Equity

It was the government’s decision to buy the 21.2% stake of Russia’s Surgutneftegaz in Hungary’s MOL,but it is yet to be seen whether this was a good or a bad call, said economist László... 

While fund managers polled every month by Portfolio.hu have turned less upbeat about the prospects of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE), none of them expect to see the BUX index further than 5% away from... 

Deutsche Bank has remained underweight on the banking sector in the CEE region, the Middle East and Africa in a report on Tuesday, while differentiating between various banks in the same area. While the... 

There is such a myriad of insurance products available on the market, ranging from property and casualty insurance, to health insurance, from product liability insurance and key man insurance to disaster... 

Erste Bank has on Thursday confirmed its target price of HUF 600 and its ‘Hold’ rating for Hungary’s Magyar Telekom. Erste now includes the impact of the crisis tax extension and corporate... 

Companies are typically valued based on projected future cash flow or various multiples (e.g. of revenues, cash flow, etc.). However, at some point in virtually every transaction, an investor will inevitably... 

Any 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.,... 

Hungarian oil and gas group MOL is set to unveil its third-quarter earnings data on Tuesday and the analysts in a Portfolio.hu poll expect the company to report a massive net profit for the period after... 

László Marosffy, Chief Financial Officer of Hungary’s Egis, has helmed a press conference for analysts on Thursday, addressing the key issues in the company’s Q3 (fiscal Q4) earnings report.... 

(Adds details, charts) Richter Gedeon, Hungary’s leading drugs producer, has published its third-quarter earnings figures on Tuesday, undershooting analysts’ expectations in a Portfolio.hu... 

(Updates with new forecasts for Richter) Hungary’s two key pharmaceutical producers, Richter and Egis, are set to release their third-quarter earnings reports next week. Analysts polled by Portfolio.hu... 

Hungary’s listed drugs maker Egis issued a profit warning last week as the consensus forecast of analysts in a Portfolio.hu poll considerably exceeded the company’s actual profit. Chief Financial... 

(Adds details, charts) It is unlikely that the market will embrace with a smile on its face Magyar Telekom’s third-quarter earnings report. While the management made serious efforts to curb spending... 

Fund managers participating in Portfolio.hu’s monthly poll stopped in their tracks and watched in awe as the snappy uphill march of the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) screeched to a halt. They have... 

Hungarian software developer Kulcs-Soft Számítástechnika is to debut on the Budapest Stock Exchange (BSE) in a few weeks. Portfolio.hu has talked with Tibor Kulcsár, the company’s Chairman-CEO, about... 

(Adds details, charts) Hungarian oil and gas group MOL has reported larger-than-expected profits for the second quarter, in which period financial gains made on the forint's firming led to a never-before-seen... 

The development of original drugs may prove to be one of the greatest investment stories in the long term for Hungary's Richter Gedeon, and researches published over the past weeks were also giving ever... 

In contrast with earlier plans for a EUR 750 billion bond issue, Austrian oil company OMV is now gearing up for a EUR 1 billion issue next week. In addition, the company is seeking shareholder approval... 

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 current environment and how do these meet investors'... 

Not long after the producer of Slovakia's hit soft drink Kofola debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) it was scooped up by a private equity fund. Enterprise Investors made a public bid on Kofola-Hoop's...