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Saudi Public Investment Fund Assets Surpass $900 Billion

The Public Investment Fund has grown assets under management beyond nine hundred billion United States dollars while continuing large-scale domestic investment intended to support Saudi Arabia’s non-oil economy and economic diversification programme.

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