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“First Home” Remains An Option Only For Clients Who Cannot Afford A Higher Down Payment
Banks-Insurance

“First Home” Remains An Option Only For Clients Who Cannot Afford A Higher Down Payment

“First Home” state-guaranteed mortgage loans remain an option only for clients who cannot afford to pay a 10% or 15% down-payment on the value of the purchase, since there is almost no price...

Ciprian Botea · 14.06.2011 · 01:00 · 2 min
Capital Market

Four Mutual Super-Funds Raised EUR1B From Investors

BCR Obligatiuni is the latest entrant in the league of the largest mutual funds, also called super-funds, with assets of more than 1 billion lei (EUR240.5 million).

Roxana Pricop · 14.06.2011 · 01:00 · 1 min
Banks-Insurance

May Volatility Fails To Revive Forex Market Transactions

The forex market did not go much past the EUR35 billion level in traded volume in May either, after the market had hovered around this value in the past four months, despite the higher leu v...

Liviu Chiru · 14.06.2011 · 00:15 · 1 min
Banks-Insurance

General Insurance Not Picking Up After Q1 Fall

General insurers’ turnover is likely to slide by 5-10% this year, as April and May did not bring a sales rebound either, companies say.

Ciprian Botea · 13.06.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Banks-Insurance

BNR Survey: Consumers Will Find It Easier To Take Out Loans This Summer

Individual clients could borrow more easily from banks this summer because lenders are set to ease access to both consumer and real estate loans, according to a survey conducted by the Natio...

Ciprian Botea · 13.06.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
City Mall Fails To Find Buyer For Fourth Time
Real Estate

City Mall Fails To Find Buyer For Fourth Time

Bucharest’s bankrupt shopping center City Mall failed again to find a buyer at the fourth auction scheduled at the end of last week.

Cristi Moga · 13.06.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romania Borrows EUR11.5B In Five Months To Keep Going
Banks-Insurance

Romania Borrows EUR11.5B In Five Months To Keep Going

The record-high EUR1.5 billion raised by the Finance Ministry last week from the foreign markets brings to over EUR4.5 billion the foreign currency debt accumulated by Romania since the begi...

Razvan Voican · 13.06.2011 · 00:00 · 1 min
Banks-Insurance

Public Procurement Watchdog Limits Duties Of Management Authorities

Romania’s National Authority for the Regulation and Monitoring of Public Procurement (ANRMAP) limited the duties of management authorities regarding checkups on procedures to award EU-funded...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 12.06.2011 · 15:09 · 1 min
Banks-Insurance

Fitch Rates Romania's EUR1.5B 5-Year Bond Issue 'BB+'

Fitch Ratings on Friday said it has assigned a rating of BB+ to Romania's EUR1.5 billion Eurobond, the first issue of the country's EUR7 billion medium term notes (MTN) program.

Neagu Bogdan Mircea · 10.06.2011 · 22:55 · 1 min