Romania - Factors to watch on Dec 21

Banca Transilvania

21/12/2015 06:37

BUCHAREST, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press 
reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial 
markets on Monday. 
     
    DEBT TENDER 
    Romanian debt managers plan to sell 600 million lei ($144.81 
million) of April 2019 treasury bonds. 
     
    MISSILE DEFENCE 
    A new U.S. missile defence site south of Bucharest that will 
defend against potential attacks from Iran has been completed, 
the United States and Romania announced on Friday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1471IN 
     
    MORTGAGE BILL 
    A bill that would enable Romanians to give up their 
mortgaged properties to banks in exchange for ending their loan 
repayments was sent back to parliament on Friday after the 
central bank warned that it posed a systemic risk in its present 
form.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1472XI 
     
    CEE MARKETS 
    Central European government bonds and currencies mostly 
firmed on Friday as the focus turned back to local data after 
the Federal Reserve quelled concerns that its rates may rise 
fast and trigger capital outflows from emerging markets. 
     urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1472T9 
     
    BANCA TRANSILVANIA 
    Romanian Banca Transilvania  ROTLV.BX  has enough capital 
and its chief executive Omer Tetik was quoted saying the bank 
"will definitely buy something in 2016." Tetik said the bank was 
looking at 3-4 targets but that it was mostly interested in 
portfolios. Ziarul Financiar     
             
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