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Abu Dhabi aims to join GE shareholders

Mubadala, Abu Dhabi’s increasingly powerful state investment vehicle, said it planned to become one of General Electric’s biggest institutional investors as it announced a series of deals with the US group, including a $8bn joint venture to set up a commercial finance business

Wealth funds missed out on BlackRock deal

Sovereign wealth funds missed an opportunity to expand their foothold in the US financial system when Merrill Lynch last week decided against selling its 49 per cent stake in BlackRock, the fund manager, people familiar with the talks said

Sovereign funds cut exposure to weak dollar

Some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds are seeking to scale back their exposure to the US dollar in a sign of global concern about the currency

Saudi Arabia approves setting up of new fund

The oil-rich nation is set to create a state investment vehicle, considered by many as its first sovereign wealth fund, which will have an initial capital of $5.3bn

Abu Dhabi fund in deal to supply Airbus parts

EADS and Rolls-Royce extend their reach into the Middle East with the help of the state investment company, which is keen to diversify the Gulf country’s economy

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Economists believe the government’s inflation data understate the rate at which prices are increasing – and it is about to get worse

Opening up Japan

Takeovers and shareholder rights are a test of Japan’s appetite for reform. The investment world will be watching the result of proposed reforms

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Rich countries are increasingly prepared to forbid overseas investors from buying into assets deemed to be strategic – a category that is expanding

Fears of a return to protectionism

The Children’s Investment Fund has written history in Japan – although hardly in the way that it intended

Change is in the air for financial superclass

Elites cede power only reluctantly and there are signs of an effort to stave off the beginning of the end of the golden age, writes David Rothkopf

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