Frontier Advisory
Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd is a research and strategy company that assists clients to enter and operate in emerging market economies. We have worked with an array of multinational firms, small & medium enterprises as well as public sector clients and have assisted them to analyse, formulate and execute their business strategies in these new markets through the provision of bespoke research and insight into emerging market economies.
Frontier and emerging economies offer new investment opportunities for companies and are fast providing new markets for traditional market capital, technology and management expertise. These economies not only pose new challenges to business but also greater potential returns on investment. Within the firm, there are four dedicated business units that include Africa Frontier Advisory, China Frontier Advisory, India Frontier Advisory and Latin America Frontier Advisory. Our diverse and international team is well positioned to serve clients’ needs based upon their knowledge and operational experience in emerging markets.
Latest Events/Conferences
The Gordon Institute of Business Science & Frontier Advisory:Seminar
“The New World: The Rise of Emerging Markets in the Global Economy and Opportunities for South African Business“
20th July 2009
The global financial and economic crisis is accelerating the South African economy’s shift away from traditional to new emerging market countries. The loss of export markets in “the north” and withdrawal of investment by traditional investors away from Africa is encouraging this strategic shift. South African firms are having to reposition and begin
to enter new markets where new opportunities lie. Africa, China and India are fast becoming the destinations of South African exports and capital. Investors from these economies are also becoming significant investors in South Africa and the region. This conference aims to emphasise the growing importance of emerging market economies for South African business and the opportunities that exist in these markets during the global crisis.
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Latest News
Chinese firms in second push to buy African mines
Reuters, 21 May 2009
Article by: Ed Cropley, African Investment Correspondent
* China “all systems go” to corner vital mineral resources
* Western companies struggling to raise funds, compete
* China’s Standard Bank tie-up starting to bear fruit Chinese firms are making a second major push into mining and related projects in Africa, using cash reserves unavailable to Western competitors to scoop up assets at steep discounts, a seminar heard on Thursday.
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