VOL. XXX

NOS. 11/12

22/29-DECEMBER-1986

Financial and Banking News

INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES

Bank of England Identifies $449bn OPEC Assets

The identified deployed overseas assets of the OPEC oil exporters increasedfrom $414bn to $449bn in the year to June 1986, according to figures publishedin the December issue of the Bank of England's Ouarterly Bulletin. The Bank'sanalysis indicates a withdrawal of funds from the United States in favor ofincreased investment in the UK and other EC countries, as...