Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Analysis: Bulging cash balances set up funds for deals | Reuters

Global sovereign wealth funds are set to hasten investing the billions of dollars of cash holdings they have built up in a rebound from the 2008 financial crisis that has lifted their combined assets to a record.

But unlike three years ago, when they rode to the rescue of Wall Street titans such as Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, the investments this time around are seen mostly of a smaller nature and into the faster-growing sectors such as resources and infrastructure.

'They may not be the headline-grabbing investments that we are used to seeing from the funds,' said Rachel Zeimba, London-based senior research analyst at Roubini Global Economics.

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