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Winning China's Markets - An SME Guide

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Winning China's Markets - An SME Guide

This report is written from the perspective of European small and medium-sized enterprises considering operation in, or already  operating in China. However, it also takes into account the wider context of EU-China relations, as they may influence Chinese company policy.

This brief starts off from this wider horizon, beginning with the observation that senior management ...

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Deloitte VC Industry Survey Supports Merar’s Choice of Geographical Focus (Part 2)

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Research findings confirm that Merar is strategically positioned to offer attractive opportunities to investors. In stark contrast to the gloomy sentiment of western VC firms, investors in the rapidly growing emerging economies of Asia and Latin America are markedly optimistic about their markets, according to the 2010 Global Venture Capital Survey of Deloitte and NVCA ...

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Deloitte VC Industry Survey Supports Merar’s Smart Choice of Geographical Focus (Part 1)

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Doing business in emerging markets is no longer just an option. It is a must, given the lackluster expectations of western VC firms about growth in their home markets. Merar, with its emerging-market focus, is serving this wave of investor interest that will keep washing around the world in the coming decades.

The 2010 Global ...

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Investments in Emerging Markets are Increasingly Driven by Inflationary Fears in the US

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After the pull comes the push - at least as far as emerging market investments are concerned. The "pull force" is the attractiveness of emerging market opportunities for investors, while the increasingly important "push force" is the Federal Reserve's monetary policy which is pushing US money out of the country. The Fed's second round ...

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Business in Bulgaria

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If you are considering Bulgaria as a potential destination for your investments, you might be interested in checking out the current report providing useful information about doing business in Bulgaria.

The report is written by William Sullivan, a Fulbright Scholar in Bulgaria during 2009-2010, who was formerly Program Coordinator and Research Associate at the Center ...

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Legal and Tax Treatment of the Sale of Non-Performing Loans in Ukraine

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An improvement in the liquidity of banks, as well as the need for an additional injection of money, became crucial for Ukrainian banks in the aftermath of the recent global financial crisis. An Increase in the number of non-performing loans (NPLs) negatively impacted the overall liquidity of Ukrainian banks by forcing them to hold mandatory ...

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Doing Business in Bulgaria

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An E&Y report providing investors and entreprneurs with useful information and tips about doing business in Bulgaria.

Government structure

Bulgaria is a parliamentary republic headed by a President. The legal system of the Republic of Bulgaria is structured under the supremacy of the Constitution, adopted in July 1991.

The President is directly elected fora ...

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