Saudi Arabia’s Hassana Backs TPG Climate Funds with $1.5 Billion
Via Bloomberg, a report on Saudi Arabia’s significant $1.5B climate investment: Saudi Arabia’s main pension fund is set to back TPG’s climate vehicle under a $1.5 billion partnership, marking [...]
The New Reality of Energy Geopolitics in Eurasia
Via The Diplomat, a look at how – with the so-called gas union – Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are engaging in opportunistic cooperation and flirting with dangerous new dependencies. [...]
UAE’s Role in Gold Smuggling from Africa Could Jeopardize Its Investment Ambitions on the Continent
Via African Critical Minerals, a report on the impact that the UAE’s Role in gold smuggling from Africa could have upon its investment ambitions on the continent: A report by Swissaid, released [...]
Vietnam’s Great Untapped Rare Earth Bounty
Via Asia Times, an article on US efforts to help develop Vietnam’s rich rare earth reserves to decouple from China but that’s not likely to happen anytime soon: Vietnam is home to the world’s [...]
UAE: Dubai Ports World Makes a Play for Africa
Courtesy of The Africa Report, a report on how DP World, the Dubai-based logistics giant, is both a thriving business and a geopolitical soft power tool: From humble beginnings a half-century ago as [...]
The Great CPEC Mirage
Via Dawn, commentary on CPEC: IF you think China is gearing up for another round of massive business investments in Pakistan then I have a power plant to sell you. No such thing is about to happen [...]

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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.