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Dec 2024
10m 40s

Can big oil escape the ‘valley of death’...

Financial Times
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Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund prepares for a petrodollar windfall, while oil majors scale back their $18bn power generation push. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu begins testifying in a corruption trial, and public pension schemes and sovereign wealth funds plan to pour more money into private markets over the coming year. 


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Qatar’s $500bn wealth fund targets bigger deals as LNG windfall looms 

BP and Shell rein in electricity ambitions to escape ‘valley of death’ 

Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in court to testify in corruption trial

Public pension plans and wealth funds to invest more in private markets   


The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music.


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