Forum Radio: Shwan Ibrahim Taha

Our latest podcast is an interview with Shwan Ibrahim Taha, our member based in Istanbul. Shwan grew up in Iraq, worked in America (for Franklin Templeton, later co-managing a hedge fund sponsored by George Soros) and has returned to the  region with Rabee Securities, a brokerage and investment firm. You can hear his fascinating insights into the risk and reward that is investing in a country that is at long last experiencing peace.

'It was a war-torn country for 50 years...We have arcane laws. We have very poor infrastructure for investments. The laws are murky still, not too clear. But if you can stomach that and navigate that, then it's a very promising country.'