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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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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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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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Merar.com May Raise Equity to Finance Expansion (Merger Market Article)

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Merar.com May Raise Equity to Finance Expansion (Merger Market Article)

This is a copy of an article released in November 2011.

Merar.com, an online platform connecting entrepreneurs and investors, may need additional equity to finance the planned geographic expansion and to pay for the launch of new services, according to Managing Director Petko Karamotchev.

A start-up launched in October 2010 with the seed funding ...

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The Numbers behind China

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The Numbers behind China

Back in 2010 China’s economy exceeded Japan’s, raising its position to 2nd place among the big 5 economic nations leaving the 1st place, US in a close range. During the past 30 years China's economy has changed from a centrally planned system that was largely closed to international trade to a more ...

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Overseas IPOs Grew Popular Among VC and PE-backed Chinese High-Flying Firms

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Since last September, China’s overseas IPOs have taken place one after another in a quick succession. Even during the National Day holiday in China, which lasted from Oct.1 - 7, there were several Chinese firms that landed on overseas capital markets, including Mingyang Electric’s IPO on the NYSE and Lanxun Precision’s public ...

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Renewable Energy in Russia - A Giant Yet To Be Awakened

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Although Russia has a global image of an oil and gas supplier, the overwhelming size of the country implies a strong development potential for all renewable energy resources as well and current trends of state policy in the sector look more and more attractive to investors, according to a research commissioned by the Merar Investment ...

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