How We Think

Scan
Quarterly reporting and forecast per country, providing horizon scan of medium to long-term stability and volatility risks. Political, economic, and security reporting focused around each client’s unique investment foci. Provides early warning indicators for upcoming events or cyclical dynamics, assesses second and third-order impact of geopolitical and macro-strategic climate. Focus on critical risks to the sustainability of client investments or operations. Gate to ancient medina of Fez, Morocco Monitor
Monthly reporting and forecasting per country, providing dedicated and consistent understanding of key factors and emerging trends identified or evolving during the previous 30 days across the country’s risk landscape. Political, economic, and security reporting focused around each client’s unique investment foci. Furnishes clients with analysis and assessment of trajectories, scenarios, and impacts to their investments. Identifies and advises on triggers, thresholds, or critical indicators to monitor. Silhouette of a stick fishermen at sunset, Unawatuna, Sri Lanka Rapid
Weekly reporting identifying key country risk developments in the previous seven days and providing insight, analysis, and assessment of immediate-term implications and early warning indicators for further potential impacts. As with all reporting, bespoke to each client’s unique investment interests, and framed around political, economic, and security sections. Exact
Tailored monitoring and forecasting service on bespoke client tasking, focussing on client-directed targeting specifications of an area, issue, asset, exposure, interest, or concern. Methodology and deliverables customised in consultation during the implementation period. Flexible at client request to pivot focus to changing or evolving interests, subject to reasonable resource requirements. Written and verbal service delivery options. Minimum 1 month term. Advise
We also offer our clients direct access to our Founder and Chief Analyst either for a telephonic or in-person briefing on a one to one or Group basis. Clients typically utilize this service for partner-level meetings, briefings to Boards, and for investor events. Tact Team
Our founder, Harry, has spent over 20 years living and working in developing nations, fragile and conflict-affected states, and Emerging and 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. SAN CRISTOBAL, MEXICO-DEC 11, 2015: San Cristobal de las casas inhabited by indigenous Tzotzil Maya people, traditional market, selling fruits and hand crafts on Dec 11, 2015,Chiapas region, Mexico. Customer Onboarding
Where traditional financial media will publish articles on topics that they believe the majority of their readership will be interested in, we ask the reader – our client – what they want to know. Our research reports are therefore entirely bespoke to you – you decide on the content, not us. We provide regular reports per country at agreed intervals, with each client’s reports being bespoke to their particular investment interests and specific information needs.