Press releases

• Digi Communications and AAGES place Romania on the second place in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) by number of IPOs
• Bucharest Stock Exchange and Warsaw Stock Exchange are the only two CEE markets with successful IPOs in Q2 2017
• Six IPOs on the Polish market, two IPOs on the Romanian market

Patria Bank shares, a credit institution that operates on the Romanian banking sector, are traded under a new symbol on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) market, following the successful merger with Banca Comerciala Carpatica. The old trading symbol ‘BCC’ becomes ‘PBK’ as of today, July 13th. Patria Bank shares are traded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange main market, in the Premium category and are part of the BETPlus index.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) informs that the company holds a Legal Entity Identifier Code (LEI code), as part of the process of alignment with the requirements imposed on financial market participants by the most recent European package of measures (MAD/MAR and MIFID II/MIFIR), applicable also to the issuers of financial instruments.

Gheorghe Tutuianu from Bucharest won, for the second month in a row, prize in Leii BVB, a Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) led-project, organized in order to engage and reward individual investors who are actively trading on BVB.

Following the publishing of the second edition of the Whitebook on Communication of Listed Companies, Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) releases Guidebook on Best Practices in IR Communication, a document which will help current and prospective issuers in the process of improving their investor relations activities.  

• Bucharest Stock Exchange’s main index, BET, manages to keep a 10.8% growth rate in H1
• The biggest dividend yields offered by the listed companies vary from 12 to over 18 percent
• The average daily trading value is up 30 percent to EUR 9.7 million  
• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB CEO: The Romanian capital market is setting on a new base, investors will have access to new listings and products
• Lucian Anghel, BVB President: If the capital market is allowed to follow its normal course, the perspectives and the potential for the medium term will not be hurt

• The two companies are included in the first informational engine dedicated to the Romanian capital market, after being previously included in BET index
• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB CEO: MedLife and CONPET join the prodigious group of companies meeting the highest standards as regards to their communication with the investors
• InvestingRomania.com now includes 15 companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange

• Gabor Molnar, CEO AAGES: The listing was an exam. Our company has reached maturity, and our place is on the stock market
• Ludwik Sobolewski, CEO BVB: „Made in Romania”  is a phenomenon that shows that Romanian businesses have the ability to create quality products and services that can gain more value and recognition through the capital market
• Lucian Anghel, BVB President: The development of the local capital market is driven by the three entrepreneurial companies that continued to develop their success stories by getting listed on the stock exchange in the past six months. I'm confident the examples will continue, and other successful entrepreneurs will follow suit and list their businesses on BVB

Dan Groza from Cluj-Napoca wins for the second time the first prize in the competition Leii BVB - a 3-day city break to London, Milan or Prague, offered by Paravion. The second place was taken by Gheorghe Tutuianu who won a Fitbit smartwatch, offered by Fitbit and iStyle Retail.

• BVB expands to 13 the number of companies from its main index, includes DIGI in BET index
• Lucian Anghel, BVB President: DIGI was the largest private IPO from the history of the Romanian capital market, and the Index Committee decided to include this issuer in the main index of the stock exchange
• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB CEO: Using the most up to date infrastructure we have already built, opportunities now present themselves at speeds and numbers like never witnessed before

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) launches APPLY BVB, a free online application for those interested in BVB’s activity as a listed company. The application is a tool that brings a new quality to investor relations. It gives immediate access to the latest BVB financial results, stock prices, news for investors, analysts' reports and press releases. In addition, APPLY BVB includes details about the strategy, business model and governance system. Investors can choose to include in the calendar next financial events and to receive alerts about news, events, and results.

 Available for free on Google Play and App Store.

Vlad Adrian Istrate, a 24-year-old investor from Bucharest, took first place in the virtual trading competition, Invest Quest, organized by the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) and the Rotary International District 2241 Romania and the Republic of Moldova and won RON 5,000 prize, offered by the Rotary Club. The Invest Quest competition was part of a broader project developed by the two institutions for promoting education in areas such as the economy, financial investments and entrepreneurship through training programs addressed, but not limited, to the young people.

• Bucharest Stock Exchange continues to grow for the fifth month in a row this year, leads the growth rates in Europe with a 23.77 percent gain
• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB CEO: The Romanian market is not entering a bubble, instead it has begun to recover years of lost history
• Lucian Anghel, BVB President: The national wealth represented by the value of the Romanian companies listed on BVB went up by almost EUR 2 billion last month alone

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces partnership with the Romanian Game Developers Association (RGDA), a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the Romanian video game developing market and support it to become more successful and profitable on both local and international markets. 

The market value of the Romanian companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) exceeded EUR 20 billion this week, after DIGI Communications (DIGI), important supplier of telecom services in Romania and Hungary, had been listed. The market capitalization of Romanian companies amount to EUR 20.4 billion, the highest level in the last 9 years.

