IN 2014 FUNDING IN FOREIGN COUNTRY ARE GROWN OF 31 PER CENT OF ALLOWING TO ITALY ASCEND IN 12th PLACE ON ALL SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES AND THEIR KNOW HOW John Marabelli Milan L 'Italy is starting to recover its appeal among international investors. Although the turnaround in recent months is still in its infancy, and the pre-crisis levels very far, the conditions for attracting investment flows from abroad, carry out projects, create jobs are being defined.
This is demonstrated by the conjunction of some research baked recently by leading centers of economic analysis: from "The fDi Report" (produced by "fDi Intelligence", the division of the "Financial Times" dedicated to international investment) to "The FDI Confidence Index "the consulting firm AT Kearney, through" Italian multinational "of ICE, the government agency for internationalization. In 2014, according to the annual report of "fDi Intelligence", international investment initiatives aimed at "de novo" (the so-called "greenfield", those with higher added value for the country) are slowed sharply, marking a tight +1 percent, after the previous two-digit growth.
Europe, in which the survey also includes Russia and Turkey, has gone even in red, with a drop of 6 percent in both value of capital invested in the number of projects launched. A trend which, fortunately, not common to Italy to the rest of the continent. In our country they have flowed from abroad about 5 billion dollars to launch 101 projects, 31 percent more than in 2013, against an average decline of 17 percent mainland. As for the other major EU countries, 909 projects have been funded by foreign investors in the UK (with $ 35 billion of capital invested), 378 in Germany (7 mdl), 252 in Spain (9 billion), 237 in France ( 6 billion).
The traditional rivals of Italy, then, remain far but given the positive (although a far cry from the more than 250 projects "greenfield" foreign funds in 2008) related to investment to fund new initiatives is very significant and is evidence of the "honeymoon "going on between Italian and international investors.
To substantiate this view come the issues of "Multinational Italy", according to which the great escape is over and in 2013, our country is gradually coming back on the radar of foreign investors, with an increase in investment from abroad by 9 percent (after a decline in the previous year amounted to 22 percent) and the prediction of "strong acceleration" in the coming years. To reduce the current, significant, difference in the ratio FDI / GDP in Italy that travels around half the European average.
And the gap between Italian investments in outbound and inbound. According to data Ice-Politecnico di Milano, the stock of direct investment in our country is out of the 28.9 percent of GDP, the incoming 19.5 percent. With 1.5 million employees of foreign companies that are owned by Italian groups working in Italy against 915 thousand in foreign investments. And 587 billion in revenue compared with 497. The optimism seems not unfounded. The "certifies" the 15th edition, dated 2015, the "FDI Confidence Index", which measures the degree of attraction exerted by a country on the investment community and international decision makers and draw up a list of the top 25 countries in the world for economic attractiveness . Last year Italy has forged ahead, going from 20th to 12th place.
Just two years ago, in 2013, he did not fall even among the excellence of the list, an exclusion which lasted without interruption since 2007. The ranking is led by the US, followed by China and the United Kingdom (which in 2013 was only eighth) and then, in order, Canada, Germany, Brazil, Japan, France, Mexico, Australia, India and, of course, Italy. The European countries in the last two years have generally greatly improved their position: the level of interest in the Old Continent, say the analysts at AT Kearney, is unprecedented for many years now and their share in the Index increased 40 to 60 percent in the last 12 months.
The political and economic stability, in a period dominated increasingly by uncertainty and volatility, is the main towing of this renewed interest but also the expansive policy of the European Central Bank is playing a very significant role. The competition, in short, is becoming increasingly ruthless in Europe. It would be necessary that the entire national system, with no difference between public and private, come down on the field to highlight the many strengths of Italy. A strategy begun by AIFI (Italian association of private equity funds, venture capital and private debt) and London has started a kind of tour to promote greater awareness among foreign investors. The data of 2014, in fact, show that even on this front last year was the turning point.
From a survey conducted by PwC for Aifi it shows that in 2014 the private equity funds have collectively invested in the Italian economy 3.53 billion euro, up from 3.43 billion in 2014. But to make a difference are the very resources arrive by international funds: 1.9 billion, an increase of 39 percent compared to 1.37 billion in 2013, ie 53.8 percent of the total compared with 40 percent last year. And the novelty is represented by the interest, the cases in the news are numerous, the audience of international investors is devoting to one of the specific winning the made in Italy: the micro, small and medium enterprises.
Involvement of MSMEs in the process of internationalization of the country also stressed in "Italian multinational" The slogan "Small is beautiful" seems to go out of style. It is precisely SMEs symbol of "Made in Italy" the most courted foreign investment funds that have returned to focus the radar on the country.
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