Warsaw was the leading central and eastern European (CEE) destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the financial services sector – with a total of $706.2m pouring into the Polish capital over the 12 months to March 1, 2014. According to estimates by database fDi Markets, the six projects in Warsaw generated 825 new jobs, the highest financial services job creation figures in the CEE for the year.
Moscow follows at some distance in second place having attracted $328.6m of FDI from six financial services sector projects, generating 253 jobs. It will be interesting to monitor how Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine will affect investors sentiment towards the country in the future. The Ukrainian capital of Kiev is sixth in the ranking, with $168m of investment through five projects, which created 330 jobs.
