Ciprian Lopata values international team
On a fine day four years ago, Ciprian Lopata decided that he had had enough of a career as an employee and the time was ripe to become an entrepreneur. Having lived and worked in Northern Europe for years, he visited his home country Romania after a long period of time and noticed that the rapid development there offered a number of interesting challenges and opportunities to make money.
He decided to take action. Ciprian asked two of his Estonian colleagues to become his partners, and in the autumn of the same year IPC Investment Group started its activities in an apartment in the city of Bucharest. To date, the assets of the company that once started out with only a printer, telephone and a desk have reached over 16 million euros.
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Editorial
Chances of a lifetime for investors
History has proven that the biggest fortunes have been made during times of crises, not prosperity. History repeats itself - as a result of the present crisis, a large part of the assets in the world will also be reallocated. IPC has decided to take the side of acquirer of assets and grower of wealth in this process. We are distributing this issue of Inside in the belief that we share the same ideas and wishes as you.
Our businesses
First Office: everything you need in an office
"What did we need when the three of us arrived in Romania in 2005?" asks Indrek Elhi, a shareholder of IPC, and answers, counting on his fingers: "A desk, an Internet connection, a printer, a telephone and a secretary. Now we offer all that to companies in the First Office business centre in Bucharest."
IPC News
Official opening of First Office in Bucharest
On 17 February, a press event was held in Bucharest to celebrate the official opening of First Office.
The business centre has already operated for more than a year, but the opening was organised as a kick-off for the 2009 marketing plan, to inform the Romanian public about the operations of the company.
News from Romania
On economic issue
About 13 billion euros will come from the IMF and the rest from the EU, World Bank and the EBRD. About 13 billion euros of the package will go directly to central bank foreign exchange reserves, which stood at 25.9 billion euros as of the end of February.
The loan package allows to run a budget deficit barely below last year's 5.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).