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Oil funds: threat or opportunity?

04/21/2008
The accumulation of large oil revenues, particularly since the early 2000s, has placed oil exporting countries among the world’s largest sources of capital. The bulk of these assets are invested by government-owned and government-managed oil funds, which constitute a large component of broader sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). A recent Morgan Stanley study estimates that by 2015 the financial assets of oil funds and other SWFs will be about $6 trillion each.1McKinsey Global Institute estimates that at the end of 2006, oil exporters collectively owned $3.4-3.8 trillion in foreign financial assets.The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, ...
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