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Investments in Romania from 1859-1945. Carpathia Meetup #22
At the Carpathia Investing Club meeting on April 24, 2025, we had the opportunity to explore a lesser-known corner of Romania’s economic history, guided by historian Iosif Marin Balog, senior researcher at the “George Barițiu” Institute of History in Cluj-Napoca. From public fundraising for the Romanian Athenaeum to the entrepreneurial revolution in Cluj, the discussions were both fascinating and eye-opening. Here are a few of Thursday’s interesting topics: Continue Reading
Carpathia Investments, Q1 2025
The first quarter of 2025 was a dynamic period for the members of the Carpathia Investing Club, who continued to explore new opportunities in international markets. In the context of political instability in the United States, investors redirected a significant portion of their capital toward European markets and companies that offer dividends. Continue Reading
Simtel Team (SMTL): Investment Opportunity on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, 10 MAR 2025
Investors interested in the renewable energy sector are paying increasing attention to companies like Simtel Team (SMTL), listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. In this article, we analyze its growth potential and associated risks.
Carpathia Investing Club Meetup #20: Discussions on Taxation and Investments
Last week, Carpathia Investing Club hosted another meeting for investors and entrepreneurs, featuring special guest Ovidiu Coruțiu, CEO of C&C Financial Services. As always, the event was moderated by Flavian-Cătălin Pah, investment consultant, and covered essential topics regarding the 2025 tax obligations and their impact on the business environment.
Artificial Intelligence: A Growing Market or an Overvalued Bubble?
Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a topic for science fiction. It is already a part of our daily lives, transforming entire industries and promising to be the driving force of the next economic revolution.
Investors have responded rapidly. Companies like NVIDIA, Microsoft, and OpenAI have reached enormous valuations, while venture capital funds are pouring billions of dollars into promising startups. But how solid is this growth?
CIC Meetup #10 – Is it too early or already too late to invest in AI?
Is artificial intelligence the next big economic revolution? Can we still talk about companies that don’t take into account the benefits and the “threats” that AI brings to the economy?
Since the beginning of the year, AI companies have raised a lot of money from investors in a period that some experts see as an investment bubble, while most investors see opportunities that are not worth missing.
Ioana Birta, CFO TeraPlast to join Carpathia Investing Club monthly investment meeting
On a monthly basis, our club invites investors and people interested in starting to invest in the stock market for an informal discussions about stocks, bonds and money. For the last several meetings, we met with representatives of listed companies, entrepreneurs and experienced investors too. So far we have covered topics such as:
- The real estate market in Cluj-Napoca, with Sorin Sucală – CEO Imobiliare360, Vlad Gliga – Managing Partner Napoca Business and Ada Benedek – Retail Division Manager Kiwi Finance as guestes
- The connection between the price of milk and inflation, where we had Lucian Naș, Director of Bonas Import Export. Bonas is listed on the secondary market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange under the symbol BONA.
- The Bucharest Stock Exchange and the listing of Hidroelectrica.
21 companies have received the Best Managed Companies Romania Award by Deloitte Private
21 Romanian companies have received the Deloitte Best Managed Companies certification at a gala event in Bucharest. Transylvania Bank, Bucharest Stock Exchange and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development were partners of the second edition of the program organized by Deloitte Private.
How to finance your long-term investments through stock market investments?
If you’re an entrepreneur, you’ve probably wondered at least once how you can finance the renovation of your office, how you can get money to build a bigger warehouse or buy a new production line. Even though in 95% of the time the most convenient way is to take out a bank loan when you want to finance an investment, you can finance your long-term investments through stock market investments.
On October 10, 2023, we have delivered a presentation for RBL – Romanian Business Leaders Association in Cluj, about how a company can finance its long-term investments through stock market investments. The meeting was hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babeș-Bolyai University.
Cluj County Council issues bonds priced at 100 EUR for the first time in history
Today, at the invitation of VMB Partners, we have attended the press conference organized by the Cluj County Council on the occasion of the first ever bond issue to finance projects in health, education, culture and road infrastructure, carried out by the County Council.
The value of the issue is 75,680,000 euros, i.e. 756,800 bonds worth 100 EUR. The principal is to be repaid in 5 annual instalments, with a variable six-month EURIBOR coupon + interest rate ranging from 0.5 to 3.5%.