Latest articles from Central & eastern Europe

Bogdan Dragoi

Romania's hard road to fiscal adjustment

August 1, 2011

Hit hard during the financial crisis, the Romanian government was the first in the EU to successfully complete an International Monetary Fund loan programme, without even needing to draw the whole loan. Secretary of state for finance Bogdan Dragoi explains his government’s strategy.

UniCredit, Erste and Raifeisen bank

CEE banking giants take different investment banking routes

August 1, 2011

UniCredit, Erste and Raiffeisen between them own significant market share across central and eastern Europe, but their approaches to turning local presence into international investment banking have varied.

Nick Tesseyman, managing director of financial institutions, EBRD

Development banks stay in fashion in eastern Europe

June 30, 2011

Governments in central and eastern Europe can take heart from the fact that every economy in the region is forecast to grow in 2011. But the expanded role for development finance ushered in by the financial crisis is not being rolled back just yet.

National Bank of Georgia

Resilient Georgia set to emerge in sound economic health

June 30, 2011

Georgian banks suffered in the global financial crisis, but with low banking penetration accompanied by conservative and prudent financial regulation, they appear to be on sure footing to growing profitability. 

Consolidation takes hold in central and eastern Europe

June 30, 2011

Central and eastern Europe was dominated by consolidation and recovery this year which has had a significant impact on its regional top 25, with some departures, some new entrants and some surging into the highest movers list of the Top 1000.

Gerhard Grund

Competition heats up for eastern Europe equity listings

June 1, 2011

The trend toward giant international stock exchanges highlights the value of listing on a more specialised market for companies in central and eastern Europe. Warsaw and Vienna are competing for that business.

Will ESMA succeed with the credit rating agencies?

June 1, 2011

New European regulation on credit rating agencies will soon come into force. And while everyone is in agreement on the need for improvement, opinion is divided on the best way to achieve this. So will ESMA make a difference?

Hungary's unorthodox solution to a European economic problem

May 4, 2011

Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, describes how the country's dire economic situation has required some unusual short-term solutions to run alongside more conventional long-term budgetary management.

Slovakia Euro

The Czech Republic and Slovakia tread similar banking paths

May 4, 2011

The Czech and Slovak republics headed down different paths when Slovakia adopted the euro in 2009 but the business model and performance of the two countries’ banks remain remarkably similar.

Rosbank merge

Rosbank set to take its place among Russia's heavyweights

May 4, 2011

The consolidation of Société Générale's Russian subsidiaries will create a universal bank with firepower, its chief executive Vladimir Golubkov explains to Brian Caplen.

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