Capital, returns & FDI: Identifying investment opportunities in Europe’s growth markets
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Investors are reassessing their capital allocation strategies as widening geopolitical faultlines reshape the global economy. Against this backdrop, smaller European growth markets are providing potential investment opportunities across sectors such as renewable energy, infrastructure, technology and real estate. For example, recent growth in tourism in regions such as the Eastern Mediterranean has led to high demand for commercial properties. Likewise, renewable energy targets under EU climate and energy frameworks reflect an increased emphasis on green energy transition, and an increased focus on IT and supporting local firms has attracted the interest of tech giants. So where should investors be putting their capital to gain real returns?
As global capital becomes more selective, investors are prioritising regulatory clarity, credible local partners and projects able to deliver real returns. Whilst geographic position and EU membership may offer advantages, investors remain focused on how these factors translate into viable opportunities across infrastructure, renewables, real estate and technology. At the same time, investors must be alert to governance standards and reputational risk, which continue to form a key part of due diligence.
This roundtable will focus on which sectors investors should be allocating capital into, examining near-term opportunities, emerging pipelines and investment structures best suited to delivering risk-adjusted returns. This discussion, comprised of senior leaders from Europe’s investment landscape, will move beyond the macro narrative to explore what is genuinely investible today and how capital can be sensibly allocated, whilst being mindful of risk pricing.
Roundtable Participants:
Andrew Cohen, Executive Chairman, J.P. Morgan Private Bank, J.P. Morgan
Johanna von Seidel, Director, Newmark
Marco Kogler, Managing Partner, FuzeQube Group
Mike Harling, CEO, Whitefield International
James Lewis, CEO, Bloodstone Capital
Andrew Perchtold, Associate Director Private Clients, Henley & partners
Lin Wu, Secretary-General, CCCUK
Francisca Van Dijkrn, Global Client, Citi
Lin Wu, Secretary-General, CCCUK
Sanjeev Verma, Practice Manager and Chief Risk Officer, AK Law
Paul Nearchou, Partner, DFi
Marios Andreou, President, Cyprus-UK Business Association
Rafal Libera, Chief Growth Officer, LinkGevity
Evgenios Evgeniou, Chairman, Invest Cyprus
Lia Riris, Deputy CEO, Invest Cyprus
Miltiades Andreou, Managing Partner and Founder, AK Law
More participants to be announced soon..
Moderator: Alex Irwin-Hunt, Global Market Editor, fDi Intelligence
Key Discussion Points
● Which countries, sectors and projects are ready for institutional capital, and what differentiates bankable opportunities from early-stage projects?
● Can tech forward countries such as Cyprus move beyond early-stage innovation to support scale-ups and later-stage tech investments?
● Which sectors are likely to attract the largest share of international capital, and which may struggle to keep up in terms of allocation?
● Which growth markets offer genuine return uplift relative to core European markets, and where does risk begin to outweigh the premium?
● How resilient are real estate markets to shifts in tourism demands, interest rates and capital flows?
● How are investors assessing governance, transparency and reputational risk when evaluating opportunities in countries such as Cyprus, and what due diligence and safe-guarding measures are they putting in place when deploying capital?
● Does Cyprus’ solar pipeline, with forecasts suggesting the island could generate 25% to 40% of its total electricity from solar power by 2030, justify increased capital allocation to renewables?
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