Iran

CFW View: The announcement of a domestic US$4.6bn bond issue to finance the development of the South Pars gas field is unlikely to succeed. As foreign investors continue to exit (or... 2011-10-18

Iran's patience with foot-dragging by non-Western oil companies at its upstream projects is clearly wearing thin. On August 29 2011 Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency news reported... 2011-09-01

The Iranian government has sold an 18% stake in domestic carmaker Iran Khodro (IKCO) to a consortium of investors, supporting the view of BMI's autos' desk that investment from outside... 2010-07-21

Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has taken a step closer to total self-sufficiency in its vehicle production after acquiring the technology to produce its own powertrains. The company has... 2010-01-06

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