Foreign direct investment magazine
fDi Intelligence is an English-language bi-monthly news and foreign direct investment (FDI) publication, providing an up-to-date review of global investment activity. The A4 glossy pages reach a circulation of 15,488 ABC audited,[3] active corporate and crossborder investment professionals across the world.[4]
fDi Intelligence is a central part of the fDi Intelligence portfolio of investment products and services from the Financial Times.[5]
Features
fDi Intelligence focuses primarily on FDI news and in-depth analysis of the corporate investment climate across many sectors. Regular columns comprise the following:
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Description
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| News
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Updates on companies, markets and investments as well as the latest investor/host-country legal disputes.
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| Global Outlook
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Reporting and analysis of the corporate trends and investment patterns, along with C-level interviews.
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| Corporate Strategy
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Investigates the key company and/or project profiles as well as including a discussion under the best practice topic including key information for specific investments
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| Regional sections
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Global news, commentary and data snapshots, followed by in-depth features and reports on key foreign direct investment (FDI) markets.
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| Think Tank
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Knowledge and insight from leaders in FDI
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| Sectors
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Global updates on key FDI sectors, including data, rankings, feature articles and spotlight location guides highlighting successful clusters.
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| Research
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The numbers and hard facts behind global greenfield investment flows
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FDI Report and Rankings
fDi Intelligence publishes an annual fDi Report which provides an overview of the global FDI statistics as well as a breakdown of the current picture in key regions like Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East & Africa, and the BRIC nations. It also focuses on a current hot FDI topic (in 2013 it investigated taxation in FDI) and makes predictions for the FDI outlook for the following year.[6]
A series of bi-annual rankings are published by fDi Intelligence which looks at the infrastructure, incentives and capabilities of cities and regions for attracting future inward investment.[7] This includes:
- Middle East and African Countries of the Future
- American Cities of the Future
- Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future
- Caribbean and Central American Countries of the Future
- European Cities and Regions of the Future
- Global Free Zones of the Year
- Global Cities of the Future
- Polish Cities of the Future
- Chinese Provinces of the Future
- Middle East and North Africa Free Zones of the Year
Staff
The staff of fDi Intelligence consists of :
- Editor: Jacopo Dettoni
- Global markets editor: Alex Irwin-Hunt
- Global markets reporter: Seth O'Farrell
- Senior contributor: Danielle Myles
