Danielle Myles

1 month ago | fdiintelligence.com | Danielle Myles

The foreign direct investment (FDI) industry is taking great strides to improve gender balance, but cultural challenges and leadership gaps are holding back progress despite mounting evidence that diversity spurs commercial success. These are key messages from fDi’s survey on gender balance within the industry, which drew responses from organisations in each continent which work across areas spanning investment and export promotion, advisory, policy-making and free zones.

1 month ago | fdiintelligence.com | Danielle Myles

Indonesia’s ambitious new sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Danantara has sparked early concerns over governance and political risks, which analysts warn could complicate rather than improve the country’s foreign direct investment (FDI) prospects. Launched on February 24 with initial assets under management (AUM) of Rp300tn ($18bn), the government wants Danantara to ultimately hold $900bn in AUM, which would make it the seventh biggest SWF in the world, according to GlobalSWF.

1 month ago | fdiintelligence.com | Danielle Myles

US president Donald Trump’s early efforts to hike tariffs on everywhere from China to Canada has sparked renewed interest in the country’s 90 year-old foreign trade zone (FTZ) programme. The driving principle behind FTZs — the US version of free trade zones — is mitigating the impact of tariffs. Faced with the prospect of higher costs for inputs from abroad, more companies are assessing FTZs as a potential solution.

2 months ago | fdiintelligence.com | Danielle Myles

Donald Trump’s first foreign direct investment (FDI) policy since returning to office promises to ease investment hurdles for companies from allied nations, while further tightening the screws on Chinese investment and seeking to expand national security screening to cover greenfield projects: “economic security is national security”, the document reads, with specific reference to China.

2 months ago | fdiintelligence.com | Danielle Myles

Over the past half-century, Spain’s Grupo Piñero has built itself into a leader of sol y playa (sun and beach) tourism. The family-owned and run business headquartered in Mallorca and founded in 1975 has expanded from its origins as a tour operator to include real estate, golf, mobility and hotels — the latter accounting for more than three-quarters of its operations. Grupo Piñero’s focus on destinations offering an endless summer, however, has remained.