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2024 top stocks: AI, crypto and energy stocks most popular with retail investors
Romanian investors are keeping Tesla in first place in the most-held stocks standings.
Investment, especially in Poland and Romania, is expected to improve on the back of structural reforms and delayed EU funds.
UniCredit multi-year partnership with Ferrari, the world-famous luxury brand, was first announced in September 2024.
Romanian travelers have shown growing interest in the Philippines in 2024, with bookings rising by 12% compared to the previous year.
Private sector transactions included a €40 million risk-sharing agreement with Banca Transilvania for Omnia Europe SA.
Average gross earnings were RON 8,825 in November, RON 213 (+2.5%) higher than in the previous month.
The Top Employer 2025 certification reconfirms NN's position as a top employer in today's dynamic and competitive labour market in Romania.
GLGH Steel is now working to secure the support of the Romanian Government for this transaction, which would put the future development of Artrom on the right track.
Turning this barge into a floating terminal is a major step for Romania in strengthening energy independence and expanding regional infrastructure.
A €3 million investment in consultancy, production hall upgrade, high-performance equipment, and working capital positions Rafinor as a national leader in the field.
Testing phase successfully completed with over 10,000 test kilometers.
81.6% of companies in the IT sector felt a negative and strongly negative impact of the partial elimination of tax breaks in 2023.
Tazz operates in over 35 cities and has become one of the most important platforms, offering a strong selection of restaurants, supermarkets, retailers, and local merchants.
Twenty-fifth annual edition explores future as AI-powered autonomy takes shape and ripples across all dimensions of how enterprises reinvent technology development.
AI is now largely accepted as key to future success in virtually every industry, and it is time for technology companies to translate the potential of AI into performance.
Danube Wine Collection is Sarom Packaging's premium reply to the industry standardization trend.
The investment marks a strategic partnership between Enterprise Investors and eTravel founder and CEO Andrzej Wierzba.
Romania continues the implementation of major projects, such as gas exploitation in Neptun Deep and Caragele, and the development of the Romanian civil nuclear program.
Both new and used car markets have been hit hard by inflation and rising interest rates. Many drivers have opted for cheaper cars or postponed their purchases for better times.
Victor Constantinescu, Managing Partner & Co-Head of firm-wide Real Estate at Kinstellar Romania, talked to Property Forum about the key deals of 2024 and shared his expectations for the year ahead.
Romania recorded commercial real estate transactions worth around €730 million in the past year, up by 47% compared to 2023, according to a report by iO Partners.
The Romanian land market totalled around €450 million in 2024, a figure similar to 2023, with the residential sector generating the highest volume of transactions, according to estimates by Colliers Romania.
Sales of houses and apartments increased by 7.6% in Bucharest and Ilfov region, in 2024, compared to 2023, according to an analysis by SVN Romania. During the same period, national sales increased by 6.6%.
The highest annual increase in home sales among the five largest regional residential markets in Romania was recorded in Iasi, with an increase of 38.1%.
Griffes' activity outside Bucharest accounted for 25% of its total transaction volume, with Cluj-Napoca leading the way.
Romania remains one of the countries with the lowest mortgage penetration rates in the European Union, according to a Colliers' analysis.
Investors are anxiously eyeing the tariff-related decisions Donald Trump may make once he reaches the Oval Office in the White House.
The six-month index, used to calculate interest rates on variable-rate lei mortgage loans, stagnated at 5.97% per annum.
The biggest risk for Romania in 2025 is not Trump tariff's policy, the German recession or the Ukraine war, but the continued deterioration of the fiscal situation.
For households, green loans amounted to around RON 10 billion in September 2024, +50% compared to September 2023, and accounted for 5.7% of the bank loan portfolio to this segment.
The bulk of this debt, RON 780.243 billion, was government securities. Borrowing amounted to RON 131.258 billion.
Total revenues amounted to RON 523.9 billion in the first 11 months of 2024, up 12.7%, while expenditures of the consolidated general budget totaled RON 649.6 billion, up 20.6%.
As of April 2020, Romania has been in the excessive deficit procedure (EDP), as a result of exceeding, in 2019, the 3% budget deficit limit set in the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP).
The elimination of the holiday vouchers will freeze or cancel investments in tourism infrastructure.
Romania remains one of the countries with the lowest mortgage penetration rates in the European Union, according to a Colliers' analysis.
IWG is opening a new coworking location under the Spaces brand in Bucharest-based Vastint Business Garden building that will focus on hybrid work demand.
