Honduras Approves Private Cities Project
September 10th, 2012
Via Honduras News, a report on a new private city initiative approved in Honduras: Honduras signed a deal for an initial investment of 15 million dollars to create the first “Private City” in the country. (Also referred to as “Free Cities”, “Charter Cities”, “Model Cities”, or in Spanish, “RED – Regiones Especiales de Desarollo”, and […]
Read more »Frontier Markets: Out Of The Shadows
September 8th, 2012
Via FundWeb, a report on frontier markets: While compelling growth stories abound in the world’s frontier investment markets, uncertainty around rapidly evolving political situations as well as ongoing corporate governance and liquidity problem seem to be keeping some investors on the sidelines. Often characterised by having some form of political or macroeconomic risk or under-developed […]
Read more »Forbes: 200 Best Asia Pacific Companies with Under A Billion Revenue
September 1st, 2012
Courtesy of Forbes India, an interesting look at some of the top small- and medium-sized businesses in Asia: Against the backdrop of a fragile global economy, the makeup of our Best Under A Billion demonstrates why small and medium-size enterprises are considered essential to Asia-Pacific. Sales of this year’s 200 SMEs from 15 countries grew […]
Read more »Pakistan Allows Transfer Of Strategic Port To China
September 1st, 2012
Via the Gulf News, a report that Pakistan will allow Singapore’s PSA International Pte to transfer control of a strategically important port to a Chinese company, a switch that may spark concerns in the US over China’s naval expansion plans. As the article notes: “…The Gwadar port in Pakistan’s western province of Baluchistan was built […]
Read more »Myanmar Courts Western Investment Partners
August 30th, 2012
Via the MinnPost, a look at Myanmar: In a dimly lit ballroom, Myanmar’s investment czar gushed about his nation’s dazzling future to a congregation of foreign investors. Each had paid $1,500 to hear the government’s big pitch: Long an economic basket case, Myanmar is now an investment gold mine. “Myanmar is no longer a pariah,” […]
Read more »South America’s Demographic Future
August 27th, 2012
Via STRATFOR (subscription required), a very interesting analysis of South American demographic trends and how, in the longer term, Argentina’s population will challenge Brazil’s regional leadership: For several decades, countries in Europe and Northeast Asia have seen their populations aging. Low birthrates combined with high life expectancy have caused populations in these countries to age […]
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.