Columbia University to stop fossil fuel investment
Columbia University has published a statement that it currently “does not hold any direct investments in publicly traded oil and gas companies and is formalising this policy of non-investment for...
Investment
SK Group invests $1.5bn in hydrogen fuel cell firm Plug Power
South Korean company SK Group has agreed to invest $1.5bn in US-based hydrogen fuel cell...
UK Government-funded observatory opens to research water from abandoned mines
The UK’s new underground observatory, dedicated to researching subsurface knowledge, has opened in Glasgow, with the facility team saying that it...
Will blockchain reshape trade and investment?
Cryptocurrencies have made headlines in recent years, but it is the blockchain technology that underpins them that could alter the worlds of trade and investment. By Lara Williams for Investment…
The state of play: FDI in France
France is a big hitter when it comes to attracting FDI, but it experienced a drop in inflows in 2019, and its prospects look bleaker still as Covid-19 makes its…
The state of play: FDI in Brazil
At the end of July, the Banco Central do Brasil announced that, in June 2020, net foreign direct investment (FDI) flows maintained the trend that has been observed since March.…
The state of play: FDI in India
India has enjoyed huge growth in inward foreign direct investment over the past decade, and in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic it looks set to continue this trend in the…
The state of play: FDI in Bahrain
After gathering momentum over several years, foreign direct investment into Bahrain slumped in 2019 and, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the picture is unlikely to get any brighter in the near…
The state of play: FDI in China
Despite trade wars and rising geopolitical tensions, China remains one the world’s leading destinations for FDI. Sebastian Shehadi reports. Foreign direct investment (FDI) to China has grown exponentially since the…
