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About ISI
Internet Securities, Inc. (trading as ISI Emerging Markets), was founded in 1994 and acquired by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC in 1999. It delivers hard-to-get information on more than 80 emerging markets through its award-winning online Emerging Markets Information Service. It aggregates and produces unique content including full-text news articles, financial statements, company information, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information, which are derived directly from more than 16,000 local and global publications.
ISI Emerging Markets subscribers include top investment banks, corporations, law firms, consultants, investment and insurance companies, universities and libraries, multilateral organizations, and others.
In addition to worldwide headquarters in New York and European headquarters in London, clients are served through 29 offices in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.
About BPR
BPR Is a business information company for the sales, marketing and financial executives. Through its main product – BENCHMARK, BPR provides on-line information to customers in the financial, industrial and commercial sectors.
Contact Us BPR
Headquarters Colombia :
BPR Asociados - A ISI Emerging Markets Company
Carrera 11 No 94A-25 Ofc. 601
Bogotá Colombia
Voice: (571)6166888
Fax: (571)6169311
Customer Service:José Alfonso Gónzalez-j g o n z a l e z @ s e c u r i t i e s . c o m
Human Resources:Liliana Jiménez-l j i m e n e z @ s e c u r i t i e s . c o m
Business Development:Joaquín de Pombo-j d e p o m b o @ s e c u r i t i e s . c o m
Advertising: Mónica Rocha-m r o c h a @ s e c u r i t i e s . c o m
Timeline
TODAY
ISI Emerging Markets service covers more than 80 countries around the globe. It has a total of 500 employees with 29 offices in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and North America.It also has 3 satellite offices in New Delhi (India), Tokyo (Japan) and Boston (USA). Offices include:
ASIA
AFRICA
EUROPE
LATAM
USA
2008
ISI Emerging Markets to acquire a copy of the Reuters EcoWin Economics Database
ISI Emerging Markets acquires BPR BENCHMARK in Colombia.
2007
ISI launches Compliance, a research product providing blacklist and PEP monitoring, company and executive profiles, as well as local media monitoring and analysis.
Executive Bios
Gary Mueller
Chairman
Gary Mueller is Chairman of ISI Emerging Markets. Gary founded ISI in 1994 and has led the company ever since. In 1999, Euromoney PLC acquired 80% of ISI. In 2001, Gary was appointed to the Board of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC.
Prior to ISI Emerging Markets, Gary worked in emerging markets, primarily on privatization, as part of the economic reform team that assisted Russia on its transition to a market economy. He then worked for KPMG's privatization group in Poland.In addition to his duties with ISI, Gary is also Chairman and CEO of Institutional Investor, a leading financial media company(www.institutionalinvestor.com)and Chairman of IMN, the international conference company acquired by Euromoney (www.imn.org).
Gary also serves on the board of advisors of Endeavor, a non-profit organization supporting entrepreneurship in emerging markets and the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School.
Gary is a graduate of Harvard College (1988) and Harvard Business School (1994). Gary was a Fulbright Scholar in Frankfurt, Germany (1988-1988).
Brian de Lacy
Chief Executive Officer
Brian de Lacy joined ISI Emerging Markets as Chief Operating Officer in June 1999 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in October of 2002. Prior to joining ISI, Brian spent 17 years at Reuters starting in sales based in South Africa and then moving via sales management into P&L management based in the United States of America. Prior to joining Reuters, Brian worked in the Investment and Foreign Exchange divisions of a leading South African bank.
Brian attended university in South Africa and is a graduate of the Boston University Graduate School of Management where he received his MBA. He has been a director of ISI since June 1999.
James R. Hammond III
Executive Vice-President, Marketing
James Hammond is Executive Vice President of ISI Emerging Markets, and responsible for Marketing and Product Development. He started with ISI in May of 1997.
Prior to his current position, James was the company’s Regional Director for Latin America, Country Manager for Chile, and Country Manager for Mexico.
Before joining ISI, he was Associate Publisher for Latin America with World Times, Inc. James holds an MSM from the Arthur D. Little School of Management in Cambridge, and a BA in Philosophy from Columbia University in New York.
Antonio Monteiro
Chief Information Officer
Antonio Monteiro is Chief Information Officer responsible for technology and development. He has been with ISI Emerging Markets since March of 2001.
Prior to joining ISI, he was Director of Technology at RR Donnelly Financial and spent 15 years at Reuters in various capacities, working in South Africa, Latin America, North America and the Caribbean.
