Maria Obiols

Trump’s tax reform, tariff wars and Brexit put a brake on Western FDI and shifted flows to developing countries.

Global cash hoarding is over as companies open their wallets following the 2017 tax cut in the US. 

With direct investment retreating from the US and the UK, a crop of smaller countries, topped by Singapore, were the biggest winners in the FDI horse race. Global Finance offers a new analysis and ranking.

Sector and geographical diversity in our ranking are on the rise, as oil and gas keep a low profile and big sub-Saharan economies stall.   

Big companies piled up cash in 2017, but after the much-anticipated tax cuts, much of that money may be going back to investors.

What countries do the best job attracting foreign direct investment and how do they do it? Global Finance investigates.

Here is the list of countries that owe the most to foreign creditors in 2017. The United States leads, followed by the Euro area and the United Kingdom.

The world’s economy is on its path to recovery, but it’s still fragile.

These are the 15 biggest countries in terms of GDP plus the Euro Area and the European Union aggregates. 

In the face of rising political risks, nearly 1,900 companies have moved their seat out of Catalonia including some of the biggest in the region like Gas Natural and Abertis. While murmurs of companies moving out of Catalonia owing to ...

Africa is emerging from last year’s slump, but slow growth of its largest economies is impeding recovery for many of its corporates.   

If all the world is your oyster, where do you want to clam down? Maybe not the world’s most prominent urban centers, based on a Global Finance review of global best city to live in ranking by 3 experts’ work in the field. 

Nauru, Ethiopia, Turkmenistan, Qatar, China and Uzbekistan are the countries with the fastest growing economies in the World as per IMF data for the last 10 years. Here is a complete list for the world's fastest growing economies in 2017 by GDP.

Companies keep increasing their stashes of cash. Which companies were richest in 2017?

Global Finance magazine’s 2017 list of the Best-Performing Companies In The Middle East shows some changes at the top of the rankings, with Israel gaining position while oil-producing countries struggle with low oil prices.