- Libyan Investment Authority
Infobox Company
company_name = Libyan Investment Authority
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company_type = Private
foundation = 2006
location = Office No. 99, 9th Floor El-Fateh Tower,Tripoli ,Libya
key_people =Baghdadi Mahmudi (Chairman )Muhammad Layas (President andCEO )
industry =Sovereign Wealth Fund
products = Fund Management
Oil and gas
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homepage = http://www.lia.ly/The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) is a government entity headquartered in
Tripoli ,Libya . It was established onAugust 28 ,2006 , by Decree 208 of theGeneral People's Committee of Libya (GPCO) with estimated capital of $40 billion [ [http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=libyan+investment&aje=true&id=071017000754&ct=0 Libya starts to deploy $40bn fund, 18.10.07, FT.com] ] . LIA is aholding company that oversees and manages government investment funds in various areas including agriculture, real estate, infrastructure, oil and gas and in shares and bonds. The Libyan Investment Authority is considered to be asovereign wealth fund .Board of Trustees
Although ultimately overseen by the prime minister, the LIA’s management includes some of Libya’s most established banking personalities. LIA consists of an 11-member board of
trustee s:
*Chairman -Baghdadi Mahmudi
*Deputy Chairman -Abdul-Hafiz Zlitni : GPCO Assistant Secretary. [ [http://www.libyaforum.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4009&Itemid=218 تكنوقراط يقودون خطة الانفتاح الاقتصادي الليب Rashid Khashana, Swiss Info: February 1, 2007] ]
*Board member - Taher al-Juhaymi: GPCO Planning Secretary
*Board member -Muhammad al-Huwayj : GPCO Finance Secretary
*Board member -Farhat Bengdara : Governor,Central Bank of Libya .
*Executive Director - Mohamed H. Layas [ [http://www.us-lba.org/Layas%20Speech%2011-5-07.pdf "Opportunities in Trade, Investment and Technology Cooperation and US-Libyan Commercial Relations", Mohamed Layas speech at the USLBA conference, 05.11.07] ]Activities
The LIA was established in August 2006 to manage Libya’s vast and mounting oil revenue surplus. The LIA now counts the assets of the
Libyan Foreign Investment Company (LAFICO), established in 1982, and Oilinvest, founded in 1988, in its portfolio. Libya has also restructured some of these assets, notably the sale of a 65% stake in Oilinvest (marketed under the Tamoil brand) to private equity fundColony Capital in May 2007. Colony paid €4 billion for control of Tamoil’s three refineries and 3,000 petrol stations inEurope . The LIA now controls an estimated $70 billion infixed asset s and reserves.BP Production Sharing Agreement
On
May 29 ,2007 , during a visit toMuammar al-Gaddafi by British Prime MinisterTony Blair , British Petroleum (BP) signed a $900 million exploration and production agreement with the LibyanNational Oil Company . The agreement, which will likely involve an estimated USD $2 billion in investment, covers three massive, largely unexplored tracts. The NOC signed the agreement with the LIA as BP’s 15% partner in a production sharing agreement (PSA). [ [http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/951901/bp_snares_huge_libyan_gas_fields/index.html "BP Snares Huge Libyan Gas Fields" 31 May 2007, Business Week] ]Economic and Social Development Fund
The LIA also manages the Economic and Social Development Fund (ESDF). Established in February 2006, the ESDF manages substantial assets in Libya across a number of sectors to benefit Libya’s poor. The LIA’s share in BP’s PSA provides a direct conduit via which oil wealth can be recycled. However, some Libya experts believe that the presence of two state-owned companies in BP’s deal reflects divisions and tensions at the executive level in Libya, particularly over who controls the oil wealth.
Libyan-Qatari Fund
During August 2007, LIA agreed to establish a Libyan-
Qatar i joint investment fund for $2 billion equally with the Qatar Investment Corporation (QIC). Also, the General People's Congress Secretary signed two agreements inDoha on July 2007 for establishment of a joint investment fund between QIC and LIA as well as establishment of the Libyan-Qatari Bank between QIC and the Central Bank of Libya. Also an agreement was signed concerning establishment of joint company for real estate development between Al-Diar real estate investment company (Qatar) and the Libyan Foreign Investment Company. [ [http://www.libyaninvestment.com/libya-news/2007-08-29-11-Establishment-of-Libyan-Qatari-joint-investment-fund.php "Establishment of Libyan Qatari joint investment fund", 29.08.2007 Libyaninvestment.com] ]Investment in Fortis
In July, 2008, LIA bought a share in the Dutch-Belgian bank of
Fortis , which needed additional funds to maintain solvability. LIA would not confirm the investment, since they are not required by Dutch or Belgian law to do so. However, later that week, the Dutch Minister of FinanceWouter Bos admitted that the situation 'had his attention, as well as that of the Dutch Central Bank', considering previous Libyan involvement in internationalterrorism . [ [http://www.quotenet.nl/biz/bos_aandacht_vo.php "Fortis-Libya deal under investigation", 04.07.2008 Quotenet.nl] ]Notes
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