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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 21, 2009
Monetary Policy
SAFE, state capitalist?
One of the questions raised by the expansion of sovereign wealth funds – back when sovereign funds were growing rapidly on the back of high oil prices and Asian countries’ increased willingness to ta…
March 19, 2009
Monetary Policy
Did SAFE really buy that many US (and global) equities?
Jamil Anderlini’s Monday FT story -- which obviously drew heavily on my work -- attracted a fair amount of attention. Particularly in China. Americans are more focused on AIG’s losses than Chi…
September 11, 2008
Monetary Policy
Finance as foreign policy
The Financial Times seems to have found an obviously non-commercial investment by a sovereign state. And it didn’t come from a sovereign fund. China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange seems…
June 7, 2013
China
Obama and Xi: Can the United States and China Speak the Same Language?
Leading up to today’s summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the drumbeat from Beijing has been consistent and insistent: China and the United States should buil…
December 30, 2007
China
Does the China investment corporation (CIC) have a coherent investment strategy?
I personally would say no. And I am not alone. Tan Wei of mergermarket.com reports (in the FT) “a source familiar with the Chinese government’s thinking … who has direct access to the Chinese g…