Thilo Hanemann

Thilo Hanemann

Research Director

Thilo Hanemann is research director at RHG and leads the firm’s cross-border investment work. He coordinates RHG’s research assets across different practice areas and supports the investment management, strategic planning and policy analysis requirements of RHG clients within his fields of expertise.

Thilo’s work on cross-border investment assesses the rise of China, India and other emerging markets as global investors and the implications for direct investment flows, the allocation of portfolio investment, and global competitiveness. Thilo and his team analyze new trends in global capital flows, related policy developments and specific transactions involving emerging market players. One of his areas of expertise is the evolution of China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) and the economic and policy implications from this new trend.

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Going Global Starts at Home

by Thilo Hanemann

Bilateral investment was a big agenda item last week when Chinese Vice President and presumed President-to-be Xi Jinping visited the U.S. Yet while most attention went to a deal with DreamsWorks studio that will allow greater access to China for foreign film companies, investment flows in the other direction—from China to the U.S.—remain a contentious issue. And in this respect, China's fate is more in its own hands than people realize.

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    Building a Global Portfolio: What China Owns Abroad

    by Thilo Hanemann | May 4, 2012 The People’s Bank of China just released China’s 2011 Balance of Payments (BOP) and International Investment Position (IIP) data. This note summarizes the most important changes in China’s global balance sheet in 2011 and comments on the  policy developments and real economy trends that will ...

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    Chinese FDI in the United States: Q4 2011 Update

    by Thilo Hanemann | April 4, 2012 Chinese direct investment in the United States dipped to $69 million in Q4 2011, dragging down the full year figure to $4.5 billion. This is a slight drop from last year’s $5.2 billion and significantly lower than figures for Europe, where Chinese investment surged to ...

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    Chinese FDI in the United States: Q3 2011 Update

    by Thilo Hanemann | December 21, 2011 In Q3 2011, Chinese investors expanded their foothold in the United States, spending 1.03 billion for 9 greenfield projects and 9 acquisitions. This update summarizes the third quarter trends, analyzes key transactions, and discusses the latest policy developments in the U.S.-China investment relationship.

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    Chinese FDI in the United States is Taking Off: How to Maximize Its Benefits?

    by Daniel H. Rosen and Thilo Hanemann | October 24, 2011 This report in the Vale Center on Sustainable International Investment at Columbia University's FDI Perspectives by Daniel Rosen and Thilo Hanemann focuses on how the US can maximize its benefits from China's expansion of outward foreign direct investment.

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    It’s Official: Chinese FDI in the U.S. Is Soaring

    by Thilo Hanemann | August 25, 2011 This note analyzes the new headline figures and a second dataset, which shows that the benefits from Chinese investments for local economies are starting to become tangible.