Equity

Hungary's Land Credit and Mortgage Bank (FHB) was fairly lucky regarding the impacts of the global financial turmoil, Chief Executive Dániel Gyuris told Portfolio.hu in an interview. The bulk of FHB's... 

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 told Portfolio.hu on Monday. He also said he continues... 

Recent 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)... 

The key to OTP Bank's independence is the performance of the bank and its management, Deputy Chief Executive Officer László Urbán told Portfolio.hu in an interview. He said it would probably take more... 

OMV 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... 

Zentiva'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... 

Now that Austrian fuels group OMV has once again showed clear signs of its determination to take over its Hungarian sector peer MOL, we felt it necessary to compare the two companies on the basis of several... 

Erste 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... 

Raiffeisen 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... 

A 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... 

Megdet 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%... 

M&A activity is growing both in Hungary and in the Eastern European region, with private equity investors showing more and more interest, Toby Mansel-Pleydell, Managing Partner at Concorde Corporate Finance...