China's economy has evolved to a point where foreign investors can no longer rely on it as a cheap destination for manufacturing and must turn their attention to other, more domestically focused operations, according to accounting and consulting firm Nexia China.

Terrorism, conflict and resource nationalism are among the most significant political risks that will face investors in 2013, according to risk analysis company Maplecroft.

Colombia grants licences for oil exploration as investor confidence in the country grows. 

A report by global tax advisory, Taxand, shows that most of the tax reforms introduced in 2012 were designed to increase government revenues rather than encourage FDI.

In a recent ranking of global destinations for infrastructure investments, the UK was placed outside of the top 10, a potential blow to the country's plans to seek investment in a new high-speed railway network and nuclear facilities.

An investment by South Africa-based chemical and energy company Sasol is set to be the largest single manufacturing investment recorded in Louisiana's history.

A global connectedness index compiled by logistics company DHL shows that growth of international flows is slowing.

South Korea is challenging the status of Hong Kong and Singapore as Asia's leading financial hubs, with the launch of its own international finance centre in Seoul.

Kenya's permanent secretary to the Ministry of Finance says 2013's elections will not shake the country's improving economy.

While FDI into Spain has decreased in the first nine months of 2012 when compared with the same period in 2011, Barcelona has experienced a significant increase in FDI in this period.