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Radu Bostan

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Social/Politics, Automotive, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
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Securities Commission OKs First Local ETF On Bucharest Bourse
Capital Market

Securities Commission OKs First Local ETF On Bucharest Bourse

Romania's National Securities Commission (CNVM) on Monday authorized a request from investment fund manager Vanguard Asset Management to set up the first Exchange Traded Fund on the Buchares...

Radu Bostan · 10.07.2012 · 16:56 · 1 min
Romania To Seek Higher Threshold For Public Procurement Contracts
Banks-Insurance

Romania To Seek Higher Threshold For Public Procurement Contracts

Romania's Procurement Authority (ANRMAP) will ask the Government to raise the minimum project value at which holding public procurement procedures become mandatory, currently EUR15,000, auth...

Radu Bostan · 10.07.2012 · 14:37 · 1 min
Credit Agricole To Remove Emporiki Name From All Romanian Branches By Saturday
Banks-Insurance

Credit Agricole To Remove Emporiki Name From All Romanian Branches By Saturday

Credit Agricole, the second largest French banking group by assets, will replace the Emporiki logo on all the 29 branches of Emporiki Bank Romania by the end of this week. This is part of th...

Radu Bostan · 10.07.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romania Needs Investors And Capital, Not Political Battles For All Europe To See
Social/Politics

Romania Needs Investors And Capital, Not Political Battles For All Europe To See

While USL fights to suspend president Traian Basescu, the leu’s fast depreciation continues, absorption of EU funds is catastrophic and foreign investors are becoming nervous.

Radu Bostan · 10.07.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Railroad Car King Cristi Burci Leaves Industry After Finally Finding Investor For His Factories
Automotive

Railroad Car King Cristi Burci Leaves Industry After Finally Finding Investor For His Factories

The deal whereby railroad car manufacturers Astra Vagoane Arad, Meva SA and Romvag Caracal were sold for EUR30 million comes after more than one year of negotiations and search for investors...

Radu Bostan · 10.07.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Six BCR Executives Were Paid EUR1.8M Last Year
Banks-Insurance

Six BCR Executives Were Paid EUR1.8M Last Year

Six members of the executive team of BCR, the largest bank on the market, received overall compensation of over EUR1.8 million in 2011 as salary before tax, while the performance bonus was z...

Radu Bostan · 10.07.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Turkey's Kastamonu Sees EUR150m Investment In Reghin As Bridgehead Into The Region
Companies

Turkey's Kastamonu Sees EUR150m Investment In Reghin As Bridgehead Into The Region

Kastamonu Romania (the former Prolemn) in Reghin (central Romania), controlled by Kastamonu Entegre, one of the leading wood processing companies in Turkey, will complete a EUR150 million in...

Radu Bostan · 10.07.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Social/Politics

Health Ministry Official: Healthcare Financing Might Reach 6% Of GDP In Four Years

Health Ministry state secretary Alexandru Rafila said Monday, in a press conference, that Romania will probably reach the target of 6% of the GDP for healthcare in the next four years.

Radu Bostan · 09.07.2012 · 18:26 · 1 min
Ufuk Tandogan Appointed New CEO Of Garanti Romania
Banks-Insurance

Ufuk Tandogan Appointed New CEO Of Garanti Romania

Murat Atay, CEO of Garanti Group Romania, has been appointed to the management of Garanti Mortgage Turkey, and will be replaced with Ufuk Tandogan, a banker who has been working in Garanti T...

Radu Bostan · 09.07.2012 · 15:43 · 1 min
Banks-Insurance

Only A Handful Of Insurers Still Making Profit

Large insurers have fully felt the impact on the crisis over the last few years and many of them posted two-digit decline of revenue and lost market share to smaller players or to those that...

Radu Bostan · 09.07.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
While Politicians Continue Their Fight, The Economy Takes Losses
Social/Politics

While Politicians Continue Their Fight, The Economy Takes Losses

As politicians continue their battle that culminated on Friday night with the suspension of Traian Basescu as president of Romania, sending him to face a popular vote on whether to keep him...

Radu Bostan · 09.07.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
Macroeconomics

Good Signs From Industry And Constructions In May. Energy Consumption Is Down

The turnover and new orders in industry recorded rises in May, as did construction works, while energy consumption remained on the decline, according to data from Romania’s statistics instit...

Radu Bostan · 09.07.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min