The net assets of the 227 open and close funds, local and foreign dropped in July by 0.4% down to the level of 50.2 billion lei (10.2 billion euro) and since the beginning of the year they have increased by 12.9% informed the Association of the Managers of Funds (AAF). The most performing five funds over the last twelve months registered net annual yields 40% and 58% : on a horizon of 36 months, the most performing five funds had yields between 50.2% and 65.4% obtained over the last three years (against July 2018). The net assets of the 84 local open funds have increased in July by 1.3% up to 25.3 billion lei (5.15 billion euro) and since the beginning of the year they have increased by 14.2%. The open local funds have registered in July net inflows of 327.3 million lei (66.5 million euro), being aimed at diversified funds (96.1 million lei), those reunited under the category ‘other funds’ (92 million lei), the shares ones (83.4 million lei), the ones with bonds and fixed revenue instruments (50.6 million lei) and those with absolute yield (5.2 million lei). The net assets expressed in lei of the 111 foreign open funds distributed in Romania have increased in July by 7.3% against the previous month, up to 1.6 billion lei (0.32billion euro) and since the beginning of the year they have increased by 59.8%. The net assets of the 32 closed funds (including SIF and FP) dropped by 2.6% in July down to 23.3 billion lei (4.7 billion euro) and increased by 9.4% since the beginning of the year: the local closed funds had inflows of 7 million lei (1.4 million euro) in the reported month.
Representatives of the “Agrippa Ionescu” hospital in Bucharest confirmed on Monday, June 16, that former president Ion Iliescu has lung cancer. Earlier this month, former president Traian Băsescu also underwent a planned heart surgery at a hospital in Paris. Iliescu, who is 95 and was president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 […]
The phenomenon of violence against women perpetrated by their partners is more prevalent in Romania compared to other EU states, according to Eurostat data processed by Monitorul Social, a project of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania, or FES. Almost half of the women in Romania (45.5%) have suffered psychological violence from their intimate partner, compared to the EU […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, is set to invest EUR 40 million in the company behind the region’s Burger King franchise, the Polish holding company Rex Concepts. The money will go toward supporting the chain's expansion by opening new quick-service restaurants in Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic. Rex Concepts, backed […]
Via Transilvanica, the long-distance trail that crosses the country, has unveiled a kilometer milestone on Șimian Island, an island on the Danube located downstream of Drobeta-Turnu Severin. It is a symbolic extension for the trail, which stretches from Putna, in northern Romania, to Drobeta Turnu Severin, marking seven years since the Via Transilvanica project began […]
In 1905, the first Siemens company was established in our country. Siemens S.R.L. has consistently invested in education and human capital development, providing scholarships worth nearly €1,900,000 to undergraduate, Master's, and PhD students, for over 10 years. The company maintains long-term collaborations with prestigious technical universities in Bucharest, Brașov, Cluj-Napoca, and Iași. In 2025, Siemens […]
The organizers of Bucharest's Neversea Kapital festival, scheduled for July 4–6, announced the names of two more guests that will complete the lineup, namely house sensation John Summit and techno star Paul Kalkbrenner. John Summit is a big name in the house and electronic dance genres. Recognized by Rolling Stone as “The Hottest Name in […]
