Our capital markets competence in Romania

	Our capital markets competence in Romania Banca Comerciala Romana, a member of Erste Group, is the leading financial services group in Romania. Our capital markets clients profit from its strong position in the Romanian market as well as its broad capital markets knowledge and its strong client orientation.

Erste Group in Romania

In 2005/06 Erste Bank acquired. In addition to banking, BCR is also the No. 1 in leasing and asset management. Furthermore BCR is well positioned in the developing insurance and brokerage markets. The year 2007 also saw the establishment of a pension fund subsidiary, with the building society becoming operational in early 2008. The bank has 4 million retail and corporate customers and operates a fast growing network of 607 branches.  

Capital markets business in Romania

BCR offers all financial products and services to retails as well as institutional and corporate clients. As market leader BCR is providing a broad range of treasury products from foreign exchange, money market to fixed income and equity to institutional and corporate clients. Thereby a special focus is based on currency and interest rate hedging. As client oriented bank BCR is focussing on the needs of each single client. Our clients profit from BCRs strong position in the Romanian market as well as its broad capital markets knowledge and its strong client orientation.

Market insight Romania

The global economic and financial crisis was an opportunity for Romania to correct some of its macroeconomic imbalances. Current Account deficit adjusted significantly to 4% of gross domestic product in 2009 from more than 13% in 2007, short term private external debt came under control, labour productivity improved in manufacturing while real wages slowed down. At the same time, Romania embarked on an ambitious fiscal consolidation process within a stand-by arrangement with the IMF and EU. The reforms of the public wage and pension systems, the passage of fiscal responsibility law and the reform of the labour market will put Romania on a strong and healthy growth trajectory in the next years.

Valentin Popovici

Head of Group Markets BCR

BCR Romania
15th Victoriei Avenue, 3rd District
Bucharest
Tel: +4037 351 65 28
valentin.popovici@bcr.ro

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