2018 in review
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2018 in Review: Banking Sector
Record profitability, continued consolidation and restructuring, improvement of portfolio quality following sales of nonperforming loans, and lending rebound. 2018 came with a new inflation rise, as well as the continuation of the trend to raise interests on t...
2018 in Review: Pharmaceutical Market
Pharmaceutical retail made headlines in 2018 with two several hundred million euro deals – the sale of two top companies to international groups. The pharmaceutical market, too, saw a deal,...
2018 in Review: Food and Beverage Industry
The year 2018 came with management changes in the largest companies in the food and beverage industry, a market of more than EUR10 billion a year. There were also new investments, acquisitio...
2018 in Review: Energy Market
Like every year, energy was one of the most interesting sectors to watch, as the Black Sea gas caused tension in regional relations, and the bosses of the largest energy, oil and gas compani...
2018 in Review: Modern Retail
Modern retail in Romania is an about EUR12 billion market with more than 2,500 stores, dominated by ten international actors. The sector saw a number of executive changes, expansion by sever...
2018 in Review: Construction Sector
The year 2018 only saw one major deal on the construction materials market, the announcement of Netherlands’ Akzo Nobel about the plan to buy paint maker Fabryo.