22.08.2016 - Multiple reshuffles stir up Libyan sovereign wealth fund
The Libyan Investment Authority is undergoing drastic changes, as key members resigned last week followed by Libya’s unity government appointing a new management team for the country’s main sovereign wealth fund Monday. The Presidency Council of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord on Monday appointed a steering committee to temporarily assume the leadership of the LIA, Libya’s largest state fund worth approximately $67 billion. The 5-member team will thus supersede two rival LIA chairmen, who have been vying for control of the LIA over the past two years. Hassan Bouhadi – the claimant supported by Libya’s Parliament and Interim Government in the east – resigned last Thursday, three days before the GNA order, arguing that he was unable to fulfil his mission given the current circumstances in the country...............................................Full Article: Source
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