AUSTRALIA - Prime minister Julia Gillard today rejected the idea of starting a sovereign wealth fund calling superannuation funds themselves "our trillion dollar sovereign wealth fund, but with market benefits".
Speaking at a financial services council breakfast, she said: "Some say in the current economic environment we should be considering establishing a sovereign wealth fund. I take a different approac...
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