1. BMI Service Overview

Business Monitor International provides market analysis, projects databases, historical data and 10 year forecasts across the below:

 Country Risk (Economic & Political analysis)  Operational Risk o Labour Market o Logistics Risk o Trade and Investment Risk o Crime and Security

Industry Analysis for:

 Autos  Information  Pharmaceuticals &  Agribusiness Technology Healthcare  Commercial  Infrastructure  Power Banking   Real Estate  Consumer  Medical Devices  Renewables Electronics  Metals  Retail  Defence & Security   Shipping  Food & Drink  Oil & Gas  Telecommunication  Freight Transport  Operational Risk   Petrochemicals  Water

The following section provides a further breakdown of the Country Risk service (macroeconomic & political) as well as what is covered across all our industry services:

Country Risk & Financial Markets Service:

 Quarterly Country Forecast Reports: In-depth country specific reviews and forecasts detailing the macroeconomic, political and business environment. Risk and opportunities analysis, regulatory environment and the impact and outlook on the main industries within the country.  Daily News Analysis: Consistent flow of daily analysis of global, regional and national trends and developments affecting the macro and political climate, be it asset class analysis or broad macro-economic trends; roughly 60 articles are produced a day.

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 Monthly Regional/Country Updates: Monthly risk analysis of country focused issues in regional publications, divided into Economic Risk, Political Risk, Business Environment Risk and the latest hot topics and black swan events impacts on the region or country.

 Macroeconomic Forecasts: Monthly profile of country’s latest macro data with BMI commentary, featuring 2-year, 5–year and 10-year forecasts, plus consensus and government forecasts.  Macroeconomic database: Comprehensive database including historic indicators and forecasts for each country (1990-2020); all data exportable along with industry data points into Excel spreadsheets allowing for benchmarking and (multi)regional comparisons.

 Risk Ratings Service: Monthly country ratings covering short-term and long-term political and economic; including systematic bullet point analysis for each area of risk for each country – regionally contextualised.  Financial Markets Analysis: tracking movement and providing forecasts in currencies, equities, interest rates and commodities.

Operational Risk Research Service

The service breaks down over four main areas:

- Labour Market – access to labour, and analysis of the quality of that labour force, costs and its composition - Logistics Risk – assessing the ease with which companies can get goods and services into/out of a country. Looks at the quality and extent of transport network, market size and access to utilities - Trade and Investment – looking into the risk of potential government intervention, fiscal factors, economic openness, financial market development and potential legal barriers - Crime and Security – looks at development and capability of security forces, terror threats and foreign worker vulnerability

 Quarterly research pieces that provide assessments on a country-by-country basis, of the key ‘on-th-ground’ risk factors facing a company when they are looking to enter a market.  Operational Risk Scores and Indices allow for quick and transparent peer comparison of the operational environment in a market  Operational Risk Databases allow clients to look across 170 markets at key risk data and proprietary forecasts

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Industry Research Services

 Quarterly Country Specific Industry Forecast Reports: Providing market overviews; key market developments, industry forecast scenarios, regulatory analysis, trends, developments and the competitive landscape overview, company profiles of main industry players.  Business Environment Rankings: provides a globally-comparative, numerically-based assessment of the Risk/Return trade-off for each industry in each state covered in BMI Reports. This unique matrix takes into account Business Monitor’s Long term political and economic ratings and adds key industry considerations; giving a composite score for the strength and competitiveness of the market within the industry.  Industry specific Forecasts: including historic data series and 5/10 year forecasts for all key industry indicators, supported by explicit assumptions, plus analysis of key opportunities and downside risks to the main forecast.  Daily News Analysis (online or via bespoke email alerts): In-house, proprietary analysing, assessing the implications of industry, legislative, regulatory, projects developments, M&A activity, market growth potential and company trends & developments. Approximately 10 in-depth articles per day with an addition of 10 news briefs, include an explicit analysis on the implications of the reported issue: how it will effect an economy, government policy, price of a stock or impact on a sector segment  Company Analysis: Comprehensive competitive intelligence and company profiles, assessing the direction and strategy of industry players.

Project Databases

Access to proprietary project databases, namely:

Oil & Gas  Upstream Projects Database  Global Refining Database

Infrastructure  Key Projects Database

Power & Renewables  Key Projects database

Telecommunications  Mobile Operator Database

Mining  Global Mines Database

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Pharmaceuticals  Burden of Disease Database  Project information includes the value or cost of construction, companies active in the project and the size, timeframe, and status of the project

Data & Forecast Download Tool

 Access and ability to export industry specific data indicators to excel  5-10 year historic and forecast data  Chart Builder, enabling users to create, save and export their own visual representations of our figures

Analyst Contact

 Contact our team directly via ‘Email the Analyst’ function online  Prearranged teleconference or face to face meetings / presentations; all inclusive with the subscription

Special Reports

 Providing topical analysis across all sectors: for example, ‘Understanding UAE’s Regional Healthcare Markets’

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