September 15, 2010, 3:13 pmAny business owner who has children will usually consider transferring the business to one or more children as an eventual exit option, says Les Nemethy, CEO of Euro-Phoenix Financial Advisors Ltd.,...
April 3, 2009, 3:27 pmHow 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 current environment and how do these meet investors'...
March 30, 2009, 8:00 amJAVIER ECHARRI Secretary General European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Europe's buyout industry has not been immune to the huge volatility...
May 5, 2008, 3:53 pmEstonia'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 told Portfolio.hu on Monday. He also said he continues...
April 10, 2008, 3:33 pmThere will be at least two mobile phone subscriptions for everyone in Hungary within five years, given an expectedly dynamic growth in the use of “linked objects", said Ove Fredheim, Chief Executive...
April 1, 2008, 2:34 pmAssets managed by Hungary's investment funds could growth to even EUR 50 billion (cc. HUF 13,000 bn) in five years, but even conservative estimates point to a fourfold growth of the market, Günther Mandl...
March 12, 2008, 8:00 amUK-based Benson Elliot Capital Management has recently acquired a 60% stake in the Károlyi City Centre project of CEU Reality. Marc Mogull, the head and founder of Benson Elliot, a private equity company...
January 29, 2008, 5:00 pmAcquisition activities in the Central and Eastern European region, mostly with the participation of smaller and mid-sized companies in Western European terms, have not abated last year despite the sub-prime...
January 21, 2008, 3:51 pmHungary's largest telecommunications service provider, Magyar Telekom, which has recently been excluded from a tender for a 49.13% package in Telekom Slovenije, may turn its attention to Ukraine, Thilo...
November 2, 2007, 5:00 amRecent loan market woes did and will have an impact on leveraged buyouts and there is already pressure on prices, so valuation levels are affected, as well, Hans Bethge, Chairman of M&A International (MAI)...
October 17, 2007, 12:11 pmThe loan market woes that arose in the past three months may have an impact mostly on mega-sized takeovers, but the grievances caused by the sub-prime mortgage fiasco are unlikely to have an affect on...
October 10, 2007, 12:38 pmOMV will not wait for many years to acquire Hungary's MOL but it can certainly hold on for a few years for the deal, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer told Portfolio.hu on Wednesday. He believes MOL has excellent...
October 5, 2007, 12:17 pmWoes on the lending market will inevitably lead to a drop in private equity valuation levels, Craig Butcher, partner at Mid Europa Partners, a leading independent private equity investment firm, told Portfolio.hu...
October 1, 2007, 10:00 amZentiva's chief financial officer, Petr Sulc, sees immense growth potential in Turkey's drugs market. Though valuations of pharma deals rose to record highs in the last years, when Zentiva wants to assess...
September 11, 2007, 7:48 amThere is no reason to be concerned about the private equity market for the time being, Thomas Howells, partner at Euroventures, told Portfolio.hu in an interview. He believes, however, that global loan...
August 30, 2007, 1:48 pmErste Bank does not regret that it is not open towards Russia and Chairman-CEO Andreas Treichl is convinced that the strategy he pursues is the right one for his bank. In an interview with Portfolio.hu...
August 9, 2007, 4:38 pmRaiffeisen International is currently “digesting" the banks it has purchased recently, but never fails to seek new acquisition targets. Herbert Stepic, Chief Executive Officer of the bank, does not...
July 26, 2007, 9:24 amDo you know how many people visit Hungary's most frequented movie theatre, the Palace Cinema in Budapest's WestEnd mall? Is it hefty popcorn bags or the tickets that bring the largest revenues to the operator...
June 25, 2007, 4:03 pmA merger of OMV and MOL is currently not on the table, Wolfgang Ruttentstorfer, Chief Executive Officer of the Austrian oil and gas group has told Portfolio.hu on Monday. He said partnership with the Hungarian...
June 19, 2007, 8:20 amMegdet Rahimkulov, Russian-born billionaire businessman and active investor in Hungarian assets, has been increasing his stake in oil and gas group MOL recently. He and his family now own more than 5%...
