Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
Main Bucharest-Listed Companies Set To Pay RON3B Dividends In 2015
The 16 most traded companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), including SIFs, are likely to pay overall dividends with a gross value of above 3 billion lei (EUR675 million) this...
Brokerages Handled Premiums Accounting For Over Half Of Insurance Market In 2014
Insurance brokerages in 2014 brokered premiums worth 4.56 billion lei, up 16.3% from 2013, accounting for over 56% of the total gross premiums underwritten on the insurance market, according...
At 26, A Romanian Manages $1B For BlackRock, The World’s Biggest Money Manager
At 26, Mihai Calinescu works for BlackRock, the world’s biggest money manager and handles assets worth one billion dollars for which he has to find the most lucrative placement. He would inv...
Whirlpool CEO: We’ll Grow In Romania Amid Indesit Takeover
US group Whirlpool started integrating Italy’s Indesit for which it paid $1 billion last year and Jeff Fettig, the chief executive officer of the newly created giant, states this means risin...
The Romanian Handling EUR130M Worth Of Sales For Pepsico Romania
Claudiu Dorcioman, the Romanian who was appointed last year as head of beverage sales at giant PepsiCo in Romania, says the way the structure of retail has changed in recent years, with majo...
15 Years Wiped Out 10,000 Jobs At Refineries In Romania And Halved Capacity
From 2008 to 2013, Romania lost 10,000 jobs in the refining industry, a period during which oil processing capacity halved as Arpechim and Rafo Onesti, some of the biggest local refineries w...
Romanian Paint Producer: Banks Have Tough Conditions For Loans Aimed At Renovation And New Constructions
The major problem of Romania’s paint market is the lack of consumption as the construction field has not managed to completely regain health after the crisis, says Marinica Potop, general ma...
Regina Maria Founder: Healthcare Subscription Market Has Potential To Triple
Wargha Enayati, founder of private healthcare provider Regina Maria, a major player on this market, estimates the Romanian healthcare subscription market reached 600,000 units, but its poten...
Cosmetics Sales In Romania Rose 5% In 2014, To RON3.5B
Romanians spent almost 3.5 billion lei (EUR800 million) on cosmetics last year, 5% more on the year, with the increase mainly supported by online sales, which soared.
Negritoiu: Romanian Insurance Market Needs Capital Inflows Of RON1B, After RON600M In 2014
The insurance market needs a capital inflow of one billion lei (EUR225 million) this year, inclusively for the capital increases at Astra and Carpatica Asig, after RON600 million were inject...
Amethyst Shareholders Come Up With Another EUR110M In 14 New Oncologic Centers In Europe
Amethyst, a cancer treatment center network started in Bucharest and then expanded in other states, plans to reach a 20-center European network by 2020 from six at present. The centers are o...
Burcea, Paralela 45: We Need A Clear Strategy To Lure Foreign Tourists
Romania needs a clear strategy to attract foreign tourists and needs to promote a niche segment abroad in the context where its seaside is not an attractive destination because of the prices...