Analysis
CITR: 2020 Insolvencies Were Fewer but Had Bigger Impact
Fiscal facilities and the closure of courts due to pandemic restrictions led to a 42% drop in high-impact companies that accessed insolvency, from 139 in 2019 to 80 in 2020), according to an...
Deloitte: Banking Sector Consolidation in CEE Expected to Increase
Romania was one of the busiest markets in Central and Eastern Europe in terms of banking sector mergers and acquisitions, with three transactions in 2020, according to the Deloitte CEE Banki...
Romania Could Attract Investments as Pandemic Decentralizes Logistics Spaces
The pandemic brought a new trend in logistics as companies start to prefer smaller, local spaces to large, regional hubs, particularly in the retail/FMCG sector, Vlad Mustata, Associate Indu...
JLL: Romania Property Investment Volume Grows 30% in 2020
The property investment volume in Romania in 2020 is estimated at EUR900 million, 30% higher compared with 2019, real estate consultancy company JLL said in a report Thursday.
KPMG: Romania’s M&A Market Recovering after COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a lot of distress on the market, with transactions postponed and uncertainty rising, but there is increased optimism among stakeholders who expect further growth...
Analysts See Inflation Growing to 2.64% in Next 12 Months
Most analysts polled by CFA Romania estimate the inflation rate will grow to an average rate of 2.64% in the next 12 months and see the leu depreciating to an average of 4.98 units to the eu...
PwC: Upskilling Could Create 5.3 Million Jobs Globally by 2030
Accelerated investment in upskilling and reskilling of workers could add at least $6.5 trillion to global GDP and create 5.3 million new jobs by 2030, according to the “Upskilling for Shared...
Pillar II Pension Funds Generate 6.2% Average Yield in 2020
Pillar II private pension funds generated an average yield of 6.2% in 2020, triple compared with the 2.06% inflation rate, despite the effects of the pandemic, stock declines in spring and u...
Moody’s: Romania Rolled Out Lowest CEE Govt Support Package in 2020
Romania had the lowest government support package to fight the effects of the coronavirus pandemic in Central and Eastern Europe, of just 4% of GDP, a report by ratings agency Moody’s showed...