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• Ex-JPMorgan banker leads HKEX from 2021 and will leave bourse in May 2024 • HKEX shares in sharp decline under Nicolas Aguzin's tenure 

Major powers seem to be talking one way and acting another, a trend increasingly evident in climate-related issues where agreements are signed, yet the on-the-ground reality points in opposite directions.

Russian lender Sovcombank has priced its initial public offering (IPO) at 11.5 rubles ($0.13) per share, the latest in a series of small listings by Russian companies in 2023, Reuters reports.

• The estimated value of Prime is about 20% below the current share price in the market 

• Alexandru Petrescu - PSD proposal for the position of President of the Authority 

Deputy Adrian-Felician Cozma, PNL vice-president and one of the most vocal opponents of the Marcu team, expresses his hope that Gabriela Horga and Gabriel Avramescu, his party colleagues, will leave their mark on the ASF and change things for the...

Deputy Claudiu Năsui, member of the Budget, Finances, Banks Committee, claims that the future management of the ASF - at least as it shows through the support expressed before the PSD and PNL hearings for certain candidates - will not change...

The former management of the ASF should answer to the court for the way it managed the capital market and the insurance market in our country, says lawyer Gheorghe Piperea, AUR coordinator for the campaign for the European Parliament elections.

Marcu's team did not do its duty regarding the activity of the Financial Supervisory Authority and that is why it does not receive a passing grade, former prime minister Theodor Stolojan, who was also president of the PNL, told us.

The former management of the ASF is guilty of poor supervision of the insurance market, from where important sums have evaporated, claims the social-democratic senator Daniel Zamfir, the president of the Economic, Industries and Services...

• (The Untold Story of Mass Privatization) 

• Daily checkout ceiling of 500,000 lei at cash and carry stores, superstores and hyperstores • Purchase of cash registers becomes a non-deductible expense • The value of the fine point increases to 165 lei  

• Verstka and Buro investigation: Russia imported at least 1,000 luxury cars through Belarus, violating EU sanctions 

After examining the first set of documents sent by the Government on December 9 regarding the state budget for 2024 and the budget projections for the period 2025-2027, the Fiscal Council considers that it is very possible that the budget deficit...

Officials from around the world have reacted after the adoption of a compromise agreement at COP28 in Dubai, which, for the first time, urges countries worldwide to progressively phase out fossil fuels, considered the primary culprits of climate...

• The Federal Reserve has signaled that it will reduce borrowing costs next year, according to the media trust 

Heat is making its presence felt even in the cold regions of the globe.

The rediscovery of roots, including musical ones, is crucial for the formation of young individuals.

• The value of the subscriptions approached 400 million euros, over that of the previous offer 

Salary inequalities are pushing more and more categories of employees to the streets.

Valery Kuzmin, the ambassador of the Russian Federation in Bucharest, was summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in connection with the Russian drone that crashed two days ago on Romanian territory, according to a press release issued by the...

Temperature records are falling one after another in 2023. A new warmth record for December has been recorded in Spain - with a peak of 29.9°C in Malaga, in southern Andalusia, according to the Spanish National Meteorological Agency (AEMET).

Germany plans to return to limiting net new borrowing next year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said yesterday, after the parties in the ruling coalition reached an agreement on the budget after a month of difficult negotiations, reports Reuters.

Foreign investments, ensuring a transparent and efficient flow of financial capital and increasing human capital are essential for the reconstruction of Ukraine, argued the participants of the first day of the international conference...

The market value of the Indian Stock Exchange has surpassed that of its rival in Hong Kong, becoming the seventh largest in the world, as optimism about the country's economic prospects is growing, according to CNBC.

The Ministry of Education takes pride in the achievements of students at international competitions.

The draft state budget law drawn up by the Government and published yesterday, in transparency, on the website of the Ministry of Finance, shows us that at the end of next year the state treasury will close with a deficit of 5%, which in nominal...

Liviu Jicman, President of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR), has been elected Vice President of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) during the General Assembly held in Brussels.

• "Increasing the company's capital with the value of the land at Baneasa Airport presents fundamental deficiencies", say FP representatives 

Modernized to excess, a criticism harshly voiced by many authoritative figures, Ion Creangă's house reenters the cultural scene.

• "The banking sector is passing through a favorable period from the perspective of the main financial and prudential indicators" 

• The company signed the contract for the Transocean Barents drilling platform; Halliburton Romania will provide integrated drilling services• "Our goal is to start production safely and on budget in 2027," says Christina Verchere  

Teachers receive good news from the union.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to conquer new territories, and in many cases, the profit is not far behind.

The exhibition "The Universe of Salvador Dali," which presents, for the first time in Romania, in over 10 exhibition spaces, a selection of creations by the Catalan artist, including 170 works - sculptures, graphics, engravings,...

The world as we know it is undergoing continuous change, and this is not necessarily a positive development. The Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and recently updated highlights...

• "An exposure of 1-3% of the portfolio is sufficient, even if more aggressive investors prefer to reach 5%" 

The negotiations regarding the increase of the minimum wage between the representatives of the Government and those of the trade unions and employers did not materialize with an agreement, because the employers claim that they cannot raise the...

The trips abroad of President Klaus Iohannis are a state secret, as a result the expenses incurred during them can only be traced to the presentation of the budget execution, but even there non-specifically, not broken down, it emerges from a...

The situation in Ukraine and the Middle East, the enlargement of the European Union, the modification of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, common defense and security and relations with third countries are the topics on the agenda of...

The prosumers still have to wait until they benefit from quantitative compensation regarding the electricity produced from renewable sources and introduced into the transmission and distribution networks in the country, because the President...