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London, in the United Kingdom: What drives private equity appetite for carve-outs

Private equity interest in carve-outs—assets or business units separated from a parent company and sold as standalone businesses—has grown in London and globally. London-based firms and their international counterparts are…

Greece: How investors assess shipping, tourism, and energy as long-term pillars

Economy

Greece’s Core Industries: Shipping, Tourism, Energy for Investors

Hugo Carrasco

Greece continues to stand out as one of Europe’s most singular investment environments, as its shipping, tourism, and energy sectors remain tightly connected to the nation’s physical landscape, historical trajectory,…

Economy

Finland: How deep-tech startups prove commercial traction in small home markets

Noah Whitaker

Finland is a country of roughly 5.5–5.6 million people with unusually high digital and scientific literacy, strong public research institutions, and a culture that supports engineering-intensive ventures. For deep-tech startups…

Russia: How investors evaluate sanctions exposure and indirect supply-chain risk

Economy

Russia: Investors Weigh Sanctions & Supply Chain Risk

John K. Fomby

The Russian Federation is a unique case for investors because sanctions are extensive, dynamic, and enforced by major jurisdictions with extra-territorial reach. Beyond direct assets and revenue exposure, companies face…

Prague, in the Czech Republic: What makes a SaaS company sticky in B2B markets

Economy

Prague’s Take on B2B SaaS Customer Retention

Noah Whitaker

Prague is a vibrant European tech hub that has produced B2B SaaS companies able to sell into demanding enterprise customers across Europe and globally. The market realities that shape stickiness…

Kingston, in Jamaica: How entrepreneurs build credit history when collateral is limited

Economy

Entrepreneurial Credit in Jamaica: Overcoming Collateral Limitations

John K. Fomby

Kingston is Jamaica’s commercial heart: informal trade corridors, creative microbusinesses, vibrant hospitality and services sectors, and an expanding fintech landscape. Many entrepreneurs in Kingston lack traditional collateral such as land…

Santiago de Chile: How pension funds shape local capital markets and long-horizon investing

Economy

Chile Mining: Creating Opportunities Beyond Resource Extraction

Hugo Carrasco

Chile has long been synonymous with large-scale mining, especially copper. That dominance is changing the calculus of national development: extraction remains central, but the real economic and social leverage increasingly…