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Global Business: Sovereign Wealth Funds

06/11/2014

Sovereign Wealth Funds

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Funds run by governments are worth $5 trillion and growing fast. Should we be concerned?

Funds run by governments are worth a staggering $5 trillion – and growing fast. Should we worry about the power of  Sovereign Wealth Funds? Peter Day investigates.

They are worth a staggering $5 trillion – and growing fast – but little is known about them. Sovereign Wealth Funds – funds run by governments around the world – have become an essential lubricant in the international financial system. Peter Day asks if we should we be concerned about the power of these funds? Or, on the contrary, are they a steadying force in an unstable economic world.

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