Our Mission

Our mission is to help our clients to manage risk, perceive opportunity, and achieve better returns by providing unique insight into the complex and volatile features of Emerging & Frontier Markets.

Our ORGaNISATION

Through an on-the-ground human-source intelligence network, we provide our clients with rare, valuable, and timely research on their chosen markets. We live and work in these markets; we know how opaque and volatile they can be. We understand that there’s no substitute for on-the-ground, first-hand, local insight.

Our People

Our founder, Harry, has spent over 19 years living and working in developing nations, fragile & conflict affected states, and Emerging & Frontier Markets. During that time he not only gained deep insight into the dynamics of such countries, but also developed a comprehensive network of trusted information sources; former local government intelligence officers, political analysts, economic journalists, expatriates, diplomats, civil servants, and ex-NATO military officers embedded in both industry and government.

Our RESULTS

An example of our unique capabilities is encompassed in how we helped an existing client that invests in Pakistani agriculture. The client was aware that a significant proportion of the market was supplied by illicit products - thus depriving their investment of market share. Whilst other information providers could provide some data, much of it wildly conflicted and none was current. They were keen to firmly quantify the market share held by illicit, determine if that share was changing, and understand what the Pakistani authorities were doing to counter it. 

We handed the task to one of our local sources in Pakistan - a former ISI intelligence officer. He used his network and credibility to secure up to date year-on-year illicit market share data from the Federal Board of Revenue, and reliable historic and current figures on annual and monthly seizures of illicit goods from the Inland Revenue Enforcement Network.

When over a quarter of a market is supplied by illicit products, knowledge of what the local authorities are doing to squeeze that illicit supply could be crucial to forecasting returns. Head to our Services page to see how we can help your business.