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Sovereign funds face US threat

By James Politi in Washington

Published: February 14 2008 03:57 | Last updated: February 14 2008 03:57

The political heat surrounding sovereign wealth funds in the US increased on Wednesday as Chuck Schumer, the powerful New York senator, said he would consider legislation to improve their transparency and ensure they did not invest with “non-economic motivations”.

Mr Schumer said that state-controlled investors from the Middle East, China and elsewhere “need to do a lot more to make their case”.

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