Something interesting happened when Deutsche Bank asked 1,200 executives outside Europe where they expected to put their money next: Italy came fourth among European investment destinations. According to the bank’s Italian release of its 2026 Global Sentiment Survey on Europe, 33 percent of the companies questioned expect to invest in Italy, behind Germany, the United Kingdom and France.
The interest demonstrated to be especially strong in places that are hardly Italy’s traditional economic backyard: more than half of the respondents in the United Arab Emirates selected Italy, as did 46 percent in Saudi Arabia and 41 percent in the United States; among Mexican companies, Italy was second only to Germany.
