Archive for October, 2013

Africa’s true size will blow you away
October 6th, 2013

Via io9, a very interesting graphical look at Africa:

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To Invest In Frontier Markets, Private Equity Is the Only Way To Go
October 6th, 2013

Via Real Clear Markets, an interesting commentary on the role of private equity in frontier market investing: Emerging markets are cooling down, which has investors looking deeper into the frontier for attractive returns. This year alone, $3 billion in fresh capital has flowed into the frontier through various mutual funds and ETFs that provide exposure […]

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Wildcats & Black Sheep is a personal interest blog dedicated to the identification and evaluation of maverick investment opportunities arising in frontier - and, what some may consider to be, “rogue” or “black sheep” - markets around the world.

Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.

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