The number of investment projects landing in Finland grew by 23 per cent in 2015.

Last year, Finland secured altogether 127 investment projects. Globally, India came out over China as the top global destination for foreign direct investments, while the United States remains the largest source of foreign direct investments. The data was reported in the fDi Report 2016 published by the Financial Times’ fDi Intelligence unit.

“In attracting foreign investments, Finland and the Helsinki region have proven to be one of the winners on the European scale,” says Marja-Liisa Niinikoski, CEO of Helsinki Business Hub. “Based on our experiences, positive investment news like this encourages others to make new investment decisions.”

In April, Invest in Finland reported that, last year, the number of foreign-owned companies in Finland rose for the third consecutive year. Last year, 197 foreign companies settled in the Helsinki region, which accounts for 74 per cent of the figure for the whole country. Companies set up in the Helsinki capital region represent business services, the ICT sector and health and wellbeing.

According to fDi Report 2016, other key trends in 2015 include:

• FDI into Europe by project numbers fell by nearly 9% in 2015, following on from a decline in 2014

• The number of recorded projects in France and Spain continued to decline in 2015, falling 1% and 19%, respectively. However, the amount of capital invested in the countries has increased by a respective 24% and 13%

• Despite Europe declining as a source of FDI projects, capital investment from the region increased 7% to $258.5bn

• Companies from the UK, Germany and France collectively account for more than 50% of FDI projects from the region.

Reaf full version of THE fDi REPORT 2016: fdiintelligence.com

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