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Catalina Apostoiu

Reporter

Catalina Apostoiu

Fields
Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
1.264
Western Union: Most Money Transfers To Romania Operated From Italy, Germany And Spain
Companies

Western Union: Most Money Transfers To Romania Operated From Italy, Germany And Spain

Most money transfers to Romania operated through Western Union were made from Italy, Germany and Spain, and the average value of a transfer is around $300, said Daniela Budurea, Western Unio...

Catalina Apostoiu · 01.10.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romanian Farmec Cluj Enters Dermo-Cosmetics Market
Companies

Romanian Farmec Cluj Enters Dermo-Cosmetics Market

Farmec Cluj, the biggest local cosmetics producer, launched a dermo-cosmetics line, under the brand Gerovital H3 Derma A, which it will exclusively sell in pharmacies.

Catalina Apostoiu · 01.10.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
MedLife: Private Healthcare Sector Will See Major Insolvencies In 2015
Health

MedLife: Private Healthcare Sector Will See Major Insolvencies In 2015

Hospitals have not been a winning bet for many private healthcare operators in Romania and the market will be hit by significant insolvencies next year, said Mihai Marcu, managing board pres...

Catalina Apostoiu · 30.09.2014 · 16:31 · 1 min
EBRD May Explore Opportunities To Support Banking Sector Consolidation In Romania
Banks-Insurance

EBRD May Explore Opportunities To Support Banking Sector Consolidation In Romania

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the international financial institution with EUR6.8 billion worth of investments in Romania, is still interested in supporting th...

Catalina Apostoiu · 30.09.2014 · 00:00 · 3 min
Retail On The Rise In Bucharest’s Old Town
Retail&Consumer

Retail On The Rise In Bucharest’s Old Town

Retail has come to take up one quarter of the over 300 spaces of Bucharest’s old town, an area still dominated by HoReCa units.

Catalina Apostoiu · 30.09.2014 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romania Provides 20% Of Stefanel Clothes
Retail&Consumer

Romania Provides 20% Of Stefanel Clothes

Italy’s Stefanel, the first foreign fashion brand that bet on the Romanian market in the early ‘90s, says it has 5-6 production partners in Romania, with around 20% of clothes sold at group...

Catalina Apostoiu · 30.09.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Iulian Dascalu Erects 15,000-Sqm Office Building Near Palas Iasi
Real Estate

Iulian Dascalu Erects 15,000-Sqm Office Building Near Palas Iasi

Businessman Iulian Dascalu, owner of Iulius Mall shopping center network nationwide and of mixed development Palas in Iasi, started works for a new office building with a rentable area of 15...

Catalina Apostoiu · 30.09.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Major Stakeholder In Romanian RCS&RDS Asks EUR60M For 3.6% Stake
Technology &Telecoms

Major Stakeholder In Romanian RCS&RDS Asks EUR60M For 3.6% Stake

Sfetozar Bugarszki, one of the most important individual shareholders of Romania’s cable TV company RCS&RDS, put up for sale, through an announcement published in ZF, a 6% stake in RCS Manag...

Catalina Apostoiu · 29.09.2014 · 22:29 · 2 min
Insurers In Romania, Ever Frailer In The Battle With Players In The Region
Banks-Insurance

Insurers In Romania, Ever Frailer In The Battle With Players In The Region

Four local insurance companies got to hold a position among the region’s biggest 50 insurers by 2013 underwritings, but only one managed to climb one spot against the previous year, accordin...

Catalina Apostoiu · 29.09.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
The World’s Best-Performing Bourses: Romania Ranks 26th, Ahead Of US And Germany
Capital Market

The World’s Best-Performing Bourses: Romania Ranks 26th, Ahead Of US And Germany

The Romanian bourse ranks 26th in the world in terms of increases reported this year, with a 10.4% return, which places it ahead of the mature markets of the US and Germany.

Catalina Apostoiu · 29.09.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
Supeco Brand, Carrefour’s New Bet In Romania
Retail&Consumer

Supeco Brand, Carrefour’s New Bet In Romania

Supeco Investment company, set up this spring by Carrefour Romania (with a 90% stake) and Artima (10%) late last week opened the first store in Romania, in Ramnicu-Valcea, a unit with a 1,70...

Catalina Apostoiu · 29.09.2014 · 00:00 · 1 min
KPMG: Banks In Romania Need To Finish Cleanup Process, Overcome Risk Aversion And Restart Lending
Banks-Insurance

KPMG: Banks In Romania Need To Finish Cleanup Process, Overcome Risk Aversion And Restart Lending

Banks in Romania need to complete balance sheet cleanup and focus on resuming lending, to the end of generating new sources of profitability and sustainable growth.

Catalina Apostoiu · 26.09.2014 · 00:00 · 3 min