Warm by the American and Britain crisis, the sovereign funds of Gulf bet on the huge industry. The German Industry meets
a large success in term of
investment following the famous brand of car: Volkswagen who operates in this time a merger with Porsche. It’s Qatar Investment Authority who detains now almost 20% of this new structure. Daimler is desire by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority who takes participation at height of 10% in the capital of this car company. The Polish shipyards are also very interesting to finance because they are compulsory liquidation.
The deals are very profitable because they are the stake of tomorrow. This kind of industry has the major challenge to rise in the next years, like the replacement of petrol by the electric car or ecologic car. The maritime exchanges are in growth for years to years and represent a huge potential of benefits. The
sovereign funds create a network not only based on the hedge funds and capital investment but also on the real business.
Adding that the facts of the sovereign funds are regaining liquid assets following a price of crude to near of $75 per barrel. In France, for instance, the Qatar Investment Authority invests in the industrial companies like Suez Environment, Cegelec but also the mansion and famous hotel to Paris. This funds participate to reduce the public debt in buying the government loans.
The Arab emirate like Qatar, Abu Dhabi and again Saudi Arabia are the new investors of world, their financial standing represent $2300 billions dollars, so the European countries need for than even them. Of course, there are always the fiscal advantages for the nationals of these countries. But we have no choice, otherwise to accept their conditions in time of crisis.