India Will Overtake US As Unilever’s ‘Largest Business’
October 5th, 2022
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on Unilever’s view on India’s market potential: Hindustan Unilever’s chief executive said he believes India, the consumer group’s biggest market by volume, will overtake the US to become the largest by value. “I clearly see a day when HUL will become the largest Unilever business,” said Sanjiv Mehta, […]
Read more »India’s $1.2 Trillion Plan to Snatch Factories From China
October 2nd, 2022
Via Bloomberg, an article on India’s plan to attract manufacturing activity from China: In India, half of all infrastructure projects are delayed, and one in four run over their estimated budget. Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes technology is the solution to these perennial and notorious bottlenecks. Under a 100-trillion-rupee ($1.2 trillion) mega project called PM […]
Read more »India: Building On Its Historic Links With Central Asia
September 23rd, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, a report on India’s efforts to build out its historic links with Central Asia: Present-day Indian rulers, who are keen on establishing India’s presence in Central Asia, can draw inspiration from the daring and enterprising Indian traders of the medieval era, who were key participants in the trade along the Central Asian […]
Read more »Emerging Asia Growing Faster Than China For 1st Time in 30 Years
September 21st, 2022
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how emerging Asian countries are growing faster than China for the first time in 30 years: China’s COVID lockdowns mean its economic expansion this year will be slower than the rest of emerging Asia for the first time in more than three decades, the Asian Development Bank projected in […]
Read more »Why A Chinese Ship’s Arrival In Sri Lanka Caused Alarm In India and The West
August 20th, 2022
Via NPR, an article on why a Chinese ship’s arrival in Sri Lanka has caused alarm in India and the West: It all began 20 years ago, when China loaned Sri Lanka more than $1 billion to build a fancy new port — what would become its second-largest — on its southern coast. The Hambantota […]
Read more »UAE Firm To Invest Billions In Emerging Markets
August 18th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report on a UAE firm’s aggressive investment plans for select emerging markets: International Holding Co. plans to invest billions of dollars in markets including Indonesia, Colombia, Turkey and India as the United Arab Emirates firm controlled by the country’s national security adviser steps up its breakneck expansion. IHC, the UAE’s most valuable listed […]
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.