Hungary on Debt Capital Markets

Hungarian hospitals are facing problems paying for drugs and medical devices. Many suppliers have claims worth millions of euros and are having difficulty enforcing them against either the hospitals or the Hungarian government.

After the broker scandals of 2015, the government introduced new protective measures this year to restore Hungarian investors' trust in capital markets instruments and investment service providers.

The business decision to make a public takeover bid depends on the assessment of a number of legal, business and financial elements/questions. One of the most peculiar questions remains as to how to gain insider information on the target lawfully, before the announcement of the PTB and without causing overreaction on the market with a potentially price-increasing effect.