Romania’s first regional investment fund for business acceleration, an initiative of the West Regional Development Agency, with a total budget of EUR14 million, has reached the stage of selecting its manager.
Bucur Obor (BUCU.RO company, which manages the shopping center by the same name in Bucharest, made RON7.7 million net profit in the first half of 2024, an increase of 1.63% on the year-ago period, while revenue reached RON18.2 million, up 2.46%.
ING Bank has decided on Wednesday (August 14) to revise its growth forecast for Romania's economy in 2024 to 2% from its previous estimate of 2.8%, a level that is still deemed optimistic.
Infinity Capital Investments (INFINITY.RO), one of the five financial investment companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, posted RON104.7 million net profit in the first half of 2024 compared with RON18.4 million in the year-ago period.
The shares of three companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, namely, Premier Energy, Electromagnetica and Iproeb Bistrita, will be included in the MSCI Frontier and MSCI Romania indices. Romania's equity market presence in the MSCI indices will increase to 32 companies, starting on September 2, 2024, following the quarterly index review conducted by global index provider MSCI in August this year.