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      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sovereign wealth funds manage over 11 trillion dollars. How they invest, who governs them, and why their portfolios read like foreign policy.]]></description>
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