Seth O’Farrell

Another day, another #PPA. Data centre provider @Equinix signs first PPA in Asia-Pacific, as greening electricity supply and rising investments in APAC become entrenched trends. #greenenergy #datacentres fdiintelligence.com/content/news/e…

Fresh from the Autumn Statement, the #UK government launches push to shore up growth and #FDI Is all this enough to stimulate #growth and nab the sort of FDI the UK wants/needs? @fDiIntelligence fdiintelligence.com/content/news/u…

Following the Xi-Biden meeting last week, I wrote a lil' op ed about my experience covering #China's falling #FDI and why over the last two years this story has been building and building... Read all about it here ! fdiintelligence.com/content/opinio…

Most of the top 20 countries by share of #Stem tertiary graduates are in the developing world. The top three were #Malaysia (40.2%), #Turkmenistan (39.6%) and #Oman (39.5%). Discover why here 👉 on.ft.com/3tYB2bQ #data #dataviz #GraphTime #tech #education

#Chinese outbound FDI is at a record high so far in 2023, as #greenfield investments outstrip M&A investments. “Chinese outbound FDI has entered a new phase,” says Luisa Kinzius, director at @sinolytics. Full story here! fdiintelligence.com/content/data-t…

Thanks @ZongyuanZoeLiu for writing this book! Please anyone who wants to know more about China and its gigantic wealth funds, pls read Sovereign Funds: hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?is…

Green finance people, this is great. "[Institutional investors'] preferences and constraints are an important but rarely acknowledged obstacle to market-led decarbonisation." phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the-i…

More than $200bn has been announced in US manufacturing one year after the IRA and Chips Act But companies & analysts say China is far from losing its grip on global supply chains for clean energy A deep dive into the money here w @ollie @AlexIrwinHunt ft.com/content/3b19c5…

Will #AI make economic development organisations into consultants? @ChrisPCamacho tells me that AI is “massively disruptive” for #investment promotion, as sales pitches give way to a data-driven dialogue with investors. Do you agree? #FDI #digital fdiintelligence.com/content/interv…

Global community is 'ill equipped' to tackle #climate change without investing in #biodiversity, @dannyalexander, vice president for policy and strategy at @AIIB_Official, tells @sofarrelll. #FDI #banks #nature #capital on.ft.com/44I1y6Y

#India is the biggest beneficiary of @AIIB_Official support, with a total of $9.5bn-worth of committed finance, which accounts for some 26.6% of the bank’s total committed finance between 2016 and March this year. on.ft.com/44vPnKl Full story by @sofarrelll.

The #pandemic has changed the way we work, commute and live. This will further reduce demand for office space and impact other commercial #realestate in #cities, according to @McKinsey Read @AlexIrwinHunt #FDI/#econdev story here: on.ft.com/3pDYQjP

More than 110 countries have reach an agreement at the @wto aimed at facilitating more foreign investment into developing countries. Read @AlexIrwinHunt #FDI/#econdev story here: on.ft.com/3rgcSbB

@alex_janiaud Let’s all go doping in the dead of night on Hampstead Heath

In a new series about uses of #AI in #FDI, @sofarrelll looks into why @EstoniaInvest has been ahead of the pack in integrating #automation into investment promotion. What AI tools have you been using? #IPAs on.ft.com/3O0Gt1u

Among the top 100 investors in R&D, Chinese #EV maker @BYDCompany increased its spending the most in 2022, compared with 2021. It was followed by US #semiconductor company @AMD and #biotech firm @moderna_tx. Discover the 2022 global #innovation leaders: on.ft.com/43ZdnWb

David Meyerowitz, CEO of Haier UK, tells @sofarrelll why the Chinese white goods company has been successful in #Europe and how its ‘rendanheyi’ management structure allows it to carry out tailor-made #innovation. on.ft.com/3NrIx1k

ICYMI: Your long read this weekend. Four men’s story — and the truth behind the “British-caught” fish we eat. Free to read online in English and Filipino, the first time the FT has published simultaneously in two languages. Or in print in @FTMag. ig.ft.com/filipino-fishe…

India attracted more foreign greenfield investment in R&D than any other country in 2022. In our latest cover story, @sofarrelll investigates how MNCs taking advantage of the country's talent and costs is spurring its emergence as a global innovation hub on.ft.com/3qNhkhR

Latest on #Macron vs US’ Inflation Reduction Act. One analyst says that the French president will position #France as the EU’s national counterpart to the #IRA. What do you think? fdiintelligence.com/content/news/f…