exchange is used to start a polemic with...

A small article published in BURSA which concerned a minor detail - the fact that the CEO of the BSE has bought shares in the company while the regulations of the latter prohibited him from doing so - caused quite a ruckus: first of all we...

"Following the article < By buying shares in the BSE, Sobolewski has violated the Regulations of the BSE > which was published in the April 2nd, 2014 issue of BURSA, the Bucharest Stock Exchange makes the following clarifications.

The Central Depository will join the TARGET2-Securities (T2S) in the first wave, just like its management wanted it to happen, but without the new software, sources from the stock market told us.

The Romanian Bank for Loans and Investments (BRCI) wants to bring a new model to the Romanian market, according to Marinel Burduja, its CEO.

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,...

The pressure of the new banking regulations in Europe will generate "moves" on the Romanian market, considers Răzvan Nan, senior manager, banking advisory at KPMG, who expects that this year we will see significant changes in the...

Any change at the bank level affects the business sector, says Adrian Timar, the administrator of Remarul 16 Februarie. He told us: "The banking system is part of the market. Any change that happens in this sector, concerning regulation, the...

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.