Iran

Following Santander Brasil's double listing in New York and Sao Paulo (the US$8.1bn IPO is the largest global IPO so far this year), the Brazilian unit has attracted yet more interest.... 2009-10-14

To those who thought sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) would hibernate until the end of the global recession, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)'s involvement in the VW-Porsche megamerger... 2009-07-28

Despite Iran's third partial bank privatisation in 2009 and the announcement that other companies would shortly be similarly selling off stakes, CFW still expects the Islamic Republic's... 2009-06-29

The Iranian government announced on May 18 that it would sell a 5% stake in Bank Tejarat on the Tehran Stock Exchange All-Shares Price Index (TEPIX), making it the second bank to... 2009-05-20

Iran's third-largest bank, Bank Mellat, offered 5% of its shares on the Tehran Stock Exchange on February 18. Iran has planned to privatise its four state-owned banks since it put... 2009-02-25

Qatar Telecom (Qtel), the exclusive telecommunications provider in Qatar, said on September 2 that it is studying the possibility of bidding for Iran's third mobile license, in an... 2008-09-03

Iran's Minister of Energy has announced that they are in the final stages of privatising 10 power plants. By March 2009, the Ministry aims to have handed over 80 plants over to the... 2008-07-22