Spanish Gran Via, player on the real estate market, ranks first among top foreign investors, through the Gran Via Ghencea companies, in which they have invested €45.7 million, and the Gran Via Lujerului Imobiliar company, with investments worth €9 million.
The second-largest investor in June was the Greek ATE Bank, new owner of Mind Bank, where the value of subscribed capital amounts to €23 million. The first companies to enter the private pension fund market, Interamerican, Omniasig, BRD, and Prima Pensie Fond de Pensii SA, have invested some €3.2-6.2million. Foreign investments between January-June 2006 amounted to €613.1 million. In June, foreign investments in Romanian company capital reached €250 million, up 28 percent from the June 2006 level of €195.2 million, according to ONRC. The number of new companies with foreign participation established in the first six months of this year totaled 7,989, compared to 6,092 in H1 2006, leading to a total of 139,932 companies with foreign participation.
Countries of residence of foreign investors who founded most new companies in Romania include Italy, ranking first in June, with 261 companies, followed by Hungary with 134 companies.
New companies
In June, 1,406 new companies with foreign participation were founded, with a contribution to capital totaling €51 million.
