Weekend Giant Reading: May 29 — 31, 2015

It’s been a few weeks since my last weekend reading installment. Here’s what you’ve missed during that time:

- Green:Norway’s SWF may be asked by the government tosell its investments in producers and consumers of coal.

- First Mover:Oman’s sovereign fundalready has its investment boots firmly planted in Iran.

- Ghost Ship:Nobody’s running theLibyan Investment Authority!

- New SWFs:And the latest country to unveilplans for a new SWFis ... The Bahamas! (Note to the Bahamian government: I am available to come to Nassau.)

——保持它真实:Big sovereign funds areincreasingly focused on property and infrastructure.

- Strategic Ambitions:China is launching a $5 billion fund, which will be subsidiary to the China Investment Corporation, to help “export the country’s advanced industrial capacity.”

- Collaboration:CalPERS and QIC havestruck a $1 billion dealto collaborate on Australian infrastructure deals.

- Say What?Apparently asset managers can nowsue pension fundsfor breach of stuff they said in conversations ... and win.

——破坏:If true, this story is completely nuts:Kuwait Investment Office employeesapparently made “huge, deliberate, bad investments.”

- Selfie:The less you do ...the more you do.

Have a great weekend!