Europe’s economy set to accelerate amid low wage growth and falling unemployment
GDP growth expected to rise from about 0.6% in 2024 to roughly 1.2% next year
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Poland declared to be ‘key location’ for investment
Country saw a better year than many of its European compatriots in terms of FDI projects between 2022 and 2023
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How have recent European elections impacted energy?
Morningstar’s Tancrede Fulop analyses how government shake-ups in the UK and France will affect the utilities sector
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French election: ‘Worst-case scenario’ avoided, but fresh uncertainty looms
‘Possible that asset allocations to France will be permanently reduced’, says Carmignac’s Frederic Leroux
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Hung French parliament would be ‘entry point’ for investors – Lombard Odier
Two rounds of surprise election called by president Macron will take place on 30 June and 7 July
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AI investment in Europe further boosted by €1bn Italian investment
But could a maturing eastern European start-up ecosystem prove a competitor?
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Microsoft and Google parent begin heavy AI investment in Europe
Tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet have announced heavy investments into the AI landscapes of France and Germany this week. Microsoft is reportedly set to invest €3.2bn in building up its AI infrastructure and cloud capacity in Germany by the end of the next year. The investment is expected to cover the training of some 1.2m…
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French ‘ISR’ ruling to lead to ESG rethink
A new ruling from the French government around ESG investing could potentially lead to forced divestments worth billions of euros. As the Financial Times recently reported, the country has decided funds under its ‘L’investissement socialement responsible’ (ISR) label will no longer be able to put money into hydrocarbon exploration, exploitation or refining projects. Companies that…
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France buoys position as Europe’s tech start-up centre
France has been identified as the second-largest start-up “ecosystem” on the continent. The claim was made in an article on the site Maddyness, which also posited that Paris was set to become a ‘boomtown’ for investment in artificial intelligence (AI). Hugo Borensztein, co-founder and CEO of AI platform Omi, who was interviewed for the piece,…
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EIB commits €315m to 5G across five European countries
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €315m loan agreement with Spanish telecommunications firm Cellnex to support 5G rollouts in France, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. According to Cellnex, the loan will mobilise total investment of €631m to improve and expand the coverage and capacity of very high bandwidth mobile network infrastructure in these…
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Is France becoming Europe’s go-to FDI destination?
This year’s ‘Choose France’ summit, held at Versailles this month, has led to pledges of €13bn of future investment in the country. Reporting from Euractiv indicated more than 200 chief executives, including Tesla and Twitter supremo Elon Musk, attended the event. While Musk did not make any overt pledge, 28 company-specific projects were reportedly announced,…
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La Française appoints Guillaume Cadiou as CEO
Tasked with driving forward its multi-boutique asset management business plans