The United Arab Emirates is the leading destination market for greenfield financial services FDI, while the US is the top source market. GlobalData’s financial services foreign direct investment (FDI) report highlights the current trends in financial services foreign investments. Buy the report here.
Between 2019 and 2023, the financial services sector was the fifth largest FDI sector in terms of the number of greenfield investments. The financial services sector accounts for 5.7% of global greenfield FDI projects.
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Greenfield foreign direct investment is when a company invests abroad to establish a new physical presence or expand an existing operation. Greenfield investments create jobs and/or involve a capital investment into the foreign location. Other forms of FDI, such as mergers and acquisitions, are not included as part of this definition.
Combined, the top ten destination countries account for 51.4% of total financial services FDI projects.
The leading destination country for financial services FDI is the United Arab Emirates. The US, UK and Italy are also popular financial services investment hubs.
According to GlobalData’s FDI Projects database, United Kingdom-based companies were the leading source of greenfield financial services investments into the United Arab Emirates.
With respect to outbound FDI, the US was the leading financial services source market. US-based companies held a 21.5% share of total outbound financial services FDI projects. The UK, Switzerland, France and Germany are also top source markets for financial services FDI.
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