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Big, But Not Very Bad.(Periscope; GIANTS OF FINANCE)(sovereign wealth fund)(Brief article)
Byline: Rana Foroohar
Sovereign wealth funds aren't so scary. That's the finding of a new study of SWFs, the booming investment arms of petro states like Saudi Arabia and emerging giants like China. The recent SWF investments into groups like Citibank and Merrill Lynch raised concerns that these state funds are now rich enough to buy into strategic Western assets. But the Monitor Group study of 785 public SWF investments since 2000 ...
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