Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- What is classified as a project?
- How often is data collected and updated on new projects?
- Does fDi Markets track investment and jobs for all projects?
- What is the industry classification used in fDi Markets?
- What information sources are used to collate and validate data for fDi Markets?
What is classified as a project?
fDi Markets tracks Greenfield and Expansion investments. fDi Markets tracks all new projects and expansions of existing investments.
Joint ventures are only included where they lead to a new physical (Greenfield) operation. Mergers & acquisitions (M&A) and other equity investments are not tracked.
There is no minimum size for a project to be included. However, every project has to create new direct jobs and capital investment.
How often is data collected and updated on new projects?
Data on FDI projects is collected real time and provided as a daily e-mail newswire and live updates online. Data goes through a rigorous quality control process, and for our trends analysis and reporting tools data is updated on a monthly basis.
Does fDi Markets track investment and jobs for all projects?
fDi Markets tracks information on capital investment and direct jobs associated with an FDI project.
As companies do not always release information on investment amount or job creation, a proprietary econometric model estimates, accurately, the jobs and investment where the actual value is not known. Customers have the option on fDi Markets to include or exclude these estimates.
For expansion projects, we only include projects where additional investment and jobs are created.
What is the industry classification used in fDi Markets?
Every FDI project tracked by fDi Markets is classified according to its Cluster, Sector, and Business Activity, based on a proprietary industry classification system. The Sectors recorded in fDi Markets are aligned with SIC codes (which in turn can be aligned to NACE or NAICS codes). There is also a powerful key word search function, for more detailed sub-sector analysis.
What information sources are used to collate and validate data for fDi Markets?
A team of in-house analysts search daily:
- Financial Times newswires and other information sources
- Nearly 9,000 media sources
- Project data received from over 1,000 industry organisations and investment agencies
- Data purchased from market research and publication companies
- Each project identified is cross-referenced against multiple sources
- Over 90% of projects are validated with company sources
As our data is collected primarily from publicly available sources, Financial Times Ltd takes no responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of the data