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Rustam Minnikhanov

Tatarstan president looks to Islamic finance to fill funding gap

Faced with low oil revenues and sanctions against Russia, Tatarstan president Rustam Minnikhanov tells Courtney Fingar how he is promoting R&D, while diversifying the country’s economy away from its traditional industrial base and into Islamic finance. 

Inside fDi: Why Brexit backers shouldn't ignore the FDI factor

As the UK prepares to vote on whether or not it wants to remain part of the EU, Courtney Fingar looks at the issue from a foreign investment angle and finds that the 'Brexit or bust' attitude may mean 'Brexit and bust' for some.

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Caribbean reaffirms its joint strategy

In the face of negative headwinds battering the region, Caribbean governments are vowing to band together to boost trade and investment flows. 

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Annual Investment Meeting calls for new approach to attracting FDI

At the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai in April, delegates from a number of companies, trade bodies and countries acknowledged that FDI promotion strategies must be more adaptable.

An automotive choice TVR puts faith in Wales

An automotive choice: TVR puts faith in Wales

South Wales is rapidly becoming an automotive hub, with both TVR and Aston Martin announcing major projects in the region. Courtney Fingar reports.

Poland tricity

Poland's Tricity strives to take single message to investors

Poland's Tricity – essentially a metropolitan area made up of Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot and a few smaller communities – has a rich industrial industry and a strong message for investors, but gaining recognition as a single entity has proved problematic, as Courtney Fingar discovers. 

Inside fDi: India cottons on to FDI while China takes the silk road

For so long trailing in China's wake, India is now the great global growth story, both economically and when it comes to investment, a status reflected in this year's fDi Report. However, as Courtney Fingar describes, China's new phase of development may well have the stronger global impact.

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Ukraine leaders vow to create closer ties with EU

The Dutch may have voted against creating stronger economic, trade and political ties between the EU and Ukraine, but the leaders of the eastern European country are keen to further pursue a closer relationship with the bloc.

Inside fDi: Champagne or sobriety at Mipim?

The hospitality on show at the annual Mipim property fair in Cannes acts as a bellwether to the general state of the global economy, and therefore investment markets. And given the current political, economic and social issues weighing on a number of countries in the world, Courtney Fingar is expecting the champagne flow to be more of a trickle.

Inside fDi: the turn of the Millennial

Tech-savvy, job-hopping, highly mobile Millennials are intriguing and exasperating companies seeing to market to or employ this generation in equal measure. Courtney Fingar gets to the bottom of why this particular age gap feels more like a chasm.

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