13 Jan 2013
(MENAFN) Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) the rainy day fund for the Gulf state, had assets worth more than USD261 billion at the end of March last year, Reuters reported, citing local media.
Al Qabas newspaper said 47 percent of the Future Generations Fund, in which the government puts a percentage of its annual revenues, was invested in stocks.
In September last year, OPEC member Kuwait decided to increase its contribution to the fund to 25 percent of the annual revenues, from 10 percent previously.
The fund, which invests outside Kuwait, was set up in 1976 and all investment income is reinvested. It is meant to provide for future generations in a country where more than half of nationals are under 25.
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