The Top 20 Countries for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows 2016

The Top 20 Countries for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Inflows in 2016 are shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: World Investment Report 2017, UNCTAD As usual, the US us the top country for FDI inflows. Last year $391 in FDI flowed into the country. The next two countries are UK and China …

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The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial MNEs by Foreign Assets from Transition and Developing Economies 2016

I posted the list of The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial MNEs by Foreign Assets 2016 yesterday from the World Investment Report 2017 published by UNCTAD. In this post, let us take a quick look at the top 100 MNE by foreign assets from transition and developing economies. The attached Excel below also shows how much revenue the top MNEs generate from …

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The World’s Top 100 Non-Financial MNEs by Foreign Assets 2016

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its annual World Investment Report 2017. This report includes a wealth of information on global trade. One section of the report that discusses about Multi-National Companies (MNCs) (or Multi-National Enterprises (MNEs)) is of interest to global investors. The attached Excel below also shows how much revenue the …

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The World’s Top 20 Dividend Payers in Q1, 2017

The World’s Biggest 20 Dividend Payers in the first quarter of this year was published in the recently released Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index – June 2017 report by  Janus Henderson Investors, These giants alone paid out $57.81 billion in dividends. Sources:  Global growth boosts dividends in first quarter, CityWire UK Janus Henderson Global Dividend …

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