Iran: Back In Business
January 26th, 2016
Via The New Yorker, a look at Iran’s business potential: Ostracized as a pariah for almost four decades, Iran is back in business in a mere ten days—and with both East and West. On Saturday, the Islamic Republic welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping—and a delegation of three deputy premiers, six cabinet ministers, and a planeload […]
Read more »Telecom Market Opportunities In Iran
December 30th, 2015
Via TMT Finance, a look at Iran’s telecommunications market: The nuclear deal inked by Iran and the world powers has opened up the Iranian economy to global capital. The agreement has attracted the attention of some of the world’s richest people, as executives embarked on a flurry of trips to Tehran this summer. Further up the […]
Read more »Investing In Iran: Challenges
November 5th, 2015
Courtesy of the Financial Times, an interesting article on Iran: A great deal has been written about the opportunities waiting for both strategic and portfolio investors in post-sanctions Iran. There is no denying that the country of almost 80m people, holder of the world’s third largest reserves of oil and its second largest reserves of […]
Read more »With Sanctions Lifting, What’s In Store For Iran’s Economy?
October 29th, 2015
Via Knowledge at Wharton, a report on Iran’s economic potential: Following the landmark nuclear deal with Iran, plans for the lifting of economic sanctions are moving forward with “Implementation Day” planned as soon as late 2015 or early 2016. Not only is this move important for the United States for geopolitical reasons, observers say, but […]
Read more »Investing in Iran? You’d Better Like Tea, Cake and Bureaucracy
October 5th, 2015
Courtesy of Bloomberg, a report on Iran: Isolated from the global economy for the past decade and with a population of 80 million, Iran is a fertile ground for business. But international investors will have to cope with obstacles including government control of as much as 70 percent of the economy. When Mahdi Yazdizadeh tried […]
Read more »Iran’s Efforts To Revive Its Energy Sector
September 25th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting analysis of Iran’s efforts to revive its energy sector through foreign investment: Iran is preparing to formally open up its economy to Western investment, a prospect that has drawn the attention of the world’s biggest oil companies. But Tehran may have more difficulty reviving its oil and natural […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.