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Welcome to fDi Intelligence

Foreign direct investment has become the major economic driver of globalisation, accounting for over half of all crossborder investments. Nearly $1 trillion in greenfield investment was announced by companies in 2008, creating almost 3 million jobs in their overseas subsidiaries.

Companies are rapidly globalising through FDI to serve new markets and customers, map out their value chains in the most efficient locations globally, and to access technological and natural resources.

fDi Intelligence is a specialist Division from the Financial Times Ltd established to provide industry leading insight into globalisation with a portfolio of worldclass products, services and business tools that allow both companies and economic development organisations alike to make informed decisions regarding foreign direct investment.

Cover Story: Just a load of hot air?

Renewable energy, like most other sectors, has taken a beating during the recession. Ginanne Brownell takes stock of the market’s investment prospects. Read more

Asian Cities of the future 2009/10

Singapore has been ranked by fDi Magazine as the Asian City of the Future 2009/10, with Tokyo and Shanghai following in second and third places, respectively. Read more

fDi Markets is the most authoritative crossborder inward investment database and investor tracking tool. It is the exclusive source of FDI project data for the UNCTAD World Investment Report and the Economist Intelligence Unit. fDi Markets has tracked $7.58 Trillion greenfield investment since 2003 and is invaluable for market and industry analysis, site selection and investor targeting.

fDi Benchmark is the only online corporate location benchmarking tool with a robust, comparable and independent assessment of project locations. It covers all main cost and quality benchmarking indicators for over 380 countries, cities and sectors. fDi Benchmark has become the essential tool for corporate location assessment and for benchmarking locations globally.

fDi Reports are provided by a specialist research team within fDi Intelligence with access to the global resources of the Financial Times Ltd. Our in-house experts produce bespoke reports for clients on country trends, industry analysis, location competitiveness and company profiling. fDi Reports is a key source of business intelligence for all organisations developing FDI strategies.

Welcome to fDi Intelligence

Cover Story: Just a load of hot air?

Asian Cities of the future 2009/10

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