Global capital flows for H1 2020 were 23% lower than the same period in 2019 as the economic effects and physical restrictions imposed by the pandemic spread. Just over 26% of transactions were cross-border – a similar level to 2019. However, this is largely due to a combination of locations outside the initial epicentre of the pandemic seeing strong first-quarter inflows, and transactions commenced before Covid-19 disruption bolstered the figures.
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