Libya’s $70bn wealth fund sees thaw in UN asset freeze by year-end

LONDON: The Libyan Investment Authority is expecting UN sign-off by the end of the year to actively manage its $70 billion in assets for the first time in more than a decade, its chief executive told Reuters.
The LIA, set up under Muammar Qaddafi in 2006 to manage the country’s oil wealth, has been under a United Nations asset freeze since the 2011 revolution that toppled Qaddafi.