Hungary

7 articles in Hungary

Suez and RWE exit Budapest Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

Budapest has set a price to buy out the foreign minority shareholders in its waterworks company. It is offering less than what they paid back in 1997.

EUROPE WATER IN BRIEF Vol 12, Issue 2 (February 2011)

* The Global Depositary Receipts of Russian pump manufacturer HMS Group began trading in London on 14 February, after the company’s IPO raised $360 million in total, valuing HMS’s equity at $967 million.

The new crowd at private water’s top table Vol 11, Issue 11 (November 2010)

David Lloyd Owen reviews a dozen editions of the Pinsent Masons Water Yearbook and sees a reshuffling amongst the major players.

Remondis Aqua strengthens Hungarian outpost Vol 7, Issue 11 (November 2006)

The German company hopes to take advantage of opportunities brought about by Hungary’s EU accession. Will consumers accept the cost?

EBRD deal highlights in 2003 Vol 5, Issue 2 (February 2004)

The bank has been breaking the multilateral mould. The EBRD Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure team sees itself as being at the forefront of innovation in the multilateral lending community. In addition to its equity investment in United Utilities’ central European portfolio reported in last month’s GWI, it broke new ground in a number of other deals.

Water sector neglected in EU accession countries Vol 3, Issue 10 (October 2002)

Enormous investment in the water and wastewater sectors is required to bring standards in central and eastern European countries up to those in the West. A massive €180 billion will be required, even more than the €110 billion needed in the energy sector, according to a report by the German economics institute DIW.

Hungary’s Bakonykarszt Rt. Vol 2, Issue 11 (November 2001)

BAKONYKARSZT RT., THE REGIONAL WATER COMPANY supplying the Hungarian county of Veszprém, is typical of many central and eastern European utilities struggling to find the financial resources necessary for operation and development.