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• Djibouti; Small country, Big ambitions

  By merlinlinehan on April 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  It was no accident that James “Mad Dog” Mattis made Djibouti one of his first overseas trips as US Secretary of Defence, this tiny African country on the Horn of Africa is home to the USA’s only African military base,… Read More ›

• Will China – Iran ties remain strong in post-sanctions era?

  By merlinlinehan on April 24, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year a new China – Iran rail link opened connecting Urumqi in China to Tehran, cargo trains now regularly wind their way through Western China across Central Asia all the way to the Iranian capital carrying an assortment of… Read More ›

• Overlooked and underappreciated: Can Somaliland become a major investment destination?

  By merlinlinehan on April 19, 2017 • ( 4 )

  

  Somaliland is a break away nation on the Horn of Africa, officially part of Somalia and never recognised by any other state it has been effectively independent since the civil war that engulfed Somalia over 20 years ago with its… Read More ›

• The Silk Road Investment Forum

  By merlinlinehan on April 4, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The Silk Road Investment Forum will be held at Asia House from Thursday 6 April until Friday 7 April 2017 and will bring together the leading investors, advisors, officials, contractors and suppliers contributing to successful Silk Road initiatives. On January… Read More ›

• Guest speaker at the Silk Road Investment Forum

  By merlinlinehan on March 28, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I’m pleased to say I will be speaking at the Silk Road Investment Forum in London at Asia House on Friday 7th April on the “Keystone of the Silk Road: Iran” panel. Naturally I will be discussing Sino-Iranian relations past,… Read More ›

• 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 • ( 1 )

  

  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 ›

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