Alex Irwin-Hunt
@AlexIrwinHunt
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Global Markets Editor for @fDiIntelligence at @FT. Tweets about #FDI/#econdev/#startups/#venturecapital. DMs open. Email: [email protected].
London, England
Joined January 2019
🧵Manufacturing investment near to Western #Europe is increasing. #Nearshoring, or the movement of production closer to end-consumers, is not new. But this data proves its a growing phenomenon. 👉 #FDI #data #dataviz #GraphTime
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RT @fDiIntelligence: Chinese firms say political barriers & anti-Chinese sentiment are biggest hurdles to their EU operations. The secretar….
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RT @fDiIntelligence: The end of Northvolt's flagship gigafactory in Skellefteå has left the Swedish town searching for a new purpose, repor….
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RT @fDiIntelligence: Four fact-based charts on financial and direct investor appetite on the #US so far during Donald Trump's second term,….
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RT @fDiIntelligence: The first official foreign direct investment data since Donal Trump's return to the White House suggests a divergence….
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RT @fDiIntelligence: The UK is set to consolidate its "complex landscape" of special economic zones as part of a new industrial strategy. B….
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Is Big #Pharma's #US investment surge just smoke and mirrors?. Analysts at @Jefferies raise questions about the multibillion-dollar capital expenditure pledges in the US from biopharmaceutical giants during Trump's second term: .
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RT @jacob_feldgoise: I shared some thoughts with @fDiIntelligence about the recent growth of China's STEM PhDs programs. Thank you @AlexIrw….
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RT @mrp: 80% of Al-native funding is captured by these 3 metro areas: . 🇺🇸 Silicon Valley.🇨🇳 Beijing .🇫🇷 Paris . @AlexIrwinHunt @fDiIntell….
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RT @speirin: "Qatar’s grand plan to become a start-up hub. The Gulf country is rolling out the red carpet for tech investors and founders"….
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Europe is having its own #Stargate moment. France's €109bn #AI pledge underlines #Europe playing catch up with the largesse of US investment commitments:
Nous avons les talents et les atouts pour réussir dans l'intelligence artificielle. Bonne nouvelle : les entreprises françaises et étrangères annoncent 109 milliards d’euros d’investissements en France dans l’IA. C’est historique.
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💫 Conviction that AI is the next tech revolution has created a frenzy among investors of all stripes. Just over half of global VC funding went to AI-focused #startups in 4Q 2024, shows preliminary @PitchBook data ↓. . #data #ai #venturecapital #vc
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The cost of doing business globally has reached a 10-year peak due to 'deglobalisation', 'friendshoring' and the concurrent rise in global trade restrictions, according to @MaplecroftRisk. Could this trend continue under Trump 2.0? #fdi #econdev #trade.
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Data centre investment is increasingly being directed outside traditional markets, as soaring demand leads developers to build capacity in alternative locations with access to plentiful affordable electricity:. #datacenter #datacentre #fdi #ai
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Javier Milei is approaching his one-year anniversary as Argentina's president. Early signs are that his shock therapy to the historically volatile Latin American economy is working: . #Argentina #Milei #economicpolicy.
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RT @fDiIntelligence: Foreign investors buckle up for next Trump presidency. FDI insiders forecast a ‘wild ride’, tariff-jumping and stronge….
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RT @donchar: France “is doing what’s politically possible. but it’s a sticking plaster . They need to reduce the cost of the state. They….
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World Bank has released the first iteration of a renewed version of its annual business climate report. The bank said it is “more rigorous and more transparent” than the controversial Doing Business report it discontinued in 2021:
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Latin American secondary cities are gaining ground on major cities in the tech world. Their share of new VC-backed start-ups rose to 25.5%, while the share in major hubs fell to 55%:
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