Wednesday September 19, 10:10 AM
China to launch FX agency on Sept. 28 -newspaper
BEIJING, Sept 19 (Reuters) - China's much-awaited new
sovereign wealth fund will start operations on Sept. 28, a
semi-official newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The China Business News, echoing other media reports, said
the chairman of the agency would be Lou Jiwei, a former deputy
finance minister; Gao Xiqing, vice-chairman of China's national
pension fund, would be the general manager.
But the paper, without giving sources, said deputy central
bank governor Su Ning would not be part of the management team.
Contradicting media reports earlier this month, it also said
Goldman Sachs Managing Director Fred Hu would probably not head
the new fund's research team.
China is establishing the fund to increase the investment
returns on its mounting foreign exchange reserves, which reached
nearly $1.4 trillion at the end of July.
Parliament in June approved the issuance of 1.55 trillion
yuan ($206 billion) in special treasury bonds to fund the new
agency.
($1=7.516 Yuan)
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