Doing Business in Russia

With Russia’s increasingly important role today on both the global political and business fronts – especially when it comes to oil trading – , ignoring Russia is clearly no more of an option.

The key though is truly understanding Russia and the Russians if you want to be truly effective in there.

So what does it really take to get in the Russian psyche and be an effective negotiator there?

1. Russia is huge: I can talk only about Moscow and Saint-Petersburg, because I don’t know how it works in other regions.

2. There are different types of business: You can pump oil and sell it to other countries, you can run you own restaurant or you can sell illegal drugs to criminals. I can tell only about legal businesses.

For More:http://ziadabdelnour.net/doing-business-in-russia

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Insights by Ziad K Abdelnour on Business, Trading, Private Equity Investment

As we at Blackhawk Partners see it today, one of the biggest advantages emerging markets have offered investors is a strong growth story

Over the past decade, growth in emerging markets has in fact outpaced growth in developed markets by more than double. Growth in gross domestic product (GDP) looks like it will continue to outperform that of developed markets for at least the next five years, according to estimates by the International Monetary Fund.

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Trading Physical Oil: The Art of the Deal

As part of Blackhawk’s close group of family and friends; and to set the record straight, I thought I’d share with you those important tips you need to know if you’re actively involved in oil derivatives transactions in the physical commodities trading world.

As you may or may not know, the reality today is that oil buyers are a dime a dozen, real fuel is the issue. The secondary market is for the most part composed of “fake offers” around the world doing a circle jerk on the Internet as people who have the real oil already know where to sell it.

By the same token, no Major or legitimate buyer will issue a LOI, ICPO, nor will they issue any POF or pre advise of any kind, ever before seeing POP. Hence, our Modus Operandi is and has always been very simple: Prove the product, send an invoice, we will close it! Very simple…..We will also sell under the exact same circumstances. The exception is an unknown buyer to us where we’ll have to Swift an RWA to prove financial capability.

For More:Trading Physical Oil

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