Antonio has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Cape Technikon, Cape Town, South Africa.
Aloisio Parente
Regional Director, Asia
Aloisio Parente is the Regional Director for Asia, currently based in Hong Kong.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he graduated in Marketing, worked in different publishing businesses and in an IT consulting firm before joining ISI Emerging Markets. At ISI, he started as Product Manager in Brazil. He was promoted to Country Manager for Brazil, and then to Vice President of Product Development in New York and London. In 2003, Aloisio was promoted to Regional Director for Asia and is based in Hong Kong.
At ISI, he started as Product Manager in Brazil. He was promoted to Country Manager for Brazil, and then to Vice President of Product Development in New York and London. In 2003, Aloisio was promoted to Regional Director for Asia and is based in Hong Kong.
Gabriela C. Ruggeri
Regional Director, Latin America
Gabriela Ruggeri is the Regional Director for ISI Emerging Markets in Latin America and is currently based in São Paulo, Brazil. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Gabriela joined ISI in February 1997 as Product Manager for Argentina based in Buenos Aires. She was later promoted to Regional product Manager for Latin America based in Santiago, Chile and, in 2002, was promoted to General Manager for Brazil and Argentina based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Prior to joining ISI she worked for Fundación Invertir Argentina promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Argentina followed by a stint at Putnam Investments based in Boston, Massachusetts where she assisted with the analysis of funds in the international and institutional communications department.
Gabriela is a graduate in Economics from the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) in Buenos Aires.
Martin Bauer
Managing Director Europe/UK; President Euromoney Polska SA
GMartin J. Bauer is Managing Director Europe/UK with ISI Emerging Markets and President of Euromoney Polska SA, the Polish subsidiary of ISI Emerging Markets.
Prior to ISI Emerging Markets, Martin worked in senior management positions at Reuters and Dow Jones.
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Agnes Au
Director of CEIC Data Company Limited
Agnes joined CEIC Data Company Ltd. in 1996 as a Senior Manager in sales and marketing. Subsequently she has held several managerial positions of increasing responsibility within the company, culminating in her role as General Manager of Operations reporting directly to the Managing Director. In this role, Agnes led the expansion of CEIC to become a globally recognized Asian Research Data provider with customers all over the world. After the acquisition of CEIC by Internet Securities, Inc. trading as ISI Emerging Markets, Agnes was appointed a Director of CEIC in April 2005 and continues to oversee global operations of the company.
Prior to joining CEIC, Agnes held various sales and marketing positions with Investamatics and Bridge Information System. She has worked in the financial information industry for over 14 years. Agnes holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Honors) degree from University of Central Florida, USA.
Arlene Keenan
Projects Manager
Arlene Keenan is Projects Manager for ISI Emerging Markets, with responsibility for special projects and acquisitions across the Group. Arlene joined ISI in 1999 as Financial Controller for Europe and Asia. Prior to joining ISI, Arlene was a Financial Services Manager at KPMG in London.
Arlene is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland and the Institute of Taxation in Ireland.
Alfredo Canta
Vice President of Finance
Alfredo Canta is Vice President of Finance for ISI Emerging Markets, and responsible for finance and administration operations across the group.
He started at ISI in September 2000 as Corporate Controller.
Before joining ISI, he was the Regional Finance Manager for Asia of Euromoney Institutional Investor and a Director of Euromoney Publications (Jersey) Ltd.
Prior to his position with the Euromoney Institutional Investor Group, Alfredo was the Chief Accountant at Global Sources Media Group in Manila. Previously he was a Senior Auditor at SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.), the affiliate of Ernst & Young International in the Philippines.
Alfredo holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce majoring in Accountancy from San Beda College in Manila. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the Philippines.
2008
* ISI Emerging Markets Completes its Acquisition of a Copy of the Reuters EcoWin Economics Database and related assets. September 15, 2008
* ISI DealWatch release latest league tables for Emerging Market M&A Deal Activity, reports deal volume soaring 34.4% September 10, 2008
* ISI Emerging Markets to partner with All China Marketing Research Co. Ltd (ACMR).August 18, 2008
* ISI Emerging Markets to acquire a copy of the Reuters EcoWin Economics.July 28, 2008
* ISI Emerging Markets to acquire BPR BENCHMARK in Colombia May 13, 2008
Awards/Testimonials
Vice President of Finance
Forbes ISI was awarded Forbes Best of the Web four years in a row (2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003) and Forbes' Favorite in 2004, 2005 and 2007. ...the best online resource for business intelligence in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America. 2005 and 2007 Codie Finalist
Competia Award in 2003 as the - Best Information Source - Competia
- Best of the Business Web - Award in 2003 by Find/SVP
Plus many other outstanding recognitions and product reviews, including - perfect scores - in all categories and a - must have - ranking from Information World Review, and a first place ranking by the Wall Street Journal Europe among business Web sites.
