Romania's three-month ROBOR index, the interbank interest rate used as a reference to calculate variable interests for loans in lei taken out before May 2019, has exceeded the 5% threshold for the first time, climbing to 5.01% on Monday (May 2, 2022), as per central bank data.
AROBS Transilvania Software, a tech company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange under the AROBS ticker, targets RON197.3 million, RON54.9 million EBITDA and net profit worth RON47.3 million at end-2022.
The shareholders of Banca Transilvania (TLV), among which Pillar II pension funds, regional investment funds, the EBRD, approved the distribution of RON800 million from 2021 profit under the form of dividends, the equivalent of a 5.2% return, as well as a RON765 million share capital hike via the granting of free stock.
Romania’s unemployment rate was flat on the month at 5.7% in March 2022, data from the country’s statistics institute INS shows on Monday (May 2).
Sweden’s Ericsson, one of the world’s biggest suppliers of equipment, software and services for telecom operators, got the ok from Romania’s National Defense Council (CSAT) to sell and install 5G networks in Romania.
Hotel company Tusnad, which manages two accommodation units in Tusnad resort, doubled its revenues last year, to around RON11 million, from RON5 million in 2020.
Italian-held Maschio Gaspardo, which produces farm machinery in Romania in the plant of Chisineu-Cris of Arad county, expects to generate EUR70 million turnover in 2022, after having lifted production capacity by 20% last year, according to Mirco Maschio, chairman of Maschio Gaspardo group.
Romania’s Energy Ministry, as majority shareholder and Fondul Proprietatea as shareholder (20%) of Hidroelectrica approved payment of RON3.8 billion dividends by the country’s largest electricity producer, on April 28.
Agricover Group, the leader of the agribusiness market in Romania, ended 2021 with RON1.71 billion revenue, an increase of 50% year-on-year, as a result of an increase in market shares, it said in a release. Consolidated revenue stood at RON1.13 billion in 2020.
Romanian maker of parts for gas turbines and aircraft Turbomecanica (TBM.RO) has approved distribution of RON10.1 million dividends, the company said in a report to the Bucharest stock Exchange.
Erste Group, which owns Romanian lender Banca Comerciala Romana, on Friday published a report on the economy of the Central and Eastern European countries, in which it revised its forecast for Romania’s economic growth to 2.8% of the GDP.
ROCA Industry, a holding company set up by ROCA Investments as Holdingorck1 with the Trade Register, which serves as an umbrella for various Romanian construction material manufacturers, announced the acquisition wire product manufacturer Dial in Harsova in its entirety in a EUR14 million deal.