| When the quiet one in the room suddenly shouts, people tend to listen. On that basis, the reserved and thoughtful Norwegians who run the country’s $850bn oil fund should get a decent hearing next time they visit Wolfsburg, having declared they will sue Volkswagen over the emissions scandal.
Class-action suits by investors are an oddly circular way to extract money from the pot they themselves own and should not generally be encouraged. The Norwegian action needs to be seen, though, in the light of VW’s peculiarly dysfunctional corporate governance and the wider strategy of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund...............................................Full Article: Source
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