Investments of Private Equity and Venture Capital funds in Central and Eastern Europe in 2016 have reached the highest level since 2009, amounting to EUR1,596m. Poland accounted for as much as 45 per cent of this amount.
Poles are four times less wealthy than Greeks and as much as 15 times less wealthy than Germans, says Paweł Dobrowolski, the Chief Economist of the Polish Development Fund.
Romania’s planned Sovereign Fund (FSDI) will include 27 companies, where the state is either full owner or holds minority stakes, including Nuclearelectrica, OMV Petrom, Oil Terminal and Telekom Romania Communication.
According to a report from Mergermarket and Wolf Theiss, 98 per cent of M&A dealmakers in the Central and southeast Europe (CSE) region said they will continue to invest.
The potential of the Polish economy is far from having been fully exploited, according to a recent Deloitte report “Investment in Poland: Unused Potential” by Marcin Diakonowicz and Julia Patorska, together with the...
The boost in public investment and increased capital expenditure in public sector enterprises will contribute to increased production and investment activity in private enterprises in 2017.
Since the beginning of this year we have been observing a slowdown in investment, which applies especially to medium and large-sized non-financial enterprises.
Europe needs productivity growth, said Hans Peter Lankes, Managing Director for corporate strategy at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The Polish M&A market will likely continue to grow in the banking sector, with real estate, telecoms, IT and health care sectors not far behind in the second half of 2016, insiders believe.
EIB signs EUR250m loan agreement with Polish infrastructure manager PKP PLK and EBRD will invest up to EUR700m and will help WSE return to growth.