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The rigid approach of tightening the fiscal environment is the worst option the Government can take at the moment, said yesterday the participants at the press conference "What are we doing with the Romanian economy?", organized by the...

The life of many children is not a fairy tale, on the contrary. Material problems greatly affect their development. In Romania in 2024, 48% of children in rural areas (approximately 864,000 children) live in families where money barely reaches...

The balance sheet of his own government is a positive one, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu claimed yesterday, at the end of the government meeting, in a press statement in which he presented the main achievements of his mandate. Unfortunately, the...

Fitch revised the outlook of our country's long-term foreign currency credit rating from "stable" to "negative" and maintained the rating at "BBB-", in a climate marked by political uncertainty, expectations of a more...

The administrator of Metropolitan Life announced that the mandatory private pension fund had reached a 5.18% holding in Antibiotice Iaşi at the end of last week, which means that Metropolitan bought shares in the drug manufacturer from Infinity...

The presidential elections in Romania, which will take place on Sunday, November 24, 2024, represent a crucial moment in defining the political direction of the country for the next five years, given the fact that, out of the 14 candidates for...

Elon Musk could become the world's first trillionaire by 2027, according to a recent report by Informa Connect Academy, cited by visualcapitalist.com. The report shows the projected path for the Tesla CEO and other billionaires to surpass the...

• Marcel Ciolacu: "84% of the deficit goes to the investment area" • The Fiscal Council: "Undersized expenses, overestimated revenues, cash budget deficit of 8% at the end of 2024" • With an additional allocation of 5.48 billion lei,...  

The PSD-PNL coalition has given two governments since December 2021, Ciucă and Ciolacu, whose results are similar, with identical governance mistakes, although the leadership was different. Because both the PSD in the August 24 Congress and the...

The subsidiary in our country of Digi Communications (DIGI) has exercised its right to redeem the senior guaranteed bonds due in 2025, in the principal amount of 450 million euros, according to a report of the telecommunications operator...

Reporter: How adequate do you think the current pension system architecture is for our country's current and future needs?

The situation of the excessive budget deficit that our country registers, the fulfillment of the conditions for the approval of payment request number 3 from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the nomination of the future Romanian...

In the summer, the wise man, who does not bother to make a sledge, goes to the beach. Since I have nowhere to go with the sled, I went to the beach for a few days.

Reporter: Based on the legislation in force, the portfolios of mandatory private pension funds in our country are composed of approximately 65% government securities and 25% shares. Given that the investments are long-term, how do you...

Reporter: How does the private equity market in our country compare to that of comparable countries in Eastern and Western Europe? What are the challenges but also the opportunities?

During May, the government continued to make chaotic decisions regarding budget expenditures, although the deficit after the first four months of the current year stood at 3.24% of the Gross Domestic Product, i.e. a minus of 57.29 billion lei...

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan is not a failure, but its implementation has been delayed for a year and a half (18 months) due to the indecision of the governing coalition in Bucharest, PNL-PSD, which has not implemented certain...

The assets of mandatory private pension funds in our country will double in the next five years, so administrators will be forced to look for other investment areas outside the capital market, Radu Crăciun, the president of the Association for...

The reduction of the labor tax was the main request of the protest organized, yesterday, in Bucharest, by the members of the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS/NBU) which took place along the route Piaţa Victoriei - Ministry of Economy,...

The second month of spring was a stormy one for the PSD-PNL political coalition, which had to face the media revelations about how the doctor Cătălin Cîrstoiu - the candidate of both parties for the position of general mayor of the Capital - made...

The capital market in Romania can have an important role for the reconstruction of Ukraine and the development of the Republic of Moldova, argued the participants at the 10th edition of the CFA CEE Investment Conference, an event that this year...

The request of the shareholder Blue Capital, which owns 8.63% of Lion Capital (formerly SIF Banat-Crişana), that the alternative investment fund distribute dividends and make buybacks for the benefit of shareholders, provoked the reaction of the...

Social convulsions have been a constant in the first three months of the current year, with a peak in January, when almost half of the country's major cities were blocked by farmers' and transporters' protests, which lasted for three...

Tony Murphy, president of the European Court of Auditors (ECA - European Court of Accounts), states that the deadline - December 31, 2026 - for the implementation of the NRDPs represents a factor that "contributes even more to the risk"...

The private pensions market in our country reached, at the end of 2023, total assets worth 131.5 billion lei, an increase of 31.4% compared to the end of the previous year, according to the report of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF)...

The grievances of employees in the cultural sector are far from being resolved. The dialogue with the authorities does not have the expected effect. The representatives of the CulturMedia Union convey, in a manifesto, that on Museum Day, on May...

All pensions and all social obligations will be distributed as they should, until April 15, regardless of what the union will decide, said yesterday Valentin Ştefan, the general director of Poşta Română, during a press conference.

Săptămâna aceasta este deosebit de importantă pentru politicile economice ale României pe termen mediu şi lung, dat fiind prezenţa delegaţiei OECD în România, spun reprezentanţii APAPR într-un comunicat.

The indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had slight increases in February, when companies announced their preliminary results for the past year and, in some cases, their dividend intentions.

Reporter: Barring completely unforeseen events, what are your expectations for 2024 in terms of stock and bond fund returns? On what grounds do you base your opinions?

The political scene in our country was awakened to reality, from the sweet sleep it had fallen into during the winter holidays, on January 9, when hundreds of farmers began to move to the Capital, dissatisfied with the fiscal measures imposed by...

The prospects of the stock markets and funds with a higher degree of risk are positive for this year, believe the managers of some of the most important investment management companies in our country, according to the opinions expressed yesterday...

The first government round within a political coalition marked the second half of last year not through the lens of exceptional results, but through the continuation of taking measures that had a negative impact on the business environment, in...

The government was focused in the 4th financial quarter to reduce the budget deficit that it faced in the middle of the year and in the 3rd quarter, so that the officials in Brussels do not block the allocation of funds for our country from the...

Last year, the government cut 7.2 billion lei from the money allocated for the endowment of the Army and transferred that amount to the reserve fund in order to retain the loyalty of its party clientele, says deputy Claudiu Năsui (USR), former...

The incompetence of the public authorities left its full mark on the end of the year, the month of December being marked by two tragedies that show the fact that, despite the tragedies at Colectiv and Crevedia, despite the scandal of the Asylums...

Lower interest rates by the world's major central banks, which favors equity markets, high-yielding dividend distributions by Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) companies, progress towards moving our market into the MSCI Emerging Markets category...

The Financial Supervision Authority is waiting for the vote tonight or tomorrow by the plenary of the Parliament which will confirm the choice of the new management team made yesterday by the members of the joint committees of the budget,...

Marcu's team did not do its duty regarding the activity of the Financial Supervisory Authority and that is why it does not receive a passing grade, former prime minister Theodor Stolojan, who was also president of the PNL, told us.

The candidates for the Council of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) will be heard, today, in the Romanian Parliament, for a five-year term at the head of the institution that supervises the insurance market, private pensions and the...