MerchantBridge launches equity fund as ISX emerges


Issue 849 - 13 Mar 2009 | 3 minute read

London-based investment firm MerchantBridge launched the Mesopotamia Equity Fund (MEF) at the end of February to invest solely in the Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX), which despite Iraq’s political crises has been the best performing bourse in the region of late. MerchantBridge’s Dr Buddy Soubra, who is one of three MEF investment committee members, told GSN “it will concentrate on listed securities in three main sectors, including banking, tourism, and industry.”

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