Sovereign Wealth Funds
Sovereign wealth funds are huge government-run investment funds. The money often comes from commodities, like oil. Peter Day asks whether the funds are any cause for concern.
Government owned Sovereign wealth funds are treasure troves of money earned by oil resources and mighty export earnings, vast nest-eggs for the future when overseas earnings dry up. Obscure though they may be, SWFs have extraordinary flows of cash to invest and potentially enormous international clout. This programme investigates SWFs: who they are and what they're doing.
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Contributors to this programme
Kathryn Saklatvala: Sovereign Investor Institute
Patrick Thomson: J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Jin Liqun ex China International Capital Corporation
Eric J Wiener, author of the book The Shadow Market
Uche Orje, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority
James Gray, Shetland Islands Council’s Executive Manager, Finance
Broadcasts
- Thu 4 Dec 2014 20:30BBC Radio 4
- Sun 7 Dec 2014 21:30BBC Radio 4
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