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  • Support for European Industrial Deal builds up steam

    Support for European Industrial Deal builds up steam

    ‘Actionable measures’ include streamlining legislation and fostering raw material self-sufficiency

  • China refocuses EV investment towards Europe

    China refocuses EV investment towards Europe

    Regulation and political developments among factors leading to a change in strategy

  • Germany’s current economic course unsustainable, says finance minister

    Germany’s current economic course unsustainable, says finance minister

    The German government has predicted the country will see just 0.2% growth in 2024 – a development the finance minister has described as “dramatically bad”. Speaking in Leipzig, finance minister Robert Habeck – tipped by many as Germany’s next Chancellor – warned the nation could not continue as it had, indicating drastic action may be…

  • Zelensky argues for foreign investment to rebuild Ukraine

    Zelensky argues for foreign investment to rebuild Ukraine

    Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at the Davos meeting in Switzerland this week on the potential for long-term foreign investment into the country. The president appeared onstage at the event to argue that a strengthening of Ukraine’s economy would lead to a strengthening in the security of Europe. He also spoke of the need for…

  • European assets’ Q3 net outflows less than US counterparts – EFAMA

    European assets’ Q3 net outflows less than US counterparts – EFAMA

    New statistics from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) indicate net assets within Europe saw a shallower decline than those in the US over the third quarter of last year. Figures released as part of the trade body’s International Quarterly Statistics show that, while net assets within Europe fell 0.6% compared with Q2…

  • Economic outlook gloomy but Germany still attractive for FDI

    Economic outlook gloomy but Germany still attractive for FDI

    German businesses are “significantly” reducing their investment plans, according to the latest economic survey from the country’s ifo Institute. The Munich-based organisation said the investment climate within Germany had “deteriorated noticeably” as a result of higher financing costs, weak demand and uncertainty around economic policy. Companies that specialise in trade, it said, were the most…

  • Investors eye ‘own backyards’ in 2024 – Natixis

    Investors eye ‘own backyards’ in 2024 – Natixis

    Inflation concerns have abated across Europe, Natixis Investment Managers has suggested, with the problem now greatest across Africa and the Middle East. The group’s 2024 Institutional Outlook Survey found institutional investors still harboured significant concerns heading into the new year, with three-fifths (59%) of respondents predicting equity markets would see higher volatility and two-fifths (39%)…

  • North Macedonia launches EBRD-backed energy transition programme

    North Macedonia launches EBRD-backed energy transition programme

    North Macedonia has launched its own energy transition investment platform, making the announcement to coincide with COP28. The country said it now aimed, by the end of the decade, to have phased out coal, adding 1.7GW of renewable energy, and strengthened its grid. The move is being supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and…

  • EFAMA critiques EC proposals on retail investment

    EFAMA critiques EC proposals on retail investment

    Industry body EFAMA has responded to the European Commission’s (EC) Retail Investment Package first proposed in May this year. The European Fund and Asset Management Association lists what it calls a number of “positive elements”, along with ones that the association says need to be reconsidered. The changes were proposed earlier this year and were…

  • Climate change at forefront of investors’ minds – Deutsche Bank

    Climate change at forefront of investors’ minds – Deutsche Bank

    Climate change remains the biggest environmental consideration affecting investment decisions, a new report from Deutsche Bank argues. According to the group’s 2023 ESG Survey, more than two-fifths (44%) of respondents saw it as the most-important factor, followed by 20% naming land degradation, 15% ocean pollution and the unsustainable use of marine resources, and 12% naming…

  • EC proposes plan to overhaul continent’s electricity grids

    EC proposes plan to overhaul continent’s electricity grids

    The EC has proposed an ‘Action Plan’ to help accelerate the roll-out of electricity grids across the continent, calculating €584bn in investment will be needed. The proposal from the European Commission said electricity consumption was expected to rise 60% by 2030, precipitating the need for investment. The €584bn figure had been calculated, it said, based…

  • EC to invest heavily to rebuild Ukraine as green industry ‘hub’

    EC to invest heavily to rebuild Ukraine as green industry ‘hub’

    The European Commission (EC) is preparing a €50-€60bn package to help support Ukraine’s National Plan to rebuild the country. Addressing the Kyiv Investment Forum, EC president Ursula von der Leyen said Ukraine had the people and the determination to make the country a “hub of green industry and digital innovation”. “The city of Kyiv is…