”Romania has left the shallow waters of low valuations and embarked onto a blue water boat capable to use strong winds in our favor and to withstand tough conditions. Romania is on the radar of investors as it offers a level of growth and stability which is rare in today's world, coupled with dynamism and creativity - becoming a friendlier place to do business than ever before. The entrepreneurial companies with national or regional ambitions now see the stock exchange as a natural habitat for their business," said Ludwik Sobolewski, CEO of BVB

"The macroeconomic data, the level of dividends and the growth coming from the share prices are strong arguments for Romania to be the best destination where money can produce added value, while this momentum is building up strength to persuade even the most skeptical investors to place their money on the local capital market. At this value, the market capitalization of domestic listed companies on BVB is around 12% of Romania's GDP", said Lucian Anghel BVB's President

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) together with National Trade Register Office (ONRC) and brokerage company Prime Transaction started on May 17^th a pilot project which will approximate capital markets opportunities to Romanian entrepreneurs.

Shares of DIGI Communications, symbol (DIGI), important supplier of telecommunication services in Romania and Hungary, started trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) on May 16, 2017, following the successful closing of the largest IPO of a private company concluded on the Romanian capital market.

Gabriel Oanea from Suceava is the winner of the April draw of Leii BVB competition organized by the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB). Gabriel Oanea won a one week safari trip to Kenya, offered by Paravion. The second place was taken by Aurel Man from Targu Mures who won a Fitbit smartwatch, offered by iStyle Retail.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) publishes the second edition of the Whitebook on Communication of Listed Companies, an assessment carried out with a purpose of evaluating the quality and accuracy of information provided to the investors by the issuers listed on BVB’s Main Market.

Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB CEO:

• Romania is taking the first steps towards a National Investment Day. It takes a national project to promote Romania in Europe

Lucian Anghel, BVB President:

• On the National Investment Day, we encourage people to get directly in touch with the specialists from all the areas of the financial markets and, once they acquire relevant information, to make their first investment for a better financial future

• Investors’ interest for the listed companies made the main indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange to increase by 16% in the first 4 months
• The main index of the Romanian market reached 8.300 points in April, the highest level so far this year
• The average daily trading volume on BVB increased by 17% in the first four months
• The capitalization of Romanian companies reached a peak of EUR 19.44 billion mid-April, the highest value in the last 20 months

• Iulius Postolache, Allianz-Tiriac Pensii Private: A growing ratio between pensioners and employees can turn into a burden on everyone in the future
• Corina Cucoli, Certinvest Pensii: The employers can also decide to grant an optional pension as a benefit to their employees, a contribution which is fully tax deductible 
• contribute to the pensions of their employees by up to RON 150 per month, which is income deductible
• Lucian Anghel, BVB: The pension funds managers have generated added value to the future pensioners and have reported since their establishment very high average yearly returns

• "Romania Investors Day": over 30 global frontier and emerging markets funds gathered at yearly conference in New York City on the 19th of April,
• 13 Romanian companies in meetings with investors,
• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB CEO: "Romanian capital market in recent years is a captivating story, which accelerates as we are building up premises for the historical upgrade of its international status",
• Lucian Anghel, BVB Chairman of the Board: "Romania has made a giant step when implementing a profound market reform and as a consequence it was included on FTSE Russell’s Emerging Markets Watchlist. The entire local capital market and the country does and will largely benefit from this process",
• BVB representatives in talks with the teams of FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones Indices in New York, two renowned institutions for the countries and markets classifications and global indexes composition.

• Almost 2,200 trades totaling RON 15.6mn were registered last month alone
• The largest trade was worth dozens of thousands of RON, the smallest was just RON 1
• The trades carried out this month can be registered until May 1st using www.leiibvb.ro; the prize awarded in May will be the biggest in the competition: a 6-night safari worth EUR 3,000 in Kenya, land of the lions

The producer of cardboards and paperboards Vrancart has decided to use the capital market to attract new financing to develop its activity and has attracted RON 38.25 million from the Bucharest Stock Exchange following the first issuance of bonds, which will debut trading on April 18th.

The Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders Meetings of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), on the 12th of April, took several decisions, based on the proposals of the company’s Board and the Executive Team, which have a strategic dimension for the Romanian capital market.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) together with the Rotary International District 2241 Romania and the Republic of Moldova started the virtual trading competition Invest Quest. The competition is part of a broader project developed by the two institutions for promoting education in areas such as the economy, financial investments and entrepreneurship through training programs addressed mainly for the young people.

• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB’s CEO: This project embodies BVB’s strategy to build a competitive marketplace in Central and Eastern Europe
• Alexandru Giboi, General Manager AGERPRES: Our professional standards at AGERPRES are in line with BVB’s performance
• InvestingRomania.com is the first news and stock analysis aggregator to use four different sources of information: AGERPRES, BVB, companies and analysts
• 13 companies in the forefront of the capital market have joined InvestingRomania.com

Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB’s CEO:

• Romania needs a National Investment Day, which can change mentalities and destinies of millions of Romanians
• It takes a national project to pull Romania out from the lowest financial literacy rate within EU member states

Lucian Anghel, BVB’s Chairman:

• The "First Investment" program is just as necessary as the "First House" or the "First Car" programs
• If we had invested in BVB shares 5 years ago, we would have doubled the investment by now

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), the most important institution of the local capital market, launches the first of a kind initiative allowing Romanians to express support for enforcing a National Investment Day by signing an online petition on www.primainvestitie.ro, part of the most ambitious national project ever undertaken by a European stock exchange to increase financial literacy. The online petition will serve as a starting point for a legislative initiative to have a National Investment Day on May 15th.

On April 3rd, Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announced and awarded 15 companies that have qualified into the final stage of the Bucharest Stock Exchange’s Made in Romania. Organized for the first time in the history of the Romanian capital market, Made in Romania is a unique concept aimed at identifying, promoting as well as providing a special mentorship program to Romanian companies with the biggest growth potential.

• Average trading value reached EUR 11.5 mn in March, double compared to March 2016
• Main index BET increased by 14% in 2017, largest in EU
• BET-TR index went up by 15% and reached 10,000 points, highest in the history
• First quarter had the best investment sentiment in the last 5 years, with the highest number of trading sessions ending on plus

Over 500 people attended the 6th edition of the Individual Investors Forum, one of the benchmark events dedicated to retail investors and organized by the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB). Throughout last Saturday, March 18th, the participants who were interested in investments and the management of personal finances were presented the up-to-date situation of the capital market, took part in interactive sessions regarding behavioral finances and had the opportunity to attend seminars dedicated to either beginner or advanced investors.

• Almost 3,000 trades totalling RON 19mn were registered last month alone
• The largest trade was worth dozens of thousands of lei, the smallest was just 1 leu
• The trades carried out this month can be registered until March 31st using www.leiibvb.ro

• Mihai Purcarea, BRD AM: According to BNR, RON 55 billion is kept in short-term deposits. This money does not produce enough value
• Dragos Manolescu, OTP AM: I strongly believe BVB will report returns on dividends among the highest in the world this year also and in the years to come
• Lucian Anghel, BVB: Romania has been reporting positive returns in EUR for 5 years in a row. Those who invested in the capital market doubled their investment in euro-equivalent

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces that the process of shortlisting 50 companies that will enter the last stage of Made in Romania project has ended. 25 companies were selected through the votes casted by the Nomination Committee Members while the additional 25 were chosen by the Bucharest Stock Exchange representatives.

• Ionel Popescu, 37 years, is the winner of BVB’s first real-life trading competition
• The winner who posted a return of more than 30 percent is awarded a fully insured Dacia Duster SUV
• The top 10 competitors have returns of over 15%; nearly 50 participants register two-digit returns
• The youngest participant is 25 years old, the eldest one is 83

• Bucharest Stock Exchange main index BET sees the sixth largest increase in the world
• BET surges by 13.04% in USD this year, double as compared to the world average of 6%, according to MSCI
• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB CEO: Romania’s capital market has come a long way from where it was 5 years ago

• The average daily trading value exceeds 9 million euros in February
• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB’s CEO: Romania has left the teRritory of low trading volumes
• Lucian Anghel, BVB’s Chairman: Investor optimism relies on at least three factors 

• BVB expands its main indices, BET and BET-TR, to 12 companies
• CONPET and MedLife are the new additions to the main indices

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces that it will expand the composition of the main index for the first time since its launch. The BVB Index Committee decided on the 3^rd of March, 2017, during its quarterly meeting, to expand the number of companies included in the BET and BET-TR indices from 10 to 12.

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) has signed a partnership agreement with Radio Romania Actualitati (RRA) to improve on the information framework, support and promote financial literacy to a national audience. The agreement is part of BVB’s strategy to actively communicate investment and entrepreneurship topics to a broader audience.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces that following the big interest of the Romanian entrepreneurs in Made in Romania project, a first edition of the Bucharest Entrepreneurship Forum will be organized on April 4^th at The Ark.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) together with the Rotary International District 2241 Romania and the Republic of Moldova signed a partnership agreement in which virtue the two institutions will contribute to the development of education in areas such as the economy, financial investments and entrepreneurship through training programs destined for, but not limited to, the young people.

