EUR interest rates on the rise - What options do we have?For over a year, the European Central Bank (ECB) has kept rates low in an effort to stimulate the economy and curb the effects of the financial crisis of 2009. Corporations have benefited by borrowing money cheaply... |
Read between the lines of Hungary's election promises - A civilian "lie detector" |
Equity Hungary MOL to report net profit boom, operating profit drop for Q3 - Portfolio.hu Poll2009.11.13. 16:35 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... Hungary Egis accounts extra month of 12% tax obligation - CFO2009.11.12. 10:58 László Marosffy, Chief Financial Officer of Hungary’s Egis, has helmed a press conference for analysts on Thursday, addressing the key issues in...  Hungary's Richter dreams about America (2)2009.11.10. 09:26 (Adds details, charts) Richter Gedeon, Hungary’s leading drugs producer, has published its third-quarter earnings figures on Tuesday, undershooting... |
Economy  Read between the lines of Hungary's election promises - A civilian "lie detector"2010.02.19. 05:00 Hungarian economists have launched an independent civilian initiative to see what the sometimes cloudy, boisterous, humbug or downright ridiculous promises... PwC Alert - Hungary amends Labour Code2010.02.16. 09:06 On 1 February 2010, certain amendments to the Labour Code came into force, while other amendments will take effect from 1 May 2010. In its latest Tax &... Super grossing rules come into effect in Hungary's personal income taxation2010.02.05. 10:52 According to the tax law modifications previously accepted by Hungary’s Parliament, the practice of tax base supplementing was introduced in personal... |
FX&Fixed Income EUR interest rates on the rise - What options do we have?2010.03.09. 15:00 For over a year, the European Central Bank (ECB) has kept rates low in an effort to stimulate the economy and curb the effects of the financial crisis...  Hungary forint seen holding ground vs. EUR - Portfolio.hu Fund Manager Survey2009.10.05. 12:39 Fund managers polled by Portfolio.hu do not expect large shifts in the forint exchange rate, with 72% of them projecting EUR/HUF to be no more than +/-2%...  ANALYST VIEW - Barclays still likes Hungarian bonds despite rally2009.10.02. 11:45 Barclays Capital continues to deem the outlook on the Hungarian government securities market favourable. In its latest research note (EMEA Strategy) BC's... |
Real Estate Budapest is the cheapest in the Visegrád Four - CBRE2010.01.28. 11:21 Premium transaction yields are the highest in Budapest in the Visegrád Four countries, i.e. the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, CB Richard... Risk aversion remains across Europe - DTZ2009.11.16. 15:25 Commercial real estate investors across Europe show little willingness to move up the risk curve, DTZ said in its latest European Quarterly report on Monday....  CEE remains overpriced relative to Western European real estate mkts - Portfolio.hu Interview2009.10.29. 07:00 Is Central Europe still overpriced relative to Western European real estate markets? What would be a realistic yield gap relative to WE? Why is Warsaw... |
Tax PwC Alert - Hungary amends Labour Code2010.02.16. 09:06 On 1 February 2010, certain amendments to the Labour Code came into force, while other amendments will take effect from 1 May 2010. In its latest Tax &... Super grossing rules come into effect in Hungary's personal income taxation2010.02.05. 10:52 According to the tax law modifications previously accepted by Hungary’s Parliament, the practice of tax base supplementing was introduced in personal...  Hungary changes foreign VAT refunding regulations2010.01.26. 11:04 The rules of foreign VAT refunding changed significantly from 1 January 2010 in the Member States of the European Community. In the latest issue of its... |
Energy  Hungary's MOL seen taking fuels prices higher this week2009.10.19. 08:19 Portfolio.hu sees Hungarian fuels group MOL increasing likely to hike its fuel prices this week, especially in case of diesel oil. In US dollar terms...  Hungary MOL posts gigantic net profit in Q2, causes little surprise (2)2009.08.28. 08:59 (Adds details, charts) Hungarian oil and gas group MOL has reported larger-than-expected profits for the second quarter, in which period financial gains...  After failed takeover in Hungary, OMV again up to something? (2)2009.04.21. 14:07 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... |
Corpfin  "Everybody wants to be Warren Buffett" - Portfolio.hu Interview2009.04.03. 15:27 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 speech2009.03.30. 08:00 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 firms2008.05.05. 15:53 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... |
MNB  Hungary c.bank to cut rates 150 bps then stop for a while - Reuters poll2009.11.19. 15:39 Hungary’s central bank (NBH) is to lower its base rate by 50-50 basis points at its monthly policy meetings in November (next Monday) and December... OECD sees limited room for rate cuts in Hungary2009.11.19. 14:17 After a sizeable contraction in 2009, GDP growth should progressively resume in 2010, and gather pace in 2011, on the back of a strengthening foreign demand...  Moans about loans - New head of the Hungarian Banking Association on c.bank idea2009.10.08. 15:42 A new proposal by Hungary’s central bank (NBH) to restrict FX - and eventually forint-based - lending would deepen recession in the country and keep... |
