Investors’ Forum News

Fitch Ratings-London-03 October 2014: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Lithuania’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at ‘A-‘. The Outlooks are Stable. The issue ratings on Lithuania’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at ‘A-‘. The Country Ceiling has been affirmed at ‘AAA’ and the Short-term foreign currency IDR at ‘F1’.

KEY RATING DRIVERS

The affirmation and Stable Outlook reflect the following factors: Upcoming membership into the eurozone will further enhance Lithuania’s already effective policy-making and governance. 

Association “Investors’ Forum” presented to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania the most essential reforms necessary in the areas of employment regulations, taxation, corporate law, energy, agriculture, health care, transparency, telecommunications, spatial planning, intellectual property, transport, asset management and Citizenship recovery areas. In addition, top 10 core decisions necessary in order to double salaries in 5 years.

Full publications in Lithuanian can be found: here

Top10 core decisions in English can be found: here

In cooperation with the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Vilnius, the European Business Network (EBN), Investors’ Forum, Clear wave, EY Lithuania and Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square the event with presentations and a Q&A Session on Corporate Social Responsibility is organised on 22nd of April, 2015.

Keynote Speaker: Jan Peter Balkenende, EY partner, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands

In Q4 of 2015 Investor Confidence index for Lithuania reached a record-high value of 1,189. Investors’ expectations are boasted by sustainable maroeconomic environment of Lithuania and strong political will in the Parliament to finally implement the long awaited Labour regulation reforms.

A deteriorating economic situation across Central Europe combined in 2013 with an increasingly uncertain geopolitical situation to drive revenue stagnation for many of the region’s largest companies.

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Investors begin 2016 full of optimism – the confidence in Lithuania’s economy continues to rise in the first quarter of the year and exceeds the result of previous quarter. Positive expectations of the largest investors in Lithuania are driven by favourable firm-specific factors. As much as 98% of CEO’s are expecting to sustain or further increase the level of profitability of their companies, as well as the demand for their products or services. None of the companies that took part in the survey intend to reduce export volumes and almost one in two (45%) investors plan to raise the number of employees. 

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