Frontier Markets: Worth The Risk?
January 31st, 2013
Via Money Marketing, an interesting look at frontier markets: This month’s hostage crisis in Algeria made headlines around the world. The terrorist attack on the natural gas facility is another reminder of the security issues at many oil and gas sites. Social and political unrest is also being seen in neighbouring Mali and the ongoing […]
Read more »Mongolia’s Economic Boom
January 31st, 2013
Via The Diplomat, an article on Mongolia’s economic boom: Mongolia enters 2013 as one of the world’s fastest growing economies, with forecasters predicting GDP growth of 18-20 percent. Driven by a boom in mining revenues, the impact of this growth is clearly visible in Mongolia’s capital city, Ulaanbaatar, where expensive office high rises, modern apartment […]
Read more »Investing In An Arab Summer
January 28th, 2013
Via The Financial Times, a report on MENA investment opportunities: “Don’t be afraid of the Middle East.” That, in short, is the message of private equity investor Mustafa Abdel-Wadood at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. “Despite the headlines, there are a lot opportunities in the region,” Abdel-Wadood, whose Abraaj Group has $7.5bn […]
Read more »Investing In Africa: A Good Bet?
January 28th, 2013
Courtesy of How We Made It In Africa, an interesting article on what’s being done to make Africa more attractive to investors: From the start, those on the panel questioned the title, De-risking Africa. South African president Jacob Zuma said, “I’ve been questioning myself about the topic. De-risking Africa. Is Africa risky more than any […]
Read more »Myanmar: Will Asia’s Breadbasket Rise Again?
January 28th, 2013
Via The Financial Times, a report on Myanmar’s agribusiness potential: To the lengthening list of foreign companies beating a path to Myanmar, add at least two more: Wilmar, one of Asia’s largest agribusinesses, and Cargill, the commodities’ trader. Wilmar, a Singapore-listed group and the world’s largest processor of palm oil by volume, told beyondbrics it […]
Read more »Vietnam’s Economy: Sabotaged From Within
January 28th, 2013
Via The Diplomat, a look at Vietnam’s economic woes: Last year saw a number of Vietnamese state-owned enterprise officials being arrested for economic crimes or “irregularities” at the companies under their care. As covered previously on Pacific Money, one of the most shocking such arrests was that of Nguyen Duc Kien, a famous tycoon and […]
Read more »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.