New Zealand Inc's foreign investor pitch in Thailand

New Zealand Inc's foreign investor pitch in Thailand
Some of Thailand's wealthiest are looking to diversify their investments overseas. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
If the performance of various NZ industry representatives at a business event in Thailand is anything to go by, promoting New Zealand to the world is about a mixture of scenery-selling, visa-hawking, and promises about renewable energy.But is it what foreign investors want to hear? Bond Critic managing partner Warut Promboon – who works across Asia and moderated a panel at a recent NZ-Thailand business event in Bangkok – thinks NZ could be an appealing foreign investment target for the mainly United States-based investors he re...

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