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The government is reconsidering establishing a sovereign wealth fund to manage the state\u2019s underutilized assets, Al Mal<\/a> reported. The government had considered setting up the \u201cAmlak\u201d fund two years ago after consulting with Strategy&. Former Planning Minister Ashraf El Araby and former Investment Minister Ashraf Salman had reached an agreement to set up the fund and even had EGP 5 bn allocated for it in this year\u2019s budget but the agreement did not come to fruition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government is reconsidering establishing a sovereign wealth fund to manage the state\u2019s underutilized assets, Al Mal reported. The government had considered setting up the \u201cAmlak\u201d fund two years ago after consulting with Strategy&. 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