Testimonials
- Just a note to compliment you on IFIS. It is a remarkable website which I find priceless. - — Brian Kettell, Islamic Banking & Training Courses, London
- I really appreciate what you are all doing with IFIS. It is a welcome addition to the far-to-few information resources in the Islamic banking space. - — John A. Sandwick, Encore Management S.A., Switzerland
- Two-thirds of the world is covered by water, the rest is covered by ISI Emerging Markets. You're doing a great job.- — Igor Kuzin, Northgaz, Russia
Internet Securities is of immense help to us everyday - not only for finding information but for keeping our analysts updated on their sectors. Their Customer Service is excellent. Whenever we have questions on the database, they are promptly answered. Congratulations to the Internet Securities team. — Olga Ribeiro, Banco Santander, Central Hispano, Brazil
- I like the Islamic finance product a great deal and I am an avid user. - — Abdulkader Thomas, SHAPE Financial Corp., US
- You have developed a phenomenal resource. It is a critical tool for businesses operating in these markets. The depth of your service is beyond compare. Your resource has made a direct impact on our ability to stay informed and make smart decisions. You've helped us make a lot of money. - — Tom Saidy, Castleton Holdings, Washington
- One of the best sites belongs to ISI Emerging Markets, a Euromoney Institutional Investor Company... and its website is one of the most comprehensive. - — The Financial Times
- ISI Emerging Markets... is the granddaddy of the Internet-based emerging markets data providers... - — Wall Street and Technology
- ISI's unique and proprietary data give you a view of the ever-changing emerging markets directly from the front lines - — Dow Jones Investment Advisor
- Wish you all the best and May Allah reward you for your excellent work! - — Sheikh Nizam Yaqubi, Shariah Scholar, Bahrain
- An outstanding business research site for finding facts and news on public and private companies in emerging markets around the globe. EMIS offers top-notch sources of local intelligence, superb design, sophisticated searching, and a great deal of built-in intelligence.- — The Information Advisor
- There are plenty of websites that cover Russia, but the one professionals rely on is the service produced by Internet Securities at www.securities.com. — The Independent
- I have held ISI Emerging Markets up to the decision makers in my company as a model primarily because of the excellent customer service and responsiveness.- — Dan Amos, Boeing Corporation
- Your EmailAlert is incredibly useful.- — New York Hedge Fund Manager
- No banker doing business in the Emerging Markets should be without this service.- — New York Investment Banker
- My whole sales team has this. I need them to be up to date on their prospects, but I can't always count on them to do their own research. This EmailAlert service assures me they won't miss a development that could affect our business. — Brazil-based Software Sales Director
Great information, well packaged, and intelligent people ready to answer our questions. — Merrill Lynch Analyst
- One of the first things I read in the morning — an indispensable source of information.- — CEE Analyst, London
- Congrats — Intellinews was the first one to report the Brady exchange/buyback story to London desks today. It was of critical importance to the market, and you sent it much before Bloomberg and Reuters reported them.- — Martin Wisznieski, CEE Analyst, London -
Business Development
For inquiries concerning any of the following,please contact: Jim Hammond
- Advertising
- Partnerships
- Company Intranet Solutions
- Strategic Plannin
- Customized content packaging and site data population
- E-Commerce opportunities
Sources
ISI Emerging Markets subscribers have immediate, centralized access to more than 10,500 sources from around the world. In addition to content provided by international information providers such as The Economist Intelligence Unit, ISI Emerging Markets includes local information providers such as:
- Newspapers
- Business publications
- Central banksCompany Intranet Solutions
- Strategic Plannin
- Statistical bureaus
- Local ministries
- Trade councils
- Brokerage fir ms
- Market research firms
- Consulting firms
- Business associations
- Government agencies
- Southeast Asia:
- ARIC Asia Recovery Information Center
- India:
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
- SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India)
- Stock exchanges
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