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Norway’s $1tn Sovereign Wealth Fund Raps FCA Over Aramco

World's largest sovereign wealth investor takes aim at London's open arms approach to the Middle Eastern oil giant

Norway’s $1tn Sovereign Wealth Fund Raps FCA Over Aramco

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has criticised the U.K. financial regulator over its controversial efforts to tempt Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company to London.

Norges Bank Investment Management, which runs Norway’s $1 trillion oil fund, has attacked the Financial Conduct Authority over its proposal to change stock-market rules to accommodate Saudi Aramco, which wants to go public next year with a mooted $2 trillion deal.

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