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• Collecting Contemporary Chinese Art

  By merlinlinehan on March 24, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  At some point in their lives many people tire of dogeared posters on their wall and desire something more permanent and meaningful to display at home or work and start buying original art to fill this gap. Collecting art can… Read More ›

• A Guide to Frontier Market ETFs

  By merlinlinehan on March 14, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have become a favoured way to easily invest in a broad range of equities, bonds, currencies or commodities and there are now thousands of different products on offer. ETFs are funds which trade like stocks on… Read More ›

• The Quest for a Black Unicorn: Investing in Lagos Start-ups

  By merlinlinehan on March 8, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Nigerian tech scene is on a roll, Lagos the financial and commercial centre of the country has become the epicentre of a nascent tech industry now boasting of hundreds of new ventures all competing to meet the demands of a young… Read More ›

• Why you should buy, drink and invest in Chinese wine

  By merlinlinehan on March 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  From seemingly nowhere China has become one of the world’s leading wine producers; from sweet ice wines produced in northern Liaoning province, to cabernet sauvignons cultivated in Ningxia bordering the Gobi desert, or those from the remote foothills of the… Read More ›

• Why you should invest in Somalia

  By merlinlinehan on February 27, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Investing in Somalia might seem like a particularly crazy idea, after all the country is a byword for state failure and chaos. Civil war, piracy and terrorism have bedevilled the country for nearly 30 years and over time it has… Read More ›

• Jewel of the Indian Ocean: How to invest in Sri Lanka

  By merlinlinehan on February 20, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  This sun kissed island just below India is a minnow compared to its giant northern neighbours, but its emergence from civil war and political crisis has put it on the map for brave investors. The Sri Lankan Economy While the… Read More ›

• How corruption, geo-politics and the IMDB Scandal is pushing Malaysia towards China

  By merlinlinehan on February 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  A dark shadow has been cast over US – Malaysian ties in past few years following the revelation of a scandal involving significant members of the South East Asian country’s political establishment. The Malaysian Prime Minister and his associates stands… Read More ›

• India, Debt and Sustainability: The Major Risks faced by CPEC

  By merlinlinehan on February 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  India – the prospect of a stronger more prosperous neighbour should be a positive for its neighbour, but for New Delhi the China Pakistan Economic Corridor could mean a rail link through disputed Kashmir and the emergence of a solid… Read More ›

• Five projects that will define the success of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor

  By merlinlinehan on February 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The China – Pakistan Rail link, right now this is a proposed and highly controversial project, it would connect Pakistan Northwestern province with China’s western Xinxiang region, cutting through some of the most mountainous and treacherous terrain in the world,… Read More ›

• China Pakistan Economic Corridor CPEC– A geo-economic masterstroke or the Achilles heel of Chinese foreign policy?

  By merlinlinehan on January 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year the first container passed through the massively expanded Gwadar Port marking what could be a new economic era for Pakistan and for China a new spur on its Belt and Road project. By opening a new route up… Read More ›

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