Emerging and frontier markets produce the majority of the world's natural resources, ranging from cacao to aluminum to oil and gas. While in 2012 emerging markets' growth rates are forecast at an attractive 4.5% (compared with 1% growth for OECD countries), the opaque nature of these markets makes trading on anything but vague notions of macroeconomic and political risk all but impossible. We're changing that. The FDC Network Delivers Unique, High-Fidelity, and Continuous Data on Frontier Markets Through our robust network of trusted, on-the-ground sources, FDC collects highly granular and unique market and pricing data on a weekly basis from the most promising and difficult-to-penetrate markets. By tracking and quickly relaying these specific data sets, which include 100+ data points consisting of construction trends, consumer sentiment, wholesale prices, in-port waiting times, and more, our clients around the globe enjoy a decided advantage in modeling future outcomes and gauging market and political risk. In the immediate term, the data points provide market alerts and insight into impending market failures, and over time, they lead-indicate macroeconomic and political stability trends. FDC Is Your Trusted, Experienced Partner for Navigating Frontier Markets Our team has years of experience delivering traditional corporate due diligence and collecting data in frontier and emerging markets. Our network extends into not just countries and cities of interest but also individual neighborhoods. Over the past five years, our partners have put in place proven information gathering methodologies, quality control and a time-tested network of local lawyers, accountants, businessmen and other experts who collect high-fidelity data in a timely and continuous manner. Our user-friendly technology platform allows for immediate global data delivery. We currently have collection capability in numerous countries and have launched data subscription services in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Vietnamwith many more on the way. Subscriptions are available via web access and are readily downloadable. Custom reporting for all covered countries is available immediately.