MIAMI: Officials of the Future Investment Initiative’s Priority Summit, which opened on Wednesday in Miami, announced that they will unveil a new tool to track global capital investments during their next conference in Riyadh on Oct. 26.
FII Chairman and acting CEO Richard Attias gave a preview of the Capital in Motion Index during a press briefing attended by Arab News.
The CMI will add to several tools created by the FII that are used by investors to strengthen their decisions, Attias said, describing it as “an extremely important milestone.”
He added: “It will be a yearly index to help you, to help us, understand where the money is going. I think this will be a fantastic tool for investors of course, but also for foreign direct investment strategies, for world leaders, for countries, for governments, and to understand what are the motivations behind these flows.”
The CMI “will decode how strategic capital is moving across markets, sectors, and technologies,” FII said in a statement released after the first day of the summit.
It “will track not only where capital goes, but how well it supports long-term value creation. It will focus on the sectors shaping the future, from AI and energy to food systems and urban innovation.
“It will be built to give decision-makers clearer insight into the forces driving a more resilient and inclusive global economy.”
Structured around six core dimensions, including capital mobility, quality, inclusivity, and future readiness, the CMI will go beyond traditional metrics to assess not only where capital is flowing, but how effectively it is contributing to long-term value creation.
The index reflects the institute’s shift toward providing actionable insights rather than just facilitating discussions, as the initiative is built on principles of inclusivity and accessibility, aiming to make capital flow data available to a wider range of stakeholders worldwide, empowering them to make more effective investment decisions.
