Hungary Magyar Telekom eyes Romania's Siveco to boost IT - paper (3)

(Adds "comment" by Magyar Telekom, Enterprise Investors) Hungarian telecoms group Magyar Telekom is in talks to take over Romania’s Siveco in a bid to further enhance its IT services, Romanian magazine, The Diplomat reported in its March issue, citing market sources. The Diplomat published a comprehensive...

Croatia's INA to decide on convertible bond issue in March

Croatian oil group INA, in which Hungary’s MOL holds a 47% stake, is still discussing a possible...

Hungary OTP gains control in private equity firm

Hungary’s OTP Bank has announced on Friday that on 25 February it acquired an 80% direct control...

Hungary BorsodChem to receive EUR 140 m funding, may be acquired by Wanhua

Hungarian chemicals producer BorsodChem will receive funding of EUR 140 million from Wanhua Industrial...

Union Investment also has CEE on the radar in 2010 - Chairman

Union Investment expects to invest EUR 1.5-2.0 billion in European real estate markets in 2010, which...

Czech Komercni may set eyes on Slovak unit of Hungary's OTP Bank

Czech retail bank Komercni Banka AS is sharply easing its criteria for mortgage lending to fuel an increase...

CEE food: Hungary's Bonafarm hungry for fame - Portfolio.hu Interview

Hungary’s Bonafarm, a holding comprising the food industry interests of OTP Bank chief Sándor Csányi...

Orco to present rescue plan to French court soon - BoD member

Property group Orco has not left all its problems behind just yet, but it will be able to survive the...

Hungary BorsodChem owners to raise capital jointly with Wanhua - CEO

Permira and Vienna Capital Partners (VCP), the main owners of Hungarian chemicals producer BorsodChem...

Mid Europa completes bid for Hungary's Invitel

Mid Europa Partners has announced on Monday that it has completed its tender offer to purchase any and...

Can Hungary's BorsodChem still be saved?

To the outside observer, disputes among the owners and creditors of BorsodChem seem to have subsided....

Hungary Magyar Telekom to buy outstanding shares in EPT for HUF 21.7 m

Hungarian telecoms group Magyar Telekom has announced on Friday that it has submitted a voluntary public...

Mid Europa extends offer for shares of Hungary's Invitel

Mid Europa Partners has announced that it is extending its tender offer to purchase any and all of the...

Hungarian Development Bank has no 'BorsodChem case'

Hungary’s chemicals producer BorsodChem should not expect to receive the awaited EUR 100 million...

IPIC ups stake in OMV to 20.0%

Austrian fuels group OMV has announced on Thursday that Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment...

Sole-Mizo acquires leading Danone brand in Hungary (2)

Hungary’s Competition Office has approved the acquisition of Danone’s Túró Rudi chocolate...

Hungary competition watchdog nods on Emerson taking over Avocent Corp.

Hungary's Competition Office (GVH) has announced on Friday that it has approved the acquisition of management...

Hungary OTP acquires local companies

Hungary’s OTP Bank has announced on Thursday that on 16 December it signed a purchase agreement...

"Everybody wants to be Warren Buffett" - Portfolio.hu Interview

How come Warsaw saw a barrage of new listings, while there was almost none in Budapest and Prague? What type of capital sources corporates choose in the...

Overview of Javier ECHARRI's speech

JAVIER ECHARRI Secretary General European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Europe's buyout...

Portfolio.hu Interview - Trigon Capital sells 4.5% stake in Hungary's Rába, set to build positions in other firms

Estonia's Trigon Capital last week sold a 4.5% stake in Hungary's listed automotive group Rába for the sake of diversification, fund manager Sami Sormunen...

ANALYST VIEW - UBS downgrades Hungary's MOL, keeps target price unchanged

Following a 40% pickup in the share price of MOL from its low point in March, UBS has on Monday downgraded the oil stock to ‘Neutral' from ‘Buy'...

Central and SE Europe sliding into recession, new growth engines necessary - WIIW

Countries of Central and Southeast Europe imported the financial crisis and are at the same time also hit by the recession in Europe. But many of them...

ANALYST VIEW - Five funds to accept Hungarian MOL's bid on INA - Wood, KBC

A group of five investors in Croatian fuels group INA said on Tuesday they would accept MOL's HRK 2,800 offer because deteriorating market conditions have...

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