• The biggest return exceeds 30%; the winner will be awarded a Dacia Duster SUV on 7^th of March
• The top 10 competitors have returns in excess of 15%; nearly 50 participants register two-digit returns
• The youngest participant is 25 years old, the eldest one is 83
• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB’s CEO: We plan to launch the second edition later this year

• BET index closes at 8,035 points, the highest value since January 20, 2008
• BET-TR goes up to 9,925 points, continues rally to 10,000 points
• Ludwik Sobolewski, BVB CEO: Romania is leaving the territory of low valuations and low trading activity

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announces that is has received over 100 nominations in the “Made in Romania” project. Given the big interest in this project as the nominations are incoming from Romanian companies from all around the country, BVB decided to extend the period for submitting nominations at: www.bvbleague.ro until February 22^nd, 19:00hrs.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) encourages issuers to hold meetings and conference calls with analysts and investors and has reviewed the rules based on which it decides to include listed companies on the Premium category of the AeRO market, which is dedicated to small and medium companies in Romania. The new guidelines will become effective starting from February 15, 2017.

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) acts as a bridge connecting the entrepreneurs who are looking for opportunities to finance their businesses and the investors who have the money the business owners are looking for. Listing a company on the stock exchange is a fundamental step in the life of any business aiming to acquire capital in order to grow. BVB hereby lists the fees required for a company to go public.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) launches “Made in Romania”: the league of 15 companies for the growth of the Romanian economy. Organized for the first time in the history of the Romanian capital market, “Made in Romania” is a unique project that will identify and promote next most innovative Romanian companies. The project is organized together with Banca Transilvania Group, Google, Mazars and NN. Entrepreneurship Academy, Inoveo, Romanian Business Leaders foundation and start-up.ro are the official supporters.

• "The capital market has now a chance for a big quick win, the upgrade to Emerging Market is very close," said BVB’s CEO Ludwik Sobolewski
• NN Pensions Romania: "We invested about EUR 500 million in Romania in the last nine years and we need to invest a double amount for the next nine years"
• Romania will likely offer dividends over 7% this year also; double-digit dividends are expected for some companies, according to Carsten Hesse, EME Equity Strategist at Berenberg

Over 400 representatives of the capital market, financial industry and entrepreneurs attended one of the most important events of the year for the capital market in Romania. Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) announced the winners of the Capital Market Awards at the Inauguration of the Stock Exchange Year 2017. This year, Bucharest Stock Exchange granted awards in nine categories, out of which three were voted by the public, who had cast about 3,500 votes.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) kicked off 2017 with new heights in January, being the best first month of the year in terms of value traded on the main market for shares since 2012. According to BVB data, the total trading value for equities went up by nearly 25% last month compared to December 2016 and 12% compared to the first month of 2016, to RON 710 million.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) together with Paravion, Romania’s largest online travel agency, launch "Leii BVB" on Thursday, January 26, 2017, a new project that aims to engage and reward individual investors who are actively trading on BVB. "Leii BVB" is a special project which will be carried out throughout the whole year 2017 as a manner of celebrating the 150^th anniversary of Leu becoming the national currency of Romania.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) reminds listed companies that they are charged with special obligations with respect to public and investor relations.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) invites you to vote your favorite candidates for the 2016 Capital Market Awards in the following categories: 'Best Communication and Investor Relations in 2016 of a Listed Company', 'Best Educational Initiative in the Capital Market in 2016' and 'Best Broker for Retail in 2016'. The voting process for these three categories is open until January 29, 1PM, and can be cast at the following link: http://vot2017.bvb.ro/bvb

Bucharest Stock Exchange  (BVB) continued its growth in December 2016, a month when the main BVB indices, BET  and BET Total Return (BET-TR), followed an upward trend. The highest growth rate was registered by the BET-TR, which has gained almost 10% in one year and ended 2016 at a level of 8,751.95 points. The BET-TR index, which reflects the evolution of the most ten liquid shares listed on BVB included in the BET and dividends distributed to shareholders of these companies, increased in the last three years with almost 30%.

Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) has made it easier for intermediaries to operate on the stock market by allowing them to become indirect participants at Central Depositary. The move allows a BVB participant to choose how to perform post-trading operations. The new option related to the indirect participation at Central Depository will create the premises for an easier access to the BVB market for the potential new members, who will consider the membership of the BVB in order to trade on the Romanian capital market, while the post-trading services will be provided by the specialized institutions, such as the custodian agents.

Wood & Company Financial Services, a leading investment firm focused on European Emerging markets, will act as the Super Market Maker for the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) shares starting from the 3^rd of January 2017. Wood & Company has been acting exclusively as Super Market Maker for other relevant shares listed on the stock exchange and has decided to become Market Maker for BVB shares to increase liquidity.