04.09.2014 - Angola's $5 billion sovereign fund nearing African, global private equity-style deals
Angola's fledgling sovereign wealth fund has identified direct investments in sub-Saharan Africa, and is poised to start deploying up to a third of the $5 billion it has been endowed by the government, its chairman said. Jose Filomeno dos Santos said the fund had set up a series of special purpose vehicles to identify opportunities in commercial infrastructure, energy, mining, agriculture and real estate. He was speaking to Reuters in London as the Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), set up in 2012 to invest Angola's oil wealth, announced it now has assets of $5 billion following a final top-up of $1.35 billion made in June...............................................Full Article: Source
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