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.

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.

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.

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.

While the fact that the countries with better brands tend to attract the most foreign investment may seen obvious, far too many locations are missing out on the latter because they don’t pay attention to the former, says Courtney Fingar. As the rankings show, it pays to tell the world about your energetic, trustworthy destination.

'Africa's potential' remains a talking point at investment conferences all over the world. But the talk has to be backed with action, says Courtney Fingar, and with comprehensive data now available to guide would-be investors through the continent, Africa need no longer be off limits.

After a brief flurry of optimism on the back of 2013's figures, the FDI data for 2014 is a more sedate affair, as shown in the findings of the 2015 fDi Report. And, laments Courtney Fingar, those yearning for a return to the heady days of the pre-crisis years may well have a wait on their hands.

The dreams and ambitions of cities and their development teams are laid out for all to see at the annual Mipim conference. Some will succeed, some will fail, and others still may even confound the predictions of Courtney Fingar...

Ten years of editing fDi Magazine has been a blur of international flights, war zones, barely memorable politicians and Grammy-award worthy karaoke for Courtney Fingar. But what lingers the longest in the mind is a visit to an Italian toilet paper factory...