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Thematic Analysis
Agentic AI in Travel and Tourism: Strategic Intelligence
This report provides an in-depth look at the agentic AI theme in the travel and tourism sector, covering industry challenges, how AI impacts travel and tourism sectors, case studies, and more. Agentic AI refers to advanced AI systems that act autonomously, making decisions and taking actions with limited or no human supervision. An AI agent is a software program that interacts with its environment, collecting data to perform specific tasks, answer questions, and automate processes for users. According to a...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in LATAM (2025)
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Latin American (LATAM) region is projected to increase in 2025, sculpted by commodity demand, competing US-Chinese investments, and expanded bilateral trade agreements conductive of FDI inflows. According to GlobalData’s FDI database, opened Greenfield FDI projects are projected to increase by ~1.8% in 2025, preceding consecutive years of growth in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Bucking the global trend, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Latin American (LATAM) region is projected to increase in 2025, sculpted...
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Analyst Opinions
Tokenization: Market Trends and Innovations
Report Value Proposition – Why This Matters for You Tokenization is rapidly evolving from an emerging blockchain application into a foundational layer of modern financial infrastructure. Financial institutions, asset managers, governments, and technology providers are increasingly adopting tokenized assets, smart contracts, and blockchain-based ecosystems to improve efficiency, liquidity, transparency, and asset accessibility. This report explores how tokenization is transforming financial markets and digital ecosystems through innovations in blockchain infrastructure, real-world asset tokenization, digital identity, ESG assets, interoperability, and decentralized finance....
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in the Middle East (2025)
Following a period of significant Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) growth from 2019 to 2023, the inflow of FDI into the Middle East (ME) has slowed down due to risk premiums affecting investor confidence. Capital market reforms, eased equity caps, and limited FDI screening adopted by the likes of Saudi Arabia and the UAE have made material differences to making nations more compatible with global markets. Still, FDI projects opened in the ME region declined by 10.6% YoY in 2024, according...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in APAC (2025)
Overall, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region experienced significant growth in inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for 2024. This growth was primarily focused on sectors such as renewables, communications/media, and electronics, with the United States, United Kingdom, and France identified as major investors. In 2025, increasing trade barriers and geopolitical tensions are altering the landscape of APAC FDI. While protectionist measures and security-driven screening are redirecting some investments, such as semiconductors from Taiwan, towards the United States, resilient markets like India and...
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Analyst Opinions
Industrial Robots: Trends and Innovations
Industrial Robots move from automation to autonomy Industrial robotics is entering a new phase of transformation as intelligent, mobile, and humanoid systems reshape automation across sectors. Evolving beyond traditional caged robots, next-generation platforms integrate AI, computer vision, digital twins, and advanced actuation to enable adaptive, flexible, and connected operations. Automotive, electronics, and aerospace remain core adopters, while healthcare, construction, and logistics are emerging growth frontiers. Companies such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Tesla are piloting humanoids for assembly and logistics, ABB,...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in Europe (2025)
Europe experienced a robust growth phase characterized by increased project numbers and capital expenditures from 2023 to 2024, . Europe's share in opened Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects, dominated by Western Europe, rose to 40% in 2024. Despite visible FDI opportunity, Eurozone GDP growth stunted at 0.9% in 2024, with structural issues like low productivity, rapidly increasing bond yields, and energy costs weighing on industrial competitiveness Despite healthy levels of inward Greenfield FDI recorded in 2024, Europe’s FDI climate is facing the...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in North America (2025)
Canada’s FDI outlook remains rife with economic uncertainty, being intrinsically linked to the US. According to GlobalData’s FDI Database, the US constitutes approximately 45% of the 371 (announced) FDI projects in Canada’s inward FDI pipeline (from 2023 to close of Q2 2025). Prime Minister Mark Carney initially adopted a tough rhetoric, indicating a desire to renegotiate the USCMA trading agreement. Though, the current state-of-play reads that Canada has filed a WTO dispute contesting US tariff obligations, while elevated 35% tariffs...
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Thematic Analysis
FDI Trends in Africa (2025)
Overall, Africa’s share of global FDI remains small, however, investment opportunities across the continent are increasingly viewed as a growth frontier, presenting competitive long-term benefits. Notably, Africa continues to offer higher average profitability on FDI relative to other regions, despite ample structural deficiencies fueling a high-risk premium; this is supported by the fact that the largest 40 companies in Africa have annualized returns of 12.9% in the last year. GlobalData’s FDI Team expects FDI to diversifyaway from traditional, extractive industries...
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Analyst Opinions
Agentic AI: Sector Impact and Innovations
As AI agents move from proof-of-concept to large-scale deployments, they are showing significant potential to improve operational efficiency, decision-making, and personalization. Emerging vendors like Hippocratic AI (healthcare), Boosted.AI (financial services), Agentech (financial services), FleetWorks (transportation, infrastructure, and logistics), Harvey (legal and compliance), and Pando (transportation, infrastructure, and logistics) are at the forefront of this transformation. Their tools, which integrate advanced reasoning frameworks, multi-agent collaboration models, and intelligent retrieval techniques, are creating scalable and adaptable AI systems that cater to sector-specific...
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