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  • Libya's oil money has made it major world shareholder

    02/21/2011 3:47:41 PM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 6 replies
    Guardian ^ | Monday 21 February 2011 14.12 GMT | Tom Bawden
    Libya's vast oil reserves have enabled it to invest more than $70bn (£43bn) around the world – making it a major shareholder in companies such as the Financial Times, Fiat and Juventus football club. The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), the crisis-stricken country's main financial vehicle, spent £224m on a 3% stake in Pearson, the education group behind the Financial Times, last June.The LIA recently set up a hedge fund in London and has bought a host of properties in the UK, paying £155m for Portman House, a 146,550 square foot retail complex on Oxford Street, and £120m for an office...