Cambodia’s New Corporate Darling: Phnom Penh Water Supply
May 4th, 2012
Courtesy of Emerging Frontiers blog, an article on one of Cambodia’s early corporate successes: When the Khmer Rouge were driven out of Phnom Penh in 1979 they left behind a city that had been laid bare. Its infrastructure was in ruins and utilities like the colonial-era water supply were in a state of filthy disrepair. […]
Read more »Cambodia: The New Emerging Market?
April 21st, 2012
Via Leopard Capital’s blog, a look at Cambodia: The last time I spoke with my friend Doug Clayton our attention was focused on the unfolding and rapidly rising market in Myanmar, a country Doug is heading to shortly and one I’ll be returning to later this year with some friends. I caught up with Doug […]
Read more »Cambodia’s Stock Exchange: A Game changer?
April 19th, 2012
Via The Financial Times, an article on Cambodia’snew stock exchange: The debut of the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority on Wednesday was the most exciting IPO in Asia this year. It marked the start of business on the brand new Cambodian Securities Exchange, underlining the extent of change in this fast-growing country once under the […]
Read more »Cambodia’s (Financial) Return
June 5th, 2011
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on the increased interest in Cambodia. As the article notes: Cambodia, once regarded as a spill-over investment from Vietnam, is showing signs of standing on its own feet as frontier funds start to produce strong returns. Frontier investors such as Leopard Capital – a private equity fund which […]
Read more »Cambodia: No Longer On The Frontier?
March 1st, 2011
Via The Financial Times, an interesting article on Cambodia: “…For those who want a bit of exotica in their portfolio, the world of frontier markets is getting a little broader. Hot on the heels of the newly opened Laos exchange, Cambodia is getting in on the act. Maybe. After years of on-again off-again negotiations, the […]
Read more »Cambodian Resistance To Chinese Investment?
January 31st, 2011
Courtesy of the China Law blog, an interesting second look at China’s economic relationship with, and influence on, Cambodia. As this article notes, there is some resistance to Chinese investment that is starting to emerge: “…I commented [earlier] on the rumors of extensive investment by China into Cambodia. The rumor at that time was that […]
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