Higher Security Standards: Merar Has Improved Its Payment Verification Process

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Merar implements triple security protectionMerar is introducing a triple validation procedure to protect its online community from credit card fraud and online scam.

Sadly, communication and business-making through the Internet is continuously being hampered by the rising wave of online fraud. The field of investment seeking, where money and sensitive information are on the table, is particularly vulnerable. Yet ...

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Thoughts about the 1995’s Best Emerging Market Fund

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Thoughts about the 1995’s Best Emerging Market Fund

The long, dark shadow of the Mexican Peso crisis cast itself over the emerging market universe in 1995 like some sinister ghoul, frightening away investors and sending many of the dedicated managers scurrying into the distant, unfamiliar corners of the investment world: Africa, the Middle East and Russia.

For some, however, the crisis in Mexico ...

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Managing The Soft Landing Of The Turkish Economy. Better Late Than Never

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Managing The Soft Landing Of The Turkish Economy. Better Late Than Never

Turkey’s GDP growth will slow down to a more sustainable 4% in 2012, down from 8.5% in 2011 and 9.0% in 2010. Driven by strong domestic consumption and private investments, Turkey seems to have no problems growing. The problem is the large current account deficit (10% of GDP) that is the result ...

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Invitation to the India Private Equity Conclave 2012

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Invitation to the India Private Equity Conclave 2012

With regard to the amazing deal flow supply and demand associated with India, we’d like to invite you to the Private Equity Conclave 2012 to be held in multiple locations actross the coutry in the upcoming spring.

The event will be devoted to the topic of Private Equity (PE) in India and will take ...

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How to Effectively Present Your Business in Front of Investors?

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How to Effectively Present Your Business in Front of Investors?

Despite being so enthusiastic about their business ideas, entrepreneurs often fail to win the attention of investors when they meet. The reason usually lies in the differences in terms of perspectives, information needs and benefits sought.

The entrepreneur-side often focuses on the “What” aspect of the idea, namely what is going to be produced or ...

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Establishing Contact on Merar Easier than Ever

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Establishing Contact on Merar Easier than Ever

Looking out for the best interest of its members Merar undergoes another change that simplifies the process of contact establishment on Merar.

So far, the party initiating the contact had to send a contact proposal to the other party, which had to be then accepted within seven days. Both parties were sharing the costs for ...

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Merar Welcomes Investment and M&A Advisers Aboard

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Merar Welcomes Investment and M&A Advisers Aboard

As we often say, Merar’s aim is bringing the best of the investment world online. Since intermediaries traditionally play an important role in the investment playground, we are now launching a personalized service for professional brokers and consultants to better cater for their needs and involve them more actively in our network.

An Adviser ...

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The Best Countries to Do Business in 2012

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The Best Countries to Do Business in 2012

According to data collected by the World Bank, Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand are the best countries to do business in 2012.

The Doing Business 2012 report ranks 183 economies according to the ease of doing business, an index combining 11 areas including starting a business,  getting credit, paying taxes, protecting investors, enforcing contracts ...

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Merar Gives the Word to Investors: The New ‘Offer from Investor’ Feature

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Merar Gives the Word to Investors: The New ‘Offer from Investor’ Feature

Merar implements new feature enabling investors to announce their interests and requirements to the wide public of entrepreneurs as response to customer requests.

So far, there have been two mechanisms on Merar for investors to find investment opportunities:

  1. Independently browsing throughout the investment projects database
  2. Subscribing for a regular update on the investment opportunities matching ...

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Uncle Bulgaria (Short Introduction in City A.M.)

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Uncle Bulgaria (Short Introduction in City A.M.)

This is a short article released on January 10th in City A.M., London.

Petko Karamotchev doesn’t see Made in Chelsea entrepreneur Francis Boulle as a competitor. He just contacted The Capitalist from Bulgaria to let it be known that his investment network Merar.com operates in “different markets” from Boulle’s investment platform ...

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