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Sovereign wealth funds driving asset slump

Published Tue, Jan 19, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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New York

SOVEREIGN wealth funds from energy-producing countries are exacerbating a global market rout by selling off assets to meet their financial commitments amid slumping oil prices, according to Jefferies LLC.

The sales mark a new phase for the countries, after they tried boosting oil production and printing currency to make their payments, David Zervos, chief market strategist at New York-based Jefferies, wrote on Monday in a note to clients.

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