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fDi Podcast
Exclusive analysis from fDi Intelligence, a publication from the Financial Times, on the latest trends and developments in the foreign investment world. Every month, fDi hosts and guests delve into a new theme, with interviews and insights from policymakers and investors from all around the globe. H...
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fDi at Waipa 2022: Future of FDI
Much like the rest of the world, investment promotion agencies (IPAs) are grappling with a new world order underpinned by geopolitical instability and...
fDi at EBRD AM 2022: What concerns you most in this turbulent world?
The beginning of 2022 has been among the most turbulent in recent memory. Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, millions of peopl...
The Bilbao Effect #6: Liverpool, UK
Famous for The Beatles, football and its waterfront, Liverpool is also a notable case study in cultural urban regeneration. It won its bid to become E...
The Bilbao Effect #5: London, UK
The Tate Modern needs little introduction. As one of the most recognisable museums in the world, it has helped put London on the map as an internation...
Rising Ecosystems #14: Interos CEO on global supply chain risk
Covid-19 has disrupted global supply chains in everything from semiconductors to vaccines. Jennifer Bisceglie, the CEO and founder of supply chain ris...
Rising Ecosystems #13: Chennai’s recipe for global SaaS success
Software as a service (SaaS) platforms are particularly scalable, making them highly sought after by both venture capital and public market investors....
The Bilbao Effect #4: Reykjavik, Iceland
When Harpa Concert Hall opened in 2011, it was met with anger and dismay as the fallout from the banking crisis still roiled Iceland. Now, the honeyco...
The Bilbao Effect #3: Katowice, Poland
Katowice offers its visitors something alternative to picturesque Krakow, only 70km away. Once the industrial heartland of communist Poland, the city...
Rising Ecosystems #12: Kavak drives Mexico City’s tech ecosystem forward
Mexico City-based Kavak, an online used car marketplace start-up now valued at $8.7bn, is on a mission to improve transparency, safety and access to f...
Rising Ecosystems #11: Getir delivers Istanbul start-up success
Rapid grocery delivery services have raised eye-watering funding and expanded rapidly this year. Istanbul-based Getir, the start-up that pioneered the...
The Bilbao Effect #2: Arles, France
This week, we travel up from Bilbao to Arles in Provence, France, where the Luma Arles Tower was unveiled over the summer. Luma Arles itself spans art...
The Bilbao Effect #1: Bilbao, Spain Guggenheim Bilbao’s director general discusses the city’s world renowned transformation
The Bilbao Effect is a term bandied around to describe how a cultural institution can reignite the local economy of a disaffected city or area. In thi...
Coming soon: The Bilbao Effect
Can culture boost economic development? "The Bilbao Effect" is a new podcast series from fDi Intelligence hosted by Seth O'Farrell, looking at the rol...
Rising Ecosystems #10: Why GetYourGuide moved to Berlin
Fast growing companies relocate their headquarters for many reasons, and GetYourGuide is no different. After being founded in Zurich in 2009, the expe...
Rising Ecosystems #9: Crypto platform Bitpanda’s rise puts Austria on the map
An explosion in the popularity of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been a boon for trading platforms this year, with Vienna-based Bitpanda among...
Rising Ecosystems #8: The UK start-up scene, pros and cons
Co-hosts Yessi and Alex wrap up season one of the podcast
To conclude their virtual tour of UK tech communities, co-hosts Yessi and Alex give th...
Rising Ecosystems #7: Cardiff
fDi speaks to Stephanie Locke and Neil Cocker about the start-up community in Cardiff.
In this seventh episode, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yes...
China's road out of trouble
Min Ye, associate professor of international relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, Min Ye talks to fDi's Seth O'Farre...
Rising Ecosystems #6: Belfast (Part II)
In part two of the sixth episode exploring the entrepreneurial landscape of UK cities, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez continue their r...
Rising Ecosystems #6: Belfast (Part I)
In part one of the sixth episode exploring the entrepreneurial landscape of UK cities, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez travel remotely...
Rising Ecosystems #5: Birmingham
In the fifth episode of this bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez explore the entrepreneurial landscape in the UK’s second...
Rising Ecosystems #4: Glasgow
In the fourth episode of this bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez continue northward through the UK's emerging entreprene...
Rising Ecosystems #3: Leeds
In the third episode of this new bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez continue their exploration of the UK's rising start-...
Rising Ecosystems #2: Cambridge
In the second episode of this new bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez, begin their journey through the UK's rising start-...
Rising Ecosystems #1: Why Start-up Ecosystems Matter?
In the first episode of this new bi-weekly series, co-hosts Alex Irwin-Hunt and Yessi Bello Perez explore the concept of start-up ecosystems and their...
India's transformation into a 'Brand New Nation'
Ravinder Kaur, professor of Modern South Asian Studies at the University of Copenhagen, explains India's shift from a postcolonial nation to an attrac...
Fortress FDI #5 - UK
Marc Israel of White & Case discusses the UK's new 'voluntary' powers on FDI intervention
On June 23rd, UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma announ...
Fortress FDI #4 – Germany
Germany is taking a lead in reforming its foreign investment review mechanism to protect sensitive sectors, as well as sensitive technologies like rob...
Fortress FDI #3 – Italy
Following the new guidance issued by the European Commission in March, Italy upgraded its 'golden power' legislation accordingly. Rome now seems even...
La Zona Franca de Barcelona apuesta por la innovación
(Recorded in Spanish)
La zona franca de Barcelona ha hecho de la innovación y de la nueva economía unos de los ejes principales de su plan estra...
Fortress FDI #2 – European Union
In the second episode of Fortress FDI, our mini-series on rising investment scrutiny and protectionism, Paulette Vander Schueren, a partner with law f...
Fortress FDI #1 – Australia
Chris Rosario of Squire Patton Boggs joins from Perth as the country reviews any FDI deal
Covid-19 has made the argument for investment protecti...
Covid-19 to expose governments to wave of claims
Robert Volterra, partner with law firm Volterra Fietta, tells podcast host Jacopo Dettoni that those governments that went too far with their lockdown...
Three FDI sectors Covid-19 will change forever
Covid-19 has disrupted global markets. While a majority of sectors hope to be able to go back to a "new normal" in the mid-term, others will have to a...
Has Trump become the law of the land - in the UK?
The US administration has ramped up its secondary sanctions programmes against those whom it considers rogue states. Today more than ever, non-US comp...
Navigating cannabis investment abroad
Jon-Paul Doran, CEO & founder of UK medicinal cannabis company Eco Equity, tells fDi's Sebastian Shehadi about his experience of investing in the cann...
Trump sets “new gold standard” for investment protection
The new Nafta, renamed the United States – Mexico – Canada (USMCA) agreement, limits the scope for international arbitration and prevents general inve...
FDI in the digital age
What does the digital economy mean for businesses' international expansion? Nigel Vaz, CEO of digital transformation consultancy Publicis Sapient, dis...
How to invest in social progress
Michael Green, CEO of the Social Progress Imperative, tells fDi's Sebastian Shehadi how investors can use metrics around the social and environmental...
Hunting for string in the labyrinth. How can investors safely navigate current sanctions regimes?
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has made sanctions a distinctive element of his foreign policy. In fact, sanctions appears to have b...