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Reporter @fDiIntelligence @FT | former art world flâneur | views my own etc | français, 中文, italiano | he/ him 🏳️‍🌈| [email protected]

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Seth O’Farrell
2 years
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.
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The US colocation provider has agreed to buy energy from $3bn Australian wind project
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Seth O’Farrell
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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 .
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Increased budget for the Office for Investment to cater to large foreign investors
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Seth O’Farrell
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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 !.
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Investors’ waning enthusiasm is now clear to see, but the signs have existed for years
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Seth O’Farrell
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RT @fDiIntelligence: Most of the top 20 countries by share of #Stem tertiary graduates are in the developing world. The top three were #Mal….
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Seth O’Farrell
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#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! .
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Seth O’Farrell
2 years
Thanks @ZongyuanZoeLiu for writing this book! Please anyone who wants to know more about China and its gigantic wealth funds, pls read Sovereign Funds: .
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The first in-depth account of the sudden growth of China’s sovereign wealth funds and their transformative impact on global markets, domestic and multinational businesses, and international politic...
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu
2 years
I am very happy that Financial Times @fDiIntelligence Seth O’Farrell @sofarrelll did a great review of my book. Much appreciate the careful read and the attention to SLFs - Sovereign Leveraged Funds🙏😊 @CFR_org @Harvard_Press @HarvardUPLondon.
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Seth O’Farrell
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Green finance people, this is great. "[Institutional investors'] preferences and constraints are an important but rarely acknowledged obstacle to market-led decarbonisation.".
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The limits of institutional investors and private financing
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Seth O’Farrell
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RT @amandalanchu: More than $200bn has been announced in US manufacturing one year after the IRA and Chips Act. But companies & analysts sa….
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One year after the IRA and Chips Act became law, FT research shows who is winning the investment race
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Seth O’Farrell
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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.
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Chris Camacho, CEO of Phoenix's GPEC, discusses how AI is disrupting investment attraction
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Seth O’Farrell
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RT @fDiIntelligence: Global community is 'ill equipped' to tackle #climate change without investing in #biodiversity, @dannyalexander, vice….
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Seth O’Farrell
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RT @fDiIntelligence: #India is the biggest beneficiary of @AIIB_Official support, with a total of $9.5bn-worth of committed finance, which….
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Seth O’Farrell
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RT @fDiIntelligence: The #pandemic has changed the way we work, commute and live. This will further reduce demand for office space and impa….
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Hybrid work and lower office attendance undermines commercial real estate in major cities
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Seth O’Farrell
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RT @fDiIntelligence: More than 110 countries have reach an agreement at the @wto aimed at facilitating more foreign investment into develop….
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112 countries signed up to the IFD agreement to unlock FDI into the developing world
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RT @fDiIntelligence: In a new series about uses of #AI in #FDI, @sofarrelll looks into why @EstoniaInvest has been ahead of the pack in int….
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The country’s IPA adopted artificial intelligence tools early on to attract investment
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RT @fDiIntelligence: Among the top 100 investors in R&D, Chinese #EV maker @BYDCompany increased its spending the most in 2022, compared wi….
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Seth O’Farrell
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RT @fDiIntelligence: David Meyerowitz, CEO of Haier UK, tells @sofarrelll why the Chinese white goods company has been successful in #Europ….
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CEO of Haier in the UK on why Chinese ownership isn’t slowing down its expansion
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Seth O’Farrell
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RT @antoniacundy: ICYMI: Your long read this weekend. Four men’s story — and the truth behind the “British-caught” fish we eat. Free to….
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RT @fDiIntelligence: India attracted more foreign greenfield investment in R&D than any other country in 2022. In our latest cover story, @….
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Seth O’Farrell
2 years
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?.
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The government is setting a new EU standard for incentive-driven industrial development
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Seth O’Farrell
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RT @fDiIntelligence: Business leaders have urged UK MPs to urgently support investment in the #EV, #battery and #criticalmineral supply cha….
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Industry leaders warn MPs that the country is missing battery supply chain opportunities
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